News

November 09, 2010 19:00

• Yerevan community demands investigation of a girl's death from domestic abuse

  On November, 25, an action of protest in memory of a twenty-year old Zaruii Petrosyan who died in the town of Masis on October, 1, from her husband's beating will be held in Yerevan. The participants will demand an impartial investigation of the murder.

November 09, 2010 18:00

• Magomed Khanmagomedov, journalist of "Chernovik", beaten up in Dagestan

  An assault on Magomed Khanmagomedov, journalist of "Chernovik" ("Draft") weekly who had come at the Mayor's appointment was committed today in the office of municipal administration of the town of Dagestanskiye Ogni.

November 08, 2010 23:50

• Azerbaijan failed to ensure democratic elections, EU observers say

  The November 7 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were held in calm atmosphere with all the opposition parties involved; however, they demonstrated lack of significant progress in the democratic development of the country. This is said in today's joint statement spread in Baku by the international observer missions of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE, PACE and the European Parliament.

November 08, 2010 23:40

• CIS and GUAM observers declare elections in Azerbaijan free and democratic

  As reported today by Sergey Lebedev, head of the CIS observation mission and Secretary of the CIS Executive Committee, the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were transparent and democratic. The GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova Regional Cooperation Group) observation mission has also treated the above elections as were free and fair.

November 08, 2010 23:20

• In Chechnya, "Spetsstroy" bosses promise to pay wage debts to workers

  In the coming days, the employees of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) "Spetsstroy of the Ministry of Construction of the Chechen Republic" will receive their salary debts. This was stated by Director General Bibeisar Yusupov. Local officials assert that the debts were left by the "Spetsstroy of Russia", which was engaged in restoration works in the republic before 2007. However, the officials of the latter do not feel guilty of the Situation with wage debts.

November 08, 2010 23:10

• Trial of Georgian women accused of drug trafficking continues in Malaysia

  Today, the court of Malaysia has started its first hearing of the case of Daredzhan Kokhtashvili, a citizen of Georgia, accused of drug trafficking. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia waits for the details of the first hearing, which, according to Malaysian laws, is held without an advocate.

November 08, 2010 23:00

• Krasnodar Territory buries massacre victims

  The Krasnodar Territory and Rostov-on-Don hold funerals of the victims of the mass murder committed on November 5 in Kuschevskaya village. Today, a sitting will be held in the village will participation of Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, and Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigatory Committee of Russia, and on the issue of the investigation into the massacre of 12 persons.

November 08, 2010 22:50

• Communists state city problems at rally in Sochi

  On November 7 in Sochi, the rally dated to the 93rd anniversary of the October Revolution brought together about three hundred residents, who were holding red flags, posters and portraits of Stalin and Lenin, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

November 08, 2010 22:40

• MFA heads of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Moscow on Nagorno Karabakh conflict

  At their working meeting in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov, Elmar Mamedyarov and Eduard Nalbandyan, Foreign Ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, accordingly, discussed the issues of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

November 08, 2010 22:30

• "Strategy-31" activists of Rostov-on-Don to challenge the imposed fines

  The participants of the "Strategy-31" protest action, fined under the Administrative Code for holding their event without coordination with the city administration of Rostov-on-Don, would not pay the fine imposed by the court.

November 08, 2010 22:10

• Dagestani Prosecutor's Office reveals numerous law violations in implementation of national projects

  In 2010, the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has detected more than three thousand law violations committed in the course of implementing national projects. Now, 16 criminal cases are investigated on facts of budget embezzlement and under other articles of the Criminal Code.

November 08, 2010 22:00

• Abkhazia: Garry Dzhopua released by his kidnappers

  Garry Dzhopua, a citizen of Abkhazia, whose fate remained unknown after his kidnapping on October 9, is at large. The former hostage is almost unable to recognize his relatives; he is now examined at one of local hospitals.

November 08, 2010 21:00

• Anti-corruption "hotline" established in the Government of Ingushetia

  An anti-corruption "hotline" has been opened in the Government of Ingushetia. Telephone calls from the residents are received round-the-clock.

November 08, 2010 20:00

• A "KamAz" car of "Rosneft" fired upon in Kabardino-Balkaria, the driver wounded

  Law enforcement bodies of the republic reported that in the evening of November, 7, some unidentified people in Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria fired upon a car of "Rosneft" oil company, the driver of the "KamAz" was hospitalized as a result.

November 08, 2010 19:00

• Participants of oppositionists' action in Georgia are creating a "Book of Honour"

  During the action held on November, 7, in front of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi by representatives of NGOs and members of the opposition it was decided to issue a "Book of Honour" where the desires of the residents of the country concerning the future of Georgia would we collected.

November 08, 2010 18:00

• Communists in Volgograd celebrated November the Seventh with a meeting and a procession

  A procession and a ceremonial meeting devoted to the 93-rd anniversary of October revolution passed off in Volgograd. Different sources evaluate the number of the participants from 1500 to 5000 people.

November 07, 2010 18:00

• Husband of Georgian woman detained in Malaysia takes the blame

  The husband of one of the two female citizens of Georgia, detained in Malaysia on October 27 and accused of importing pretty plenty of drugs, has surrendered to Georgian police and gave evidence revealing his guilt, reports the press service of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

November 06, 2010 19:00

• Experts doubt that Dagestani commission on militants' amnesty will be efficient

  In Dagestan, experts and public figures question the effectiveness of the commission established under the republic's leader and aimed to assist in adaptation of pardoned militants.

November 06, 2010 18:00

• In Armenia, experts find newly elected US Congress to be pro-Armenian

  Experts believe that the totals of the November 2 midterm US Congress elections will be positive for Armenia: more than 90 percent of the candidates supported by Armenian community in the USA were elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate.

November 06, 2010 17:00

• NGOs to hold protest rally in Tbilisi on November 7

  On November 7, in the capital of Georgia, near the building of the parliament, a protest action will take place at the initiative of Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights activists.