News

December 20, 2012 17:00

• Five Syrian refugees deported from Russia to Jordan

  Five Circassians-refugees from Syria have been deported to Jordan from the Moscow Airport "Domodedovo".

December 20, 2012 16:00

• Defendant's lawyer in Budanov murder case states pressure on his client's relatives

  At the Moscow City Court (MCC), where today the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov was continued, the advocate of the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov has reported about an incident in Chechnya, which was treated by him as an act of intimidation intended to press the relatives of his client and the defendant himself.

December 20, 2012 15:00

• NAC: Katsiev and Pugoev, leader and member of local militant grouping, killed in Nazran together with Kholadov

  As reported by the information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the death toll of the special operation conducted on December 19 in Nazran included two militant leaders Ayub Kholadov and Movsar Katsiev, and a militant Khamzat Pugoev from Katsiev's grouping.

December 20, 2012 13:00

• In Zugdidi, traders block street demanding to allow street trading

  On December 19, in the Georgian city of Zugdidi, street vendors blocked the road in front of the Central Marketplace. Later, they tried to do the same in front of the House of Justice, but the police demanded the free the roadway.

December 20, 2012 12:00

• Armenian journalists demand from Speaker to give political assessment of MP's incident with journalist

  Thirty-five journalists of Armenian mass media wrote an open letter to the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ovik Abramyan with a demand to give a political assessment of the incident that occurred on December 19 at the National Assembly.

December 19, 2012 21:00

• ECtHR obliged Russia to pay 550 thousand euros on the case of disappearance of eight residents of Chechnya

  On December, 18, European Court of Human Rights considered the case “Aslakhanov and others vs. Russian Federation” and obliged Russia to pay 550 thousand euros to the families of eight residents of Chechnya who disappeared in the first half of the 2000-s. The court took side with the claimants who stated that their relatives were kidnapped by representatives of Russian power ministries.

December 19, 2012 20:00

• South Ossetia released a detained citizen of Georgia

  During a regular meeting in Ergneti within the framework of Mechanism for prevention of incidents and response to them (MPRI) on December, 19, South-Ossetian party released Georgian citizen Givi Chkikvadze.

December 19, 2012 19:00

• 26 convicts in one of the prisons of Tbilisi went on a hunger strike

  26 convicts of prison No 9 of Tbilisi started a hunger strike in support of the people removed from the list of political prisoners, Press Service of the “Georgian party” reported.

December 19, 2012 18:00

• The defendants’ attorneys appealed against the verdict on the case of blasting “Sapsan”

  Today the attorneys of the defendants on the case of attempt of blasting “Sapsan” train appealed against the verdict of judge Andrey Rasnovsky of Moscow city court who acknowledged four defendants guilty and sentenced them to 14 to 17 years of custody in a strict regime colony.

December 19, 2012 17:30

• Relatives of doctor Gunashev detained in Dagestan appealed to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for help

  Relatives of Marat Gunashev, anaesthetist detained for suspicion of involvement in murder of Ahmed Magomedov, Chief of the Department of Interior Affairs of Makhachkala, appealed to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika asking to look into the matter.

December 19, 2012 16:00

• Lawyers and relatives of three residents of Ingushetia reported torture to them and inaction of Public Prosecutor’s office

  Attorneys and relatives of Ahmedkhan Aushev, Zurab Didigov and Bashir Mislaurov in Ingushetia report investigation’s unlawful actions and inaction of Public Prosecutor’s office. The lawyers state impossibility to meet with their clients and the defendants’ relatives fear that they are tortured. Representatives of the investigation decline comment.

December 19, 2012 15:00

• A resident of Dagestan reported refusal to give out the body of his son killed in Kaspiysk

  Resident of the settlement of Novy Khushet Karimulla Abdulkhalikov reported refusal to allow him take the body of his son Kamil Abdulkhalikov killed on December, 16, in Kaspiysk from the morgue of Makhachkala.

December 19, 2012 14:00

• Witnesses on the case of Budanov’s murder complain of threats

  Today witnesses for the prosecution, law enforcement officers Koltsov and Dyatlov who carried out search in defendant Yusup Temerkhanov’s house in Chechnya, evidenced at the trial on the case of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder.

December 19, 2012 13:00

• Participants of an action of protest in Georgia pelted Mikhail Saakashvili’s cortège with stones

  Participants of an action of protest in Kutaisi with the demand of Mikhail Saakashvili’s resignation pelted the President’s cortège with stones and blocked the building where Head of the state was.

December 19, 2012 12:00

• Three cases of babies’ death in the maternity hospital are under investigation in Pyatigorsk

  Committee of Inquiry initiated three criminal cases of newborn babies’ death in the maternity hospital of Pyatigorsk.

December 19, 2012 11:00

• Six ex-officials in Georgia detained on the case of transferring one million dollars to a fictitious enterprise

  After a five-hour interrogation in the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Alexander Khetaguri, ex-Minister of Finance and Energetics, Nika Gvaramia, ex-Minister of Education and Justice, presently Director General of “Rustavi-2”, Kakha Damenia, ex-Deputy Minister of Economy, Devi Kandelaki, Director General of “Telasi” stock-company, and two more high-ranking officials were detained.

December 18, 2012 22:00

• Araz Guliev is persecuted in Azerbaijan for his journalism, said his brother

  A criminal case under five articles against Araz Guliev, the editor-in-chief of the online religious edition xeber44.com, which was transferred to the Lankoran Court of Grave Crimes, has to do with Guliev's journalism and his coverage of believers' protest against the ban on hijabs (headscarves) in schools of Azerbaijan, Azer Guliev, Araz's brother is confident.

December 18, 2012 21:00

• Tbilisi hosts protest action of librarians

  Librarians of Tbilisi demand from the city Mayoralty to preserve the Georgia's library network.

December 18, 2012 20:00

• Rostov Regional Court invalidates indictment against Jehova's Witnesses in Taganrog

  Today, the Rostov Regional Court will continue hearing of the case of 17 members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, accused and suspected of extremism. The Court must decide whether the indictment of two believers of this group was legal. The charge of extremism earlier presented to 14 believers has been already declared illegal by the court.

December 18, 2012 19:00

• Circassian organizations are concerned about statement of Russian President on granting citizenship to compatriots

  The Coordination Council of Circassian Public Organizations of Russia has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to start implementing the measures under the plan for evacuation of Russians from Syria. At the same time, activists of the Circassian organizations have expressed their disagreement with the demand to be a "carrier of the Russian language and culture" for the persons who will need to accelerate the adoption of Russian citizenship.