News

July 01, 2009 19:00

• Human rights activists doubt of Abdullaev's voluntary appearance on Chechen TV

  Human rights defenders have doubts as to appearance of Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Chechen field commander Supyan Abdullaev, who was deported from Egypt, on air of one of TV Channels of Chechnya.

July 01, 2009 17:13

• First casino in gambling zone "Azov-City" to appear by the end of year

  The Kazan-based Company "Royal Time" will build the first casino in the gambling zone "Azov-City", which is created in the border of the Krasnodar Territory and Rostov Region, before the end of 2009.

July 01, 2009 16:00

• In Dagestan, unknown persons executed four local residents

  A source in law enforcement bodies have reported that in the outskirt of Nechaevka village, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, unknown persons have shot dead four local residents.

July 01, 2009 15:00

• ICPO: terror act against head of Ingushetia was committed by a psychologically-trained killer

  The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was committed not by a mentally sick person or drug addict, but by a cool-hearted and cruel killer, confident of his rightness, the operative-investigatory group reports.

July 01, 2009 14:00

• Military exercises to start in South Ossetia

  On July 2, South Ossetia will start battalion tactical exercises without combat shooting of the 4th Military Base of Ministry of Defence of Russia. The exercises will be held at the training range in Tskhinvali District, some 20-25 kilometres to the north of Tskhinvali.

July 01, 2009 12:00

• 8 peaceful residents wounded in Dagestan by explosion at police station

  As a result of shelling and blowing up of a car near the militia station of the city of Derbent, one militiaman was killed in situ and four others received wounds of various gravity. Witnesses say that 8 peaceful residents were wounded.

July 01, 2009 10:00

• Azerbaijan doubles gas prices for the population

  Starting from July 1, in Azerbaijan, the price for natural gas, delivered to the population, goes up from 47.2 manats (56.6 US dollars) up to 100 manats (about 120 US dollars).

July 01, 2009 09:00

• Amnesty International: human rights are still violently broken in Northern Caucasus

  The international human rights organization Amnesty International has stated that human rights are still violently broken in Northern Caucasus, while access of NGOs to the region is hindered.

June 30, 2009 22:00

• Base of OSCE's observation mission in Georgia closed

  The main base of the mission of OSCE observers in Georgia, located in Karaleti village, Karel District, has ceased to exist today.

June 30, 2009 21:00

• Investigation into Paul Khlebnikov's murder resumed

  Russian inquiry bodies have resumed their investigation into the murder of Paul Khlebnikov, former editor-in-chief of Russian Forbes, as reported by Larissa Maslennikova, who is representing the interests of the Khlebnikovs.

June 30, 2009 20:00

• Maskhud Abdullaev, thought to be kidnapped, speaks on Chechen TV

  Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Supyan Abdullaev, a close associate of leader of militants Doku Umarov, a student of the Al-Akhsar University, who was deported from Egypt, is nowadays in Chechnya.

June 30, 2009 18:00

• Figurants in "Neva-Express" case state pressure and torture

  Maksharip Khidriev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of taking part in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has stated that he was tortured by electroshock during inquiry, and "interrogations took place in the forest and a cellar."

June 30, 2009 17:00

• "Corruption and Crime" to be continued after death of its editor-in-chief

  The newspaper "Corruption and Crime", the editor-in-chief of which Vyacheslav Yaroshenko died on June 29 in Rostov-on-Don, will be continued, as stated by Sergey Sleptsov, its deputy editor-in-chief. According to his story, the paper materials are now published in other editions, but the paper as such will resume in autumn.

June 30, 2009 15:00

• Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria is under CTO regime

  Within the territory of nine settlements of the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria - Tyrnyauz, Kendelen, Bedyk, Bylym, Tegenekli, Terskol, Elborus, Neitrino and Verkhni Baksan - today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced.

June 30, 2009 14:08

• Investigation: suicide bomber who blew up President of Ingushetia was a man

  The Toyota car, which was used as a tool for undermining the cortege of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, was driven by a man, as reported by the spokesman of the investigation.

June 30, 2009 12:00

• Aladashvili: no excuse in Russia to launch war on Georgia

  Irakliy Aladashvili, editor-in-chief of the Georgian independent military-analytical magazine "Arsenali", believes that Mikhail Saakashvili's government is not as aggressive now as last August, and Russia has no pretext for war with Georgia.

June 30, 2009 10:00

• Agreement on "Nabucco" under threat because of gas shortage in Azerbaijan

  Today, Turkish media report that signing of the intergovernmental agreement on the "Nabucco" energy project, which had been planned for mid-July, can be postponed because of unsettled problem of filling in the trans-Caspian gas main with gas.

June 30, 2009 07:00

• Parliament of Georgia wants to ban "opposition calls" on roads

  The parliament of Georgia plans to officially forbid any use of special structures for blocking roads in the course of protest actions. Currently, the respective amendments are prepared to the Law "On Assemblies and Manifestations".

June 29, 2009 23:13

• Withdrawal of UN mission from Abkhazia begins

  On June 30, the first group of military observers of the United Nations Mission will leave Abkhazia. By July 15, this will be done by all the military observers and workers of the police component of the Mission. This was reported today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Edmond Mulet, Assistant to UN Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.

June 29, 2009 22:00

• In Armenia, 215 amnestied prisoners are at large

  As of today, under the amnesty law adopted by the Parliament of Armenia on June 19, 215 persons have been released.