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June 30, 2004 15:14

• Russian rights campaigners to monitor Chechen elections

  "We will monitor the Chechen elections, but we do not intend to send observers for them," Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva said.

June 30, 2004 14:59

• Qatari court sentences 2 Russians to life

  A Qatari court has found two Russians guilty of masterminding the assassination of former Chechen separatist president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev and sentenced them to life on Wednesday.

June 29, 2004 19:56

• Series for Nagorno-Karabakh youth NGOs completed in Stepanakert

  Young Armenian activists have organized a seminar and meetings for their counterparts in Nagorno-Karabakh.

June 29, 2004 19:24

• Pernod Ricard to continue cooperation with Nagorno-Karabakh

  Pierre Larretche, managing director of Yerevan Brandy Company which belongs to French based Pernod Ricard, has visited Nagorno-Karabakh.

June 29, 2004 19:13

• Nalchik court to hear religious hatred propaganda case

  A young man who "just quoted the Koran" will be sued for inciting religious hatred and violence.

June 29, 2004 19:02

• Children's rights discussed in Krasnodar territory

  Ella Pamfilova, chair of the Commission on Human Rights for the Russian president, has met with leaders of some of public organizations based in the Krasnodar territory.

June 29, 2004 18:36

• Militants planned to attack Magas

  During militants' raid in Ingushetia, the bandits planned to deliver a missile strike on the new capital of this North Caucasian autonomy of Russia - the town of Magas.

June 29, 2004 17:57

• Ten refugees still kept in custody

  At least ten out of thirty-six men detained in the Altievo refugee camp continued, as of June 28, to be kept in custody.

June 29, 2004 17:42

• Over 40 guerillas killed in recent armed clashes in Ingushetia

  A military spokesman has put the overall number of guerilla casualties in armed clashes that followed rebel attacks in Ingushetia late on June 21 at more than 40, which significantly exceeds the figure announced by the media.

June 29, 2004 11:44

• Kazan public figure to run for president in Chechnya

  Dmitrii Berdnikov, a Russian, has been registered as a candidate for the office of president of Chechnya.

June 28, 2004 21:35

• Terrorist act prevented in Ingushetia

  A cache discovered near Ali-Yurt, Nazran district, contained four antitank missiles directed towards Magas.

June 28, 2004 21:00

• One of leaders of Ingushetia attacks killed

  A leader of one of bands that mounted attacks on law enforcement offices in Ingushetia on June 22 has been killed in a special operation. A spokesman for the regional prosecutor?s office told Itar-Tass on Monday that Magomed Yevloyev resisted arrest with arms.

June 28, 2004 19:03

• Russian serviceman killed in fight with rebels in Grozny

  One Russian serviceman was killed and six wounded in a fight between a federal unit and rebels.

June 28, 2004 15:00

• June 22 attack in Ingushetia claims 88 lives

  Ingush Deputy Prime Minister said they compared casualty lists of local administrations and the police and found that some names were on both lists.

June 26, 2004 18:24

• Two detained refugees set free

  The refugees were offered during interrogations to confess the assistance to the rebels who attacked Ingushetia on the night of June 21-22.

June 26, 2004 18:03

• All candidates for municipal elections in Nagorny Karabakh nominated

  The municipal elections in Nagorny Karabakh, the third in turn, are set for August 8.

June 26, 2004 14:14

• IDPs flee to Chechnya

  "It's beyond my capacity to help you. If you are threatened and are given two days, you should flee. I am also afraid of these people," Akhmed Tomov, a Migration Department official, said to the commandant of an IDP camp in the village of Altiyevo.

June 26, 2004 13:34

• 70% of the unemployed in Armenia are women

  This figure shows there is no equality of rights between the men and the women proclaimed in the Constitution of Armenia, said Chairwoman of the Republican Women's Council Nora Akopian.

June 26, 2004 13:32

• Former energy minister in grave condition in prison

  David Mirtskhulava reportedly survived an apparent death on June 24, but the prison administration did not even have analgesics.

June 26, 2004 13:29

• IDPs, locals guard refugee camp in Ingush village

  The head of the Moslem clergy of the village of Yandare, Imam Minkail, said: "If the authorities keep themselves aloof from the fight against ethnic strife, we, ordinary citizens, ordinary Moslems, will have to take it up ourselves."