News

February 18, 2011 20:00

• Ingushetia founds Fund to help terror act victims

  The aim of the Fund is to render help to employees of law enforcement bodies and militaries affected by terror acts and members of their families.

February 18, 2011 19:00

• Woman-namesake of "Domodedovo" suicide bomber and her husband detained in Moscow metro

  Madina Evloeva and her husband Khavazh Tsoroev, residents of Ingushetia, have been detained in Novoslobodskaya Moscow metro station. As reported by Madina's sister Khava Garaeva, they are now kept at Militia Station No. 4 of Moscow Metro.

February 18, 2011 18:00

• Jury finds Ryno and Skachevsky guilty of another murder

  Today, jurymen passed a guilty verdict to neo-Nazis Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky, earlier already convicted for nationalism-based crimes and accused of another murder, said Dmitry Agranovsky, an advocate of one of the defendants.

February 17, 2011 23:00

• Mardanov: in 2010, Azerbaijan dismissed 108 workers of education for corruption

  Last year, as reported by Misir Mardanov, Minister of Education, 108 educators lost their posts within the campaign of fighting corruption.

February 17, 2011 22:20

• Egle Kusaite summoned from Lithuania to Moscow to Magmadovas' trial

  The judge has satisfied the petition of the defence of Apti and Aishat Magmadova, accused of recruiting a citizen of Lithuania for committing a terror act in Moscow, to summon the key witnesses in the case, one of whom is Egle Kusaite. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti and Aishat.

February 17, 2011 22:10

• In Dagestan, two explosions hit shop watchman

  According to latest data, as a result of the night blast in Dagestani city of Kizlyar a shop watchman suffered and was hospitalized with a fragmental leg wound.

February 17, 2011 22:00

• In Astrakhan, eviction of journalist Oleg Teplischev is postponed by 10 days

  The Astrakhan journalist Oleg Teplischev will have to leave the apartment, which is his property, within 10 days. The journalist believes that his eviction is illegal - although the city officials deemed the house to be an emergency, an independent examination has not confirmed it. According to Mr Teplischev, his eviction is explained by the fact that the apartment became interesting for a high-ranking city official.

February 17, 2011 21:00

• Residents of Makhachkala hold action demanding authorities' non-interference in election of Kayakent District Head

  About 100 residents of the Kayakent District gathered in the square in front of the White House in Makhachkala. They sent several representatives to President of Dagestan to demand to grant residents the right to freedom of expression at election of the head of the district. The rest of the rally was driven by militiamen away from the square towards the park.

February 17, 2011 21:00

• Astakhov and Magomedov to supervise inquiry into rape of 13-year-old girl in Khasavyurt

  The Runet blogosphere is actively discussing the case of a three-day-long violence over a 13-year-old girl committed back in summer of 2010 in Khasavyurt by a group of teenagers who have not been punished yet. After a broad resonance of the incident on the Internet, Pavel Astakhov, Children's Ombudsman in Russia, and Magomedsalam Magomedov, President of Dagestan, took the investigation into this rape under their personal control.

February 17, 2011 20:00

• Russia's Supreme Court upholds sentence to ex-head of Astrakhan UBOP

  The Panel on Criminal Cases of the Russian Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of life imprisonment to Rinat Salekhov, former head of the department for combating organized crime (known as "UBOP") at the UVD (Interior Department) for the Astrakhan Region, for organizing a criminal grouping and committing especially grave crimes.

February 17, 2011 19:00

• UN Commissioner: tough antiterrorist measures worsened situation in Northern Caucasus

  The tough methods used in the past in Northern Caucasus to fight terrorism had only worsened the situation in the region, said Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at a today's press conference.

February 17, 2011 18:00

• ECtHR fines Russia by 152,000 euros for disappearance of two residents of Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found the Russian authorities guilty of disappearance of two residents of Chechnya in 2002 and fined Russia by 152,500 euros.

February 16, 2011 23:10

• Sumgait Appeal Court leaves PFPA activist behind bars

  The Sumgait Appeal Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Dzhabar Savalan, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and upheld the decision of the first instance court - to keep him in custody for 2 months.

February 16, 2011 23:00

• Ingush SC leaves suspect of terror act in "Domodedovo" in custody

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the decision of the Magas District Court to arrest Umar Aushev, accused of helping the suicide bomber who blew him up in "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24.

February 16, 2011 22:30

• In Rostov Region, "Rosreyestr" official is suspected of causing multi-million damage

  A criminal case has been initiated against Vyacheslav Morozov, head of the Aksai Division of the Rostov Regional Department of the Federal Service of State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography ("Rosreyestr").

February 16, 2011 22:10

• Ukraine deports suspect of Kuschevskaya massacre to Russia

  On February 15, the Ukrainian authorities satisfied the request of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia to give out Vladimir Alexeev, who is accused of murdering several persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory. This was announced by Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the GPO. The detainee was extradited to Russia, along with Vyacheslav Ryabtsev, on February 9.

February 16, 2011 22:00

• Foreman dies at "Vostochnaya" mine in Rostov Region

  On February 15, a foreman was lost at "Vostochnaya" mine, located in the Krasnosulin District of the Rostov Region. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the region that a pre-inquiry check is now made on the fact.

February 16, 2011 21:00

• Prosecutor's office finds extremism in actions of deputy head of Novocherkassk

  In the Rostov Region, the prosecutor's office has brought a presentation to the head of city administration of Novocherkassk demanding to bring Vladislav Zhuravlyov, administration deputy head, to "disciplinary responsibility for extremist statements."

February 16, 2011 20:00

• Selimkhanov obliges Chechen state officials to wear Muslim clothes

  Magomed Selimkhanov, Deputy Head of the Government of Chechnya and Head of the Administration of the Head and the Government of the Chechen Republic, has ordered the employees of state bodies and administrations of districts and cities to bring their clothes in conformity with the norms "of the service and Vainakh ethics." This is the topic of his statement published in the section "Wiki of the Caucasus" on the website of the "Caucasian Knot".

February 16, 2011 19:00

• Last week, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 12 lives

  During the week - on February 7-13 - at least 24 persons became victims of the glowing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 were killed and as many as that were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" made on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.