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April 30, 2004 13:36

• Human rights activists urge peaceful resolution of Adjarian conflict

  President of the Association for Human Rights Defense Giorgy Tevzadze has issued a statement that the developments taking place in Adjaria must be settled in a peaceful way.

April 30, 2004 13:07

• Seminar on ethnic relations, conflict resolution takes place in Pyatigorsk

  The seminar was arranged with the assistance of the European Union within the framework of the Tacis project to improve interethnic relations and develop tolerance in Russia.

April 30, 2004 12:47

• Workshop on media diversity takes place in Stepanakert

  The workshop "We Cover Diversity. How to Achieve Visible Results", arranged by the British Media Diversity Institute jointly with the Stepanakert Press Club, took place in Stepanakert on April 27-29.

April 29, 2004 23:23

• Terrorist financer arrested in Moscow

  The leader of a Dagestani criminal group which financed terrorists in the North Caucasus was arrested by Moscow's anti-terrorist police.

April 29, 2004 19:43

• Kadyrov reorganizes Chechen government

  President of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov signed a decree on April 29 pursuant to which the posts of all 7 vice prime ministers of the Chechen government would be abolished.

April 29, 2004 19:24

• Chechen police officer kills local by inadvertence, then takes his own life

  The incident occurred on April 28 in the village of Staraya Sunzha, Chechnya's Grozny district.

April 29, 2004 19:21

• Terrorist receives life sentence

  Dokka Dzhantemirov, one of the terrorists who shot down a Mi-26 helicopter killing 127 people, was sentenced to life by the Rostov Regional Court.

April 29, 2004 17:27

• Three Russian soldiers hit landmine in Chechnya

  One soldier died on the way to a hospital, the other two are in grave condition.

April 29, 2004 17:01

• Russian special operations soldiers accused of murdering civilians in Chechnya, jury to return verdict

  According to the investigators, three special operations soldiers under command of Captain Eduard Ulman shot down a UAZ car with civilians.

April 29, 2004 16:31

• Administrations in Russia's South infringe on rights of veterans and disabled people

  Officials of the Rostov mayor's office are suspected of robbing 3.5 thousand veterans and disabled people living in Rostov, a capital of Rostov Region, of legal benefits.

April 29, 2004 14:27

• Georgia ready to assure Abashidze's safety if he voluntarily resigns

  "This is the only question the Georgian authorities are ready to discuss with Abashidze," said, a leader of the ruling bloc United National Movement - Democrats.

April 29, 2004 14:08

• Chechen journalist receives citation from Overseas Press Club of America

  Chechen journalist Timur Aliyev has become a laureate of the 2003 Artyom Borovik Award, instituted by the New York-based Overseas Press Club of America.

April 29, 2004 13:21

• Leader of Our Adjaria movement beaten in Adjaria

  Commenting on the incident, David Berdzenishvili, a Georgian MP and a leader of the Our Adjaria movement, blamed the leadership of the Adjarian interior ministry for the beating of the opposition activists.

April 29, 2004 12:57

• Law on meetings finally passed by Armenian parliament

  "The law provides for clear rights and obligations of the organizers of and participants in public actions, it regulates authorities of the police and empowered organ, as well as the grounds and procedure for stopping the actions," said the Armenian Minister of Justice.

April 29, 2004 12:52

• Adjarian armed units equipped with antiaircraft emplacements

  Aslan Abashidze bought a large consignment of arms from Russian arsenals from Zviadists [followers of Zviad Gamsakhurdia] in 1994, and this armament is in the hands of General Dumbadze now.

April 29, 2004 12:05

• Abashidze: 'If Georgian special operations units enter Adjaria, they will meet with fitting rebuff'

  "The autonomy's authorities are ready to defend constitutional order in Adjaria and the republican population," head of Adjaria Aslan Abashidze said.

April 29, 2004 11:33

• Some 1,500 refugees remain in Ingushetia's last tent city

  "According to our information, people will be leaving the tent city more actively at the end of May. This is for objective human reasons: children will finish their school year, and it's also more convenient to move in the summer," Igor Yunash, first deputy head of the Russian Federal Migration Service, said.

April 29, 2004 11:23

• Chechen newspaper is prohibited from telling truth about compensation payments

  Gunmen in masks rushed into the house of the deputy editor of the Marsho newspaper and demanded that the newspaper stop publishing articles containing negative information about the process of paying compensations for lost housing and property to residents of Chechnya.

April 28, 2004 17:59

• Two warships based near Adjarian leader's residence

  The ships stay on the territory of the yacht-club without crews. The yacht-club is situated right in front of the residence of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze, and his leader reinforced guard defend it.

April 28, 2004 17:44

• Armenian opposition hold another meeting, police detain its participants

  "If the power doesn't respond to our demands by May 4, we will undertake resolute actions," said Aram Sargsian.