News

September 30, 2010 18:00

• Physicians in Dagestan are concerned about the lives of two militiamen wounded in Kaspiisk

  The state of two militiamen wounded in Dagestan as a result of an explosion on September, 29, is estimated as a grave one, our source in the investigation bodies reported. After the explosion 17 militia officers asked for medical aid in the hospitals of Kaspiisk and Makhachkala. According to another source, 16 people were injured.

September 29, 2010 23:40

• Krasnodar: entrepreneurs of LLC "Promavtomatika Invest" face trial

  In Krasnodar, at the trial of entrepreneurs Sergey Kolesnikov and Evgeniy Konovalov, accused of misappropriation and embezzlement of a large sum of money belonging to the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Promavtomatika Invest", Judge Roman Shakitsko from the Lenin District Court of Krasnodar removed rights defender Tatiana Rudakova away from the session, because she had explained the rights of defendants' advocates.

September 29, 2010 23:30

• Creation of MIA's special unit treated ambiguously in Dagestan

  The information about formation of a special unit of interior troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Dagestan was differently taken by the local people. Denga Khalidov, head of the Centre of Strategic and Ethno-Political Studies of Russia, believes that Dagestan has pretty plenty of other power structures. On the other hand, the authorities of the republic hope that local residents will be better protected from those who want to destabilize the situation.

September 29, 2010 23:20

• FIDE Vice-President believes that Ilyumzhinov is a fair winner

  Georgeos Makropoulos, Vice-President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has stated, in response to accusations put forward by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov that the today's election of FIDE President were unfair, that it was an attempt to blacken the name of the President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

September 29, 2010 23:10

• In Georgia, opponents of new Constitution send letter to EU bosses

  On September 28, fourteen leaders of various oppositional forces of Georgia sent a joint statement to the President of the Council of Europe, Chairman of the Venice Commission and to David Bakradze, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, demanding to take action against adoption by the parliament of the new Constitution.

September 29, 2010 23:00

• Alexander Khloponin: there is no more inter-confessional and interethnic discord in the Caucasus

  On September 28, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov, that the Caucasus is no longer the area of inter-confessional and interethnic conflicts, but is becoming a united and economically prosperous region.

September 29, 2010 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 20-26

  Suicide bombers blow themselves up in Northern Caucasus at the background of deepened split in "Imarat Kavkaz"; Vice-President of Abkhazia survives after another attempt; and the head of Ingushetia loses his advisor, - look these and other events in the review of the week of September 20-26, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 29, 2010 22:50

• Krasnodar: suspect of spreading rumours about terror acts detected

  Law enforcers of the Krasnodar Territory have revealed a person who spread of rumours about terror acts to be committed in Krasnodar on the Day of the City - September 25. It is Nikolai Evenko, 27, a former leading specialist of the Municipal Institution "City Bureau of Outdoor Advertising and Information".

September 29, 2010 22:40

• Former senator from Kalmykia accused of felony

  The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has sanctioned arrest of Igor Provkin, former senator from Kalmykia, suspected of sexual abuse of Moscow female student, the press service of the Court has reported today. Thus, the Court has satisfied the yesterday's petition of the investigation.

September 29, 2010 22:40

• Anti-terror rally to be held on October 2 in North Ossetia

  On Saturday, October 2, at 2 p.m., the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, plans to host a rally, where the organizers plan to protest against inefficient actions of the authorities in their fight against extremism and human rights violations.

September 29, 2010 22:30

• One of Chechen natives detained in France is arrested

  The native of Chechnya, who was detained on September 27 in Western France, is kept behind bars within the investigation of terrorist activities, said the Paris Prosecutor's Office.

September 29, 2010 22:30

• Active phase of two special operations is over in Dagestan

  In the course of special operations conducted in Kaspiisk and Makhachkala fourteen persons were liquidated; they were blocked in private houses and, according to power agents, rendered armed resistance. Currently, special-purpose fighters start inspecting the premises, where the alleged militants had hid.

September 29, 2010 22:20

• Grozny starts raising money for cancer children

  The Chechen capital hosts a charitable action aimed to help children-oncology patients. It was initiated by President Ramzan Kadyrov and is held by Spiritual Administration of Moslems of Chechnya, together with the management of the "Grozny City" retail and entertainment centre. According to doctors, it is impossible to establish the exact number of cancer patients in the republic.

September 29, 2010 22:10

• Khashagulgov's involvement in Vladikavkaz explosions is not confirmed

  Participation of Issa Khashagulgov, a resident of the city of Karabulak, who was detained on September 25, in the terror act, committed on September 9 in Vladikavkaz, was not confirmed, as reported by the Security Service of the Republic of Ingushetia.

September 29, 2010 22:10

• Figurants in "Neva-Express" train explosion case face new charges

  Ten residents of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo charged of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2009 were presented new charges by the investigation - of blowing up the same "Neva-Express" train in 2007.

September 29, 2010 22:00

• Several NGOs in Georgia held an "action of silence" in front of the Parliament

  On September, 28, a coalition of non-governmental organizations held an "action of silence" in front of the building of the Parliament demanding to start a public discussion on the draft of the new Constitution of the country. They also started a signature-gathering campaign under a special appeal.

September 29, 2010 21:00

• Action of protest of refugees "I am starving" held in Georgia

  On September, 28, "Ara" movement and a civic movement of refugees in Georgia held a warning action near the mayor's office. Its participants called for the authorities to meet their obligations undertaken before international organizations, in particular, to create a database of unemployed and homeless people and provide them with job and dwelling.

September 29, 2010 20:00

• Ex-prosecutor of Volgograd region is accused of swindle

  Public prosecutor's office of Volgograd region has confirmed the accusation resolution against Alexander Shtokolov, ex-prosecutor of Sredneakhtuba district, who according to the investigation's version had promised assistance to an entrepreneur in granting him a legal estate for four million rubles.

September 29, 2010 19:00

• Adherents of renaming Johjar Dudaev street in Latvia won a lawsuit against Riga municipal Duma

  Russian-speaking oppositional party "For human rights in integrated Latvia" (FHRIL) won a lawsuit in the Administrative district court against Riga municipal Duma which had forbidden a piquet of the adherents of renaming Johar Dudaev street.

September 29, 2010 18:00

• Members of the top brass report death of ten gunmen in a counter-terror operation in Dagestan

  Informational center of National counter-terror committee (NCTC) reported that during two special operations going on in Kaspiisk and Makhachkala today ten gunmen have been killed.