Search of defendants in Ulman's case announced April 13, 2007 21:31 Ulman, Voevodin and Kalaganskiy, indictees in the murder case of peaceful Chechen residents, have been announced into search.
South Ossetia: Georgia fabricates voters' lists April 12, 2007 23:18 The special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, brought into the conflict zone on April 11, today morning has started making Xerox copies of passports of all the passing-by drivers and passengers.
Aslakhanov doubts the existence of Chechen separatists Umarov and Khalilov April 12, 2007 23:15 Aslambek Aslakhanov, adviser of the president of Russia, does not exclude that leaders of Chechen separatists Doku Umarov and Rapani Khalilov can reside outside Russia. "They (Umarov and Khalilov) may be outside the Russian Federation whatsoever," Mr. Aslakhanov told journalists today.
Accusation is afraid that defendants in Ulman's case will never appear April 12, 2007 23:05 Edward Ulman, Alexander Kalaganskiy and Vladimir Voevodin, defendants in the case on execution of residents of Chechnya, have failed to appear today at the session of the North-Caucasian Military Court.
Mufti of Adygea is against repatriates' participation in religious activity April 12, 2007 22:45 "Adygeis-repatriates should not be religion servants in Adygea and take post if imams, Nurbij Emizh, Mufti of Adygea and Krasnodar Territory, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. In his words, "they are of different mentality."
In Volgograd Region they judge skinheads who attacked Gipsies April 12, 2007 22:00 On April 10, 2007, the Volgograd Regional Court started a trial on the attack committed on April 13, 2006, by skinheads on a Gipsy settlement and the murder of two persons in the vicinity of the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region.
Head of Dagestan asks media to resist Wahhabism April 11, 2007 23:30 Today, on April 11, a session of Dagestan Antiterrorist Commission has discussed the role of mass media in ideological counteracting terrorism.
IDPs demand privileges in Nagorny Karabakh April 11, 2007 23:20 The village of Nor Maraga, Martakert District, Nagorny Karabakh, hosted a roundtable organized by the NGO of Nagorny Karabakh refugees.
South Ossetia accuses Georgia of blocking Transcaucasian Highway April 11, 2007 23:10 Today, Transcaucasian Highway traffic was temporarily blocked in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict zone, where Georgian power agencies are controlling the Highway section in the vicinity of the villages of the Tskhinval District of South Ossetia.
Premier of Georgia reports his plan of settling Abkhazian conflict to the UN April 11, 2007 22:40 On April 10, Georgia's Premier Zurab Nogaideli took part in the closed session of the UN Security Council on discussing the situation around Georgian-Abkhazian settlement. Mr. Nogaideli acquainted the members of the Council with the main points of Georgian settlement plan.
North-Ossetian "UBOP" rejects charges of kidnapping Ingushetian residents April 11, 2007 22:21 Investigative actions are now undertaken in relation to Aladdin Malsagov, an earlier detained resident of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Meeting of MFA heads of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdniestria: the outcomes April 10, 2007 23:26 In the course of the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, Transdniestria and South Ossetia, held today in Sukhumi, no documents have been signed.
"Voice of Beslan" asks to account for the opinion of the Moslems who suffered in the terror act April 10, 2007 23:19 Emma Tagaeva-Betrozova, Chair of the "Voice of Beslan" North-Ossetian NGO of the terror act victims, is calling "to take into account the opinions of the Moslems who suffered in Beslan tragedy."
Tver: natives of Chechnya sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment April 10, 2007 23:14 Today, the Tver Regional Court has condemned two Chechnya natives to 13 years in jail each.
Blasters of Grozny-Moscow train sentenced to 18 and 19 years in jail April 10, 2007 22:52 The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced the criminals who exploded in 2005 summer the Grozny-Moscow train to 18 an 19 years of deprivation of freedom, a Court's source reported. According to the Court representative, both defendants were found guilty under all the incriminated Articles of the Criminal Code (CC) of Russia.
MFA of Russia: States treat Abkhazia unequally with Georgia April 10, 2007 22:00 The US Department of State has in fact hampered the unofficial meeting of the Abkhazian representative with the members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the eve of negotiations aimed to coordinate the text of a new resolution on Georgian-Abkhazian settlement.
Abkhazia refutes robbery of UN mission April 09, 2007 23:44 The Galskiy District Office of the UN Mission to Abkhazia was not exposed to any plunders, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" was informed today by Vadim Mysnik, Public Relations Officer of the Mission of UN Military Observers.
Investigation of criminal case against Centre "T" employees suspended in Kabardino-Balkaria April 09, 2007 23:40 It has become known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" from the sources at the Office of Public Prosecutor of the city of Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, that the criminal case against Centre "T" under Article "Abuse of Office Powers with Use of Violence and Special Means" was suspended, since the personalities of the offenders had not been identified.
US Department of State: Azerbaijan gives no care to human rights April 09, 2007 23:35 The US Department of State has disseminated a report on the situation with human rights and democracy in the world entitled "Support of Human Rights and Democracy in 2006." The report states that restrictions of mass media rights and prosecution of journalists took place in many countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Balkans.
Politkovskaya's son asks life imprisonment for his mother's killers April 09, 2007 22:19 Ilya, journalist Anna Politkovskaya's son thinks that his mother's assassins deserve life imprisonment.