News

March 16, 2009 23:00

• MIA: militants' involvement in murdering Chechen resident not excluded

  The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya are investigating the circumstances of kidnapping and subsequent assassination of a resident of Roshni-Chu village, Urus-Martan District, accomplished last Saturday, March 14. In the opinion of Chechen power agents, most likely, this crime was committed by members of IAFs.

March 16, 2009 22:30

• Senior schoolchildren of Novocherkassk develop the formula of school self-management

  On March 13, the Centre of Legal Education named "Rights Above All" and located in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, held a debate session under the motto "Hope on adults, and yourself…?" where the participants, senior schoolchildren of the city, discussed the problems of school self-management.

March 16, 2009 22:10

• IRFS: Azerbaijani TV Channels give little coverage of referendum

  According to the opinion of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) of Azerbaijan, on March 1-10 the TV Channels gave little attention to the questions put out to the referendum on March 18 on amending the Constitution.

March 16, 2009 22:00

• Chechnya: former militiaman kidnapped, his mother killed

  In the village of Prigorodnoe, Grozny District of Chechnya, unidentified persons kidnapped a young man, who had earlier worked as inspector. His mother was killed. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by employees of the Information Centre of the Union of NGOs of Chechnya.

March 16, 2009 21:00

• Pliev: inquiry finds Magomed Evloev's detention illegal

  Musa Pliev, advocate for the Evloevs family, has reported that the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia initiated a criminal case on the fact of illegal arrest of Magomed Evloev, former owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru" at the airport of the city of Magas.

March 16, 2009 20:00

• Krasnodar authorities promise a new village to Old Ritualists from Imereti

  The Krasnodar territorial authorities are ready to provide, within two weeks, the Old Ritualists from the village of Nekrasovskoe, located in the Imereti Valley, where Olympic objects will be erected, with sets of documents, drawings and plot layouts in a new village to be built for them.

March 16, 2009 19:00

• MPs Grishankov and Melnikov agree with Evkurov's proposal to hold amnesty in Ingushetia

  Deputies of Russian State Duma Mikhail Grishankov and Ivan Melnikov have positively appreciated the offer moved by President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov to declare amnesty to those militants who were not involved in grave crimes. Thus, Mr Grishankov, first deputy chair of the State Duma's Security Committee, believes that Evkurov's offer to amnesty militants in Ingushetia is an indication of his desire to understand the situation and stabilize it.

March 16, 2009 18:00

• Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Public Health sent back from prison hospital to colony

  Today, Ali Insanov, former Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, was transferred from the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service back to Colony No. 13, where he serves his 11 years of imprisonment after being sentenced for committing economic crimes.

March 14, 2009 21:00

• Son of Chechen human rights activist detained in Lithuania

  On February 27, Utsmi Banzhaev, 17, son of the human rights activist from Chechnya Vakha Banzhaev, who tried, together with his cousin Bislan Abubakarov, 24, to illegally cross the Lithuanian-Russian border, was detained in Lithuania for the term of one month.

March 14, 2009 19:00

• Refugees from Abkhazia hold congress in the capital of Georgia

  Today in Georgia, under the initiative of the political association "Our Abkhazia" and a group of refugees from Abkhazia, a congress of refugees took place. It was attended by about 1500 refugees who left Abkhazia in early 1990s and now live in different areas of Georgia.

March 14, 2009 18:00

• Authorities of Georgia allow advertisement of strong drinks

  The parliament of Georgia has approved the bill on amendments to the Law "On Advertisement Business", according to which advertising of strong alcohol drinks in any kind is allowed in the country until January 1, 2011.

March 14, 2009 17:00

• The only airport in Nagorno-Karabakh restarts operation

  Currently, the Armenian Airline "Armavia" negotiates organization of flights between the capitals of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by Norair Belluyan, Director General of the Airline, at the opening of the Yerevan-Tbilisi flight on March 13.

March 14, 2009 16:00

• DFSB for Dagestan reports detention of militiamen-bribe-takers

  Employees of the Dagestan Department of the FSB (DFSB) have conducted an operation aimed to detain those militiamen who extorted bribes from residents of Makhachkala under a threat of criminal prosecution.

March 14, 2009 15:00

• Azerbaijani baklava claims for Guinness Book of Records

  Administration of the city of Gyandzha, Azerbaijan, plans to bake a huge baklava (a sort of oriental candy) for the Novruz Bairam holiday, which by its size will claim to be included into the Guinness Book of Records.

March 14, 2009 12:00

• Kidnapped resident of Chechnya found dead

  The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya report that near the Roshni-Chu village, Urus-Martan District, the body of earlier kidnapped local resident was found.

March 14, 2009 11:00

• Georgia to officially quit CIS structures after August 18

  Georgia will officially quit the CIS after August 18, as stated on March 13 by Alexander Nalbandov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. According to his story, one year will expire on that day - the mandatory term stipulated for all the procedures related to exit from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

March 14, 2009 10:00

• Action-concert for Saakashvili's resignation held in Georgia

  Several thousands rallied on March 13 in Tbilisi to a concert given by singer and musician Giorgiy Gachechiladze, brother of Levon Gachechiladze, leader of the United Opposition of Georgia. The protest event of the opposition in the form of action-concert came to an end without any incidents.

March 14, 2009 08:00

• Armenia: all "Case of Seven" figurants removed from hearings

  On March 13, Mnatsakan Martirosyan, Judge in the "Case of Seven", removed away from the courtroom for the period of 10 days Grigor Voskerchyan, the only defendant who was allowed to be present at judicial hearings. The others were removed on March 9.

March 13, 2009 23:40

• Oppositional Georgian MPs quit the Pardon Commission

  The oppositional MPs of Georgia Georgiy Tsagareishvili and Roman Mersagishvili have quitted the Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia, having stated that they were revolted by Saakashvili's decision to pardon the four policemen guilty of death of Sandro Girgvliani, a bank employee.

March 13, 2009 23:00

• Animal advocates: homeless animals are brutally treated in Sochi

  In Sochi, the service for catching homeless animals has sped up its work, which contradicts the Russian legislation, runs the application sent to the prosecutor's office of the city by animal advocates.