A serviceman from Azerbaijan killed in the zone of Karabakh conflict November 04, 2011 22:00 A lieutenant of Azerbaijani army was killed in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported.
Free courses of Russian for migrants opened in Stavropol region November 04, 2011 21:00 Free courses of learning Russian for migrants arriving in Stavropol region opened in Pyatigorsk.
Ex-head of a settlement in Dagestan convicted for misappropriation of pensions November 04, 2011 20:00 The court in Dagestan sentenced ex-head of Administration of the settlement of Novosasitly, Khasavyrt district, to three years of custody for misappropriation of pensions to a sum of over one million rubles.
A meeting of "Women-peacemaker's Alliance of Georgia and Russia" going on in Rostov-on-Don November 04, 2011 19:00 A meeting of women participants of a dialogue aimed at returning mutual understanding between representatives of Russian and Georgian communities is going on in Rostov-on-Don.
The Ministry of Interior Affairs reports: assault at Ibrahim Yaganov detected November 04, 2011 18:00 The case of assault at Ibrahim Yaganov, human rights activist from Kabardino-Balkaria and member of Community Council of North-Caucasian Federal okrug (NCFO), has been cleared, official representative of State Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in the okrug Mark Tolchinsky reported.
Rostov-on-Don's Mayor Mikhail Chernyshov denies accusations of land frauds November 03, 2011 23:50 The Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) of Rostov Region suspects Mikhail Chernyshov, Mayor of the city of Rostov-on-Don, of involvement in land frauds. Mikhail Chernyshov denies accusations against him and insists on the lawfulness of the alienation of land plots.
Putenikhin, activist of the Other Russia, was detained because of absence of Moscow registration November 03, 2011 23:40 One of the reasons for the arrest of Dmitry Putenikhin, an activist of the Other Russia, who splashed water in the prosecutor's face, has been a lack of his registration in the Russian capital. This was reported by Ekaterina Ilyina, Spokesperson of the Tver District Court of Moscow.
Georgian NGOs demand restoration of Ivanishvili's citizenship November 03, 2011 23:30 Today, the Georgian NGOs begin to collect signatures demanding to restore the Georgian citizenship for the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili.
In Grozny, First Caucasian Internet Prize "Prometheus-2011" awarded November 03, 2011 23:10 Yesterday, on November 2, in the city of Grozny, the official ceremony of awarding the winners of the First Caucasian Internet Prize "Prometheus-2011" was held.
Tigran Sarkisyan: Trchkan Waterfall in Armenia to be under special protection November 03, 2011 23:00 Today, the Armenian government decided to grant the status of the specially protected area to the Trchkan Waterfall.
Court sentences defendants in Volkov's murder case to 17 and 6 years of imprisonment November 03, 2011 22:40 The Moscow City Court has pronounced the verdict on the case of the murder of Yuri Volkov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC.
Dagestani woman reports that she is not given her son's body for funeral November 03, 2011 22:30 Djubairiyat Paizullaeva, a native of the city of Izberbash, claimed that officials refused to give out the body of Shamil Paizullaev, her son, to her. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, on June 19, he was killed when he rendered resistance to the police officers.
In Baku, deceived housing shareholders hold three protest actions November 03, 2011 22:10 Today, more than 50 deceived co-investors of construction companies in Azerbaijan held three protest actions in Baku.
Halo Trust: Abkhazian territory is completely de-mined November 03, 2011 22:00 The territory of Abkhazia has been cleared of mines. This was reported by the British de-mining NGO Halo Trust. In this regard, the organization almost closed its activities in the country.
The European Court of Human Rights has taken cognizance of the case of a former Armenian military prisoner November 03, 2011 21:00 The case of former Armenian military prisoner Arthur Badalyan was registered in the European Court of Human Rights.
Radical vegetarians held a picket in Rostov-on-Don November 03, 2011 20:00 A picket of a vegetarian organization "First Stage" passed off in the center of Rostov-on-Don. Several tens young people called for the by-passers to reject meat, milk and eggs.
The number of people poisoned in a cafe in Kabardino-Balkaria increased up to 31 November 03, 2011 19:00 13 more persons were hospitalized in Nalchik with suspected botulism. So, the number of people who got poisoned in the cafe of Agricultural Academy of Kabardino-Balkaria increased up to 31 persons, Head of Press service of the Ministry of Public Health of the republic Marina Osmanova reported.
An unknown man in Dagestan shot down the shop windows of a store selling alcohol from a tommy gun November 03, 2011 18:00 An unidentified armed person in Kaspyisk entered a food store and shot down the shelves where bottles with alcohol drinks were standing from a self-firer. There were no victims or injured persons, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.
In Volgograd, Jewish community offers to commemorate Holocaust victims November 02, 2011 23:10 In Volgograd, the place of execution of the Jews should be memorialized in memory of victims of the Holocaust. This is stated by the Volgograd Jewish community. Experts of the "Rosokhrankultura" (Federal Service for monitoring compliance with cultural heritage protection law) consider creation of the memorial complex in memory of all victims of fascism to be more appropriate.
"Caucasian Knot" is one of most frequently quoted Runet resources November 02, 2011 23:00 The Internet medium "Caucasian Knot" has entered the top ten most quoted news sources of the Russian Internet. These are the results of the research for October conducted by the company "Medialogy".