News

March 16, 2011 22:10

• ECtHR rules that Russian authorities failed to duly investigate death of Ingush resident

  On March 15, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg made its decision on the case "Tsechoev versus Russia" and obliged the Russian authorities to pay compensation to the applicant Ruslan Tsechoev for the death of his brother in the amount of 15,000 euros, and awarded 2500 euros to representatives of the applicant for their legal work. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", whose lawyers represented the suffered party, said that the ECtHR's decision was formal.

March 16, 2011 22:00

• Reports on possible explosions arrive in Nalchik courts

  Information about planted bombs has arrived in all the courts of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria over the Internet. All the reports proved to be false.

March 16, 2011 22:00

• Brazil helps Armenia to neutralize Nubarashen landfill of toxic chemicals

  Within the programme of humanitarian aid, aimed at neutralizing the Nubarashen land fill of toxic chemicals, the government of Brazil decided to transfer equipment worth over 80,000 US dollars to their Armenia counterpart as a gift.

March 16, 2011 21:00

• NAC: militant liquidated in Kabardino-Balkaria was trained in Lebanon

  As reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Aslan Emkuzhev, who was assassinated at night on March 16 in Nalchik, had held his subversive and terrorist training in Lebanon and took part in warfare in the ranks of the radical Palestinian organization Fatah al-Islam.

March 16, 2011 20:00

• Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office investigates involvement of Chief Ecologist in coastal pollution

  The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (known as "Rosprirodnadzor") believes that the connivance of the officials from the Committee for Environment Protection of the Rostov Region had seriously damaged the ecology of the region. The prosecutor's office is investigating the case against Grigory Skripka, head of the Committee, initiated under the articles of "abuse of power" and "excess of power".

March 16, 2011 19:00

• Operating Chairman of OSCE called for ensuring democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan

  Audronus Azhubalis, operating Chairman of OSCE and Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, called for democratic reforms in Azerbaijan. Azhubalis declared at a meeting with the leaders of political parties of the country on March, 14, that Azerbaijan had a great potential to become the closest partner for Europe.

March 16, 2011 18:00

• Seven persons killed in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during a week

  No less than seven people were killed, eight wounded and two kidnapped in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during the week from March, 7, till March, 13. This is the result of counting done by "Caucasian Knot" based upon its own data and information from other open sources.

March 15, 2011 23:30

• Earlier dismissed judges reinstated in Kuschevskaya

  Today, the Disciplinary Judicial Bench of the Krasnodar Territory reinstated two magistrate judges from the village of Kuschevskaya, who had been found guilty of links with the Tsapok's grouping.

March 15, 2011 23:20

• Sochi Mayor discusses problems of parallel road with the public

  On March 14, Anatoly Pakhomov, Sochi Mayor, provided his study for talks on compensations and damage caused to the city by Olympic construction with 15 public activists who came there.

March 15, 2011 23:10

• "MASHR": In Ingushetia in peacetime people die like at war

  Despite the absence of warfare in Northern Caucasus, annually armed conflicts in the region take away lives of dozens of civilians. The year 2009 became the bloodiest for the Republic of Ingushetia - 304 casualties; in 2010, the death toll halved - 148 casualties. The figures are presented in the blog of the "Caucasian Knot" by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".

March 15, 2011 23:00

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, militants' parents urge their sons to lay down arms

  A group of 11 parents from the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed their sons, who are on the wanted list and accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), with an appeal to lay down their arms.

March 15, 2011 22:20

• Oppositionist Samson Khachatryan arrested in Armenia

  A two-month arrest has been chosen as a freedom restriction measure for Samson Khachatryan, a famous boxer and opposition activist, who was detained on March 13 in Yerevan.

March 15, 2011 22:10

• Kremlin detects double overpricing of construction materials for Sochi Olympic objects

  The Audit Department of Russian President has established facts of overpricing the construction materials used for building Olympic venues, said Konstantin Chuichenko, head of the Department.

March 15, 2011 22:00

• In Armenia, Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of "Heritage" Party, goes on hunger strike

  A termless hunger strike was announced by Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia and former head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in protest against the situation in the country.

March 15, 2011 21:00

• Defence of suspects of murdering Markelov challenge the judge

  The defence advocates in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova have addressed the Judicial Qualification Board (JQB) of Moscow with a complaint against Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk, who is chairing the trial. According to the defence, the judge had broken ethical norms.

March 15, 2011 20:00

• Georgian death toll in Afghanistan reaches 7 persons

  On March 14, the Georgian Ministry of Defence issued a release about the death in a German hospital of Corporal Valery Verskiani, who on March 5 hit a mine in Afghanistan.

March 15, 2011 19:00

• Seven persons got injured during an assault at the building of the Department of Interior Affairs in Dagestan

  According to the latest data, seven militiamen got injured as a result of an assault at "Kizilyurt" Department of Interior Affairs in the Republic of Dagestan and an explosion near it. Bomb technicians are currently trying to neutralize a bomb found in Kizilyurt, a representative of law enforcement bodies of Kizilyurt district said.

March 15, 2011 18:00

• Attorney of the participants of a meeting on March, 12, in Azerbaijan reports violation of his clients' rights

  Fifteen participants of an antigovernment action held on March, 12, in the center of Baku by "Musavat" party underwent administrative sanctions. Nine of them were arrested for a term of 7 to 10 days on accusation of insubordination to the police. Five more persons were fined to a sum of 20 to 30 manats (24 - 36 dollars) and one was released from the courtroom after getting a notice.

March 14, 2011 23:10

• Election Commission and "Golos" differ in assessing elections in Adygea

  The Election Commission of the Republic of Adygea has fixed no violations during the elections to the State Council-Khasse of the Republic held on March 13. At the same time, activists of the Association "Golos" state numerous violations.

March 14, 2011 23:00

• Stavropol: member of election commission states massive violations during voting

  Sergey Kulagin, a member with decisive vote of the precinct election commission No. 10 of the city of Stavropol, said that at 60-70 percent of polling stations during elections of deputies of the City Duma, the required voter turnout was achieved by bringing voters from aside.