All news

March 10, 2011 22:00

• UN report on Armenia presented in Geneva, rights defenders object to some conclusions

  Armenian human rights activists have already criticized certain provisions of the UN report on Armenia that was presented today in Geneva.

March 10, 2011 21:00

• A film about disappearance of people in Chechnya will be shown at Kino Pavasaris in Lithuania

  A documentary called "Barzakh" by Lithuanian producer Mantas Kvedaravichius about tortures and kidnapping in Chechnya will be demonstrated within the framework of international film festival Kino Pavasaris ("Spring of the Cinema") which will be held in Vilnius from March, 17, till March, 31.

March 10, 2011 20:00

• Gasymov: the results of Jabbar Savalan's drug examination are "discrepant"

  The results of drug examination of blood samples taken a month ago from Jabbar Savalan, youth activist of People's Front of Azerbaijan party (PFAP), have been made public in Azerbaijan.

March 10, 2011 19:00

• Ecologist Vitishko arrested in Krasnodar region released

  On Wednesday, March, 9, Evgeny Vitishko, Head of Tuapse branch of "Yabloko" party and member of the Council of "Ecologic Watch in Northern Caucasus" was released after serving 10 days of arrest.

March 10, 2011 18:00

• Three supposed gunmen killed and two security officials wounded in Kabardino-Balkaria

  During today's special operation in Kabardino-Balkaria three supposed participants of paramilitary groups were killed and two officers of law enforcement bodies wounded, a representative of Investigative Department of Prosecutor's committee of inquiry of the Russian Federation told a reporter of "Caucasian Knot".

March 09, 2011 23:40

• Security measures around football match in Grozny created much inconvenience, townspeople say

  The match between the 2002 Brazil national team and the team formed personally by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya and president of the "Terek" FC, was held under tight guards and unprecedented security measures. Blocking by power agents of the central part of Grozny resulted in numerous traffic jams on highways and caused serious problems for public transport passengers. Many fans were not allowed into the stadium by policemen, while those who saw the match say that Brazilians played half-foot.

March 09, 2011 23:30

• Advocate for Jehovah's Witnesses in Akhtubinsk complains of power agents' pressure

  Advocate Gulfira Zakaryaeva, who is defending the interests of Elena Grigorieva, a member of the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region), accused of enmity incitement, is pressed by power agents. This was reported by Grigory Martynov, head of the press office of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Russian Federation.

March 09, 2011 23:20

• New resort "Rosa Khutor" in Sochi holds Russian stage of Freeride World Tour

  On March 6, the slopes of the ski resort "Rosa Khutor", located in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, hosted the final race of the Nissan Russian Adventure - the Russian stage of the Freeride World Tour. The racers and organizers of the competition speak about the high level of the complex and the need to develop the freeride sport in Russia.

March 09, 2011 23:10

• Chechnya introduces CTO regime

  According to the operational headquarters of the Chechen Republic, on March 10, starting from nine in the morning, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya.

March 09, 2011 23:00

• Aslan Cherkesov, accused of murdering Yegor Sviridov, got married in SIZO

  The investigator who is running the murder case of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the Moscow "Spartak" FC, gave a permit to the main suspect Aslan Cherkesov to get married while in SIZO (pre-trial prison). Today, the native of Kabardino-Balkaria and his girlfriend Tatiana Rozhkova have legalized their relationships.

March 09, 2011 22:40

• Witness says that suspect of murdering Markelov and Baburova could not use firearms

  Nikita Tikhonov, who is accused of killing lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, cannot handle firearms. This was stated by journalist Dmitry Steshin, a witness at the process, during his questioning at the Moscow City Court.

March 09, 2011 22:30

• Four young activists are already arrested in Azerbaijan

  On March 8 in Azerbaijan, Sakhavat Soltanly, deputy head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, and Reshadat Akhundov, an independent youth activist, were detained and punished with administrative arrest. In the opinion of lawyer Erkin Gadirli, co-founder of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL), believes that these detentions have to do with the March 11 protest action, advertised on the Facebook; authority officials deny it.

March 09, 2011 22:20

• Man killed by grenade explosion in Nalchik was in federal search

  The man, who blew himself up by a grenade in the evening on March 8 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been identified as Beslan Abazov, a local resident. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about by a source from law enforcement bodies.

March 09, 2011 22:10

• Six persons got under avalanche in Georgia

  Six persons, one of them is a citizen of the Czech Republic - Thomas Fila, 30, who perished today, got under a snow avalanche on Mount Lomisi in Georgia near the Gudauri ski resort.

March 09, 2011 22:00

• Bomb blows up near bus stop in Moscow, nobody hurt

  An explosive device went off this evening at the bus stop near the FSB Academy in Michurin Avenue in Moscow. Nobody suffered. Militants or radical youth groups are considered as priority authors of the incident by law enforcement bodies.

March 09, 2011 20:00

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is trying to evacuate Georgian sailors from Libya

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is doing its best to evacuate six Georgian sailors from Libya, Nicoloz Vashakidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, reported.

March 09, 2011 19:00

• Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov underwent an attempt in Moscow

  A young writer who had not long before submitted an anti-defamation lawsuit against Khozhbaudi Borkhajiev, Chairman of the Journalist League of Chechnya, was beaten up in the center of Moscow. He was taken to oral surgery unit of the municipal hospital No 36 with grave traumas.

March 09, 2011 18:00

• A child killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan

  A nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta, Agdam district, was killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

March 08, 2011 23:40

• Yerevan holds action "Feminism is not Matriarchy"

  Today, the "Women's Resource Centre" has held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, an action aimed to acquaint the public with the notion of "feminism".

March 08, 2011 23:20

• Georgia: new structure launched to fight violations of human rights by authorities

  A new structure of the Representative National Assembly "Shepitsulebi" (Those who gave oath) was set up with the mission to curb human rights violations by the authorities.