News

April 30, 2009 18:00

• Six months of Evkurov's presidency in Ingushetia: estimates are controversial

  Half a year ago, on October 31, 2008, Yunus-Bek Evkurov was appointed President of Ingushetia and replaced Murat Zyazikov, who had headed the Republic since March 2002 and was dismissed before term after mass protests and unrests flooded Ingushetia.

April 29, 2009 23:50

• Court refuses to consider the arrest case of former advocate of Kalmykian ex-senator

  On April 28, the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow returned to the Investigatory Department for Moscow of the RF's ICPO the petition on arrest in absentia of advocate Boris Kuznetsov, accused of disclosing state secrets. Earlier, Mr Kuznetsov had presented the interests of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, ex-senator from Kalmykia, convicted to nine years of imprisonment.

April 29, 2009 23:30

• Kabardino-Balkarian HRC states breach of inmate's rights

  The Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre (HRC) has sent a letter to the Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement on illegal convoying of prisoner Aslanbek Mutsolgov to Omsk from a corrective colony in Kabardino-Balkaria, while his case on conditional early relief (CER) was under consideration.

April 29, 2009 23:00

• Apaev: Chechen refugees are driven home from Ingushetia

  The forced migrants from the Chechen Republic, now temporarily living in the so-called "compact residence centres" (CRCs) in the territory of Ingushetia, are offered to go home before May 1. As reported by Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus and Chairman of the NGO named "Committee in Defence of Forced Migrants' Rights", the people are exposed to pressure.

April 29, 2009 22:50

• Adelkhanov: in Georgia, oppositionist burnt down his car and accused the authorities

  The police have cleared the case on the fact that in the Kakheti District of Georgia oppositionist Vano Lomidze had burnt down his insured car and accused enemies of the opposition of the arson. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Emil Adelkhanov, deputy board chair of the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development.

April 29, 2009 22:30

• Russian State Duma has no plans to amnesty attackers on Nalchik

  The Legislation Committee of the RF's State Duma is not preparing any bills on new amnesty, including for the participation in the attack on Nalchik in October 2005. No appeals to this end arrived to the State Duma from any public organization, as Alexander Urmanov, press-secretary of the chair of the Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov, informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. This information was confirmed with Olga Cheshko, an employee of the State Duma machinery.

April 29, 2009 22:00

• Moscow states concentration of Georgian troops at the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

  Georgian troops and police units are concentrated near the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia; they set up field camps, observation posts and deploy heavy armaments, as stated today by a Kremlin source.

April 29, 2009 21:00

• RF's CEC: opposition has no grounds to challenge Sochi election totals

  The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation (RF) asserts, as stated today to journalists by Nikolai Konkin, its secretary, that the opposition has no grounds to protest against the outcomes of the elections of Sochi Mayor.

April 29, 2009 20:00

• In 2008, most complaints of Karachaevo-Circassian residents to Ombudsman were against power agents

  On April 28, the building of the Administration of President of Karachaevo-Circassia hosted an open meeting with participation of ministers and regional heads, where Vladimir Titarenko, Ombudsman in Karachaevo-Circassia, told about citizens' appeals in 2008 and served his report to the President.

April 29, 2009 19:00

• Taxers of North Ossetia ordered to stop taxing education of Beslan children

  The Federal Tax Service (FTS) for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNOA) has received an order not to collect taxes from the parents of the children who study free-of-charge at the "Korallovo" Lyceum situated near Moscow. This was reported by Mukharbek Besaev, acting head of the Republic's FTS Department.

April 29, 2009 18:00

• Azerbaijan: excluded university student plans to go on hunger strike

  The Azerbaijani authorities fail to react to multiple addresses and appeals to restore the 4th year student Pyarviz Azimov at the Lenkoran State University (LSU); in his opinion, he was excluded last week from the University for publishing an article entitled "Corruption Scandal in Lenkoran University". Should his rights not be restored, Azimov is going to start a hunger strike.

April 28, 2009 23:40

• House of famous judoist shelled in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, in the evening on April 27, the house of judo master Isa Tseloev was shelled in Nazran. Nobody suffered.

April 28, 2009 23:30

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, militiamen sue out their overtime salary

  The Nalchik City Court holds a trial under the claim lodged by law enforcers against the MIA of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) on collection of their salary for overtime work, work on weekends and holidays, and of other mandatory payments stipulated by Russian legislation.

April 28, 2009 23:00

• Prosecutor's Office of Kabardino-Balkaria reveals violations of orphans' rights

  The Public Prosecutor of the city of Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has addressed the court with 47 claims in the interests of 51 children, remaining without parental care, on violation of their right, stipulated by the federal legislation, on extraordinary provision of housing facilities.

April 28, 2009 22:40

• In Georgia, oppositionists are beaten

  At night on April 28, after the rally in Tbilisi, three unidentified persons beat activists of Georgian opposition.

April 28, 2009 22:10

• South Ossetia reports that Valentina Bedoeva's children were released by Georgian police

  The police of Georgia have released the children of Valentina Bedoeva, a resident of Vladikavkaz, arrested on Sunday, April 26. According to the South-Ossetian party, Ms Bedoeva herself is still in Georgia.

April 28, 2009 22:00

• Russia's GPO asks Georgia to extradite sergeant Glukhov

  The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has sent a request to Georgia on extradition of Alexander Glukhov, junior sergeant of Russian Army, accused of desertion from the disposition of his military unit in South Ossetia in late January this year.

April 28, 2009 21:00

• Dzaganiya: at early voting in Sochi administrative resources were used

  Yuri Dzaganiya, former candidate to the post of Sochi Mayor from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has stated that at early voting during the recent election the authorities made use of their administrative resources, since the early voters were dependent on local authorities.

April 28, 2009 20:00

• ANC: oppositionists kidnapped in Armenia

  In Yerevan, members of a youth wing of the oppositional union named "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) were kidnapped. One of them - Armen Gevorkyan - managed to run away.

April 28, 2009 19:00

• In Baku, police disperses picket of youth movement "Dalga"

  Today, the police have stopped an attempt of the youth movement called "Dalga" (Wave) to hold a picket in front of the Parliament of Azerbaijan in protest against exclusion of Pyarviz Azimov, a 4th year student, from the Lenkoran State University (LSU).