News

August 27, 2011 18:00

• European and Russian painters take part in international symposium in North Ossetia

  The Fifth International Arts Symposium "Alanika-2011" that opened on August 25 in Vladikavkaz has attracted masters of paintings, graphic arts, installation, and photo and video arts from Italy, Great Britain, France, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, Israel and Azerbaijan. The republic is also visited by their colleagues from Moscow, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Makhachkala.

August 27, 2011 17:00

• Sugar gets up in Armenia

  Yerevan shops have set up sugar prices by about 20% higher. Exporters attributed this rise to the growth of world sugar prices.

August 27, 2011 16:00

• Armenian ruling coalition accuses opposition of disrupting negotiations

  In response to the decision of the Armenian opposition to suspend the talks, the ruling coalition has issued a statement accusing the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) of disrupting the negotiation process and distorting facts.

August 27, 2011 15:00

• In Georgia, mountain resort Bakuriani ends summer season before time

  In Georgia, due to cold weather, some of mountain resorts, in particular, the resort of Bakuriani had to end their summer season.

August 27, 2011 14:00

• Ombudspersons to appear in Dagestani schools

  In Dagestan, the heads of municipal education departments are encouraged to introduce in schools positions of ombudspersons in charge of defending the rights of participants of the education process. This is stated in the letter signed by Natella Musaleva, Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Dagestan.

August 26, 2011 23:49

• Mission of international observers is pleased with organization of presidential election in Abkhazia

  Observers from IS-EMO and “Research Foundation for problems of democracy in the countries of CIS” consider that voting on the day of election of President of Abkhazia was organized at a high level and the process was going on without technical failures.

August 26, 2011 23:00

• Suspect of organizing Politkovskaya's murder arrested by court

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has sanctioned the arrest of former militia officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a suspected (by the investigation) organizer of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta".

August 26, 2011 22:00

• Armenia shows amendments to the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations"

  The Armenian Ministry of Justice has presented amendments to the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations", which assumes, inter alia, criminal liability for forced involvement of people in non-traditional religious organizations, groups and sects, and introduces the term "soul fishing" (proselytizing).

August 26, 2011 21:00

• Trial on Baksan HPP attack questions witnesses

  On August 25, at the trial, where the attack on the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) is considered, witnesses were questioned, including employees of the plant and operative agents.

August 26, 2011 20:00

• Ministry of Education: Chechnya sees acute shortage of teachers

  Chechnya suffers from deficit of educational institutions and lacks teachers. By the new school year the Republic's schools have more than 800 vacancies, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a source from the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Chechnya.

August 26, 2011 19:00

• Dagestan: son who ordered murder of his father, Colonel of Justice, sentenced to 15 years of high security

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan has sentenced Gadjimurad Khulataev, 19, accused on ordering the killing of his father – Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Yunus Khulataev – to 15 years of high security colony.

August 26, 2011 18:00

• Nationalists rally in Moscow against release of Rasul Mirzaev

  On August 25 the Moscow police suppressed an attempt of nationalist-minded young people to organize an unauthorized march to the building of the Zamoskovoretskiy Court, which considers the case of Rasul Mirzaev, the world champion in mixed martial arts, accused of involvement in the death of student Ivan Agafonov.

August 26, 2011 15:00

• Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk suspected of fomentation of interethnic animosity suspended from office

  Novocherkassk city court suspended Head of municipal Administration Vladislav Zhuravlev accused of fomentation of interethnic animosity from office for the period of investigation.

August 26, 2011 14:00

• Armenian opposition broke off negotiations with the authorities until release of their activist

  Armenian National Congress broke off its participation in the dialogue with the authorities of Armenia and will return to the negotiating table only after alteration of preventive punishment for activist Tigran Arakelyan. This was reported by Levon Zurabyan, coordinator of ANC, leader of the delegation of oppositionists at the negotiation.

August 26, 2011 13:25

• The court on the case of disturbances in Manezhnaya square declined all the motions of the defense

  All the motions of the defense party entered on August, 25, at a preliminary session on the case of organization of disturbances in Manezhnaya square of Moscow last December were declined today. The first hearing of the case on the merits was appointed for September, 7.

August 25, 2011 21:00

• Dagestan: protesters demand release of Kizlyar residents detained by power agents

  On August 26 a protest action will be held at the building of the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, where people will demand to release three residents of the Kizlyar District, detained under suspicion of helping militants.

August 25, 2011 20:00

• In Georgia, experts differ in opinions on need to change articles on espionage in the Criminal Code

  Georgian experts are not unanimous regarding the unconstitutional nature of Article 314 of the Criminal Code (espionage).

August 25, 2011 19:00

• Azerbaijan: six opposition activists detained on April 2 convicted

  The Sabail District Court of Baku has announced its sentence to six oppositionists accused of violating public order during the unsanctioned rally on April 2. The defendants were given from 1.5 to 3 years of imprisonment.

August 25, 2011 18:00

• Foreign observers at election in Abkhazia promise to attend every polling station

  The foreign observers who have arrived in Abkhazia have promised that they will be able to control the course of the presidential election.

August 25, 2011 17:00

• Athletes and coaches urge not to stir up ethnic conflict from the case of Dagestan sambo champion Mirzaev

  Sport officials, coaches and athletes believe that only the court should define the guilt of Rasul Mirzaev, the world champion in sambo, who was arrested in the case of the death of a student Ivan Agafonov.