News

May 05, 2008 12:53

• Khidasheli: on the eve of elections Georgian authorities stir up the situation in Abkhazia

  Tina Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the oppositional Republican Party of Georgia, asserts that nothing special is taking place in Abkhazia today, and the situation is deliberately stirred up by Georgian authorities before the elections.

May 05, 2008 12:47

• Resident of North Ossetia asserts that his son is prosecuted on ethnic motives

  Zaurbek Bolataev, a resident of the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), has addressed human rights organizations of the country for help because of criminal prosecution of his son Nikolai Bolataev, a student of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School.

May 05, 2008 11:40

• In Armenia, court leaves head of Ter-Petrosyan's pre-election staff under arrest

  Today, the first-instance court of the Yerevan community Kentron-Nork-Marash has ruled to extend by two months the custody term of Alexander Arzumanyan, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and head of the pre-election office of Ter-Petrosyan.

May 05, 2008 11:21

• Georgia quits air defence agreement with Russia

  Today, Georgia has served a note to Russia informing the Russian party about its exit from the antiaircraft defence cooperation agreement.

May 05, 2008 11:17

• In Georgia, "Imedi" TV Company restarts broadcasting in testing mode

  The Georgian "Imedi" TV Company has resumed its technical broadcasting. Now, the TV Channel, which stopped its operation last December, is putting movies on air. Information programs are planned from June on.

May 03, 2008 11:26

• Mekhtiyev: USA interfere into internal affairs of Azerbaijan

  According to Ramiz Mekhtiyev, head of the Azeri president's administration, the allocation by the USA of more than 3 million dollars for supporting election in Azerbaijan in October 2008 is an interference by USA into the internal affairs of Azerbaijan.

May 03, 2008 11:24

• Tinatin Khidasheli accuses Georgian authorities of pressure upon herself

  Tinatin Khidasheli, one of the leaders of the "Republican Party" and a majority candidate to deputies from Saburtalin district in Georgia, claims that members of the youth wing of her party have been threatened while she is under permanent watch.

May 03, 2008 11:20

• Picket to defend media freedom held in Krasnodar

  About 15 persons came to the square in front of the cinema hall "Avrora" in Krasnodar to hold a picket. Half of them are journalists. The picketers protested against the interference of functionaries into the mass media activity, and also called on their colleagues to work on the principles of objectivity and truth.

May 03, 2008 11:15

• Chechen refugee arrested in Azerbaijan

  The court of Azerbaijan passed a decision to arrest Yusup Nagayev, a refugee from Chechnya, for two months, report Nagayev's relatives to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

May 03, 2008 11:11

• Standard: IOC should think over an alternative to Sochi Olympics

  The implementation of the plan to hold an Olympics in Sochi is under question, and the IOC should think over an alternative, Austrian daily Standard writes in its May 1 issue.

May 02, 2008 10:50

• A mass fight between students from Armenia and Azerbaijan prevented in Moscow

  On May 1, during a festive concert in the south-west of Moscow, on the territory of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples (RUDN), a mass fight was prevented between students from Armenia and Azerbaijan.

May 02, 2008 10:46

• Several trials over opposition activists adjourned in Armenia

  Trials over opposition activists in Erevan, Gyumri and other cities are held with overcrowded court rooms, amidst pickets and other actions of protest. Several judges decided to adjourn the court sessions.

May 02, 2008 10:36

• Topadze: tragedy in Abkhazia may be repeated

  Georgi Topadze, leader of the opposition party "Industry will Save Georgia" stated that the tragedy in Abkhazia will be repeated if Georgia acts aggressively.

May 02, 2008 10:17

• Victims of Holocaust commemorated in Georgia

  On May 1, an event to commemorate victims of Holocaust was held in Tbilisi in the Georgian Ombudsman's office.

May 02, 2008 10:13

• Topadze: Georgian authorities persecute members of the block "Right-wing Alliance - Topadze, Manufacturers"

  The block "Right-wing Alliance - Topadze, Manufacturers" may refuse to take part in the parliamentary elections to be held on May 21 in Georgia, Georgi Topadze, leader of the "manufacturers", announced today at the press-conference.

April 30, 2008 23:04

• Action of assistance to victims of Beslan terrorist act held in North Ossetia

  From April 26 to 28, a charity action of assistance to victims of Beslan tragedy was held in North Ossetia. It was organized by representatives of the "Novye Nivy" foundation created in the USA by emigrants from the former Soviet Union.

April 30, 2008 22:59

• Owner of Islamic bookstore in Dagestan complains about law enforcement officers' actions

  The owner of the bookstore "Sunna" in the capital of Dagestan, which sells Islamic literature and souvenirs, complains against illegal searches and arrests of goods by law enforcement officers.

April 30, 2008 22:56

• The jury return the persons suspected of explosion at Cherkizovo market in Moscow guilty

  Today, the jury of the Moscow city court has passed a guilty verdict on the case of an explosion at Moscow's Cherkizovo market in August 2006.

April 30, 2008 22:51

• Deputies ask Armenian prosecutor to release their colleagues from arrest

  The parliamentary faction "Heritage" which about a week ago started to collect signatures in the Armenia's National Assembly under the address to the Prosecutor General with a request to change the measure of restraint with regard to the deputies arrested in connection with the March 1 events, has already handed the petition to the prosecutor's office.

April 30, 2008 22:42

• No second performance of play about "Nord-Ost" in Dagestan was staged

  The play "In Your Hands" about "Nord-Ost" which failed to be staged in Dagestan after the first show may be staged at the local theatre in Beslan, North Ossetia.