20:04
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS REASON FOR CRASH OF HELICOPTER CARRYING UN MISSION IN GEORGIA WAS POLICY OF APPEASEMENT AND TOLERANCE PURSUED BY GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES TOWARDS TERRORISTS
Russia's Foreign Ministry has said that the reason for the crash of a helicopter that carried a UN mission in Georgia was the policy of appeasement and tolerance pursued by Georgian authorities towards terrorists. More details...

17:33
MEETING OF COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR SETTLING GEORGIAN-ABKHAZIAN CONFLICT UNDER UN AEGIS CANCELLED
The 13th session of the Coordinating Council for Settling the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict under UN Aegis, scheduled to be held in Tbilisi on Tuesday, October 9, has been cancelled, said the UN Monitoring Mission in Georgia on Monday More details...

16:13
GENERAL MOBILIZATION ORDERED IN ABKHAZIA
General mobilization has been ordered in Abkhazia, Tatyana Guliya, press-secretary of the Abkhazian representation in Moscow said on Monday More details...

16:04
KIRGHIZIA TAKES EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES AFTER USA LAUNCHES ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN
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15:53
VLADIMIR RUSHAILO, SECRETARY OF RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL, OPENS EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF SECURITY COUNCIL HEADS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY MEMBER-STATES
Vladimir Rushailo, Secretary of Russia's Security Council, opened a two-day extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Security Council Secretaries of the Collective Security Treaty member-states in Dushanbe on Monday. More details...

15:39
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF HIS COUNTRY'S PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
Under no circumstances will Ukraine take part in military operations in Afghanistan, said Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine, to pressmen on Monday. More details...

15:30
PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA INTENDS TO MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER OF ABKHAZIA
President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia said on Monday that negotiations would be held with the Abkhazian side for the purpose of stabilizing the situation in Abkhazia. In a National Radio interview on October 8 Eduard Shevardnadze did not rule out the possibility of meeting with Anri Dzhergeniya, Premier of the government of the self-proclaimed Abkhazian Republic. More details...

13:57
US INFORMED TAJIK PRESIDENT ABOUT ITS AIRSTRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN
US Secretary of State Colin Powell informed, on US President's instructions, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov about the airstrikes at targets in Afghanistan, said Tajik Foreign Ministry's press-service Monday. More details...

13:51
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS US ANTI-TERROR ACTION
Kyrgyzia has expressed support for the large-scale anti-terror actions of the USA and its allies in Afghanistan, Kyrgyz foreign minister Muratbek Imanaliyev said Monday at a press conference in Bishkek. More details...

13:17
ARNOLD RUUTEL BECOMES ESTONIAN PRESIDENT
The inauguration of the new Estonian President Arnold Ruutel is to take place on Monday. More details...

12:45
CIS ANTI-TERRORISM CENTRE FOCUSES ON DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN
A RIA Novosti correspondent at the CIS Anti-Terrorist Centre reports that personnel there are closely following the development in Afghanistan after the launch of the USA's military operation against terrorists. More details...

12:39
NO REFUGEES' REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS UZBEK-AFGHAN BORDER
No attempts by Afghan refugees to cross the Uzbek-Afghan border in the wake of the US anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan have so far been registered. More details...

11:21
UZBEK PRESIDENT POSTPONES VISIT TO AUSTRIA
Uzbek President Islam Karimov has postponed his visit to Austria scheduled for October 8-10 in connection with the large-scale operation against international terrorism in the immediate proximity to Uzbekistan, the president's press service said. More details...

11:02
TWO US MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANES CARRYING HUMANITARIAN CARGO TO LAND IN UZBEK AIR FIELD
The Khanabad air field located 10 kilometres from Karsha, the centre of the Kashka-Darya region, is practically ready to accept US planes and helicopters at any time of the day, an Uzbek Defence Ministry spokesman reported saying that the republic's officials had opened the air field for humanitarian aid and rescue operations. More details...

10:53
RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY EN ROUTE TO DUSHANBE FOR CONSULTATIONS
Vladimir Rushailo, Russian Security Council Secretary, left for Dushanbe on Monday to chair an extraordinary meeting of the committee of Security Council Secretaries of the Collective Security Treaty members. More details...

10:47
UZBEK TROOPS NEAR AFGHAN BORDER ON ALERT
The Uzbek troops deployed near the Afghan border, were put on alert on Sunday evening. At the same time, Uzbek authorities commenced a "partial evacuation" of the population inhabiting the bordering regions. More details...

17:47
RUSSIA DELIVERED 123 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN
As of today, Russia has delivered more than 123 tons of humanitarian aid to the Islamic state of Afghanistan, which made up 10% of the total amount of humanitarian relief delivered to this country, told journalists Vladimir Fedin, who heads the Department for CIS Affairs at the Russian Emergencies Ministry. More details...

17:07
28 OIL-REFINING APPARATUSES AND 18 PIECES OF SMALL ARMS SEIZED IN CHECHNYA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS
Over the past 24 hours, officers from Chechnya's provisional interior departments conducted 20 raids across the republic, seizing 28 oil-refining apparatuses and 18 pieces of small arms. In all, 25,500 people and more than 15,200 transport vehicles were checked and 517 administrative infringements disclosed. More details...

17:02
FOREIGN MINISTER OF LITHUANIA GIVES HIGH ASSESSMENT TO HIS COUNTRY'S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
Antanas Valionis, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, has sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov in connection with the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Russia. More details...

13:46
GEORGIA EXTRADITES 13 NORTH CAUCASUS RESIDENTS TO RUSSIA
Thirteen residents of the North Caucasus have been extradited to Russia today. They were detained by Georgian border guards for transgressing the Russo-Georgian border and are suspected of terrorist activities on Russian territory. More details...

13:23
ISLAM KARIMOV DENIES REPORTS ON ALLOWING U.S. MILITARY USE UZBEK TERRITORY IN ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATION
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has dubbed media reports that Uzbekistan is giving access to its territory to U.S. and other Western countries' military an information attack" and branded them as falsified." In his statement released Saturday, he refuted the speculations that unit number 10 of the mountain division of the U.S. army had been allegedly stationed in Uzbekistan, and its major goal is to enter Agfhanistan. More details...

12:51
TBILISI TO HAND OVER TO RUSSIA 13 MILITANTS DETAINED IN GEORGIA
According to RIA Novosti, Tbilisi will extradite 13 militants detained in Georgia, to Russia on Saturday. They were all delivered to the airport in the morning and will be sent to Russia within the next few hours. More details...

12:19
TBILISI TO EXTRADITE TO RUSSIA 13 MILITANTS ARRESTED IN GEORGIA
According to RIA Novosti, Tbilisi will extradite 13 Chechen militants who have been arrested in Georgia. More details...

12:15
CONSULTATIONS OF GEORGIAN AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES TO START IN TBILISI
On October 6-10, bilateral political consultations between Foreign Ministries of Germany and Georgia will be held in Tbilisi. The Georgian Foreign Ministry told a RIA Novosti correspondent that the parties would discuss a wide range of issues concerning political and economic cooperation, defence, security, regional cooperation, coordination of interaction within the framework of international organisations, as well as German-Georgian cultural ties. More details...

10:34
GEORGIA TO PROVIDE USA WITH AIRFIELDS FOR US COUNTER-TERRORIST OPERATION
Georgia will provide USA with its airfields and all needed infrastructure, as well as with the right to use its air space. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze made this statement on Friday after visiting the Pentagon. There he met with American Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz. More details...

18:14
OFFICIAL: NATO TROOPS TO LAND IN UZBEKISTAN
The rumors that NATO troops landed in the republic of Uzbekistan appeared long ago. There was even a certain military division named – the U.S. 10th mountain division More details...

13:24
PUTIN SPEAKS OVER PHONE WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT
On Friday Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov. More details...

12:39
MOSCOW SATISFIED WITH GEORGIA'S DECISION TO EXTRADITE RUSSIAN CITIZENS INVOLVED IN ACTS OF TERRORISM TO RUSSIA
Moscow was satisfied with the Georgian authorities' decision to extradite to Russian law-enforcement bodies a group of Russian citizens suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism and detained last June with arms on Georgian territory. More details...

12:12
VLADIMIR PUTIN, KIRGHIZ PRESIDENT AKAYEV HAVE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
Russian and Kirghiz Presidents Vladimir Putin and Askar Akayev have discussed over the telephone the Central Asia developments and practical issues of bilateral relations in the trade and economic sphere, the Russian presidential press service reports. More details...

23:35
ABKHAZIA: KODOR GORGE TENSIONS ON
Violence persists in the Kodor gorge in Abkhazia, self-proclaimed republic in Georgia. More details...