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June 24, 2004 13:59

• Novocherkassk declared zone of ecological emergency

  For the last 10-15 years, ecological services and a group of scientists and specialists of Novocherkassk institutes of higher education have done serious researches on the city's ecology.

June 24, 2004 13:51

• Draft law on referendum causes public discontent

  The conference titled "Citizens' Constitutional Rights in the Draft Federal Constitutional Law on the Referendum in the Russian Federation" was held in Stavropol on June 21.

June 24, 2004 13:49

• Magomed Yevloyev led rebel attack on Ingushetia, Chechen Interior Minister says

  Yevloyev is commander of the group that acted on the territory of Ingushetia, Alu Alkhanov added.

June 23, 2004 21:02

• Former deputy premier of Chechen government to run for president

  Today, Movsar Khamidov officially notified the Chechen Central Election Commission of his intention to take part in the forthcoming presidential election in Chechnya.

June 23, 2004 20:21

• 95 killed by rebels in Ingushetia

  18 civilians were killed in Nazran, 1 - in Karabulak, 2 - in the Sunzha district and 20 - in the Nazran district of the republic.

June 23, 2004 17:03

• Amnesty International holds press conference in Moscow

  A press conference of Amnesty International devoted to the situation in Ingushetia has started in the Independent Press Institute in Moscow.

June 23, 2004 17:00

• Nephew of first Chechen president detained

  Officers of security agencies in masks and camouflage uniform, who came in several cars without number plates, captured Rezvan Dudayev without bringing any charges and took him away in an unknown direction.

June 23, 2004 16:56

• Human rights activists await repressions in Chechnya

  The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and the Moscow Helsinki Group have raised their concern in connection with the developments in Ingushetia.

June 23, 2004 14:01

• NATO conference held in Baku under anti-Armenian slogans

  Early in the morning of June 22, activists of the Organization for Karabakh Liberation with anti-Armenian transparencies surrounded the hotel in which the conference is being held. Several people were injured in the clash with law enforcers, and one activist was detained.

June 23, 2004 13:52

• Death toll from guerilla attacks in Ingushetia reaches 60

  These figures are tentative, the source said.

June 23, 2004 12:52

• Large rebel group detected in Chechnya

  A rebel group numbering up to 20 people assaulted a check-point with police officers from Khakasiya.

June 23, 2004 12:50

• Features of Russian democracy to be under discussion in Krasnodar

  The roundtable discussion titled "How Must Democracy Work in Russia?" will be held in Krasnodar on June 24.

June 23, 2004 12:07

• Alkhanov submits application to election commission

  It is a widespread opinion that Chechen Interior Minister Alu Alkhanov is the one who will become a new president of Chechnya "elected by the people" on August 29.

June 23, 2004 12:04

• Woman wounded during military exercises

  A woman, living the Georgian village of Argvitsi, Tamar Gambashidze, was wounded by a shell fragment during scheduled military exercises conducted by the South Osetian Ministry of Defense in the vicinity of the village of Pris.

June 23, 2004 12:03

• Russian military men detain schoolboy

  17-year-old Emilkhan Naurdinov has a large mole on his right shoulder, and it was a reason for the detention, according to the youth's sister.

June 23, 2004 12:01

• Security reinforced in Chechnya

  Right after the report on rebel attacks in Ingushetia, the decision was made to reinforce posts on the administrative border with Ingushetia.

June 22, 2004 21:25

• People in Ingushetia wait for nightfall with fear

  They are afraid that clashes in the streets of the republic can start again after dark.

June 22, 2004 17:15

• First group of Meskhetian Turks to depart for US

  The question of selling the goers' property has not been solved so far, reported the Novorossiysk City Committee on Human Rights.

June 22, 2004 17:12

• Reports on number of victims in Ingushetia differ

  According to the Ingush Emergencies Ministry, there are victims both among officers of republican security agencies and among civilians.

June 22, 2004 14:23

• Fights in Ingushetia

  On June 21 at 10:45 the Ingush towns Nazran, Karabulak and Sleptsovsk were attacked by groups of armed fighters. The beginning of the raid coincided with the time for night namaz and continued till 3 a.m., the time of pre-dawn prayer.