News

January 25, 2012 22:50

• Grozny residents complain of forced eviction

  Residents of the township of Voikova, Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, report about forced eviction and demolition of their houses. According to the city authorities, this is caused by the large-scale reconstruction undertaken in the township.

January 25, 2012 22:40

• Members of Sochi Branch of Russian Geographic Society speak against closing it

  The members of the Sochi Branch of the Russian Geographic Society (RGS) have appealed to Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister and the head of the board of trustees of the Society, asking not to close the Branch. This was reported by Yulia Naberezhnaya, an RGS member.

January 25, 2012 22:40

• Body of deceased resident of Dagestan has signs of torture, relatives assert

  Today, a resident of Kaspiysk Raziyat Musaeva has announced that during examination of the bodies of her sons Muslim and Malik Musaev, and of her brother Gadji Gadjiev their relatives found signs of torture on the body of her younger son.

January 25, 2012 22:30

• Sochi authorities agree to provide housing to head of Revenko large family after his employment

  The Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has offered to provide a two-room flat to the large family Revenko, who are forced to live in a garage at the cemetery after their house was demolished, when a road junction was built. The authorities promise to grant a flat, provided a family member gets employed by the municipal service.

January 25, 2012 22:10

• Polina Zherebtsova, author of the book about Chechen War asks for political asylum in Finland

  Polina Zherebtsova, the author of the diary about the war in Chechnya, published in autumn 2011, asked for political asylum in Finland and intends to sue Russia.

January 25, 2012 22:00

• Georgian pilots-veterans stage protest in front of President's residence

  Today, ten former pilots have held a protest action outside the Georgian President's residence in Avlabari.

January 25, 2012 21:00

• "Environmental Patrol of Stavropolye" will hold a picket in protection of natural resources

  On January, 29, a picket of non-governmental organization "Environmental Patrol of Stavropolye" will be held in 200th Anniversary square in order to draw public attention to the problems of protection of natural resources, i.e. the springs and forests. The action will last from 13 till 15 o'clock and, according the organizers' preliminary estimation, will gather no less than three hundred people.

January 25, 2012 20:00

• "Domodedovo" airport is functioning in a normal mode

  "Domodedovo" international airport of Moscow where yesterday evening an information of possible presence of explosive devices was verified is currently functioning in a normal mode.

January 25, 2012 19:00

• An action "I did not vote" stopped in Adygea

  Association of noncommercial organizations in Adygea "In Defense of the Voters' Rights "Golos" ("Vote") and civil movement "Union of Slavs of Adygea" stopped an action "I did not vote" the beginning of which was announced in December, 2011.

January 25, 2012 18:00

• Bidzina Ivanishvili appealed against denial of restoration of his Georgian citizenship

  On January, 24, attorneys of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili appealed to the Appellate court of Tbilisi in order to lodge a complaint against the judgment of the city court on the case of restoration of his Georgian citizenship.

January 24, 2012 23:30

• HRW: human rights situation in Azerbaijan becomes worse

  In 2011, the human rights situation in Azerbaijan deteriorated; the government suppressed all forms of protest. This was announced by the annual report on human rights situation in the world, prepared by the International human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), which was released on January 22.

January 24, 2012 23:10

• In Novorossiysk, more than 2600 trees cut down illegally

  In the city of Novorossiysk of the Krasnodar Territory, Unidentified persons cut down trees, causing damage amounting to 15.5 million roubles.

January 24, 2012 23:00

• Dagestani resident reports on her son kidnapping

  A 23-year-old Sirazhudin Aliev was kidnapped by unidentified men in camouflage and masks. This was reported by Tamara Alieva, the mother of the kidnapped man, the resident of the city of Makhachkala.

January 24, 2012 22:50

• In Nalchik, bus drivers stop striking

  Drivers of urban transport company in the city of Nalchik stopped their strike announced almost two weeks ago and began to work today.

January 24, 2012 22:40

• Moscow honours memory of victims of terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport

  Today, on the day of the anniversary of the terror act in the Moscow international "Domodedovo" Airport, relatives of victims gathered at the place of tragedy to honour their memory. The terror act took 38 human lives.

January 24, 2012 22:30

• Chechen builders rally again demanding payment of salary debts

  On January 23, the Chechen capital of Grozny hosted another protest action of the builders, who worked for Turkish Construction Companies "Penta" and "Bora Inshaat".

January 24, 2012 22:20

• Baku hosts protest in front of French Embassy

  Today, about 50 persons came to the Embassy of France in Baku to protest against adoption by the French Senate - the upper house of the parliament - of the bill assuming punishment for negation of the genocides regarded as such by the law.

January 24, 2012 22:10

• Astrakhan: case of beating journalists closed on limitation expiry

  In Astrakhan, the today's court session has ruled to stop the criminal prosecution of the Deputy of the Astrakhan Region Duma Rifkat Shabanov, suspected of beating journalists and impeding their professional activities.

January 24, 2012 22:00

• In the course of the week of January 16-22 at least 11 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least eight humans were lost and three others wounded over the past week, that is, on January 16-22, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 24, 2012 21:00

• The Ministry of Transport came to terms with the protesting taxi drivers

  On January, 23, the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan cancelled the limitations concerning the age of cars for their use as taxicabs. This decision was taken after the actions of protest the owners of taxis held in Baku.