Participants of a mass scuffle in Rostov region are established January 04, 2012 12:00 The police in Rostov region established the identity of the participants of a mass scuffle that took place in Novocherkassk in the evening of January, 2.
North Ossetia: 14 victims of armed conflict in 2011 January 04, 2012 11:29 In 2011, at least 14 persons fell victim of the armed conflict in North Ossetia, of whom 4 persons were killed and 10 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
The servicemen’s mentality in Chechnya will be analyzed with the help of the computer January 04, 2012 11:00 Since 2012 mental health of the people doing military service in Chechnya will be estimated with the help of the computer.
Karachay-Cherkessia: 34 victims of armed conflict in 2011 January 04, 2012 10:00 In 2011, at least 34 persons fell victim of armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia, of whom 22 persons were killed and 12 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
Preparation for hajj-2012 started in Dagestan January 04, 2012 08:00 Reception of requests from the people who wish to make a hajj for free or on charitable quotas allotted by Foundation of Suleiman Kerimov, member of Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation, started in Dagestan since January, 1. Within the framework of this charitable program poor Moslems from different regions of Northern Caucasus annually go on a hajj.
Syrian Circassians again ask Russian authorities to accept them at their historical homeland January 03, 2012 23:00 A new appeal from 76 Circassians living in Syria with a request to help them to move to their historical homeland has been sent to the leadership of Russia and authorities of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.
In the week from December 26 to January 1, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took six human lives January 03, 2012 22:00 At least six persons were lost and four more wounded over the past week, that is, from December 26 to January 1, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Stavropol: officials of local "MinPrirody" fight against construction of villas in state reserve "Russkiy Les" January 03, 2012 21:00 The Stavropol Regional Court is considering a number of complaints lodged by Yuri Gridnev, the head of the local "MinPrirody" (Ministry of Natural Resources), against alienation of land plots in the territory of the state reserve "Russkiy Les" (Russian Forest), located near the city of Stavropol in the vicinity of the village of Grushevoy.
Residents of Khasavyurt help to prevent terror act January 03, 2012 20:00 In Dagestan, sappers have neutralized a bomb planted in the city industrial zone of Khasavyurt. The information about an improvised explosive device (IED) came to the police from local residents.
Chechnya commemorates Kunta-Haji Kishiev January 03, 2012 19:00 Today, residents of Chechnya commemorate Kunta-Haji Kishiev, one of the most famous and respected saints. In Chechen mosques religious leaders are reading the Koran and perform rituals of mavlid and dhikr. All large dwelling settlements hold the rites of oblation with distribution of sacrificial meat among poor families, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
In Georgia, parties who nominate women as candidates for deputies to receive extra funding January 03, 2012 17:00 In Georgia, the political parties, which have overcome the electoral threshold and which have put at least two women on their party lists of ten candidates, will receive additional funding from the state budget in the amount of 10 percent. The relevant amendments were made in late December last year in the Law "On Political Associations of Citizens".
Georgian MFA to seek the return OSCE observers January 03, 2012 15:00 The restoration of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the conflict zones with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is the top priority for the Georgian Government and the OSCE, said Sergi Kapanadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
A person perished and two more got wounded in a mass scuffle in Rostov region January 03, 2012 13:00 A resident of Novocherkassk perished as a result of a mass scuffle that took place on January, 2. Two more people were taken to hospital.
Prosecutor General’s acknowledged illegality of barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi January 03, 2012 12:00 Prosecutor General’s of the Russian Federation revealed violations in barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi after it carried out an inspection in reply to the ecologists’ reports of numerous violations of nature conservation legislation in this conservation zone.
The court in Dagestan re-established a widow of a participant of the War on the dwelling waiting list January 03, 2012 10:00 Public Prosecutor’s office in the Republic of Dagestan re-established the dwelling rights of Aminat Omarova, one-hundred-years-old widow of a participant of the Great Patriotic War, by means of trial.
Rostov regional court refused to release journalist Tolmachev January 03, 2012 09:00 Regional court of Rostov-on-Don left Alexander Tolmachev, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Upolnomochen Zaiuvit” and journal “Pro Rostov”, in custody.
Sochi: rights defender Basmanov released from custody January 02, 2012 23:00 Today in Sochi, a human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has been set free after his 10-day arrest for disobeying the police.
Passengers of the bus crashed in Kabardino-Balkaria sent home January 02, 2012 22:00 The passengers of the bus, which overturned in a traffic accident in the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, have been sent home – to the Stavropol Territory.
Organizers of march in capital of North Ossetia sentenced to 10 and 5 days in jail January 02, 2012 21:00 The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has convicted two detained participants of the unauthorized march in the capital of North Ossetia on December 30, 2011.
Aliev orders to increase the share of renewable energy in Azerbaijan's consumption January 02, 2012 20:00 Within six months to come, Azerbaijan should draft its strategy for using renewable sources of energy for 2012-2020, which would allow bringing the share of renewable sources up to 20 percent in total country's energy consumption. This order was signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev.