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23:16, 5 January 2004

16-year-old citizen of Grozny spent a week under arrest of "Kadyrov's people"

His parents are seriously worried about their son's fate now. They are hiding him at their friends, as they are afraid he can be abducted for the second time.

22:53, 5 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili: Georgia ready to take bold steps to resolve Abkhazian problem

"Recent statements by Russian leader Vladimir Putin give us certain hope, though the main thing is that the Georgians and Abkhazians themselves should come to an agreement," stated Saakashvili.

20:50, 5 January 2004

Alleged information about Ruslan Gelayev's death is not confirmed yet

The death of the rebels' leader can be asserted for sure only when the body is identified, the source added.

20:25, 5 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili won 95% of votes in presidential election, according to latest data

The Central Election Commission is still receiving information from some Tbilisi electoral districts, from polling stations abroad and from regional election commissions.

19:05, 5 January 2004

Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze canceled state of emergency in autonomous republic

The document reads that the cancellation of the state of emergency is caused by the holding of the Georgian snap presidential election in the autonomous republic on January 4.

18:33, 5 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili: "2004 is the last year when Tskhinvali does not take part in Georgian presidential elections"

Mikhail Saakashvili's trip to the capital of South Osetia was short and had no excesses.

18:22, 5 January 2004

Special operation in Achkhoy-Martan district

Kadyrov's people came to the village in 32 UAZ cars. They told themselves who they were and said their actions had been approved by the Chechen Interior Minister and President Kadyrov.

18:04, 5 January 2004

The HALO Trust finds it possible to clear Nagorny Karabakh from mines in 7 years

The two-year prospecting made by the organization on the territory of Nagorny Karabakh showed that the area of 1,500 hectares must be immediately cleared from 15,000 mines of different types.

17:00, 5 January 2004

President of Nagorny Karabakh: fight for independence to be main task in 2004

Arkady Gukasian pointed out that the role of non-government and human rights organisations in the creation of civil society in Karabakh has become more important during the last year.

16:34, 5 January 2004

Arrested sniper confessed to murder of Ingush deputy interior minister

The arrested soldier explained that he was hunting birds. According to him, he hit the car where the deputy interior minister was by accident.

10:33, 5 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili celebrates victory in Georgian presidential election

Immediately after the polling stations in Georgia were closed, the Georgian media publicized the results of the exit polls, which showed that Saakashvili garnered about 85% of the vote.

18:43, 3 January 2004

FSB officers seize edition of book "FSB Blows Up Russia"

According to the driver of the car, FSB officers talked to him, in particular the FSB investigator who said the books were withdrawn as an "antistate propaganda".

14:27, 3 January 2004

Rescuers in Dagestan find body of soldier, lost last week

Six rescuers, headed by Colonel Gadzhimurad Abdulatipov, were looking for three soldiers, lost during an army operation to destroy the armed gang which had broken into the Tsuntinsky district of the Dagestani Republic.

14:13, 3 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili stands highest chances of winning Georgian presidential election

Originally, 15 candidates intended to run for the presidency but eight of them failed to gather the necessary number of signatures.

14:09, 3 January 2004

Georgia is getting ready for presidential election

Approximately 3 million voting ballots were to be sent on Friday to all election polls, including the Adjarian Autonomy, the press-service of the Central Election Commission disclosed.

12:28, 2 January 2004

Motherland-Ayrenik Front takes on responsibility for working out proposals on resolution of Karabakh conflict

According to the authors of the statement, recently the Karabakh problem has appeared to be in the center of the country's political life again.

12:27, 2 January 2004

Round table devoted to defense of Rauf Arifoglu

Ali Kerimli, APFP chairman and a Milli Majlis deputy, summed up the exchange of opinions. He spoke for the organization of mass actions in defense of the people arrested in connection with the events of October 15 and 16.

12:26, 2 January 2004

Illegal migrants deported from Kuban region

Governor of Krasnodar Territory Aleksandr Tkachyov took a firm stand towards the migratory law breakers.

12:26, 2 January 2004

Children of IDPs get presents from President of Ingushetia

On the instructions of the Ingush President, New Year presents were given on behalf of him on December 26 to all the children who were in the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from North Osetia and Chechnya.

23:57, 30 December 2003

"Come To Know Yourself Through Law" Project summed up in Rostov

Semen Filatov, a student of the 11th form, became a winner in the "Learn Your Rights" Internet contest.