News

August 04, 2012 10:00

• Series of pickets "Tkachov, go!" held in Moscow at Permanent Mission of Krasnodar Territory

  On Friday, August 3, activists of the "Yabloko" Party held a series of pickets at the Permanent Mission of the Krasnodar Territory in Moscow, demanding resignation of the governor Alexander Tkachov.

August 03, 2012 23:00

• Court extends custody of two figurants in case of sold Nalchik Philharmonic

  Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has ruled to extend till December 5 the custody of two senior officials of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of a huge theft of state property by selling the Philharmonic Hall in Nalchik, Ruslan Koblev, an advocate of one of them, has reported.

August 03, 2012 22:00

• Yerevan hosts action demanding the release opposition activists

  Today, in front of the General Prosecutor' Office (GPO) of Armenia, a protest action was held with a demand of immediate acquittal and release of convicted young activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Tigran Arakelyan, Artak Karapetyan, David Kiramidzhyan and Sarkis Gevorkyan.

August 03, 2012 21:00

• Trampoline jumper from the Krasnodar Territory wins silver for Russia in London

  Today, Dmitry Ushakov, representing the Krasnodar Territory, has won the silver medal at 2012 Olympics in trampoline jumping.

August 03, 2012 20:00

• Rostov-on-Don: VDV Day ends with mass detentions

  In Rostov-on-Don, during celebration of the Day of Russian Airborne Forces (known as VDV Day), the police detained 150 persons for administrative offences; 67 of them are former and current VDV servicemen. According to the Chief Department for the Rostov Region of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), clashes of the police with a large group of former VDV servicemen took place on the embankment of the Don River.

August 03, 2012 19:00

• Cossack guards won't eliminate interethnic tension in Kuban region, experts say

  The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachov has explained the formation of Cossack police in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the river) by the need of "squeezing" the aliens, in particular, "Caucasian nationals" out of the region. These Tkachov's statements, broadly discussed in media and blogs, were made on August 2 during an expanded sitting of the Collegium of the Chief Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Regional politicians and community leaders recognize the existence of interethnic problems, but note that Cossack guards will not eliminate the reasons.

August 03, 2012 18:00

• Russian President decorates Malik Akhmadov with medal "For Saving Those Who Perish"

  A native of Dagestan Malik Akhmadov, who became Category I invalid after saving a drowning girl, was awarded the medal "For Saving Those Who Perish" by a decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

August 03, 2012 17:00

• Tbilisi: journalists hold protest outside the Ministry of Justice

  Today, professionals of Georgian mass media have held a protest action "Arrested" in front of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. The protest had to do with the "Maestro" case, said the protesters.

August 03, 2012 16:00

• Minister for Diaspora Matters: 800 families of Syrian Armenians have bought real estate in Armenia

  Granush Akopyan, Minister for Diaspora Matters of Armenia, has told reporters that most of the Syrian Armenians are waiting for stabilization of situation in Syria aiming to go back. Along with that, as she said, in recent years 800 families of Syrian Armenians have bought real estate property in Armenia.

August 03, 2012 15:00

• Volgodonsk: mothers of blind children demand to open a special kindergarten group

  Mothers of visually impaired children of Volgodonsk and Zimovnikov District have appealed to the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev with a request to open a special group in the kindergarten for their children. However, the education department of Volgodonsk said that there are not enough such children in the city and offered the women to open a family-based preschool group.

August 03, 2012 14:00

• First additional flight from Yerevan to Syria was made without passengers

  On August 2, the national carrier of Armenia – the "Armavia" Airline – carried out an additional Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flight without passengers because of their absence.

August 03, 2012 12:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh opens tent camp for youth of Armenia and Diaspora

  At the initiative of the public organization named "Ayazn", a group of young people has come from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh to stay in a tent camp near the village of Zuar, Shaumyan District. The camp will run till August 11.

August 02, 2012 23:00

• Azerbaijani athletes complete their performance in judo at London Olympics

  The sixth day of the London Olympic Games proved to be unsuccessful for Azerbaijani athletes. On August 2, Azerbaijan has finally lost its chances to win medals at competitions in judo: Elmar Gasymov, the last Azerbaijani athlete had to occupy the seventh place.

August 02, 2012 22:00

• Protest action in support of Hilal Mamedov held at Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow

  Today, in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow, a picket was held in support of Gilal (Hilal) Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who was arrested in Azerbaijan,.

August 02, 2012 21:00

• Information on mine-planting at Vladikavkaz marketplace not confirmed

  Today, all markets of Vladikavkaz were evacuated and cordoned off because of an anonymous call about a planted bomb. Law enforcement authorities of North Ossetia did not found any explosive devices and explosives at any of the seven markets of Vladikavkaz.

August 02, 2012 19:00

• Dagestani native Tagir Khaibulaev wins Russia's third gold medal at London Olympics

  Tagir Khaibulaev, judoka of the Russian national team, a native of Dagestan, became Champion of the London Olympic Games in the weight category of up to 100 kg.

August 02, 2012 17:00

• Ten athletes of Armenian Olympic team complete their performance without winning points for their national team

  10 out of 25 Armenian athletes have completed their performance at the London Olympic Games. None of them won points for their national team. The number of the defeated athletes includes two swimmers, two judokas, three weightlifters, one gymnast, one boxer, and one shooter.

August 02, 2012 16:00

• Lev Ponomaryov: authorities cannot stop killings in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Torture, which power agents apply to detainees, contributes to leaving of young people "for the forest". This was stated by Maryam Akhmatova, the leader of the public organization "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria for Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms", at the conference, held in Nalchik and dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the movement "For Human Rights". Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement "For Human Rights", recommended local human rights defenders to complete an analytical note on the existence of opinions about how to administer the situation in the republic from one centre and promised to bring it to the authorities of the country.

August 02, 2012 15:00

• In Baku, Court of Appeal reduces sentence to Iranian TV journalist

  Today, in Baku, Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Abid Abdinbekov, considered an appeal, filed by Anar Bairamly, a staff member of the representative office of the Iranian TV in Azerbaijan. The Court has partially granted the appeal and reduced the journalist's punishment from 2 years of imprisonment to 1 year of imprisonment.

August 02, 2012 14:00

• In Dagestan, armed persons in masks shot local resident dead

  Yesterday, on August 1, at the highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan, in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, three unidentified men in camouflage and masks shot and killed a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).