News

October 15, 2010 19:00

• A meeting in protection of the journalists accused of extremism passed off in Moscow

  On October, 14, an action of protest against prosecution of Buryat journalists Nadezhda Nizovkina and Tatyana Stetsyura accused of extremism for distribution of leaflets about Stalin's deportation of the Ingush and Chechen peoples was held in Moscow, in Chistoprudny boulevard.

October 15, 2010 18:00

• Orlov's defense: witnesses having nothing to do with the case summoned to court

  Such human rights activists an Natalya Estemirova are the pride of Russia, this is the opinion of Sergey Komkov, President of the All-Russian Fund of education who on October, 14, was interrogated in court on the action of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya, against Oleg Orlov, Head of "Memorial" Human Rights center. Another witness, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman of Checnya, said that Estemirova's role in human rights defense had been much exaggerated.

October 14, 2010 23:40

• Relatives of Armenian captive who died in Azerbaijan apply to UN

  Aiming to get the body of Manvel Saribekyan, an Armenian captive who was killed in Azerbaijan, his relatives appealed to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. In their letter they state that Azerbaijan is violating the armistice and captures Armenian civilians; Manvel Saribekyan, a villager from Ttudzhur, was one of them.

October 14, 2010 23:10

• Museum of Cossacks abroad to be opened in Rostov Region

  The village of Starocherkasskaya, Rostov Region, has founded the first Russian museum of Cossacks abroad, with the Gate Church, where commemoration services will be held in memory of the Cossacks deceased abroad.

October 14, 2010 23:00

• Explosive device neutralized in Kazbek District of Dagestan

  In the evening on October 13 law enforcers detected a press-on explosive device in the Kazbek District of Dagestan. It was de-mined, and now its power is established.

October 14, 2010 22:50

• In South Ossetia, Premier Brovtsev ordered to cancel contracts with indecent contractors

  Today, Prime Minister of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev has inspected the progress of residential construction in Tskhinvali. As a result of the inspection, the Premier asked Sarmat Kotaev, deputy chairman of the State Committee for Implementation of Reconstruction Projects, to unilaterally cancel contracts with indecent contractors.

October 14, 2010 22:50

• In Kalmykia, over thousand young families need better housing conditions

  In 2002-2012, Kalmykia allocated about 130 million roubles within the republic's target programme "Affordable Housing - to Young Families"; already 652 young families have received social benefits to repay part of the value of purchased apartments. However, more than a thousand young families in the country still need improvement of their housing conditions.

October 14, 2010 22:40

• The main problem of Russians in Armenia is teaching children, experts say

  The Russian Diaspora in Armenia discusses the conference of Russian compatriots that took place in Yerevan. Some of them think the event was productive, others assert its uselessness.

October 14, 2010 22:30

• Three prosecution witnesses speak at Kadyrov vs. Orlov trial

  Today in Moscow, the third session took place on the criminal case of slander initiated against Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under the suit of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

October 14, 2010 22:20

• Four persons die in Volgograd Region; inspectors suspect food poisoning

  Bodies of two women and two children were found in an apartment in the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region. According to investigators, they could get poisoned by foodstuffs, said the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) of the Russian Federation spokesman.

October 14, 2010 22:10

• Chechen Prosecutor's Office orders militia to investigate attacks on women without headscarves

  The Office has cancelled the decision of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) not to open criminal cases on the facts of shelling women without headscarves from paintball guns in Grozny. This is stated in a letter by Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Prosecutor General, published today on the website of Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin.

October 14, 2010 22:00

• Seven soldiers detained in Armenia in connection with the death of soldier Khachatryan

  Seven servicemen have been detained in connection with the death of Samwell Khachatryan, statutory service soldier, on October, 3, in one of the military units of Armenia.

October 14, 2010 21:00

• The court in Karachai-Circassia will be hearing a case of an arson of a Baptist church

  A criminal case of Arthur Eziyev accused of an arson of Evangelist Christian Baptist church "New Life" has been brought before Karachai court.

October 14, 2010 20:00

• Investigation of the case of "black transplantation" started in Azerbaijan

  Ministry of Interior affairs and Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan have started an investigation in connection with the reports available on "black transplantation" of human organs.

October 14, 2010 19:00

• The All-Russian population census in Chechnya is going on under an intensified guard

  Population census in Chechnya as well as in all the rest regions of Russia has started today. Law enforcement agencies of the republic will remain on an intensified watch regime until the end of the census.

October 14, 2010 18:00

• A "Cross-cultural interaction School" with participation of delegations of Ingushetia and North Ossetia is under way in Moscow

  Students and young specialists from Ingushetia and North Ossetia are participating in a seminar "Cross-cultural interaction School" which is under way in Moscow from October, 10, to October, 16.

October 13, 2010 23:50

• Resident of Ingushetia blames doctors for negligence that led to his daughter's sterility

  Boris Evloev, a resident of the village of Nesterovskaya (Ingushetia), states that his daughter Khava lost her reproductive function after spending a week in the Malgobek Central District Hospital (CDH) and intends to have a criminal case initiated on this fact.

October 13, 2010 23:40

• Opening Georgian border for residents of NCFD has propagandistic nature, experts say

  Political analysts in Russia and Georgia are actively discussing the decision of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on unilateral opening the border for residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). In Georgia, experts fear a flood of refugees from Russia and the "creeping aggression" of Ossetians; their Russian counterparts see it as Tbilisi's propaganda step.

October 13, 2010 23:20

• Ramzan Kadyrov becomes head of the World Congress of Chechen People

  Today in Grozny, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was elected by the delegates of the World Congress of Chechen People to be Secretary General of the Congress. According to observers, this will make him more independent from the Kremlin.

October 13, 2010 23:10

• Stavropol Region starts campaigning for exit from NCFD

  Residents of the Stavropol Region, who are bagging subscriptions since October 10 for the Region's exit from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), assert that after unification with the North-Caucasian republics the region faced increased criminality, terror acts and ethnic conflicts.