News

April 22, 2009 22:00

• Judge Bukreev's defence claims trial protraction

  Today, the Moscow Garrison Military Court continued debates on the case of Vladimir Bukreev - the judge who sentenced Colonel Budanov, - now accused of bribe-taking. The state accuser demands 10 years of general regime colony for the defendant, while the defence complains of protracting the litigation.

April 22, 2009 21:20

• Miklos Harasti: criminal punishment for defamation should be cancelled in Azerbaijan

  The OSCE spokesman on freedom of mass media Miklos Harasti has welcomed liberation in Azerbaijan of three journalists from custody and called the authorities of the country to cancel criminal prosecution for defamation.

April 22, 2009 21:00

• Trial on the case of Magomed Evloev's death will pass in Ingushetia

  The Supreme Court of Ingushetia has recognized lawful the refusal to transfer the trial on the case of the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", from the republic to some other subject of the Russian Federation.

April 22, 2009 20:00

• KBR's human rights activists urge Medvedev and State Duma to announce amnesty by Victory Day

  Members of human rights organizations of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachaevo-Circassia have offered the authorities of Russia to announce amnesty by the Victory Day, including for the participants of events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik.

April 22, 2009 19:00

• In Sochi, lady-journalist who made Nemtsov's pre-election video clip was attacked

  The journalist who made a television clip for Boris Nemtsov, a candidate for Sochi Mayor, was attacked. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Olga Shorina, press secretary of the Movement named "Solidarity".

April 22, 2009 18:00

• Tomorrow, trial on events on October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria will continue

  On April 23, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria will continue considering the case on events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik. It is not excluded that the verdict will be passed at last, anticipated by the public for three and a half years already.

April 21, 2009 23:40

• Prosecutor's Office gives no data about resident of Dagestan Zagirov kidnapped by power agents

  The Prosecutor's Office refused to provide any data to human rights activists about Yusup Zagirov, who was kidnapped in Dagestan on April 5 by unidentified power agents. On April 8 the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" was informed about this kidnapping by Yusup's brother Omar Zagirov.

April 21, 2009 23:00

• In Chechnya MfE starts demining farmlands

  A group of sappers of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia has arrived to Chechnya and started demining the rural territory in the vicinity of Grozny. They will have to examine about 50 hectares of arable land.

April 21, 2009 22:40

• In Chechnya, two Districts are under the CTO regime

  Since April 20, in the south of Chechnya, in the Itum-Kalin and Vedeno Districts, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was announced. Some local observers believe that these could be power agents' response actions to the Kremlin's decision to cancel the CTO regime that had survived in Chechnya for more than nine years.

April 21, 2009 22:00

• Human rights activists to present list of Azerbaijani political prisoners to PACE session

  The delegation of human rights activists from Azerbaijan was invited to Strasbourg to the regular session of the PACE to take place on April 27-30.

April 21, 2009 21:40

• Baku hosts action in support of expelled student

  Today, in Baku, near the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan, a picket was held by a group of activists of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave). Their demand was to restore expelled 4th year student Pyarviz Azimov at the Lenkoran State University (LSU).

April 21, 2009 21:10

• In Tbilisi, opposition restarts its rally

  In Tbilisi, in the square in front of the parliament, supporters of the opposition have resumed their rally with participation of more than 10,000 protesters. Oppositionists plan to install "prison cells-cages" along the whole Rustaveli Avenue, and the local Union of Journalists "Objective" starts its project "Free Street Television" for broadcasting "alternative news" onto a big screen.

April 21, 2009 21:00

• Judge Bukreev who had sentenced Budanov declares trial violations

  On April 22, the Moscow Garrison Military Court will continue debates on the case of Vladimir Bukreev accused of bribe-taking. Bukreev, who passed a verdict of guilty in 2003 to Colonel Yuri Budanov for murdering a Chechen girl, is complaining of violations in the course of the trial.

April 21, 2009 19:00

• Defendants in Nalchik attack case refuse to plead guilty

  The majority of defendants who figure in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik refuse to admit their guilt. Some of them have admitted only the charge under Article 222 of the Russian Criminal Code - "Bearing and storage of arms".

April 21, 2009 18:00

• Armenia: Kocharyan claims 16 million drams from "Aikakan Zhamanak" as moral damage compensation

  The family of Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, who brought an action to the general court of Centre-Nork-Marash community against the oppositional daily newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak" (Armenian Time) claims compensation moral damage in the sum of 16 million drams (some 40-42 thousand US dollars).

April 20, 2009 23:40

• In Armenia, political prisoner Atspanyan demands treatment

  Political prisoner Sarkis Atspanyan, kept in custody at the Nubarashen criminal corrective establishment, has disseminated a statement with his complaint on bad health condition need of a repeated examination.

April 20, 2009 23:20

• Congress of the "Union of Repressed Nations" opened in Kalmykia

  The city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, is hosting the constituent assembly of a new public organization - the "Union of Repressed Nations of Russia". Representatives of six nations are taking part in the event.

April 20, 2009 23:00

• Russian State Duma deputies want to exempt terror victims from tax on aid

  A bill was submitted to the State Duma assuming to exempt victims of terror acts from paying taxes on the help that they receive in kind. Its appearance was caused by the scandal around children-victims of Beslan.

April 20, 2009 22:10

• Evkurov: 47 feuding families reconcile in Ingushetia

  President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has stated that 47 families, which were in the state of feud, reached reconciliation. According to the President, it brings hope for peace to be settled in the region.

April 20, 2009 22:00

• CTO regime announced in a village of Ingushetia

  At about 8:00 a.m. today, in Ingushetia, in the village of Verkhni Alkun and adjoining territory, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced. Power agents are searching militants.