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23:30, 15 March 2007

Council of Europe reiterates its non-recognition of the outcomes of Abkhazian elections

The Council of Europe rejects the legality of parliamentary elections in Abkhazia. It was declared by Fiorenzo Stolfi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of San Marino and Chairman-in-Office of the CE's Committee of Ministers.

22:11, 15 March 2007

South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling Ossetian village

Today, early in the morning, at 6:45 a.m., four UAZ model jeeps with allegedly Georgian special unit ("spetsnaz") fighters in them entered the Ossetian village of Kvatetri (in the pre-frontier zone with Georgia) and opened fire on the village, the Ministry of Defence and Emergencies of South Ossetia has reported.

22:04, 15 March 2007

FSB Department: threat of terror acts persists in Kabardino-Balkaria

The Government House of Kabardino-Balkaria has held a briefing on the outcomes of the activities of the Anti-Terrorist Commission.

22:47, 14 March 2007

Georgia has promised to shoot down Russian helicopters

Today, president of Georgia visited Upper Abkhazia. Mr. Saakashvili inspected the damaged buildings and promised support and protection to local residents.

22:43, 14 March 2007

Combat collision in Stavropol Territory

A skirmish, as a result of which one militiaman was killed and another one wounded, burst out in the city of Neftekumsk, Stavropol Territory.

22:40, 14 March 2007

Lady-journalist Ersenoyeva, kidnapped in Chechnya, did not ask for US asylum

The close people of journalist Elina Ersenoyeva who was kidnapped in Chechnya last August doubt that she could have an opportunity to apply for political shelter in the USA.

22:36, 14 March 2007

Trial on Khlebnikov's case suspended for defendant's disappearance

The Moscow City Court has suspended the trial on the murder case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine because of disappearance of defendant Kazbek Dukuzov.

22:33, 14 March 2007

Strasburg has responded to appeals from Kabardino-Balkaria to give out militants' bodies to relatives

The European Court for Human Rights, acting on the basis of a complaint against Russia filed by 50 citizens of Kabardino-Balkaria, sent a so-called "communication" to the government of the Russian Federation (RF).

23:23, 13 March 2007

Attack on Cherkessk prevented in Karachayevo-Cherkessia

In 2006, special agencies of Russia managed to prevent an act of terrorism in Cherkessk (Karachayevo-Cherkessia), comparable by the scale with the attack of militants on Nalchik in 2005.

23:12, 13 March 2007

Refugees from mountain villages of Chechnya fear to return home

After 1999, an incessant mass outflow of people from mountain villages of Chechnya continues. However, life conditions for them in the plain are the heaviest.

22:26, 13 March 2007

In Krasnodar Territory, 16 victims appeared at the trial of "OMON" fighters

The Lazarevskiy District Court of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, has postponed the start of hearing of the case of eight "OMON" officers, who arranged a pogrom in the "Druzhba" Sochi Children's Camp till 10:00 a.m. on March 20.

21:23, 13 March 2007

Abkhazia finds the information on bombardment of the Kodor Gorge to be non-credible

The information of the Georgian mass media about the artillery attack on the territory of the upper section of the Kodor Gorge with application of howitzers and "Grad" installations from the direction of the town of Tkvarcheli (Tkuarchal) has nothing to do with reality.

21:20, 13 March 2007

Council of Europe has again accused Russia of tortures in Chechnya

The Committee of the Council of Europe for Prevention of Torture has published another statement on Russia.

23:15, 12 March 2007

Governor of Stavropol Territory is ready to resign

Alexander Chernogorov, governor of Stavropol Territory, has declared that for the sake of quietness and peace in the region he is ready to leave his post of the head of the Territory.

23:12, 12 March 2007

Georgia: Russia has swept Kodor Gorge

Last night, the Kodor Gorge was subject to air and artillery bombardment, the mass media of Georgia report.

22:11, 12 March 2007

Four terror acts prevented in Astrakhan in 2006

Today, on March 12, the Administration of the Astrakhan Region has summed up the work in 2006 of the control headquarters for counteracting terror.

22:07, 12 March 2007

State bodies in charge of Beslan are under audit in North Ossetia

The Public Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia is making complex audits of state bodies.

22:37, 10 March 2007

A criminal case against the commander who sent his soldier to mines opened in Chechnya

A criminal case has been initiated in Chechnya in relation to a commander of one of military units, for whose guilt, in the version of the investigation, two soldiers were wounded.

22:32, 10 March 2007

Power agents have surrounded the city of Karachaevsk in Karachayevo-Cherkessia

On the eve of election of the Mayor of Karachaevsk, the law enforcement bodies of Karachayevo-Cherkessia have organized a strengthened power order protection.

22:24, 10 March 2007

Dagestan: District head has beaten the chair of electoral commission

Another accident happened in Dagestan in connection with the forthcoming on March 11 elections to local bodies of power.

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