News

January 23, 2012 21:00

• A presentation of the report of "Human Rights Watch" on the situation with human rights in the World going on in Moscow

  International human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" is carrying out a press conference and a presentation of its report on the situation with human rights in Moscow.

January 23, 2012 20:00

• Interpol stopped search of Deputy of State Duma of the Russian Federation Adam Delimkhanov

  The police of Dubai withdrew the order for international search of Deputy Adam Delimkhanov. Information about him was removed from the respective database of Interpol.

January 23, 2012 19:00

• A kidnapped bodyguard of killed businessman Kadin in Volgograd found alive

  An ex-bodyguard of entrepreneur and Vice-President of Volgograd regional Boxing Federation who was killed earlier Vladimir Kadin, kidnapped in Volgograd was found alive. Two of the four abductors, residents of Chechnya, were detained, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.

January 23, 2012 18:00

• A missing resident of Dagestan found in a police department, his mother reported

  Resident of Makhachkala Magomed Magomedov born in 1988 who disappeared in the evening of January, 20, is currently in the Center of Struggle against Extremism (CSE) of the capital of Dagestan, the young man's mother Inzhai Magomedova reported.

January 21, 2012 23:00

• About hundred communists come to rally in Astrakhan

  Today, Lenin Square in Astrakhan was the venue of the rally, organized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in memory of Vladimir Lenin. The action attracted 100 local residents.

January 21, 2012 22:00

• Woman from Makhachkala reports disappearance of her son

  Magomed Magomedov, born in 1988, a resident of Makhachkala, has disappeared in Dagestan, missing. The young man left home for work, but never appeared there. His relatives wrote an application to the police and appealed to human rights activists.

January 21, 2012 21:00

• Villagers of Gimry to join rally against power agents' lawlessness in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, residents of the village of Gimry plan to join the rally against the tyranny of power agents, which will be held on January 27 in Makhachkala.

January 21, 2012 20:00

• Rally against "Electrozink" held in Vladikavkaz

  Today, residents of Vladikavkaz again staged a rally demanding to close the "Electrozink" Factory, because, in their opinion, the amicable agreement between the enterprise bosses and the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) of North Ossetia is not fulfilled.

January 21, 2012 19:00

• Forensic experts: student who died in Nalchik from botulism could have been saved

  Experts from the bureau of forensic-medical examination of the Ministry of Public Health of Kabardino-Balkaria have concluded that Radima Ezieva, a botulism patient, who died in the Urvan district hospital, could have been saved by timely and appropriate treatment.

January 21, 2012 18:00

• Nizhny Novgorod: police detains rights defender who studied facts of torture in Chechnya

  On January 21, at night, Anton Ryzhov, a member of the united mobile group of the Council of the Inter-Regional Committee against Torture (IRCAT), which is investigating torture and killings in Chechnya, was detained by the transport police, when he got out of the train in Nizhny Novgorod.

January 21, 2012 17:00

• Alla Djioeva refuses to run for South-Ossetian presidency

  Alla Djioeva, a former presidential candidate in South Ossetia, said at a rally in Tskhinvali that she does not consider the repeated presidential election scheduled for March 25 as legitimate and would not take part in it.

January 21, 2012 14:00

• Lawyer Umar Sagidmagomedov was one of casualties at car shelling in Makhachkala

  One of those killed in the evening on January 20 in a car in Kotrov Street in Makhachkala had the ID of Umar Sagidmagomedov, a lawyer of the City Bar Association "Kavkaz".

January 21, 2012 13:00

• Criminal case on "negligence" opened because of death of eight babies in Nalchik

  As a result of the pre-investigation check, conducted by the investigatory committee on the fact of death of eight babies in a hospital in Nalchik, a criminal case was initiated under the article of negligence.

January 21, 2012 12:00

• Scientists in Moscow discuss reasons and consequences of conflicts in Northern Caucasus

  On January 20, in Moscow, at the roundtable "Northern Caucasus in Context of Federalism", economists, political scientists and regional representatives discussed the reasons and consequences of major conflicts in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

January 21, 2012 08:00

• Facebook has set up a group demanding to rebury Jaba Ioseliani

  In the social network Facebook, a group has been created named "Let's rebury Jaba Ioseliani out of the Pantheon", which already has more than 2100 members.

January 20, 2012 23:50

• Today, Azerbaijan marks 22 years after Soviet troops' entrance to Baku

  Today is a day of mourning in Azerbaijan: the country marks the 22nd anniversary of the entry to Baku of army units, which was accompanied by numerous victims among the civilian population. Azerbaijan declared January 20 to be a day off.

January 20, 2012 23:20

• MNS reports disclosing conspiracy against foreigners

  In Azerbaijan, Rasim Aliev and Ali Guseinov, two citizens of Azerbaijan, who planned murder of foreign public figures in Baku, were arrested. This was reported by the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan.

January 20, 2012 23:20

• In Dagestan, advocate of detained Seitekaev complains that he is not admitted to his client

  Muslim Seitekaev, a resident of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, kept at IVS (temporary detention facility), is not allow to be visited by his defender. This was reported by Sapiyat Magomedova, the detainee's lawyer.

January 20, 2012 23:10

• Kebedov: Dagestanis who invited people to rally against power agents' lawlessness on January 27 detained

  Today, in Makhachkala, law enforcement agents detained seven mosque's parishioners, who distributed leaflets calling out for a rally against arbitrariness of power agents on January 27. This was reported by Abas Kebedov, one of the organizers of the rally, co-Chairman of the human rights organization "Dagestan - Territory of Peace and Development".

January 20, 2012 23:00

• Popov, accused of desertion, states at trial that he was beaten at brick factories in Dagestan

  In the course of today's court session at the Saratov Garrison Military Court dealing with the desertion case of Private Andrei Popov, who stated earlier about his slavery in Dagestan, the prosecutor announced results of testing Popov by a polygraph (lie detector). Andrei Popov stated that he had been beaten at brick factories in Dagestan.