News

March 15, 2011 20:00

• Georgian death toll in Afghanistan reaches 7 persons

  On March 14, the Georgian Ministry of Defence issued a release about the death in a German hospital of Corporal Valery Verskiani, who on March 5 hit a mine in Afghanistan.

March 15, 2011 19:00

• Seven persons got injured during an assault at the building of the Department of Interior Affairs in Dagestan

  According to the latest data, seven militiamen got injured as a result of an assault at "Kizilyurt" Department of Interior Affairs in the Republic of Dagestan and an explosion near it. Bomb technicians are currently trying to neutralize a bomb found in Kizilyurt, a representative of law enforcement bodies of Kizilyurt district said.

March 15, 2011 18:00

• Attorney of the participants of a meeting on March, 12, in Azerbaijan reports violation of his clients' rights

  Fifteen participants of an antigovernment action held on March, 12, in the center of Baku by "Musavat" party underwent administrative sanctions. Nine of them were arrested for a term of 7 to 10 days on accusation of insubordination to the police. Five more persons were fined to a sum of 20 to 30 manats (24 - 36 dollars) and one was released from the courtroom after getting a notice.

March 14, 2011 23:10

• Election Commission and "Golos" differ in assessing elections in Adygea

  The Election Commission of the Republic of Adygea has fixed no violations during the elections to the State Council-Khasse of the Republic held on March 13. At the same time, activists of the Association "Golos" state numerous violations.

March 14, 2011 23:00

• Stavropol: member of election commission states massive violations during voting

  Sergey Kulagin, a member with decisive vote of the precinct election commission No. 10 of the city of Stavropol, said that at 60-70 percent of polling stations during elections of deputies of the City Duma, the required voter turnout was achieved by bringing voters from aside.

March 14, 2011 22:30

• Woman from Rostov, who accused Moscow doctors of dishonesty, wants to take her son to Germany for treatment

  Elena Kolosova, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, who had accused Moscow doctors of disrespectful attitude in treatment of her one-year-old son Yaroslav at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, is going to take her child away to Germany. Financial support to the family was promised by sponsors, who were found through the Ministry of Social Development.

March 14, 2011 22:10

• Militiaman wounded in Moscow after concert of Chechen performers

  Last night, on March 13, in central Moscow, in the "Mir" Concert Hall, where a concert with participation of Chechen performers took place, an unidentified person wounded a militiaman from a traumatic pistol. This was reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of the capital.

March 14, 2011 22:00

• Armenian police detains Samson Khachatryan, famous boxer and opposition activist

  The five-time champion of the Soviet Union and two-time European champion in boxing, a member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Samson Khachatryan was arrested on charges of violent actions against the authorities of Armenia.

March 14, 2011 21:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, IC refused to initiate criminal case against detained ecologists

  As reported by Gennady Vasyunin, head of the Investigatory Division for the city of Tuapse of the Regional Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), they refused to open a criminal case against a group of ecologists, detained at their action-picnic held in the forest in the Krasnodar Territory near the object, which ecologists regard to be the summer cottage of Alexander Tkachov, territorial governor.

March 14, 2011 20:00

• Chechnya: flats are provided to resettlers from Argun-City

  Residents of the Chechen Republic are resettled because of the planned large-scale construction. Following the press conference "Chechnya: Construction of Argun-City - Dozens of Families Thrown Out into Street" held by rights defenders on February 3, residents of two blocks received flats; part of the tenants of other hostels were promised housing facilities.

March 14, 2011 19:00

• Public prosecutor's office discovered abuse in the activities of the administration of Adler district of Sochi

  Administrative infraction proceedings were started against Head of Adler district of the health resort of Sochi.

March 14, 2011 18:00

• An international filmmakers' team detained in Armenia left the country

  All the four members of an international TV-journalists' team from Finland, Estonia and Lithuania detained in Yerevan airport on March, 10, returned from Armenia without getting visas.

March 12, 2011 23:10

• Eight Georgian citizens disappear in Japan

  The Embassy of Georgia has contacted 27 out of its 35 citizens, who are now in Japan and live in the south, where the earthquake did not cause much damage.

March 12, 2011 23:00

• Dozens detained in opposition action in Azerbaijan

  The opposition and the authorities present contradictory figures on the number of detained activists of the anti-government action. According to the MIA, 50 persons were detained; the organizers claim that there were more than 100 detainees.

March 12, 2011 21:14

• Georgian Labourites call UN to limit terms of presidency

  The Georgian Labour Party calls on the United Nations to develop a special convention imposing a ban on presidents of all countries to be elected more than twice.

March 12, 2011 21:00

• Athlete from Adygea is vice-European champion in triple jump

  Olesya Zabara from Maikop has won a silver medal in triple jump at the Indoor European Athletics Championships held on March 4-6 in Paris.

March 12, 2011 20:00

• Dagestan: blast victim complains of absence of help from authorities

  According to Shakhban Shakhbanov, until now, no help was rendered by the authorities to his family, which suffered from the explosion on February 1 in Kizlyar.

March 12, 2011 19:19

• Clashes of police and opposition in central Baku

  They occurred today in the capital of Azerbaijan in Fountains Square, when the police began dispersing the protesters from the "Musavat" party who gathered in the square.

March 12, 2011 19:00

• North Ossetia to provide grants for support of folk crafts

  As decided by the government of North Ossetia at its sitting held on 11 March, folk craftsmen will be able to realize their projects with the help of grants worth 500,000 roubles.

March 12, 2011 17:00

• Airport in Stepanakert to start operation on May 9

  On May 9, 2011, the Stepanakert Airport will be completely ready for operation, said the Division for Civil Aviation under the Government of Nagorno-Karabakh.