News

January 29, 2010 19:00

• Killer of father and son Khazhaliev searched in KBR

  Certain details of murder of Arthur and Yusuf Khazhaliev committed on January 28 in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have become known. The Investigatory Division for the city of Nalchik of the Investigatory Department for the KBR of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office) of the Russian Federation has initiated a criminal case under the articles of "murder" and " illegal circulation of firearms".

January 29, 2010 19:00

• "Voice of Beslan" plans to make Movement "For Status of Terror Victims" international

  On February 12, Ella Kesaeva, head of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan", and Irina Khalai, head of the Volgodonsk public organization of terror victims, will go to Spain to take part in the congress of terror victims. Ms Kesaeva is going to suggest there to make the Movement "For Status of Terror Victims" international.

January 29, 2010 18:00

• Political prisoner Mkrtich Sapeyan released in Armenia

  Activist of the opposition Mkrtich Sapeyan was welcomed by his relatives and colleagues, including former political prisoners, when he was released from the prison hospital after expiry of his term.

January 29, 2010 10:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 18-24

  Creation of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in Russia and appointment of Alexander Khloponin as President's plenipotentiary in the District; reaction of regional authorities and the public to this news; political storms in Derbent, Dagestan; verdict to Armenian oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of January 18-24, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

January 28, 2010 23:30

• "Adyge Khasse" wants to find out who prohibited Adyge Dzhegu on New Year night in Maikop

  The public organization "Adyge Khasse" has sent a letter to President of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov in connection with the incident, when militia stopped the national dance Adyge Dzhegu in the central square of Maikop on the New Year night. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Arambi Khapai, leader of the organization.

January 28, 2010 23:10

• SC of Dagestan: Derbent Mayor to be elected in October

  Today the Supreme Court of Dagestan rejected the petition lodged by candidates for Mayor of Derbent Elkhan Kazimov, Salikh Ramazanov and voter Shakhban Gapizov to appoint the election on March 14, 2010.

January 28, 2010 23:00

• Wolfgang Ion: economy boost will bring peace to Southern Caucasus

  Southern Caucasus sees a deficit of economic development. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Wolfgang Ion, head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Germany) for Southern Caucasus, which was one of the organizers of the seminar "New Economic Thinking", held in Armenia.

January 28, 2010 22:20

• Defendant in Nalchik attack case needs doctor in courtroom

  Today, at the session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the criminal case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, defendant Ahmed Khupsergenov felt bad.

January 28, 2010 22:10

• PACE calls Azerbaijani authorities to respect freedom of mass media

  The situation in Azerbaijan with the freedom of the press continues to worsen; the country sees the practice of persecuting journalists by law enforcement bodies on fabricated criminal charges. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from Strasbourg that it was stated on January 27 by Miklos Harasti, special representative of the OSCE for the freedom of mass media at a press conference in the headquarters of the Council of Europe (СЕ).

January 28, 2010 22:00

• Tsotne Gamsakhurdia accused of being Russia's spy

  In Georgia, the son of the former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia - Tsotne, who is already in custody accused of a murder attempt, saw new charges of espionage in favour of Russia and participation in an anti-governmental plot.

January 28, 2010 21:00

• Mutsolgov: Ingush resettlers to Urals will face hard labour

  As reported by Adam Malsagov, acting Minister of Economy of Ingushetia, about 400 Ingush families want to move for employment to the Sverdlovsk Region.

January 28, 2010 20:00

• Novorossisk: flats of Dymovskiy's relatives are searched

  Operative agents came to search apartments of Alexei Dymovskiy's common law wife and his stepbrother.

January 28, 2010 19:00

• The Daily Telegraph: to transform Chechnya into resort, they need to catch Doku Umarov

  If Chechnya copes with turning into a mounting skiing resort, as President Ramzan Kadyrov dreams, then, in the opinion of western experts, "it will be one of the most radical breakthroughs in global tourism."

January 28, 2010 18:00

• Trutnev: ecology problems at Sochi Olympic objects lifted

  On January 27, Yuri Trutnev, head of the Russian Ministry for Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources (known as "MinPrirody"), reported to his Premier Vladimir Putin that all the ecological issues, which had been raised in connection with construction of future objects of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, were settled.

January 27, 2010 23:50

• In 2009, Chechnya saw migrants' growth

  The number of migrant present in the territory of Chechnya grew last year by three thousand persons and now makes 8682 persons. The data was presented by the Department for Chechnya of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia. Most of the migrants originate from CIS countries.

January 27, 2010 23:40

• Adzharia demolishes a monument to WWII victims

  In Georgia, another monument to the casualties of World War II was dismantled. This was reported by the oppositional party "Movement for Fair Georgia" headed by ex-prime minister Zurab Nogaideli.

January 27, 2010 23:00

• Georgian opposition demands release of political prisoners

  Today, a group of the non-parliamentary opposition of Georgia held a march in the Isani-Samgor District of Tbilisi with a demand to release the country's political prisoners.

January 27, 2010 22:30

• Council of Federation ratifies 14th Protocol to the ECHR

  Today, the members of the Council of Federation have actually started the reform of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR), having ratified the 14th Protocol to the European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), which deals with the Strasbourg Court.

January 27, 2010 22:00

• Charges dismissed from one more figurant in Khlebnikov's murder case

  The Russian ICPO has dismissed charges from Magomed Edilsultanov, a defendant in the case on the murders of the editor-in-chief of the Russian Forbes Paul Khlebnikov and former vice-premier of Chechnya Yan Sergunin.

January 27, 2010 21:00

• Kadyrov: Berezovsky could have a hand in Estemirova's murder

  Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a human rights defender and employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", committed in Chechnya in July 2009, was provoked by Boris Berezovsky with the aim to compromise the republic's authorities.