Kavkaz Center’s source in Azerbaijani capital Baku reported that another Chechen refugee – Alikhan Hasuyev, b.1979, was kidnapped in Azerbaijani capital June 30. Mr. Hasuyev has an official status and is registered under number N 786-06c06036.
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On Tuesday officials of the pro-Russian Ingushetian puppet regime stated at a press conference in Moscow that CIA, British intelligence MI5 and other Western intelligence services are the main culprits in the violations of human rights in Ingushetia.
Read More »Russia warns of “new war” in Abkhazia conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A “new war” could break out in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses military force to resolve the conflict, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
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ASTANA (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Saturday to refrain from “stoking tensions” in Georgia’s breakaway regions.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia said on Saturday Tbilisi had planned to take the area over by military force earlier this year but failed in its mission, Russian agencies reported.
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YEREVAN (Reuters) – Thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Armenian capital on Friday and vowed to hold a month-long series of protests to demand the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan and new elections. The opposition accuses the authorities of ballot-stuffing and intimidation in the February 19 election which official …
Read More »Russia urges Georgia to halt clashes in regions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia urged Georgia on Friday to guarantee with a legal document that its armed forces would not use force in its breakaway regions, after clashes between soldiers and separatists killed two people in South Ossetia. Moscow demanded a peace pact after the mobilization of reservists by the …
Read More »Russian helicopter crash kills nine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nine people were killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed in Russia’s far north, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said. “The helicopter crashed as it was coming into land and nine people were killed,” said a spokesman.
Read More »Blast kills two in Russian apartment block
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A blast killed two people in an apartment building early on Wednesday in Sochi, the southern Russian city set to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, police and emergency services said.
Read More »Russia says journalist’s killer is in Western Europe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The man suspected of killing Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 is hiding in Western Europe, Russia’s chief criminal investigator was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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