News

March 14, 2012 19:14

• Activists Gazaryan and Dutlov, detained in Tuapse, sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest

  Today, the Tuapse District Court held two trials against Suren Gazaryan, the member of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", the member of the "Yabloko" Party, his lawyer, and Viktor Dutlov, the member of the "Yabloko" Party.

March 14, 2012 19:00

• Relatives of bodyguards of President of South Ossetia, killed in Vladikavkaz, intend to challenge court decision

  Relatives of the state bodyguards of ex-South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, perished in the nightclub "Retro", do not agree with the sentence to Albert Tsgoev, accused of the murder, and intend to challenge it. This was announced by the sister of deceased Oleg Ikaev.

March 14, 2012 18:00

• Authorities announce record investments in Dagestan and establish investment support centre

  In 2011, investors allocated to the economy of Dagestan 135 billion roubles. To monitor qualitatively the investment projects, the "Centre for Investment Promotion" will be established in the republic. This was announced by Magomedsalam Magomedov, the leader of Dagestan.

March 14, 2012 16:00

• Rostov Region to test all ninth grade pupils for drug use

  In the new school year, schools of the Rostov Region start testing for drugs of pupils of ninth grade. This was announced by Tatiana Bykovskaya, Health Minister of the Region. To perform the testing, the Region has purchased high-tech mobile laboratories.

March 14, 2012 15:00

• Lawyers of Oleg Gagiev, sentenced in Rostov Region to life imprisonment, treat verdict as unjustified

  Lawyers of Oleg Gagiev, who was sentenced by the North-Caucasian District Military Court to life imprisonment on charges of resonant murders in North Ossetia, treat the verdict pronounced on March 13 as unjustified and intend to challenge it. In his turn, the prosecutor in the criminal case stated that only such a sentence would be lawful.

March 14, 2012 12:00

• In Sochi, pensioner Chubenko receives documents for room to live in

  On March 13, officials from the apartment and legal service of the city of Sochi gave the 75-year-old Nadezhda Chubenko the resolution of the City Mayor on allocation to her a room in a social house.

March 14, 2012 06:00

• Alla Djioeva's Open Letter to President-Elect of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

March 13, 2012 23:00

• Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsman visit detainees after riots in Guba

  On March 13, people from the office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan visited five detainees in the context of events in Guba on March 1, currently kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), situated in the village of Kyurdakhany.

March 13, 2012 22:00

• Restart of ammunition causes people's complaints in Astrakhan

  With the restart of blasting works aimed to dispose obsolete ammunition at the military training ground "Ashuluk", seismic quakes are again registered in the Astrakhan Region.

March 13, 2012 21:00

• Victims of gas explosion in Vladikavkaz ask not to punish the defendant

  The victims of the explosion of a gas cylinder at the wedding party in Vladikavkaz on June 25, 2011, ask not to punish the defendant Vadim Vazagov.

March 13, 2012 20:00

• Ecologist Suren Gazaryan complains of beating and confiscation of equipment near summer cottage of Governor of Krasnodar Territory

  Beatings, seizure of equipment and forced detentions were reported today by Suren Gazaryan, a member of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", and his advocate Victor Dutlov; the incident happened in the Krasnodar Territory, in the forest near the summer cottage of Governor Alexander Tkachov.

March 13, 2012 19:00

• Major entrepreneurs run for Armenian Parliament

  In Armenia, a few major businessmen, including incumbent MPs, have announced their decision to participate in the elections to the National Assembly, scheduled for May 6, 2012.

March 13, 2012 18:00

• All casualties of special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria identified

  All the six persons killed during the special operation conducted in the settlement of Mir in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria have been identified as Arslan Gegraev, Rustam Zhuboev, Zalimkhan Khakonov, Azret Suyunbaev, Abdul Zhanikaev and Diana Gulieva, the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (IC RF) has reported.

March 13, 2012 17:00

• Rustam Aushev was kidnapped by power agents of Ingushetia, his lawyer reports

  Rustam Aushev, a resident of Ingushetia, was kidnapped in the city of Minvody by FSB agents from Ingushetia and now may be kept in Magas, said Magomed Gandaur-Egi, Mr Aushev's lawyer. He asked rights defenders to find out the exact whereabouts of the defendant. The FSB Department for Ingushetia said that they knew nothing about Aushev's whereabouts.

March 13, 2012 15:00

• Figurant of case on terror act in Vladikavkaz marketplace sentenced to 16 years

  The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has announced the verdict to Suliman Khashagulgov, the defendant in the case of the terror act committed in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010. He was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment in a high security colony.

March 13, 2012 14:00

• Court sentences Cherkes Rustamov to life imprisonment for committing terror act in Stavropol

  The Stavropol Regional Court found Cherkes Rustamov, a 22-year-old native of Dagestan, guilty of committing a terror act in May 2010 near the Palace of Culture and Sports in the centre of the city of Stavropol. The Court's decision sentenced Cherkes Rustamov to life imprisonment.

March 13, 2012 13:00

• Court sentences soldier Andrei Popov to 2 years of imprisonment in settlement-colony

  The Saratov Garrison Military Court found the soldier Andrei Popov, who earlier claimed that he had been kept in slavery in Dagestan, guilty of desertion and sentenced him to 2 years of imprisonment in a settlement-colony.

March 13, 2012 12:00

• In Rostov-on-Don, Oleg Gagiev, organizer of resonant murders, sentenced to life imprisonment

  The North-Caucasian District Military Court pronounced the verdict in the criminal case against Oleg Gagiev, who was accused of organizing and leading the grouping, which had committed several resonant crimes in the territory of North Ossetia.

March 13, 2012 11:00

• Young writers from Armenia and Azerbaijan implement project to bring conflicting parties together

  Within the framework of the programme carried out by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) and under support of the UK government young writers from Armenia and Azerbaijan implement a project "Writers against Conflicts". Five Armenian and five Azerbaijani writers participate in the project. This was reported by Izabella Sargsyan, the manager of the programme of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation.

March 13, 2012 11:00

• Adygea launches project of computer basics for elderly and disabled persons

  The Adygea Regional Office of Trade Unions of Russia "Sotsprof" has launched to implement in the territory of the republic the social programme "Grandma-online" "Grandpa-online", which is aimed to teach elderly and disabled persons computer literacy free of charge.