Workers of construction companies hold rally in Grozny January 16, 2012 22:40 About a hundred former workers two Turkish construction companies - "Penta" and "Bora-Inshaat" - have held a rally in Grozny to demand payment of wage debts.
German Ombudsperson demands from Azerbaijan to release political prisoners January 16, 2012 22:30 In the run-up to the "Eurovision" song contest to be held in Azerbaijan, Markus Loning, the Ombudsperson at the German Government, demanded to release all Azerbaijani political prisoners. He urged the participants of "Eurovision" to state that they would sing only in a free country.
Official Tbilisi asks Azerbaijan and Turkey for help with arrest of Georgian women in Malaysia January 16, 2012 22:30 The Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) continues consultations with the Malaysian party concerning two Georgian citizens suspected of illegal drug trafficking. This was reported by Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister, who added that the Azerbaijani and Turkish parties were invited to help in tackling the issue.
Each polling station in Chechnya to be equipped with two webcams January 16, 2012 22:20 The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Chechnya plans to provide polling stations with books of complaints and proposals. Working groups have been set up to install web cameras at polling stations.
Azerbaijan names missing sailors from tanker "Edirne" January 16, 2012 22:10 The State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan (SMAA) has announced the names of three crew members of the tanker "Edirne", which were regarded missing after the vessel had sunk.
Adygea: deputy suspected of fraud amounting to 3.3 million roubles January 16, 2012 22:00 A deputy of the Soviet of People's Deputies of the City of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, is suspected of a fraud amounting to 3.3 million roubles within the shared construction in the city, reports the Investigatory Department for Adygea of the ICRF.
"Volgograd-Ecopress" reports chlorine release near Volgograd January 16, 2012 21:40 On January 13, residents of the Svetloyarsk District, Volgograd Region, which is bordering on the Southern Industrial Zone of Volgograd, again felt a stable and suffocating smell of chlorine. The officials of local "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Nature Protection) have no data yet about the nature and volume of release.
Explosion of utility gas in Baksan causes fire and kills people January 16, 2012 21:30 As reported by a source from the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) the reason of the tragedy in the city of Baksan on January 14, when a fire killed a woman and two small children, was an explosion of household gas.
After "Caucasian Knot" publication, heat comes to Baksan houses January 16, 2012 21:20 The apartment houses in the micro-district "Kooperator" in the city of Baksan (Kabardino-Balkaria) have been connected to the heating system after the "Caucasian Knot" made a respective publication.
Rostov Region: higher school teacher sentenced conditionally for bribe-taking January 16, 2012 21:10 The Rostov Regional Court has found a female associate professor from the Shakhty Institute guilty of bribe-taking and fined her by 40,000 roubles.
Refutation: bringing a judgment against the wounded Iljas Nalgiev was not planned on January, 13 January 16, 2012 21:00 According to the data verified by the "Caucasian Knot", the information that a verdict against ex-head of Criminal police of Karabulak Iljas Nalgiev was going to be brought on January, 13, spread by Lifenews.ru after an attempt at Nalgiev is untrue.
A police car fired upon in Dagestan January 16, 2012 20:00 A police car was fired upon in the evening of January, 15, near the settlement of Novokhushet, Dagestan. No one was injured.
Georgia passed ahead of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the rating of economic freedom January 16, 2012 19:00 Georgia moved from the 29th position in 2011 in the rating of economic freedom index to the 34th place in 2012. This is the best index among the countries of Southern Caucasus mentioned in a report drawn up by American Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Wall Street Journal.
A well-known Ingush footballer killed in South Ossetia January 16, 2012 18:00 Zelimkhan Dzangiev, a well-known goal scorer of "Angusht" Ingush football club, was killed in Vladikavkaz. According to unofficial information, it happened as a result of a scuffle near a night club.
Woman from Dagestan states that her son-teenager was beaten by policemen January 14, 2012 23:55 In Dagestan, five employees of the Magaramkent ROVD (District Interior Division) thrashed Sharvili Ramazanov, 14, a resident of the village of But-Kazmalyar, said his mother Tsukver Ramazanova.
ECtHR upholds complaint of two Jehovah's Witnesses from Armenia January 14, 2012 23:00 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found Armenia guilty of breaking the right to freedom of conscience and religion in relation to Ike Bukharatyan and Ashot Tsaturyan, convicted in 2003 for refusal from military service on religious convictions.
Azerbaijan: relatives of Turadj Zeinalov demand exhumation of his body to establish the reason of his death January 14, 2012 22:20 In Azerbaijan, relatives of Turadj Zeinalov, who died last August at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry for National Security (MNS) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) reject the official version of the reason of his death. They believe that Zeinalov died from torture, and in order to prove that they agree to exhume his remains.
Chechen builders wage protest in Grozny January 14, 2012 22:13 In the afternoon on January 13, nearly a hundred construction workers went out for a rally in central Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, demanding payment of their wages. All the protesters are employees of the Turkish construction company "Penta".
ICA urges Russian authorities to facilitate return of 115 Circassians from Syria January 14, 2012 20:29 Today, the city of Nalchik has hosted an enlarged sitting of the International Circassian Association (ICA), which adopted an appeal to the leadership of Russia to help in return of 115 Circassians living in Syria to their historic homeland.
Dagestani Gimry village hosts rally demanding cancellation of CTO regime January 14, 2012 19:14 About a thousand residents of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, gathered today to a rally demanding to cancel the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.