News

December 17, 2010 20:00

• Witnesses: Orlov did have reasons for accusations against Kadyrov

  Kadyrov might have been involved in organizing attempts at four of his critics and there is a number of proofs of this in the materials of criminal cases, witness Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya stated at the trial on the accusation of slander at Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center (HC) on December, 16. Andrey Krasnenkov, Kadyrov's attorney, called this statement slander.

December 17, 2010 19:00

• A militiaman in Dagestan killed one and wounded two people

  Last night a militia officer in the settlement of Khushet, Dagestan, wounded three of his acquaintances by a shot from a Government-issue pistol during a quarrel, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

December 17, 2010 18:00

• Freight train exploded in Dagestan

  A freight train was blown up in Derbent district of Dagestan. There is no information of injuries.

December 16, 2010 23:55

• Human rights defender from Kabardino-Balkaria calls Caucasians in other Regions of Russia not to yield to provocations

  Valery Khatazhukov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre, believes the events underway in Moscow in the context of the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a Spartak fan, are elements of the campaign of deliberate grazing Russian youth with their Caucasian counterparts. Murat Khokonov, a member of the Public Chamber of Kabardino-Balkaria, said that many parents already doubt, whether it is reasonable to send their children to universities in other regions of Russia.

December 16, 2010 23:50

• Moscow holds Journalists' Commemoration Day

  On December 15, the Moscow Central House of Journalists held the Journalists' Commemoration Day.

December 16, 2010 23:40

• Several dozens of detainees to respond for December 15 disorders in Moscow

  On December 15, the militia detained over 1300 persons and confiscated 16 traumatic pistols, more than 200 knives, hammers and baseball bats, a source from law enforcement bodies of Moscow said today. In total, 37 persons have been attracted to administrative responsibility for various offences.

December 16, 2010 23:30

• ECtHR fines Russia by 148,000 euros for disappearances in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered the complaint lodged by relatives of two persons in Chechnya, who disappeared in 2002 and 2004, and ruled to penalize Russia by 148,000 euros.

December 16, 2010 23:20

• Oppositionist's beaten relatives are rejected medical help in Nakhichevan, human rights defenders say

  On December 10, in the village of Pusyan, the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), policemen beat relatives of Sakhavat Aliev, a former candidate for the Parliament of Azerbaijan from the 2nd Sharur Constituency; the relatives receive no medical assistance, human rights activists say. The authorities deny the fact of beating.

December 16, 2010 23:10

• Rostov-on-Don: over 150 detainees within 24 hours

  The militia of Rostov-on-Don is working in the strengthened regime in order to prevent possible mass disorders. Within the last 24 hours, 177 persons were detained; traumatic pistols were confiscated from many of them.

December 16, 2010 23:00

• Putin: riots in Moscow were provoked by authorities' idleness

  The reason of mass disorders in Moscow was not in the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan of "Spartak", but in the absence of the official authorities' response to this crime, said the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while answering questions of Russian citizens live on air.

December 16, 2010 22:50

• Putin: local authorities and power agents are responsible for events in Kuschevskaya

  When answering the questions of the hotline dialogue with the population, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin treated the crime in the village of Kuschevskaya as a "failure of the whole law enforcement system." In his opinion, not only law enforcers but also the local authorities in general shall be made responsible for the crime revelry in the Kuschevskiy District of the Krasnodar Territory, as well as in other criminalized areas of Russia.

December 16, 2010 22:40

• Anti-extremist actions held in Moscow

  Two sanctioned actions against ethnically motivated crimes have been completed tonight in Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow without any incidents.

December 16, 2010 22:30

• Inspectors: Pshikhachev was killed from the same weapon as FSIN officer in Nalchik

  The ballistic examination has established that the sleeves and bullets found in the place of the murder of Anas Pshikhachev in Kabardino-Balkaria were fired from the same firearm, which was used in November this year in Nalchik to assassinate an employee of the FSIN (Federal Punishment Enforcement Agency). This was stated by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation IC RF).

December 16, 2010 20:00

• Index of forged medications in Armenia makes 5-6%

  Next year a program aimed at struggle against forged medications will be launched in Armenia. Their portion in Armenian market currently makes 5-6%, Gukas Ulikhanyan, Chairman of Armenian Pharmaceutical Association, reported on December, 15.

December 16, 2010 19:00

• A Russian serviceman wounded in Chechnya

  Last night servicemen of federal forces were fired upon by unidentified persons in Urus-Martan district of Chechnya. One of the servicemen was taken to hospital. In Achkhoy-Martan district, too, operations are in process for search of the persons who in the evening of December, 15, fired upon a militia checkpoint, two officers of the Ministry of Interior Affairs were wounded as a result.

December 16, 2010 18:00

• An action in memory of lost journalists passed off in Grozny

  On December, 15, a memorial action timed to the Day of Memory of the journalists who perished carrying out their professional duty passed off in front of Press House in Journalists' public garden in the capital of Chechnya. The action with the participation of representatives of republican mass media, intelligentsia, the clergy, youth and students' organizations was arranged by the Ministry of External Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of Chechnya.

December 15, 2010 23:50

• Polish company to neutralize the largest landfill of toxic chemicals in Yerevan

  The mission to liquidate toxic pesticides in the Nubarashen burial, located in Yerevan outskirt, will be granted to the "Ecotech" Polish company. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Armania.

December 15, 2010 23:40

• HRHF urges Armenian authorities to release Pashinyan

  Yesterday, on December 14, the authoritative international organization Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) addressed Armenian leaders with a call to release the political prisoners Nikol Pashinyan.

December 15, 2010 23:30

• Bomb blown up en route of militia car in Makhachkala

  On December 14, an unidentified explosive device stuffed with striking elements was triggered en route of a militia car in Makhachkala. The explosion caused no casualties or victims, said a source from the UVD (Interior Department) of the capital of Dagestan.

December 15, 2010 23:10

• Magomedsalam Magomedov: recent count of terror act casualties in Dagestan has reached 1100

  Today, on December 15, Dagestan has opened its Congress of Dagestani Nations. It will last for one day and plans to adopt an appeal and a resolution. The event is held in the new Palace of Sports named after Ali Aliev, located between the cities of Kaspiisk and Makhachkala.