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March 04, 2008 11:50

• Kocharyan and Sarkisyan discuss situation in Armenia with Peter Semneby

  On March 3, President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan received Peter Semneby, Special Representative of the European Union for South Caucasus. During the meeting, they discussed the post-election processes in Armenia, in particular, the situation in Yerevan and possible ways out of it.

March 04, 2008 11:44

• People in Volgograd Region are indignant with release of the murderer of Gipsies in Ulyanovsk Region

  At night on February 26, in the village of Ignatovka, Mainovskiy District, Ulyanovsk Region, two villagers committed a murder of a Gipsy aged 24 and his daughter of 18 months. On February 26, the killers were detained, and they pled guilty. However, three days later one of them was released.

March 04, 2008 11:39

• South Ossetia appeals to international community for recognition

  The Parliament of South Ossetia has addressed the UN Secretary General, the President, Council of the Federation and State Duma of Russia, as well as the heads of the CIS states and parliaments and EU countries with a request to recognize the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.

March 04, 2008 11:34

• Suspect of attempt on Farid Babaev, head of "Yabloko" Branch in Dagestan, detained

  Today, Nizam Radzhabov, senior assistant for public relations of the head of the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, has officially confirmed the fact of detention of the persons suspected of murdering Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan Branch of the "Yabloko" Party.

March 04, 2008 11:29

• New protest rally to be held by opposition in Ingushetia

  On March 12 in Ingushetia, leaders of the opposition plan to bring their supporters to a new rally in protest against corruption in power bodies and violations of human rights in the Republic.

March 03, 2008 21:21

• Media restrictions imposed as president declares emergency

  Committee to Protect Journalists: Armenian authorities should immediately lift restrictions on independent news reporting and the censorship of independent news Web sites, steps imposed when President Robert Kocharian declared a state of emergency on Saturday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

March 03, 2008 16:22

• In Ingushetia, voter turnout was 92.3%

  The voter turnout at presidential election in Ingushetia made 92.3%. This was reported by Mussa Evloev, head of the Central Electoral Commission of Ingushetia, during a videoconference with the information centre of CEC of Russia "Election-2008".

March 03, 2008 16:20

• In Chechnya, 91% of voters cast their votes, 88.7% - for Medvedev

  In Chechnya, Dmitri Medvedev, the official "successor" of Vladimir Putin, was a confident winner of the presidential election.

March 03, 2008 15:06

• Residents of Volgograd voted for Medvedev, having no other choice

  On March 2, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent visited three polling stations of Volgograd and talked to voters. Many respondents said that they had voted for Dmitri Medvedev, for having no other choice.

March 03, 2008 14:45

• General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has established the persons who perished at disorders in Yerevan

  The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has identified the personalities of all the eight victims in the clashes between supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the police and OMON on March 1 in Yerevan.

March 03, 2008 14:41

• General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia initiates a criminal case against Levon Ter-Petrosyan

  The State Office of Public Prosecutor of Armenia has informed that Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ex-candidate for the president and leader of the opposition, is a figurant in the case about mass disorders in Yerevan on March 1.

March 03, 2008 14:36

• In Abkhazia, Sigua's relatives demand from Georgia to provide information about his whereabouts

  Today in the morning, in front of the Galskiy UN Office, a protest rally was held by relatives of David Sigua, a citizen of Abkhazia and head of the local electoral commission who was kidnapped on February 3, 2007, by Georgian special agencies.

March 03, 2008 14:29

• Abkhazian journalists ask Bagapsh to release their Georgian colleagues

  Today, a group of Abkhazian journalists have addressed the President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh with a request to release the Georgian journalists detained in the Galskiy District.

March 02, 2008 21:49

• Police Beat Peaceful Protesters in Yerevan

  Armenian police on March 1 used excessive force and violence to disperse demonstrators protesting peacefully against recent election results, Human Rights Watch said today.

March 02, 2008 21:32

• Civilians Die as Police Suppress Demonstrations and Riots

  The Armenian government should launch a prompt and independent investigation into the use of lethal force by security forces to quell demonstrations and rioting overnight on March 1, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today.

March 01, 2008 13:28

• Georgian journalists detained in Abkhazia deny their beating

  Today, Svetlin Sergeyenkov, an employee of the Sukhumi UN Office for Human Rights, has addressed the Service of the State Security of Abkhazia with a request to have a meeting with detained journalists from Georgia Malkhaz Basilaya and David Tsotsoriya.

March 01, 2008 13:21

• Source in MIA of Ingushetia: FSB officers shot peaceful citizens dead

  On February 28, employees of the FSB could have shot dead two men and a woman who had been kidnapped earlier, having simulated a skirmish and planting the weapons.

March 01, 2008 13:16

• Oppositional rally and clashes with police continue in the capital of Armenia

  As of 11:30 p.m. local time, the rally in the centre of Yerevan continues, despite the state of emergency introduced by President of Armenia, according to official information, because of disorders in the capital.

March 01, 2008 13:13

• OSCE condemns violent dispersal of rally in Armenia

  The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Ilkka Kanerva has condemned the use of force against peaceful demonstrators in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

March 01, 2008 13:05

• Famous journalist beaten in the capital of Dagestan

  On February 29, in Makhachkala, well-known Dagestan journalist and publicist Zaur Gaziev was beaten by unknown persons.