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23:08, 9 March 2005

There are strong reasons to believe <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> may have been killed by Chechen law enforcement and security agencies under Ramzan Kadyrov's command.

23:54, 8 March 2005

Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange fire

The ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has today been violated.

23:14, 7 March 2005

Abductions still underway in Chechnya

Seven young men were abducted by people who appeared to be law enforcement officers.

23:52, 5 March 2005

Police officer murdered in Chechnya

The body of Zelimkhan Betelgeriyev with gunshot wounds was found in the Leninsky district of Grozny.

22:36, 5 March 2005

Clean-ups in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan, Sunzha districts

Locals say 20 people have already been detained and brought away.

23:59, 4 March 2005

Witness confesses to firing control shots

The North Caucasus District Court Martial has today interrogated Private Ivan Melekhin, a prosecution witness in the Ulman case.

23:58, 4 March 2005

More casualties in Chechnya

A bomb kills a reconnaissance unit commander.

23:57, 4 March 2005

Police officer found dead in Grozny, Chechnya

Criminals took the policeman's pistol with eight cartridges and ID.

23:48, 4 March 2005

Ajarian youth demand withdrawal of Russia's military base

Local students and members of the Kmara ("Enough") organisation staged a rally near Batumi Secondary School No.5, the military base stationed not far from it.

23:32, 4 March 2005

Five rebels, policeman killed in Chechnya's Sunzha district

Rebels were going to attack a federal military unit, according to information obtained by law enforcement agencies.

23:59, 3 March 2005

Azeri opposition journalist murdered

Elmar Huseynov, editor-in-chief of the opposition magazine Monitor, was murdered on the staircase of his house on 2 March at 9 pm local time.

23:55, 3 March 2005

Strasbourg challenged with alternative Grozny forum

Chechnya's authorities who strongly criticise the forum on Chechnya soon to be held in Strasbourg intend to host a similar round table discussion in Grozny.

23:50, 3 March 2005

Meetings cancelled as ceasefire breaches continue

Scheduled for today, a meeting in Paris between the foreign ministers Elmar Mammedyarov of Azerbaijan and Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia has been cancelled, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry says.

23:59, 2 March 2005

Opposition leaders may be released from prison in Azerbaijan

President Ilkham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will soon sign a new pardon decree, which is also expected to set free the opposition leaders arrested in connection with the 15-16 October 2003 events.

23:55, 2 March 2005

Six bodies found in Grozny

Several bodies have been found in two abandoned cars in the capital of Chechnya, Grozny.

23:43, 2 March 2005

Rebel group surrounded in Chechen mountains

Chechen law enforcers claim a group of 40 to 70 is trapped in mountains.

23:59, 1 March 2005

Abkhaz PM survives assassination attempt

An attempt on the life of Alexander Ankvab, prime minister of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, was carried out in the evening of 28 February while on his way from Sukhum to Gudauta.

23:56, 1 March 2005

Antiwar picket banned in Saint Petersburg

An Antiwar Committee picket "against the Russian government's policy in the North Caucasus" scheduled for 27 February was not held, just like a similar action scheduled for 20 February.

23:19, 1 March 2005

Gunfire keeps people in shelters overnight

Federal artillery shelled woodlands in Chechnya's Vedeno and Shali districts in the evening of 27 February.

23:59, 25 February 2005

Clashes in Chechen mountains

Large-scale operations to cordon off and destroy rebels have been launched in all mountainous districts of Chechnya.

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