News

March 28, 2013 12:00

• Editor of “Azadlyg” newspaper called for an action to stop repression against youth

  Ganimat Zahid, Editor of oppositional newspaper “Azadlyg”, called to hold an action “Day of solidarity of all those opposing the authorities’ repression against youth” on the Facebook.

March 28, 2013 07:00

• Verdict on attempt to blow up "Sapsan" comes into force

  On March 27, the Russia's Supreme Court upheld the verdict on the case dealing with preparation to blow up the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan", undertaken in the summer of 2011, dismissing the cassation complaint lodged by the four convicts sentenced to prison terms from 15 to 18 years.

March 27, 2013 23:00

• Krasnodar Territorial Court requests case of journalist Kravchenko

  Today, Judge Alexei Kupriyanov from the Krasnodar Territorial Court has requested the criminal case from the magistrate court of Sochi opened against the journalist Svetlana Kravchenko by the guard Vladimir Krivosheev who complained that he was beaten by her.

March 27, 2013 22:00

• Relatives of Dagestani resident ask for help in finding him

  Rashidbek Shamsudinov, a resident of the suburb of Khasavyurt named Olympijsky, disappeared at night on March 26. His relatives fear that he had been kidnapped, Rashidbek's father-in-law Alibulat Khakimov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

March 27, 2013 21:00

• Dagestan: brother of suspect of committing terror act in the house of Sheikh Saeed Chirkey found dead

  Amirkhan Aldamov, who went missing in December 2012, was found dead in the Gumbet District of Dagestan. The casualty is a brother Magomedali Amirkhanov, detained on suspicion of committing the terror act on August 28, 2012, which killed Sheikh Saeed(Said)Chirkey.

March 27, 2013 20:00

• In Armenia, arrest lifted from property of journalist of newspaper "Zhokhovurd"

  The court granted the motion of the defence in the lawsuit against the newspaper "Zhokhovurd" and lifted the arrest on the property of the correspondent of the edition Sona Grigoryan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

March 27, 2013 19:19

• Azerbaijani court rejects appeal against arrest of "Nida" activist Azizov

  Today, by the ruling of the Baku Court of Appeal, Mamed Azizov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida", was left under arrest. His defence had petitioned in favour of his home arrest.

March 27, 2013 19:00

• Georgian President signs the law on amendments to the Constitution

  The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed the amendments to the Constitution, which partly restrict the president's powers, said David Usupashvili, Chairman (Speaker) of the Parliament.

March 27, 2013 18:00

• An action with the demand to return direct mayor’s election passed off in Volgograd

  A picket with the demand of nationwide mayor’s election was held near the building of the city Duma in Volgograd.

March 27, 2013 17:00

• The court on Budanov’s case dismissed a motion of exclusion of evidence from the materials of the case entered by the defense

  The court dismissed a motion entered by the attorneys of Yusup Temerkhanov accused of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder to exclude some evidence from the materials of the criminal case.

March 27, 2013 16:00

• Several persons injured during an attempt of seizure of a dormitory in Rostov-on-Don, eyewitnesses reported

  In the morning of March, 26, unidentified people burst into “Parus” dormitory in Rostov-on-Don where about 100 persons lived and pulverized teargas. Eyewitnesses reported that several tenants were severely beaten up, a child was taken to resuscitation unit and two pregnant women to the emergency room.

March 27, 2013 15:00

• A woman suspected of swindle with submitting Chernobyl cleanup veterans’ lawsuits arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Lera Alkhasova, ex-employee of the Ministry of Social Development and Labour, suspected of swindle with submitting Chernobyl cleanup veterans’ lawsuits was taken into custody in Kabardino-Balkaria.

March 27, 2013 14:00

• A charge of illegal storage of drugs brought against Dashgyn Melikov in Azerbaijan

  A charge of illegal storage of drugs was brought against Dashgyn Melikov, youth activist of National Front of Azerbaijan party (NFAP), detained on March, 25. On March, 26, Sumgait city court selected a two-months term of arrest for him as preventive punishment, member of NFAP Elchin Gasanov reported.

March 27, 2013 09:00

• The court in Ingushetia granted the claims of the tenants of a house pulled down in the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevkaya

  Sunzha district court granted the claims of the tenants of a house pulled down in the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevkaya, Ingushetia, acknowledging the actions of the administration of the settlement and the region unlawful.

March 26, 2013 23:10

• Eviction list of "Promzhilbaza" residents becomes smaller

  The number of inhabitants of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza", whose eviction is demanded by the administration of the city of Karabulak, has been reduced from 46 to 41 persons, as five of them have been extended their status of internally displaced persons (IDPs). This was announced today at the session of the City Court.

March 26, 2013 23:00

• Workers of two building companies in Gabala, Azerbaijan, reported violation of their labour rights

  In the morning of March, 25, workers of two building companies in Gabala held an action of protest against violation of their labour rights by the employer emphasizing their low wages.

March 26, 2013 22:10

• The court dealing with fight in "Harsnaqar" refuses to interrogate defendants in closed mode

  In the course of today's session in Yerevan of the court that considers the case on the fight in the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant, the court has refused to grant the petition of defendants' advocates who demanded to question their clients in private (in the closed mode).

March 26, 2013 22:00

• A book devoted to torture in prisons “Georgia Salvaged” presented in Tbilisi

  A book “Georgia Salvaged” devoted to the situation in Georgian prisons on the eve of the parliamentary election of 2012 was presented in Tbilisi. Its author is Roman Finn, writer, scientist, founder and Director of Canadian Institute for studies of the Soviet Union (Russia) and the countries of Eastern Europe (1981-2005).

March 26, 2013 21:10

• Man disappears during hurricane in Adzharia

  On March 25, the pensioner David Geladze was washed away by a storm wave in the village of Kvariati, Adzharia; his fate is unknown, and he is being searched.

March 26, 2013 21:00

• Evidence of mother of Yandiev defendants announced at the trial on the case of terrorist act in “Domodedovo” airport

  Trial on the case of terrorist act in “Domodedovo” airport in January of 2011 was continued in Moscow regional court today. Public prosecutor’s office interrogated the two defendants’ mother.