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23:39, 6 October 2006

Foreign affairs ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia discussed Nagorny Karabakh situation

Sergey Lavrov, minister of foreign affairs of Russia, spoke positively on of the outcomes of the meeting with his colleagues from Azerbaijan and Armenia, who came to Moscow to discuss the Nagorny Karabakh settlement.

21:03, 6 October 2006

Experts fear for Ramzan Kadyrov's life in case of his appointment president of Chechnya

Yesterday, October 5, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chairman of the government of the Chechen Republic, was 30.

23:58, 5 October 2006

Power officers dismissed in Karelia for Kondopoga

President of Russia Vladimir Putin by his order relieved Major General Alexei Dorofeev from the position of the Head of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Administration of the Russian Federation for Karelia, reported on Thursday the press service of the head of the state.

23:57, 5 October 2006

Municipal elections are over in Georgia

Georgia has voted at local self-government - sakrebulo of districts and cities - elections. By preliminary data, by 6 p.m. Moscow time, 40 percent of total voters have taken part in the elections.

23:41, 5 October 2006

International organizations voice protest against conviction of journalist Zakhidov in Azerbaijan

The press outlets of Azerbaijan and human rights activists regard the conviction of satirist Sakit Zakhidov to be a political order.

23:34, 5 October 2006

Russia toughens visa treatment of Georgia

A representative of the Federal Migration Service of Russia told about the forthcoming changes of the visa-granting mode that may touch on citizens of Georgia.

23:22, 5 October 2006

Ramzan Kadyrov: for the present, I don't want to become president of Chechnya

On his birthday, Prime Minister of Chechnya Kadyrov declared that so far he has no presidential ambitions.

08:30, 5 October 2006

In Azerbaijan, an opposition journalist was sentenced to three years

Today, the court for heavy crimes of Azerbaijan finished the trial on Mirza Sakit (Zakhidov), satirical journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

22:33, 4 October 2006

Hearings on "Kaitov's case" continued in Karachayevo-Cherkessia

Yesterday, October 3, in the capital of Karachayevo-Cherkessia they continued hearing of the criminal case in relation to sixteen citizens of the Republic accused of killing seven persons in October 2004.

22:26, 4 October 2006

UN Secretary General recommended to extend the UN Mission's observation mandate in Georgia

Cofi Annan, UN Secretary General, thinks that today it is difficult to settle the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict through negotiations, since in the course of years the positions of both parties on political status of Abkhazia diverged even more.

22:22, 4 October 2006

MHG: Georgian natives will be raided on in Moscow

Liudmila Alexeeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) told in her interview to Radio Liberty that the law enforcement bodies may start detaining Georgian natives in Moscow.

22:19, 4 October 2006

Russian servicemen will be guarded in Lebanon by two platoons from Chechnya

Safety of Russian bridge-building battalion in Lebanon will be secured by platoons from battalions "West" and "East" of the 42nd division deployed in Chechnya.

19:00, 3 October 2006

Detained Russian officers left Georgia

The Russian servicemen charged of espionage in Georgia were handed over to representatives of Russia and went home.

15:39, 3 October 2006

225 persons took advantage of amnesty in Chechnya

During the two and a half months that the North Caucasus was under the amnesty in relation to members of armed formations, a total of 225 persons surrendered voluntarily in Chechnya.

15:00, 3 October 2006

Family of the editor-in-chief of newspaper "Real Azerbaijan" is under pressure

One of the reasons for stopping the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper was the pressure on the family of Einulla Fatullaev.

14:40, 3 October 2006

Eduard Ulman: I relied on this amnesty

Today, the North-Caucasian Military Tribunal has resumed the trial on the case of Ulman and three special fighters of the Chief Reconnaissance Agency ("GRU") accused of murdering Chechnya citizens.

14:30, 3 October 2006

Russia may strengthen blockade of Georgia

For the time being, Russia is not going to resume transport communications with Georgia, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared. "So far, we are not," he told the journalists.

14:05, 3 October 2006

US Department of State: Russia keeps a heightened danger of terror acts

The US State Department reminded American citizens that Russia still has a "heightened danger of terror acts."

10:53, 3 October 2006

Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan again transferred to prison cell from hospital

Tonight, Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan has again been transferred from the Ministry of Justice hospital to the pre-trial prison of the Ministry of National Security.

23:49, 2 October 2006

"Asia-Centre" gas pipeline repaired in Volgograd Region

The Volgograd Region has completely eliminated the implications of the fire in the section of the "Asia-Centre" high-pressure main gas pipeline.

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