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15:49, 10 February 2004

Chechen refuges block railway in Austria

On 8 February, refugees from Chechnya blocked a railway in the Austrian town of Gmuend for several hours as a sign of protest against possible deportation.

15:21, 10 February 2004

Suicide bombing is main theory behind Moscow metro blast

Federal Security Service (FSB) deputy director Vyacheslav Ushakov suggested studying the experience of the United States. The United States drafted a national patriotic platform after the notorious terrorist act of September 11 and afterwards enacted it into law.

14:40, 10 February 2004

Political prisoners go on hunger strike in Bailovskaya prison

The main demands of the oppositionists are: to speed up the investigation into the disturbances of 15-16 October and the handover of criminal cases to courts, and to hold the court hearings in large rooms, in the presence of the local and foreign mass media; and to oblige the authorities to fulfill all the recommendations by the Council of Europe and OSCE concerning human rights following the election of the new Azerbaijan president.

14:12, 10 February 2004

Residents of Satsita camp stage meeting to protest against closure of refugee camps

Participants opposed the closure of refugee camps planned for March 1. Over 200 refugees took part in the action. They still name lack of security guarantees in Chechnya as the main reason for them not to return.

23:17, 9 February 2004

Statement by Human Rights Center "Memorial" Council Chairman, Society "Memorial" Board member Oleg Orlov "On the Initiative of European Parliament members"

The statement reads, in particular, "The European parliamentarians' initiative should be considered solely as a vivid demonstration of their distrust of Moscow's policy in Chechnya."

17:12, 9 February 2004

Statement by Human Rights Center "Memorial" on terrorist act in Moscow metro

The statement reads, in particular, "Only a resolute change in the policy of the Russian leadership can bring peace and serenity to the Russian people."

15:46, 9 February 2004

Georgian policemen kill officer of special operations forces in South Osetia

A company commander, Mamitov Viktor, 1981, was killed as a result of the fire. The incident is under investigation now.

15:41, 9 February 2004

Book about traditions of resolving conflicts in Caucasus

The authors believe the readers are given a chance to feel as participants in the honest and thorough discussion on the situation in the Caucasian region.

14:35, 9 February 2004

4th anniversary of bloody "purge" in Noviye Aldy

46 civilians, including women and old people, were shot dead in the course of the police operation in the village of Noviye Aldy on 4 February 2000. 10 more people, including a one-year-old child, were shot down in residential areas of Grozny adjacent to the village.

13:04, 9 February 2004

Lonely residents find shelter in Grozny old people's home

Inmates are fed 3 times a day, with the Chechen Labor Ministry and the International Committee of the Red Cross supplying the full complement of foodstuffs.

12:43, 9 February 2004

Aleksandr Litvinenko: FSB is involved in terrorist act in Moscow metro

Alexander Litvinenko states that FSB is behind this and all the similar terrorist acts, and that President Vladimir Putin bears personal responsibility for the people's deaths.

12:20, 9 February 2004

Officer of Chechen Interior Ministry killed in Grozny

The body of Major Khabilyayev was found in the morning of February 6 in Lisitsyna Street in Grozny's Oktyabrsky district, reported a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry.

12:07, 9 February 2004

Ilkham Aliyev: no compromises or haste in settling Karabakh conflict

The Azerbaijan president specially stressed that the settlement is possible "only under the condition of restoring territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the withdrawal of invading forces from the occupied lands."

11:54, 9 February 2004

Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resist deportation to Russia

Chechen refugees temporarily living in the Pankisi Gorge will not welcome being unceremoniously transported to Russia like bandits, and their response to any illegal action may be "unpredictable", head of the Chechen International Human Rights Committee Aslanbek Abdurzakov told journalists on February 6.

15:35, 7 February 2004

Anna Politkovskaya denies information about "decent conditions" being created for Chechen refugees

Ms Politkovskaya also noted that at present they "do not load refugees onto carts, as it was in 1944", in order to forcibly evict them. "The first means is to cut off gas supply, and one will not be able to live in a tent for long. The other means is to constantly seize people they plan to evict," the journalist said.

14:03, 7 February 2004

Akhmad Kadyrov opposes statements fanning ethnic tensions

Chechnya's President Akhmat Kadyrov said February 6 he shared the grief over the terrorist act in the Moscow metro, but he believed at the same time that statements fanning ethnic tensions were incorrect even in that situation.

13:42, 7 February 2004

Vladimir Putin is sure that yesterday's explosion organized by Aslan Maskhadov

"We do not need indirect evidence. We know for sure that Maskhadov and his bandits are connected with this terror," said the President.

13:25, 7 February 2004

Separatists deny their involvement in terrorist act in Moscow

We call your attention to the statement by the president and government of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

18:23, 6 February 2004

Armenian Assembly of America alarmed by Bush Administration's request to boost military aid to Azerbaijan

The Assembly was deeply disappointed by the proposed $8 million in military assistance to Azerbaijan and only $2 million for Armenia.

17:27, 6 February 2004

Death toll from Moscow metro blast reaches 39

The death toll from the explosion that occurred in the Moscow metro on Friday morning has reached 39 people as of 3:15 p.m.

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