News

September 14, 2010 21:00

• Prosecutor's committee of inquiry: personnel of a work ethic camp provoked disturbance

  Investigators began criminal proceedings against the personnel of Belorechenskaya juvenile colony in Krasnodar territory where mass disturbance with a participation of some tens of convicts had taken place, supposing that they had been provoked by the actions of the youth custody center personnel.

September 14, 2010 20:00

• A militiaman perished during a skirmish in Chechnya, one more got wounded

  Republican law enforcement organs reported that a militiaman perished and another one got wounded during an attempt of detention of an group of gunmen near the settlement of Nohch-Keloy, Shatoy district of Chechnya.

September 14, 2010 19:00

• Militiaman taken to hospital in Dagestan

  A district militiaman of Kyzil-jurt was hospitalized after an explosion of an explosive device under the floor of his car in the settlement of Staroye Miatli.

September 14, 2010 18:00

• Trial by Chechen President's claim against Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center declined the applications of the defense

  At the trial by Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechen Republic's claim against Oleg Orlov, Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center, on September, 13 judge Morozova declined the applications submitted by Henry Reznik, the defendant's attorney.

September 13, 2010 23:50

• In Adzharia, pollution of beaches will be punished by huge fine or arrest

  Adzharia plans to use strict measures against polluting of sea beaches. As stated on September 11 by President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili at the travel sitting of the government of Georgia in Batumi, infringers of the law will be fined by 500 laris or administrative arrest for 24 hours.

September 13, 2010 23:40

• SC commutes sentence to leader of "White Wolves" grouping

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has commuted verdicts to two members of the "White wolves" grouping sentenced for nationalism-inspired murders. Alexei Dzhavakhishvili, leader of a grouping, will leave colony one year earlier - after six years.

September 13, 2010 23:20

• Georgia rejects Israeli political scientist Avigdor Eskin

  Today in the morning, Avigdor Eskin, a well-known political scientist from Israel, who arrived in Tbilisi to take part on September 15 in the roundtable "Identity and globalization: challenges and prospects", organized by the Society of Irakli the Second, was not admitted to Georgia.

September 13, 2010 23:20

• Somalia pirates who captured Georgian seamen contact the ship owner

  On September 12, the Somalia pirates, who on September 8 captured a vessel with citizens of Georgia onboard, have established a contact with the ship owner - the Greek ship-owning company "Frio Ventures". This was reported by Sergo Devadze, representative of the Greek party and director of the Georgian company "Greenwich-21st".

September 13, 2010 23:10

• Disputes around textbook "History of Russia. 1917-2009" continue

  The expert's conclusion made by the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the textbook "History of Russia. 1917-2009" and stating that the book promotes kindling of national enmity gave rise to plenty of opposing opinions. In the opinion of sociologist Anatoly Golubovskiy, the textbook is a political provocation, while Andrei Shadrin, a colleague of the authors of the book, is sure that its condemnation was "politically customized."

September 13, 2010 23:00

• Orlov, head of HRC "Memorial", rejects his guilt of slandering Kadyrov

  Today, at the court session in Moscow, Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", refused to admit his guilt of slandering Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya.

September 13, 2010 22:50

• HRW and OSCE trace circumstances of detention in Georgia of ex-president of Meskhetian Turks' society

  The case of Suleiman Barbakadze, former president of the international society of Meskhetian Turks "Vatan", arrested on July 26, is under supervision of human rights activists, Emil Adelkhanov, a rights defender from Tbilisi reports.

September 13, 2010 22:30

• Informant: Ibragim Gadjidadaev, leader of Jama'at "Sheriyat", assassinated in Makhachkala

  As reported by Abdullah Alisultanov, journalist of the Dagestan-based edition "Chernovik", with reference to his sources in law enforcement bodies, as a result of a special operation conducted by federal forces in Makhachkala, Ibragim Gadjidadaev, leader of the armed grouping named Jama'at "Sheriyat", was liquidated. So far, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has not officially confirmed the information.

September 13, 2010 22:10

• At UN Court, Russia rejects Georgia's accusations of ethnic cleansings in South Ossetia

  Russia has stated at the International Court of Justice of the United Nations in The Hague that Georgia has falsified charges of ethnic cleansings in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008.

September 13, 2010 22:00

• Court dealing with attack on Nalchik refused to consider challenge of judges

  The court, which is considering the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, refused to consider the challenge of the court staff, petitioned on August 5 by a number of defendants and their advocates. The presiding judge Galina Gorislavskaya has stated that a challenge may be put forward only prior to start of litigation, and thereafter - only on the grounds unknown earlier.

September 13, 2010 21:00

• A tourist from Germany was lost in Karachai-Cherkess

  In ski resort of Dombai in Karachai-Cherkess Alfred Frank, resident of Berlin aged 69, who disappeared yet on September, 7, is being searched for.

September 13, 2010 20:00

• Building houses for Volgograd victims of fire will be started today

  District press service reports that building dwelling houses for residents of Volgograd who have remained homeless as a result of fires will start on Monday, September, 13.

September 13, 2010 20:00

• Members of the top brass in Dagestan report destruction of a gunmen's leader during an special operation

  During two special operations which took place in Dagestan on September, 12, thirteen people involved in armed underground were killed, among them the leader of Kizil-jurt armed group, two militia men perished, too. This was reported by informational center of National Anti-terrorist committee (NAC).

September 13, 2010 19:00

• Oppositional activists detained in Georgia liberated

  On September, 12, Levan Chitadze, leader of youth movement "ARA" (which means "no") and Levan Khochlashvili, member of the movement, detained near the Georgian President's residence on September, 10, for disobedience to the police have been released from the investigative isolation ward of Mzkheta (near Tbilisi).

September 13, 2010 18:00

• 13 Children in Maikop taken to hospital for suspected intestinal infection

  Local emergency services reported that thirteen children aged from 3 to 6 were taken to District Infectious diseases hospital for suspicion of intestinal infection.

September 11, 2010 20:00

• Residents of pre-border districts of Russia and Georgia hope for simplified border crossing

  In order to cross the Russian-Georgian border through the "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars" check point, Georgian citizens need Russian visas issued by the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi. According to one of Georgian passenger forwarders, it prevents to increase passenger traffic. Residents on both sides of the border see a need to simplify the procedure of crossing the border.