News

July 10, 2009 18:00

• Amnesty International is concerned of Maskhud Abdullaev's fate

  The Amnesty International (AI) is expressing its concern of the fate of Maskhud Abdullaev, a son of Chechen field commander Supyan Abdullaev, deported from Egypt. Human rights activists doubt that he is at large.

July 10, 2009 17:00

• Krivenko: Russia still sends regular soldiers to "hot spots"

  When Vladimir Putin, as President, promised not to send regular soldiers to "hot spots", he relied on incorrect data provided by militaries; therefore, the promise is still unfulfilled. This is the opinion of Sergey Krivenko, coordinator of the Public Initiative "Citizen and Army" and coordinator of the All-Russia Coalition of Public Associations "For Democratic Alternative Civil Service".

July 10, 2009 14:00

• In Armenia, Dzhermuk to be a year-round tourist centre

  In the near future, a concept of a tourist centre in the city of Dzhermuk will be submitted to the government of Armenia; according to the concept, this resort will become an international-standard year-round tourist centre. The concept was designed by local and foreign specialists.

July 10, 2009 13:00

• Zakareishvili: Georgian authorities give no reaction to opposition's demand on release of political prisoners

  The opposition of Georgia has handed over to the authorities the list of political prisoners with a demand to set them free; however, so far, no reaction has followed, as stated by Georgian political scientist Paata Zakareishvili.

July 10, 2009 12:00

• At least 28 persons killed in Northern Caucasus last week

  During the week on July 2-8, as a result of combat clashes and diversions in Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan, at least 28 persons were killed and at least 36 persons wounded.

July 10, 2009 11:00

• Dagestan Prosecutor's Office scourges managers for using slave labour

  13 directors of brick works in Dagestan are brought to administrative responsibility for using slave labour; materials on one of them were sent to the Investigatory Committee for opening a criminal case.

July 10, 2009 10:00

• Armenia: political prisoner Arakelyan stops his hunger strike

  Young activist of the opposition Tigran Arakelyan, arrested on charge of attacking a policeman, has stated today that he gave up the hunger strike announced by him in prison and plans to choose other methods of his struggle.

July 10, 2009 09:00

• Security head of Karabulak OVD assassinated in Ingushetia

  On July 9, in municipal district Plievo of the city of Nazran, unknown persons shelled a car with Israpil Ozdoev, head of the security division of Karabulak OVD (Interior Department). As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, the militia official died in situ.

July 09, 2009 20:00

• Nagorno-Karabakh is ready to remove snipers from forefront

  General-Lieutenant Movses Akopyan, Minister of Defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has stated to journalists that the Karabakh party is ready to remove snipers from the forefront. The Minister has emphasized that Azerbaijan is against removal of snipers.

July 09, 2009 19:00

• About 1500 came to oppositional rally in Tbilisi

  The rally in Tbilisi to mark 3 months after the start of the opposition's termless protest action, which should have gathered, under oppositionists' plans some 10,000 participants, was in fact about 1500-strong. It is reported by a Georgian journalist who is now in Tbilisi.

July 09, 2009 18:00

• Ingushetia: "Mashr" activists complain of persecutions

  Members of the Ingush human rights Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANCO) "Mashr" told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about illegal actions of power agents against them. They explain the pressure by their applications to the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR).

July 09, 2009 17:00

• Chechnya's MIA: attempt on Evkurov was commanded by Magas

  The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was organized by Magomed Evloev, head of a criminal grouping, also known under nickname Magas. This was reported today by Ruslan Alkhanov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya.

July 09, 2009 16:00

• Relatives of missing people hold an action in Chechnya

  On July 8, on the Family Day, relatives of missing people held an action in Grozny near the monument to perished journalists. The action was organized by the regional public organization "Search of Missing Persons".

July 09, 2009 15:00

• Data on shelling two helicopters in Chechnya is contradictory

  Militaries and law enforcers of Chechnya give contradictory information about the incident in the morning on July 8 in the mountain area of the republic. Earlier, it was reported that in Shatoy District two helicopters of federal forces were shelled, and one soldier was wounded.

July 09, 2009 14:00

• Armenian oppositionist goes on termless hunger strike

  Karen Karapetyan, head of the youth wing of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), has announced a termless hunger in protest against the arrest of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of his wing.

July 09, 2009 13:00

• Social shelter for refugees from Azerbaijan and Iraq opened in Armenia

  In Armenia, in Darbnik village, Ararat District, a social shelter was opened for 46 families of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan and Iraq. The house was granted to them for gratuitous use.

July 09, 2009 12:00

• Estemirova: disappearances are on rapid rise in Chechnya

  After cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Chechnya, the count of kidnapped residents is in dozens. This was stated by Natalia Estemirova, member of the Grozny branch of the HRC "Memorial", to the "Caucasian Knot".

July 09, 2009 11:00

• In Ingushetia, mother seeks protection of her son from power agents

  Petimat Archakovа asks to defend the rights of her son Magomed Archakov suspected of concealing militants. Currently, he is kept at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia and, according to his mother's statement, is exposed to torture.

July 09, 2009 10:00

• Armenian President is ready to meet his Azerbaijani counterpart

  As reported by co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has consented to have another meeting with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliev on Karabakh settlement, as planned, in Moscow on July 17.

July 09, 2009 09:00

• Kelekhsaev's "People's Party" asks USA to recognize independence of South Ossetia

  On July 8, the Board of the "People's Party" of South Ossetia, headed by Roland Kelekhsaev, passed an appeal to the United States and other countries of the world to recognize the right of South-Ossetian people to build their independent democratic state.