News

January 30, 2009 23:00

• Medvedev explains his silence on murders of Markelov and Baburova

  On January 29, in the Kremlin, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev met Dmitri Muratov, editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", and Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR and a co-owner of the newspaper.

January 30, 2009 22:00

• Armenia hosts rally in support of "Case of Seven" defendants

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that already before the start of today's session on the "Case of Seven" at least five hundred participants of the protest action have rallied near the building of the General Jurisdiction Court of the Shengavit community.

January 30, 2009 22:00

• In Rostov-on-Don, veterans of Afghan War hold picket in defence of their rights

  In Rostov-on-Don, about 50 former soldiers, the so-called "Afghans", have gathered today in the morning for holding a picket with a demand to allot land plots to them for building of dwelling houses.

January 30, 2009 22:00

• Militia of Dagestan report detention of two suspected militants

  In Dagestan, militiamen have detained two persons suspected of taking part in illegal armed formations.

January 30, 2009 21:00

• Supreme Court of Ingushetia finds Evloev's detention illegal

  The decision of the court on illegality of detention in the airport of the city of Magas by law enforcement bodies of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", who later perished in the militia car last August, has come into its legal force.

January 30, 2009 20:00

• Armenia: defendant in "Case of Seven" needs hospitalization

  Ombudsman in Armenia Armen Arutyunyan has addressed Gevork Danielyan, Minister of Justice of Armenia, with a request to transfer Deputy Sasun Mikaelyan, accused under the "Case of Seven", who is suffering from cardiac insufficiency, into the prison hospital. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the press service of the oppositional Armenian National Congress.

January 30, 2009 19:00

• Head of Azerbaijani NTRB: foreign broadcasting will not be resumed

  The National Television and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan has made its decision: the legislation is against foreign broadcasting in national frequencies. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Nushiravan Magerramli, head of the Board, who made his comments on the statement of the US Embassy that the American party is waiting for proposals on restart of broadcasting of the radio stations Liberty and Voice of America.

January 30, 2009 18:00

• Mutsolgov: Congress of Ingush People will be democratic

  On January 31, Nazran will host the Congress of Ingush People, which will be the first for the last 6 years. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the Human Rights Organization "MAShR" and a delegate of the Congress.

January 29, 2009 23:00

• Deputy joins hunger strike of miners-pensioners in Rostov Region

  Yesterday, on January 28, Valery Dyakonov, Deputy of the Municipal Duma of the city of Zverevo, joined the hunger strike of the miners-pensioners who demand enforcement of court decisions on granting them privileges on residential heating.

January 29, 2009 22:00

• Imprisoned Armenian MPs demand convoking a session with their participation

  Deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia, accused on the "Case of Seven", namely - Akop Akopyan, Sasun Mikaelyan and Miasnik Malkhasyan - demand from the Parliament's speaker to convoke a session with their participation and the presence of the Public Prosecutor, so that the latter could present proofs of their guilt of organizing mass disorders on March 1 last year, which were accompanied by murders, and actions aimed at violent seizure of power.

January 29, 2009 21:00

• Three persons detained in Chechnya within a day

  In Chechnya, employees of power agencies continue detaining former participants of armed formations and their suspected helpers. Within the last 24 hours only, three local residents have been detained by law enforcers under suspicion of being militants.

January 29, 2009 20:00

• Abkhazia refutes Georgia's information about murder of Nabakevi resident by Russian militaries

  Adgur Kogoniya, Public Prosecutor of the Gali District of Abkhazia, has categorically refuted the information disseminated today by Georgian media about the murder by Russian militaries of Koba Meboniya, a resident of Nabakevi village.

January 29, 2009 19:00

• Finland commemorates Markelov, Baburova and Stradymov

  Yesterday, on January 28, in the evening, Finland hosted a rally in memory of advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova assassinated in January in Moscow. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Salla Pyuyukkonen, one of the organizers of the action and coordinator of the Finnish branch of Amnesty International (AI).

January 29, 2009 19:00

• European Court finds Georgia guilty of breaching rights of imprisoned journalists

  The European Court on Human Rights has ordered Georgia to pay out 6000 euros to Shalva Ramishvili, founder of the TV Company named "202", and David Kokhreidze, Director of the Company, each as compensation of the non-pecuniary damage suffered by them as a result of their "inhuman and humiliating" custody conditions in January 2006. Additional 14,694 euros shall be paid to the journalists to reimburse their expenses. Georgia shall make the payments within three months.

January 28, 2009 23:00

• In Azerbaijan, opposition complain of pressure during signing-in against constitutional amendments

  The oppositional parties of Azerbaijan complain of the pressure exerted on the activists who are gathering signatures for the constitutional amendments referendum forthcoming on March 18. The signing-in is conducted for registration of agitation groups for holding legal propaganda against the amendments, which will allow one and the same person to be elected the president of the country for unlimited number of times.

January 28, 2009 21:00

• Glukhov: I asked for political asylum... Nobody kidnapped me

  Sergeant of Russian Armed Forces Alexander Glukhov, who ran away from his military unit located in the Akhalgori District and went to Georgia, wants to receive Georgian citizenship and return to Russia.

January 28, 2009 21:00

• Deputy Minister of Interior of Karachaevo-Circassia to inform Bairamkulov's relatives about the course of investigation

  After the non-sanctioned protest rally held yesterday, on January 27, in the central square of the capital of Karachaevo-Circassia, Oleg Babenko, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Karachaevo-Circassia and Head of Criminal Militia, had a meeting with relatives of businessman Boris Bairamkulov, who was killed in Dombai.

January 28, 2009 20:00

• Action in defence of Lake Baskunchak held in Astrakhan Region

  The youth organization named "Reference Point", which is close to the local branch of "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) in the Astrakhan Region, has held a picket in defence of Lake Baskunchak.

January 28, 2009 19:00

• Experts' poll respondents: fight on corruption should be priority in reforming Azerbaijani state administration

  War on corruption should be the priority direction in reforming the system of state administration in Azerbaijan. This is the opinion the experts' polling held by the Centre for Economic and Political Studies on the topic "What reforms should be undertaken in Azerbaijan in the system of state administration and how to increase the efficiency of such reforms?"

January 28, 2009 18:00

• Labour minister of Rostov Region: hunger-striking miners-pensioners can get social help from the budget

  Elena Skidan, Minister of Labour and Social Development of the Rostov Region, said that according to the regional law on addressable social help the miners-pensioners who are holding their hunger strike in the city of Zverevo can receive social benefits.