News

August 07, 2008 18:12

• CEC approves six candidates to run for presidency in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Azeri Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved six candidates to run for presidency of Azerbaijan. Ilkham Aliev, incumbent president, is among them.

August 07, 2008 18:02

• Explosion on Sochi beach kills two persons

  Two persons killed and 13 more wounded as a result of the explosion on the Loo beach (Lazarevsk district, Sochi), reports a source in the Krasnodar krai law enforcement agencies.

August 07, 2008 17:37

• The court releases Elista mayor Radiy Burulov from custody

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kalmykia has overruled the decision of Elista city court to arrest Elista mayor Radiy Burulov and released him from custody.

August 07, 2008 16:31

• Jury selection in the case of attack on Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria suspended

  The Kabardino-Balkaria Supreme Court adjourned its hearing of the case of the attack on Nalchik's power authority sights in 2005 till August 14.

August 07, 2008 12:22

• Baku-Tbilisy-Ceihan oil pipeline exploded in Turkey

  An explosion occurred at the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceihan oil pipeline in the region of Arzijan in Turkey. The Kurd Workers' Party (RKK) has taken the responsibility for the incident. Turkish media report that the organization has claimed the explosion was effected by suicide terrorists.

August 06, 2008 21:29

• Georgian units concentrated near the village of Dmenis in South Ossetia

  Additional units of Georgian armed forces are concentrated near the village of Dmenis in South Ossetia which was subjected to intensive shelling from large-caliber guns, reports Ibraghim Gasseyev, first deputy minister of defense of South Ossetia.

August 06, 2008 18:22

• Chechen MoI announces Sulim Yamadayev in Federal wanted list

  Sulim Yamadayev, former commander of the Russian MoD "Vostok" battalion is in the Federal wanted list. This has been reported by Ruslan Alkhanov, Chechen Minister of Interior, during his meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov, president of the republic.

August 06, 2008 17:10

• Newspaper "Chernovik" to file suit against Dagestan prosecutor

  Nadira Isayeva, chief editor of Dagestan weekly "Chernovik", reported that the decision of initiating a criminal case against her would be appealed against, while the newspaper editing board would file a request to initiate a criminal case against the prosecutor of the Republic of Dagestan.

August 06, 2008 16:03

• Russian military doctors examine population of Abkhazia

  A group of doctors and specialists from the North Caucasus military district hospital, comprising 13 persons, conducts examination of the population in Ochamchirski, Tkuarchalski and Galski districts of Abkhazia.

August 06, 2008 14:57

• Champion from Adygeia refuses to take part in Beijing Olympics

  Sergei Alifirenko, Olympic champion in rapid pistol fire from Adygeia, is not going to take part in the Olympic Games due to problems with his eyes.

August 06, 2008 13:51

• Azeri president does not want to see his portraits in the streets

  Ilkham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, has ordered to remove his portraits from the streets of the country's towns and villages. The president is especially concerned about the necessity to remove his portraits from the streets in connection with the coming presidential election.

August 06, 2008 12:45

• Georgia denies Israel stopped supplying it pilotless airplanes

  According to Israeli press, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel has imposed veto on exporting offensive arms and pilotless airplanes to Georgia in order to avoid deteriorating relations with Russia. This information is refuted in Georgia.

August 05, 2008 23:58

• Editor-in-chief of "Ingushetia.ru" to apply for political asylum in Europe

  Roza Malsagova, editor-in-chief of "Ingushetia.ru" site, has left Russia and intends to apply for political asylum in a European country.

August 05, 2008 18:53

• Residents of South Ossetia capital are completely cut from fresh water

  The residents of the South Ossetia capital are fully cut from fresh water supply, stated today Robert Guliyev, mayor of Tskhinval. According to him, while previously water was supplied with interruptions, now the water intake is completely depleted.

August 05, 2008 17:48

• Trial on the case of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk starts in Stavropol krai

  Today, the Stavropol krai court started hearings on the criminal case of organizing an explosion in a regular bus in December 2007 in Nevinnomyssk, in which three passengers were killed and 17 wounded.

August 05, 2008 16:44

• Boris Ebzeyev approved president of Karachayevo-Cherkessia

  The republic's parliament deputies have approved Boris Ebzeyev as a new president at the extraordinary session of Karachayevo-Cherkessia Public Assembly.

August 05, 2008 15:40

• Chechen residents mourn for the deceased Alexander Solzhenitsin

  Alexander Solzhenitsin was a great writer and his death is a loss not only for Russia but for the entire world, say many residents of Chechnya.

August 05, 2008 14:33

• The court declines law suit against opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" in Azerbaijan

  Today, the court heating on the suit of the Union for Freedom members against the newspaper "Azadlyg" was completed at the Yasamalski district court of the Azeri capital Baku, presided by Elchin Gubayev.

August 05, 2008 13:27

• 600 children detained in Krasnodar for night walks

  About 600 teenagers who violated the new law of Krasnodar krai "On Measures to Prevent Child Neglect and Juvenile Offenses" have been detained during the first three days of the new rules in force.

August 05, 2008 12:40

• Ichkeria ex-minister of defense to persuade separatists to return to Chechnya

  On Sunday, August 3, Magomed Khambiyev (Khanbiyev), former Chechen MP and former defense minister of Ichkeria, went abroad for negotiations with representatives of separatist movement. He is going to try and persuade them to return to their motherland.