The police in Baku did not allow picketers to approach the Embassy of Iran September 13, 2011 21:00 An action of protest planned for September, 12, in front of the Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan failed. The police pushed the picketers aside.
Journalists and human rights activists from Baku were denied meeting with the Ombudsman of NAR September 13, 2011 20:00 On September, 12, a delegation of 20 Azerbaijani journalists and human rights activists visited the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR). Ombudsman of the republic Ulkar Bairamova refused to meet the delegation and the management of the Ministry of Interior Affairs asked them to leave the territory of NAR, the journalists and human rights activists report.
Father of a kidnapped resident of Chechnya submitted a complaint to the European Court September 13, 2011 19:00 Doka Suleimanov who states that his son Timur was kidnapped by unknown people after he confessed to preparing an act of terror submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights.
Oleg Orlov: "The meeting between Prime Minister of Great Britain and human rights activists testifies to Cameron's concern about the state of human rights in Russia" September 13, 2011 18:00 On September, 12, a meeting of Russian human rights activists with Prime Minister of Great Britain David Cameron was held in the Public Center named after Andrey Sakharov.
Residents of Akhvakh District of Dagestan rally to demand not to change the status of local lands September 12, 2011 22:40 The village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, has hosted a rally, where residents of this village demanded not to transfer the agricultural lands reserved for the local cooperative, into the municipality ownership.
A local resident found shot down in Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan September 12, 2011 22:30 Last night a forty-years-old resident of the settlement of Mezhdurechie, Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan, Abdulgapar Valiev was found killed. There were several gunshot wound on the victim's body, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.
Suspects of Domodedovo terror act become witnessed September 12, 2011 22:20 The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has removed suspicions from the security agents who had figured in the criminal case for their failure to ensure due security at objects of transport infrastructure, opened after the attack at the Domodedovo Airport.
In Rostov Region, unidentified persons smashed windows in house and car of editor-in-chief of "Novoshakhtinskaya Pravda" September 12, 2011 22:10 In the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, two unidentified assailants broke windows on the ground floor of the private house and the car belonging to entrepreneur Alexander Singurov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper named "Novoshakhtinskaya Pravda".
Woman from Dagestani Kizlyar complains of harassment by policemen September 12, 2011 22:00 In Dagestan, Gulzhanat Guseinova, a resident of the farm of Ukrainskiyian, Kizlyar District, has stated that at night on September 10 her house was shelled by policemen.
A new meeting against "Olympic" resettlement passed off in Sochi September 12, 2011 21:00 The sixth meeting of sufferers from "Olympic" resettlement was held in Sochi from 18 till 19 o'clock opposite the railway station on September, 11.
Investigative Department in Kabardino-Balkaria is carrying out inspection on the information of torturing a person detained by personnel of power ministries September 12, 2011 19:00 Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Kabardino-Balkaria is investigating the information of unlawful actions of the personnel of law enforcement bodies against detained Murat Bizhev. This was reported by Senior Assistant of Head of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in KBR Tatiana Nauzhokova.
Natives of Dagestan in Stavropol region state that local courts deprive them of dwellings and registration September 12, 2011 18:00 Natives of Dagestan, residents of the settlement of Novy Yankul, Andropovsky district of Stavropol region, complain that the local court deprives them of registration and dwellings by its judgments. District court confirms the fact of bringing the verdicts stating that it had acted in accordance with the law. The authorities of Dagestan promised to take part in solving the problem.
Azerbaijani oppositional editor states threats addressed to his family September 10, 2011 23:00 Ganimat Zakhid, the editor of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Azadlyg", was forced to take his family out of the country "because of security threats." The editor informed his colleagues about it in his letter.
Stavropol Territory: underground bank with billions of profits exposed September 10, 2011 22:00 Two unemployed residents of the city of Stavropol founded an underground bank, and for three years earned more than 8 billion roubles, said a source from local law-enforcement bodies.
Ecologists hold action "Packs-Killers" in Tuapse District of Krasnodar Territory September 10, 2011 21:00 The action "Packs-Killers" was held in the Tuapse District by participants of the forum of environmental initiatives "EKA-MIR-2011". While distributing their campaign materials, the organizers told people about the harmful effects of plastic packs and packages on the environment, and then offered everyone to take part in decorating a six-meter eco-bag.
"Rostransnadzor" suspends flights of YaK-42 of "Grozny Avia" airline September 10, 2011 20:00 After the air crash of YaK-42 near Yaroslavl, which claimed 43 human lives, Russia suspended operation of eight aircrafts of this model; in particular, after the emergency inspection held by the Federal Agency for Transport Supervision ("Rostransnadzor"), the operation of the YaK-42 belonging to the "Grozny Avia" was suspended.
Special operation underway in Dagestan September 10, 2011 19:00 In Dagestan, power agents are pursuing the militants who had shelled the house of a police officer. This was stated by Nikolai Sintsov, the official spokesman of the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC).
Tibet monks come to Kalmykia to attend international Buddhist forum September 10, 2011 18:00 A group of monks from the Tibetan Monastery Gyudmed has come to Kalmykia to take part in the international forum "Buddhism: Philosophy of Non-Violence and Compassion", which will begin its work in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, on September 22 and last till October 2.
Rights defenders complain to the ECtHR about poor inquiry of Estemirova's murder September 10, 2011 16:00 Human rights activists have complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of their colleague, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny Natalia Estemirova.
Forty-four schoolchildren hospitalized with intestinal infection after rest in Anapa September 10, 2011 15:00 Forty children, who were returning by train to Karelia from a summer camp in the city of Anapa, were taken off the train and hospitalized with an intestinal infection. They were taken to hospitals of Michurinsk, Tver, Ryazan and Moscow.