News

October 25, 2012 23:00

• Alexei Kravets' house demolished in Sochi

  Today, in Sochi, house of Alexei Kravets, located in Prosvescheniya Street, was demolished by workers of the Research and Industrial Association (RIA) "Mostovik". Ruslan Portnov, bailiff of the Adler District, attended the place to observe the execution of the court decision.

October 25, 2012 22:00

• Motor racing "City Challenge Baku" started in Azerbaijan

  This evening, the capital of Azerbaijan launched competition of classic "Formula 1" cars and cars of a series "GT3 City Challenge Baku". 13 teams of famous car brands take part in the competitions. - World champion Jacques Villeneuve and Jos Verstappen are among the participants.

October 25, 2012 21:00

• About 80 employees of "PIK" TV Channel hold protest outside Georgian Parliament

  Staff members of the "PIK" TV Channel held a protest action in front of the Parliament building in Kutaisi. During an hour, the journalists invited politicians and MPs to the table, set right in the street, and asked them to express their position on the closure of the "PIK" TV Channel. The interviewed politicians spoke in favour of maintaining the Russian-language TV Channel in Georgia.

October 25, 2012 20:00

• Georgia's Parliament approves Government

  By a majority of votes, the Parliament of Georgia approved the government composition and the government programme "Strong, democratic and united Georgia", presented by the coalition "Georgian Dream", which won the parliamentary elections.

October 25, 2012 19:00

• Disappeared Dagestani resident found in Kizlyar OVD

  Abdulnasyr Ramazanov, who was considered disappeared since yesterday, was found at the building of the Kizlyar OVD (Interior Division), and he faced charges of drug possession. This was reported by his wife Inara Ramazanova, a resident of the village of Chernyaevka of the Kizlyar District.

October 25, 2012 18:00

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria claims unlawful detention and tortures

  Islam Tlapshokov, a resident of Nalchik, asks human rights defenders to help protecting his rights and claims being unlawfully detained by law enforcement agents, interrogated without a lawyer present, and tortured.

October 25, 2012 17:00

• Volgograd: NTV journalists fined by 1000 roubles each for covering ASF outbreak

  In Volgograd, magistrate judge found Andrei Sukhanov, a journalist of the NTV Channel, and cameraman Daniil Korotun guilty of petty hooliganism and sentenced them to a fine of 1000 roubles for the interview on African swine fever (ASF), to which they brought a piglet.

October 25, 2012 16:00

• 11 injured by building collapse in central Yerevan

  In the centre of Yerevan, in Khandjyan Street, unfinished building collapsed. This was reported by the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). As a result of the collapse, 11 persons were injured.

October 25, 2012 14:00

• Remnants of missing Plievo resident found in Ingushetia

  In the evening of October 24, the remains of Orts Almurziev, a disappeared resident of the village of Plievo, was found in the forest area between the villages of Ali-Yurt and Surkhakhi, two kilometres from the road. This was reported by Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia.

October 25, 2012 13:00

• Ministry of Education of Krasnodar Territory prohibits Halloween celebration

  On October 24, the Ministry of the Krasnodar Territory sent the administration of municipal education departments and principals of educational institutions a letter, recommending avoiding "celebration of Halloween in any form."

October 25, 2012 12:00

• Derbent residents dissatisfied with reconstruction

  Residents of Derbent, affected by the torrential rains, report a shortage of assistance and slow progress in reconstruction works.

October 25, 2012 09:00

• Aslan Cherkesov’s mother reports a threat to his life and violation of his rights

  Administration of penal colony IK-17 of Krasnoyarsk violates the rights of Aslan Cherkesov convicted for murder of “Spartak” football fan Yegor Sviridov, Aslan’s mother Sonya Cherkesova states.

October 25, 2012 08:00

• A defendant on the case of blasting “Nevsky express” beaten up because of religious printed matter, his brother reported

  Idris Kartoev, one of the defendants on the case of blasting “Nevsky express”, was beaten up during examination in the investigative isolation ward of Tver. The reason for the conflict was religious printed matter, his brother Vakha Kartoev told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

October 25, 2012 07:00

• 36 repatriates returned to Abkhazia from Syria in October

  36 persons who arrived in Abkhazia from Syria in October were accommodated in “Aitar” hotel of Sukhumi for the period of adaptation, 16 children including babies among them.

October 25, 2012 04:00

• Striking miners’ negotiations with the management in Georgia did not result in a consensus

  The miners and company owners who are on a strike in Chiatura found no consensus with the management. The workers demand for higher wages declaring that the company is really able to do it. Representatives of the management of the mines state that the workers’ demands are unrealizable.

October 24, 2012 23:00

• In Sochi, court marshals intend to demolish Alexei Kravets' house till October 25

  In Sochi, the house of Alexei Kravets, located in Prosvescheniya Street, will be demolished on October 25. This was reported by Ruslan Portnov, Bailiff of the Adler District.

October 24, 2012 22:00

• Source of anthrax found in Armenia

  The source of anthrax infection in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia was the meat of slaughtered farm animal in one of the yards of the Tsovak community. This was reported by Ovannes Mkrtchyan, Chief of State Veterinary Inspection of the Food Safety Service of the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture.

October 24, 2012 21:00

• Bidzina Ivanishvili offers Armaz Akhvlediani position of Chair of Adzharia's Government

  Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the coalition "Georgian Dream", which won the parliamentary elections in Georgia, offered the position of the Chair of the Adzharia's Government to Armaz Akhvlediani, Doctor of Political Sciences.

October 24, 2012 19:00

• South Ossetia insists on softening conditions of its citizens in Georgian prisons

  The authorities of South Ossetia insist on softening the conditions of citizens of South Ossetia, kept at Georgian prisons. The South Ossetian side voiced specific proposals in that regard at the today's meeting in the framework of the "Mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents" that took place in the Georgian village of Ergneti.

October 24, 2012 18:00

• North Ossetia: road police officer, killed in terror act, buried

  Today, Beslan held a funeral of Zaur Djibilov, an inspector of the road-and-post service, who was killed in the explosion, committed at night on October 23 at the police checkpoint in the village of Chermen.