News

May 19, 2009 20:00

• All the victims of mass poisoning in Dagestan leave hospital

  All the residents of Buinaksk (Dagestan) who got poisoned by poor-quality confectionery products were rendered medical aid and discharged from hospital. The Republic's "Rospotrebnadzor" (Branch of Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Goods) has applied to the court on temporary stop on operation of the confectionery shop, which had produced the substandard products.

May 19, 2009 19:00

• Lady-acting Mayor of Kislovodsk wounded by radio-triggered bomb

  As reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation, the explosion near the building of the administration of the city of Kislovodsk, which wounded Natalia Lutsenko, acting Mayor of the city, was allegedly caused by a radio-triggered bomb.

May 19, 2009 18:00

• Yamadaevs did not officially announce blood feud to Kadyrov

  A source of the "Caucasian Knot" in Chechnya, close to the family of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of Russian GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of Russian General Staff), has stated that Yamadaevs did not send anybody to Kadyrovs with a mission to declare blood feud.

May 18, 2009 23:40

• Ex-commander of National Guard is on hunger strike in prison

  General Koba Kobaladze, former commander of the National Guard of Georgia, accused of preparing a putsch, is on his 11th day of hunger strike at the pre-trial isolation facility, as reported on May 17 by his advocate Gela Nikolaishvili.

May 18, 2009 23:20

• Residents of Mairtup village in Chechnya report beatings of their fellow-villagers by power agents

  In the village of Mairtup, Kurchaloy District of Chechnya, power agents have violently beaten two local residents. One of the villagers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the incident took place last Saturday, on May 16. Local residents believe it to be arbitrariness.

May 18, 2009 23:00

• MIA of Chechnya: special operations will last till liquidation of all militants

  A source from Chechnya's MIA asserts that the special operations aimed at searching and liquidating the militants, who hide in the mountain areas of Chechnya and in the vicinity of the administrative border with Ingushetia, will be conducted until all the militants are liquidated.

May 18, 2009 22:10

• Inspectors are ready to interrogate Isa Yamadaev outside Chechnya

  The Investigatory Department for Chechnya of the Russian ICPO has stated that they see no obstacles for interrogating Isa Yamadaev, brother of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" battalion, outside Chechnya, but Isa should have valid reasons for non-appearance under the summon.

May 18, 2009 22:00

• US businessman assassinated in Armenia

  As reported today by the police, they found the body of Nazaret Berberyan, a US resident of Armenian origin, who had disappeared earlier in Armenia, with traces of violence.

May 18, 2009 21:00

• In the capital of Dagestan, 30 persons block a street

  Today, the end of the Akushinskogo Street in Makhachkala was blocked by 30 townspeople, who demanded from a local businessman to stop his construction on the road.

May 18, 2009 20:00

• In Chechnya, power agents release two out of four detained locals

  In Chechnya, two of the four local residents detained on May 10 by power agents are still kept in custody, and two were set free. Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have reported that these men - residents of Bachi-Yurt village, Kurchaloy District, were detained by militia for stealing horses.

May 18, 2009 19:00

• Mother asks Evkurov to protect her detained son from power agents

  Ilez Gardanov and Ilez Gorchkhanov, detained on May 14 near Sunzha River in the Pliev Municipal District of Nazran, were severely beaten and tortured by law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Gardanov's mother Raishat. She asks President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov to interfere into the matter.

May 18, 2009 18:00

• In Georgia, opposition blocks one of Tbilisi avenues

  On Monday, several dozens of oppositional activists held a protest action by blocking the Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, one of central streets in Tbilisi, where the "Rustavi-2" TV Company is located.

May 16, 2009 23:00

• In Georgia, opposition gets ready for "grandiose" rally

  On May 26, the country's Independence Say, the Georgian opposition plans holding a "grandiose rally" in Tbilisi with a demand of Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation. At the same time, its leaders complain of reduced number of protesters.

May 16, 2009 22:00

• Special operation underway in Chechnya

  On May 15, a broad-scale special operation with participation of units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Federal Troops was launched in the mountainous part of Chechnya.

May 16, 2009 21:00

• Sikharulidze: alternative "Eurovision" in Georgia is all freedom and no politics

  At the Georgian festival "Tbilisi Open Air - Alter/Vision" held in Tbilisi in parallel with Moscow's "Eurovision", everybody performs what he or she wants and everybody has the right to express one's opinion. This was stated by Anna Sikharulidze, organizer of the festival.

May 16, 2009 20:00

• Would-be terrorists liquidated in Chechnya rendered no resistance, eyewitnesses say

  The young men, whose liquidation was reported today by the MIA of Chechnya and who were named as helpers of the suicide-bomber who committed the terror act in Grozny on May 15, did not render any armed resistance to militiamen. Natalia Estemirova, representative of the HRC "Memorial", told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to eyewitnesses.

May 16, 2009 19:00

• In "Eurovision" final, symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh will not accompany Armenia's performance

  On May 12, in the semi-final round of "Eurovision", at the background of the duet from Armenia the symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh - the monument "We and our mountains" was shown. Under the pressure the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, the organizing committee of "Eurovision" removed this fragment from the caption.

May 16, 2009 18:00

• Russian frontier guards equip South Ossetia-Georgia border

  Russian frontier guards have started improving the border of South Ossetia with Georgia. Six frontier outposts for Russian and Ossetian militaries have already been set up.

May 16, 2009 17:00

• Armenia holds the "Night of Museums"

  For the fifth time already, Armenia holds the action called "Night of Museums" and dated to the International Museums Day. Today, from 6:00 p.m. till midnights the doors of 17 Yerevan and 6 regional museums located in Syunik, Shirak and Lori will be broadly opened for the public.

May 16, 2009 16:00

• Abkhazia refuses from taking part in Geneva debates

  Abkhazia will not take part in the fifth round of Geneva debates planned to be held on May 18-19. This was stated by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.