News

December 03, 2008 23:00

• In Kalmykia, communal workers stop their hunger strike

  Today in the afternoon, seven workers of the Iki-Burul public utilities enterprise in Kalmykia stopped their protest action in the form of a termless hunger strike.

December 03, 2008 22:55

• Yerevan holds protests against destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Georgia

  Today, the city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, has hosted a students' mass protest action against destruction in Georgia of historical and cultural heritage of the Armenian nation, and, first of all, against encroachments on the Armenian Church Surb Norashen in Tbilisi; the action took place at the building housing the UN representative office.

December 03, 2008 22:48

• Chairman of Dagestan Committee on Religious Matters stands for dialogue with militants

  Today, the Committee on Religious Matters under the Government of Dagestan held a press conference. Chairman Ahmed Magomedov met journalists.

December 03, 2008 22:39

• Jurymen find seven skinheads from "Ryno Group" guilty

  The jury has found guilty seven members of the skinhead gang headed by Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy. Other two figurants in the case were completely acquitted and released right in the court room.

December 03, 2008 12:22

• Karabakh war veteran goes on termless hunger strike in Armenian prison

  Sarkis Atspanyan, former participant of the Karabakh war, activist of the opposition, currently a citizen of France, sentenced to two months of deprivation of freedom, has started a termless hunger-strike in prison "Vardashen" in Armenia; he demands to stop the illegal criminal prosecution against him. Mr Atspanyan also protests against tapping his telephone conversations and control of his correspondence.

December 03, 2008 12:19

• Criminal case initiated on marauding in "Nord-Ost"

  The Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia has initiated a criminal case on the fact of stealing money from the hostages after the terror act at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre. The advocate of the suffered party Igor Trunov thinks that by doing so at the Prosecutor's Office tries to hamper consideration of civil suits lodged.

December 03, 2008 12:14

• Ecologists re-address UNESCO on threats to "Western Caucasus"

  Five ecological organizations have sent a letter to the World Heritage Centre with description of the facts of defaulting by Russia of recommendations of UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) on ensuring safety of the object of the World Natural Heritage "Western Caucasus".

December 03, 2008 12:09

• In Chechnya, parents of young men kidnapped by power agents find bodies of their kids in morgue

  On December 1, at 3 a.m., the house of the Ilaev family located in Pervomaiskaya village, Grozny District of Chechnya, was surrounded by employees of power agencies. Having rushed into the house, some of them dragged brothers Alvi and Adkhan out of their beds and pushed them into the cars, in which the agents arrived. Others searched the house and took away TV and video appliances.

December 03, 2008 12:07

• Examination results presented at trial on Politkovskaya's murder

  The state prosecution at the process considering the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya has presented the results of comparative examination of video records and the pistol, by which the journalist was killed.

December 03, 2008 12:02

• Human rights defenders: EU shall regard the war in South Caucasus in its relations with Russia

  The Russia's leading human rights organizations demand that the European Union (EU) in its negotiations with Russia stop pretending that there was no war in South Caucasus this August.

December 02, 2008 14:36

• CE calls Azerbaijani authorities not to stop western radio stations

  The Council of Europe (CE) plans to negotiate with the government of Azerbaijan on continuation of broadcasting in local frequencies of radio stations Voice of America, Liberty and BBC.

December 02, 2008 14:32

• Armenia: investigation of March 1 mass disorders is over

  The Special Investigatory Service of Armenia has sent the so-called "Case of Seven", related to the events of March 1, to the Criminal Court of Yerevan. Seven oppositionists are accused of an attempt of violent overthrow of the existing power.

December 02, 2008 14:14

• The casualty of skirmish with militiamen in Makhachkala was a schoolboy

  The person has been established of the member of the armed group killed in a skirmish, when the group attacked militiamen in Makhachkala on November 30. According to the FSB Department for Dagestan, it was Rizvan Kurbanov, 16, an 11th form pupil of a school in the city of Kizilyurt.

December 02, 2008 14:11

• Kitsmarishvili: I was forced to give away my share in "Rustavi-2"

  Erosi Kitsmarishvili, former ambassador of Georgia to Russia, founder and former head the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, told in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the country leaders had forced him to give away his share in the TV Company a couple of months after "the revolution of roses".

December 02, 2008 14:09

• Abkhazia: local woman who was thought kidnapped found dead

  The body of Irina Meboniya, born in 1926, an elderly resident of the village of Nabakevi, Gali District of Abkhazia, was found today in the morning some 500 meters away from her house. She disappeared on November 26, but the neighbours reported the fact to the militia a day later.

December 02, 2008 14:03

• South Ossetia expects increased flow of refugees from Georgia

  Kazbeg Karsanov, Deputy Minister on Special Matters of South Ossetia, has predicted a possible growth of the inflow of refugees from Georgia. Now South Ossetia has over 50 refugees from Georgia. At the same time, after the start of armed conflict, over 350 persons fled from Georgia to Russia via South Ossetia.

December 02, 2008 13:58

• President of Ingushetia sets up commission for operative reaction to human rights violations

  Ingushetia is creating an ad hoc commission under the President for operative reaction to human rights violations. It will include representatives of both the authorities and broad public. This was stated by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, new President of Ingushetia, on November 25, during his meeting with members of public organizations of the republic.

December 02, 2008 13:56

• Farid Babaev, killed in Dagestan, could fall victim of personal showdown, his brother thinks

  Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has continued hearings on the case about murder of Farid Babaev, head of the Dagestan regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party, human rights activist, public figure and candidate for the State Duma, where the defence witnesses were interrogated.

December 01, 2008 15:02

• Moscow: another Azerbaijani assassinated

  A corpse of citizen of Azerbaijan was found in Moscow on Sunday, November 30, near a house located in the Sportivny Proezd. The young man died from multiple knife wounds.

December 01, 2008 14:59

• Paper poll: Saakashvili is to blame for Georgia's problems

  The overwhelming majority of the population of Georgia believes that the President shall be made responsible for most of the problems faced by the country. These are the outcomes of the poll published on December 1 by the weekly named "Kviris Palitra" (Weekly Palette).