News

December 01, 2008 14:45

• Georgia's MIA states shelling of villages from South Ossetia's side

  Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia has stated that "last night the South-Ossetian party opened fire in direction of three villages in the Gori District." Earlier South Ossetia reported about bombardment of several villages from the Georgian Kveshi village on the previous night.

December 01, 2008 14:41

• The Economist: Russia's policy in the Caucasus threatens its own integrity

  The British weekly The Economist writes in its special report on Russia that the main reason of instability in the Caucasus is in Russia's colonial methods, which have altered little since the time of General Yermolov.

December 01, 2008 14:14

• Trial of Politkovskaya's murder suspended because witnesses fail to appear

  The process on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", has announced a break till 11:00 a.m. on December 2. Apart from two defendants' friends, none of the witnesses has appeared in the courtroom.

December 01, 2008 14:01

• In Dagestan, Farid Babaev's brother states pressure on murder witnesses

  Sedredin Kanberov, a new suspect in the murder case of Farid Babaev, Dagestan human rights activist and member of "Yabloko" Party, is in hiding, but his brother Ruzmedin Kanberov, who is an employee of the central machinery of the MIA, exerts pressure on the witnesses, said the casualty's brother Arthur Babaev.

November 29, 2008 13:48

• Okruashvili's suit against Georgia accepted for consideration in Strasbourg

  The European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg has accepted for proceedings the complaint lodged by former Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili, in which he protests against his arrest and subsequent court verdict.

November 29, 2008 13:47

• Georgia breaks diplomatic relations with Nicaragua

  Under the pretext that Nicaraguan authorities have recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia has broken diplomatic relations with this country.

November 29, 2008 13:41

• Supreme clergy of Armenia worried with encroachments on Armenian temples in Georgia

  The Supreme Spiritual Assembly of the Armenian Apostolic Church has expressed concern of recent facts of encroachment on the Armenian churches located in Georgia.

November 29, 2008 13:35

• Ingush President dissatisfied with living conditions of refugees from North Ossetia and Chechnya

  Yesterday, on November 28, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov visited the refugees from North Ossetia and Chechnya who live in the Republic. The leader was not happy with the conditions, in which they live.

November 29, 2008 13:33

• The seventh killed woman identified in Chechnya

  In Chechnya, inspectors have established the person of the young woman murdered today near the village of Enginoy.

November 29, 2008 13:29

• Kadyrov: no traditions are excuse for women's murderers

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that no traditions can exculpate the murderers of six women in Chechnya.

November 28, 2008 12:06

• Old woman kidnapped in Abkhazia

  Irina Meboniya, born in 1926, a resident of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia, was kidnapped on the night of November 26 from her own house. The information about kidnapping arrived from her neighbours only today.

November 28, 2008 12:02

• Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continues recruiting jurymen for trial on Nalchik attack

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continued preliminary hearing on the case about the events on October 13, 2005. In the course of the sitting, the court was presented with motivated challenges of jury candidates lodged by accusation and defence. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Liza Shak, a defendants' advocate.

November 28, 2008 11:58

• Western diplomats visit journalist Einullah Fatullaev in Azerbaijani prison

  Today, a group of employees from the Western diplomatic missions in Baku made a visit to Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, located in Gyuzdek village, to meet Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan".

November 28, 2008 11:56

• Saakashvili: in August Georgia tried to set control over South Ossetia

  President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has confirmed his decision to launch the warfare aimed at establishment of control over Tskhinvali. He told this today to the ad hoc parliamentary commission in charge of investigating into the August events.

November 28, 2008 11:53

• Russian GPO: trial on Evloev's murder in Ingushetia cannot be impartial

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) suggests to transfer the consideration of the murder case of Magomed Evloev, former owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", who was killed after detention by law enforcers, to some other region, since the future local trial cannot be fair. The respective petition has already been lodged.

November 28, 2008 11:49

• Investigation: lynch law is the main version of women's murder in Chechnya

  The six young women, whose bodies were found in the morning on November 26 in Grozny and Grozny District of Chechnya could be killed as punishment for their immoral behaviour, the investigation assumes.

November 27, 2008 18:48

• Prosecutor's Office of Armenia: one of attackers on journalist Edik Bagdasaryan pleads guilty

  On November 27, certain Karen Arutyunyan appeared at law enforcement bodies of Armenia and pled guilty of taking part in the attack on the well-known journalist Edik Bagdasaryan. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Sona Truzyan, press secretary of the General Public Prosecutor.

November 27, 2008 18:44

• Armenia's GPP dissatisfied with Hammarberg's statements

  Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor (GPP) of Armenia, has expressed severe criticism of the statements made by Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, about the course of investigation and court decisions made in relation to the events of March 1.

November 27, 2008 18:41

• Lokshina: people are still leaving South Ossetia for Georgia

  The population of the Akhalgori (Leningori) District of South Ossetia, frightened by Ossetian civil guardsmen, continues leaving for Georgia, while the enclave Georgian villages are completely burnt down. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tatiana Lokshina, representative of the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

November 27, 2008 12:35

• President of Ingushetia meets human rights activists

  On November 25, in the city of Magas, President of the Republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov held a meeting with representatives of a number of NGOs, namely, the "Mashr" Human Rights Organization, Regional Public Movement "Chechen Committee of National Salvation", regional representative office of the HRC "Memorial" and the Associations of Ingushetian Students.