Chechen leader says rebel chief badly wounded (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Chechnya's most wanted separatist leader has been severely wounded in a special operation that killed four of his fighters, pro-Kremlin Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday.
Chechen government official’s aide killed in North Caucasus (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) – An aide to a deputy prime minister of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya was killed in central Chechen town of Argun, the republic’s police said on Sunday.
First since early April plenary session held in Georgia (Itar-Tass)
TBILISI, June 12 (Itar-Tass) – The first plenary session since early April, when opposition actions began, will be held in Georgia on Friday, Speaker David Bakradze told reporters.
Season review: Georgia (UEFA News)
Fitness, discipline and team football helped FC WIT Georgia to claim their second Georgian title this season while FC Dinamo Tbilisi goalkeeper Giorgi Loria was the hero in the cup final, which ended in a penalty shoot-out.
Chechen leader says rebel chief badly wounded (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * President says too early to say if Doku Umarov dead * Death would support Kremlin case that Chechnya pacified (Recasts with comments from Russian-backed Chechen leader) GROZNY, Russia, …
Blasts rock flashpoint Georgian town (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TBILISI (AFP) – A series of bomb blasts rocked a flashpoint Georgian town in what authorities said was an attempt to destabilize a region still smarting from last year’s war with Russia.
Georgia’s parliament formally puts end to CIS membership (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
TBILISI, June 12 (RIA Novosti) – The parliament of Georgia unanimously passed on Friday decrees on the formal withdrawal of the former Soviet republic from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Chechen leader says rebel chief badly wounded (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Chechnya’s most wanted separatist leader has been severely wounded in a special operation that killed four of his fighters, pro-Kremlin Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday.
Russia denies Belarus cooperation linked to S.Ossetia, Abkhazia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s foreign minister denied on Tuesday that practical cooperation with Belarus, including granting a loan, was linked to the country’s recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence.
Mystery Over Fate Of Chechnya Rebel Chief (Nasdaq)
MOSCOW (AFP)–Mystery on Tuesday surrounded the fate of the leader of Chechnya’s remaining separatist rebels, after a report he had been killed by Russian security forces wasn’t confirmed by the authorities.
Investigators rule out Budanov’s role in 3 more Chechnya murders (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) – A former Russian army colonel who killed an 18-year-old Chechen woman was not involved in the murder of three other Chechens, Russian investigators said on Wednesday.
Georgian, Armenian FMs Meet in Tbilisi (Civil Georgia)
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian said after talks in Tbilisi on June 8 that bilateral cooperation and issues related with President Saakashvili’s trip to Yerevan scheduled for June 24-25 where discussed during the meeting.
Ex-Russian army officer questioned as suspect in Chechen murders (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) – A former Russian army colonel who killed an 18-year-old Chechen woman, has been interrogated as a suspect in the murder of three other Chechen residents, Russian investigators said on Tuesday.
Russia denies Belarus cooperation linked to S.Ossetia, Abkhazia (Unian)
Russia`s foreign minister denied on Tuesday that practical cooperation with Belarus, including granting a loan, was linked to the country`s recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence, RIA Novosti reported.
