News

May 10, 2008 11:50

• Bryza: Georgia's advance towards fair elections is noticeable

  According to Matthew Bryza, assistant of the US undersecretary of state, who is now in Tbilisi, "a certain progress can be noticed in Georgia towards free and fair elections."

May 10, 2008 11:48

• Office of "United National Movement" assaulted in Georgia

  This night, an attack was accomplished on the pre-election office of the Georgian ruling party "United National Movement", located in Varketili district of Tbilisi.

May 10, 2008 11:44

• Matthew Bryza: there is no military way to settle Georgian-Abkhazian conflict

  In the opinion of Matthew Bryza, assistant of the US undersecretary of state, no military alternative of settling the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict can ever exist, since it will only aggravate the fundamental disagreements that make the core of the conflict.

May 09, 2008 14:58

• Resident of St-Petersburg punished for beating Azerbaijani natives

  In St-Petersburg, a man who committed a crime on the motive of national hatred against natives of Azerbaijan is sentenced to five years of prison. The verdict was passed by the Kalinin District Court of the city.

May 09, 2008 14:54

• Dzaganiya: pressure on the opposition continues in Georgia

  In Georgia, the pressure on oppositionists is still exerted. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Kakhaber Dzaganiya, ideological secretary of the Labour Party of Georgia.

May 09, 2008 14:10

• Fulfilment of PACE's Resolution treated differently in Armenia

  David Petrosyan, a political analyst of the News Agency "Noyan Tapan", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Armenia de facto fails to follow the requirements of the recent PACE session as presented in Resolutions No. 1609.

May 09, 2008 14:00

• Relatives of Issa Arsaev killed in Ingushetia assert that he was not a terrorist

  Relatives of Issa Arsaev, who was killed on May 8 in Kantyshevo village, Nazran District, have stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the casualty was not a terrorist and did not prepare any terror acts.

May 09, 2008 12:49

• Matthew Bryza meets United Opposition leaders in Tbilisi

  Today, Matthew Bryza, assistant of the US undersecretary of state, has arrived to Georgia with an official visit. At the "Tbilisi-Marriott" Hotel, he had a meeting with the leaders of the United Opposition to discuss the forthcoming parliamentary elections and the events currently underway in Abkhazia.

May 08, 2008 13:02

• In Dagestan, suspect of murdering Farid Babaev released

  Abas Abasov, one of the suspects of organizing the murder of Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan Regional Branch of the "Yabloko" Party, was freed under recognizance not to leave.

May 08, 2008 12:56

• Investigation checks possible involvement of "Vostok" battalion in murdering Arsamakov brothers

  The conflict around the "Vostok" (East) special-purpose battalion, which is commanded by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (the so-called "GRU"), continues to escalate. The investigation now possesses new information about possible involvement of special fighters in one more crime.

May 08, 2008 12:52

• Georgia: activist of party in power shot dead by policeman

  Today at night, in the centre of Tbilisi, a policeman has shot dead Giorgiy Gamtsemlidze, an activist of one of the electoral offices of the ruling party of Georgia - the United National Movement.

May 08, 2008 12:47

• In Armenia, witnesses reject their earlier evidences against oppositionists

  At the trial of the activists of Armenian opposition, the women-eyewitnesses in the case have stated that their earlier evidences that the three defendants had hampered the election process on February 19 were made under pressure, and rejected them.

May 08, 2008 12:44

• Georgian oppositionist blames governor of Kvemo-Kartli for bribing and intimidating voters

  Kakhaber Shartava, one of the leaders of the United Opposition and leader of the National Forum Party, has accused the governor of the Kvemo-Kartli District of bribing and intimidating local voters. The governor rejects the accusations.

May 08, 2008 12:39

• HRC "Memorial": parents of students from Chechnya and Ingushetia fear for life of their children educated in Stavropol

  The parents of the students who came to Stavropol from Chechnya and Ingushetia to get their education are concerned with frequent murders "of Caucasus-origin nationals" committed in this city and want to take their children away.

May 08, 2008 12:20

• Astrakhan Region: doctor guilty of child's arm amputation sentenced to three years of conditional custody

  A court in the Astrakhan Region has appointed three years of conditional imprisonment to the doctor who had refused to provide free-of-charge hospitalization to a seven-year-old boy with a compound arm fracture; with the result that later surgeons had to amputate the arm.

May 07, 2008 09:38

• Georgian opposition continues its series of revelatory records

  The United Opposition has promulgated another revelatory video record. It depicts Goderdzi Bukiya, one of the candidates from the party in power "United National Movement", who confesses that he is engaged in business.

May 07, 2008 09:33

• In Kalmykia, newspaper's jubilee was marked by a rally for freedom of speech

  On May 6, the centre of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, was the venue of celebrations dated to the four-year anniversary of the first issue of the "Elista Panorama" newspaper; the event grew into a spontaneous rally.

May 07, 2008 09:31

• Court rejects early release of Yuri Budanov

  Today, the Ulyanovsk Regional Court has upheld the decision of the City Court of Dimitrovgrad to reject to apply the early conditional release to former colonel Yuri Budanov who is serving his ten years' term for murdering Elza Kungaeva, a resident of Chechnya.

May 07, 2008 09:29

• In Armenia, court extends arrest of opposition leader Zurabyan

  The court has added two months to the term of pre-trial custody of Ararat Zurabyan, leader of the oppositional Armenian All-National Movement, as Karen Karapetyan, a member of the Movement Board, has informed.

May 07, 2008 09:24

• Human rights activists: 25,000 hectares of Chechen territory are still mine-studded

  Leaders of human rights and other public organizations of Chechnya are concerned with slow rates of de-mining the territory. They also are dissatisfied with the intention of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies to finance mine clearing in Serbia and forget about mines in Chechnya.