People's Party holds rally opposite US Embassy in Georgia January 22, 2008 12:40 Today, the People's Party has held a rally near the building of the US Embassy in the capital of Georgia, having accused the USA of supporting the election falsifications.
Edelev: special operations in Dagestan and Ingushetia can continue till March January 22, 2008 12:33 Special actions conducted by militia in Dagestan and Ingushetia can go on till March.
Dagestan: accused militants' accomplice released from the courtroom January 22, 2008 12:26 In Dagestan the court has acquitted Arsen Dzhanbatyrov in exchange of him giving up. Prior to criminal prosecution Dzhanbatyrov was registered as kidnapped.
Memory of Hrant Dink honoured in capital of Georgia January 21, 2008 10:34 On January 19, an event was held at the office of Georgian Ombudsman under the motto "Journalists - Victims of Freedom of Speech" dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of the Armenian newspaper "Agos", published in Istanbul, who was killed in Turkey, and also in memory of Giorgiy Sanaya, Anna Politkovskaya and many other journalists who fell victim of their professional work.
Andrei Rudomakha: local ecologists not invited to roundtable in Sochi January 21, 2008 10:27 The roundtable entitled "Environmental Problems in Construction of Olympic Objects in Sochi - Ways of Solution", to be held in the Red Valley (Krasnodar Territory), planned on January 23, will take place without local ecologists who were not invited.
Public and politicians are concerned of atmosphere of fear in Armenia January 21, 2008 10:03 The Public and Political Movement "Legitimate President 2008" is stating facts of illegal propaganda organized by the authorities of the Armenia and stirring up the atmosphere of fear in the country before the elections.
Court decides to find Manana Aslamazyan for in presentio trial January 21, 2008 09:59 Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has rejected the complaint against announcement of search of Manana Aslamazyan, director of the "Internews".
Agency asks Dagestan Interior Minister to defend domestic journalists January 21, 2008 09:54 The "Caucasus Times" News Agency has addressed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan with a demand "to restrain those who exerts unreasonable and illegal pressure on journalists and the 'Free Republic' newspaper."
Subari: Georgia has serious successes in fighting trafficking January 19, 2008 12:04 A meeting on trafficking problems was held in the office of the Ombudsman (People's Defender) of Georgia.
European observers express remarks on Georgian election January 19, 2008 12:01 The international observation mission comprised of representatives of democratic institutes of the OSCE, Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council and European Parliament, Office for Defence of Human Rights and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has published a report in connection with the presidential election in Georgia.
Mukhu Aliev: Makhachkala is in the state of emergency January 19, 2008 11:57 Today, President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev has held an emergency meeting on the critical situation with electricity and heat supplies to residents of Makhachkala.
European Parliament demands peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem January 19, 2008 11:51 The resolution of the European Parliament on South Caucasus' unsettled conflicts, the Nagorno-Karabakh issue inclusive, states that the conflicts should be settled exclusively through peaceful negotiations.
Every fourth Russia's resident thinks special agencies involved in murdering Politkovskaya and Litvinenko January 19, 2008 11:46 Every fourth resident of the Russian Federation is convinced that Russian special agencies were involved in the resonant murders of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
Azerbaijani advocates complain to the European Court against the authorities January 18, 2008 11:35 Advocates Intigam Aliev and Annagi Gadzhibeili lodged a suit to the European Court for Human Rights against the Azerbaijani government.
On Saakashvili's inauguration day, the Georgia opposition to hold a rally at the hippodrome January 18, 2008 11:20 The United Opposition of Georgia plans to hold a rally on the day of inauguration of Mikhail Saakashvili, January 20, and calls the public to come to the hippodrome.
Krasnodar holds seminar "Public Control: Power and Society" January 18, 2008 10:47 In Krasnodar, Moscow and local human rights activists have discussed, in the course of the seminar "Public Control: Power and Society", organized by the Moscow "Demos" Centre, the civil supervision over the activities of law enforcement bodies.
Antimonopoly bodies of Dagestan bring electricity suppliers to responsibility January 18, 2008 10:33 The supervisory bodies, monopolists and the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "City Electric Power Grid" should be responsible for absence of electric power in dwelling districts of Makhachkala.
"Izvestia": Kaloev becomes deputy minister in North Ossetia January 18, 2008 10:28 Vitaly Kaloev, who was released in November 2007 from a Swiss prison, will be employed from Monday, January 21, at the civil service.
European Court: Russia to pay 110,000 euros for execution of Muscovites in Ingushetia January 17, 2008 14:20 The Russian budget will have to allocate almost 110,000 euros because of the murder by "federals" of two Moscow residents in Ingushetia.
European Court passes two decisions against Azerbaijan January 17, 2008 14:16 The European Court for Human Rights has passed two more decisions against Azerbaijan.