News

January 05, 2007 22:36

• New speaker of the House of US Congress speaks in favour of recognizing the genocide of Armenians

  Nancy Pelosi has become the first woman-House speaker in the US history. The correspondent of the RIA "Novosti" has reported that 233 out of 435 congressmen have voted for Ms. Pelosi.

January 05, 2007 22:23

• Military unit assaulted in North Ossetia

  In North Ossetia, near Vladikavkaz, during an attack of unknown persons on a military unit's check point, an officer was wounded, one of the attackers detained, a spokesman of the military unit has informed.

January 05, 2007 22:15

• Head of Beslan commission to check information on Kulaev's death

  Alexander Torshin, head of the parliamentary commission on investigating the act of terror in Beslan, is going to send a request to the Chief Administration for Penitentiary Service ("GUIN") of Russia on the destiny of condemned terrorist Nurpashi Kulaev.

January 05, 2007 22:07

• "Reporters without Borders" call Azerbaijani president to put an end to pressure on journalists

  The international organization for defence of the press "Reporters without Borders" has come out with condemnation of the recent attack in Azerbaijan on Nidzhat Guseinov, correspondent of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, committed on December 25 in broad daylight in the street.

January 04, 2007 23:00

• Prosecutor's office is investigating death of Russian soldier in Georgia

  The Military Prosecutor's Office of the North-Caucasian Regional Command ("SKVO") is undertaking investigatory actions in relation to the fact of death of a Russian serviceman at the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki, Georgia.

January 04, 2007 22:56

• Traces of polonium, Litvinenko's "killer," detected in two Britons

  Two more persons in Great Britain have exposed traces of polonium-210, the radioactive substance used to poison ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.

January 04, 2007 22:54

• "Reporters without Borders" find Azerbaijan dangerous for journalists

  Yesterday, the "Reporters without Borders" - international organization for defence of the freedom of press - made public their annual report on the situation with the freedom of press in the world in 2006.

January 04, 2007 22:51

• Beslan terror act victims doubt that Kulaev is still alive

  The persons affected by the terror act in Beslan are asking the authorities to provide proofs that the only survived terrorist who took part in school seizure is still alive.

January 04, 2007 22:49

• Criminal case opened on skirmish in the capital of Dagestan

  A criminal case has been initiated on the fact of a skirmish that took place on January 3 in Makhachkala, in Gamidov Avenue under Articles 317 (infringement on life of a law enforcement official) and 222 (storage and use of firearms) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

January 03, 2007 22:46

• A militiaman wounded in the capital of Chechnya

  Today, a source in the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya has reported that a militiaman with a gunshot wound has been brought to a hospital in Grozny.

January 03, 2007 22:41

• Russian military commits suicide in Georgia

  Alexei Dmitriev, a Russian serviceman at the 62nd Military Base in Akhalkalaki (Georgia), has committed suicide, the "Imedi" Georgian TV Company reports. According to the Company, the incident took place last night, when Dmitriev was on duty.

January 03, 2007 22:41

• A militant of 76 came to surrender in Chechnya

  Today, the "Interfax" was told at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) that Chechnya has broken the age record among the participants of illegal armed formations (IAF), who have voluntarily surrendered to the law enforcement bodies.

January 03, 2007 22:12

• Azerbaijan: Armenia detains two Azerbaijani servicemen as prisoners

  Armenia keeps two Azerbaijani servicemen in captivity. The fact was reported to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" at the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan.

January 03, 2007 22:10

• Azerbaijan has stopped Turkish TV Channel

  Today, as from 9 a.m. (local time), broadcasting of the Turkish TV Company "Channel D" has been suspended in the territory of Azerbaijan.

January 02, 2007 22:55

• Spain intends to use its OSCE chairmanship to settle South Caucasus conflicts

  Spain intends to use its forthcoming OSCE chairmanship starting from January 1, 2007, to settle the "frozen" conflicts in East Europe and South Caucasus.

January 02, 2007 22:54

• Militant from Yandarbiev grouping surrenders in Chechnya

  Last Monday, a member of illegal armed formations gave himself up to the standby unit of the Grozny District Interior Department ("ROVD").

January 02, 2007 22:52

• Special operation of power agencies is on in Dagestan capital

  Today, militiamen have surrounded one of multi-storey houses in the centre of Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, and started to check all its residents.

January 01, 2007 19:03

• Turkey refuses again to open its borders with Armenia

  Mr. Namik Tahn, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has commented the official Ankara's position in response to Armenia's offer to establish diplomatic relations and open borders.

January 01, 2007 19:00

• Another militiaman shot dead in the capital of Dagestan

  In the Yubileinaya Street of Makhachkala, unknown persons have shot dead a sentry militiaman who was on duty guarding the public order.

January 01, 2007 18:56

• Azerbaijani businessman assassinated in Moscow

  Several days ago in Moscow, in 3rd Park Street in Moscow, a young Jewish businessman, a native of the "Krasnaya Sloboda" (Red Settlement) in Azerbaijan was murdered.