News

May 02, 2012 21:00

• Krasnodar: mass brawl burst out between fans of "Kuban" and "Anji"

  Right before the "Kuban"-"Anji"football match of the 42nd day of the championship of Russia, fans of both teams held a mass brawl.

May 02, 2012 19:00

• Fight of activists of"StopKHAM" with relatives of Chechen official in Moscow is actively discussed in the Runet

  Internet users are discussing the incident with a fight at the mall "Evropeiskiy" in Moscowin the course of the campaign for observance of traffic rules launched by activists of the public movement "StopKHAM" (Stop Caveman!). Bloggers believe that the incident was kindled by the wife and son of Tamerlan Mingaev, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the ChechenRepublic under the President of Russia.

May 02, 2012 18:00

• TV Channel of oppositionist Bidzina Ivanishvili starts broadcasting in Georgia

  "Channel Nine", where the co-owner is Ekaterina Khvedelidze, the wife of the leader of the oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream"businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, has begun broadcasting in Georgia.

May 02, 2012 17:00

• The sentence to the owner of a house in Vladikavkaz where gas exploded during a wedding altered for a conditional one

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia altered the sentence to Vadim Vazagov in whose house a gas bottle exploded during a wedding last year, nine persons perished and 50 got injured as a result. The sentence was altered by the court for a conditional one.

May 02, 2012 17:00

• Investigation of Zeinab Suyunova's case on preparation of terror act in Red Square completed

  The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed the investigation of the criminal case initiated against Zeinab Suyunova, a resident of the Neftekumsk District of the Stavropol Territory, accused of the attempted terror actin Red Square in Moscow in 2010.

May 02, 2012 16:00

• Ecologists of Kavkazskie Mineralnyye Vody complain to Khloponin that the authorities ignore their appeals concerning development of Mashuk

  Pyatigorsk environmental organization “Sunny patrol” directed the second open letter of behalf of 4,5 thousand residents of Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody to Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in North Caucasian Federal Okrug (NCFO) Alexander Kholoponin asking him to settle the conflict situation connected with development of Mashuk.

May 02, 2012 15:00

• More than ten thousand Sochi residents spent 24 hours without electricity

  On the eve of the Day of Spring and Labour marked on May 1, residents of different areas of the resort city of Sochi, KrasnodarTerritory, were left without electricity, which in most homes was restored only on the following day.

May 02, 2012 14:30

• Coordinator of “Left Front” movement in Rostov region sentenced to 10 days of arrest

  Coordinator of “Left Front” movement in Rostov region Vladislav Ryazantsev was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest.

May 02, 2012 12:15

• 11 candidates registered for participation in the election of the City Council of Lermontov

  Eleven candidates in Stavropol region were registered for participation in early election of the Council of the town of Lermontov of the fifth convocation.

May 01, 2012 23:50

• Azerbaijan bans putting foreign serials on nationwide TV Channels

  Today, Azerbaijan has enacted a ban on showing foreign-made serials and feature films on nationwide TV Channels. According to Nushiravan Magerramli, Chairman of the National TV and Radio Board (NTRB), which made this decision, it is aimed at moral upbringing of young people and will promote the development of the local film industry. The TV broadcasters do not express dissatisfaction with the decision of the NTRB. Alesker Mamedli, the head of the Monitoring Centre of Azerbaijan Broadcasters, believes that the decision violates the broadcasters' rights and limits the choice of the viewers.

May 01, 2012 23:40

• Russian Labour March failed in Stavropol

  In Stavropol, law enforcers made every effort not to admit an unsanctioned rally of Russian nationalists named "Russian Labour March" under the slogan "For Russian Caucasus!"

May 01, 2012 23:20

• Police of Volgograd detain several demonstrators and picketers

  Today, during the May Day march in Volgograd, the police detained several persons and brought them to the Tsentralny ROVD (District Interior Division). According to Alevtina Dupree, the coordinator of the social movement "The League of Voters", eight persons were detained.

May 01, 2012 22:40

• Russian Embassy: Baku and Moscow have settled the issue of Russians in two Azerbaijani villages

  Azerbaijan and Russia have agreed to resolve the issue around the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba. Villagers of the latter took Azerbaijani citizenship and will stay in their houses, while Russian citizens from Khrakh-Uba decided to move to Russia and settle in the territory of Dagestan. This was reported by the Russian Embassy in Baku.

May 01, 2012 22:10

• In Dagestan, Muslims complain of police harassment

  As reported by Nurullah Abdullaev, 20, a resident of the city of Dagestanskie Ogni, Dagestan, local law enforcers persecute Muslims on religious grounds. So far, the police make no comments on this information.

May 01, 2012 22:00

• Astrakhan Region holds rally in memory of young man who perished on the bridge

  Today, in the Astrakhan Region, on the bridge over the Kizan River, connecting the villages of Karagan and Tataro-Bashmakovka, people held a rally and a solo picket in memory of Maxim Medvedev, a Karagan villager, who perished on the bridge.

May 01, 2012 21:00

• Freedom House: Azerbaijan and Russia share the 172nd place by freedom of speech

  By the situation with the freedom of speech, Azerbaijan and Russia are in the 172nd position in the world; Armenia is No. 149 and Georgia - No. 127. These are the results of the report for 2011 released today by the NGO Freedom House.

May 01, 2012 20:00

• President of Armenia orders to dismantle kiosks in Mashtots Park

  President Serzh Sargsyan has visited - together with the Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan - the Mashtots Park, where for more than two months ecologists-activists have been fighting against the build-up of the park. After reviewing the situation, the head of the country instructed the Mayor of Yerevan to immediately dismantle the kiosks.

May 01, 2012 19:00

• An action of collection of signatures against poor roadways suppressed in the town of Frolovo, Volgograd region

  On April, 30, the activists in the town of Frolovo were planning an action of collecting signatures under an appeal to President of the Russian Federation devoted to the state of roadways in Volgograd region. Representatives of regional authorities and the police suppressed the action.

May 01, 2012 18:00

• A resident of Sochi reports an attempt of coercive hospitalization to psychoneurologic dispensary

  Valentina Gorbunova, resident of the health resort of Sochi, Krasnodar region, accuses officials of the Administration of Khosta district and medics of the ambulance service of an attempt of her coercive hospitalization to psychoneurologic dispensary (PND).

April 30, 2012 23:30

• Officials of Georgia and South Ossetia discuss measures to ensure the safety of conflict zone residents

  The border village of Ergneti has hosted a regular meeting within the Mechanism to Prevent and Respond to Incidents (MPRI), where officials of Georgia and South Ossetia, in particular, discussed detentions of civilians on the border, de-mining pre-border areas and ensuring safety of local residents.