News

July 14, 2009 09:00

• Terek Cossacks want to restore Terek Region

  On July 7, at the Terek Cossack Circle (Assembly) in Vladikavkaz, Cossack Atamans raised the idea to restore the enlarged North-Caucasian Region in the form of the Terek Region that existed in the tsarist Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mikhail Inkavtsov, Ataman of the Terek Cossack Army.

July 13, 2009 23:00

• Estemirova: power agents order relatives of the girl assassinated in Grozny to bury her "without noise"

  Representatives of power agencies have burnt down the house of relatives of Madina Yunusova, 20, the wife of Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov, who was killed in the course of a special operation on July 2, and gave out her body to relatives on July 5, having ordered to bury the girl "without noise". This was reported by Natalia Estemirova, representative of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 13, 2009 22:00

• Georgia finds Russian President's visit to South Ossetia to be a provocation

  As stated by Temur Yakobashvili, Vice-Premier and State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia, the today's Dmitri Medvedev's visit to South Ossetia is a provocation.

July 13, 2009 20:00

• Russian President Dmitri Medvedev makes his first visit to South Ossetia

  Today, the first visit of Russian President to South Ossetia, after Russia had recognized its independence, took place. In the course of the visit, which was a surprise not only for residents of the republic, but also for Ossetian officials, Dmitri Medvedev has reiterated that Russia will help South Ossetia in restoring its economy and social sphere.

July 13, 2009 18:00

• Nabucco treaty signed in Turkey

  Heads of the governments of Turkey, Austria and Hungary, and of energy companies from Bulgaria and Romania have initialled the intergovernmental treaty on the Nabucco Project.

July 13, 2009 17:00

• Doctors do not exclude Evkurov's transfer to ordinary ward

  A source from the Vishnevskiy Surgery Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences has reported that President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was heavily wounded in an attempt on June 22, is still is the resuscitation ward; however, he is much better now and can be removed to an ordinary ward.

July 13, 2009 16:00

• CTO regime cancelled in Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, from 6 a.m. on, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was lifted in the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the press service of the CTO Operative Headquarters.

July 13, 2009 14:00

• Five suspected militants killed in Chechnya

  Today in the morning, in southwest and southeast of Chechnya, five persons, who rendered armed resistance to power agents, were liquidated. This was stated by law enforcement bodies of the republic. None of the power agents, who took part in these special operations, suffered, the militia asserts.

July 13, 2009 13:00

• Suspects of attempt on Argishti Kiviryan arrested in Armenia

  The National Security Service of Armenia has arrested two persons suspected of a murder attempt of Argishti Kiviryan, coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today".

July 13, 2009 12:00

• Chechnya: captured separatists' leader calls Doku Umarov to surrender

  In the evening on July 12, one of Chechen TV Channels showed a video report with Rustam Makhauri, the militants' field commander captured in the end of last week by power agents in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. He said that he had understood his misbehaviour and called the leader of separatists Doku Umarov to surrender to the authorities.

July 13, 2009 03:00

• MIA: 12 militants liquidated in Chechnya in two days

  On July 11-12, in several districts of the republic and in the capital Grozny, fighters of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya killed in total 12 suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who rendered armed resistance.

July 11, 2009 20:00

• Georgian parliament toughens rules on street actions

  At their extraordinary session, Georgian MPs have passed in the first reading a legislative package, initiated by the party in power and aimed to toughen the rules on holding protest actions.

July 11, 2009 19:00

• Ex-Russian ambassador to Georgia is now in Armenia

  Vyacheslav Kovalenko, former ambassador of Russia to Georgia, has been appointed a new Russia's plenipotentiary in Armenia, as reported in the official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

July 11, 2009 18:00

• Four suspected militants killed on Ingush-Chechen border

  In the forest between the villages of Chemulga (Ingushetia) and Achkhoy-Martan (Chechnya), today in the course of a special operation conducted by the MIAs of these two republics, four suspected militants were liquidated.

July 11, 2009 17:00

• More complaints on quantity and quality of potable water in Dagestan

  The government of Dagestan has held a special sitting dedicated to the problems with drinking water in the republic and convoked because of an increased number of complaints from the population on deficit or poor quality of the water they have to use.

July 11, 2009 16:00

• WorleyParsons to manage construction of a new NPP in Armenia

  Armenia has signed a contract with the international consortium WorleyParsons to the sum of 500 million US dollars on organizing and managing the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The contract will be implemented in four stages, as reported by Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Energy of Armenia.

July 11, 2009 15:00

• Suspects of attempt on Evkurov detained in Moscow

  Two Moscow residents, who had sold the number plates from the Lexus car hijacked in Moscow to the Toyota, which was used by the suicide bomber to blow up the cortege of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, were detained in Russian capital.

July 11, 2009 14:00

• Chechnya opens an aquapark

  The first aquapark in Chechnya was opened in Gudermes, the second largest city of the republic.

July 11, 2009 13:00

• EU allocates 12 million euros to Georgia to help refugees

  The European Union has decided to provide a 12.1-million euros tranche to Georgia for improving the living conditions of the forced migrant, who have been living as refugees back from early 1990s. This was announced by the European Commission's representative office in Georgia. The tranche is a part of the total help of 51.5 million US dollars.

July 11, 2009 11:00

• FIDH to hold its 37th Congress in Armenia

  The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) will hold its 37th Congress in Armenia. With the aim to start its preparation, a delegation of this human rights organization, headed by president Souyer Belassen, visited this country in June.