News

September 04, 2003 15:08

• Refugees from Russia are aimed at Austria and Czechia

  The number of people expecting to get political asylum in Europe has reached its lowest mark since 1999. Such data are contained in the UNHCR report for the second quarter of 2003 published on Tuesday in Geneva.

September 04, 2003 15:06

• Ministry for Press was disbanded in Chechnya

  The Prime Minister of Chechnya signed the edict on disbandment of the Ministry for Press, TV and Radio Broadcasting, and Mass Media Communications and the Ministry for Nationalities of the Chechen Republic.

September 04, 2003 15:05

• Seminar "Formation of Healthy Lifestyle Culture as a Condition for Harmonious Development of Personality" is taking place in Rostov region

  About 120 people are taking part in the seminar. They are experts in youth policy of the Rostov region's municipal areas, youth public and student activists.

September 04, 2003 15:04

• Human rights activists are discontented with small number of verdicts of "not guilty" passed by courts

  The data show that from January 1999 to July 1, 2003 the courts of first instance brought in only 14 and the Court of Appeal - only 13 verdicts of "not guilty".

September 04, 2003 15:02

• New draft on freedom of information is being prepared

  The Yeni Nesil journalist union and the human rights organization "Article 19" are drafting together a law "About Freedom of Information".

September 04, 2003 15:01

• Russia did not define its stand on Karabah

  Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, a new co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the aim of which is to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabah conflict, refused to say unambiguously whether the principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should, in his opinion, serve as a basis for the settlement of this dispute.

September 04, 2003 14:59

• Georgia refutes claims of Russian authorities about return of IDPs to Abkhazia

  The Georgian Foreign Ministry does not agree with First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Valery Loshchinin, who said that the problem of the return of IDPs to Abkhazia had been settled, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Kakha Sikharulidze said on September 2.

September 04, 2003 14:57

• Victims of explosion in Kislovodsk-Minvody train were hospitalized

  The explosion in the train took place near Kislovodsk at about 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday. Five people were killed.

September 04, 2003 14:56

• Dagestani interior ministry's official was gunned down in Makhachkala

  Salikh Shamkhalov, an officer from the Dagestani interior ministry's department for fight against extremism and criminal terrorism, and his wife were gunned down in Makhachkala.

September 03, 2003 20:17

• Moscow: festival of public organizations is going on

  The aim of the festival show is to demonstrate possible ways of interaction between "the third sector" and executive authority in search of effective solutions for social security problems.

September 03, 2003 20:15

• Security guard of republic's government complex was killed in Chechnya

  About 10 unknown armed people in masks and camouflage broke into one of the Gudermes hospitals. They seized the security guard Aslan Usmayev who was treated there and took him away in an unknown direction.

September 03, 2003 20:14

• Former Mozdok Military Hospital head Artur Arakelyan was released on giving written undertaking not to leave place

  The court made such a decision because Artur Arakelyan's health had deteriorated.

September 03, 2003 20:11

• Soldiers' mothers of Armenia appealed to Azerbaijan presidential contenders

  The Armenian Committee of Soldiers' Mothers made an appeal to the Azerbaijan presidential contenders not to renew military confrontation between Yerevan and Baku.

September 03, 2003 20:10

• Citizen of Grozny was abducted

  Unknown armed people broke into a house on Industrialnaya Street in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny and forcibly took away Ismail Isayev, 1981 year born.

September 03, 2003 18:56

• Oppositionists were dispersed by police

  Azerbaijan police broke up an election meeting held by supporters of Isa Gambar in the township of Darnagyul near Baku on September 1. Gambar is the leader of the Musavat opposition party. Four activists from Gambar's campaigning staff were arrested.

September 03, 2003 18:40

• Round-table meeting titled "Mechanisms of Interaction Between Public Organizations and Law Enforcement Agencies in Krasnodar Region" took place in Krasnodar

  Representatives of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Security Service Department, the State Interior Department of the Krasnodar region, regional interior departments, the Administration of the Krasnodar Region, leaders of public organizations, and TV and mass media representatives took part in the work of the meeting.

September 03, 2003 18:36

• Vice Prime Minister Galina Karelova was asked to remove stains of racism

  September 1 marked the new school year beginning for all children, but children of Turks-Meskhetians will study, as they did 10 years ago, in segregated classes.

September 03, 2003 13:53

• Russian officials urge refugees to return to Chechnya

  The return of Chechen refugees from Georgia to their home country will start at the end of this September, Russian minister Stanislav Ilyasov told journalists in Tbilisi.

September 03, 2003 13:49

• Chechen-Aul village chief was killed in Chechnya

  A group of gunmen wearing masks and camouflage burst into the house of Saipudi Tsitsyaev, shot him dead and fled.

September 03, 2003 13:48

• Regional targeted program for rehabilitation of disabled people for 2004-2006 is being completed in ministry of labor and social protection of population

  As the head of the ministry department Gaidukov said, the program gives more consideration to the improvement of disabled people's environment, availability of social structures, physical training and sports institutions.