News

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.

November 06, 2010 16:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan exchange casualties

  Today, Nagorno-Karabakh has handed over the bodies of two Azerbaijani soldiers - Mubariz Ibragimov and Farid Akhmedov - to the Azerbaijani party. In return, Karabakh received the body of Gavrosh Arustamyan, 86.

November 06, 2010 14:00

• Armenian opposition to rally in demand to release political prisoners

  On November 9, the Armenian capital of Yerevan will host an opposition rally demanding to release political prisoners.

November 06, 2010 12:00

• Relatives of Georgian sailors captured in Somalia hold protest in Batumi

  On November 5, relatives of the Georgian sailors captured by Somali pirates held picket at the building of Adzharian government. They demanded a meeting with local officials and called on the authorities and diplomatic corps of Georgia to be proactive in their efforts to free the hostages.

November 06, 2010 10:00

• GPO of Armenia: body of the captive delivered by Azerbaijan has traces of torture

  The body of Manvel Saribekyan, a citizen of Armenia, who died in Azeri captivity, which was handed over on November 4 by Azerbaijan to the Armenian party, has signs of torture revealed by the examination, said the press service of General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia.

November 05, 2010 23:10

• Georgia: Burdzhanadze's party is against "Freedom Charter"

  The opposition party of ex-parliament speaker Nino Burdzhanadze - "Democratic Movement-United Georgia" stands against adoption by the Parliament of Georgia in the first hearing of the bill named "The Freedom Charter".

November 05, 2010 23:00

• Two soldiers lost in special operation in Dagestan

  According to preliminary data, in the course of a special operation in Dagestan conducted by power agents in the border of the Karabudakhkent and Kayakent Districts near the city of Izberbash, there are losses on both sides.

November 05, 2010 22:50

• Persons detained in Georgia have no attitude to Russian special agencies, power agent says

  According to Zurab Gvenetadze, spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the detainees in a large-scale operation under the code name "Enver", conducted with the aim to identify those recruited by the Russian intelligence service, are in pre-trial custody. According to a competent source in Russian law enforcement agencies, the persons arrested in Georgia on charges of spying for Russia have nothing to do with Russian special agencies.

November 05, 2010 22:40

• "Russian March" in Krasnodar was non-sanctioned

  On November 4 - the National Unity Day - local nationalists made a march along the main street of Krasnodar, despite the ban of the city authorities.

November 05, 2010 22:30

• Anti-Corruption Committee makes public scale of corruption in Tabasaran District of Dagestan

  The office of Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian President in Northern Caucasus, got interested in the activities of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan. Mr Khloponin's deputy got in touch with the opposition in order to receive information about authorities' malversations.

November 05, 2010 22:10

• Picketers in North Ossetia point to IDPs' problems and corruption

  The participants of the picket, organized today in Vladikavkaz on the initiative of the regional branch of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), told about problems in accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), corruption and environmental issues.

November 05, 2010 22:00

• Residents of South of Russia mark National Unity Day

  Yesterday, on November 4, the regions of the SFD and NCFD (Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts), as well as throughout Russia, held various celebrations dated to the National Unity Day.

November 05, 2010 19:00

• Fatullayev's defense in Baku considers the arrest of already imprisoned journalist absurd

  Today the Appellate Court of Baku passed a judgment of selecting a preventive punishment in form of arrest for journalist Einulla Fatullayev who had already been convicted for accusation of illegal storage of drugs and is currently in custody. His attorney called the judgment an "absurd" one.

November 05, 2010 18:00

• Two explosive devices defused in Grozny

  On November, 4, the personnel of law enforcement bodies in Grozny discovered and defused two homemade explosive devices.

November 04, 2010 21:00

• "Russian March" held in Krasnodar

  On November 4 - the National Unity Day - local nationalists walked in a march along the central street of Krasnodar.

November 04, 2010 18:00

• Oppositionist's relatives wounded in Georgia

  Today in Tbilisi, family members of Amiran Iobashvili, an activist of the opposition "Georgian Party", were wounded from firearms.

November 04, 2010 17:00

• Two hunters found shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Bodies of two elderly men killed from firearms were found today in this republic.

November 04, 2010 16:00

• Festival of Russian films opens in Tbilisi

  The Georgian capital is hosting a festival of contemporary Russian-language movies. The event, which was brought to Georgia by famous film director Eldar Ryazanov, comprises about 30 feature films, documentaries and cartoons.

November 04, 2010 15:00

• Lithuania to make public show of film about Gataevs

  On November 5, the Lithuanian city of Kaunas will present the film called "Three Rooms of Melancholia" to broad public; the idea of the film is to draw public attention to the problem of relations between the Chechens, Russians and Europeans.