News

October 20, 2010 19:00

• Zakaev denies his involvement in organizing the attack upon the Parliament of Chechnya

  On October, 19, Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya, declared that the attack upon the building of the republican Parliament had been organized by Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of the Chechen separatists, who is currently staying in London. Zakaev denies his involvement in the incident.

October 20, 2010 18:00

• Magomed Evloev's father requests Prosecutor's committee of inquiry for starting new criminal proceedings on his son's murder

  On October, 14, Magomed Evloev, father of the murdered Ingush oppositionist Yahya Evloev, submitted an appeal to the Prosecutor's committee of inquiry under Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation asking to start new criminal proceedings in connection with a "newly-discovered evidence". He also submitted a statement to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the office.

October 19, 2010 23:40

• Tkachev sacks officials who failed to help flood victims

  The authorities of the Krasnodar Territory have dismissed the deputy head of the Tuapse District responsible for civil defence and emergencies and the head of the Georgievskiy rural settlement of the Tuapse District "for poor help to population who suffered from flooding."

October 19, 2010 23:20

• Investigation finds reason of four deaths in Volgograd Region

  As reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Volgograd Region of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia, the cause of death of four residents of the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, who were found dead on October 14 in one of city apartment houses, was poisoning with carbon monoxide (CO).

October 19, 2010 23:10

• NAC reports prevention of terror acts in Astrakhan Region

  Employees of the National Anti-Terror Committee (NAC) have detained members of a criminal grouping, who planned a series of terror acts in the Astrakhan Region. The Committee reports that the detained possible organizer of the planned diversions was involved in attacks on militiamen in Astrakhan in July and August this year.

October 19, 2010 23:00

• Volgograd Regional Court upholds verdict to local ex-deputy convicted for paedophilia

  The judicial panel of the court held a closed session to consider the cassation appeals lodged by the defence and Yuri Babkin, former teacher and deputy of the city soviet, who was convicted on charges of paedophilia to 15 years in a high security colony.

October 19, 2010 22:40

• Russian doctors will help residents of Abkhazian Gali District

  On October 17-27, the district, which is bordering on Georgia, will host a humanitarian action "Mutual Aid. Partnership. Safety", when Russian doctors will render free medical care to local residents.

October 19, 2010 22:30

• "Wikimedia" is accused of extremism for placing appeal of "Voice of Beslan"

  The "Wikimedia", which oversees the Russian-language section of the online library "Wikipedia", can be charged with extremism for placing the appeal of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan": "To everyone sympathizing the victims of Beslan terror act!", which is on the federal list of extremist materials.

October 19, 2010 22:20

• After militants' attack on Chechen Parliament, Grozny intensifies security measures

  The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya are still unable to specify exactly how many militants took part in today's morning attack on the Republic's Parliament in Grozny: figures from three to five are named. The number of militia patrols in streets of Chechen capital has increased significantly. Militaries and militiamen are on duty near schools. Some parents preferred to keep their children at home today.

October 19, 2010 22:20

• Umarov demands money back from Gakaev and reorganizes "Imarat Kavkaz"

  On October 9, Dokku Umarov, leader of North-Caucasian militants, disbanded two fronts in Chechnya and announced reshuffling in "Imarat Kavkaz". It has become known from the video clips placed on the Internet, in which Umarov refutes allegations of Chechen field commanders on the reasons, which forced them to refuse from their oath to him.

October 19, 2010 22:10

• Chechen MIA: attack on parliament was organized by Hussein Gakaev

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya has reported that the militants who attacked this morning the Parliament building in Grozny, were members of the illegal armed formation (IAF) commanded by Hussein Gakaev, who has organized this action in order to kill Chechen MPs and become famous. However, so far, none of the militants has taken responsibility for the attack.

October 19, 2010 22:00

• Russia's GPO puts Ahmed Zakaev on international wanted list again

  As reported by Marina Gridneva, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia, Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), was announced into international search again. The Yessentuki City Court, the Stavropol Territory, has arrested Zakaev in absentia.

October 19, 2010 21:00

• Picketers in Yerevan find holding forum "In the Name of Democracy" in Armenia inappropriate

  In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, participants of a today's six-hour-long picket in support of political prisoners and democracy, held in parallel with the Council of Europe's forum "In the Name of Democracy", believe that it is not reasonable to hold such events in a country, which has political prisoners and failed to properly investigate the events of March 1, 2008.

October 19, 2010 20:00

• Journalist Fatullayev in Azerbaijan is starting a hunger strike

  Einulla Fatullayev, a journalist serving in a penitentiary is starting an open-ended hunger strike on October, 19, demanding execution of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on his immediate release by the authorities of Azerbaijan.

October 19, 2010 19:00

• Journalists in Ingushetia state that their car was fired upon by members of the top brass during a meeting

  During a meeting in Ingushetia at the crossroads of a federal highway and a road in the direction of the town of Magas, a car with Moscow reporters of "Partner Plus" press agency, while they were taking photos of the action, was fired upon by members of the top brass, Elena Sevriukova, leader of the agency, reported.

October 19, 2010 18:00

• Director of children's rehabilitation center shot down in Dagestan

  According to a report of District Department of Interior Affairs, last night unidentified people in the town of Kizil-Yurt (Dagestan) shot down the Director of children's inter-district rehabilitation center and his companion.

October 18, 2010 23:30

• Independence Day of Azerbaijan passes without public celebrations

  October 18 is celebrated in Azerbaijan as the Day of State Independence. On this day in 1991, the Azerbaijani parliament adopted the Constitutional Act on restoration of independence of Azerbaijan.

October 18, 2010 23:10

• North Ossetia starts recruiting people's guards

  The voluntary people's guards will take their 3-month courses on the basis of the "Taktika" Training Centre. This time will be spent in mastering the basics of security, unarmed combat, shooting, medical help, as well as evacuation at emergencies such as natural disasters or terror acts.

October 18, 2010 23:00

• Flood in Krasnodar Territory: residents rebuild homes, forecasters predict new emergencies

  The authorities of the Tuapse District, Krasnodar Territory, which was affected by severe flooding on October 16, are calculating the caused damage. According to preliminary data, it will be in hundreds of millions roubles. Residents of the district have already begun rebuilding their homes. However, the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has announced a new emergency warning about possible new emergencies.

October 18, 2010 22:50

• Defence of convicts of Ruslan Yamadaev's murder plan to challenge the verdict

  Advocates of those defendants who were sentenced today on charges of murdering Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev, a former State Duma Deputy, plan to file, within their legitimate 10 days, an appeal against the verdict. They assert that witnesses' evidences were unreliable, and the case materials were falsified.