News

March 14, 2011 21:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, IC refused to initiate criminal case against detained ecologists

  As reported by Gennady Vasyunin, head of the Investigatory Division for the city of Tuapse of the Regional Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), they refused to open a criminal case against a group of ecologists, detained at their action-picnic held in the forest in the Krasnodar Territory near the object, which ecologists regard to be the summer cottage of Alexander Tkachov, territorial governor.

March 14, 2011 20:00

• Chechnya: flats are provided to resettlers from Argun-City

  Residents of the Chechen Republic are resettled because of the planned large-scale construction. Following the press conference "Chechnya: Construction of Argun-City - Dozens of Families Thrown Out into Street" held by rights defenders on February 3, residents of two blocks received flats; part of the tenants of other hostels were promised housing facilities.

March 14, 2011 19:00

• Public prosecutor's office discovered abuse in the activities of the administration of Adler district of Sochi

  Administrative infraction proceedings were started against Head of Adler district of the health resort of Sochi.

March 14, 2011 18:00

• An international filmmakers' team detained in Armenia left the country

  All the four members of an international TV-journalists' team from Finland, Estonia and Lithuania detained in Yerevan airport on March, 10, returned from Armenia without getting visas.

March 12, 2011 23:10

• Eight Georgian citizens disappear in Japan

  The Embassy of Georgia has contacted 27 out of its 35 citizens, who are now in Japan and live in the south, where the earthquake did not cause much damage.

March 12, 2011 23:00

• Dozens detained in opposition action in Azerbaijan

  The opposition and the authorities present contradictory figures on the number of detained activists of the anti-government action. According to the MIA, 50 persons were detained; the organizers claim that there were more than 100 detainees.

March 12, 2011 21:14

• Georgian Labourites call UN to limit terms of presidency

  The Georgian Labour Party calls on the United Nations to develop a special convention imposing a ban on presidents of all countries to be elected more than twice.

March 12, 2011 21:00

• Athlete from Adygea is vice-European champion in triple jump

  Olesya Zabara from Maikop has won a silver medal in triple jump at the Indoor European Athletics Championships held on March 4-6 in Paris.

March 12, 2011 20:00

• Dagestan: blast victim complains of absence of help from authorities

  According to Shakhban Shakhbanov, until now, no help was rendered by the authorities to his family, which suffered from the explosion on February 1 in Kizlyar.

March 12, 2011 19:19

• Clashes of police and opposition in central Baku

  They occurred today in the capital of Azerbaijan in Fountains Square, when the police began dispersing the protesters from the "Musavat" party who gathered in the square.

March 12, 2011 19:00

• North Ossetia to provide grants for support of folk crafts

  As decided by the government of North Ossetia at its sitting held on 11 March, folk craftsmen will be able to realize their projects with the help of grants worth 500,000 roubles.

March 12, 2011 17:00

• Airport in Stepanakert to start operation on May 9

  On May 9, 2011, the Stepanakert Airport will be completely ready for operation, said the Division for Civil Aviation under the Government of Nagorno-Karabakh.

March 12, 2011 16:00

• Sochi holds job fair "Employment Service to Women"

  About 20 enterprises and organizations of Sochi took part in the job fair "Employment Service to Women", where the highest demand for specialists was demonstrated by municipal health care and education institutions.

March 12, 2011 13:00

• Georgian "Resistance Movement" to hold pickets in defence of prisoners' rights

  Starting from March 14, the public organization "Nationwide Resistance Movement" will hold protest actions in defence of prisoners' rights of detainees in prisons, and now encourages the public to rally around this problem.

March 12, 2011 10:00

• Adygea debuts at international tourist fair in Berlin

  The delegation of Adygea is for first time participating in the ITB international tourism fair held in Berlin on March 9-12.

March 11, 2011 23:50

• Twice in two days Stavropol evacuated its students because of explosion threats

  On March 10, in Stavropol, they had to evacuate students and personnel of the North-Caucasian State Technical University after a report that a bomb had been planted in the building. The threat proved to be false. It was the second within two days message about a threat of a terror act in higher schools of Stavropol.

March 11, 2011 23:30

• International filming group detained in Armenia

  On March 10, at the Yerevan International Airport "Zvartnots", an independent international group of journalists and producers, who planned to film a documentary in Armenia about armed conflicts in the Caucasus, was detained without any explanations.

March 11, 2011 23:20

• Azerbaijan continues arresting activists of March 11 action

  In Azerbaijan, on the eve of the "Great People's Day", scheduled on March 11 by the group of the Facebook, detentions of youth activists continue. On March 9, Orkhan Bayramov, a member of the youth movement "Nida" (Cry) was detained and taken to the 18th station of the Nariman District Police Division.

March 11, 2011 23:10

• Head of ID of ICRF for Kabardino-Balkaria equates "Black Hawks" to militants

  The "Chornye Yastreby" (Black Hawks) are "same criminals as the bandit underground", whatever principles they are guided by. This was stated today by Valery Ustov, head of the Investigatory Department (ID) of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Kabardino-Balkaria, at a press conference in Nalchik.

March 11, 2011 23:00

• Resident of Dagestan reports kidnapping of his son

  On March 9, unidentified armed persons in masks abducted Rustam Kurbanaliev, born in 1971, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. Dagestani rights defenders were informed about it by his father Kurbanali Kurbanaliev.