News

May 21, 2012 20:00

• At trial on case of undermining "Neva-Express" train, defendants deliver their final speeches

  In the Tver Regional Court, at the trial of undermining of the "Neva-Express" train committed in 2009, the defendants declared their innocence in their final speeches.

May 21, 2012 19:00

• In Dagestan, court pronounces verdicts against detained protesters

  Eight residents of Makhachkala, who protested against unlawful methods of investigation in regard to Abdurakhman Magomedov, detained during special operation and later beaten during interrogation, were sentenced to 3-5 days of imprisonment.

May 21, 2012 18:00

• In Dagestan, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov's relatives deny version of his death in explosion

  Relatives of Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, whose body was found on May 20 in a burnt-out car in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, identified him and took him to be buried in his native village. This was reported by journalist Fatima Tarasova, the staff member of the Dagestani organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). Relatives believe that power agents are involved in the death of Magomedkhan.

May 21, 2012 16:00

• In Baku, police disperses oppositional protesters

  Attempt of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) to hold today a protest action, demanding to ensure freedom of assembly and release of convicted oppositionists, resulted in clashes between opposition supporters and police, and detention of protesters.

May 21, 2012 12:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 14-20

  Days of Ingushetia in the State Duma; approval of Prime Minister of South Ossetia; new phase of considering Oleg Shein's lawsuit in Astrakhan court; attack on a Muslim activist and the formation by new governor of government of the Stavropol Territory; murder of administration head and injuring of two civilians in shelling in Kabardino-Balkaria; start of "Eurovision" and hunger strike of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; special operation in Makhachkala, which caused protests, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 14-20, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 21, 2012 11:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Chechnya will carry out special operations in Dagestan and Ingushetia

  Law enforcement bodies of Chechnya will carry out special operations against participants of paramilitary groups (PMG) in the area of administrative borders with the neighbouring republics and adjoining territories. According to members of power ministries, the majority of the Chechen underground are hiding themselves in the mountains and forestlands near the administrative borders with Dagestan and Ingushetia.

May 21, 2012 10:00

• The Dagestani community of Sochi discussed the mass scuffle in which Garanyan perished

  On May, 20, a discussion of the mass scuffle between the Dagestanies and the Armenians as a result of which a person perished was held in the hall of Adler music school of Sochi. About 400 persons took part in the meeting.

May 21, 2012 08:00

• A citizens’ group “Protect David Garedji” held a procession in Tbilisi

  On May, 20, a citizens’ group “Protect David Garedji” organized a procession in Tbilisi. Several thousand citizens, generally young people, took part in the action marching from Vake park to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

May 19, 2012 23:00

• Baku opens "Eurovision-2012"

  The official opening ceremony of the 57th international song contest "Eurovision-2012" took place in Baku at 9:00 p.m. local time on May 19. Delegations of all 42 countries participating in the contest were invited to the ceremony.

May 19, 2012 22:00

• Citizens' rally near Kirov ROVD dispersed in Makhachkala

  In the capital of Dagestan, policemen have dispersed an assembly of about 100 relatives and friends of the persons detained in a special operation in Yubileinaya Street.

May 19, 2012 21:00

• In Makhachkala, the second "United Caucasian Forum" discusses xenophobia issues

  The topic of the "United Caucasian Forum" that has opened today in Makhachkala is formulated as "Xenophobia in Russian Society: Implications for Russia and the Caucasus".

May 19, 2012 19:00

• Gannushkina: power agents would not negotiate with blocked Dagestanis

  Employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" assert that FSB agents were extremely unwilling to contact human rights defenders during a special operation in Dagestan, where Makhmud Mansur, Abdurakhman Magomedov and their relatives were blocked in one of the houses in Makhachkala.

May 19, 2012 18:00

• In Rostov Region dog kills a child of two

  In the evening on May 18, in the village of Oktiabrskoe, Zernograd District of the Rostov Region, a dog bit a girl of two to death.

May 19, 2012 17:00

• Drivers of fixed-route taxis of Vladikavkaz announce readiness for endless strike

  On May 21, the drivers of fixed-route taxis of Vladikavkaz plan to go on an endless strike in protest against the scheduled optimization of urban routes and increase of travel tariffs.

May 19, 2012 15:00

• ANC demands from Armenian Constitutional Court to nullify outcomes of parliamentary elections

  On May 18, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) addressed the Constitutional Court asking to annul the official results of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on May 6.

May 19, 2012 14:00

• Several regions of Georgia affected by rainfall and landslides

  As a result of a heavy rain, which fell in the evening on May 17 in the eastern part of Georgia, a bridge was destroyed, crops were damaged and ground floors of houses were flooded. Three thousand people have power outage. There are no casualties and victims.

May 19, 2012 12:00

• Baku starts trying journalist Avaz Zeinalov

  On May 18, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva, began considering on the merits the criminal case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper.

May 18, 2012 23:40

• Chechnya: police joins to searching of missing young man

  In the Sunzha District of Chechnya, under unascertained circumstances, Isa Magamaev, the 24-year-old resident of the village of Assinovskaya, disappeared. In the evening of May 12, the young man left to visit his relatives, residing in the Cossack village of Sleptsovskaya of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, and he never returned home. Police joined search of disappeared man.

May 18, 2012 23:10

• Ingush Constitutional Court upholds lawsuit lodged by Ombudsman Djambulat Ozdoev in defence of rights of repressed persons

  On May 17, the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia granted the lawsuit filed by Djambulat Ozdoev, the Republic's Ombudsman, connected with defence of social rights of repressed persons and persons recognized affected by political repressions.

May 18, 2012 23:00

• Relatives of Alla Djioeva's supporters, convicted in North Ossetia, ask Leonid Tibilov to release them

  Relatives of the supporters of Alla Djioeva, ex-candidate for the position of the President of South Ossetia, convicted in North Ossetia, appealed to Leonid Tibilov, the President of the Republic, asking for help in their release.