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23:50, 29 January 2010
President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev hopes that already this year the "extraordinary high" level of corruption in Northern Caucasus will be lowered. He made such statement on January 28 at the enlarged sitting of the board of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau).
23:45, 29 January 2010
Nikolai Ukraintsev, advocate of former militia major from Novorossisk Alexei Dymovskiy, believes that the criminal case initiated against his client is an act of revenge undertaken by his former bosses. His other advocate - Sergey Gubar - notes that the searches now conducted in Dymovskiy's house have the aim "to dig out something serious", as the today's indictment is "very weak". The Novorossisk UVD (Interior Department) refutes these statements.
23:40, 29 January 2010
By the outcomes of 2009, Russia is in the first place by the number of claims submitted against its government and pending consideration at the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported by Jean-Paul Costa, the Chairman of the Strasbourg Court.
23:30, 29 January 2010
The Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has initiated a criminal case on the fact of chilblain received by schoolchildren in the course of their sport training session.
23:20, 29 January 2010
One employee of the criminal inquiry unit of the Gali District Interior Division was lost and his four colleagues were wounded as a result of a terror act committed today in the village of Chuburkhindzh, Gali District. Besides, two civilians were killed and three wounded.
23:10, 29 January 2010
The statement of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about Boris Berezovsky's involvement in the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" caused bewilderment in Natalia's friends and colleagues.
22:20, 29 January 2010
The Investigatory Department for St Petersburg of the ICPO has initiated a criminal case under the article of "murder of two and more persons" in connection with disappearance in this city of four natives of Ingushetia, relatives of the widow of Maksharip Aushev, a human rights activist, who was shot dead last October.
21:00, 29 January 2010
More than 50,000 residents of the capital of Dagestan remain without heat and water for the fifth day already. Electricity is also cut off all the time. The authorities and municipal services are unable to remedy the situation, and residents have started their protest action.
20:00, 29 January 2010
The reason of the armed incident in one of military units of Azerbaijan, where six servicemen were killed and two more wounded, is in impunity for hazing and non-manual relation in the army. This was stated by retired colonel-lieutenant and former employee of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Uzeir Dzhafarov.
19:00, 29 January 2010
Certain details of murder of Arthur and Yusuf Khazhaliev committed on January 28 in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have become known. The Investigatory Division for the city of Nalchik of the Investigatory Department for the KBR of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office) of the Russian Federation has initiated a criminal case under the articles of "murder" and " illegal circulation of firearms".
19:00, 29 January 2010
On February 12, Ella Kesaeva, head of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan", and Irina Khalai, head of the Volgodonsk public organization of terror victims, will go to Spain to take part in the congress of terror victims. Ms Kesaeva is going to suggest there to make the Movement "For Status of Terror Victims" international.
18:00, 29 January 2010
Activist of the opposition Mkrtich Sapeyan was welcomed by his relatives and colleagues, including former political prisoners, when he was released from the prison hospital after expiry of his term.
10:00, 29 January 2010
Creation of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in Russia and appointment of Alexander Khloponin as President's plenipotentiary in the District; reaction of regional authorities and the public to this news; political storms in Derbent, Dagestan; verdict to Armenian oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of January 18-24, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:30, 28 January 2010
The public organization "Adyge Khasse" has sent a letter to President of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov in connection with the incident, when militia stopped the national dance Adyge Dzhegu in the central square of Maikop on the New Year night. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Arambi Khapai, leader of the organization.