News

October 03, 2009 18:00

• In Paris, President of Armenia faces protests of his compatriots

  On October 2, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, now on his pan-Armenian tour in the context of public consultations on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, met in Paris representatives of Armenian organizations of Europe. In Paris, Sargsyan was met by a mass protest action of his compatriots.

October 03, 2009 17:00

• Newsweek: "death squadrons" in the Caucasus are backed by local operative agents

  The Caucasus is overwhelmed with rumours about secret "death squadrons", which are murdering militants and their helpers. The "Newsweek" magazine has concluded, having held its investigation, that the notion of "death squadrons" is just a nice symbol, most likely backed by local operative agents.

October 03, 2009 14:00

• Self-made bomb neutralized on gas main in Dagestan

  In the Kayakent District of Dagestan, near Bashlykent village, a large terror act on the gas pipeline Mozdok-Kazimagomed was prevented, as reported by the group of public relations of the Department for Dagestan of the FSB.

October 03, 2009 13:00

• Human Rights Watch calls to investigate war crimes in South Ossetia

  The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the world community to urge Georgia and Russia to make responsible those who had broken the laws of war and was involved in deaths of peaceful residents and destructions in the course of the military conflict in Southern Caucasus in summer of 2008.

October 03, 2009 11:00

• Azimov: opened communications - important argument in Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations

  As reported to journalists by Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, opening of communications is an important component of negotiations on Karabakh settlement.

October 03, 2009 10:00

• Studio of design and fashion to be opened in capital of Chechnya

  The "Laura and Medni" studio of design and fashion, the largest in Northern Caucasus, will be opened in the Chechen capital by the end of October. The studio will be engaged in developing clothes for Chechen women with account of national traditions and customs.

October 03, 2009 09:00

• Armenia prepares "Northern Gate" tourist centre programme

  The government of Armenia has announced the monastic complexes of the Lori Region to be tourist centres, having named this region as "Northern Gate". The Ministry of Economy was given 6 months for drafting a development programme of this tourist centre and bringing it to the government.

October 03, 2009 08:00

• Russia and Abkhazia agree on visa-free travels

  On October 2, Heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Abkhazia Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shamba signed an agreement on visa-free travels, which will allow Abkhazians and Russians crossing their border not only by foreign documents, but also by their domestic passports. It is expected that the agreement will come into force in 30 days.

October 02, 2009 23:40

• Mamsurov: authorities of North Ossetia do not interfere with Ingushes' return to Prigorodny District

  Head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov said at today's meeting on problems of refugees and forced migrants that Ingushes can freely return to the Prigorodny District; the authorities of North Ossetia will raise no obstacles to the process.

October 02, 2009 23:30

• 23 schoolchildren already poisoned in Stavropol Territory

  The health condition of the schoolboys from Pelagiada village, Shpakovskiy District, Stavropol Territory, hospitalized on October 1-2 with symptoms of intestinal poisoning, is now noticeably better; at present it is satisfactory. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about at the Ministry of Public Health of the Stavropol Territory.

October 02, 2009 23:00

• Revolt of colony prisoners prevented in Astrakhan Region

  Employees of the Department of the Federal Service for Punishment Enforcement (known as UFSIN) for the Astrakhan Region and militiamen have prevented mass disorders with participation of prisoners and their relatives in the local high security corrective colony No. 2.

October 02, 2009 22:10

• EU to help Georgia in torture prevention

  The European Union (EU) has allocated one million euros on prison reform in Georgia. This became known on October 1 at the international conference, opened in Tbilisi under the project "Torture Prevention in Georgia".

October 02, 2009 22:00

• Native of Armenia assassinated in Moscow

  In the evening on October 1, in the southwest of Moscow, unidentified persons accomplish murder of a citizen of Armenia, as reported by law enforcement bodies of the Russian capital.

October 02, 2009 20:00

• In Azerbaijan, father of imprisoned journalist receives his son's Amnesty International award

  Today, the Baku Centre of Journalism hosted a ceremony of rewarding Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan", who is now serving his 8.5-year imprisonment, with the annual award of the Amnesty International "For journalism under threat".

October 02, 2009 19:00

• Local woman suffers in CTO in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In the city of Prokhladnoe, Kabardino-Balkaria, where a special operation on neutralization of militants was conducted, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime is now cancelled. In the course of the operation in this city, one militiaman was lost and three wounded; and three supposed militants were killed. Besides, a local woman has suffered.

October 02, 2009 18:00

• Georgia: mutiny case of 13 defendants to be considered separately

  The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has concluded a procedural deal with the basic figure in the case of the so-called "Mukhrovani mutiny" Giya Gvaladze and with other 12 defendants. All of them have already been interrogated by the court.

October 01, 2009 23:00

• Residents of South Ossetia complain to Medvedev of slow construction

  A group of residents of South Ossetia, victims of the August war of 2008, addressed for help to Russia's top leadership. In their letter, addressed to Dmitri Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, they have accused the leaders of their republic of disrupting the schedule of restoration works.

October 01, 2009 22:00

• Hacker who threatened President of Chechnya can get up to five years of prison

  The investigation believes that Albert Saaev, a resident of Dagestan, who was detained in Moscow, was involved in hacking the website "Chechnya Today" and placing threats to Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov there.

October 01, 2009 22:00

• Chechen Interior Minister admits that youngsters continues to leave to militants

  On September 30, in the course of the meeting with the bosses of local power agencies in Grozny, Ruslan Alkhanov, the MIA head, said that from the start of the year 84 militants were killed in the territory of the republic. He also noted that for the same period, according to power agents, 43 young men joined the armed underground, and 11 of them left for the forest and mountains in September.

October 01, 2009 21:00

• Suicide bomber who blew himself up in Chechnya identified

  The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya report that they have established the person of the terrorist-suicide bomber who tried today in the morning to blow up the building of the police station in Starye Atagi village in the Grozny District of the republic.