27.12.2003
Two young Chechens are seized by Russian military criminals in Staropromislov district of Grozny, yesterday. Eyewitnesses said that masked and armed military men attacked on the young men and took them away to an unknown fate.
(Agency Caucasus)

Georgian citizens in South Ossetia get passports

27.12.2003
Current Georgian Administration is carrying hard work to lure more participation to the 4 January 2004 presidential election in Georgia. Georgian leadership wishes South Ossetia participation in the elections. What they mean by participation iю the some Georgian villages in South Ossetia. Administrator of those villages Nodar Kochishvili stated that these villages compose of 8 election districts and voter number is 4,650. Their participation willingness earned them passports from Georgia.
(Agency Caucasus)

27.12.2003
Russian Interfax news agency reports that a large sum of money is stolen from the Ingush Agriculture Ministry on Saturday morning. Two armed robbers wearing masks gained access to the ministry's building at around 4 a.m. on Saturday. They tied the guard and carried a metal safe out of the building. Police are trying to determine the amount of money in the safe. This is a second bold robbery in Ingushetia in two days. Three unidentified gunmen raided the Ingush Ministry of Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism at around 2 p.m. on Friday. The attackers killed an accountant and fled carrying roughly 200,000 rubles.
(Agency Caucasus)