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March 11, 2004 17:01

• Krasnodar NGO Guild of Journalists and PR Specialists completes Press and Society project

  The main task of the project was to stimulate interest of journalists, both professionals and students, to the activity of non-government organizations (NGOs), to form skills in working with them.

March 11, 2004 15:17

• International conference "Abkhazia in the Context of Modern International Relations" to take place in republic

  Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba received a member of the British NGO Conciliation Resources, Caucasus Program Manager Jonathan Cohen. They discussed projects carried out by the organization together with local NGOs.

March 11, 2004 14:53

• Ramzan Kadyrov reports on liquidation of rebel commander in Chechnya

  An armed clash with an illegal armed group took place between the villages of Shuani and Yalkhoi-Mokhk in the Kurchaloy district. Six rebels were killed and another four injured. Aslan Gazuyev, commander of the Riada-as-Salikhin rebel group, was killed as well.

March 11, 2004 14:46

• Chechen National Rescue Committee accuses Russian authorities of forcing Chechen refugees out

  "Establishing, unfortunately, the inability of the international community to stop the war and thereby end the tragedy of the Chechen people, the Chechen National Rescue Committee calls upon the international community once again to stop at least high-handedness towards Chechen refugees," reads the statement by the organization.

March 11, 2004 14:18

• Armenian NGOs censure politicians for statements towards Azerbaijan people

  The Yerevan Press Club, the Armenian Helsinki Committee, the Civil Society Institute, and the Caucasian Center for Peacemaking Initiatives issued a joint statement on the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian by an Azerbaijan serviceman in Budapest.

March 11, 2004 11:58

• International aid agency accuses Russian authorities of being involved in kidnapping of its employee

  The head of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Jean-Herve Bradol, said his kidnapping was aimed at "silencing those criticising conditions in Chechnya".

March 10, 2004 22:29

• Film about Mikhail Trepashkin to be presented in Moscow

  The 15-minute documentary about Mikhail Trepashkin A Hero of Our Time" will be presented at the Central House of Journalists in Moscow on March 11.

March 10, 2004 22:16

• Armenian National Press Club: authorities fear freedom of speech

  "On March 4, the government officially ratified a model procedure for journalists' obtaining accreditation at the offices of state, finally revealing the fear and even terror that the present regime feels towards free speech," reads a statement by the National Press Club.

March 10, 2004 18:25

• Media freedom NGO deplores attack on Georgian journalist

  "We call on Ajarian authorities to actively investigate this vicious attack against Komakhidze and to bring those responsible to justice," said Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

March 10, 2004 17:46

• Power supply to temporary accommodation center for refugees Angusht resumed

  The supply of electric power to the camp for Chechen refugees Angusht, situated in Nazran, was resumed several days ago, after almost a two-week break.

March 10, 2004 17:28

• Actions in commemoration of 60th anniversary of deportation of Balkarian people take place in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Experts say one of every four displaced persons died from hunger and privation during four years. The Balkars were able to return to their homeland only in 1957.

March 10, 2004 16:34

• Student Aslanbek Khanbiyev released

  The student from the Department of Medicine of the Chechen State University was released on March 5, said his classmates.

March 10, 2004 16:15

• Raid on Satsita refugee camp - details

  A large-scale search was conducted early in the morning on March 6 at the Satsita refugee camp in Ingushetia.

March 10, 2004 15:54

• Confrontation between Meskhetian Turks and local population in Krasnodar Territory continues

  A new incident happened on the eve of International Women's Day. The Caucasian Knot correspondent learnt about it from the Novorossiysk City Committee on Human Rights.

March 10, 2004 15:14

• Kalmyk opposition to hold picket in Moscow

  Delegates of the Extraordinary Congress of the People of Kalmykia are arriving in Moscow in two buses on March 10, 2004. They are going to hold a picket at the monument to Karl Marx on Teatralnaya Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 10, 11, and 12 March, 2004. Up to 100 people are expected to be participants in the action.

March 10, 2004 14:39

• Lord Judd still has chance of coming to Russia

  Russia is ready to re-consider the question of giving a visa to Lord Judd, reported a source at the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

March 10, 2004 14:10

• Vladimir Putin appoints new plenipotentiary in South Federal District

  The President dismissed Viktor Kazantsev as the President's Plenipotentiary in the South Federal District and appointed Vladimir Yakovlev to this position.

March 10, 2004 14:03

• Amnesty International calls upon EU to increase pressure on Russia in view of rights violations in Chechnya

  The human rights organization raises its concern about numerous disappearances of people in Chechnya and abuses on the part of the Russian military.

March 09, 2004 10:25

• No Murids of Jihad found in Chechnya

  A police check shows there are no "holy war disciples" in the republic.

March 09, 2004 10:23

• Hurricane kills three in Dagestan, Russia

  Dagestan experiences the strongest hurricane over the past 100 years.