News

November 22, 2011 17:00

• Armenia presents a new national dog breed at international dog show in Yerevan

  On November 20, Yerevan hosted the third international exhibition of dogs of all breeds of the rank CACIB (candidates for international beauty champions), named "Armenia-2011". One of the main objectives of the event, as stated by the organizers, was promotion of the indigenous Armenian Gampra Wolfhound.

November 22, 2011 16:00

• Rights defenders to investigate death of Armenian native in a police station in Orenburg

  The Orenburg Branch of the Interregional Public Organization "Committee Against Torture" holds a public inquiry into the death of Armen Sargsyan, a local resident, on November 18 in the premises of the operative and investigatory unit of the MIA Department for Orenburg; his father has applied for legal aid to human rights defenders, who do not exclude that he was tortured to death.

November 22, 2011 12:00

• Location of Rasul Magomedov who disappeared in Dagestan is still unknown

  Location of Rasul Magomedov, teacher of the Russian language and literature in a secondary school of Balakhna, who disappeared in Makhachkala on November, 17, under vague circumstances, is still unknown in Dagestan.

November 22, 2011 11:00

• A writer who underwent an assault in Azerbaijan associates the attempt with his writings

  Rafig Tagi, writer of political essays, who underwent an assault on November, 19, in Baku does not rule out that the motive for the attempt might have been his publications in which he touched upon religious issues.

November 22, 2011 10:00

• Astronomers of Armenia will monitor “space debris” with financial support of “Roscosmos”

  In January, 2012, a joint Armenian-Russian astronomic program “Observing space debris” will be launched. This was reported by Aik Arutiunyan, Director of Biurakan Observatory.

November 22, 2011 09:00

• Magomed Markhiev wounded in Ingushetia got his leg dismembered

  Magomed Markhiev, ex-Vice Premier of Ingushetia, Head of republican social insurance fund, was operated on as a result of a robbery assault. His leg was dismembered and he is still in a grave state.

November 21, 2011 23:00

• Krasnodar Territory opens hotline for investors

  The Department of Investments and Project Support of the Krasnodar Territory has launched a telephone hotline on improvement of the investment climate in the region.

November 21, 2011 22:00

• Eleven persons detained in Shamkhal township of Makhachkala

  On November 21, employees of the OVD (Interior Division) of the township of Shamkhal (Kirov District of Makhachkala) detained eleven locals; two of them were heavily beaten, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the father of one of the detainees – Magdan Taimaskhanov.

November 21, 2011 21:00

• Participants of "Circassian Day" at European Parliament sign declaration on Circassians' national rights

  Within the Sixth Day of Circassian Culture, held on November 7 at the European Parliament, a declaration on national rights of Circassians was adopted.

November 21, 2011 20:00

• Azerbaijani authorities demand higher rental fee for Gabala RS

  Russia's payments for renting the Gabala Radar Station (RS) are not adequate to the value of the station and the risks of Azerbaijan, said Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister.

November 21, 2011 19:00

• Dagestani woman complains of detention of her nephews

  Today, employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) have detained two nephews of Uzlipat Gazieva, a resident of the village of Chontaul of the Kizilyurt District – Ramazan, 26, and Magomed, 23, Abdulkerimov. The woman has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the incident.

November 21, 2011 18:00

• Armenia to host forum of Armenian and Turkish businessmen

  On November 22-23, Yerevan will be the venue of a forum devoted to the development of Armenian-Turkish economic relations. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it at the Yerevan office of the "Eurasia" Foundation, one of the organizers of the forum.

November 21, 2011 17:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh soldier killed on border with Azerbaijan

  In the morning on November 20, a shot from the Azerbaijani side killed Migran Margaryan, born in 1992, a regular soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army (NKDA). The Karabakh party believes that he was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper.

November 21, 2011 16:14

• Participants of the rally against law enforcers' lawlessness promise to hold new protests in Dagestan

  Villagers from Shamkhal, where on November 19 several residents were detained, were among the participants of the rally in Makhachkala "against arbitrariness of law enforcement bodies". The speakers urged residents of Dagestan to protect their rights, by overcoming their fear, and promised new protests.

November 21, 2011 15:00

• Rostov-on-Don hosts solo pickets in support of arrested oppositionists

  Rostov-on-Don has seen a series of solo pickets in support of Maxim Slipchenko and Evgeniy Melnikov, arrested for 10 days. According to the organizers of the actions, on November 13-19 from two to seven persons held pickets in Rostov-on-Don, at the building of the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Southern Federal District (SFD).

November 21, 2011 14:00

• Dagestan to open representative offices "Audi" and "Raiffeisen Bank", Austrian businessmen say

  The today's meeting in Makhachkala of Austrian businessmen with the leadership of Dagestan has announced the upcoming visit to the republic of "Raiffeisenbank" officials to open a representative office. The talks involve also representatives of the "Audi" Concern.

November 21, 2011 13:00

• Three people killed in a special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Committee of Inquiry of Kabardino-Balkaria informed that three gunmen were killed during a special operation in Nalchik.

November 21, 2011 12:30

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 14-20

  Non-recognition of the presidential election in South Ossetia (the second round to be held on November 27) by most countries in the world; struggle of North-Ossetian believers for their Orthodox priest; Catherine Ashton's visit to Southern Caucasus, accompanied by protests against human rights violations in Azerbaijan; State Duma election campaign, which in Southern Russia cannot do without scandals and protests, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 14-20, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 21, 2011 09:00

• A festival “Repressed but not broken down” passed off in Kalmykia

  An inter-regional art festival of repressed peoples “Repressed but not broken down” passed off in Elista on November, 18 and 19. The participants came from Ingushetia, Chechen Republic, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. The hosts and guests demonstrated their culture to each other and discussed questions of the repressed peoples’ rehabilitation.

November 21, 2011 06:00

• About one and a half thousand people took part in a meeting against oil terminals in Yeisk

  On Sunday, November, 20, an ecologic meeting “Yeisk without liquid bulk terminals!” was held in the town of Yeisk, Krasnodar region. Its participants came out in opposition against operating oil terminals by “TTDH” and “Yeisk-port-Vista” companies in the center of the health resort.