News

September 02, 2011 20:00

• Isa Yamadaev detained in Paris airport on his way to Moscow

  The French authorities have not allowed Isa Yamadaev, the younger brother of the Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed in 2008, to get from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, and returned him back to Dubai.

September 02, 2011 19:00

• Pavlyuchenkov, suspected of murdering Politkovskaya, indicted

  As announced by Vladimir Markin, spokesperson of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), inspectors are presenting indictment to Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former employee of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department) and an alleged participant in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta".

September 02, 2011 18:00

• Two kidnapped residents of Ingushetia may be kept in Chechnya, relatives assert

  Umalat Bersanov and Akraman Ugurchiev, who were kidnapped by unidentified persons in Ingushetia, unidentified, are currently in Chechnya, Bashir Bersanov, Umalat's father, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 01, 2011 23:20

• USA allocates 10 million US dollars of military aid to Azerbaijan

  The package of military aid to Azerbaijan, allocated by the Pentagon, will comprise about 10 million US dollars.

September 01, 2011 23:10

• Krasnodar Territory's first street elevator lift for invalids installed in Tuapse

  In the Krasnodar Territory, the first street elevator for people with disabilities was installed in the city of Tuapse. It is located near the city post office and will soon be put into operation.

September 01, 2011 23:00

• In Abkhazia, action of memory was held on International Day of Missing Persons

  On August 30, the International Day of the Disappeared was commemorated in Abkhazia. According to the current information, as a result of the 1992-93 war with Georgia, about 200 people, including soldiers and civilians, have gone missing in Abkhazia.

September 01, 2011 22:00

• North Ossetia: Beslan holds Memory Days of terror act victims under enhanced security measures

  Today, in connection with the mourning events and the Day of Knowledge enhanced security measures were adopted in North Ossetia. In the territory of the Beslan secondary school No. 1, psychologists work and doctors are on duty in case of need of emergency medical care. Many journalists, including those from China, came to the republic. They want to prepare a series of articles about the tragedy in Beslan and the city's present-day life.

September 01, 2011 22:00

• Three relatives of assassinated FSB officer wounded by explosion in Khasavyurt

  According to specified information, three relatives of Lieutenant Colonel of FSB, who perished in a car explosion in the city of Khasavyurt, were injured. This was reported by the Investigatory Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee in Dagestan.

September 01, 2011 21:00

• Witness identified suspect of killing of ex-Colonel Budanov

  A secret witness under an assumed name of Aslan has identified Magomed Suleimanov, suspected of killing ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov; however, Suleimanov refused to plead guilty.

September 01, 2011 20:00

• BCA dismisses appeal on Gadjiev's lawsuit against GPO of Azerbaijan

  Today, at its session chaired by Judge Gail Mamedov the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) dismissed the appeal complaint lodged on the lawsuit of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, a youth activist, serving his prison term, against the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

September 01, 2011 19:00

• Protest rally against non-combat losses in army held in Armenia

  Today, a large protest rally was held near the building of the Armenian Government, where protesters expressed their indignation about the increasing number of non-combat losses in the Armenian Army. Parents of the soldiers, who perished in the peacetime and rights defenders demanded fair investigations into soldiers' deaths.

September 01, 2011 18:00

• In Chechnya, power agents accuse Umarov and Gakaev of organizing recent terror acts

  According to Chechen power bodies, the triple terror act involving militants-suicide bombers, committed in the city of Grozny at night on Tuesday, August 30, was organized by Dokku Umarov, the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground, and Muslim Gakaev, one of field commanders.

August 31, 2011 23:00

• Saratov court finds recruits from Northern Caucasus guilty of hazing

  The Saratov Garrison Court has found regular soldiers enlisted from North Ossetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria guilty of abusing their fellow-servicemen and sentenced each of them to three years in prison; however, they refused to plead guilty and have already appealed against the verdict.

August 31, 2011 22:00

• In 2011, 63 persons perished in Moscow and Northern Caucasus from suicide bombers

  As a result of 12 self-explosions committed by suicide bombers in 2011 in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and in Moscow, the last three of which were triggered in Grozny on August 30, 63 persons were killed and more than 224 wounded. These are the figures of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data of own correspondents of the edition and information from open sources.

August 31, 2011 21:00

• Dagestan: power-engineering college to train ex-militants after adaptation commission

  On September 1, the city of Kaspiisk will solemnly open a new power-engineering college, where places will be reserved for the persons who have undergone the commission for adaptation of militants to peaceful life, said the managers of the new institution.

August 31, 2011 20:00

• Head coach of "Anji" Gadji Gadjiev disqualified for four matches

  Today, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) has passed a number of decisions on the outcomes of the events that took place on August 21 in the football match "Anji"-"Dynamo". Gadji Gadjiev, the head coach of the "Anji" FC from Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, was disqualified for four matches.

August 31, 2011 19:00

• International Prize "Witnesses of Peace" to be given to Shakman Akbulatov

  This year the Prize "Witnesses of Peace", established by the Italian city of Ovada, will be awarded to human rights activist from Chechnya Shakman Akbulatov.

August 31, 2011 18:00

• Baku holds protest against draining Lake Urmia in Iran

  Today, about 50 activists of different youth organizations of Azerbaijan held a picket near the Iranian Embassy in Baku with a demand to save Lake Urmia from ecological catastrophe.

August 31, 2011 17:00

• Session on Magmadovs' case rescheduled for September 5

  The consideration of the criminal case initiated against the natives of Chechnya Apti and Aishat Magmadov, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), has been postponed until September 5, because Egle Kusaite's evidences have not arrived to the Moscow Regional Court.

August 31, 2011 16:00

• Death toll of Grozny explosions reaches nine

  As reported today by Rashid Nurgaliev, Russian Interior Minister, at his meeting with the heads of his subdivisions in the North-Caucasian Federal District, the triple terror act committed in the Lenin District of Grozny killed 9 persons.