News

November 29, 2006 23:14

• International organizations call Azerbaijani authorities to open ANS TV channel

  Ilkham Aliev, president of Azerbaijan, gave his comments on the situation around mass media.

November 29, 2006 22:18

• The prosecutor's office has not enforced any decisions on Baisarov's case

  The Moscow prosecutor's office has refuted the information that it has recognized lawful the actions of Chechen militiamen in the course of operation aimed to detain Movladi Baisarov, former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) squadron; in the course of the operation on November 18 he was shot dead, the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office reported.

November 29, 2006 22:11

• Skaramella: Litvinenko was smuggling nuclear materials

  Eight persons have been sent to the British specialized clinic for getting examined for possible radioactive irradiation with polonium-210, the substance with which Alexander Litvinenko was killed.

November 28, 2006 23:21

• Kalmyk militia blamed of negligence during nationalistic disorders

  The employees of the District Interior Department of the Priyutnenskiy District of Kalmykia have been charged under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence).

November 28, 2006 23:19

• PACE advises to involve Russian opposition in addressing Chechnya's problems

  Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who paid a visit to Chechnya, were glad with its outcomes.

November 28, 2006 22:56

• Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has forbidden parents to represent perished Moslems at court

  The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has cancelled the decision of the Nalchik City Court on recognition of parents of perished Moslems to be their lawful representatives at court.

November 28, 2006 22:37

• Separatists confirm Abu Havs' death in Dagestan

  One of Arab-language separatists' web-sites has confirmed the death of a foreign mercenary Abu Havs in Dagestan. At least five foreign Islamic Internet resources, which usually disseminate Al-Qaeda's statements, have re-published this news message from the web-site.

November 28, 2006 22:12

• New trial on Ulman's case to start on December 12

  A new consideration of the "Ulman's case" has been appointed for December 12 and will be held by three professional judges. Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court has made this decision at its session.

November 27, 2006 23:26

• British Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA): Litvinenko was irradiated with polonium-210

  John Reid, head of the British MIA, has reported on the investigation of the circumstances of Alexander Litvinenko's death.

November 27, 2006 23:23

• Victims of metro intend to adjudge 41 million roubles

  Within the criminal case on terror acts committed in 2004 in Moscow metro, the victims lodged five suits to the Moscow City Court to the total sum of more than 41 million roubles.

November 27, 2006 22:44

• Abu Havs, Al-Qaeda emissary, killed in Dagestan

  Abu Havs, Al-Qaeda emissary for North Caucasus, and four his helpers were killed in Khasavyurt (Dagestan).

November 27, 2006 22:43

• "Novaya Gazeta" journalists who write about North Caucasus and Politkovskaya receive assassination threats

  On November 24, 2006, two employees of the "Novaya Gazeta" were threatened assassination. The fact was made public in the application of the edition placed in the web site of the newspaper on Monday.

November 27, 2006 22:33

• PACE sets conditions for holding a roundtable in Chechnya

  The delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has declared that it will support the roundtable to be held in Grozny on situation in Chechnya provided the event is attended by the advocates of Chechnya remaining under jurisdiction of Russia.

November 25, 2006 22:56

• Finland held a symposium "Democracy and Human Rights in Russia"

  On November 23, the capital of Finland hosted a symposium "Democracy and Human Rights in Russia," the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was informed at the Society of Finnish-Chechen Friendship.

November 25, 2006 22:55

• Austrian journalists detained in Chechnya

  On November 24, Austrian TV lady-journalist, operator and sound operator were detained in Chechnya.

November 25, 2006 22:52

• Azerbaijan staged a police operation to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building

  In the evening of November 24, police conducted an operation in the capital of Azerbaijan aimed at moving the "Azadlyg" newspaper, Information Agency (IA) "Turan" and the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) out of their premises.

November 25, 2006 22:47

• UN Committee Against Tortures accuses Russia of keeping secret prisons and kidnappings in Chechnya

  The United Nations Committee Against Tortures has accused Russia of having secret prisons, violations of human rights and kidnappings in Chechnya.

November 25, 2006 22:40

• British authorities: Litvinenko's murder is an act of state terrorism

  The British authorities think that poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko looks like a murder organized by a state.

November 24, 2006 23:53

• 12 oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Today, by decision of the Sabail Court a group of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) was arrested for several days for participation in a non-sanctioned picket on November 23 in the vicinity of the president's administration premise.

November 24, 2006 23:48

• Litvinenko accused Putin of his death

  A posthumous letter of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, who died under puzzling circumstances, was announced in London.