News

November 20, 2006 22:30

• Attackers on the minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria got their penals

  The Izmailovskiy District Court of Moscow has sentenced three defendants on the case of attacking Zaur Tutov, minister of culture of Kabardino-Balkaria, for conditional deprivation of freedom in a colony-settlement for the terms from twelve to eighteen months.

November 20, 2006 22:28

• Baisarov, ex-commander of "Gorets" squadron, killed in Moscow

  The murder of the former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) special squadron, lieutenant colonel of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Movladi Baisarov became possible because the FSB operative shelter was removed from him after he had decided to evidence at the Military of the Office of Public Prosecutor on what happens in Chechnya.

November 20, 2006 15:31

• Gordievskiy: Litvinenko was poisoned under Kremlin order

  Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned under a direct order from the Kremlin, Oleg Gordievskiy, former resident of Soviet special services in Great Britain and one of major deserters from the KGB, has declared.

November 18, 2006 23:56

• A refugee from Chechnya disappeared in Azerbaijan

  Ruslan Eliev, 31, a refugee from Chechnya, has disappeared in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, under unclear circumstances.

November 18, 2006 22:23

• In North Ossetia, a family of come-back Ingush refugees was attacked

  About 10 p.m. on November 17, three unknown persons in camouflage and armed with automatic guns rushed into a private house in Kirova Street of the Dongaron village of North Ossetia.

November 18, 2006 22:21

• In North Ossetia, refugees' camp was cut off from heat and electricity

  For 12 days in a row already, the refugees of the settlement named "Maiskiy" in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia have been living in their unheated dillies, since on November 6 the authorities stopped gas supply, and on November 14 disconnected the camp from electricity.

November 18, 2006 22:19

• They tried to poison A. Litvinenko by thallium

  The British police have initiated a criminal case on poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer.

November 18, 2006 22:17

• Two oil wells blown up in the Grozny District of Chechnya

  Today at night in the Grozny District of Chechnya two oil wells have been blown up.

November 18, 2006 22:15

• Economic motives make the main version of murdering the head of the Armenian community of Murmansk Region

  "Murder of Arthur Arutyunyan, head of the Armenian community of the Murmansk Region, is exclusively business-related," Oleg Mnatsakanyan, a member of the community board, believes.

November 17, 2006 23:50

• Armenian politicians are indignant with attacks on Armenians in Russia

  Representatives of political parties of Armenia are indignant with attacks on Armenians in Russia, which have become more frequent.

November 17, 2006 22:44

• Turkey held actions against recognition of Armenians' genocide

  The Workers' Party of Turkey and a number of other organizations of the country have organized a protest action opposite the building of the French General Consulate in Istanbul under slogans "Genocide of Armenians is an imperialistic lie" and "No to French goods."

November 17, 2006 22:39

• Kondopoga events may lead to resignation of Karelian government

  Sergey Katanandov, leader of Karelia, has declared that the full Republic's Cabinet of Ministers would be dismissed, should the reprimanded members of the government who are still in their posts "fail to make proper conclusions."

November 17, 2006 22:36

• Attack organizer on capital of Kabardino-Balkaria threatens with terror acts to Russian government

  Anzor Astemirov, leader of the Wahhabite underground movement of Kabardino-Balkaria, who is searched by special agencies of Russia and who commanded attacks of extremists on Nalchik in December 2004 and October 2005, has placed his appeal to the authorities of Russia in the Google Video service.

November 16, 2006 23:33

• People in Chechnya are dissatisfied with delay of jury introduction

  Chechnya residents think that the decision adopted by the State Duma to postpone introduction of the institute of juries by three years in the Republic is an infringement of their rights.

November 16, 2006 23:32

• Refugees from Borozdinovskaya still live in the open air

  Several tens of ethnic Avar families who fled last year from the village of Borozdinovskaya of the Shelkovskoj District of Chechnya after a punitive clean-up ("zachistka") held there, as a result of which one person was killed and 11 others disappeared, are still living in inhuman conditions near the administrative border of Chechnya and Dagestan.

November 16, 2006 23:27

• Armenians' genocide bill has sharply strained Turkish-French relations

  Turkey has frozen military ties with France, the CNN-Turk TV Company has broadcast tonight with a reference to the commander-in-chief of the Turkish ground troops.

November 16, 2006 23:22

• Armenia reckons on thorough investigation into the murder of Armenian teenager

  Andronik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated today to journalists that Armenia counts on a thorough and objective investigation of the Armenian teenager's murder.

November 16, 2006 23:16

• Anna Politkovskaya commemorated in dozens of cities of the world

  Today, on November 15, it is 40 days after Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," who became known for her reports from Chechnya, was shot dead in Moscow.

November 16, 2006 23:15

• Karelian leader fires high-rank state servants for Kondopoga

  After dissolving the Petrozavodsk City Council, head of Karelia Sergey Katanandov dismissed a number of high-ranked bureaucrats of the Republic's government. Alexander Smirnov, Mr. Katanandov's press secretary explained that "the tough personnel decisions were made by Karelian leader during his interim summing up the measures intended tom overcome the crisis situation in Kondopoga."

November 15, 2006 23:49

• Charge exhibited to the second instigator of Kondopoga fight

  The prosecutor's office of Karelia has exhibited charge to the second instigator of the fight in Kondopoga that provoked ethnic-motivated mass riots in this town early this September.