News

January 01, 2010 15:00

• Azerbaijani human rights activists doubt of accusations put forward against journalist Fatullaev of drug storage

  The charge of drug storage was presented to imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev with a number of serious violations of the law and will be appealed against in the court. This was stated by Isakhan Ashurov, journalist's advocate.

December 31, 2009 22:53

• Verkhni Lars-Kazbegi in Russian-Georgian border to resume in March 2010

  The Russian-Georgian communication through the Verkhni Lars Frontier Check Point will be resumed since March 1, 2010. This was announced by Andrei Nesterenko, spokesman of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

December 31, 2009 22:00

• At trial on military mutiny in Georgia, defendants have their last plea

  On December 29, at the process dealing with the Mukhrovani mutiny in Georgia, the defendants are given the floor for their last plea. On January 8, this stage will be over, and the judge should then pass the verdict.

December 31, 2009 21:00

• Cherkessk: parents indignant with closing school by the court on the eve of New Year

  The City Court of the city of Cherkessk (Karachai-Circassia) suspended 20 children's educational establishments, based on the materials of the "Gospozhnadzor" (State Fire-Prevention Agency). Children's parents are categorically against this decision.

December 31, 2009 20:00

• Different estimates of session disruption by Dagestan MPs

  Experts and politicians in Dagestan differ in assessing the failure to hold a regular session of the National Assembly of Dagestan on December 29 because of quorum absence.

December 31, 2009 19:00

• RSO President suggests revision of frontier regime with Georgia

  As stated by Eduard Kokoity, President of the Republic of South Ossetia, at the press conference in Tskhinvali, the South-Ossetia-Georgian border should be toughly closed. According to his version, this decision stems from the instable situation in Georgia and threat of provocations.

December 31, 2009 18:00

• Russian MoT allows Georgian Airways to fly to Russia

  The Ministry of Transports (MoT) of the Russian Federation has sanctioned the Georgian Airways to make Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi charter flights on January 8, 9 and 10, and Tbilisi-St Petersburg-Tbilisi - on January 9 and 10. The Ministry's precondition is one flight per day.

December 30, 2009 23:50

• Advocates of Dagestan residents suspected of rape, assert their innocence

  The investigatory bodies have extended by a month the custody term of eight natives of Dagestan accused of a group rape of a resident of Astrakhan. The defendants' advocates have addressed the President of the country and Russian Ombudsman asking to restore justice and defend the rights of the Dagestan residents.

December 30, 2009 23:30

• In Sochi, river brings poisonous substances into the sea

  On December 29, early in the morning, Sochinka River brought used machine oil into the sea. In Mzymta River, there is a threat of washout of the right-bank workers' temporary container settlements, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 30, 2009 23:20

• Deputies of Sochi City Assembly adopt rules of city development

  On December 29, the deputies of Sochi City Assembly adopted the "Rules of Land Use and Development of Sochi" (RLUD), while the public town-planning board was against them.

December 30, 2009 23:10

• Georgian Ombudsman's report for 2009 will be ready by March

  The report of the Ombudsman of Georgia for 2009 will be prepared by March next year, as it is stipulated by the legislation. Now, the parliament of Georgia has accepted to consideration the Ombudsman's report for the first half of this year.

December 30, 2009 23:00

• Kalandadze: Russia's charges of Georgia on cancellation of air flights are groundless

  The official Tbilisi finds Russia's accusations addressed to Tbilisi for delay of the planned New Year Tbilisi-Moscow flights groundless. This was stated by deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze.

December 30, 2009 22:20

• Felling plane-trees suspended in Sochi

  Residents of Sochi have promised to hold a protest actions if the felling of the trees separating apartment houses from the carriageway continues.

December 30, 2009 22:10

• Ombudsman of Chechnya complains of inspectors' passiveness in searching kidnapped persons

  The inactivity of the investigatory bodies in searching the missing and kidnapped residents of Chechnya provokes protest actions. This is asserted by the Ombudsman of Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev in his letter to Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of Russia, where he asked Mr Chaika to interfere.

December 30, 2009 22:00

• Orlov: list of authors of critical statement about "Memorial" in Chechnya was forged

  The statement of Chechen NGOs criticizing the work of the HRC "Memorial" is nothing more but a vivid confirmation of impossibility for human rights activists to work in this republic. Oleg Orlov, head of the Centre, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 30, 2009 21:10

• In Dagestan, figurants of the "execution list" may get state protection

  Today, Zubair Omarov, inspector of the investigatory committee for especially important cases under the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, has invited two figurants of the "execution list" and explained that the issue of their status of witnesses under state protection may be solved soon after the New Year holiday.

December 30, 2009 20:00

• Ingush student kidnapped from "Novokuznetsk-Kislovodsk" train

  On December 29, a resident of Ingushetia, who was on his way home from his student's session in the train "Novokuznetsk-Kislovodsk", was kidnapped by unidentified persons. His sister assumes that power agencies have to do with this kidnapping.

December 30, 2009 19:00

• HRC "Memorial": another kidnapping in Dagestan

  According to data of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", where statistics is run on kidnappings in Dagestan, in 2009 there were 17 kidnappings in the territory of this republic. Human rights activists note that the figure is far from being final. One of latest incidents recorded by the organization took place at night on December 25 at about half past midnight in the village of Gubden, Karabudakhkent District.

December 30, 2009 18:00

• Azerbaijani public treats detection of drug on imprisoned journalist as provocation

  Activists of the civil society are indignant with the statement of the spokesman of the Penitentiary Service that as a result of a search heroin was found on Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, who is serving his prison term.

December 29, 2009 23:50

• Kerimli: 2009 was a lost year for Azerbaijan from democracy progress perspective

  The year of 2009, same as its predecessors, was lost from the viewpoint of democratization and people's prosperity growth. This was stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ali Kerimli, leader of the Party of the National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA), in his comments on 2009 totals.