News

April 02, 2009 20:00

• Three local residents found assassinated in Dagestan forest

  Today, three persons were found murdered in a large forest near Dylym village, Kazbek District of Dagestan.

April 02, 2009 19:00

• Defence of suspects of attempt on President of Chechnya to appeal against the verdict

  Advocates of Lors Khamiev and Umar Batukaev, accused of an attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who were sentenced today to eight and five years of high security colony, find the verdict unfair and plan to appeal against it. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Marud Musaev, Batukaev's advocate.

April 02, 2009 18:00

• Dagestan MIA head calls residents of Karabudakhkent District to become anonymous informants

  On April 1, an expanded sitting of the District Antiterrorist Commission was held in Gubden village, Karabudakhkent District, where Adilgerey Magomedtagirov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, called residents of the district to present anonymous information about their fellow-villagers.

April 01, 2009 23:00

• In Dagestan, Karanai-Aul residents complain of the speaker

  On March 31, residents of Karanai-Aul village, Kayaken District of Dagestan, sent a letter to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev with a complaint against the actions of Magomed Suleimanov, incumbent speaker of the republic's parliament, when he was mayor of the city of Izberbash.

April 01, 2009 22:30

• Tsyganok: attempt on Yamadaev looks like blood feud

  It is possible that the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the GRU, Hero of Russia, was has made by "a bald-headed feudist". Anatoly Tsyganok, candidate of military sciences, professor, corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences and head of the centre of military forecasts, told this to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 01, 2009 22:00

• Ikhlov: attack on Lev Ponomaryov is an act of political intimidation

  The attack on Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the Movement "For Human Rights", is an act of political intimidation, which was preceded by minor provocations. This was stated by Evgeniy Ikhlov, head of the information and analytical service of the Movement.

April 01, 2009 20:00

• In Armenia, court splits "Case of Seven" into individual criminal cases

  Today, Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, who presides over the trial on the "Case of Seven", has decided to make individual criminal cases against six defendants out of their united case.

April 01, 2009 19:00

• Kogoniya: there was no shelling of Georgian Khurcha village from Abkhazia

  Laurens Kogoniya, head of the Gali ROVD (district interior department) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia, has assured the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that there was no shelling of the village of Khurcha from the territory of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia.

April 01, 2009 18:00

• Miners in Rostov Region promise to stop their strike

  As a result of negotiations held with the miners on strike in the bottom hole of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Chikh Mine", Rostov Region, agreement has been reached today on payment out of all the salary debts to all the mine workers. The striking miners promise to stop their action by the end of day.

March 31, 2009 23:00

• In Azerbaijan, satirist Mirza Sakit not yet released by amnesty

  In Azerbaijan, the convicted satirical poet Mirza Sakit wants to sue his colony bosses for their failure to enforce in relation to him the Amnesty Act, as reported by Isakhan Ashurov, the inmate's advocate.

March 31, 2009 22:00

• Imprisoned MPs are rejected immunity restoration

  The National Assembly of Armenia, having discussed on March 30 the issue of restoration of deputy's immunity for the four MPs figuring in the "Case of Seven", decided not to interfere yet into the trial and wait for next moves of the prosecutor's office. On April 1, the General Public Prosecutor will present new charges to the detainees.

March 31, 2009 21:00

• Residents of Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya complain of power agents

  In these latter days, employees of Russian federal and local power agencies have actually terrorized the population of some dwelling settlements of Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya. This is the assertion of Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus.

March 31, 2009 21:00

• Young mother from Ingushetia transferred from a prison cell to hospital ward

  Madina Malsagova, a resident of Ingushetia, who gave birth to a child while in custody, has been placed to a hospital ward. Today in Nazran, a court session will consider an opportunity to change her freedom restriction measure.

March 31, 2009 20:00

• Servicemen's executor sentenced to life imprisonment in Dagestan

  On March 31, the Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced Arbi Dandaev, a resident of Chechnya, to life imprisonment for his personal participation, during the militants' attack on Dagestan in 1999, in execution of six soldiers.

March 31, 2009 19:00

• Sulim Yamadaev's relatives assert that he is alive, Dubai police - that he is dead

  Relatives of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose battalion under the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff), who was attempted on on March 28 in Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, insist that he is alive. The city police insist that he is dead and are ready to give his body out to relatives.

March 31, 2009 18:00

• Jurymen acquit two suspects of attempt on President of Chechnya

  Today, the jury of the Moscow City Court has acquitted two defendants accused of preparing an attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, thus finding the third figurant in the case to be guilty.

March 30, 2009 23:00

• Sailov: Armenian prisoners of war want to get to a third country

  The Armenian militaries Grant Markosyan, Arthur Vartevyan and Alik Tevosyan, who are in captivity in Azerbaijan, have sent an appeal asking to transfer them to some third country. This was reported by Shain Sailov, Secretary of the State Commission of Azerbaijan for Prisoners of War, Missing Persons and Hostages.

March 30, 2009 22:00

• President of Chechnya refutes information about pressure on Aslan Maskhadov's son

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has denied the information about the pressure exerted on Anzor, Aslan Maskhadov's son, and his relatives with the aim to force him to return to Chechnya. Mr Kadyrov accused the yellow press of disseminating such news and has noted that "son is not responsible for his father."

March 30, 2009 21:00

• In case CTO regime is cancelled, 20,000 soldiers will leave Chechnya

  About 20,000 militaries men of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation will be removed from Chechnya, should the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime is cancelled in the republic; the remaining soldiers will get much smaller salaries and travel allowances.

March 30, 2009 20:00

• Militia suspects Chechen militants of murdering Ingush hunters

  The four residents of Ingushetia, whose bodies were detected on March 28 in the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, could be killed by militants from the grouping of field commander Timur Makhauri active in the region, as Chechen law enforcers assert.