News

March 21, 2011 18:00

• Seismologists predict powerful earthquake in Northern Caucasus

  In the near future a strong earthquake is probable in Northern Caucasus, said Evgeny Rogozhin, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute for Earth's Physics.

March 21, 2011 17:00

• Members of “United Russia” party got over two thirds of votes in the Parliament of Dagestan

  According to the information from the republican Election committee, representatives of five parties: “United Russia”, “Fair Russia”, “Patriots of Russia”, KPRF and “Pravoye Delo” (“Rightful Cause”) will be members of the People's Assembly of Dagestan.

March 21, 2011 16:00

• The term of custody for the defendants on the case of an attack at Nalchik in 2005 prolonged

  Today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria at a trial on the case of an attack at Nalchik on October, 13, 2005, prolonged the custody term for the defendants for three more months. For two of the defendants who had been released on their own recognizance this preventive punishment remained the same.

March 21, 2011 15:00

• Chechen authorities prohibited schoolchildren using mobiles at school

  Pupils of comprehensive schools are not allowed to take mobiles to classes. The teachers consider this decision right while many schoolchildren and their parents stick to the opposite opinion.

March 21, 2011 14:00

• Two residents of Dagestan killed during a special operation

  Law enforcement officers established identity of the two men killed during a special operation in Makhachkala on March, 19, Informational center of National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. They had been preliminarily recognized as members of Khasavyurt group of gunmen.

March 19, 2011 23:00

• Astrakhan hosts picket in support of colonel accused of terrorism

  On March 19, activists held a picket in Astrakhan in defence of Vladimir Kvachkov, a former GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) colonel, accused of preparing an armed rebellion and terrorism. The protesters treated the actions of the authorities as repressions.

March 19, 2011 22:00

• In Sochi, ecologist detained on Cape Vidny

  Today, at about 12:00 a.m. on Cape Vidny in the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Gayane Antonova, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus", was detained.

March 19, 2011 21:00

• "Right Cause" Party to have mandate in Dagestani Parliament

  The Party "Right Cause" will get, after vote re-tabulation, one mandate in the National Assembly of Dagestan, said the press service of the party. The Deputy from the party in the parliament will be Magomed Shabanov, head of the Regional Branch of the "Right Cause".

March 19, 2011 20:30

• Marat Zokaev assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, Marat Zokaev, born in 1980, an earlier convicted resident of the village of Kashkatau, Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed in this village.

March 19, 2011 20:00

• Two suspected militants liquidated in Makhachkala

  In the course of a special operation in Repin Street in the centre of the capital of Dagestan, two persons blocked in a house were shot dead. According to power agents, they refused to negotiate and opened fire.

March 19, 2011 19:00

• Makhachkala hosts World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling

  Today, the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling has started in the capital of Dagestan. The strongest teams of the world have come to take part in the tournament for the prize money amounting to 240,000 US dollars.

March 19, 2011 18:00

• Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson's office visit journalist Fatullaev in prison

  Today, employees of the office of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan have visited journalist Einullah Fatullaev in prison; the latter told them about his health problems.

March 19, 2011 17:00

• Azerbaijan starts Novruz celebrations

  On March 19, Azerbaijan started celebrating the Novruz-Bairam - the festival of spring and New Year.

March 19, 2011 16:30

• Georgia waiting for 150 million from US Agency for Poverty Reduction

  The American non-governmental agency to combat poverty named "Millennium Challenge Corporation" (MCC) is considering allocation to Georgia of the second grant package in the amount of 100-150 million US dollars, said Daniel Johannes, executive director of the MCC.

March 19, 2011 15:00

• "Heritage" Party leader continues his hunger strike in Armenia

  Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the "Heritage" Party, continues his hunger strike started on March 15 in Freedom Square of Yerevan. According to his story he is going to hold in the square as long as his health permits.

March 19, 2011 14:30

• Yunusov: most of Dagestanis' problems stem from their legal nihilism

  Makhachkala hosted a roundtable "Role of NCOs (non-commercial organizations) in overcoming legal nihilism in Dagestan", during which its participants shared their views on the reasons and implications of this phenomenon.

March 19, 2011 13:00

• "Nationwide Resistance Movement" demands mass amnesty in Georgia

  On March 18, the NGO named the "Nationwide Resistance Movement" held a rally in downtown Tbilisi. The action demanded to adopt a law on amnesty for those prisoners, whose term does not exceed three years, and to release 60 persons considered by the Movement as political prisoners.

March 19, 2011 11:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh soldier dies from injury received in conflict zone

  As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic, a soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh was fatally wounded by the fire "opened by the enemy."

March 19, 2011 08:30

• Flu takes away 44 lives in Georgia

  On March 18, two more persons died of influenza in Georgia; one of them was killed by the H1N1 virus. The total number of flu cases in Georgia has exceeded one thousand.

March 18, 2011 23:40

• Armenia invites international experts to assess safety of its NPP

  In the context of the accident at Fukushima-1 Japanese nuclear power plant (NPP), Armenia has invited international experts to assess risks and develop additional measures to improve safety at the Armenian NPP, said Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan at the sitting of his government.