News

March 08, 2012 18:00

• Grozny residents report on serious problems with water supply

  For several weeks, there is no water supply in two villages of the Staropromyslovsky District of the Chechen capital. According to local residents, the city authorities and the community services of the city, show complete indifference to the problem.

March 08, 2012 16:00

• Two Dagestani wrestlers win European championship

  At the European Championships in freestyle wrestling, held in the Serbian capital Belgrade, three athletes from Dagestan have already top places, including two gold medals.

March 08, 2012 12:00

• A boy from a family group in Volgograd taken to hospital with traumas recovered consciousness

  On March, 7, a six-years-old boy taken to resuscitation unit two weeks before emerged out of a coma. According to the investigators, he was beaten up by a teacher of a family group.

March 08, 2012 11:00

• 16 persons injured in an explosion in “Bellagio” café are still in hospitals of Volgograd

  One more person injured in an explosion in “Bellagio” café left hospital in Volgograd. So, 16 injured persons are still staying in hospitals of Moscow, Volgograd and Cologne (Germany).

March 08, 2012 09:00

• Journalist Khadija Ismailova in Azerbaijan reports that she is receiving threats

  Unidentified people in Azerbaijan threaten a well-known journalist Khadija Ismailova, correspondent of Azerbaijani service of “Radio Freedom”. This was reported by Ismailova herself. She associates the threats with her journalist’s activities.

March 07, 2012 23:00

• Editor-in-chief of Islamazeri.az sentenced in Azerbaijan

  Today, in Azerbaijan, the Absheron District Court concluded the trial against Ramin Bairamov, the editor-in-chief of the website Islamazeri.az. The Court found him guilty of illegal purchase and possession of weapons and drugs and sentenced him to 1.5 years of imprisonment.

March 07, 2012 22:00

• Participants of conference "Enough to crackdown Caucasus" report on continuing disappearances of people

  During the press conference "Enough to crackdown Caucasus" held in Moscow, human rights defenders from different regions of Northern Caucasus have discussed the problems of election fraud, continuing kidnappings of people, and the situation with natives of the Caucasus serving their sentences in prisons in Russia.

March 07, 2012 21:00

• In Vilnius, trial on case against Egle Kusaite reads testimony of prosecution's witness

  Today, the Vilnius Regional Court, which considers the case against Egle Kusaite, accused of terrorism, announced the testimony of the Russian citizen Hasan Arsigiraev. According to the witness for the prosecution, Egle Kusaite wished to become a member of jihad, the holy war.

March 07, 2012 20:00

• Kabardino-Balkarian Minister of Public Health dismissed from her position after incident with death of infants

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the Minister of Health, who until present was in a forced "vacation" for about two months after the scandal at the Nalchik Children's Hospital, has been finally dismissed from her position.

March 07, 2012 19:00

• Azerbaijan and Georgia offer to jointly conduct European Football Championship in 2020

  Azerbaijan and Georgia will submit a joint application to host the European Football Championship in 2020. This was announced by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in his today's speech to the Azerbaijani MPs. In the summer of 2014, the UEFA will make a decision to choose the countries for conducting the Championship.

March 07, 2012 18:00

• Armenia refuses to participate in song contest "Eurovision-2012" in Baku

  Armenia refused to participate in the song contest "Eurovision-2012", which will be held in Baku in May. Today, the Armenian Public Television has officially informed the European Broadcasting Union of its decision. This is declared by the statement published on the official website of the song contest.

March 07, 2012 17:00

• ICRF: suicide bomber, who blew herself up in Karabudakhkent, was wife of leader of Caspian grouping of militants

  The identity of a suicide bomber, who blew herself up at the checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Karabudakhkent, was identified.

March 07, 2012 16:00

• In Chechnya, managers of "Spetsstroi" fail to solve problem of wage arrears

  In Chechnya, workers of the organization "Spetsstroi" receive no wages since last October, although the managers have repeatedly promised to resolve the problem, the workers of the organization state. The managers explain wage arrears by absence of funds at the organization's accounts.

March 07, 2012 15:00

• SC upholds sentence to Volgodonsk resident who exploded grenade on beach

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation upheld the sentence to Leon Krivobokov, the resident of the city of Volgodonsk, who was sentenced by the Rostov Regional Court to 8.5 years of imprisonment at a high security colony for grenade explosion in a trading tent on the beach in the summer of 2010.

March 07, 2012 14:00

• Ruslan Evkurov begins repaying his debts to Dolakovo residents

  Ruslan Evkurov, a distant relative of the Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov, accused of committing fraud against the residents of the village of Dolakovo, began to gradually repay his debts to his creditors. However, he emphasizes that at present he cannot fully repay the money to deceived villagers.

March 07, 2012 13:00

• Paata Zakareishvili: Georgia to win more than lose from Putin' return

  According to Paata Zakareishvili, the conflict specialist, the representative of the oppositional Republican Party of Georgia, Vladimir Putin's victory in the election will result for Georgia in an attempt to return the country to the sphere of Russia's influence; however, it is impossible under present conditions.

March 07, 2012 11:00

• Trial on the case of Dvorakovsky in Stavropol region appointed on March, 19

  The first session of Stavropol regional court where the case of Victor Dvorakovsky accused of preparation of an act of terror will be considered on the merits was appointed on March, 19, Press secretary of the court Violetta Bondareva informed.

March 07, 2012 10:00

• A peaceful resident of Dagestan killed at the moment of firing at a policeman

  A man wounded at the moment of an assault at a district police officer in the town of Kaspiysk, Dagestan, died in hospital.

March 07, 2012 09:00

• The police in Baku dispersed a youth action of protest

  On March, 6, about 50 activists of youth organization of National Front of Azerbaijan attempted to hold an action of protest in Baku demanding release of political prisoners. The police suppressed the action.

March 07, 2012 08:00

• Five policemen perished as a result of an act of terror in Dagestan

  Five policemen perished and two were gravely wounded as a result of an act of terror in the settlement of Karabudakhkent, Dagestan, a source in laws enforcement bodies of the republic reported. A suicide bomber blasted himself on the post.