News

December 23, 2010 18:00

• Warsaw court not to consider Zakaev's extradition in his absence

  The Warsaw District Court has ruled not to consider the lawsuit about extradition to Russia of Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who was put by Russia on the international wanted list, because he is not in Poland at the moment.

December 22, 2010 22:50

• Son of the head of SAM of Southern Russia disappeared in Rostov-on-Don

  In Rostov-on-Don, local militia is searching the son of Jafar Bikmaev, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Southern Russia. For the last time he saw his son - Nail Bikmaev, an Imam of one of city's mosques, - on December 19; then, the father addressed the militia.

December 22, 2010 22:30

• Dubai court changes life sentence of convicts for murdering Sulim Yamadaev for 27 months

  Today, the Dubai Court of Appeal has replaced the life imprisonment to figurants in the murder case of Sulim Yamadaev, Hero of Russia and a former commander of the "Vostok" (East) special battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) - the Iranian Makhdi Lorniya and citizens of Tajikistan Maksudzhon Ismatov - for 27 months of imprisonment.

December 22, 2010 22:20

• Krasnodar: businessman Kolesnikov released on bail after a year in jail

  Today, the Court of the Krasnodar Territory has considered the cassation complaint filed by the defenders of businessman Sergey Kolesnikov, who is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) against another rejection of the petition asking to change his custody for a more lenient freedom restriction measure.

December 22, 2010 22:10

• Oppositionist's relatives beaten in Nakhichevan are morally harassed, rights defenders say

  In the village of Pusyan, Sharur District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, the relatives of the former candidate for the 2nd Sharur Constituency Sakhavat Aliev, who were beaten on December 10 by local policemen, are still without adequate medical help. This is stated both by the victims and human rights activists, while the authorities deny the fact of beating.

December 22, 2010 22:00

• Russia denies involvement of its militaries in death of schoolchildren in Chechnya

  Russia does not admit involvement of state officials in the death of two pupils from a shell in Chechnya in 2000. The Strasbourg Court (ECtHR) is accusing the Russian Federation of inefficient investigation of this case.

December 22, 2010 21:00

• Cherkesov's mother calls information about her son voiced out by Putin unreliable

  She asserts that the unreliable data about her son Aslan Cherkesov, suspected of murdering Yegor Sviridov, was presented by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on December 21, when he met representatives of football fans.

December 22, 2010 20:00

• Balkar elders to discuss the problem of inter-village territories with NCFD leadership

  Representatives of the Balkar elders, who held their hunger strike in Moscow, will be able to take part, in early 2011, in a public forum and discuss issues of inter-village territories with the Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and President of Kabardino-Balkaria.

December 22, 2010 19:00

• Svetlana Estemirova's cassation complaint rejected

  At its session held on December 22, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic upheld the ruling of the first instance court regarding the cassation appeal filed by Svetlana Estemirova, sister of the assassinated human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

December 22, 2010 18:00

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria asserts that militiamen tortured him to knock out confessions

  Azamat M. Abazov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, claims that a criminal case was fabricated against him; and after his detention on November 24 militiamen beat him and tortured with electric current demanding confession evidences.

December 21, 2010 23:50

• Ahmetgaliev: Krasnodar law enforcers got interested in "Memorial" brochure because it criticizes them

  The law enforcement agencies of the Krasnodar Territory got interested of the brochure "Situation with Former USSR Citizens in Krasnodar Territory", published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Youth Group for Tolerance named "ETnIKA", because the publication contains criticism of local authorities. This was stated by Ramil Ahmetgaliev, legal analyst of the Interregional Human Rights Association "AGORA" and advocate of Anastasia Denisova, head of the "ETnIKA".

December 21, 2010 23:30

• Organizers of rally in Ostankino demand to separate Caucasus from Russia

  Russia can no longer live with the republics of Northern Caucasus in one state - this was stated by Ilya Lazarenko, a co-chair of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and one of the organizers of the picket near the Ostankino TV Centre, sanctioned by Moscow authorities.

December 21, 2010 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 13-19

  Riots with nationalist context continue in the cities of Russia; Geneva discussions on the Caucasus achieve stalemate; Armenian Government sees serious reshuffling, - look these and other events in the review of the week of December 13-19, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 21, 2010 23:00

• In Kalmykia, "Rosfinnadzor" revealed financial violations to more than 2 billion roubles

  During the first 11 months of 2010, the Republic of Kalmykia saw about two hundred audits of financial and economic activities of public institutions and federal state unitary enterprises. They revealed financial violations in the sum of 2.135 billion roubles.

December 21, 2010 22:50

• Kalmyk authorities are concerned of road accidents with buses controlled by Dagestani drivers

  On December 20, Oleg Kichikov, the Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia, sent a letter to the Parliament of Dagestan, asking Deputies to deal with the issue of high accident rate with transit buses, driven by drivers from Dagestan, which happen in the territory of Kalmykia.

December 21, 2010 22:40

• Stavropol Territory: paedophilia case of Mikhailovsk City Duma Deputy sent to court

  The criminal case initiated against a Duma Deputy of the Municipality Formation Mikhailovsk, accused of 21 sexual crimes against underage girls, was sent to the court.

December 21, 2010 22:00

• Analogue of Glory Memorial destroyed in Kutaisi opened in Moscow

  Today, on the Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow, an opening ceremony was held of the monument "In Fighting Fascism We Were Together", which is an analogue of the Glory Memorial, exploded in Kutaisi.

December 21, 2010 21:00

• Seamen of Georgian ship detained in Libya claim lack of foodstuffs

  The crew of the ship "Vasilios N", sailing under the flag of Georgia, asks for help because of detention of the seamen for several months in Misurata Port in Libya. According to sailors, they have nothing to eat and are on the brink of committing suicide.

December 21, 2010 20:00

• "Elitprom" broke ecological legislation in Astrakhan Region, Prosecutor's Office assert

  In the Astrakhan Region, the prosecutor's check of compliance with the environmental legislation of the "Elitprom" Company, which owns petrochemical production facilities in the Nariman District of the Region, detected many serious violations, which may lead to suspension of the work of the Company.

December 21, 2010 19:00

• ECtHR fines Russia by 137,500 euros on claims of Chechen residents

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has fined the Russian Government by 137,500 euros for disappearance of a resident of Chechnya and for ineffective investigation into the death of two children from Chechnya at missile attack.