News

February 21, 2011 23:30

• Georgia holds picket in support of political prisoners

  Today, activists of the youth movement "Ara" (No) and the NGO named "Homeland, Language, Faith" held a sit-down rally in front of the US Embassy in Tbilisi, urging diplomats to help in releasing those convicted on political grounds.

February 21, 2011 23:00

• Georgian women-citizens detained in Malaysia to be tried on March 4

  The consideration of the case of the women-citizens of Georgia detained in Malaysia for drug trafficking is scheduled for March 4. This was reported today by Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia. According to her story, Eldar Davitiani, the husband of one of the detainees, has been already sentenced in Georgia to 15 years of imprisonment.

February 21, 2011 22:20

• Kheda Saratova: Caucasian region is unsafe both for tourists and local residents

  Tragic incidents in Kabardino-Balkaria will continue. This was stated today at the Independent Press Centre in Moscow in the course of a press conference held by the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, Chechen human rights defender Kheda Saratova and political scientist Geidar Dzhemal on the topic "Tension in Ingushetia as Result of Authorities' Blunders".

February 21, 2011 22:10

• Security agencies do not exclude that killers of tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria were hunting for FSB ex-head's daughter

  The aim of the unidentified criminals, who on February 18 murdered a group of tourists from Moscow in Kabardino-Balkaria, could be the daughter of former FSB head Nikolai Patrushev. The Russian Security Council has already stated that one of the casualties - Irina Patrusheva - was a namesake of the former FSB boss.

February 21, 2011 22:00

• Massacre in military unit in Azerbaijan

  On Sunday, February 20, several soldiers were assassinated in a military unit of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. According to unofficial information, one of the soldiers shot six of his comrades and then shot himself.

February 21, 2011 21:00

• 5-year-old girl heavily wounded during killing of two women in Dagestan

  According to the latest data, after the attack on the house of two women in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, a 5-year-old girl was hospitalized with a wound in the chest. Now, she is in grave condition.

February 21, 2011 20:00

• The accused of murdering Markelov and Baburova refuse pleading guilty

  At the Moscow City Court, where the consideration of the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova has started today, the defendants Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis refused to plead guilty.

February 21, 2011 19:00

• Georgia plans to continue negotiating on exchange of prisoners

  Currently, two other Georgian citizens are kept in South Ossetia; while residents of the latter are also kept in custody in Georgia. The Georgian party will continue talks on exchange.

February 21, 2011 18:00

• South-Ossetian citizens released from Georgian prisons knew nothing about today's exchange of prisoners

  The citizens of South Ossetia, who were released today by the Georgian party side, were kept ignorant about their liberation from Georgia prisons until they were brought to the border with South Ossetia. They told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and claimed that they had not committed the crimes, for which they were convicted in the territory of Georgia.

February 19, 2011 23:40

• Kabardino-Balkaria: head of Khasanya village administration assassinated

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a well-informed source that tonight unidentified persons have killed Ramazan Friev, head of the village administration of Khasanya.

February 19, 2011 23:00

• About 600 residents of Stavropol Territory climb Mount Beshtau

  In the honour of the Day of Homeland's Defender, residents of Pyatigorsk and several other cities of the Stavropol Territory made an extreme climb on Mount Beshtau.

February 19, 2011 22:37

• All ski courses and tourists routes near Elbrus closed

  In the context of the current strained situation in Kabardino-Balkaria, it was decided to close all the ski courses on slopes of Mount Elbrus: Alpine skiing is stopped; and all tourist groups are prohibited to go en route.

February 19, 2011 22:00

• Rally "For Fair Elections!" held in Stavropol Territory

  On February 19, in the city of Ipatovo, Stavropol Territory, a rally demanded fair elections of the head of their municipality formation.

February 19, 2011 21:19

• In Makhachkala, militiamen shelled near the house of UVD boss

  In the capital of Dagestan, near the house of Ali Akhmedov, head of the city's UVD (Interior Department), a sniper opened fire on two militiamen. One of them was wounded, and the second managed to escape in an armoured shelter, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Mairbek Agaev from the Dagestani edition named "Chernovik".

February 19, 2011 19:00

• Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office warns Cossacks for uprising initiative

  Valery Kuznetsov, Prosecutor of the Rostov Region, has passed a warning to the organization named the "Don Cossack Republic", existing since 2008, but unregistered by regional justice, about inadmissibility of extremist activity - for their initiative of an uprising and creation of a new entity within the Russian Federation.

February 19, 2011 18:00

• Cableway collapses in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The ropeway "Azau-Stary Krugozor" on Mount Elbrus was undermined by unidentified culprits, as reported by a source from local law enforcement bodies. According to his story, nobody was hurt by the explosion.

February 19, 2011 15:00

• Armenia will receive 100 million euros from EU to overcome consequences of global crisis

  On February 18, Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, signed a memorandum of understanding with Armenia on provision of macro-financial help amounting to 100 million euros. Of these, 65 million will be provided as a credit, and 35 million - in the form of a grant.

February 19, 2011 14:00

• Operative centre of free legal aid launched in Dagestan

  Within the first month of operation, more than seventy residents of Dagestan have addressed for help to the free telephone call desk. So far, most of them call lawyers on their social problems: labour dispute, and documenting benefits and subsidies.

February 19, 2011 13:11

• Man with extremist literature detained in Rostov-on-Don

  A resident of the Moscow Region was detained for an attempt to disseminate extremist literature in a hotel of Rostov-on-Don.

February 19, 2011 12:00

• Relatives of Aslan Zhukov demand to put suspect of his murder to custody

  Relatives of Aslan Zhukov, deputy chairman of the Public Movement "Youth Adyge Khase", have addressed their complaints to the Cherkessk City Court, Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia republic and the Republic's MIA demanding to immediately detain the resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, suspected of murdering Zhukov.