News

September 30, 2011 19:00

• Explosives impounded from a locomotive driver in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Police personnel in Nalchik detained a locomotive driver from whom four trotyl blocks of a total weight of 800 gram and seven electrical detonators were confiscated, a representative of Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria reported.

September 30, 2011 18:00

• An official detained in Volgograd for suspicion of taking a bribe of one million rubles

  Head of Kirovsky district of Volgograd Sergey Kapanadze was detained by the police within the framework of investigating a case of swindle in building a municipal physical training complex (PTC). Kapanadze is suspected of bribetaking and abuse of authority, Press service of Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Volgograd region reported.

September 29, 2011 23:30

• In Volgograd, ex-chief physician of veterans' hospital accused of negligence

  According to the investigators, the former chief physician of the Volgograd Regional Clinical Hospital of War Veterans inflicted a loss on the state in the amount of 1.2 million roubles.

September 29, 2011 23:20

• Head of MNRE orders to check blogger's report on hazardous emission near Sochi

  After receiving a complaint through Twitter, Yuri Trutnev, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) of the Russian Federation, has instructed the "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising the Nature) to identify and eliminate ecological violations in one of Sochi districts.

September 29, 2011 23:10

• Car explosion in Dagestan was attempt on district head, investigators assert

  Investigators believe that one of the main versions of the car explosion near the village of Tashkapur, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, was an attempt on Magomed Magomedov, the head of Gergebil District of Dagestan. This was reported by the spokesman of the Republic's department of the ICRF.

September 29, 2011 23:00

• Head of MIA's Chief Department for Stavropol Territory suspected of abuse of power

  Alexander Oldak, the head of the Chief Department (CD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Stavropol Territory, is suspected of committing a crime in the period when he headed the MIA's CD for the Altai Territory. This was reported on September 28 by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF).

September 29, 2011 22:50

• Witness fails to identify defendant at trial on Manege Square riots

  At the court session, where the riots in Manege Square in Moscow in 2011 are considered, the witness Kambikov confirmed that defendant Berezyuk hit a policeman; however, he failed to identify the organizers of the riots among the defendants. Other victims also failed to identify the defendants.

September 29, 2011 22:40

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria accuses power agents of torturing him to confess of possessing grenade

  Malik Appaev, a resident of the town of Tyrnyauz of Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, claims illegal detention and torture by power agents, who demanded that he pleaded guilty to illegal possession of military grenade.

September 29, 2011 22:30

• Sydoruk: in 2011, 70 power agents lost in Dagestan

  Heads of Dagestani power agencies held an operative meeting in Makhachkala. It was reported that this year Dagestan saw 136 attempts on law enforcers; 70 of them were killed and 145 more injured.

September 29, 2011 22:20

• Case against seven citizens of Dagestan, accused of cafe arsons and murders, sent to Supreme Court of Dagestan

  The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has confirmed the indictment on the criminal case against seven residents of Dagestan, who, according to the investigators, put groceries, cafes and other sale outlets in the city of Makhachkala, where they sold alcohol, on fire. The criminal case files have been sent to the Supreme Court of Dagestan, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation reports.

September 29, 2011 22:10

• Dagestan: head of Akhvakh District cancels statement on land status change

  Ismail Magomedsharipov, the head of the Akhvakh District, cancelled his earlier statement on transfer of agricultural lands allocated to the production cooperative "Karatinsky" to the district municipal property. The title on land plots was also cancelled.

September 29, 2011 21:00

• Georgian human rights activists estimate Ramishvili's detention as a pressure upon free mass media

  Shalva Ramishvili, journalist of an independent Georgian TV company "Maestro", and the company's cameraman were detained in Kvareli district of Eastern Georgia, in the territory of a vineyard belonging to Mikhail Saakashvili. The Georgian human rights activists estimated the journalists' detention as a pressure upon free mass media and demand investigation on the incident.

September 29, 2011 20:00

• The death of two more soldiers of statutory service at the firing range of Ashuluk confirmed in Astrakhan

  The military reported loss of two more soldiers of statutory service after Russian-Byelorussian manoeuvres "Union Shield-2011" which passed off in "Ashuluk" firing range, Astrakhan region.

September 29, 2011 19:00

• A Finnish priest who came out in opposition to "Kavkaz Center" suspended from office

  Religious Capitul (board) of the Finnish town of Espoo decided to suspend pastor Yuha Molari from office for three months for criticism of "Kavkaz Center" web-site.

September 29, 2011 18:00

• Armenia awards annual prize "Golden Key and Rusty Lock"

  The project "Week of Freedom" launched on September 21 was completed on September 28, the International Day of Freedom of Information with awarding the annual prize of the Freedom of Information Centre (FIC) "Golden Key and Rusty Lock" with assistance of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

September 29, 2011 18:00

• A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria reports kidnapping of her son in Tyrniauz

  Albert Auesovich Tutov was kidnapped in Tyrniauz, Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by Fatima Talovna Ulimbasheva, resident of Baksan district of the republic. The young man's relatives are afraid that members of the top brass were involved in the abduction.

September 28, 2011 23:20

• Arrest of eight defendants in December 2010 Moscow explosion case extended

  Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of eight defendants in the case on the explosion in the Moscow shooting club "Object", which occurred on December 31, 2010, until the end of December this year, Ekaterina Korotova, the press secretary of the court, reports.

September 28, 2011 23:00

• Eighteen illegal migrants from Vietnam detained in Ingushetia

  In the west of Ingushetia, the Federal Migration Service (FMS) detained 18 Vietnamese nationals, illegally residing in the territory of Russia.

September 28, 2011 22:40

• In Azerbaijan, oppositional editor accused of tax evasion

  The Azerbaijani Department of the Ministry of Taxes has demanded from Shirin Djafari, the founder and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Gyundem Khabar" (News of Day), to pay his tax debts in the amount of 107,000 manats (about 130,000 US dollars).

September 28, 2011 22:30

• Armenia states transfer of the last prisoner of war to Azerbaijan

  Through the mediation of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration, Armenia has passed over to the third party the last Azerbaijani prisoner of was (POW) - Roman Novruz oglu Guseinov. According to the Armenian party, eight citizens of Armenia are still in Azeri captivity.