News

August 21, 2013 17:42

• Court releases Karachaevsk Mayor from custody

  Soltan Semyonov, the head of the Karachaevsk city authority, accused of misuse of funds, has been released from custody today by the decision of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia.

August 21, 2013 14:33

• Dagestani resident claims her son being pressed by law enforcers

  Aiman Salikhova, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has claimed that law enforcement bodies put pressure upon her younger son Nurula Nurulaev, whose elder brothers are suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations.

August 21, 2013 14:24

• Pyatigorsk Mayoralty refuses Muslims to hold collective prayer in square

  The administration of the city of Pyatigorsk has refused to uphold the application filed by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Stavropol Territory to hold namaz (prayer) in the central square of the city.

August 21, 2013 12:34

• In Dagestan, project "52/52", called to tell Dagestanis about their homeland, started with trip to Kubachi village

  On August 18, a group of twenty Dagestani journalists and bloggers made the first trip within the framework of the project "52/52", designed to tell Dagestanis about their republic.

August 21, 2013 10:58

• At trial in case of Krymsk flood, officials sentenced to 3.5 years of conditional imprisonment and to 3.5-6 years of real imprisonment

  Today, the Abinsk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has completed pronouncing the verdict in the case against four officials from the Krymsk and the Krymsk District on the flooding occurred in last July.

August 21, 2013 10:34

• In USA, Prosecutor's Office promises to check actions of FBI agents at shooting dead Ibragim Todashev, his father reports

  In USA, the Prosecutor's Office investigates the incident, in the course of which FBI agents killed Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, for possible abuse of power.

August 21, 2013 04:38

• Armen Ashotyan: no student to be expelled from Armenian higher education institution because of lack of money

  At the meeting of Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Sciences, and participants of the protest action against the increase of tuition fees in higher education institutions issues on changes in higher education system and social problems were discussed.

August 21, 2013 00:55

• Five Armenian NGOs included into group to investigate causes of non-combat losses in army

  Working group at the Military Prosecutor's Office of Armenia to study effectiveness of investigation into criminal cases instituted on facts of deaths in the army began accepting complaints of relatives of dead soldiers.

August 20, 2013 23:49

• Sochi residents protest against closure of ramps from highway to their houses

  Residents of the Sochi townships Kudepsta and Chkalovskiy have held a gathering, where they protested against the way of organizing traffic on Federal Highway M-27 and closure of the access ramps, leading to their houses.

August 20, 2013 22:25

• Rally in Volgograd demands to preserve the aluminium factory

  On August 20, Volgograd hosted a rally against liquidation of the aluminium factory. The protesters demanded from the authorities of all levels to stop the collapse of local industry, save the Volgograd aluminium factory and prevent its conservation. The authorities in the region expressed their support for the protesters.

August 20, 2013 17:43

• NAC: nine militants killed in special operation in Buynaksk

  As reported today by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, power agents killed nine militants. According to updated information, four officers of the Dagestani OMON (riot police) were wounded.

August 20, 2013 15:58

• Ivanishvili family's TV Company stops broadcasting in Georgia

  The TV Company "Channel 9" owned by Ekaterina Khvedelidze, the wife of the Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, stopped broadcasting after the staff learned about the decision of the family to sell the Company.

August 20, 2013 15:31

• Novocherkassk: bosses of ambulance station promise to consider drivers' claims

  The First Aid Hospital (FAH) of the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, where last week 51 ambulance drivers applied for resignation, continues operating normally, said a source from the FAH: at the meeting of the staff it was agreed that the bosses of the facility would consider drivers' claims.

August 20, 2013 13:21

• Rostov-on-Don: court summons Ramzan Kadyrov as witness in case on journalist's claim against Chechen Ombudsman

  The Lenin District Court of the Rostov Region has invited Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, as a witness in the case on the claim of journalist Evgeny Mikhailov on protection of honour and dignity against Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman of the Chechen Republic.

August 20, 2013 09:42

• Five suspected militants killed in Buynaksk

  In Buynaksk, as a result of the special operation, five persons were killed, and a law enforcer was wounded. This was reported by sources in the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.

August 20, 2013 08:41

• At election of Dagestani leader, Ramazan Abdulatipov will have no real rivals, experts assert

  At the upcoming election of the leader of Dagestan to be held on September 8, the opponents of Ramazan Abdulatipov, Acting President of Dagestan, have no chance for victory. This was stated by local experts, who called the upcoming election "a competition without competitors."

August 20, 2013 05:51

• Sochi starts considering investigator's inaction in case of beating builder

  On August 19, the Adler District Court considered the complaint filed by Veronika Solovyova, the wife of beaten builder Pavel Solovyov, against the inaction of the investigator in respect to the victim.

August 20, 2013 03:45

• Court considering attack on Nalchik dismisses defence's motion to resume investigation

  At the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the course of the oral arguments of the parties in the case of the attack on Nalchik, the defence has filed a motion to resume the investigation. The SC rejected the motions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

August 20, 2013 01:28

• Mark Kruter: ECtHR to consider Said Amirov's complaint against his custody

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given priority to the complaint filed by Said Amirov, suspended Mayor of Makhachkala, against his detention in custody. The ECtHR has asked Russia to submit additional documents to justify Said Amirov's detention in SIZO (pre-trial prison).

August 19, 2013 23:28

• In Azerbaijan, opposition decides to nominate additional presidential candidate

  The decision to nominate an additional united candidate for the presidency in Azerbaijan was adopted on August 19 by the members of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF).