News

February 03, 2009 19:00

• "Reporters without Borders" criticize Politkovskaya's murder trial

  Today, the international human rights organization "Reporters without Borders" has criticized the course of the trial on the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. This is the topic of press release disseminated by the organization.

February 03, 2009 19:00

• "Reporters without Borders" call Azerbaijani authorities to stop persecuting journalists in Nakhichevan

  The international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) engaged in defending journalists' rights has sent letters to the authorities of Azerbaijan in the context of persecutions of independent journalists in Nakhichevan.

February 02, 2009 23:00

• Journalists harassed in Azerbaijani NAR

  In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, pressure has strengthened on local independent journalists - Malakhat Nasibova, regional correspondent of the Turan News Agency and the Azerbaijan Service of Radio Liberty, Khyakimeldostu Mekhtiev and Elman Abbasov, local representatives of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by the journalists themselves.

February 02, 2009 22:00

• Rally in memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow: "They'd stop assassinating us only when thousands flood streets"

  Several speakers to the rally in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova, held on February 1 in Chistye Prudy in Moscow, called Russians to mass protests against the ruling regime and revelry of neo-Nazis. Despite the frost, four hundred persons came to take part.

February 02, 2009 20:00

• "Memorial": investigation into Farid Babaev's murder in Dagestan was superficial

  The investigation of the murder case of Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan "Yabloko" Party, lacked due care. The analysis of the materials of the case and the whole litigation process give rise to the idea that either inspectors themselves set up a certain "barrier" beyond which the inquiry should not move, or such barrier had been imposed by someone. This is the topic of today's statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

February 02, 2009 20:00

• Chechnya: local resident detained as suspect of helping militants

  On February 1, law enforcers detained a resident of the Staropromyslovskiy District of the capital of Chechnya, who, according to the investigation, in 2007 supplied foodstuffs to members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).

February 02, 2009 19:00

• Court session on Politkovskaya's murder postponed till February 3

  The Moscow Regional Military Court has ruled to hold its next session on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case on February 3.

February 02, 2009 19:00

• Three hunger-strikers hospitalized in Rostov Region

  Three miners-pensioners, who take part in the hunger strike held in the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have been hospitalized because of health deterioration.

February 02, 2009 18:00

• Commander of 58th Army: Glukhov was recruited by Georgia special agencies

  The Command of the 58th Army asserts that Junior Sergeant Alexander Glukhov who found himself in the territory of Georgia could have been recruited by Georgian special services.

January 31, 2009 20:00

• Georgia accuses Abkhazia of shelling EU observers and journalists

  The law enforcement bodies of Georgia assert that today observers from the European Union and a group of foreign journalists were shelled from the territory of Abkhazia near the village of Shamgona, Zugdidi District. Abkhazia declares that it has nothing to do with the incident.

January 31, 2009 18:00

• Terror act on gas main line prevented in Dagestan

  Today in Dagestan, a clock-operated explosive was detected under the main Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline. The bomb was neutralized.

January 31, 2009 17:00

• IOC believes that Russia will cope with preparing Sochi to Olympiad-2014

  Jean-Claude Killy, Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for preparing Olympiad-2014, has expressed his confidence that Russia will manage to get ready timely for holding the Winter Olympic Games; however, he has noted that today Sochi is not ready to be an Olympic capital.

January 31, 2009 15:00

• In Azerbaijan, 50 families refuse to move to houses built in former cemetery

  In the capital of Azerbaijan, bureaucrats want to move about 50 families who live in the private houses allegedly subjects to demolition into the new ones built in the territory of destroyed Nariman cemetery.

January 31, 2009 13:00

• Congress of the Nation opens in Ingushetia

  Today, the Congress of Ingush Nation was opened. Its agenda has three points: public and political situation in the Republic and ways to improve it; adoption of the Law on Local Self-Government; and counteraction to corruption.

January 31, 2009 12:00

• Georgia: Zviad Gamsakhurdia's widow goes on hunger strike

  Today, Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, widow of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, has announced a dry hunger strike in the reception room of the Republic's Hospitals in Tbilisi.

January 31, 2009 11:00

• Stalingrad Battle damage counted up in Volgograd Region

  The Volgograd Region has published a collection of documents evidencing the damage caused by the actions of fascist troops during the Volga Battle in 1942-1943.

January 31, 2009 09:12

• In 2010, South Ossetia will count its residents

  In 2010, for the first time in the last 20 years, South Ossetia will hold a national census. The decision was passed at the sitting of the presidium of the government of South Ossetia, where the respective bill was presented.

January 31, 2009 06:00

• Azerbaijan to apply for holding 2020 Summer Olympiad

  Azerbaijan will file an application for holding Olympic Games of 2020 in Baku. This statement was made by Azad Ragimov, Minister for Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan.

January 31, 2009 05:00

• Kalmykia finishes erecting first wind power plant in the South of Russia

  The Priyutnenskiy District of Kalmykia, 15 kilometres off the capital Elista, is finalizing the installation of wind power generators of the first wind power plant in the South of Russia. By 2010, they plan to commission the Republic's wind power yard consisting of 126 wind-driven generators for the aggregate power capacity of 150 megawatts.

January 30, 2009 23:00

• In Chechnya, militiamen detained three local residents

  Yesterday, on January 29, three residents of Chechnya, suspected of complicity with the armed underground groups, were detained in the Urus-Martan District by power agents. They assert that confiscated a grenade from one of the detainees.