News

May 12, 2011 23:50

• Civilian shot dead at Karabakh-Azerbaijani border

  On May 11, Araik Balasanyan, a tractor driver and a resident of Nagorno-Karabakh, died from a bullet at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops. Nagorno-Karabakh blames Azerbaijani militaries for the murder of the civilian.

May 12, 2011 23:45

• Court of Appeal leaves rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov in custody

  On Tuesday, May 10, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) considered the appeal complaint lodged by rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov head of the NGO named "Assistance to Defence of Democracy", who challenged the legality of the decision of Nizami District Court of May 2 about his 2-month-long arrest. The judge left the appeal complaint without satisfaction.

May 12, 2011 23:40

• Head of Dagestani RUVD did not rule out involvement of officials in attempt on him

  Lieutenant-Colonel Abdurashid Bibulatov, head of the RUVD (District Police Department) of the Kaitag District, into whose yard a grenade was thrown at night on May 8 a grenade was thrown, did not exclude that local officials, whom be had accused of abuse, could back the attack.

May 12, 2011 23:30

• Mizieva: biography of every Malgobek veteran is a plot for individual film

  "Oil Capital of Ingushetia. Malgobek - City of Military Glory" - this is the name of the documentary, which was screened on May 10 by the "Mir" TV Channel. The authors of the film - a well-known script-writer Javanshir Danoguev and Lydia Mizieva - focused spectators' attention on biographies of five World War II veterans, residents of this city, who were among the defenders of Malgobek.

May 12, 2011 23:20

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, case against MIA employee who beat detainees sent to court

  The inquiry into the criminal case, initiated against an operative officer of the criminal search of the Terek ROVD (District Interior Division), accused of beating up his suspects, has been completed.

May 12, 2011 23:10

• Criminal investigation on beating journalist in Derbent not initiated yet

  A criminal case on the fact of beating Magomed Khanmagomedov, a correspondent of "Chernovik", in the city of Derbent has not yet been opened. According to the journalist, the people who had beaten him are known and undertake to reconcile with him. The police claim that the fact of beating is being checked.

May 12, 2011 23:00

• Committee Against Torture receives FrontLine Defenders Award for work in Chechnya

  On May 5, the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson awarded the organization named "Committee Against Torture" for the development of the idea and coordination of the work of the united mobile groups in the Chechen Republic.

May 12, 2011 22:50

• In Kalmykia, four children perish in artesian well water

  In the Lagan District of Kalmykia four lower-grade pupils got drowned, said a source from local law enforcers.

May 12, 2011 22:40

• Chechen businessman Chagaev sues Swiss teacher

  The businessman from Chechnya Bulat Chagaev, who had bought the Swiss Football Club "Xamax", has sued the local teacher of literature, who expressed doubt about the origin of the businessman's money.

May 12, 2011 22:30

• Wounded Dokku Umarov takes his treatment in Turkey, said a source from Chechen DFSB

  As reported by the spokesman of the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Chechnya, the leader of the North-Caucasian underground Dokku Umarov was wounded during the pursuit of his group in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia in March 2011, and is probably now in the territory of Turkey.

May 12, 2011 22:20

• North Ossetia: lawyer convicted for extortion

  A North-Ossetian lawyer was sentenced on charges of attempting to steal more than 4 million roubles from his client.

May 12, 2011 22:00

• Ex-judge in Rostov-on-Don accused of bribery

  Igor Anosov, ex-federal judge of Voroshilov district court of Rostov-on-Don, is accused of taking a bribe. Public prosecutor's office of Rostov region has validated the indictment.

May 12, 2011 21:00

• A retired colonel of Federal Security Service in Volgograd region convicted for kidnapping

  North-Caucasian district military court sentenced a reserve colonel of Federal Security Service convicted for kidnapping to 10 years of imprisonment.

May 12, 2011 20:00

• Solicitors in Tbilisi are starting a hunger strike of protest

  Georgian solicitors are starting a hunger strike in front of the Parliament of the country. The goal of the action is protection of their professional rights. The notification was submitted to Mayor's office on May, 11, and the hunger strike will start on May, 17.

May 12, 2011 19:00

• Georgian Labourites protest against the nudist beach in Adzharia

  The oppositional Georgian Labour party of Adzharia protests against possible opening of a nudist beach in Adzharia declaring its awareness of the respective plans of the authorities. The authorities of Adzharia state that the question has been discussed but deny the fact of having taken the decision.

May 12, 2011 18:00

• A campaign "Temperance at the wheel!" started in Georgia

  A presentation of a road safety campaign "Temperance at the wheel!" passed off on May, 11, in Tbilisi. It was initiated by the first lady of the country Sandra Roelofs.

May 11, 2011 23:50

• Police reinforces security measures in Manege Square in Moscow

  Georgy Borovikov and Dmitry Demushkin, leaders of nationalists, were detained tonight in Manege Square in Moscow, where, according to law enforcers, a non-sanctioned action was planned.

May 11, 2011 23:40

• US Senate to consider resolution on Russia's occupation of Georgia

  The US Senate will consider the situation with the presence of Russian troops in the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which were deployed there on the basis of Russia's bilateral agreements with these republics. This was stated by Temur Yakobashvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the United States.

May 11, 2011 23:30

• Rostov Region: ex-assistant of Mayor of Azov suspected of fraud

  The former assistant of the Mayor of the city of Azov, suspected of a large-scaled fraud, has been put on the search list.

May 11, 2011 23:20

• Three soldiers wounded by explosions in Chechnya

  On May 11, three servicemen were wounded by two explosions in the forest area in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, a source from law enforcement bodies reported.