News

October 04, 2012 19:00

• Relatives of a person involved in the case of blasting "Nevsky Express" report search in their house

  This morning representatives of law enforcement bodies carried out search in the house of one of the persons involved in the criminal case of blasting "Nevsky Express" in Autumn of 2009 in the settlement of Ekazhevo, Nazran district of Ingushetia. The owners of the house consider the search unlawful because their exact data was not specified in the order.

October 04, 2012 18:00

• CEC of Georgia reported the "Georgian Dream's" pressure on the district electoral committees

  Ekaterina Azarashvili, Press-speaker of Central Election Committee of Georgia, made a statement about pressure from supporters of "Bidzina Ivanishvili - Georgian Dream" electoral bloc on members of the district electoral committees for the purpose of getting the desired results of voting. Bidzina Ivanishvili, in his turn, called for his supporters to stop holding actions of protest.

October 03, 2012 23:30

• Georgian CEC: coalition "Georgian Dream" takes lead with 55 percent after tabulation of 97.03 percent of protocols

  In Georgia, at the parliamentary elections, after 97.03 percent of voting protocols from electoral precincts have been counted, the oppositional coalition "Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" continues to lead with 55 percent of votes. The "United National Movement" Party gained 40.27 percent of votes.

October 03, 2012 23:10

• First women's madrasa opened in south-eastern Chechnya

  The "Muminat", the first women's madrasa in Chechnya was opened in the foothill Shali District of Chechnya. This religious educational institution has been operating for thirteen years already; however, till recent time, it did not have its own building.

October 03, 2012 23:00

• Azerbaijan: at trial in case against editor-in-chief of newspaper "Khural", complainant evidences contradictorily

  On October 2, at the trial on the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", the Baku Court of Grave Crimes listened to the testimonies of Sabir Tariverdiev, one of the complainants against the defendant, the head of the automotive market in Sumgait, Chairman of the National Statehood Party, and his press secretary Gusein Avazoglu.

October 03, 2012 22:50

• "Georgian Dream" wins elections to Supreme Council of Adzharia

  At the elections to the Supreme Council of Adzharia, the coalition "Bidzina Ivanishvili-Georgian Dream" gained 48.5 percents of the votes, and the "United National Movement" Party gained 44.8 percent of votes under the proportional system. This was reported by the Election Commission of the Adzharian Autonomous Republic.

October 03, 2012 22:40

• In Dagestan, defendant in case of sexual abuse of teenager denies his guilt

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan held court hearings on the case of Zhairuly Umarov, accused of committing sexual assault against a minor stepchild. AT the court session, the defendant has denied his guilt, and his lawyer claims violation of the rights of the defendant.

October 03, 2012 22:30

• Publication of data on Gldani Prison staff triggers new protest in Georgia

  Publication in the Georgian newspaper "Asaval-Dasavali" of names, surnames and addresses of personnel of the Gldani Prison No. 8 provoked a new protest action rally in Georgia, in which students and NGO activists participate.

October 03, 2012 22:30

• Law enforcers investigate involvement of neo-Nazi searched in Russian in execution of securities of Kiev supermarket

  Ukrainian law enforcement agencies verify the version that the man, who on September 26 shelled guards in the Kiev shopping centre, is Alexander Parinov, a member of the radical neo-Nazi grouping "United Brigades-88", who was suspected of involvement in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in Moscow.

October 03, 2012 22:00

• Ex-judge killed in Rostov-on-Don

  An ex-federal judge was found killed in Rostov-on-Don in the evening of October, 2, Public prosecutor's office of Rostov region reports.

October 03, 2012 20:00

• The European Court of Human Rights granted the claim of an Azerbaijani journalist who got injured during dispersal of an oppositional action in 2005

  On October, 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its verdict on the claim of Azerbaijani journalist Ramiz Najafli. Acknowledging violations of Najafli's rights secured by clauses 3 and 10 of European Convention on Human Rights (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, freedom of expression) the Court obliged the Government of Azerbaijan to pay the journalist a compensation to a total sun of 13 thousand euros.

October 03, 2012 20:00

• A native of Northern Caucasus kidnapped earlier found killed in Moscow

  On October, 2, dead body of a thirty-seven-year-old native of Northern Caucasus whose disappearance was reported by his sister at the beginning of September was found in Moscow.

October 03, 2012 18:00

• Actions of protest against kidnapping in Ingushetia are going on in Moscow

  Residents of Ingushetia are holding single-person pickets near the buildings of the Government and State Duma of Russia expressing protest against non-judicial executions and kidnapping of people in the republic, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

October 02, 2012 23:50

• "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" records 147 violations during elections

  On the voting day, observers from the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) recorded 147 violations at the parliamentary elections, and lawsuits were filed on 75 of them. This was told to reporters by Tamar Chugoshvili, the NGO's representative.

October 02, 2012 23:20

• Investigators check involvement of militants in murder of businesswoman in Dagestan

  Investigators consider an attack of members of illegal armed formations (IAF) as a priority version of the murder of a 51-year-old owner of the store in the village of Kushtil of the Khiv District of Dagestan. The store, owned by the killed woman, sold alcoholic beverages.

October 02, 2012 23:20

• Soldier killed during military exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh

  During the military exercise of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, soldier Garik Gazaryan, a grenadier, was killed. This was reported on October 1 by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

October 02, 2012 23:00

• Mikhail Saakashvili recognizes victory of "Georgian Dream" and expresses his willingness to cooperate

  Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili recognized victory of the coalition "Georgian Dream" at the parliamentary elections in Georgia and declared that he was willing to cooperate with the oppositional coalition. Constructive statements of political opponents were met by the European Union with approval.

October 02, 2012 23:00

• "YouTube" prepares to block anti-Islamic film in territory of Russia

  Once the "Google" receives official documents to ban the film "Innocence of Muslims", the "YouTube" will block the video in the territory of Russian Federation. Closure of the entire service or restrictions on other products of the "Google" is not in question.

October 02, 2012 22:50

• Georgian CEC announces complete restoration of its website

  Today, the official website of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia resumed its work after the DDOS-attack. This was reported by the press service of the Central Election Commission.

October 02, 2012 22:40

• In Volgograd, court resumes proceedings against "NTV" reporters

  Today, the Central District Court of Volgograd cancelled the decision of the magistrate court in cases of administrative offence, instituted against "NTV" reporter Andrei Sukhanov and operator Daniel Korotun.