News

November 15, 2010 22:30

• Man searched for kidnapping detained in Chechnya

  In the southwest of Chechnya, in the foothill Achkhoi-Martan district, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) detained a man of 50, suspected of involvement in kidnapping. The alleged kidnapper was released under recognizance not to leave.

November 15, 2010 22:30

• Kadyrov's lawyer files lawsuit against "Memorial"

  Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of the Chechen President, filed a civil claim on his own behalf on protection of business reputation against the Human Rights Society "Memorial", demanding compensation of 500,000 roubles.

November 15, 2010 22:20

• "Voice of Beslan" protests against deprivation of Kesaeva's brother of driver's license

  Members of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee blocked themselves in the courtroom in Beslan in response to decision of Judge Tsallaev to deprive Alan Tagaev, a victim of the terror act in Beslan in September 2004 and brother of Ella Kesaeva, the leader of the Committee, of his driver's license for 18 months.

November 15, 2010 22:10

• Residents of Chechnya report that power agents beat two men for tinted car glasses

  On November 14, in the car market located in the outskirts of Urus-Martan, a district capital, local militiamen opened fire and beat two young men, who later were detained and taken away to some unknown place. This was reported by local residents, who added that tinted car glasses were the reason of the incident. Power agents refrain from comments.

November 15, 2010 22:00

• Resident of Nevinnomyssk states disappearance of her 12-year-old daughter in Makhachkala

  Elena Ivanova, a resident of the city of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, states that her daughter - Ruzana Ivanova, born in 1997, - disappeared in the morning of November 10 in Makhachkala. A few days later the Ivanov family received a demand of 50,000-rouble ransom for her liberation.

November 15, 2010 21:00

• Show of film about Anastasia Baburova cancelled in Moscow

  The documentary by Valery Balayan "Love Me, Please" dedicated to Anastasia Baburova, who was assassinated on January 19, 2009, together with lawyer Stanislav Markelov, has been taken away from the programme of two festivals held in Moscow. The organizers referred to "security considerations" as the main reason of cancellation.

November 15, 2010 20:00

• Teachers and civil activists in Nagorno-Karabakh suggest improvement of schoolchildren 's vocational guidance

  On November, 13, a circular table meeting "Problems of education in the context of national security" was held during which a reform on Nagorno-Karabakh educational system was discussed. High-level personnel of Nagorno-Karabakh educational sphere, representatives of institutes of higher education, colleges, senior schools and civil activists had been invited to the meeting.

November 15, 2010 19:00

• "Face to Face" lecture centre in Moscow held a meeting devoted to Abasin people

  On November, 14, a meeting devoted to the culture of the Abasin people was held in one of the Moscow restaurants within the framework of "Face to Face" lecture centre. Bella Shahmirza, organizer of the meeting, said that over 100 people identifying themselves as members of more than 20 ethnic communities were present.

November 15, 2010 18:00

• Militia officer murdered in a hospital of Khasavjurt

  In the afternoon of November, 14, a militia officer in Dagestan who was undergoing treatment connected with arm fracture in Khasavjurt municipal hospital was killed by unidentified people, standby unit of Khasavjurt Department of Interior Affairs reported.

November 13, 2010 20:00

• Three suspected militants liquidated in Dagestan

  Today, in a special operation, conducted by law enforcers in the city of Buinaksk, Dagestan, three militants were killed. This was reported by law enforcement structures of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

November 13, 2010 19:00

• "Voice of Beslan" holds picket in Vladikavkaz

  Today, activists of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" have held a picket in Vladikavkaz with a demand to pass a law on the status of victims of terror acts and investigate the terror acts committed in the territory of the republic.

November 13, 2010 18:00

• Contest of anti-corruption social ads held in Rostov-on-Don

  Young artists, designers, journalists and students of the Rostov Region have presented several dozens of works on the topic of fighting corruption within the contest of social advertisements "Clean Hands", said the spokesperson of the press service of the Committee on Youth Politics of the regional capital.

November 13, 2010 17:00

• Historian who justified deportation of Caucasian nations was beaten in St Petersburg

  Unidentified persons attacked Igor Pykhalov, author of books on Soviet history and Internet project "For Stalin!" whose work on Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes caused mixed reaction, including in the Caucasus.

November 13, 2010 16:00

• North-Caucasian MIA opens telephone helpline

  The Chief Department of the MIA in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has organized the work of the telephone "trust line" to be used by citizens to report information about prepared or committed crimes, as reported by Vladislav Prokofiev, head of the department of records and regime of the above Department.

November 13, 2010 15:00

• Rostov Region: car factory workers were on strike for a few hours because of unpaid wages

  On November 12, workers of the Taganrog Automobile Factory, located in the Rostov Region, stopped their work for several hours, demanding payment of outstanding wages.

November 13, 2010 14:00

• Book on conflicts in Southern and Northern Caucasus presented in Georgia

  On November 12, in Tbilisi, the book by Thomas de Vaal, a senior expert on the Caucasus at the Carnegie Centre "The Caucasus: Introduction to Conflict" was presented.

November 13, 2010 13:00

• Bill to ban offshore registration of media companies brought to Parliament of Georgia

  The Legal Committee of the Parliament of Georgia has drafted a bill "On Free Media Outlets", which refers to transparency of media ownership.

November 13, 2010 12:00

• Former Mufti of North Ossetia Evteev leaves Russia

  Ali-Hadji Evteev, ex-Mufti of North Ossetia, who resigned after his scandalous interview about his vision of Islam, has left Russia, as reported on November 12 by a source from the Ministry for Nationalities of North Ossetia.

November 13, 2010 10:00

• Georgian-Russian spy scandal to appear as plot of computer game

  The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is creating a computer game named "Police", where the main heroes will be policemen, fighting against the crime, including a Russian spy acting in Georgia.

November 13, 2010 09:00

• Karachay-Cherkessia opens medrese for orphans

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, in the village of Uchkeken, Malokarachaev District, a Republic's medrese for orphans and children from poor families was opened.