News

November 22, 2010 22:00

• Georgian trade unions started fund-raising to pay off the ransom for the Georgian sailors

  Georgian trade unions decided to start fund-raising to pay off the ransom for the Georgian sailors captured by Somali pirates, Irakly Petriashvili, Chairman of the Association of Trade Unions of Georgia, reported.

November 22, 2010 20:00

• A tanker from Novorosiisk attacked in Nigeria

  A tanker of a Russian company "Novoship/Sovkomflot" NS Spirit (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar region) which was in the roads of Lagos sea-port in Nigeria was attacked this night, one of the sailors got wounded.

November 22, 2010 19:00

• Several drugstores sealed in Tbilisi, their managers are being interrogated in the Ministry of Finance

  The personnel of Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance sealed several drugstores in Tbilisi. According to preliminary data, the reason for doing so has been law violations in sales of psychotropic medications.

November 22, 2010 18:00

• District militia officer killed in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On November, 21, some unidentified people shot down a district militiaman and stole his Government-issue pistol in a district militia department of Nalchik, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.

November 20, 2010 22:00

• First of a series of pickets in support of Balkars held in Moscow

  On November 20, a picket was held in Taras Shevchenko Embankment in Moscow in support of the Balkars, who are holding their protest action in Manezh Square for many days already. The picket was initiated by Karachai and Balkar youth.

November 20, 2010 21:00

• North Ossetia opens centre for disabled children

  On November 19, the capital of North Ossetia started a daytime care centre for children suffering from cerebral palsy and Down's syndrome.

November 20, 2010 19:00

• Dzangiev suspected of Vladikavkaz terror act earlier figured in murder case in Ingushetia

  Yusup Dzangiev, arrested by the court of Vladikavkaz on suspicion of committing the explosion in the city marketplace September 9 and other terror acts, was previously accused of involvement in the murder of family members of the teacher Vera Draganchuk on August 31, 2007, in Ingushetia; however, he was released without charges.

November 20, 2010 18:00

• Explosion wounds a man in Ingushetia

  A local resident was injured by an explosion that happened near the marketplace in the city of Nazran and hospitalized.

November 20, 2010 17:00

• Four soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line

  As a result of another incident on the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan, four soldiers were killed from a machinegun; four others were wounded.

November 20, 2010 16:00

• In Dagestan, missing resident found murdered

  Khanifat Gichueva, a resident of the Chernyaevka village, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband Sheikhulislam Abusupyanov, who disappeared on November 18, was found dead.

November 20, 2010 15:00

• In Dagestan, a fight in bank with shooting resulted in victims

  As a result of a conflict between employees of the commercial bank and their customers in the city of Derbent in Dagestan one person was killed and two more hospitalized.

November 20, 2010 12:00

• President of Georgia to pardon 23 prisoners

  The Georgian State Commission on Pardons has prepared a pardon list for President Mikhail Saakashvili. The pardon will be dated to November 23 - one of the most popular national holidays of Georgia - Giorgoba (St George's Day).

November 20, 2010 11:00

• Film about Gataev family and Chechen war to be presented at Amsterdam festival

  This year, at the international documentary film festival in the Netherlands, the right to present her best ten films was granted to Finnish film director Pirjo Khonkassalo. She brought to the festival a film about the war in Chechnya, where heroes are members of the Gataev Chechen family.

November 19, 2010 23:30

• Somalia pirates threaten to kill all hostages and run ship down

  The Somalia pirates who captured a ship of a Greek company with 15 Georgian and 3 Turkish citizens on board announced on November 16 that if they do not receive 15 million US dollars within three days, they will kill the hostages and sink the ship.

November 19, 2010 23:20

• Egle Kusaite: I confessed of preparing terror act in exchange for Magmadovs' lives

  Egle Kusaite, a young Lithuanian woman, accused of creating a group for committing a terror act on some military object in Russia, said that she had given confessional evidences in exchange for promises that her friends from near Moscow - Chechen Aishat and Apti Magmadov - would be left alive. Egle told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during a meeting in Vilnius.

November 19, 2010 23:10

• Human rights activist Basmanov complains of improper treatment in militia department of Sochi

  Sergey Basmanov, Director of human rights center "Defense of Citizens' Rights and Interests" in Sochi, who had formerly reported threats against him declared that the personnel of law enforcement bodies have treated him improperly.

November 19, 2010 23:10

• Rostov residents are sceptical about smoke-quitting campaign

  The action, which took place on November 18, the World Day of Quitting Smoking, in Rostov-on-Don showed that smokers are tough in quitting the habit.

November 19, 2010 23:00

• Three drug inspectors detained in Dagestan on suspicion of bribery

  Three officials of the Department of Federal Service of Drug Traffic Control (FSDTC) of Russia in Dagestan were detained on November, 18, for suspicion of bribery.

November 19, 2010 23:00

• Military unit and OVD shelled in Dagestan

  At night on November 19, unidentified assailants shelled the military unit and police station in the village of Khunzakh, the Khunzakh District, with grenade launchers; no one was hurt.

November 19, 2010 22:50

• A roadside cafe fired upon in Dagestan

  Yesterday at about 22:05 some unidentified persons fired upon a roadside cafe from a grenade launcher and self-firers in Derbent district of Dagestan. There are no victims or injured persons, the building got insignificantly damaged. Law enforcement bodies are currently searching the criminals.