News

July 05, 2008 20:28

• Political scientists: Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan gave no desirable fruits

  While discussing the outcomes of the first visit to Azerbaijan of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, many analysts and political scientists agree that the visit has failed to settle many of the problems in mutual relations of the two states.

July 05, 2008 19:23

• Russia: Sweden's refusal to give out a native of Chechnya is political hypocrisy

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has treated as "political hypocrisy" the refusal of Swedish authorities to extradite Chechen Aslan Adaev, suspected of terrorism and other crimes.

July 05, 2008 16:15

• South Ossetia accuses Georgia of conflict escalation

  According to the statement of law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia, Georgia continues its "provocative actions" aimed towards further escalation of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and has increased number of illegally deployed posts (check points) in the conflict zone.

July 05, 2008 14:12

• Armenia: convicted journalist Babadzhanyan can be early released

  It is possible that Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper, convicted for evasion of mandatory army service and serving his term at the criminal corrective establishment, will be released ahead of time, early this August.

July 05, 2008 13:04

• Vice-Premier's house set on fire in Ingushetia

  Today at night, in the elite district of Nazran, unknown criminals have fired a new house of Vice-Premier of Ingushetia Bashir Aushev who is supervising in the government the so-called "power block" of the Republic.

July 05, 2008 12:56

• Azerbaijani partisan leaders treat election boycott differently

  Leaders of various political parties of Azerbaijan have different attitude to the possibility for the opposition to boycott the forthcoming presidential election.

July 04, 2008 15:59

• Residents of South Ossetia ask Russia's protection

  Citizens of the Russian Federation who live in South Ossetia are asking President and Prime Minister of Russia, and Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to protect them from liquidation.

July 04, 2008 15:55

• In Armenia, custody terms for two oppositionists prolonged

  Courts in Armenia have prolonged today the custody terms for two oppositionists - ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan and Head of the Board of the Party "Armenian Nationwide Movement" (ANM) Ararat Zurabyan.

July 04, 2008 15:52

• Krasnodar Territory: additional check appointed on beating journalist Rozhkov

  The decision of the Kuban Investigatory Committee to reject initiation of a criminal case on the fact of journalist Rozhkov's beating has been cancelled. An additional examination has been appointed.

July 04, 2008 15:48

• Human Rights Watch calls on Armenian authorities to release Armand Babadzhanyan ahead of term

  The International Human Rights Watch has called to release from custody Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper, before his term; he was convicted to 3.5 years of imprisonment for evasion of mandatory military service.

July 04, 2008 15:42

• Khatazhukov: share of state-run newspapers should be reduced in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Speaking at the first sitting on mass media and freedom of speech of the Public-Advisory Board (PAB) under the President of Kabardino-Balkaria, Valery Khatazhukov, chairman of the Public Human Rights Centre, has stated that the role of the state in sphere of mass media should be restricted.

July 04, 2008 15:39

• Ingushetian authorities deny their involvement in extrajudicial executions and kidnappings

  The authorities of Ingushetia have no attitude to the murders and kidnappings committed in the territory under their governance, the leaders of this Republic declared at the press conference held on July 1 at the RIA "Novosti" in Moscow.

July 04, 2008 14:51

• "Voice of Beslan" sends the bill "On Social Defence of Terror Act Victims' Rights" to Russian President

  The All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" has finished collecting signatures in support of the bill named "On Social Defence of Terror Act Victims' Rights"; they managed to gather over 1600 signatures.

July 04, 2008 14:45

• In Krasnodar, court leaves Kurmanches in custody

  The Pervomaiskiy District Court of the city of Krasnodar has left behind bars the members of the Kurmanch community - Anatoly Dursunov and Rashid Gurzhiev, who assert that they were beaten by employees of the regional department of "Gosnarkokontrol" (Federal Drug Control Agency).

July 03, 2008 11:14

• Russian government to move some Sochi Olympic sites to other places

  The locations of some Olympic objects to be built in Sochi will be changed. This was stated by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin at a sitting on the issue of observing ecological requirements at preparation for 2014 Olympics.

July 03, 2008 11:08

• Azerbaijani Baptists complain of pressure in Zagatalskiy District

  Ilya Zenchenko, leader of Evangelic Baptists of Azerbaijan has condemned "the recent pressure" on the members of his community who live in the village of Aliabad of Zagatalskiy District.

July 03, 2008 11:05

• In Azerbaijan, court rejects petitions of journalist Halil's defender

  Today, the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku continued the process on Sergey Strekalin accused of inflicting on March 13, 2008, a knife wound to Agil Halil, an employee of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper. The victim was involuntarily brought to the courtroom.

July 03, 2008 10:55

• Volgograd Regional Ombudsman improves custody conditions for pre-trial suspects

  The Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region has managed to convince the GUVD (Chief Department of Internal Affairs) commanders to improve custody conditions of the suspects and detainees kept in the pre-trial detention facility of the city of Volzhskiy.

July 03, 2008 10:51

• European Court finds Russia guilty of kidnapping four Chechen residents

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has passed decisions on three cases of four residents of Chechnya, where Russia has been found guilty of breaching several articles of the Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

July 03, 2008 10:46

• Armenian opposition demands to investigate beating of Ter-Petrosyan's supporters

  Today, Levon Zurabyan, spokesman of the Nationwide Movement of Armenia, has demanded from the authorities to find those guilty of organizing the incident in the Severny Avenue of Yerevan on July 2, when several supporters of the opposition were beaten.