News

February 28, 2011 18:00

• Russian president offers to leave Ramzan Kadyrov in the post of Chechen leader

  Dmitry Medvedev has offered the parliament of the Chechen Republic to re-elect the incumbent head Ramzan Kadyrov as the region leader.

February 26, 2011 23:00

• Grenades thrown into yards of two households in Nalchik

  This night, unidentified persons have thrown grenades into the courtyards of the families of Mamishevs and Shamaevs, residents of the "Volny Aul" micro-district in Nalchik. Many people in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are inclined to believe that the incidents were organized by the anti-Wahhabite organization named "Chernye Yastreby" (Black Hawk), which has recently appeared in the region.

February 26, 2011 22:00

• Olympiad-2014 in Sochi will have three talismans

  Three symbols - a leopard, a polar bear and a hare - have been chosen to be talismans of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory. The symbols of the Paralympic Games will be Raylet and Snowflake.

February 26, 2011 21:00

• In Sochi, human rights activist Basmanov demands compensation for moral damage

  Human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has filed a lawsuit to the Khosta Court of Sochi, demanding compensation for moral damage, which, as the claimant alleges, was caused to him in the course of administrative proceedings.

February 26, 2011 20:00

• Makhachkala residents are without electricity for several days

  Residents of a district of private houses in Maxim Gorky Street in the capital of Dagestan are for three days already without electricity supplies; and nobody knows when they will be resumed.

February 26, 2011 19:00

• Russian President signs resignation of head of Karachay-Cherkessia

  Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on early dismissal of Boris Ebzeev, President of Karachay-Cherkessia.

February 26, 2011 18:00

• Jamaat leaders fail to appear at debates under "Peace to the Caucasus" Project

  The public debates held on February 25 within the project "Peace to the Caucasus" in the cities of Izberbash and Derbent were ignored by activists of national movements and leaders of religious communities and Jamaats.

February 26, 2011 17:00

• Georgia to assemble electric vehicles

  The Government of Georgia is drafting a five-year-long programme for building electric vehicles, said Vera Kobaliya, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development.

February 26, 2011 15:00

• Price on Russian gas for Armenia not to go up in 2011

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised not to raise gas price for Armenia. This was one of the outcomes of negotiations with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in St Petersburg on February 25.

February 26, 2011 13:19

• Picket in defence of Constitution held in Temryuk

  Today, this city hosts a picket held by residents of the Temryuk District, Krasnodar Territory, in defence of citizens' constitutional rights. The protesters state that their safety is not secured.

February 26, 2011 07:00

• Commission on restoration of South Ossetia has completed its work

  On February 25, Vladikavkaz hosted the third sitting of the intergovernmental commission on socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia. It was stated that the Interdepartmental Commission (IDC) on restoration of South Ossetia had finished its work.

February 26, 2011 03:00

• Azerbaijan to mark 19 years after Khodzhaly tragedy

  Today, the 19th anniversary of the tragedy in the city of Khodzhaly will be marked throughout the territory of Azerbaijan.

February 25, 2011 23:20

• In Makhachkala, unidentified persons tried to blow up a militia's UAZ

  In the evening on February 24 in Makhachkala, an explosive device was triggered en route of a militia car. The explosion caused no casualties and victims, while the car received minor damage.

February 25, 2011 23:00

• Ummupazil Omarova: residents of Dagestan mostly complain of violations of economic and social rights

  Most of the complaints received by the Office of Dagestani Ombudsperson refer to violations of citizens' socio-economic rights. This was stated on February 24 at the last session of the Parliament of Dagestan of the fourth convocation by Dagestani Ombudsperson Ummupazil Omarova. In total, the agenda of the session of the Parliament included 13 points.

February 25, 2011 22:30

• In Dagestan, meeting within project "Peace to Caucasus" signs memorandum on combating violence

  The Dagestani city of Izberbash hosted a meeting within the cycle of public debates "Peace to Caucasus", after which a memorandum of joint resistance to violence, extremism, interethnic hatred and support of the peace process in the Caucasus was signed.

February 25, 2011 22:20

• Arsen Kanokov, head of Kabardino-Balkaria, meets militants' parents

  Today, President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov held a meeting with a group of parents, whose sons are searched and suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.

February 25, 2011 22:10

• Woman from Azov accuses kindergarten teacher of abusing her child

  Elena Marchenko, a resident of the city of Azov, Rostov Region, is suing Irina Grinchak, a teacher of kindergarten No. 16, accusing her of abusing Elena's child. However, the teacher said that there was no abuse of Marchenko's 6-year-old child by her. The court upheld the opinion of the kindergarten teacher, but the family of Marchenko disagreed with the decision and intends to challenge it.

February 25, 2011 22:00

• In Dagestan, inquiry into militiamen's beating teenager protracts for six months

  According to Bakanai Guseinova, advocate of Makhmud Akhmedov, 14, a resident of Dagestan, who was beaten by militiamen on July 20, 2010, now an additional check is underway. According to her story, the case, which had been virtually investigated, was suddenly requested by the Republic's Prosecutor's Office.

February 25, 2011 21:00

• Head of Tax Service kidnapped in Untsukul District of Dagestan

  In the evening on February 24, unidentified persons kidnapped Shamil Sultanov, head of the division for taxation of individuals of the Department for Untsukul District of the Department of the Federal Tax Service (DFTS). This was reported by the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division).

February 25, 2011 20:00

• FSB refutes data about victims in attack on FSB sanatorium in Kabardino-Balkaria

  As stated by the spokesman of the Russian FSB, the information about ten victims of shelling of the FSB sanatorium in Nalchik is not true.