Six people killed in a special operation in Dagestan August 12, 2011 11:00 Six supposed gunmen killed in a special operation in Makhachkala on August, 11, women among them, have been identified, National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reported.
Participants of the symposium “Armenian Palette” visited Nagorno-Karabakh August 12, 2011 10:00 20 artists from Russia, Belarus and Armenia visited Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the First International Symposium “Armenian Palette”.
The Georgian opposition traverses new tariffs on garbage disposal in the court of Tbilisi August 12, 2011 09:00 Municipal Council of Tbilisi has taken a decision of calculation of new tariffs on garbage disposal. Christian Democratic movement of Georgia traversed the decision of the Council in courts.
In Baku, building of Institute for Peace and Democracy demolished August 11, 2011 23:00 Today, in the centre of Baku a one-storey building, which houses the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by Leila Yunus, well-known human rights activist, was demolished.
In Chechnya, WW II veterans to receive 10,000 roubles per month August 11, 2011 21:00 Veterans of the Great Patriotic War (WW II), living in the Chechen Republic, will receive financial assistance from the national budget.
No mass demolition of kiosks to be conducted in Armenian capital, Yerevan Mayor asserts August 11, 2011 20:00 The inventory conducted by the Mayoralty revealed: which kiosks work legally, and which – illegally. Demolition of idle and illegally operating kiosks will be implemented in the nearest future. This was announced at the today's government meeting by Karen Karapetyan, Mayor of Yerevan.
In Rostov Region, case on woman-pensioner's death caused by fallen icicle was brought to court August 11, 2011 19:00 In the city of Novocherkassk of Rostov Region, a 58-year-old chairperson of the housing cooperative society will face the court. The head of the cooperative society is suspected that due to her fault a woman-pensioner was killed by a fallen icicle.
Accused of riots in Manezhnaya Square in Moscow to remain under custody August 11, 2011 18:00 Today, the Tver Moscow Court announced decision to keep figurants on the case of riots at Manezhnaya Square in last December under custody till January 26, 2012. Dmitry Agranovsky, the lawyer of the defendant Igor Berezyuk, reported about his intention to challenge the court's decision.
Refugees staying at Hotel "Abkhazia" in Tbilisi intend to challenge decision of their eviction in court August 11, 2011 16:00 Refugees from South Ossetia, living in the Tbilisi Hotel "Abkhazia", continue to hold protests against their eviction, scheduled for August 15 by the Ministry for Internally Displacement Persons, Resettlement and Refugees in Georgia.
Azerbaijani rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov faces threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment August 11, 2011 15:00 Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Promotion for the Defence of Democracy", faces a threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Khalid Bagirov, the lawyer of the human rights activist.
A family from Chechnya detained in Belarus during an attempt of illegal crossing the border August 11, 2011 12:00 On August, 9, Byelorussian frontiers detained five natives of Chechnya, citizens of the Russian Federation, two little children among them.
World championship in wrestling on the belts will be held in Astrakhan August 11, 2011 11:00 The World championship in one of the oldest kinds of martial arts, wrestling on the belts, will be held in Astrakhan from August, 11, till August, 14.
An action of protest against eviction of refugees passed off in Tbilisi August 11, 2011 10:00 Replaced persons protested against their expected eviction from “Abkhazia” hotel in Tbilisi at an action in front of the Ministry of the Affairs of refugees.
Human rights activists demand investigation of their colleagues’ murders August 11, 2011 09:00 The human rights activists who organized a memory action in Grozny timed to the second anniversary of the murder of Zarema Sadullaeva and her husband Alik Jabraiilov declared that they would appeal to the management of Investigative Department of Chechnya demanding investigation of the murders of members of the organization “Save the Generation” and human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
In Yerevan, demolition of kiosks started August 10, 2011 23:00 This morning people with equipment for demolition of street kiosks and booths came to Papazyan Street in the Yerevan community of Arabkir. Their actions were accompanied by violent protests of the owners, who find the decision of the city authorities unlawful.
Defendant in "Urvan Jamaat" case challenges his advocate August 10, 2011 22:00 Alim Bitokhov, a defendant in the case on the so-called "Urvan Jamaat", challenged his lawyer Eduard Samoilov because of his disagreement with the latter's defence tactics. The panel of judges of the North Caucasian District Military Court dismissed the defendant's motion, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
In Ingushetia, airport director suspected of abuse of power August 10, 2011 21:00 In Ingushetia, investigators suspect Magomed Khashagulgov, Managing Director of the OJSC "Airport Magas" of abuse of power, and Magomed Tsurov, his predecessor in the post, – of illegal entrepreneurship. This is stated in the message of the Prosecutor's General Office of Russia.
Georgian opposition demands to pay ransom for kidnapped sailors from President's Fund August 10, 2011 20:00 The party "Georgia's Way" demands to pay a ransom for Georgian sailors captured by Somalia pirates from the President's Fund. This was announced by Mamuka Baliashvili, the head of the youth wing of the party.
"Supreme Council of Ossetians" asks Eduard Kokoity to stay in president's position August 10, 2011 19:00 Representatives of the international public movement "Supreme Council of Ossetians" have met Eduard Kokoity, President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and expressed their disagreement with his decision not to run for the third presidential term.
Karachay-Cherkessia faces especially acute problem of providing housing to orphans, Larisa Abazalieva asserts August 10, 2011 16:00 More than 20 persons have already addressed the Office of the Children's Ombudsperson in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KCR) after Larisa Abazalieva was appointed to the position. According to her story, the most serious problems in Karachay-Cherkessia are provision of housing for children-orphans and lack of institutions for rehabilitation of disabled children.