News

March 22, 2011 16:00

• A meeting with a demand of abrogation of the result of mayoral election passed off in Armavir

  On March, 21, several hundred residents of Armavir, Armenia, blocked Yerevan – Armavir highway as a sign of protest against the results of election of Mayor of the town.

March 22, 2011 15:00

• Representatives of the opposition in Georgia are picketing a firing ground near David Garegi monastery

  The youth organization of the “Georgian Party” started an action of protest demanding to pull down the firing ground near the monastery complex “David Garegi”. Officials of the Georgian Ministry of Defense declared that the firing ground constituted no danger for the historical memorial.

March 22, 2011 14:00

• Two people killed as a result of a special operation in Dagestan

  As a result of a storm of a house in the settlement of Kani, Kuli district of Dagestan, where there were three supposed gunmen suspected of involvement in an assault at a bailiff committed on March, 21, two of them were killed.

March 21, 2011 22:00

• Dagestan: Russian team wins World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling

  At the tournament in Makhachkala, the Russian national team defeated their Iranian counterparts in the final and won the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling. The score of the final was 5:2 for Russian; the bronze medal went to Azerbaijan, which beat Uzbekistan 6:1.

March 21, 2011 21:00

• Georgia plans to continue WTO negotiations with Russia

  Georgia is ready to continue its constructive dialogue with Russia on its membership in the WTO, said Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, at a briefing. According to her story, the next round of talks will take place over the next six weeks.

March 21, 2011 20:00

• Prosecutors fail to confirm that key witness in Markelov's and Baburova's murder refused to evidence

  The party of the prosecution has no official information that the witness Ilya Goryachev, who had given evidences against the persons accused of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, refused from his words, as reported by Vladimir Zherebenkov, who is representing the parents of the deceased journalist.

March 21, 2011 19:00

• Advocates are not allowed to study materials of investigation into the murder of human rights defender Estemirova

  Rights defenders are not satisfied with the investigation into the murder of their colleague Natalia Estemirova. Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the initially taken direction in the inquiry – against top Chechen officials – later was frozen.

March 21, 2011 18:00

• Seismologists predict powerful earthquake in Northern Caucasus

  In the near future a strong earthquake is probable in Northern Caucasus, said Evgeny Rogozhin, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute for Earth's Physics.

March 21, 2011 17:00

• Members of “United Russia” party got over two thirds of votes in the Parliament of Dagestan

  According to the information from the republican Election committee, representatives of five parties: “United Russia”, “Fair Russia”, “Patriots of Russia”, KPRF and “Pravoye Delo” (“Rightful Cause”) will be members of the People's Assembly of Dagestan.

March 21, 2011 16:00

• The term of custody for the defendants on the case of an attack at Nalchik in 2005 prolonged

  Today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria at a trial on the case of an attack at Nalchik on October, 13, 2005, prolonged the custody term for the defendants for three more months. For two of the defendants who had been released on their own recognizance this preventive punishment remained the same.

March 21, 2011 15:00

• Chechen authorities prohibited schoolchildren using mobiles at school

  Pupils of comprehensive schools are not allowed to take mobiles to classes. The teachers consider this decision right while many schoolchildren and their parents stick to the opposite opinion.

March 21, 2011 14:00

• Two residents of Dagestan killed during a special operation

  Law enforcement officers established identity of the two men killed during a special operation in Makhachkala on March, 19, Informational center of National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. They had been preliminarily recognized as members of Khasavyurt group of gunmen.

March 19, 2011 23:00

• Astrakhan hosts picket in support of colonel accused of terrorism

  On March 19, activists held a picket in Astrakhan in defence of Vladimir Kvachkov, a former GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) colonel, accused of preparing an armed rebellion and terrorism. The protesters treated the actions of the authorities as repressions.

March 19, 2011 22:00

• In Sochi, ecologist detained on Cape Vidny

  Today, at about 12:00 a.m. on Cape Vidny in the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Gayane Antonova, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus", was detained.

March 19, 2011 21:00

• "Right Cause" Party to have mandate in Dagestani Parliament

  The Party "Right Cause" will get, after vote re-tabulation, one mandate in the National Assembly of Dagestan, said the press service of the party. The Deputy from the party in the parliament will be Magomed Shabanov, head of the Regional Branch of the "Right Cause".

March 19, 2011 20:30

• Marat Zokaev assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, Marat Zokaev, born in 1980, an earlier convicted resident of the village of Kashkatau, Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed in this village.

March 19, 2011 20:00

• Two suspected militants liquidated in Makhachkala

  In the course of a special operation in Repin Street in the centre of the capital of Dagestan, two persons blocked in a house were shot dead. According to power agents, they refused to negotiate and opened fire.

March 19, 2011 19:00

• Makhachkala hosts World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling

  Today, the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling has started in the capital of Dagestan. The strongest teams of the world have come to take part in the tournament for the prize money amounting to 240,000 US dollars.

March 19, 2011 18:00

• Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson's office visit journalist Fatullaev in prison

  Today, employees of the office of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan have visited journalist Einullah Fatullaev in prison; the latter told them about his health problems.

March 19, 2011 17:00

• Azerbaijan starts Novruz celebrations

  On March 19, Azerbaijan started celebrating the Novruz-Bairam - the festival of spring and New Year.