News

November 01, 2010 18:00

• "Strategy-31" activists are fined in Rostov-on-Don

  Under decisions of magistrate courts, the organizer and two protesters of the "Strategy-31" action held on October 31 in Rostov-on-Don were found guilty under the article of the Administrative Code: "disobedience to lawful order of a militiaman" and fined.

November 01, 2010 17:00

• Ex-head of Armenian community arrested in Georgia as Russian spy

  Armen Gevorgyan, former head of Armenian community in Adzharia, is among the 20 persons arrested by Georgian law enforcers on charges of spying for Russia. However, the members of his community believe that the latter came under suspicion only because of his ties in Russia.

November 01, 2010 16:30

• "Patriots of Russia" believe that Dagestan needs two-house parliament

  The October 29 session of Dagestani Parliament passed amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Dagestan (RD) and the Law "On Elections of People's Assembly of Dagestan". Under the amendments, the number of seats in the parliament will go up from 72 to 90.

November 01, 2010 16:00

• The court prolonged the term of arrest for those suspected of Markelov's murder

  Today the Moscow municipal court prolonged the term of arrest for 3,5 months, till February, 2011, for Eugenia Khasis, figurant of the case of murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova and the defendant on the same case Nikita Tikhonov.

November 01, 2010 15:15

• Gelendzhik opens free "legal clinic"

  The city of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory, has started its "legal clinic". Free legal consultations to everyone will be provided by law students of the Kuban State University.

November 01, 2010 15:00

• Unidentified persons set fire to three Christian churches in Karachai-Circassia

  Last night some unknown people set fire to three Christian churches in Karachai-Circassia. The Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reported that two churches had caught fire in the town of Karachayevsk and the third one in stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya.

November 01, 2010 14:00

• Two Georgian residents in Malaysia may be sentenced to death penalty for accusation of drugs contraband

  Darejan Kokhtashvili and Babutse Gordadze, two women natives of Georgia, may be sentenced to death penalty if they are acknowledged guilty of contraband of 10 kilogram of drugs. The trial is appointed for November, 2.

November 01, 2010 13:00

• 40 new private houses are ready for commission in Tskhinval

  New private houses restored after the events of 2008 will be commissioned in the capital of South Osetia in the nearest future. This news was reported by Soslan Bekoyev, Director of State Unitary Enterprise "Directorate of Implementation of Priority National Projects" during his circuit round the municipal objects under restoration.

November 01, 2010 12:00

• Ten militiamen suffered in special operation in Grozny

  Ten law enforcers received wounds and contusions in the course of a special operation aimed to neutralize a supposed member of the armed underground in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny.

November 01, 2010 12:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 25-31

  Bodies of flood casualties are still found in Krasnodar Territory; Northern Caucasus commemorates victims of repressions, Ossetian-Ingush conflict and terror acts; pre-election situation is heating up in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of October 25-31, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 01, 2010 11:00

• NGOs of Ingushetia: consequences of Ossetian-Ingush conflict not eliminated

  The tragic consequences of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict have not been eliminated, while Ingush leaders and deputies of the People's Assembly of the Republic fail to take legal action towards defending the constitutional rights and vital interests of the Ingush people. This was stated by the members of the Coordination Board of Ingush NGOs in their address to Ingushes.

October 30, 2010 20:00

• Prosecutors check violations during elections in Makhachkala

  The Prosecutor's Office of the capital of Dagestan has initiated checks of violations during the vote on October 10, the details of which were published by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 30, 2010 19:00

• Woman from Ingushetia states kidnapping of her son

  Lisa Tseloeva, a resident of the city of Nazran, asserts that her 28-year-old son Zurab was kidnapped.

October 30, 2010 18:00

• Action in memory of victims of political repression held in North Ossetia

  The event took place at the monument "Stone of Tears" in Vladikavkaz, where more than 100 persons gathered: city residents, NGO activists, state officials and high school pupils.

October 30, 2010 17:00

• Political prisoner Ashot Manukyan released in Armenia

  Today, by a court ruling, Ashot Manukyan, one of the thirteen opposition activists remaining in prison, was released before term.

October 30, 2010 16:00

• North Ossetia commemorates victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  Today, more than 1500 persons came to the memorial cemetery in Vladikavkaz to pay tribute to victims of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict.

October 30, 2010 15:00

• Georgian Parliament adopts "Freedom Charter" in first hearing

  The legislative initiative submitted by Giya Tortladze, a minority MP, was adopted by the Georgian Parliament by 75:1 vote in the first hearing. The "Freedom Charter" deals with strengthening of security measures and contains provisions on lustration and liquidation of Soviet and Nazi symbols.

October 30, 2010 14:00

• Armenian Ombudsman presents his 2009 report

  The report on the work of the office of Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, in 2009 was heard by the MPs at the autumn session of the Parliament of Armenia.

October 30, 2010 13:00

• Sochi residents are offered to get fingerprinted

  The bosses of Sochi UVD (Interior Department) have urged citizens to pass a voluntary fingerprint registration.

October 30, 2010 12:00

• Rostov Region: director of building company suspected of embezzlement

  The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Bataisk, Rostov Region, has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the builder Larissa Tarasenkova, accused of embezzlement of equity holders' money in the sum of more than 30 million roubles.