News

July 18, 2012 15:00

• The court in Tbilisi arrested three representatives of coalition "The Georgian Dream"

  The City court of Tbilisi arrested three representatives of oppositional coalition "The Georgian Dream" for a three-month's term. The representatives of the coalition consider the verdict unlawful and are going to appeal against it in Strasbourg court.

July 18, 2012 07:00

• In Chechnya, principals of general education schools to face trial

  Principals of two schools of the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya are to face trial on charges of embezzling funds from using their official positions. They face 2-6 years of imprisonment.

July 18, 2012 03:00

• Tuapse Court considers case of puncture of car tires, belonging to activist of "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus"

  The Tuapse District Court holds trial on the case of puncture of the tires of the car, belonging to an activist the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", committed on May 15 during the court session on the criminal case against ecologists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko.

July 18, 2012 01:00

• In Yerevan, ecologists demand to stop construction works in green area of Abovyan Street

  In Yerevan, a pit was dug in the place of shops, dismantled in Abovyan Street. The Mayoralty states that no major construction is underway and that the works will soon be completed. Ecologists demand to stop the construction in the green area of the city.

July 17, 2012 23:00

• In Azerbaijan, activist of "Kura" office accused of using force against public official

  In Azerbaijan, Mirabad Rzaev, an activist of the civil society "Kura" from the village of Novruzlu of the Saatly District, face a charge under the Article "Use of force against a public official" (Article 315.1 of the Criminal Code).

July 17, 2012 22:00

• Ruslan Evkurov failed to return money to Dolakovo residents, Ismail Mankiev asserts

  Ruslan Evkurov, a distant relative of the leader of Ingushetia, failed to return fraudulently obtained five million roubles to residents of the village of Dolakovo. This was reported by Ismail Mankiev, the deputy of the municipal assembly.

July 17, 2012 20:00

• Two residents of Dagestan accuse Russian Ministry of Finance of inaction

  Two residents of the Gumbet District of Dagestan-victims of the nature calamity in 2006, have filed a lawsuit claiming illegal inaction of the Ministry of Finance, which has not yet decided on the issue to compensate their material losses.

July 17, 2012 18:00

• Authorities demand to liquidate volunteers' camp in central Krymsk

  The administration of the Krymsk District has demanded from volunteers to abandon the tent camp set up in the city centre. About 200 volunteers are packing up their things.

July 17, 2012 17:00

• MIA: four provocateurs who spread rumours about a large number of flood victims arrested in Krymsk

  Four young men have been arrested for violent provocative actions during the meeting of territorial officials with residents of Krymsk, said Igor Zhelyabin, the head of the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian MIA for the Krasnodar Territory.

July 17, 2012 14:00

• ICRF: in Volgograd Region policeman knocks down three pedestrians

  An employee of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Volgograd Region committed a road accident, while driving his car, and knocked down two children and their mother. A seven-year-old girl died in place, said the Investigatory Department for the Volgograd Region of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). According to investigators, the policeman was drunk.

July 17, 2012 11:00

• 150 young men called up for military service in Chechnya

  For the first time during the last decades, 150 young men were called up for military service in Chechnya. They will serve in special motorized battalion No 249 of Inner Troops, structural unit of Brigade No 46 of Inner Troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia dislocated in the republic on continuing basis.

July 17, 2012 05:00

• Tbilisi hosts protest action against confiscation of satellite antennas from "Maestro" TV Company

  Members of the movement "Solidarity for Freedom of Media" held a protest action in front of the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia against the confiscation of satellite dishes from the "Maestro" TV Company. The protest action was motivated by the decision of the Georgian Court of Appeal, which recognized the confiscation as lawful.

July 17, 2012 04:00

• "Jammers" for mobile communication in the investigative isolation ward of Makhachkala are working still more intensively, the convicts' relatives state

  The convicts' relatives state that after the end of their hunger strike the situation with the "jammers" for mobile communication established in investigative isolation ward (IIW) No 1 of Makhachkala became even worse. Representatives of Department of Federal Penal Service (DFPS) and human rights activists doubt about the possibility of causing damage to people's health by this equipment.

July 17, 2012 01:00

• Member of coalition "The Georgian Dream" Merab Kachakhidze detained in Tbilisi

  Merab Kachakhidze, member of the National Committee of Conservative party and "The Georgian Dream" coalition was detained by the police in Tbilisi, representative of Press service of the coalition Greta Tsitsava reported.

July 16, 2012 23:00

• Tbilisi Court of Appeal upholds decision to arrest satellite antennas of "Maestro" TV Company

  The Tbilisi Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Tbilisi City Court of the arrest of 10,000 satellite antennas of the "Maestro" TV Company.

July 16, 2012 22:00

• Kirov District Court of Astrakhan dismisses Oleg Shein's lawsuit to cancel election outcomes

  Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan dismissed the lawsuit, filed by Oleg Shein to cancel the outcomes of the voting in the Kirov District at the election of Mayor, held on March 4, 2012.

July 16, 2012 21:00

• Krymsk: spontaneous rally held near administration building

  Today, near the building of the Krymsk city administration, a spontaneous rally of the residents, whose houses were affected by the flooding, was held.

July 16, 2012 21:00

• In Vladikavkaz, relatives of murdered resident of Ardon District picket Supreme Court

  Today, relatives of Viktor Khadaev, the murdered resident of the Ardon District of North Ossetia, came with posters to the building of the Supreme Court in Vladikavkaz. They demand to make a fair decision against defendant Zelim Karaev.

July 16, 2012 20:00

• Dagestan reopens investigation into murder of pregnant woman

  In Dagestan, the criminal investigation into the shelling of Sapiyat Magomedova and Gasan Baisultanov, committed by law enforcement officers in 2006, was reopened. This was reported today by Mamatkhan Baisultanov, a resident of Khasavyurt.

July 16, 2012 18:00

• In Paris, protesters demand to solve Natalia Estemirova's murder

  On July 15, Paris hosted a rally to honour the memory of Natalia Estemirova. The participants of the rally demanded that the Russian authorities should take measures for immediate investigation into the murder of the human rights defender.