News

August 29, 2011 13:00

• A supposed suicide bomber who was in search in North-Caucasian Federal Okrug got lost in Chechnya on August, 9, his relatives report

  Hasan Arsakhanov, native of Chechnya who was searched for by law enforcement bodies of North Osetia, was considered missing since August, 9, his relatives reported.

August 29, 2011 12:00

• 318 signatures under a letter to President of the USA Barack Obama collected in Kalmykia

  A pressure group “Hospital for the children!” collected 318 signatures as of August, 28, under a communal letter to President of the USA Barack Obama with an appeal to take the only children’s hospital in the republic under his jurisdiction.

August 29, 2011 10:00

• A new meeting against Olympic resettlement passed off in Sochi

  Over one hundred residents of Sochi took part in a meeting against violations during impoundment of property connected with Olympic resettlement.

August 29, 2011 09:00

• Residents of Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya suffered from flood

  The flood which happened in Chechnya on August, 27, because of a strong rise of water level in the rivers caused by pelting rains inflicted serious damage upon the town of Grozny and the settlement of Shaami-Yurt, Achkhoi-Martan district, where 20 private housing estates were waterlogged.

August 29, 2011 07:00

• Over 2000 participants of International Investment Forum will arrive in Sochi

  Over 2000 participants of the tenth jubilee International Investment Forum “Sochi-2011” which will start on September, 15, have confirmed their readiness to come.

August 27, 2011 23:00

• Azerbaijani rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov convicted

  Today, the Geichai District Court of Azerbaijan has sentenced human rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Promoting Defence of Democracy", to 3 years of imprisonment.

August 27, 2011 22:00

• Abkhazian CEC declares Alexander Ankvab's victory at presidential election

  Alexander Ankvab became the third president of Abkhazia. He won the presidential election in the republic by gathering 54.86% of votes, as reported by Batal Tabagua, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia.

August 27, 2011 21:00

• Islamists mark "Goodes Day" with protests in Baku

  On Friday, August 26, activists of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) and a group of its believers-supporters staged a protest action outside the mosque "Bibi-Eibat" in the south-eastern outskirt of Baku on the occasion of the "Goodes Day" (Jerusalem), which is marked this year on August 26.

August 27, 2011 19:00

• Yunus: Baku Mayoralty offers retroactively to sign sale contract on demolished NGO offices

  Some of these days, two weeks after demolition on August 11 of the one-floor building, which housed offices of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD) and two other NGOs, a letter arrived to the E-mail address of the owner of the building, human rights activist Leila Yunus, from the Baku Mayoralty with a proposal to sell the building.

August 27, 2011 18:00

• European and Russian painters take part in international symposium in North Ossetia

  The Fifth International Arts Symposium "Alanika-2011" that opened on August 25 in Vladikavkaz has attracted masters of paintings, graphic arts, installation, and photo and video arts from Italy, Great Britain, France, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, Israel and Azerbaijan. The republic is also visited by their colleagues from Moscow, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Makhachkala.

August 27, 2011 17:00

• Sugar gets up in Armenia

  Yerevan shops have set up sugar prices by about 20% higher. Exporters attributed this rise to the growth of world sugar prices.

August 27, 2011 16:00

• Armenian ruling coalition accuses opposition of disrupting negotiations

  In response to the decision of the Armenian opposition to suspend the talks, the ruling coalition has issued a statement accusing the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) of disrupting the negotiation process and distorting facts.

August 27, 2011 15:00

• In Georgia, mountain resort Bakuriani ends summer season before time

  In Georgia, due to cold weather, some of mountain resorts, in particular, the resort of Bakuriani had to end their summer season.

August 27, 2011 14:00

• Ombudspersons to appear in Dagestani schools

  In Dagestan, the heads of municipal education departments are encouraged to introduce in schools positions of ombudspersons in charge of defending the rights of participants of the education process. This is stated in the letter signed by Natella Musaleva, Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Dagestan.

August 26, 2011 23:49

• Mission of international observers is pleased with organization of presidential election in Abkhazia

  Observers from IS-EMO and “Research Foundation for problems of democracy in the countries of CIS” consider that voting on the day of election of President of Abkhazia was organized at a high level and the process was going on without technical failures.

August 26, 2011 23:00

• Suspect of organizing Politkovskaya's murder arrested by court

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has sanctioned the arrest of former militia officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a suspected (by the investigation) organizer of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta".

August 26, 2011 22:00

• Armenia shows amendments to the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations"

  The Armenian Ministry of Justice has presented amendments to the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations", which assumes, inter alia, criminal liability for forced involvement of people in non-traditional religious organizations, groups and sects, and introduces the term "soul fishing" (proselytizing).

August 26, 2011 21:00

• Trial on Baksan HPP attack questions witnesses

  On August 25, at the trial, where the attack on the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) is considered, witnesses were questioned, including employees of the plant and operative agents.

August 26, 2011 20:00

• Ministry of Education: Chechnya sees acute shortage of teachers

  Chechnya suffers from deficit of educational institutions and lacks teachers. By the new school year the Republic's schools have more than 800 vacancies, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a source from the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Chechnya.

August 26, 2011 19:00

• Dagestan: son who ordered murder of his father, Colonel of Justice, sentenced to 15 years of high security

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan has sentenced Gadjimurad Khulataev, 19, accused on ordering the killing of his father – Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Yunus Khulataev – to 15 years of high security colony.