News

April 27, 2009 23:00

• Explosions in Grozny are investigated in Chechnya

  The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya continue investigating the circumstances of three explosions that happened in the afternoon on April 24 in Grozny, as a result of which two local power agents and Military Commandant of the city Colonel Igor Makeev were wounded.

April 27, 2009 22:00

• Human rights organization of Ingushetia "Mashr" starts English version of its website

  The human rights organization from Ingushetia named "Mashr" has opened an English-language version of its website, as reported by its leader Magomed Mutsolgov.

April 27, 2009 21:10

• "Memorial": more kidnappings in Chechnya, more murders in Ingushetia

  In January-April 2009, as compared to 2008, the Chechen Republic has registered more kidnappings, while the Republic of Ingushetia - more casualties. This is the data of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

April 27, 2009 21:00

• Interpol in search of Delimkhanov for attempt on Sulim Yamadaev

  Adam Delimkhanov, deputy of Russia's State Duma from Chechnya, has been announced by the Interpol into international search on suspicion of murdering Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, on March 28 in Dubai. The search was initiated by the police of the United Arab Emirates, as reported by the official website of the Interpol.

April 27, 2009 20:00

• Court to consider petition on arrest in absentia of former advocate of ex-senator from Kalmykia

  The Moscow Investigatory Department (MID) of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has petitioned to the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow for arrest in absentia of well-known Russian advocate Boris Kuznetsov who had earlier represented the interests of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, ex-senator from Kalmykia, now convicted to 9 years of imprisonment.

April 27, 2009 19:30

• Anatoly Pakhomov wins election of Sochi Mayor

  The first round of the election of Sochi Mayor resulted in 76.86% of votes cast for the candidate from "Edinaya Rossiya", acted Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov. These are the totals of the City Electoral Commission (CEC) of Sochi after tabulation of 100% of votes.

April 27, 2009 19:00

• Sakvarelidze: Georgian population finds opposition's rallies fruitless

  The opposition in Georgia promises to make its protest actions more radical, however, in the opinion of political scientist Ramaz Sakvarelidze, who was interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the population of Georgia see that the rallies of the opposition bring no result.

April 27, 2009 19:00

• Zakareishvili: Georgia's authorities create a picture that population grows angry with the opposition

  The authorities of Georgia are intentionally creating a picture of confrontation between oppositional protesters and local residents, as was stated by Paata Zakareishvili, a Georgian political scientist specializing in conflict-settlement of conflicts and promotion of democracy.

April 27, 2009 17:20

• In Sochi, militia release American journalist

  Kit Gessen, a correspondent of the American magazine named "New-Yorker", was released after checking his documents at the Sochi Department of Internal Affairs (UVD).

April 25, 2009 21:00

• Chechnya marks the Day of the Chechen Language

  Today, residents of Chechnya have celebrated the Day of the Chechen Language. The events dated to this holiday took place in all dwelling settlements of the republic.

April 25, 2009 20:00

• Population of Azerbaijan has reached 8.820 million

  The first results of the census conducted in Azerbaijan on April 13-22 have been announced. According to these data, the population of the country has reached 8,820,000 persons.

April 25, 2009 18:00

• Two activists of the opposition pardoned in Armenia

  Under Decree of President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, two figurants of the case about events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan - activists of the opposition David Agayan and Nver Stepanyan - were released from prison.

April 25, 2009 17:00

• Mayor of Volgograd bans gays' parade in city centre

  Head of Volgograd Roman Grebennikov has forbidden the gay-parade, which local sexual minorities had planned to hold today without sanction of the authorities in the city centre.

April 25, 2009 16:13

• Because of opposition's actions, Parliament of Georgia works in hotel

  Because of large-scale actions of the opposition in the centre of Tbilisi, the Parliament of Georgia has actually moved to the hotel "Sheraton Metekhi Palace" and tries to work from there.

April 25, 2009 15:00

• Special operation underway in Ingushetia

  Today since morning, in Surkhakhi village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, a special operation is conducted. The operation implies check of passports and inspections of motor transport.

April 25, 2009 11:00

• Safrastyan: after "metz ekhern" Obama will say "genocide"

  The use by the US President in his address to the Armenian community of the word "genocide" in its Armenian sounding "metz ekhern" means that the following step will be Obama's use of the term "genocide" also in the English language, as believes Professor Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

April 25, 2009 10:00

• Ministry of Finance of North Ossetia to pay taxes for training Beslan children

  President of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov has instructed the Republic's Ministry of Finance to allocate from the reserve fund some 1.3 million roubles to cover the tax for training and residence at the lyceum boarding school "Podmoskovny" of 30 children-victims of Beslan terror act.

April 25, 2009 09:00

• Jobless residents of Volgograd are involved in public works

  Currently, about 900 jobless city dwellers are involved in public works in the territory of Volgograd. Such works, although being a temporary measure, are efficient in mitigating the unemployment problem in the conditions of economy decline, as the officials of the Mayoralty of Volgograd believe.

April 25, 2009 07:00

• In Sochi, propaganda campaign for Mayor election is over

  Yesterday, on April 24, the stage of the agitation campaign before Sochi election was over, and today is the "day of silence". From the midnight of April 25, any public agitation for candidates to the post of Mayor of this city-resort is forbidden.

April 24, 2009 23:40

• CPRF Deputy: what takes place in Sochi cannot be named election

  The pre-election campaign in Russian city-resort Sochi "cannot be called an election, it is more likely an appointment with elements of voting", as Sergey Obukhov, a State Duma Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) believes.