News

May 19, 2007 22:30

• "Azadlyg" newspaper awaiting provocations from Azerbaijani authorities

  Next week, the Azerbaijani Commission for Complaints of the Council for Press will consider the application of Ali Akhmedov, deputy chair and executive secretary of the Party "Eni Azerbaijan" (PEA), concerning a publication in the "Azadlyg" newspaper, which "had encroached on the honour of the President." Aflatun Amashov, Chairman of the Council for Press, informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.

May 19, 2007 22:24

• People wounded at bombardment of the capital of South Ossetia

  Shelling of the dwelling districts of the capital of South Ossetia continues, one peaceful resident was wounded, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the place of events in Tskhinval.

May 19, 2007 22:22

• Russian Red Cross was searched

  Today, the employees of the Department for Tax Crimes under the Department of Internal Affairs of the South-West Administrative District of Moscow have confiscated documents from the central office of the Russian Red Cross (RRC).

May 19, 2007 22:15

• Azerbaijani authorities try to stop the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

  Late at night on May 18, the editorial board of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper was visited by the workers of the Fire Fighting Service of the Ministry for Emergencies.

May 19, 2007 22:11

• Expert thinks that Caucasian Wahhabism should be counteracted at the ideological level

  "Blaming extremists and sending 'Alpha' or OMON fighters against them is senseless. It means fighting ideas and thoughts. But you cannot kill an idea," Candidate of Law Arslan Kurbanmagomedov, Assistant Professor of the Makhachkala Branch of the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, has declared.

May 18, 2007 23:53

• Erection of a temple in Beslan not decided yet

  The issue on building a temple in the place of the tragedy in Beslan, in the gym of School No. 1, is still open.

May 18, 2007 23:40

• North Ossetia: refugees are forced out of temporary settlement

  Today at 10 a.m. an unprecedented action of violent eviction of forced Ingush migrants was launched in the refugees' camp in Maiskiy settlement, North Ossetia.

May 18, 2007 21:03

• Committee to Protect Journalists demands not to evict Journalists' Union

  The Federal Agency for Property Management is evicting the Union of Journalists of Russia from its Moscow office, while the Union is preparing to hold the 26th World Congress of Journalists planned in the Russian capital on May 28 - June 1 with participation of mass media representatives from many countries of the world.

May 18, 2007 20:37

• Murderer of Kislovodsk Imam sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in Stavropol Territory

  Today in Pyatigorsk, the Stavropol Territorial Court has sentenced Roman Koyushev, 24, to 20 years of strict custody colony for murdering the Imam of Kislovodsk mosque.

May 18, 2007 20:21

• European Court can accept cases of journalists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Denis Bribosia, Council of Europe (CE) Secretary General's Special Representative in Azerbaijan, has stated that CE Secretary General is concerned about arrest of seven journalists in Azerbaijan.

May 17, 2007 23:50

• In Azerbaijan, two journalists jailed for defaming president's uncle

  A court in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, sentenced two journalists to 30 months in prison apiece today on charges of defaming President Ilham Aliyev's uncle.

May 17, 2007 23:41

• Beslan residents are against erection of a temple in the place of the tragedy

  Representatives of the "Beslan Mothers" and the "Voice of Beslan" Committees are resolutely against the idea to build a church in the place of the tragedy.

May 17, 2007 23:33

• "Memorial": Kuznetsov is the first Chechnya's Public Prosecutor with whom we can cooperate

  After Valery Kuznetsov's appointment to the position of the Public Prosecutor of Chechnya, positive changes have been observed in investigation of the crimes committed by employees of Chechnya's power agencies.

May 17, 2007 22:37

• European Court dismisses Russia's complaint on the case of Yandiev who disappeared in Chechnya in 2000

  The European Court for Human Rights has rejected the complaint of Russia on the case of Hadjimurat Yandiev who disappeared in Chechnya in 2000, the "Echo Moskvy" Radio reports with reference to the France Press.

May 17, 2007 22:34

• IHF: amnestied militants are persecuted in Chechnya

  Today, the International Helsinki Federation (IHF) has published its report "Amnestied Persons as Persecution Objects in Chechnya." It narrates the destiny of Chechen residents who were amnestied and then kidnapped, tortured and murdered.

May 17, 2007 22:29

• Riots continue in Botlikh District of Dagestan

  At night from May 15 to 16, a fight and a skirmish burst out in the outskirts of Botlikh village in Dagestan, as a result of which one person was killed and two more were taken to hospital with injuries.

May 16, 2007 22:56

• Arakcheev-Khudyakov's case postponed till May 30

  The pre-planned interrogation of the expert from the part of the defence did not take place at today's court session in Rostov-on-Don on Arakcheev-Khudyakov's case.

May 16, 2007 22:47

• Azerbaijan: court rejects petition of Farkhad Aliev's advocates

  Today, the Azerbaijani Court for Grave Crimes has rejected the petition of the advocates of Farkhad Aliev, ex-Minister for Economic Development of Azerbaijan, his brother Rafik Aliev, president of the "Azpetrol" group of companies, and 17 other defendants who are figurants of the criminal case.

May 16, 2007 22:38

• Sufyan Beppaev: situation in Kabardino-Balkaria can aggravate

  At the press conference in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, retired general Sufyan Beppaev, Chairman of the "Alan" Public Organization of the Karachai-Balkar-Ossetian people, has expressed his concern of the fact that the situation in the Republic can aggravate because of the forthcoming elections to the State Duma.

May 16, 2007 22:33

• Nukhazhiev: residents of Chechnya have no trust in courts and power agencies

  A total of 633 persons addressed the Chechen Ombudsman during the first three months of 2007.