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13:13, 21 April 2005

Police officers charged with abductions

Three Astrakhan police officers are involved in the abduction of 10 Tajik nationals.

21:36, 20 April 2005

Killings, abductions

One man is abducted in Chechnya and three rebels are killed in Dagestan.

20:08, 20 April 2005

Two surrender, reluctant to continue

Two members of field commander Doku Umarov's groups give themselves up to law enforcement agencies.

19:19, 20 April 2005

Convention against degrading treatment violated in Kabardino-Balkaria

Nine female students are detained for reading the Koran and wearing burqas.

02:23, 19 April 2005

New fruit of crackdown efforts

A rebel base is destroyed in Chechnya which probably was used by major rebel leaders.

02:20, 19 April 2005

NGO leader detained

Murad Muradov, leader of the Let's Save the Generation NGO, is detained during a special operation on 15 April.

02:17, 19 April 2005

Jury returns verdict in skinhead murder case

A jury in Volgograd returns a guilty verdict for seven skinheads.

14:06, 18 April 2005

Antiwar picket banned in St Petersburg

Another picket against war in Chechnya is banned by authorities who also express a wish to remove it from the city centre.

13:21, 18 April 2005

Costs of war

Six rebels, five security agents and a schoolboy die in three days.

12:48, 18 April 2005

Circassians want justice

A petition with a demand of recognising the genocide of the Circassians by the Russian tsarist government in the 18-19 centuries is posted on the Web.

17:13, 15 April 2005

Opposition leaders want their rights back

Former 16 October 2003 political prisoners gather to discuss regaining their suffrage.

17:11, 15 April 2005

Killed rebels statistics

Thirty rebels have been destroyed this year in Chechnya.

17:07, 15 April 2005

EU state seems to be discriminating

Some Chechens are welcome in Sweden, while others are not.

12:43, 14 April 2005

Three lives added to death count

Two rebels and one civilian are killed in Grozny.

12:10, 14 April 2005

Ramzan Kadyrov gives his word

Chechnya's First Deputy Prime Minister whose father was killed in a terrorist act last year promises to find the attacker soon.

11:22, 14 April 2005

Beating unpunished in Armenia

The government of Armenia fails to punish those guilty of an assault on a peaceful demonstration.

08:50, 13 April 2005

Rebels wanted

Chechnya's law enforcement agencies continue their large-scale operation to search and detain rebels.

08:46, 13 April 2005

Beslan suspect killed in Ingushetia

A rebel suspected of taking part in the preparation of the Beslan attack is destroyed.

07:35, 13 April 2005

IDPs number 210,000

Facts and figures on Chechnya refugees.

17:32, 12 April 2005

More freedom for opposition in Azerbaijan

It will be allowed to hold public meetings during an election campaign.

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