News

April 12, 2013 16:00

• In Chechnya, Parliament bans energy drinks

  The Parliament of the Chechen Republic has passed – in the final reading – the law to ban energy drinks in the territory of the republic. It will come into force after signing by the head of Chechnya and publication in printed mass media.

April 12, 2013 15:00

• In Volgograd, activists label roads at Utilities Department

  In the evening on April 11, the members of the public organization named "Public Independent Inspection" marked the potholes on the roads near the Department of Urban Utilities of Volgograd.

April 12, 2013 14:00

• Two Dolakovo villagers killed by mistake; one more wounded and kidnapped by power agents, their relatives assert

  During the special operation in Dolakovo, power agents mistakenly killed the locals Khavazh Ozdoev and Arthur Pliev and wounded and kidnapped Adam Ozdoev, said Ozdoev's sister Zareta and Pliev's brother Amir.

April 12, 2013 13:00

• Former prison staff suspected of torture detained in Georgia

  On April 11, two former employees of Jail No. 15 – Levan Lejava and Georgi Pardjanadze – were detained on charges of torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners. Two others – Dmitry Chkheidze and Shota Tolordava – have been put on the wanted list.

April 12, 2013 05:00

• Dubrovina: convicts on Merekha case demand complete verdict cancellation

  The defence of the convicts for torture – ex-employees of the Predgorny ROVD (District Interior Division) – asks to completely overturn the verdict of the first instance – the Predgorny District Court of Stavropol Territory – and to find them innocent, said Marina Dubrovina, the advocate of Vyacheslav Merekha.

April 11, 2013 23:00

• Woman suspected of selling a baby arrested in North Ossetia

  Today, the Lenin Court of Vladikavkaz has made a decision to put Valentina Tedeeva, the head of the maternity ward of the Republic's Clinical Hospital (RCH), suspected of selling a newborn, into custody, said Eduard Gusov, Senior Assistant to the Head of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for North Ossetia.

April 11, 2013 22:00

• NPOs ask Putin to publish a list of organizations funded from abroad

  Representatives of 58 non-profit organizations (NPOs) of Russia have sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin, asking him to publish a full list of organizations receiving funding from abroad.

April 11, 2013 21:00

• "Rospotrebnadzor" sent to Georgia official permission to import "Borjomi"

  The Company "IDS Borjomi", which produces and sells mineral water "Borjomi", was sent an official notification with a permit to import its products to the territory of Russia, the "Rospotrebnadzor" has reported.

April 11, 2013 20:00

• Court of Appeal upholds jury disband in Budanov murder case

  Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has rejected an appeal lodged by the defence of the suspects in the murder case of former Colonel Yuri Budanov against the dismissal of the jury.

April 11, 2013 19:00

• Work of modern Circassian authors shown at exhibition "Shades of Circassian" in Moscow

  The exhibition named "Shades of Circassian" was opened in Moscow representing paintings, drawings, photographs and crafts of Circassian authors. The exhibition was organized to give the Moscow public an opportunity to see the Circassian contemporary arts, said the organizers.

April 11, 2013 17:00

• Gadjieva: women and children are recommended to leave Gimry

  Women and children are recommended to leave the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, as the village is under a special operation, say local residents.

April 11, 2013 16:00

• In Azerbaijan, Court of Appeal leaves theologian Bagirzade in custody

  The theologian Talekh Bagirzade, accused of illegal drug possession, has been left in custody by the decision of the Baku Appeal Court (BAC). The consideration of the complaint of the Bagirzade's defence about application of torture to Talekh has been postponed indefinitely.

April 11, 2013 15:00

• "Express" Bank sues Russia's Central Bank

  Today, the officials of the Makhachkala-based "Express" Bank lodged a lawsuit on invalidating the orders of the Central Bank of Russia on recalling the license for banking operations and appointment of the temporary administration of the bank, as Kamil Muradov, the chairman of the society in defence of rights of depositors and shareholders, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 11, 2013 14:19

• In Volgograd, more than 50 people picket demanding universal election of Mayor

  Today in Volgograd, Communists held another picket in front of the City Duma with a demand to hold a universal election of the Mayor. The action was attended by about 50 people.

April 11, 2013 13:00

• Suspects of killing Antonina Mayevskaya in Sochi sentenced to long prison terms

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has announced a verdict for the murder in Sochi of the war veteran Antonina Mayevskaya and stealing her military decorations and property. All the three defendants were found guilty of the murder and sentenced to long – from 10 to 17 years – terms of imprisonment.

April 11, 2013 08:00

• Barsegyan: children died in Gyumri training ground because of absence of fencing

  The territory of the training ground of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, where a blast of ammunition killed two children, has no fencing and no warning signs. This was stated by Levon Barsegyan, the chairman of the Gyumri Journalists' Club "Asparez", who added that the access to the ground is open to outsiders, and the ground itself is full of unexploded ordnance.

April 11, 2013 06:00

• Residents of Georgian village of Ditsi challenge sell of land to Indian farmers

  Residents of the village of Ditsi, Gori District of Georgia filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office and lodged a lawsuit to the court about the illegal, as they consider, sale of 140 hectares of land to farmers from India.

April 10, 2013 23:00

• Police disperse protest action of defrauded housing investors in Tbilisi

  Today, about 100 defrauded housing shareholders (people who had invested into flats, but received nothing) of the "Centre Point" Company tried to hold a protest action in Tbilisi; however, the action was stopped by the police intervention.

April 10, 2013 22:00

• Ex-Minister's son killed in special operation buried in Ingushetia

  Yakub Mankiev, a son of the former Minister of Agriculture Ingushetia, who was killed during the recent counterterrorist operation (CTO), was buried into the cemetery of the village of Dolakovo, said Yakub's uncle Magomed Darsigov.

April 10, 2013 21:17

• North Ossetia: doctor suspected of selling a baby is in intensive care unit

  Valentina Tedeeva, the deputy chief physician of the Republic's Clinical Hospital (RCH) for the obstetric care, suspected of selling a newborn baby, is in the intensive care unit of the first aid hospital of Vladikavkaz, said Elbrus Fidarov, the chief doctor of the medical facility.