News

October 06, 2011 13:00

• A prison online-shop opened in Rostov region

  An online-shop started working at the web-site of Central Directorate of Federal Sentence-implementation service. The prisoners’ relatives can now order all the necessary things in the web-stall without going out.

October 06, 2011 12:00

• A work group for the Caucasus of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation is concerned about mass detentions of believers in Karachay-Cherkessia

  A work group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for development of a public dialogue and institutions of civil society in the Caucasus expresses its deep concern about mass detentions of residents of Karachay-Cherkessia after an assault at a Road Patrol Service team in Stavropol region. According to the residents of the republic who appealed to the work group, they were delivered to local police departments where they were forced to shave off their beards and those who disobeyed were tortured.

October 05, 2011 23:00

• Alan Kochiev, South-Ossetian presidential candidate, hospitalized

  As reported by Roland Kelekhsaev, the leader of the People's Party, the registered presidential candidate Alan Kochiev, who is now in jail, has health problems because of his hunger strike; he was brought to the hospital.

October 05, 2011 22:00

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, participants of the action "Peace with Children's Eyes" painted their vision of peace in the republic

  Nagorno-Karabakh has held an action "Peace with Children's Eyes" with the aim to express protest against war and conflict with the help of coloured crayons and paints.

October 05, 2011 21:00

• South-Ossetian activists urge European Parliament to protect them from "legal arbitrariness"

  Activists of the Council of National Resistance, who take part in the action "against arbitrariness of the authorities of South Ossetia", have appealed to the European Parliament and legal institutions of the European Union for help in stopping "repressions of the opposition" and protection of citizens of the republic from "lawlessness."

October 05, 2011 20:00

• On the Day of the City, central Grozny completely blocked by power agents

  Today, Chechnya holds a mass celebration of the Day of Grozny; however, residents and guests of the Chechen capital cannot get into the city centre. Power agents have blocked the traffic of pedestrians and motor vehicles in the area of the complex of high-rise buildings "Grozny City" and Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue.

October 05, 2011 19:00

• In Georgia, court considers appeal against Bitsadze's verdict

  Today, at the first court session, which considers the appeal against the sentence passed to Badri Bitsadze, the ex-head of the Frontier Police of Georgia, the introductory word of the defence was pronounced.

October 05, 2011 18:00

• All those detained at rally in Makhachkala released

  In Dagestan, all the protesters detained at the anti-corruption rally, held in Makhachkala on October 3, have been released.

October 05, 2011 17:00

• Kochiev associates his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Speaker with presidential election in South Ossetia

  Stanislav Kochiev, who was dismissed today from the post of Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia, has related this event with the upcoming presidential election.

October 05, 2011 15:00

• Tedeev’s supporters report increase of the number of people detained for disturbances in Tskhinvali

  The number of arrested supporters of Jambolat Tedeev whose registration as presidential candidate was denied by Central Election Committee on September, 30, makes already over one hundred people, members of Tedeev’s headquarters reported. The prisoners’ relatives joined Tedeev’s supporters who are staying near his house in Tskhinvali.

October 05, 2011 14:00

• Central Election Committee of South Osetia stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups

  Central Election Committee of South Osetia has stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups nominating candidates for presidency of the republic. All in all documents of 30 persons were submitted, seven of them have already been registered.

October 05, 2011 11:10

• 22 participants of an anti-corruption meeting in Makhachkala waiting for the judgment in an investigative isolation ward

  The detained participants of an anti-corruption meeting held from 19:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, October, 3, in the central square of Makhachkala were moved to investigative isolation ward No 1 of the capital of Dagestan. 22 persons are currently kept there, six more were fined and released. The organizers of the meeting consider that it was legal and call the arrests and legal procedures against their supporters “infinite lawlessness”.

October 04, 2011 23:00

• New database on violations of journalists' rights presented in Moscow

  Today, the Moscow House of Journalists hosted presentation of a new database containing information on violations of journalists' rights "Russia – Conflicts in Media".

October 04, 2011 22:00

• Resident of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son

  Isa Sheikhov, a resident of the village of Srednie Achaluki of Malgobek District of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son Bilan Sheikhov. He does not rule out that his son was kidnapped and that power agents might be involved in the incident.

October 04, 2011 21:00

• Court intends to question Mayor of Grozny on case "Kadyrov vs. Orlov"

  The Khamovniki Moscow Court began its consideration of the appeal of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, against the acquittal of Oleg Orlov, the head of the HRC "Memorial".

October 04, 2011 20:00

• In Makhachkala, relatives of people detained at rally demand to release them

  Today, at 5:00 p.m., relatives, friends and supporters of people arrested yesterday, on October 3, at the rally, organized a picket near the building of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of Soviet District of Makhachkala. The picket was attended by about 40 people. They demand immediate release of all detainees. Authorities did not respond yet.

October 04, 2011 19:00

• MCC finishes questioning defendants on Sviridov's murder case

  The court session on the case of mass riots at night on December 6, 2010, in Kronstadt Boulevard in Moscow, when Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, was killed, completed questioning of the defendants. According to defence lawyers, oral statements of the parties can be pronounced at the next session.

October 04, 2011 18:00

• South Ossetia restricts entry of foreigners until presidential election

  Entry into South Ossetia from the Russian Federation has been temporarily and partially limited until the presidential elections scheduled for November 13.

October 04, 2011 17:00

• Head of MIA's operative unit and his daughter injured at car explosion in Dagestan

  In the morning of October 3, an explosion on the highway Kaspiisk-Makhachkala near turning to the village Turali occurred when a car drove by. Two persons were injured.

October 04, 2011 16:00

• An action on revealing elderly people experiencing hardships passed off in Kabardino-Balkaria

  During a direct telephone “hotline” on revealing elderly people experiencing hardships organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of Kabardino-Balkaria over one hundred calls were received. 63 of them were appeals for financial aid.