Dagestani Govt increased teachers' salaries March 28, 2013 19:19 Arthur Dalgatov, Acting Minister of Education of Dagestan, has signed an order to increase the pay of teachers and employees of the primary and secondary vocational education.
"Rospotrebnadzor" allows two Georgian wine producers to supply wines to Russia March 28, 2013 19:00 The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russia's Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) has allowed the two Georgian producers "Kindzmarauli Marani" and "Wine House Dugladze" to import their wines to the Russian market.
Prosecutors-auditors appear at MHG office March 28, 2013 17:58 Today, employees from the inspecting bodies – the Prosecutor's Offices and the Ministry of Justice – appeared at the office of Russia's oldest human rights organization – the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG).
The notary near whose office Budanov was killed gave an account about the day of the murder in court March 28, 2013 17:00 Today Moscow city court heard the evidence of employees of the notary's office near which ex-colonel Yuri Budanov was killed.
During trial on the case of death of an officer in Armenia the aggrieved party demanded to vindicate the defendants March 28, 2013 16:00 Representatives of the aggrieved party on the case of death of Artak Nazaryan, Armenian officer of contact service, his sister and successor Tsovinar Nazaryan and human rights activist Ruben Martirosyan spoke at the trial today. They demanded to find real criminals and bring in an acquittal to the defendants.
Head of a Department of “Kavkazregiongaz” was killed in Dagestan by indignant debtors for gas, Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation considers March 28, 2013 15:00 Head of Khasavyurt Service department of “Kavkazregiongaz” Yusup Gadjiev was killed as a result of a conflict with two local residents in whose house gas was cut off for debt, representatives of Committee of Inquiry reported.
144 houses in Adzharia damaged in a storm March 28, 2013 14:00 144 housing estates got damaged as a result of a storm that fell upon the coastal zone of Batumi on March, 24. Houses located in Khelvachauri district underwent the greatest damage, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
Inspections are going on in Maikop office of “Environmental Watch” March 28, 2013 13:00 Representatives of law enforcement bodies are carrying out inspections in non-governmental organization “Environmental Watch on North Caucasus” whose central office is located in Maikop.
Editor of “Azadlyg” newspaper called for an action to stop repression against youth March 28, 2013 12:00 Ganimat Zahid, Editor of oppositional newspaper “Azadlyg”, called to hold an action “Day of solidarity of all those opposing the authorities’ repression against youth” on the Facebook.
Verdict on attempt to blow up "Sapsan" comes into force March 28, 2013 07:00 On March 27, the Russia's Supreme Court upheld the verdict on the case dealing with preparation to blow up the high-speed passenger train "Sapsan", undertaken in the summer of 2011, dismissing the cassation complaint lodged by the four convicts sentenced to prison terms from 15 to 18 years.
Krasnodar Territorial Court requests case of journalist Kravchenko March 27, 2013 23:00 Today, Judge Alexei Kupriyanov from the Krasnodar Territorial Court has requested the criminal case from the magistrate court of Sochi opened against the journalist Svetlana Kravchenko by the guard Vladimir Krivosheev who complained that he was beaten by her.
Relatives of Dagestani resident ask for help in finding him March 27, 2013 22:00 Rashidbek Shamsudinov, a resident of the suburb of Khasavyurt named Olympijsky, disappeared at night on March 26. His relatives fear that he had been kidnapped, Rashidbek's father-in-law Alibulat Khakimov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Dagestan: brother of suspect of committing terror act in the house of Sheikh Saeed Chirkey found dead March 27, 2013 21:00 Amirkhan Aldamov, who went missing in December 2012, was found dead in the Gumbet District of Dagestan. The casualty is a brother Magomedali Amirkhanov, detained on suspicion of committing the terror act on August 28, 2012, which killed Sheikh Saeed(Said)Chirkey.
In Armenia, arrest lifted from property of journalist of newspaper "Zhokhovurd" March 27, 2013 20:00 The court granted the motion of the defence in the lawsuit against the newspaper "Zhokhovurd" and lifted the arrest on the property of the correspondent of the edition Sona Grigoryan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Azerbaijani court rejects appeal against arrest of "Nida" activist Azizov March 27, 2013 19:19 Today, by the ruling of the Baku Court of Appeal, Mamed Azizov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida", was left under arrest. His defence had petitioned in favour of his home arrest.
Georgian President signs the law on amendments to the Constitution March 27, 2013 19:00 The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has signed the amendments to the Constitution, which partly restrict the president's powers, said David Usupashvili, Chairman (Speaker) of the Parliament.
An action with the demand to return direct mayor’s election passed off in Volgograd March 27, 2013 18:00 A picket with the demand of nationwide mayor’s election was held near the building of the city Duma in Volgograd.
The court on Budanov’s case dismissed a motion of exclusion of evidence from the materials of the case entered by the defense March 27, 2013 17:00 The court dismissed a motion entered by the attorneys of Yusup Temerkhanov accused of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder to exclude some evidence from the materials of the criminal case.
Several persons injured during an attempt of seizure of a dormitory in Rostov-on-Don, eyewitnesses reported March 27, 2013 16:00 In the morning of March, 26, unidentified people burst into “Parus” dormitory in Rostov-on-Don where about 100 persons lived and pulverized teargas. Eyewitnesses reported that several tenants were severely beaten up, a child was taken to resuscitation unit and two pregnant women to the emergency room.
A woman suspected of swindle with submitting Chernobyl cleanup veterans’ lawsuits arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria March 27, 2013 15:00 Lera Alkhasova, ex-employee of the Ministry of Social Development and Labour, suspected of swindle with submitting Chernobyl cleanup veterans’ lawsuits was taken into custody in Kabardino-Balkaria.