News

February 23, 2010 18:00

• Dagestan: workers at Gimri MWT complain of working conditions

  The workforce employed at reconstruction of the Gimri Motorway Tunnel (MWT) in Dagestan believe that their work is slavish, working conditions are inhuman, and the wages that get for their job are ridiculous. The administration of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dorstroyholding" categorically objects and sees competitors' intrigues in such statements.

February 22, 2010 23:55

• Rostov Region: check is on of residents' mass address to hospital

  The Prosecutor's Office is conducting a check in the Semikarakor District, Rostov Region, on the fact of address of more than 400 persons, including children, to hospital with the diarrhoea syndrome. All of them addressed for medical aid to the Central District Hospital of Semikarakor in the period of February 17-21.

February 22, 2010 23:50

• Traffic in Transcaucasian Highway restored

  After clearing the carriageway, the Highway, closed in North Ossetia from about midnight on February 22, is again operating in its usual mode.

February 22, 2010 23:40

• In Kalmykia, chief state tax inspector convicted for bribe

  The Elista City Court has passed a verdict of guilty to the lady-chief state tax inspector of the Divisions of Field Checks No. 1 for Elista of the Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service (IFTS) of Russia. She was found guilty of taking a bribe for illegal inactivity.

February 22, 2010 23:30

• Minister of Finance: Armenia on recovery

  Last year, Armenia managed to resist the challenges of the global economic crisis and preserve a stable macroeconomic situation in the country. The results of January show some economic growth, and the country has entered the stage of restoring its economy, said Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia at the International Forum "Bridge".

February 22, 2010 23:20

• One more lawyer to defend interests of the son of Georgia's first president

  Tsotne - son of the ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, accused of an attempt of deliberate murder, causing light injuries, espionage and anti-governmental plot, will be defended by two advocates. The second defender was appointed by the court under request of the first one - Keti Bekauri.

February 22, 2010 23:10

• Dagestan: a sauna in Kaspiisk blow up

  In the evening on February 21, an unidentified explosive was triggered in one of saunas of the city of Kaspiisk; fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.

February 22, 2010 23:00

• Chechen Muftiyat obliges young marrieds to present AIDS-absence certificates to mullahs

  The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Chechnya has joined the struggle against spread of AIDS in the territory of the republic. Henceforth, the young people, intending to marry, should present the mullah, who registers new families according to Moslem traditions, with their medical certificates that they have no HIV-infection and AIDS-virus. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiyat.

February 22, 2010 22:10

• Train traffic near Sochi interrupted by a mudslide restored

  In the area of the Big Sochi clearing of the railway track from the mud is over. Train traffic was completely resumed at 9:14 a.m. Moscow time, reports Nikolai Shustov, head of the Department for Sochi of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

February 22, 2010 22:00

• Chechnya prepares to mark 66th anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes

  February 23 will be 66 years after deportation of Chechens under Stalin's order, when about half of the population of former Chechen-Ingushetia was lost from famine, frosts and illnesses. Chechnya will mark this tragic anniversary with mourning actions, immolations and various religious ceremonies.

February 22, 2010 21:00

• Chechen MIA switches over to reinforced service mode

  Power agencies and units of Chechnya have been switched over to reinforced service regime for the period of celebrations of the Homeland Defender Day, 66th anniversary of Stalinist deportation and Birthday of Prophet Muhammad to be held on February 23-26.

February 22, 2010 20:00

• NGOs from Russia, South Ossetia and Georgia meet in Yerevan within Strasbourg dialogue

  On February 20-21, the capital of Armenia hosted a meeting of NGO leaders from Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia within the limits of the Strasbourg dialogue. They discussed ways of further interaction of civil societies in conflict zones.

February 22, 2010 19:00

• Girl killed by explosion in Beslan

  In Beslan today, an unidentified explosive blew up. By preliminary data, the explosion killed a girl of eight, and her two brothers were wounded and hospitalized.

February 22, 2010 18:00

• Caretakers of outcast animals in Sochi are under threat of eviction

  The public charitable organization in Sochi, engaged in taking care of outcast animals, may be deprived of its premises, since the bosses of the Federal State Educational Establishment of Secondary Vocational Training "Sochi Economic-Technological College" is going to hand over these premises occupied by animals defenders and belonging to the college to some security entity.

February 22, 2010 10:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 8-14

  Appointment of new head of Dagestan; detention of human rights activists in Chechnya; special operation in Ingushetia, which entailed loss of peaceful residents; transfer of Armenian-Turkish Protocols to Parliament of Armenia for ratification; amendments to mass media legislation in Azerbaijan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 8-14, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

February 20, 2010 21:00

• Georgia buries its sledge racer, who crushed to death in Canada

  Today, Georgia held the funeral of its sledge (toboggan) racer Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in an accident in Canada several hours prior to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver.

February 20, 2010 19:00

• President of Dagestan inaugurated

  Today Makhachkala hosted inauguration of Magomedsalam Magomedov to the post of President of Dagestan. The new leader promised to bring the republic out of crisis, eradicate corruption and attract investors to Dagestan.

February 20, 2010 18:00

• Novorossisk: human rights activist who represents Dymovskiy's interests arrested

  Today, the magistrate court of Novorossisk has ruled to arrest the human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, who represents the interests of Major Alexei Dymovskiy, for seven days. Yesterday, the court found Karastelyov guilty of holding a non-authorized rally and fined by two thousand roubles.

February 20, 2010 16:00

• In North Ossetia, trade sector well endured the 2009 crisis

  The situation in the consumer market of North Ossetia remains stable and is characterized by a high level of saturation with goods, Zaur Kuchiev, Minister of Economy, has noted.

February 20, 2010 15:00

• CPJ welcomes Kadyrov's recall of claims to "Novaya Gazeta" and HRC "Memorial"

  Robert Mahony, deputy director of the international Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has named the decision of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to recall his claims to the "Novaya Gazeta" and Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" the first small step towards liquidation of the frightening effect against journalists in Russia.