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14:53, 11 March 2004

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.

14:46, 11 March 2004

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.

14:18, 11 March 2004

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.

11:58, 11 March 2004

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".

22:29, 10 March 2004

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.

22:16, 10 March 2004

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.

18:25, 10 March 2004

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.

17:46, 10 March 2004

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.

17:28, 10 March 2004

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.

16:34, 10 March 2004

Student Aslanbek Khanbiyev released

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

16:15, 10 March 2004

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.

15:54, 10 March 2004

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.

15:14, 10 March 2004

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.

14:39, 10 March 2004

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.

14:10, 10 March 2004

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.

14:03, 10 March 2004

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.

10:25, 9 March 2004

No Murids of Jihad found in Chechnya

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

10:23, 9 March 2004

Hurricane kills three in Dagestan, Russia

Dagestan experiences the strongest hurricane over the past 100 years.

10:21, 9 March 2004

Georgia suffers natural disaster

The NTV television company reports record fall-out in the Northwest of the republic.

10:18, 9 March 2004

Chechen separatist leader surrenders

A relative says he was forced to do that after security officers had threatened to shoot several close relatives of his.

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