News

August 16, 2007 10:56

• Stavropol Territory: confrontation of "Protest Committee" and pensioners with Kislovodsk Mayor

  The Stavropol-based public organizations the "United Protest Front" (UPF) and the "Russian Pensioners" have launched an open confrontation demanding resignation of Vitaly Biryukov, Mayor of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory).

August 15, 2007 13:54

• Chechen separatists take responsibility for explosion of "Neva Express" train

  On August 15, an unknown person telephoned to the North-Caucasian editorial board of the Radio Liberty and, representing himself to be deputy commander of the "Riyad Salikhin" grouping, stated that Chechen separatists took the responsibility for undermining the train.

August 15, 2007 12:38

• Adygea resident who placed the video clip arrested

  In Maikop (Adygea), a man pled guilty of disseminating a video record in the Internet depicting a murder of two persons.

August 15, 2007 11:01

• E. Bekhbudov: tortures are still practised in Azerbaijan

  Human rights activist Elchin Bekhbudov has reported that tortures are still applied in Azerbaijan, and all those guilty of these acts of atrocity should face the justice.

August 15, 2007 10:28

• North Ossetia: Basayev's militants will spend from 18 months to 23 years in prison

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced four participants of an armed group, created under the order of Shamil Basaev and Abu-Dzeit in the territory of Ingushetia for committing grave and especially grave crimes, to imprisonment for the terms ranging from 18 months to 23 years.

August 15, 2007 10:13

• Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office interested in sales of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper

  The Department for Fighting Corruption of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan has sent requests to the press distribution companies asking to provide data on sale volumes of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper in 2005-2007.

August 14, 2007 15:57

• "Neva Express" train could be blown up by militants from the Caucasus

  On August 13 at 9:38 p.m. train No. 166 Moscow - St-Petersburg got derailed and crashed down. The accident took place in the Burga-Malaya Vishera railway section of the Oktiabrskaya Railways.

August 14, 2007 14:11

• Inmate Rasul Kudaev goes on hunger strike in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, Rasul Kudaev, prisoner of SIZO-1 (pre-trial detention facility), has announced a hunger strike.

August 14, 2007 13:30

• Azerbaijani newspaper accuses bureaucrats of trying to bribe journalists

  The top managers of the "Hural" newspaper have addressed their complaint to the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) against the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Azerbaijan. The newspaper accuses the Ministry of blackmail.

August 14, 2007 13:18

• No answer from FSB to request of "Beslan Mothers" to declassify the video archive of the tragedy

  Until now, the victims of the Beslan terror act have got no answer from the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) to their request on opening the video and audio archives of Beslan events.

August 14, 2007 13:11

• Believers' rights violations reported from Azerbaijan

  Local residents report that Kyamandar Gasanov, deputy commander of the Zagatala District Police Department, gave an order to catch all men with beards without distinction and bring them to the police station for "prophylactic work" that means beating and shaving off beards.

August 14, 2007 13:04

• Father of the illegal boy who suffered in France escaped from Chechnya in order not to become a militant

  Father of Ivan Dembskiy, 12, illegal immigrant to France, who fell down last week from a balcony in the French city of Amiens, had run away from Chechnya because of his unwilling to become a militant.

August 13, 2007 12:18

• Record of murder of Dagestan and Tajikistan natives appears in Russian Internet

  Starting from August 12, the Russian-language segment of the Internet disseminates a video of an assumed double murder of a Tadjik and a Dagestanian.

August 13, 2007 12:13

• "Dagestan Mothers" intend to continue their protest actions

  Today, representatives of the "Dagestan Mothers" public organization have addressed their applications to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against the employees of law enforcement bodies, who were involved, in their opinion, in kidnapping and torturing the young men.

August 13, 2007 11:28

• Alimardan Aliev: Russian lady-journalist was not deported from Azerbaijan

  Alimardan Aliev, head of the public and political department of the executive power of the Lenkoran District, told that Yana Amelina, journalist of the "Rosbalt" Information Agency, was not deported from Azerbaijan.

August 13, 2007 11:19

• Ex-wife of commander of Kabardino-Balkarian militants seeks protection from President of Russia

  Zukhra Tsipinova, former wife of Anzor Astemirov, leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants, has addressed her complaint to President V. Putin, General Public Prosecutor of the RF Yu. Chaika and Chair of the Human Rights Commission under the RF President E. Pamfilova.

August 13, 2007 11:17

• Residents of the capital of South Ossetia ask Russia to stand up for them at the United Nations

  While sometimes the water supply to Tskhinval made some 20-30 percent of the demand, during several recent days water taps have not yielded a drop of water.

August 13, 2007 11:11

• Kabardino-Balkaria: health condition of detainee Rasul Kudaev has sharply worsened

  The state of health of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the Investigatory Isolation Facility (SIZO-1) of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has dramatically aggravated.

August 13, 2007 11:02

• Republic's Hospital of Ingushetia receives kidney machines

  Five modern kidney machines (haemodialyzers) bought by one of local businessmen to cover the deficit of these devices for local kidney insufficiency patients have been delivered to the dialysis department.

August 11, 2007 15:28

• Whereabouts of Ingushetian resident kidnapped in Karabulak not detected so far

  Relatives of local resident Ibragim Gadziev, who was kidnapped on August 8 in Karabulak (Ingushetia) and taken in unknown direction, are not able so far to clarify his whereabouts.