Picket against civil rights violations held in Sochi January 22, 2011 23:00 Today in Sochi about 50 persons came out to hold another protest action against violations of citizens' rights by local authorities.
Kalitsov: ban on sale of border land to foreigners is aimed at protecting these territories January 22, 2011 22:00 According to Sergey Kalitsov, Deputy Minister on Property and Land Relations of North Ossetia, the main idea of the ban on sale of land to foreign persons introduced in several regions of Russia is to ensure safety of these territories.
Dagestani authorities condemn Zhirinovsky's utterances on North-Caucasian nations January 22, 2011 21:00 Today, the department of information policy and the press service of Dagestan have spread a statement condemning the utterances of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the LDPR (Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia) and Vice-Speaker of Russian State Duma, on the situation in the country and about nations of Northern Caucasus.
Militiamen detain two local residents in Dagestan January 22, 2011 19:00 Zulfiya Magomedova, a resident of the village of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, has reported that local law enforcers took away - without any explanations - her two brothers: Abdurakhman and Magomed Gaziev.
Explosion in Georgian mine kills one person and injures four January 22, 2011 17:00 Today at night, one person was killed and four others injured in an explosion in the coal mine in Tkibuli (Western Georgia).
Russian citizen convicted for smuggling uranium released in Georgia January 22, 2011 16:00 Oleg Khintsagov, a Russian citizen and a resident of North Ossetia, has been released after serving his term for uranium contraband. Thanks to the presidential amnesty he spent in custody four years instead of eight.
Subeliani: refugees in Georgia may get compensation instead of resettling January 22, 2011 14:00 As stated by Koba Subeliani, Minister for Matters of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Accommodation of Georgia, the refugees who were evicted on January 20-21 would be able to get their housing in the countryside or monetary compensation. According to other sources, compensations are not paid out now.
Revenge and theft are among versions of massacre in Stavropol January 22, 2011 13:00 As reported by law enforcers, the mass killing on January 21 in one of private houses of Stavropol may have been committed out of revenge or with the aim of robbery.
World Cup football matches not to be held in NCFD January 22, 2011 12:00 In 2018, matches of the World Cup will not be held in the cities of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) for security reasons. At the same time, three cities of the Southern Federal District (SFD) want to receive matches: Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Volgograd.
Over 120 bodies to be exhumed in Kuschevskaya January 22, 2011 11:00 In the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, where a massacre of 12 persons was committed, exhumation of more than 120 bodies will be undertaken, since they had been buried with violations, and the cause of their death raises questions.
Plane-tree alley cut down in Sochi January 22, 2011 08:00 Felling of the alley of 50-year-old plane-trees was launched in Tchaikovsky Street in Sochi at midnight on January 22. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by residents of the neighbourhood who heard noise of falling trees and chain saws.
Russian Audit Chamber reveals violations in rendering financial help to Abkhazia January 21, 2011 23:50 As a result of the audit of the use of funds allocated from the Russian budget on rendering assistance to Abkhazia, the Audit Chamber (AC) of the Russian Federation revealed violations amounting to the total sum of 346,759,000 roubles. This is stated in the report published by the AC on January 20.
Farmer detained in Kalmykia on suspicion of abduction and use of slavery labour January 21, 2011 23:45 In the Chernozemelskiy District of Kalmykia, law enforcers detained an owner of a private cattle farm, who illegally detained residents of Astrakhan and Stavropol Territory and forced them to work for him.
Dagestan: three detectives detained on suspicion of bribe extortion January 21, 2011 23:40 Three operative agents of the Department of Criminal Search of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Dagestan were detained during a joint operation of the MIA's own security service and the FSB Department on suspicion of extorting a bribe.
In Volgodonsk, parents of newborns blame doctors for negligence January 21, 2011 23:30 Law enforcement bodies of the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, are checking the appeals of relatives of several parents, who believe that their babies became blind due to negligence of the doctors of the central district hospital, said the press service of the Regional Public Prosecutor's Office.
Officer of Karabakh Army killed in the border with Azerbaijan January 21, 2011 23:20 Senior Lieutenant Ovannes Sukiasyan from the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh was fatally wounded by a shot from the Azerbaijani side and died on the way to hospital, as reported by the Karabakh Defence Ministry.
Astrakhan Region: four poisoned pupils are in grave condition January 21, 2011 23:10 Four schoolchildren from the village of Karagani, Astrakhan Region, hospitalized because of poisoning, are in grave condition. One of them is in the intensive care unit.
Fatullaev's attempt to challenge the court rejected in Azerbaijan January 21, 2011 23:00 Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Mirpasha Guseinov, continued consideration of the appeal complained lodged by the convicted journalist Fatullaev against the sentence of his imprisonment for 2.5 years on charges of drug storage. The next court session is scheduled for January 25.
Thomas Hammarberg is concerned about health of ex-MP Mikaelyan imprisoned in Armenia January 21, 2011 22:10 High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg, who is now in Yerevan, imprisoned opposition leaders in detention Nikol Pashinyan, Arutyun Urutyan and Sasun Mikaelyan.
Attack on militaries on January 9 in Grozny was preceded by check of their IDs by local power agents January 21, 2011 22:00 New details appear in the case dealing with the attack on servicemen of the special regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defence, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Bislan Elimkhanov, committed in Grozny on January 9. Shortly before the attack on Elimkhanov, the convoy was stopped for inspection by the local power agents. Supposedly, at least two of the "inspectors" later suffered in the shooting that burst out later at the checkpoint of the military base in Khankala.