All news

October 13, 2008 15:14

• Georgian and Russian NGOs call Geneva summit to take care of the rights of Caucasian residents

  Public organizations of Georgia and Russia and international human rights bodies urge the parties of the Geneva summit to be held on October 15, 2008, on the conflict in South Caucasus to make human rights a priority within international efforts aimed at settling the conflict.

October 13, 2008 15:08

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, parents of perished attackers on Nalchik want to know the story of their sons' bodies

  Today, Kabardino-Balkaria marks the third anniversary of tragic events on October 13, 2005, when armed people made an attack on Nalchik. Parents of the casualties want to know where their sons were buried.

October 13, 2008 15:02

• Independent observers: elections in Chechnya were predictable

  In Chechnya, early elections of deputies of national parliament of the second convocation are over. In the opinion of independent observers, the results of the "nation's will show" are no surprise.

October 11, 2008 22:44

• Caucasus suffers from earthquake

  On October 11, a wave of an earthquake rolled over a number of regions in North and South Caucasus. The underground shocks were felt in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, South and North Ossetia and in the Stavropol krai, as well as in Armenia and Georgia. The epicenter was in Chechnya, its magnitude was 8 points. The biggest damage was inflicted on Chechnya.

October 11, 2008 19:58

• 12 persons killed in Chechnya as a result of the earthquake

  The underground quakes which have occurred in waves today across North Caucasus killed 12 persons in Chechnya. These are the data from the republic's Ministry of Health. No casualties are reported from the other regions.

October 11, 2008 18:24

• Afghanistan war veterans in Dagestan continue hunger strike

  The Afghanistan war veterans who entered their sixth day of hunger strike in the Dagestan capital do not intend to drop their demands, despite the death of one of the participants and hospitalization of another one.

October 11, 2008 16:13

• Armenia insists on determining the status of Nagorny Karabakh

  The key issue in settling the Karabakh conflict is the status of Nagorny Karabakh, which must be resolved by a free declaration of will of the Karabakh people, states Eduard Nalbandian, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

October 11, 2008 15:09

• Azeri opposition calls on the population to ignore elections

  Today, the forum of opposition parties has called on Azeri voters to ignore the October 15 presidential election. The opposition already considers the election undemocratic.

October 11, 2008 13:50

• A shop selling alcohol exploded in Ingushetia

  On October 10 around midnight, unknown persons exploded the shop "Baltika" selling alcoholic beverage in the village of Ordzhonikidze, Sunzhensk district, Ingushetia. No one suffered.

October 11, 2008 13:04

• Chechen residents to elect new Parliament on October 12

  Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Chechnya, has called on the republic's population to be active in the course of October 12 election of the parliament of second convocation and expressed his confidence that the election will be held "on a high level".

October 11, 2008 10:59

• South Ossetia residents filed 2,729 suits to the European Court

  By October 9, the European Court for Human Rights has received 2,729 applications of South Ossetia residents against Georgia.

October 10, 2008 12:09

• In Dagestan, journalists of "Nastoyaschee Vremya" appeal against Judicial Board's decision

  The journalists of the Dagestan weekly magazine named "Nastoyaschee Vremya" (Present Time) have appealed against the decision of the Judicial Board on Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of Dagestan on cancelling the criminal case against Rizvan Rizvanov, Director General of the enterprise-founder.

October 10, 2008 12:06

• MIA of Dagestan asserts that they don't sell bodies of killed terrorists to relatives

  Today, the head of the press-service of Dagestanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refuted the statements that the bodies of the terrorists, who had been liquidated during special operations, and not subject to issuance for burial, are sold by militiamen to relatives.

October 10, 2008 12:02

• "Memorial" presents a report on preconditions of armed revolt in Nalchik in 2005

  Today, the Moscow Independent Press Centre held a press conference - presentation of the report prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and entitled: "Kabardino-Balkaria: On the Way to Catastrophe. Preconditions Armed Revolt in Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005". The report is based on 3 years of field work in Kabardino-Balkaria, interviews with local residents, power agencies and representatives of the authorities.

October 10, 2008 11:39

• In Ingushetia, power agents search the house of oppositionist Maksharip Aushev

  In Nazran, law enforcement bodies are searching the house of Maksharip Aushev, one of the leaders of the opposition in Ingushetia and owner of web resource "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org"), as was reported today by Magomed Khazbiev, another Ingush oppositionist and human rights activist.

October 10, 2008 11:36

• "Afghans" on hunger strike in Dagestan would not give up their claims

  Today is the fifth day of the hunger-strike started by 50 Afghan war veterans in the capital of Dagestan, which have resorted to this measure to draw attention to their problems, first of all to provision of housing to them according to federal legislation. The hunger-strikers drink only water.

October 10, 2008 11:30

• Militia kept passive during disorders in Kondopoga, witness asserts

  Witness Sergey Mozgalyov stated to the Supreme Court of Karelia, which is considering the case of Caucasian natives who had initiated a mass fight at the "Chaika" restaurant that during the disorders in Kondopoga militia kept close to the events but chose not to interfere.

October 09, 2008 13:23

• Trial of participants of attack on Nalchik drags out in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the suit of the participants of the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, is protracted. According to defendants' relatives, many of them are already sick.

October 09, 2008 13:19

• Advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria declares violation of his client's rights in Stavropol Territory

  Elena Bairamkulova, lawyer of the Kabardino-Balkarian Bar, who is defending Rustam Karanashev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, detained on September 24 in Stavropol Territory, has filed a complaint to the Predgorny District Court of this Territory on violation of the right for legal defence, as stipulated by the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure in relation to her client, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 09, 2008 13:15

• European Court finds Russia unable to protect citizens from AP landmines in Chechnya

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has passed its decision on the case "Albekov et al versus Russian Federation" and recognized Russia guilty of inability to enforce its liabilities to defend Russian citizens in Chechnya, who perish from antipersonnel (AP) landmines.