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BBCMon News Diary 2 - 11 September 2005 - Former Soviet Union

Posted on: Thursday, 1 September 2005, 18:00 CDT

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RUSSIA: Ceremonies take place over three days to mark first anniversary of Beslan hostage crisis which saw over 300 people killed, among them 186 children; relatives of the dead visit the remains of the school, lay flowers at the site; a seven-metre-high bronze memorial to victims of the siege is to be erected in a cemetery in the North Caucasus town (3); Karachay-Cherkess Republic holds an anti-terrorism day (3), which includes ceremonies in memory of the victims and an exhibition of children's drawings (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS)

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RUSSIA: Delegation of Beslan mothers meets President Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid criticism of handling of last year's school siege and the conduct of official investigations (Russian news agency Ekho Moskvy)

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MOLDOVA: Breakaway Dniester region marks 15th anniversary of proclaimed independence from Moldova; military parade to be staged (Dniester Moldovan republic TV)

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TAJIKISTAN: Trial resumes of opposition Democratic Party leader and former head of Tajik Gas state enterprise, Mahmadruzi Iskandarov; Iskandarov faces string of charges including embezzlement of state funds, illegal storage of arms (Tajik news agency Asia-Plus website)

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KAZAKHSTAN: Navigator Internet newspaper has said readers can send in questions for acting chairman of ruling Otan party, Bakytzhan Zhumagulov, up until 2 September; the paper will later publish Zhumagulov's answers (Regional sources)

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AZERBAIJAN: Opposition Azadliq bloc plans to stage demonstrations in various regions, calling for November's elections to be free and fair (Azerbaijani news agency MPA)

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AZERBAIJAN: Council of Europe Secretary-General Terry Davis visits ahead of November elections (Azerbaijani newspaper Yeni Musaavat)

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RUSSIA: Celebrations marking Moscow City Day (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS)

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CENTRAL ASIA: OSCE Chairman-in-office and Slovene Foreign Minister Dmitrij Rupel tours Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia (Azerbaijani news agency Assa-Irada)

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RUSSIA: Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev visits Moscow; due to sign agreement on settling debts to Russia (Russian newspaper Kommersant)

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RUSSIA: Sino-Russian commission on military cooperation meets in Black Sea resort of Sochi; Chinese and Russian defence ministers, Cao Gangchuan and Sergey Ivanov, attending; due to discuss countries' first large-scale joint military exercise, Peace Mission 2005, that took place in August in Russian Far East and China (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS)

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BELARUS: First Belarusian-Russian Economic Forum takes place in Minsk 6-9 September; Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov heads Russian delegation; Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia meets on 6th (Russian news agency RIA)

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RUSSIA: State Duma begins autumn session; expected to discuss last year's Beslan school tragedy amid criticism of handling of the siege and the conduct of official investigations (Russian news agency ITAR-TASS)

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AZERBAIJAN: Chief of Turkish ground troops, Yasar Buyukanit, visits (Azerbaijani news agency Assa-Irada)

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RUSSIA/GERMANY: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits for talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder; expected to sign gas pipeline deal (Russian news agency Interfax)

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KAZAKHSTAN: Supply ship Progress with cargo for International Space Station launches from Baykonur (Russian news agency ITAR- TASS)

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MOLDOVA: Trial of former Defence Minister Valeriu Pasat for alleged abuse of office over sale of Moldovan MiG-29 fighter jets to USA resumes; had been adjourned for judge's annual leave (Moldovan news agency Infotag)

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TAJIKISTAN: Independence day celebrations (1991) (Tajik news agency Asia-Plus)

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AZERBAIJAN: Opposition Azadliq bloc plans to stage protests, calling for November's elections to be free and fair (Azerbaijani news agency Turan)

Sources and trailers as available: inclusion of items does not necessarily mean that BBC Monitoring will file on them

Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union

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