Ecologists report illicit deforestation in Sochi National Park October 25, 2011 22:00 Works on cleaning ground areas for development have started in the territory of Sochi National Park. Ecologists consider these actions illicit.
A serviceman in Azerbaijan got wounded during manoeuvres October 25, 2011 21:00 Soldier of Inner Troops, a nineteen-years-old Elhan Sharifhan oglu Aliev, got wounded during manoeuvres in a weapons training center in the settlement of Mushfig, Azerbaijan.
The fee of the dancers of MDR TV channel who danced before Kadyrov will be granted to "Reporters Without Borders" October 25, 2011 20:00 The German TV channel MDR will transfer the fee of the dance company received for their performance in Grozny to the organization "Reporters Without Borders". The management of the channel fears that the concert will injure the reputation of MDR.
Defenders of Trchkan waterfall in Armenia went on a sit-in strike October 25, 2011 19:00 On the eve of a discussion of building a hydro-power station on Trchkan that will be held on October, 26, defenders of the greatest waterfall in Armenia held a sit-in near it.
Yevkurov demanded information of the gunmen's culpability from members of power ministries October 25, 2011 18:00 Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov demanded from members of power ministries of the region to provide information on the extent of guilt of every gunman detained or killed in Ingushetia.
Ivanishvili's Moscow representative prohibited to leave Georgia October 24, 2011 23:50 Valery Levin, an employee of the Moscow office of the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, was prohibited - by Georgian law enforcement bodies - to leave Georgia. He was detained late on October 22 and released a couple of hours later.
KBR authorities to create conditions for rehabilitation of former militants October 24, 2011 23:40 The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has promised, as stated by the republic's Operations Staff, to set up all the conditions for the members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who decide to voluntarily give up their illegal activities and return to normal life.
Rights defenders tell Swedish Human Rights Envoy about kidnappings and housing problems of refugees in Ingushetia October 24, 2011 23:30 Among the problems reported by Ingush human rights activists to Hans Dahlgren, the Swedish Human Rights Envoy, during their meeting in Nazran, Ingushetia, were the situation of refugees, appeals of republic's citizens to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and illegal actions of law enforcers.
In Kalmykia, 74 persons recognized as victims in mass children AIDS infection October 24, 2011 23:30 The Investigatory Department for Kalmykia of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed an additional investigation into the criminal case, initiated on January 25, 1989, on facts of mass AIDS infection of children. The status of victims was awarded to 74 persons.
Court leaves Pavlyuchenkov, accused of murdering Politkovskaya, in custody October 24, 2011 23:20 The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of the former militia officers Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a defendant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.
ICRF for Dagestan: member of Public Chamber kidnapped for ransom October 24, 2011 23:10 The priority version considered by inspectors as to kidnapping of Nurakhmed Magomedov, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, was claiming a ransom, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported today.
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 17-23 October 24, 2011 23:00 Attack in Ingushetia on Dagestani football fans on their way from Nalchik causes great resonance in both republics; three outbreaks of African swine fever within a week in the Krasnodar Territory; ecological festival and ecological protest actions in Yerevan; jurymen find Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, guilty of killing a Muscovite Yegor Sviridov, and arouse discontent at his homeland; concern of rights defenders of the torture applied to a native of Chechnya in Russian prisons, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 17-23, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Resident of Dagestan complains that policemen forced him to shave off his beard October 24, 2011 23:00 Today, Zaur Agamuradov, a resident of Derbent, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the head of the criminal search of the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Department) Arif Magomedov has warned him about non-admissibility of wearing a beard. The GOVD gives no comment.
Trial to start near Moscow of OMON fighters, suspected of kidnapping members of Armenian Diaspora October 24, 2011 22:50 On October 25, the Vidnoe City Court of the Moscow Region will hold the first session on the case of OMON (riot police) agents, accused of kidnapping members of the Armenian Diaspora in Moscow for ransom.
Oleg Orlov: Kadyrov's advocate protracts consideration of the appeal October 24, 2011 22:40 Representatives of Ramzan Kadyrov are protracting the process of reviewing the appeal complaint against the acquittal on the case of slander in connection of statements about responsibility of the head of Chechnya for the murder of Natalia Estemirova, said Oleg Orlov, the head of the HRC "Memorial".
Contract soldier dies in Karachay-Cherkessia October 24, 2011 22:20 The investigatory division of the Army Unit No. 10732 is studying the circumstances of the death of the soldier who took his service under contract to the mountain-rifle brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) deployed in the village of Zelenchukskaya in Karachay-Cherkessia.
Seven medics get poisoned in Kalmykia October 24, 2011 22:10 Seven employees of the Oncology Dispensary of Kalmykia were hospitalized in Elista with symptoms of food poisoning.
Unique diary of Chechen War eyewitness presented in Moscow October 24, 2011 22:00 The Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Centre has hosted a presentation of the book "Polina Zherebtsova's Diary", telling about the events of 1999-2002 in Grozny during the Second Chechen War, as seen by the teenager.
Public prosecutor's office of SMO: the military are not involved in delivery of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range as scrap metal October 24, 2011 21:00 Public prosecutor's office of Southern Military Okrug (SMO) has established that the servicemen did not take part in collection and delivery of shells and fragments of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range in Astrakhan region to a receiving center of scrap metal, Press service of SMO reported.
Over one hundred people took part in a meeting against Olympic resettlement in Sochi October 24, 2011 20:00 The tenth meeting of persons aggrieved by "Olympic" resettlement was held in Sochi on October, 23. Over one hundred people arrived to participate in the action from different districts of the city.