News

November 28, 2009 20:00

• Russian cities hold rallies in support of Major Dymovskiy

  Novorossisk and a number of other cities of Russia have hosted rallies in support of Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy who has revealed, in his Internet video appeal to Premier Putin, facts of abuse and corruption in law enforcement bodies of the city.

November 28, 2009 18:00

• Yakunin: explosion of "Neva-Express" reminds the 2007 incident

  The character of explosion at the derailing accident of the "Neva-Express" train, which happened last night, on November 27, in the border of the Tver and Novgorod Regions, reminds the blowing up of the same train in August, 2007.

November 28, 2009 17:00

• Sargsyan: Armenia will not admit any encroachments on Nagorno-Karabakh

  Armenia stands for peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict by negotiations, but at the same time it will not admit any encroachment on Nagorno-Karabakh and is ready to react to it in the toughest way possible. This was stated by President Serzh Sargsyan at the 12th congress of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, where he is the chairman.

November 28, 2009 13:00

• Nationalists take responsibility for blowing up "Neva-Express" train

  A spokesman of the Movement Against Illegal Migration (MAIM) has published in his blog a statement on behalf of the nationalist grouping named "Combat 18", in which the latter takes responsibility for blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.

November 28, 2009 12:00

• Kazakov: media should feel free in covering war on terror

  Journalism requires freedom even in aspects of counteracting and preventing terrorism; it should not be an instrument of authorities' propaganda. This was stated by Yuri Kazakov, former head of the state inspectorate for defence of the freedom of the press, and now an expert of the Fund in Defence of Glasnost and member of the Public Board on Complaints on Press, at the recent roundtable held in Moscow.

November 28, 2009 11:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament: Azerbaijan wants a new war

  The National Assembly of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has made a statement that "the latest developments in settlement of the Karabakh conflict evidence an obvious non-constructive Azerbaijani position."

November 28, 2009 09:00

• Azerbaijan to take part in "Eurovision-2010"

  Participation of Azerbaijan in the contest "Eurovision-2010" is officially confirmed, as reported by Adil Kerimli, chairman of the Azerbaijani delegation to the "Eurovision" contest.

November 28, 2009 07:00

• Ramzan Kadyrov and Doku Umarov named among most influential Moslems of the world

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the leader of militants of Northern Caucasus Doku Umarov are in the 2009 list of 500 most influential Moslems of the world compiled by the Prince Al-Valid ben Talyalya American Centre of Moslem-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at the Georgetown University.

November 28, 2009 06:00

• 25 persons lost in "Neva-Express" train accident

  On Friday, November 27, at 9:34 p.m. Moscow time, at the railway section Alyoshinka-Uglovka in the Novgorod Region, an accident with the passenger train No. 166 Moscow-St Petersburg ("Neva-Express") took place, as a result of which four train cars got derailed and at least 25 persons were lost.

November 27, 2009 23:50

• CEM&TD: Azerbaijan has no conditions for democratic elections

  The Centre of Monitoring of Elections and Training in Democracy (CEM&TD) has promulgated its progress report on monitoring outcomes of the stage of candidates' nomination and registration during the campaign of municipal elections in Azerbaijan appointed on December 23. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the monitoring outcomes were presented at the press conference on November 26 at the Baku Media Centre.

November 27, 2009 23:20

• Rostov Region is unemployment top among mining regions

  The Rostov Region is in the lead by the unemployment level among all Russian mining territories. This was stated on November 26 by Lydia Tkachenko, head of the department of the state service for population employment of the Rostov Region, speaking to the Supervisory Board for Development of Mining Territories.

November 27, 2009 23:10

• In Azerbaijan, trial of journalist under claim of MIA boss began

  On Thursday, November 26, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, chaired by Khagani Tagiev, started litigation under the claim lodged by Ramil Usubov, Azerbaijani Interior Minister, against Eyub Kerimov, editor of the newspaper "Femida-007".

November 27, 2009 23:00

• Refugee from Abkhazia murdered in Moscow to be buried in Georgia

  The body of Eduard Gurtskaya, a citizen of Georgia and a refugee from Abkhazia, who was killed in Moscow by a militiaman, will be brought to Tbilisi, as reported by the press service of the Ministry for Refugees' Matters and Accommodation.

November 27, 2009 22:00

• Ecologists: Adler-Krasnaya Polyana road is threat to unique woodland

  At least two relic tree varieties of the Sochi National Park are under threat of extinction as a result of construction of the combined road Adler-Krasnaya Polyana in the Krasnodar Territory within the preparation for Olympiad-2014. This was stated by Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus.

November 27, 2009 21:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Kalmykia checks spending funds raised for South Ossetia

  The Office has revealed that almost 6 million roubles, raised for the victims of the war in South Ossetia, were spent not to the purpose.

November 27, 2009 20:00

• SE Committee Against Torture points to cases of violence against prisoners in Azerbaijan

  On Thursday, November 26, the Committee of the Council of Europe Against Torture and Inhuman Treatment, promulgated a report on the outcomes of the visit of its special mission to Azerbaijan in December 2008. The document deals with the cases of violence applied by the prison personnel against life-long prisoners.

November 27, 2009 19:00

• Barankevich: no lessons taken from 2008 August war in South Ossetia

  The Russian party is not interested in any information about the last year's was in South Ossetia. This was stated by General-Lieutenant Anatoly Barankevich, ex-secretary of the Security Council of South Ossetia, at the roundtable "South Ossetia. War. Peace. Uncertainty" dated to the 20th anniversary of the start of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

November 27, 2009 18:00

• Kadyrov's possible appointment as "Caucasus Boss" is at issue in Russia and Chechnya

  Russian media and Chechen society believe that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov will be appointed to the news post of high official in charge of the situation in the whole Northern Caucasus.

November 26, 2009 23:50

• CEC of Abkhazia finds no violations in facts listed in Khadzimba's complaint

  In the context of the complaint submitted by the candidate for the President of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba, Batal Tabagua, Chairman of Central Electoral Commission (CEC), made an official statement, running that there are no grounds to state that administrative resource are used during the elections.

November 26, 2009 23:20

• Krasnodar prosecutors check for overpricing in drugstores

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory is inspecting the pharmaceutical entities-retailers of medical products for availability of the necessary drugs and facts of unjustified excessively high prices on medicines.