News

October 04, 2006 22:22

• MHG: Georgian natives will be raided on in Moscow

  Liudmila Alexeeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) told in her interview to Radio Liberty that the law enforcement bodies may start detaining Georgian natives in Moscow.

October 04, 2006 22:19

• Russian servicemen will be guarded in Lebanon by two platoons from Chechnya

  Safety of Russian bridge-building battalion in Lebanon will be secured by platoons from battalions "West" and "East" of the 42nd division deployed in Chechnya.

October 03, 2006 19:00

• Detained Russian officers left Georgia

  The Russian servicemen charged of espionage in Georgia were handed over to representatives of Russia and went home.

October 03, 2006 15:39

• 225 persons took advantage of amnesty in Chechnya

  During the two and a half months that the North Caucasus was under the amnesty in relation to members of armed formations, a total of 225 persons surrendered voluntarily in Chechnya.

October 03, 2006 15:00

• Family of the editor-in-chief of newspaper "Real Azerbaijan" is under pressure

  One of the reasons for stopping the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper was the pressure on the family of Einulla Fatullaev.

October 03, 2006 14:40

• Eduard Ulman: I relied on this amnesty

  Today, the North-Caucasian Military Tribunal has resumed the trial on the case of Ulman and three special fighters of the Chief Reconnaissance Agency ("GRU") accused of murdering Chechnya citizens.

October 03, 2006 14:30

• Russia may strengthen blockade of Georgia

  For the time being, Russia is not going to resume transport communications with Georgia, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared. "So far, we are not," he told the journalists.

October 03, 2006 14:05

• US Department of State: Russia keeps a heightened danger of terror acts

  The US State Department reminded American citizens that Russia still has a "heightened danger of terror acts."

October 03, 2006 10:53

• Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan again transferred to prison cell from hospital

  Tonight, Ali Insanov, ex-Minister of Health of Azerbaijan has again been transferred from the Ministry of Justice hospital to the pre-trial prison of the Ministry of National Security.

October 02, 2006 23:49

• "Asia-Centre" gas pipeline repaired in Volgograd Region

  The Volgograd Region has completely eliminated the implications of the fire in the section of the "Asia-Centre" high-pressure main gas pipeline.

October 02, 2006 23:33

• Abkhazia stopped talks with Georgia

  Abkhazia has suspended all its negotiations with Georgia until the latter withdraws its troops from the Codor Clove.

October 02, 2006 23:30

• Political crisis ripens in Adygea

  The current president is firmly adhering to the principle of keeping the status of Adygea, while his basic opposition advocated the accession of Adygea to the Krasnodar region.

October 02, 2006 23:25

• Source in the Ministry of Defence: Russia's war on Georgia is possible

  At a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council in the "Novo-Ogaryovo" Residence, president Vladimir Putin disclosed those standing behind the espionage scandal in Georgia and arrests of Russian servicemen.

September 30, 2006 22:58

• J. Chirac: to accede the EU, Turkey has to recognize genocide of Armenians

  Turkey has to acknowledge its mistakes of the past including the 1915 genocide of Armenians in order to join the European Union, President of France Jacques Chirac who is paying his state visit to Armenia stated at the press conference on Saturday, September 30, in Yerevan.

September 28, 2006 17:41

• Court founds arrest of human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov to be legitimate

  The Tverskoj Court of Moscow has found legitimate the three-day arrest ruling of Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Public Movement "For Human Rights."

September 28, 2006 12:03

• Picket against war in Chechnya starts in the centre of Moscow

  Today at 5:30 p.m., in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of Moscow, a picket against the war in Chechnya was organized by the Committee of Antiwar Actions and Antiwar Club.

September 28, 2006 11:52

• Arrest of Lev Ponomaryov caused public protests in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that a picket was organized on September 3 in Moscow near the Solovki Boulder in memory of Beslan events.

September 27, 2006 11:48

• Kabardino-Balkaria: children of the militants who perished on October 13, 2005, are paid social pensions

  The children of the militants who perished during October events in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, have begun to receive social pensions at a rate of 1035 roubles per month.

September 27, 2006 11:43

• Prosecutor-General's Office of Azerbaijan allowed Eldar Salaev to leave abroad for medical treatment

  On September 30, Academician Eldar Salaev will leave for Turkey to continue his treatment.

September 27, 2006 11:30

• Azerbaijan: another life convict hang himself in Gobustan prison

  It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that another life-term prisoner has committed suicide in Gobustan prison (Azerbaijan).