News

May 13, 2009 22:10

• Car with militiamen blown up and shelled in Chechnya

  A "Zhiguli" car with two Chechen militiamen and a local resident inside was first blown up and then shelled from automatic firearms. This was stated by a source in law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.

May 13, 2009 22:00

• Ombudsman of Georgia: detainees on mutiny case exposed to beating

  Ombudsman of Georgia Sozar Subari has demanded to investigate the fact of beating of the five detainees, figuring in the mutiny case in the military unit near Tbilisi.

May 13, 2009 21:10

• Arrested journalist Fatullaev thanks Obama for assessing freedom of speech in Azerbaijan

  Journalist Einullah Fatullaev, who is kept in custody in Azerbaijan, has sent a letter of gratitude to US President Barrak Obama in the context of his statement on the World Day of Freedom of Press on May 3.

May 13, 2009 21:00

• In Abkhazia, car with "Siemens" specialists blown up by trip wire mine

  In the Gali District of Abkhazia, a car with "Siemens" specialists who work to recover the Inguri HPP, the biggest in Transcaucasia, got blown up by a trip wire explosive.

May 13, 2009 20:00

• Mutsolgov: Sulim Yamadaev could not declare blood feud to President of Chechnya because of the attempt

  Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Independent Non-Commercial Organization "Mashr", expressed his doubts to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the data about an attempt of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, to declare by phone his blood feud to President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and State Duma Deputy Adam Delimkhanov, as this method is not in the customs of blood feud.

May 13, 2009 19:00

• Delimkhanov, State Duma deputy from Chechnya searched by Interpol, works in his usual way

  More than two weeks have expired after the Interpol had announced search of Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma deputy, a figurant in the case about the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion. In the meantime, Mr Delimkhanov is working in his usual way.

May 13, 2009 18:00

• Berkut: no signs of war of ethnic criminal groupings in Moscow yet

  The topic of "the start of interethnic war" that appeared in the context of the recent murder of an Azerbaijani and shooting at a Dagestanian in the Russian capital is nothing more than another "mobilization horror story" for law enforcement bodies and "a pleasant topic of informational hysteria" for mass media. This is the opinion of Dmitri Berkut, a former employee of special subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation.

May 12, 2009 22:00

• Dzaganiya still challenges legality of Pakhomov's registration as candidate for Sochi Mayor

  Today, on the inauguration day of the Sochi Mayor elect, his rival in the election race Yuri Dzaganiya has stated continuation of his litigation against legality of registration of Anatoly Pakhomov as a candidate at the election.

May 12, 2009 21:00

• Armenian organizations of Europe ask to publish the roadmap

  The Armenian Assembly of Europe (AAE) (Brussels) and the Armenian National Cultural Centre (ANCC) (Berlin) have demanded from the authorities of Armenia to promulgate the text of the Armenian-Turkish "roadmap". The activists of these entities are sure that the signed document is an evidence of a failure of the foreign policy of Armenia.

May 12, 2009 20:00

• Nalchik: hearing on non-payment for overtime militiamen's work starts

  Today, the Nalchik City Court, presided by Federal Judge Aslanbek Zhigunov, has started consideration of the suit of 84 militiamen of the Terek District of Kabardino-Balkaria against the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) on collection from the latter of salaried for overtime work, work on weekends and holidays and other mandatory payments stipulated by Russian legislation.

May 12, 2009 19:00

• President of Ingushetia reports his incomes

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has reported his incomes. His tax declaration was published in the official website of the Republic of Ingushetia.

May 12, 2009 18:00

• Armenia to receive gas from Iran in the next few days

  The gas main Iran-Armenia will start operating quite soon. With the aim to clarify all the details of the agreements reached earlier by the two countries, Armenia will be visited by Seed Reza Kasaizade, Director of the Iran National Gas Company, as reported by the local Ministry of Energy.

May 12, 2009 17:00

• Anatoly Pakhomov takes the post of Sochi Mayor

  At the inauguration ceremony, Anatoly Pakhomov, the newly elected Mayor of Sochi has taken an oath of commitment to city dwellers.

May 12, 2009 16:00

• Bekhbudov: two detainees on Baku Academy massacre plead guilty

  The defendants on the case of the mass murder on April 30 at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) have no complaints of their custody conditions and any pressure exerted on, two of them have pled guilty. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Elchin Bekhbudov, head of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture.

May 12, 2009 14:00

• Human rights activists call authorities of Georgia to investigate into attacks on rally participants

  The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the authorities of Georgia to hold investigation into the facts of attacks on supporters of the opposition in the course of the protest actions held in Tbilisi with the demand of President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation.

May 12, 2009 13:00

• IOC Coordination Commission arrives to Sochi

  On May 12, the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) arrived to Sochi with the aim to assess the preparation process of 2014 Winter Olympiad. From the moment of awarding Sochi with the title of Olympic capital it is already the second visit of the IOC commission to the Black Sea resort; and it will last till May 14.

May 12, 2009 12:00

• Young man kidnapped in Chechnya

  On April 28, in the centre of the capital of Chechnya, armed persons in black uniform kidnapped a young man and violently took him away in an unknown direction.

May 11, 2009 23:43

• Georgian opposition plans general nationwide disobedience

  The Georgian opposition, which demands Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation, plans to declare the general disobedience all over the country. This was stated by Gubaz Sanikidze, one of the leaders of the National Forum, at the rally near the building of the Parliament of Georgia.

May 11, 2009 23:00

• In Armenia, inspectors object to fact-finding group's conclusions on March 1, 2008, events

  The Special Investigatory Service of Armenia denies the conclusions of the fact-finding group on the events in Yerevan on March 1, 2008, in the part of the death of Police Major Hamlet Tadevosyan. Inspectors assert that the group has distorted the results of their work. It was stated by the head of the Service Vaagn Arutyunyan.

May 11, 2009 22:00

• Solemn opening ceremony of NATO exercises held in Georgia

  On May 11, the Tbilisi suburb of Vasiani, where the base of Ministry of Defence of Georgia is located, hosted a solemn opening of the NATO exercises named "Cooperative Lancer/Cooperative Longbow-2009", held under the NATO Programme "Partnership for Peace".