News

May 01, 2012 22:40

• Russian Embassy: Baku and Moscow have settled the issue of Russians in two Azerbaijani villages

  Azerbaijan and Russia have agreed to resolve the issue around the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba. Villagers of the latter took Azerbaijani citizenship and will stay in their houses, while Russian citizens from Khrakh-Uba decided to move to Russia and settle in the territory of Dagestan. This was reported by the Russian Embassy in Baku.

May 01, 2012 22:10

• In Dagestan, Muslims complain of police harassment

  As reported by Nurullah Abdullaev, 20, a resident of the city of Dagestanskie Ogni, Dagestan, local law enforcers persecute Muslims on religious grounds. So far, the police make no comments on this information.

May 01, 2012 22:00

• Astrakhan Region holds rally in memory of young man who perished on the bridge

  Today, in the Astrakhan Region, on the bridge over the Kizan River, connecting the villages of Karagan and Tataro-Bashmakovka, people held a rally and a solo picket in memory of Maxim Medvedev, a Karagan villager, who perished on the bridge.

May 01, 2012 21:00

• Freedom House: Azerbaijan and Russia share the 172nd place by freedom of speech

  By the situation with the freedom of speech, Azerbaijan and Russia are in the 172nd position in the world; Armenia is No. 149 and Georgia - No. 127. These are the results of the report for 2011 released today by the NGO Freedom House.

May 01, 2012 20:00

• President of Armenia orders to dismantle kiosks in Mashtots Park

  President Serzh Sargsyan has visited - together with the Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan - the Mashtots Park, where for more than two months ecologists-activists have been fighting against the build-up of the park. After reviewing the situation, the head of the country instructed the Mayor of Yerevan to immediately dismantle the kiosks.

May 01, 2012 19:00

• An action of collection of signatures against poor roadways suppressed in the town of Frolovo, Volgograd region

  On April, 30, the activists in the town of Frolovo were planning an action of collecting signatures under an appeal to President of the Russian Federation devoted to the state of roadways in Volgograd region. Representatives of regional authorities and the police suppressed the action.

May 01, 2012 18:00

• A resident of Sochi reports an attempt of coercive hospitalization to psychoneurologic dispensary

  Valentina Gorbunova, resident of the health resort of Sochi, Krasnodar region, accuses officials of the Administration of Khosta district and medics of the ambulance service of an attempt of her coercive hospitalization to psychoneurologic dispensary (PND).

April 30, 2012 23:30

• Officials of Georgia and South Ossetia discuss measures to ensure the safety of conflict zone residents

  The border village of Ergneti has hosted a regular meeting within the Mechanism to Prevent and Respond to Incidents (MPRI), where officials of Georgia and South Ossetia, in particular, discussed detentions of civilians on the border, de-mining pre-border areas and ensuring safety of local residents.

April 30, 2012 23:30

• Captain of "Volga-Balt-203" freighter detained in Georgia

  The freighter "Volga-Balt-203" and its captain a Russian Viktor Korneev have been detained in the Georgian port of Poti for polluting the environment.

April 30, 2012 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 23-29

  Alexander Tkachov inaugurated as Governor of the Krasnodar Territory; election of the Mayor of Volgograd; sentences to persons accused of committing Vladikavkaz terror act and killing of eight people in Stavropol; fine imposed on editor-in-chief of Dagestani weekly "Nastoyascheye Vremya" for the article about the head of the republic; failed incident-prevention meeting in Abkhazian-Georgian conflict zone; struggle for power in administration of Elista; end of Astrakhan political hunger strike, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 23-29, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 30, 2012 23:00

• Oppositional candidates ask Police of Armenia to delete 288 deceased people from voters' list

  The election offices of candidates for Deputies from the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) from two majority constituencies have addressed the police asking to update the voters' list, in particular, to delete from them the names of 288 people no longer alive.

April 30, 2012 22:20

• Ingush Ombudsman plans to address problems of invalids

  A cooperation agreement has been signed between the Ombudsman in Ingushetia and the regional charitable foundation "Myal" (Charity), which deals with problems of invalids. The issues of cooperation were discussed at the reception of citizens, held jointly by Djambulat Ozdoev, the Ombudsman, and Magomed Khamkhoev, Deputy Head of the Department for Ingushetia of the ICRF.

April 30, 2012 22:00

• Journalist Gereev beaten in Dagestan links the incident with his work

  Ruslan Gereev, Deputy Director General and the editor of the politics section of the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), who was attacked by unidentified persons on April 24, says that the investigatory committee has not yet initiated a case on his beating. The journalist is sure that the attack on him was directly related to his professional work.

April 30, 2012 21:00

• Baku: police stops commemoration in front of ASOA

  Today in Baku, the police did not allow activists of youth branches of political parties and youth organizations of Azerbaijan to hold a commemoration of the victims of the massacre committed in the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) three years ago.

April 30, 2012 20:00

• Relatives of teacher killed in Dagestan dissatisfied with the course of investigation

  The investigators who run the inquiry into the murder of Gulnara Gamzatova, a Dagestani teacher, have indicted a wrong person, her relatives assert. The Department for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) says that relatives' claims are groundless; the alleged killer was put on the search list; and Gamzatova's ex-husband was detained and accused of incitement to murder.

April 30, 2012 19:00

• Representatives of "traditional" and "nontraditional" Islam arranged about parity in informing the residents of their activities

  On April, 29, representatives of the so-called "traditional" and "nontraditional" Islam gathered in the central mosque of Makhachkala for common dinner prayer. After the end of the prayer with the participation of over 500 people a meeting was held during which an agreement of enlightenment of residents of the republic on different branches of Islam was achieved.

April 30, 2012 18:00

• 16 people became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29

  At least 16 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29. 14 out them perished and two got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 28, 2012 23:00

• South Ossetia hosts ICRC photo show on warfare implications

  The exhibition "People and Fate" by photographer Marco Kokic, organized by the Tskhinvali-based office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), presents images of individuals – refugees and orphans – victims of the military conflicts.

April 28, 2012 22:00

• Multilingual social network Dudu presented in Moscow

  On April 26, Moscow hosted a presentation of the multilingual social network Dudu.com, where the author of the idea was Alibek Ilyasov, a native of Dagestan.

April 28, 2012 21:00

• Human rights defenders ask Russian president to help to release Ales Bialiatski

  At the recent meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the members of the Human Rights Board handed him a letter asking to use all his influence to promote liberation in Belarus of Ales Bialiatski, Vice-President of the FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) and the head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" (Spring).