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Natives of Dagestan living in the village of Novy Yankul at their meeting with lawyer Abdullah Sarsakov, Andropov District of Stavropol Territory, May 11, 2011. Photo from Mr Sarsakov's blog (http://www.mp2011.ru/user/578/post/474)

18:00, 12 September 2011

Natives of Dagestan in Stavropol region state that local courts deprive them of dwellings and registration

Natives of Dagestan, residents of the settlement of Novy Yankul, Andropovsky district of Stavropol region, complain that the local court deprives them of registration and dwellings by its judgments. District court confirms the fact of bringing the verdicts stating that it had acted in accordance with the law. The authorities of Dagestan promised to take part in solving the problem.

23:00, 10 September 2011

Azerbaijani oppositional editor states threats addressed to his family

Ganimat Zakhid, the editor of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Azadlyg", was forced to take his family out of the country "because of security threats." The editor informed his colleagues about it in his letter.

22:00, 10 September 2011

Stavropol Territory: underground bank with billions of profits exposed

Two unemployed residents of the city of Stavropol founded an underground bank, and for three years earned more than 8 billion roubles, said a source from local law-enforcement bodies.

21:00, 10 September 2011

Ecologists hold action "Packs-Killers" in Tuapse District of Krasnodar Territory

The action "Packs-Killers" was held in the Tuapse District by participants of the forum of environmental initiatives "EKA-MIR-2011". While distributing their campaign materials, the organizers told people about the harmful effects of plastic packs and packages on the environment, and then offered everyone to take part in decorating a six-meter eco-bag.

20:00, 10 September 2011

"Rostransnadzor" suspends flights of YaK-42 of "Grozny Avia" airline

After the air crash of YaK-42 near Yaroslavl, which claimed 43 human lives, Russia suspended operation of eight aircrafts of this model; in particular, after the emergency inspection held by the Federal Agency for Transport Supervision ("Rostransnadzor"), the operation of the YaK-42 belonging to the "Grozny Avia" was suspended.

19:00, 10 September 2011

Special operation underway in Dagestan

In Dagestan, power agents are pursuing the militants who had shelled the house of a police officer. This was stated by Nikolai Sintsov, the official spokesman of the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC).

18:00, 10 September 2011

Tibet monks come to Kalmykia to attend international Buddhist forum

A group of monks from the Tibetan Monastery Gyudmed has come to Kalmykia to take part in the international forum "Buddhism: Philosophy of Non-Violence and Compassion", which will begin its work in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, on September 22 and last till October 2.

16:00, 10 September 2011

Rights defenders complain to the ECtHR about poor inquiry of Estemirova's murder

Human rights activists have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of their colleague, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny Natalia Estemirova.

15:00, 10 September 2011

Forty-four schoolchildren hospitalized with intestinal infection after rest in Anapa

Forty children, who were returning by train to Karelia from a summer camp in the city of Anapa, were taken off the train and hospitalized with an intestinal infection. They were taken to hospitals of Michurinsk, Tver, Ryazan and Moscow.

14:00, 10 September 2011

Georgia hosts "Golden Talent-2011"

In Batumi, the festival named Golden Talent-2011" is on. It is attended by 18 performers from many countries.

13:00, 10 September 2011

PACE closes the case on March 1, 2008, events in Armenia

The announcement of the universal amnesty in spring this year, and the investigation by Armenian authorities of the deaths of 10 civilians in the course of the anti-government demonstrations on March 1-2, 2008, have allowed the PACE to state the termination of the case related to the March events.

12:00, 10 September 2011

NGOs of Azerbaijan and Georgia engaged in conflicts set up Coordination Board

In Baku, on the initiative of the "Organization for Liberation of Karabakh" (OLK), the "Coordination Board on Conflicts in Southern Caucasus" was founded. On the Georgian part, it includes a coalition consisting of 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and on the Azerbaijani one - the OLK and the Centre for Deportation Victims.

23:10, 9 September 2011

MIA: Said Buryatskiy allies liquidated in Ingushetia

Militants, killed in Ingushetia on September 8, were involved in the group of Said Buryatskiy (Alexander Tikhomirov), the Wahhabi ideologist, who was killed in 2010. This was reported today by the source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Relatives of the soldiers who perished in the army and rights defenders hold a protest action in front of the Armenian government. Yerevan, September 8, 2011

23:10, 9 September 2011

Human rights activists continue protesting against non-combat losses in Armenian Army

Protest rallies against the non-combat losses in the Armenian Army will be continued until the objective results of investigation into the death of soldiers are available. This was reported by Arthur Sakunts, Chairman of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, who participated in the march "Army in black" held on September 8.

Magomed-Rasul Rasulov, director of a brick factory in Kaspiisk, on September 7, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

23:00, 9 September 2011

Owner of brick factory in Dagestan denies information about Andrei Popov's slavery

Owner and workers of the brick factory in the city of Kaspiisk, where, according to soldier Andrei Popov, he was kept as a slave, told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that former soldier had never been at the enterprise. At present, investigators from the military prosecutor's office examine the factory.

Home page of the Russian Relief Fund (www.rusfond.ru)

22:50, 9 September 2011

Russian Aid Fund and "Caucasian Knot" call to help sick children from Northern Caucasus

Russian Aid Fund within special joint project with the "Caucasian Knot" asks readers to take part in the destinies of five children from Dagestan, Stavropol Territory, Chechnya, and North Ossetia. As part of special project, which is called the "Children of the" Caucasian Knot" by the edition, assistance to five children from the Northern Caucasus has already been rendered. More than 1.1 million roubles have been raised for their treatment.

22:40, 9 September 2011

Commission for militants' adaptation set up in Ingushetia

Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, has signed a decree establishing the commission for adaptation to peaceful life of those persons who decided to stop terrorist and extremist activities in the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia.

22:30, 9 September 2011

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Khloponin criticizes Chechen leader

Young Chechen people want more freedom than Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, allows them to have, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President to the North-Caucasian Federal District, reported to the foreign journalists.

22:20, 9 September 2011

At rally in Yerevan, oppositionists urge people to participate in mass protests

In Yerevan, a rally of the extra-parliamentary oppositional Armenian National Congress with the main demand of holding early presidential and parliamentary elections was held in Freedom Square.

22:10, 9 September 2011

Journalist Idrak Abbasov's relatives beaten in Baku

The family of Idrak Abbasov, Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist, who resides in Baku, was attacked.

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