News

July 05, 2010 21:00

• Amnesty to Ingushetia militants prepared in NCFD

  Scores of people may come under the amnesty for militants in Ingushetia, the draft of which is going to be soon submitted Dmitri Medvedev, reports Kaloi Akhilgov, press secretary of Ingushetia president Yunus-Bek Evkurov.

July 05, 2010 20:00

• Custody of journalist from Armenia extended in Transdniestria

  The term of arrest of Armenian journalist Ernest Vardanian, suspected of espionage and treason, has been extended in Transdniestria by one month more.

July 05, 2010 19:00

• Yamadaevs hope for fair punishment of Khalid's murder organizers

  Representatives of Yamadaev's clan hope that the trial on the case of murder of Ruslan Yamadaev, former RF State Duma member, which started today in Moscow, will be "fair and open". At the same time, they express bewilderment that the court ostensibly failed to identify the organizers of the crime.

July 05, 2010 18:00

• Orlov intends to plead not guilty during interrogation at Kadyrov's suit

  The interrogation of Oleg Orlov, head of human rights center "Memorial" , in connection with accusation under the criminal case of slander of the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov whom Orlov accused of complicity in the murder of Natalia Estemirova, "Memorial" employee in Grozny, will start on July 6 at 14.30. Details may be found from the "Caucasian Knot".

July 03, 2010 19:00

• War veterans in Nagorno-Karabakh request Armenian leader should not give ground

  Dozens of ex-combatants meeting today near the presidential palace demanded that Armenian leader Serge Sargsian should be firm and not yield to any pressure on the issue of settling the Karabakh conflict.

July 03, 2010 18:00

• Georgian cabinet of ministers adopts plan of action with regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  Today, during its first sitting since the renewal of the cabinet of ministers, the Georgian government has approved a plan of actions of the state strategy with regard to the "occupied territories" (Abkhazia and South Ossetia).

July 03, 2010 17:34

• Police in Baku suppresses action of protest by "Musavat" party

  The Azeri police in Baku has dispersed today an action of protest by the "Musavat" party which demanded freedom of assembly, provision of democratic parliamentary election to be held in autumn and consideration of Azerbaijan interests at the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict.

July 03, 2010 17:00

• Police in Baku disperse action of "Azadlyg" opposition block

  Today, police in Baku have again dispersed an action of protest of "Azadlyg" (Freedom) block, which was held with a demand of freedom of assembly, democratic parliamentary elections to be held on November 7 and consideration of Azerbaijan national interests at the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement.

July 03, 2010 15:00

• Lawyer from Dagestan reports beating of his colleague in militia

  An investigating officer of Sovietski district militia in Makhachkala has beaten Dzhamilia Taghirova, lawyer of Dagestan specialized bar, reports Rasul Kadiev, Dagestan lawyer, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 03, 2010 13:00

• Photo exhibition of the life of Kurds and Ezides in Kuban opens in St-Petersburg

  On July 4, an exhibition of documentary photos "Rooted out" by Yuri Ivaschenko on the fate of Batumi Kurds and Ezides in Krasnodar Krai is to open in St-Petersburg.

July 03, 2010 12:00

• Brother of bee farmer murdered in Ingushetia applies for help to republic's leader

  Aslan Chechoev, brother of bee farmer Ghilani Chechoev murdered on June 24, has applied for help to the president of Ingushetia. In his letter, he asks for the persons implicated in the murder to be found and brought to responsibility.

July 03, 2010 11:00

• Special operation conducted in Dagestan, suspected militant killed

  A suspected member of illegal armed units has been killed in Kizliar district of Dagestan, report the republic's law enforcement agencies.

July 03, 2010 09:00

• ROC to send sisters of mercy to South Ossetia

  The Russian Orthodox church will continue to render help to residents of South Ossetia, as far as it can, and will send there sisters of mercy. This has been announced by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, during the July 2 meeting with members of the Board of Trustees of the National Charity Foundation.

July 03, 2010 03:00

• Azerbaijan reports new shooting in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of violating the cease-fire regime on July 2-3. Representatives of Armenian armed forces refute this claim.

July 02, 2010 23:00

• Russian Ministry of Regional Development submits draft strategy of NCFD development to government

  A draft strategy prepared by the Ministry of Regional Development upon the initiative of Alexander Khloponin, ambassador in North Caucasus Federal District and RF vice-Premier, has been submitted to the government, reports Tatiana Konischeva, representative of the Ministry. The Ministry considers three basic scenarios of North Caucasus development: slow, basic and optimum.

July 02, 2010 22:00

• Power authorities in North Ossetia confiscate published matter from Jehovah's Witnesses, lawyers claim violation of religious rights

  In Vladicavkaz, capital of North Ossetia, and in the village of Noghir, officers of the Center on Counteracting Extremism under the RNO-Alania MoI conducted searches and confiscated published matter in the houses of three Jehovah's Witnesses, one of whom was a Group I invalid. The republic's MoI consider the believers of the confession "more apt for terrorist acts", but lawyers talk about an ungrounded limitation of the constitutional human rights.

July 02, 2010 21:00

• More than 20 pieces of ammunition found in Grozny in the course of city subbotnik

  About 25 various explosive objects have been found in the streets of Grozny from the start of the Chechen capital subbotnik. This has been reported by the republic's MoE.

July 02, 2010 20:00

• Radio controlled bomb explodes in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A self-made explosive device triggered today evening in Nalchik. The explosion occurred at the moment when a militia patrol was passing by. There were no victims.

July 02, 2010 19:00

• Lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, beaten by militiamen, to be transferred to Moscow clinic

  The management of the private clinic in Makhachkala where Sapiyat Magomedova was undergoing treatment was under pressure in the form of various monitoring agencies, and a decision to transfer her to Moscow has been taken as result, report the lawyer's relatives.

July 02, 2010 18:00

• Militia actions on explosions in Kizilyurt district court criticized in Dagestan prosecutor's office

  The militia officers failed to carry out the necessary operational investigation on the explosions near the building of Kizilyurt district court, while the criminal case was initiated only upon the interference of the prosecutor's office, states Magomed Dibirov, first deputy prosecutor of Dagestan, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.