Police say three bombers behind Chechnya attackGROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers were responsible for killing at least nine people in the capital of Russia’s Chechnya region, a police official in the North Caucasus province said on Wednesday. Armenian state emerged in the Azerbaijani land: Ilham Aliyev“Azerbaijan’s position on the Karabakh issue and based…
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‘Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Iran’s loss’ Tehran’s ambassador to Baku says Iran is the only country that has incurred losses from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijan’s may blacklist Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist for visiting Karabakh Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is “investigating information” on a visit of Komsomolskaya Pravda Ukraine journalist to Nagorno Karabakh. Military Parade Marks…
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Council of Europe’s Venice Commission to study Georgian draft constitution A delegation of Council of Europe consultants will visit Georgia on Thursday to discuss controversial amendments to the country’s constitution with local authorities. Georgia takes ‘ethnic cleansing’ case before International Court Georgia today told the International Court of Justice to hear its case against Moscow…
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Ten suspected guerrillas, one policeman killed in Caucasus Russian forces killed 10 suspected guerrillas, including one of the plotters of the March Moscow metro bombings that killed 40 people, officials said Saturday. New bloodshed in volatile Caucasus region There has been more bloodshed in Russia’s North Caucasus region over the weekend, with at least 28…
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Poland ‘loses’ Georgia in EU diplomatic race Poland appears to have changed its policy of unconditional support for Georgia against Russian intimidation, a recent interview given by the country’s president suggests. Warsaw has also reportedly abandoned hope of securing the position of EU Ambassador to Tbilisi, the Polish press reports. Trouble brewing in North Caucasus…
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Chechen President’s opponent Yamadayev says ready to become his ally Isa Yamadayev, a third brother of the Yamadayev clan, opposing the Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, said he is ready to become Kadyrov’s ally. Russian military base in Gyumri not to hamper process of Armenia’s integration into Europe Karen Bekaryan: the West has not managed to…
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Policeman killed in Russian bombing A blast rocked a cafe in Russia’s North Caucasus today and a suicide bomber killed a policeman, dealing a blow to Kremlin efforts to contain a spreading Islamist insurgency. Georgia to begin charter flights to Russia on Friday Airzena Georgian Airways is to begin direct charter flights between Tbilisi and…
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Medvedev in Abkhazia on the second anniversary of the Georgian-Russian war Russian President Dimitri Medvedev made a surprise visit to Abkhazia on Sunday, his first trip to the breakaway Georgian region since Moscow’s war with Tbilisi two years ago. Policeman killed in Caucasus blast A young man blew himself up on Tuesday near a checkpoint…
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Lawyer: Iranian who faced stoning likely tortured A lawyer for an Iranian woman who had faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction said Thursday he suspects she was tortured into confessing that she was an unwitting accomplice to her husband’s murder. Missiles in place in Georgia’s rebel zones, says Russia MOSCOW – Russia said…
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Second anniversary of Georgia-Russia war commemorated – Summary Tbilisi/Moscow – Georgian and South Ossetian leaders Sunday commemorated the second anniversary of the outbreak of the 2008 Georgia-Russia conflict, while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a surprise visit to the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia. Beating the genie How exorcists “cure” Chechnya’s problem wives What the…
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