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12:37, 20 February 2008

Preliminary hearing on attack on Nalchik postponed again in Kabardino-Balkaria

The preliminary hearing that was due on February 20 on the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik has been transferred to March 5.

13:12, 19 February 2008

Kabardino-Balkaria: people are concerned with murders of Republic's citizens in Moscow

The murders of two residents of Kabardino-Balkaria committed in Moscow within the latest week are the hot topic in the Republic. The KBR's community is concerned with what happens in the capital of the country.

13:09, 19 February 2008

In Adygea, the verdict to the convict who placed execution video on the Internet is appealed against

The verdict to Victor Milkov, who was sentenced to one year of imprisonment for placing a video showing execution of citizens of Tajikistan and Dagestan on the Internet, was appealed against by his advocates at the Supreme Court of Adygea.

13:03, 19 February 2008

According to exit polls in Armenia, Sarkisyan defeats Ter-Petrosyan

Prime minister of Armenia Serzh Sarkisyan has won the first round of presidential election. According to exit polls, his main rival Levon Ter-Petrosyan has gathered 17.04% of voters.

12:29, 19 February 2008

Ter-Petrosyan's Office: the ruling clique tries to re-capture power in Armenia

Arman Musinyan, press-secretary of the electoral office of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, has stated that the presidential election is passing in Armenia with a huge number of violations and falsifications.

12:23, 19 February 2008

"Voice of Beslan" thinks Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia was initiator of criminal cases against the Committee

The "Voice of Beslan" All-Russian Organization believes that the initiative to initiate criminal cases against the Committee belongs to the Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia.

12:19, 19 February 2008

Advocate Dorogova files a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of Kabardino-Balkaria

Larissa Dorogova, a lawyer of the Kabardino-Balkarian Bar, has lodged a complaint that she was not admitted to her defendant to O. Zharikov, Public Prosecutor of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).

12:06, 19 February 2008

State Corporation in charge of preparing Sochi Olympiad asks to amend the environmental legislation

According to Semyon Vainshtok, head of the "Olympstroy" State Corporation, realization of the construction programs of Olympic objects in Sochi demands to make changes in the law on specially protected natural territories and in the statement on ensuring the operation of the Sochi State Natural Reserve.

16:28, 18 February 2008

UN SC does not support Kosovo's independence as expected by Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The participants of an extraordinary sitting of the UN Security Council failed to make a decision on recognition of independence of Kosovo, the precedent of which is hunted by Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

16:25, 18 February 2008

Areshidze: Patarkatsishvili could fall victim of FEZ-based conflict

Mamuka Areshidze, an expert and head of the NGO "Centre of Strategic Researches of the Caucasus", believes that Badri Patarkatsishvili could have fallen victim of the struggle for the Free Economic Zone (FEZ).

16:24, 18 February 2008

Ingushetia: meeting of opposition appointed on March 4

The initiative group created after arrest of Maksharip Aushev has appointed a rally on March 4 at the Memorial to Victims of Repressions in Nazran.

16:21, 18 February 2008

"Voice of Beslan" tries to find out the motives of the criminal case

Members of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee are going to visit the Investigatory Committee of North Ossetia and ask why a criminal case was initiated against the Committee.

11:41, 16 February 2008

Islamic Party of Azerbaijan calls on Denmark to apologize to Moslems

The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan has made a statement in connection with publication of caricatures on Prophet Mohammed in Danish newspapers.

11:38, 16 February 2008

Protest actions in Ingushetia postponed: authorities promise to release some of the oppositionists

In Ingushetia, actions of civil disobedience have been postponed till February 19 against the promise of the authorities to release the first six persons arrested during the events on January 26.

11:33, 16 February 2008

Suspect of attack on Nalchik dies in Kabardino-Balkaria

On February 15, Valery Bolov, one of the defendants in the case about the attack to Nalchik on October 13, 2005, died in Kabardino-Balkaria from liver cirrhosis.

11:30, 16 February 2008

Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov gets political asylum in the States

Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov who earlier defended ex-senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan and was suspected of disclosing state secrets was granted political asylum in the United States.

11:27, 16 February 2008

Mother of Guantanamo prisoner Kudaev detained in Kabardino-Balkaria

On February 14, Fatima Tekaeva, mother of Rasul Kudaev, a defendant in the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, was detained in the city of Nalchik.

15:02, 15 February 2008

In Krasnodar Territory, human rights activists demand to settle the Kurds' problems

The Public Organization "Southern Regional Resource Centre" has sent an application to the Regional Department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with a request to inspect the situation of the Kurds who are living in the Krasnodar Territory since 1992.

14:58, 15 February 2008

Hunger strike in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan goes on in Rostov-on-Don

Human rights activist Raissa Grishechkina continues her hunger strike in support of fatally sick former vice-president of the YUKOS Company Vasily Aleksanyan in Rostov-on-Don. Now, Vasily Aleksanyan is under arrest in one of Moscow clinics.

14:55, 15 February 2008

Officials-lawbreakers are not trialled in Kabardino-Balkaria

On February 14, the Judicial Department of Kabardino-Balkaria held a Collegium sitting to sum up the work of the courts in 2007. Leila Zanikoeva, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court, spoke at the sitting and noted that out of 41 officials, brought to criminal liability in 2007, none was actually punished.

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