News

February 13, 2007 20:28

• Alkhanov-Kadyrov confrontation aggravates in Chechnya

  The confrontation between head of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and premier of the Republic's government Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build-up.

February 12, 2007 23:57

• Council of Europe criticized elections in Abkhazia

  Batal Tobagua, head of the Central Electoral Committee, has stated that the elections into the bodies of local self-government, held in Abkhazia on Sunday, February 11, could be considered valid.

February 12, 2007 23:56

• PACE is going to consider the situation in Chechnya

  On Tuesday, the Political Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will consider the situation in Chechnya at its session in Paris.

February 12, 2007 23:43

• Kadyrov has declared peace in Chechnya

  The Chairman of Chechen Government has declared that "peace has set in finally and irrevocably" in the Chechen Republic.

February 12, 2007 23:40

• Human rights defender fined for holding a picket in memory of Politkovskaya has lodged a complaint to the SC of Ingushetia

  Human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov has appealed to the Presidium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia against the decision of the Nazran District Court of the Republic, which upheld the verdict of the magistrate judge of Court District No. 8 of Nazran, who had fined Mr. Mutsolgov for breaching the order of holding a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya on October 16 last year.

February 12, 2007 23:12

• South Ossetia: Georgia has again attacked RSO MIA's posts

  On February 10, at 8:30 p.m., a Georgian subversive group attacked the posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), having swept also dwelling settlements of the city of Tskhinval.

February 12, 2007 23:12

• Peacekeepers state more frequent provocations from the Georgian party

  In these latter days, provocations in the deployment area of Russian peacekeeping posts in the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict zone have become more frequent.

February 10, 2007 23:21

• "Komsomolskaya Pravda": possible Politkovskaya's killers detained

  With a reference to a source close to the investigation of the case on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" newspaper has informed about detention of two suspects of committing the crime.

February 10, 2007 23:19

• Privileged patients of the Volgograd Region left without medicines

  The Volgograd Region has faced an extremely poor situation with implementing privileges in provision medicines to the population.

February 10, 2007 23:10

• Festival of films on human rights to be held in Volgograd

  On February 13-15, 2007, the city of Volgograd will host a charitable action of the International Festival of films on human rights "Stalker."

February 10, 2007 22:57

• Kadyrov has won suit to "Kommersant"

  Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya's government, has won his suit lodged against the "Kommersant" newspaper.

February 10, 2007 22:40

• "Reporters without Borders" render financial aid to Azerbaijani journalists

  Journalist Nidzhat Daglar (Guseinov) has reported about his departure from the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

February 09, 2007 23:48

• Thousands of Chechnya residents remain without pensions

  About 27,000 Chechen pensioners remained without their pensions in January this year.

February 09, 2007 23:27

• Mailyan: there are no prisoners of war and hostages in Nagorny Karabakh

  Mr. Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the issues of missing people in South Caucasus, has prepared a report, which was also submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorny Karabakh.

February 09, 2007 23:04

• Mass psychosis of children from Chechnya turned out to be poisoning

  It has become known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that at the sanatorium "Nart" in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a group of children from the Chechen Republic has undergone treatment from an unknown illness diagnosed in them earlier.

February 09, 2007 21:18

• Public television of Azerbaijan refused to provide air time to oppositionists

  The Board of Directors of the Public Television and Radio Company (PTV) of Azerbaijan has refused to provide air time to the "Musavat" opposition party.

February 09, 2007 21:17

• Abkhazia suspends talks with Georgia until release if her two state servants

  Until release of two senior employees of the Galskiy District Administration - Fridon Chakaberia and David Sigua - the leadership of Abkhazia refuses to continue dialogue with Georgia.

February 08, 2007 23:11

• OSCE has supported the initiative of South Ossetia to promptly hold a MCC's sitting

  On February 8, a meeting was held of Boris Chochiev, first deputy chair of the government of South Ossetia and co-chair of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) for Settling the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict from the South Ossetian party, with Mr. Roy Reav, head of the OSCE mission in Georgia.

February 08, 2007 23:07

• Moscow: public representatives discussed growth of Russian nationalism

  A conference on the topic "Language of Enmity and Xenophobia" was held today at the House of Journalists. In the cause of discussion, the audience has touched the issue of growing nationalistic spirits in Russia.

February 08, 2007 23:04

• Goran Lenmarker: elections in Armenia will brake down settlement of Nagorny Karabakh conflict

  President Goran Lenmarker and General Secretary Spenser Oliver of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly arrived to Azerbaijan.