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20:35, 11 September 2008

Cherkasov: Georgia evacuated its population before attacking South Ossetia

Alexander Cherkasov, an expert of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who has visited South Ossetia, has stated that prior to start the war Georgia had systematically evacuated Georgian population from the conflict zone.

20:32, 11 September 2008

Kokoity: South Ossetia will never be part of Russia

The President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has stated that his republic is not going to give up its independence and to be a part of Russia, although they are grateful to it for saving the Ossetian people.

20:30, 11 September 2008

Bagapsh: Abkhazia plans to join United State and CIS

Abkhazia is going to enter the CIS and to submit an application on joining the United State of Russia and Belarus, President Sergey Bagapsh has declared.

20:27, 11 September 2008

US Department of State categorical in calling RF to leave Georgia

Russia should cease shirking its obligations to withdraw troops and "clear off" Georgia, said Sean McCormack, press secretary of the US Department of State, on September 10.

20:24, 11 September 2008

Putin: by defending South Ossetia, Russia stopped NGOs from breaking RF down

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stated that some nongovernmental and non-commercial organizations (NGOs and NCOs) in Russia had been preparing a breakaway of a number of republics should Russia had failed to defend South Ossetia.

22:25, 10 September 2008

Russia insists on arms embargo for Georgia

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's permanent UN representative, believes that ban to further militarization of Georgia will contribute to normalization of the situation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

22:23, 10 September 2008

US Senator: reconnaissance confirms that Georgia was the first to attack South Ossetia

Republican Dana Rohrabacher, deputy chairman of subcommittee for international organizations of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, has stated that according to the data of American reconnaissance services the latest warfare in South Ossetia was started by Georgia.

22:19, 10 September 2008

In Chechnya, a woman of 52 kidnapped and executed by unknown persons

Last night, in the south-east of Chechnya, a group of unknown persons kidnapped a woman-local resident. Later, her body with numerous gunshot wounds was found by employees of law enforcement bodies. The motives of the crime remain unknown.

22:14, 10 September 2008

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Georgian Joint Staff was against invading South Ossetia

Commanders of Georgian military forces have reported at the Brussels NATO Headquarters that they were against the military invasion into South Ossetia. They assert that should they have been given a chance, they would have persuaded President Mikhail Saakashvili not to invade.

22:10, 10 September 2008

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the case of beating editor-in chief of "Paper of the South" goes to the Investigatory Committee

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the case of beating Miloslav Bitokov, editor-in-chief of the "Paper of the South", has been delivered to the Russian Investigatory Committee for the city of Nalchik.

22:04, 10 September 2008

France refuses to deport Irakliy Okruashvili to Georgia

The Appeal Court of France has rejected the Georgia's petition to extradite former Defence Minister of the country Irakliy Okruashvili.

21:58, 10 September 2008

Murder of Evloev, owner of "Ingushetia.Ru", to be dealt with by Moscow inspectors

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office, has ordered his subordinate Departments for the South Federal District (SFD) to make an objective inquiry into the death of journalist Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru".

21:52, 10 September 2008

Solana: EU observers shall be placed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The European Union believes that in spite of the statements of the head of Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov EU observers shall be deployed in the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

13:44, 9 September 2008

Local residents stop fencing Sochi Cargo Port

For the third time already, residents of the Imereti Valley have stopped the builders of the "Second Cargo District of Sochi Port", or more precisely, the construction of the protective fence around this object. Same as before, the builders could not present any required permits.

13:33, 9 September 2008

Ezhiev: militants convicted for diversions in Chechnya gave their evidences under torture

Mikael Ezhiev, leader of the NGO named "Human Rights Centre of the Chechen Republic" has stated that residents of Chechnya Salavatov, Matsiev, Dzhantemirov and Khabibulaev, sentenced last week by the Supreme Court of Chechnya to long terms of imprisonment, gave their evidences of guilt under torture.

13:30, 9 September 2008

In Georgia, arrested Tsotne Gamsakhurdia goes on hunger strike

The son of the ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia - Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, detained on September 3 in the Tbilisi Airport under accusations of a putsch attempt, has announced a hunger strike.

13:27, 9 September 2008

Lavrov: EU guarantees non-use of force by Georgia

Sergey Lavrov, head of the Russian MFA, has stated today that the European Union has become the basic guarantor of force non-use by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A written notification on the fact was received by Presidents of Georgia and Russia Mikhail Saakashvili and Dmitri Medvedev.

13:24, 9 September 2008

"New Right-Wingers" Party demands Saakashvili's resignation

David Gamkrelidze, leader of the oppositional Georgian Party named "New Right-Wingers", has stated that President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili should resign and appoint early presidential and parliamentary elections.

13:20, 9 September 2008

Zurabyan: Armenian special agents tap oppositionists' phones for a year

Levon Zurabyan, coordinator of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), told journalists that telephones of the members of Levon Ter-Petrosyan's team have been secretly tapped since last September till today.

12:21, 9 September 2008

Russia sets up diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Russia has officially established diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This fact was announced by Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, at today's press conference in Moscow.

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