News

August 03, 2009 20:00

• In Armenia, imprisoned journalist plans to go on hunger strike

  Arman Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Zhamanak" (Time), sentenced to 3.5 years, whose health causes concern in doctors, has declared his plan to go on hunger strike.

August 03, 2009 19:00

• Natives of Chechnya and Ingushetia are beaten in a colony in Stavropol Territory

  Inmates of one of correction colonies located in the Stavropol Territory were beaten by OMON (Anti-Riot Militia) fighters. The majority of the victims were natives of Chechnya and Ingushetia. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Aslambek Apaev, Director of the International Peacemaking Centre "Peace. Ecology. Culture".

August 03, 2009 18:00

• Dagestan: criminal case on slave labour opened

  A criminal case has been initiated in Dagestan against Radjab Radjabov, manager of the LLC "Evrostroykomplekt", on materials of the prosecutor's check and on attributes of using slave labour at a brick-works.

August 01, 2009 18:00

• Sokiryanskaya: Chechen authorities try defeating militants by cutting them off their social support

  After cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, Chechnya sees a splash of violence causing tough reaction of the authorities. To defeat the rebels, Ramzan Kadyrov tries to cut them off from their social base - support from that part of the population who are still helping the members of IAFs (illegal armed formations). This was stated by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

August 01, 2009 17:00

• Russia threatens Georgia with use of force

  Today, the Russian Ministry of Defence has stated that Russia will use force to defend residents of South Ossetia and Russian soldiers from Georgia's provocations.

August 01, 2009 16:11

• Opposition rally dispersed in Astrakhan

  Today, the Astrakhan militia has dispersed a rally of oppositionists, who gathered near the monument to victims of political repressions with posters: "Article 31 of the Constitution: right to speak and meet openly!", "You are personally wanted. Get out to streets, citizens!"

August 01, 2009 14:00

• Azerbaijan has a programme for returning forced migrants to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijani officials have drafted a programme aimed to bring forced resettlers back to their homes in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the latter is liberated.

August 01, 2009 12:00

• Today, "Zakaev's armistice" should start in Chechnya

  The armistice - stop of warfare against employees of power agencies, except for self-defence cases, announced by the government of non-recognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) should come into force today in Chechnya. This initiative was put forward by Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists and now presenting himself as "the prime-minister of the government of Ichkeria in exile".

August 01, 2009 11:00

• South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling a MoD post

  An observation post of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia was shelled today in the morning from the territory of Georgia. Two grenades were shot at the post from a grenade launcher.

August 01, 2009 09:00

• Two women suffer in explosion in southwest of Chechnya

  In the afternoon on July 31, in the city of Urus-Martan, near the building of the district interior department, an explosion took place, wounding two local women. This became known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from a source in the republic's power agencies.

August 01, 2009 08:00

• SFD milk producers protest against low purchase price

  Producers of milk from the regions of the South Federal District (SFD) are protesting against low purchase prices of their products, which for today, according to their version, are by ten percent below the production cost.

August 01, 2009 06:00

• Authorities hide mass fight between Chechens and Russians in Astrakhan Region

  In the Astrakhan Region, in the territory of a closed territorial formation Znamensk, a mass fight burst out between Chechens and Russians with participation of 150 persons. The scuffle was accompanied by shooting and victims. The incident took place back on July 19; however, the information was concealed by local authorities and law enforcement bodies.

August 01, 2009 05:00

• Georgia to watch foreign films only in the Georgian language

  On July 31, the parliament of Georgia passed amendments to the law "On Broadcasting", according to which all foreign-made films should be dubbed into Georgian or provided with captions in this language prior to demonstration in the country; TV serials can be put on air only after translation into the state language.

July 31, 2009 23:40

• Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia demands tougher punishment to conditionally sentenced bookkeeper

  The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia demands to cancel the conditional sentence passed to Salman Archkhoev, an employee of the Department for Housing and Utilities (DHU), accused of embezzling a huge sum of money, earlier by the Sunzha District Court.

July 31, 2009 23:10

• Attempter on Isa Yamadaev is arrested

  On July 30, the Odintsovo District Court of Moscow arrested the suspected attempter on Isa Yamadaev, brother of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion. Inspectors are afraid that the unfortunate killer can be liquidated by his crime accomplices.

July 31, 2009 22:40

• Armenia: searched oppositionist surrenders to the police

  In Armenia, on July 30, another oppositionist left the underground and surrendered to law enforcement bodies. Gamlet Ovannisyan, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), who was in search since last March, is going to prove that statements of the authorities on amnesty are deceptive.

July 31, 2009 22:00

• Georgiy Tugushi elected new Georgian Ombudsman

  Today, at the extraordinary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the deputies have elected Georgiy Tugushi, 32, to be Georgia's new 'national defender' (Ombudsman); he is also a member of the Committee of the European Union against Violence and has worked for five years in the Ombudsman's office. 88 MPs voted for him, and 8 - against.

July 31, 2009 21:00

• Kulikov: Sochi guests and residents should know that potable water is full of guck

  Professor Nikolai Kulikov, Doctor of Engineering in speciality "Water Supply and Sewage", author of more than 200 patents on inventions in water usage and a member of the Social-Ecological Board under Sochi Mayor, has stated that water in Sochi is full of dirt, although the local water supply and sewage service is advertising its European level.

July 31, 2009 21:00

• Roundtable held in Rostov-on-Don on one-year anniversary of events in South Ossetia

  The experts and journalists, who took part in the roundtable on the start of warfare in South Ossetia one year ago, spoke not only about the situation in the Caucasus a year after, but also about the modern geopolitical situation.

July 31, 2009 20:00

• Chechen MIA treats execution of Russian colleagues as "tragic accident"

  The incident on July 30, when Chechen militiamen opened occasional fire on the car with their Russian colleagues, having killed two of them, is treated in Chechnya as a "tragic accident", referring to external similarity of one of the casualties with a Wahhabite ideologist.