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14:24, 5 May 2004

Death toll from two Chechen campaigns estimated at 25 thousand servicemen

The Union of Russian Committees of Soldier's Mothers gives such data.

13:46, 5 May 2004

No less than 10 Russian servicemen died in Chechnya for one day

The Associated Press reported it on May 4 referring to the Moscow-backed government of the republic.

13:25, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's units stop opposition activists from Tbilisi at Adjarian administrative border

A column of cars with the opposition activists left Tbilisi for Batumi on the night of May 4-5. They want to join participants in the actions taking place in Adjaria with the demand of Aslan Abashidze's resignation.

13:01, 5 May 2004

Abashidze's armed supporters control center of Adjarian capital

The situation in Batumi is heated, buses full of adversaries of the Adjarian leader are on their way from other regions of the autonomy and from Tbilisi to Batumi.

12:24, 5 May 2004

Adjarian opposition demands resignation of Abashidze, two persons suffer from night clashes

A meeting of the Adjarian opposition is continuing in Batumi. Its participants are demanding the resignation of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze. The opponents of the Adjarian leader from all the districts of the autonomous republic participated in the protest actions all throughout the past night.

14:40, 4 May 2004

Batumi students demand Abashidze's resignation

"We protest against our being Abashidze's official hostages after the explosions of bridges," action participants said.

14:13, 4 May 2004

Tbilisi officials call Abashidze 'madman'

"Explosions of bridges by a madman are not called a conflict, though this is a very complicated situation for the population," Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabishvili said.

13:48, 4 May 2004

Adjarian leader denies Russian general's involvement in bridge explosions

"General Netkachev is in Moscow now," Aslan Abashidze said.

13:45, 4 May 2004

Two caches with mortar shells liquidated in Chechnya

One cache was disclosed near the village of Mesker-Yurt in the Shali district. Besides, mortar shells concealed in a cleft and masked with branches were found near the village of Dargo in the Vedeno district.

12:51, 4 May 2004

Chechen separatist leader does not personally take part in combat operations

Akhmed Zakayev, Maskhadov's emissary in Europe, announced it commenting on the information that the separatist leader had been wounded in Chechnya.

12:35, 4 May 2004

Military disperse demonstration in Batumi

They are using wooden truncheons against the demonstrators. Some people have already suffered. The people have been squirted on from a water cannon.

11:48, 4 May 2004

Yamadaev survives 2 attempts on his life

One of the homemade bombs went off in Gudermes, another on the Kavkaz ("Caucasus") federal highway.

11:38, 4 May 2004

Armenian parliamentarian says opposition has 4 change of government scenarios

"The most likely change of government option is linked with the people's movement," Victor Dallakian, Secretary of the Justice parliamentary faction, told journalists.

11:35, 4 May 2004

Nagorno-Karabakh journalists make statements on Press Freedom Day

Free speech in Nagorno-Karabakh is much more limited than the legislative and administrative framework limiting it, analysts say.

11:33, 4 May 2004

Female Chechen refugee abducted on April 18 found in Ingushetia

Cruelly beaten, Aminat was thrown out by strangers on the outskirts of Nazran, according to her relatives.

22:52, 3 May 2004

Russian general suspected of exploding bridges in Ajaria

Georgia's State Security Ministry does not rule out taking legal action against Yuri Netkachev who may have been in charge of exploding the bridges in Choloki and Kakuti.

22:49, 3 May 2004

Food, necessities rise in price in Batumi

Prices for meat doubled after the explosion of bridges to Ajaria. The price of fuel and other necessities is expected to rise, too.

22:43, 3 May 2004

Ajaria in self-isolation

All motor bridges on roads to Ajaria have been exploded. Armed people prevent everyone from crossing the border with Georgia on foot.

22:34, 3 May 2004

Maskhadov may command unit under attack in Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov, security chief for the Chechen president, says a guerilla unit under attack in Chechnya may include Aslan Maskhadov, possibly wounded.

22:19, 3 May 2004

Saakashvili delivers ultimatum

The Georgian leader gave President Aslan Abashidze of Ajaria 10 days to "re-acknowledge the constitutional jurisdiction."

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