News

April 29, 2010 18:00

• The number of people who suffered from explosion in Dagestan grows to 17

  The explosion of a suicide bomber near the traffic militia post in Kazbek district of Dagestan has resulted in two casualties, 17 people have been wounded, scores of cars damaged. These are the corrected data of the Investigation Committee under the RF prosecutor's office.

April 28, 2010 23:20

• Austrian prosecutor's office considers Ramzan Kadyrov involved in the murder of Umar Israilov

  The Austrian state board on protecting the constitution and fighting terrorism (LVT) has recognized Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov responsible for the organization of kidnapping and murder of his former body-guard Umar Israilov, runs the agency report made public by the Vienna prosecutor's office on April 27.

April 28, 2010 23:00

• Dagestan resident claims power authorities planted weapons in the house of his killed relative

  The weapons found in the house of Akhmed Rabadanov, killed on April 26 and subsequently announced militant, were planted by militiamen, claims Rabadangadzhi Rabadanov, uncle of the diseased, resident of the village of Novy Kostek, Khasaviurt district, Dagestan, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 28, 2010 22:00

• Lawyers of convicted bloggers in Azerbaijan appeal against the ruling of the court of appeal

  A cassation appeal has been filed at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan against the ruling of Baku court of appeal of March 10 which upheld the ruling convicting young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadzhizade who had already been sent to prison.

April 28, 2010 20:00

• Policemen suspected of involvement in the death of a 24-year-old youth arrested in Armenia

  Ashot Arutiunian, chief of Charentsavan criminal investigation department, and police detective Moris Airapetian, suspected of involvement in the death of Vaan Khalafian who died on April 13, have been arrested in Armenia.

April 28, 2010 19:00

• Supporters of chief editor of "Mestnaya" newspaper, beaten in Sochi, claim the attack politically motivated

  The public in Sochi is very concerned about the attack on Arkadi Lander, chief editor of the "Mestnaya" newspaper which took place on April 26. Some supporters of the victim, who do not trust the investigation, have involved private investigators, former militia officers, into the search for the crime organizers and executors. The Sochi communists' leader and part of Lander's colleagues claim his beating to be politically motivated.

April 28, 2010 18:00

• Human rights activists urge Lithuanian authorities to allow Gatayevs, Chechen residents, communication with their adopted children

  An international group of human rights activists has addressed an open letter to the Lithuanian authorities in protest against their refusal to permit further free communication for Khadizhat and Malik Gatayevs with their adopted children from Chechnya. The letter has been sent to Daliya Gribauskaite, president of Lithuania, chair of the committee on human rights in the Lithuanian parliament and the Lithuanian commissioner on the rights of children.

April 27, 2010 23:30

• Family of "Imedi" report victim plans to sue TV Channel

  The family of Gayoz Odishelidze, 51, who died after watching the hoaxed "Imedi" TV report about the "Russian invasion", is going to apply to the Chief Prosecutor's Office urging to start inquiry into the accident.

April 27, 2010 23:00

• British experts confirm authenticity of "Imedi" director's telephone conversation

  The audio record of the telephone conversation of Giorgi Arveladze, Director General of the "Imedi" TV Company, with his deputy Eka Tsamalashvili, which was disseminated two days after the scandalous report about invasion of Russian troops into Georgia, is authentical, British experts have stated.

April 27, 2010 22:00

• Editor-in-chief of local newspaper heavily beaten in Sochi

  On Monday, April 26, at 3:00 p.m., in the entrance of No. 34 in the Pirogova Street in Sochi, an attack was committed on Arkadi Lander, editor-in-chief of the Sochi-based newspaper "Mestnaya" (Local); he was severely beaten. The journalist is sure that it was an attempt to kill him because of his professional activities.

April 27, 2010 21:50

• Defendants in "Neva-Express" explosion case state being tortured in Lefortovo

  Relatives of the persons accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in autumn 2009 report facts of torture and psychological pressure applied to their relatives for almost two months.

April 27, 2010 21:20

• Suspect of murdering Kalmyk student detained in Moscow

  In Moscow, a suspected killer of Dolgan Nikeev, a student from Kalmykia, was placed in custody. His name is not disclosed.

April 27, 2010 21:00

• Russia is still in the lead by number of ECtHR complaints

  The Russian Federation continues keeping the first place by the number of new complaints lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR): in 2009 every third complaint lodged there arrived from Russia.

April 27, 2010 20:00

• PACE not to adopt resolution on consequences of Russian-Georgian conflict

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) cannot take a resolution concerning the overcoming of the consequences of the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia. The two rapporteurs who spoke today gave absolutely opposite estimates and made opposite conclusions.

April 27, 2010 19:00

• Bokov released after kidnapping in Ingushetia doesn't plan to appeal against his detention

  Khizar Bokov, 24, a resident of Karabulak, who was taken away from his house by power agents on April 21 and released on April 25, is not going to complain of his illegal detention. He is sure, same as his relatives, that for four days he was kept in Division 6 of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) engaged in fighting extremism.

April 27, 2010 18:00

• Three locals kidnapped in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, unidentified persons, supposedly power agents, kidnapped Magomedzagir Isagadjiev, Israpil Medzhidov and Kurban Aliev, residents of Novy Kostek village, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. This was reported by their relative Magomed Ramazanov, a resident of Levashi village of the Levashi District of Dagestan.

April 26, 2010 23:50

• Chechnya: explosion with a victim

  In Grozny, a local resident found an unknown explosive device in the yard of his own house and was heavily wounded when it blew up.

April 26, 2010 23:20

• A victims of metro explosion to sue NAC

  In the near future, a claim will be lodged to the Basmanny Court of Moscow by a child, who remained orphan after the death of his parents in the terror act in Moscow metro on March 29.

April 26, 2010 23:00

• FLASH NEWS: special operation is underway in Dagestan, there are casualties

  Today, Magomed Magomedov, a resident of Mutsalaul village, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that shooting is heard in the vicinity of the village.

April 26, 2010 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 19-25

  Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), continues visiting regions of Northern Caucasus; the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation finds cancellation of juries in "terrorist cases" legal; persecutions of dissidents continue in the south of Russia; Georgia: miners are on strike, while downpours and landslips smash houses; negotiations on Karabakh conflict continue; Armenia suspends ratification of Armenian-Turkish Protocols, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of April 19-25, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".