Makhachkala welcomes Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker" June 23, 2011 20:00 Socially-oriented films will be presented during the International Film Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", which started this evening in Makhachkala.
South Ossetia: two detained Georgian citizens passed over to Georgia June 23, 2011 19:00 Anzor Parkadze and Alexander Ninoshvili, citizens of Georgia, detained on June 23 in the Leningor District of South Ossetia, Georgia, were passed to Georgia, as an act of goodwill from the South Ossetian authorities, the KGB of the republic informed.
Volgograd: unidentified people beat protesters of "Candle of Memory" June 23, 2011 17:00 In Volgograd, on June 21 in the evening, at the action "Candle of Memory" unidentified persons attacked the activists of the public organization "Novye Lyudi" (New people). In the result of attack five members of the organization were beaten. The casualties fail to apply to the police. According to them, the football fans were involved in the incident.
Azerbaijan: mudflows destroyed houses and HPP June 23, 2011 16:00 Mudflows generated as a result of rain showers, which started on June 22 in the evening, destroyed the hydroelectric power plant (HPP), which was under construction on the Goychay River in the Ismailli District of Azerbaijan. Water washed away houses, where displaced people lived.
About 20 people are wanted on charges of attack on Budyonnovsk in 1995 June 23, 2011 15:00 Law enforcement bodies and power agencies continue to search for members of Shamil Basaev's group who attacked Budyonnovsk, told Artem Melnikov, the head of the Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russia Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District, on June 22.
Team captain of Dagestani “Anji” resented at the fans of “Krylia Sovietov” June 23, 2011 12:00 After the end of a game between “Anji” and “Krylia Sovietov” on June, 22, in Samara the hosts’ fans flung a banana into the playing field. Brazilian Roberto Carlos, team captain of Dagestani “Anji”, left the playing field as a sign of protest.
A procession calling to help the refugees passed off in Armenia June 23, 2011 10:00 A series of actions devoted to the World Day of Refugees passed off in Yerevan on June, 19-20. Over one hundred people took part in a procession along the central streets of the capital with a slogan “Do at least something for a refugee!”
An all-Russian holiday of blondes will be celebrated in Sochi today June 23, 2011 05:00 An all-Russian rally of blondes will be held in Sochi today. The only museum and memorial to blondes will be opened within its framework.
Volgograd Region: journalists wins lawsuit against City Duma Chairman June 22, 2011 23:00 Court granted the lawsuit of three journalists of the newspaper "Novoe Vremya" (New Time) against Anatoly Antontsev, the Chairman of Mikhailov City Duma, who did not let the correspondents of this newspaper to attend the City Duma session.
Georgia: changes in cellular networks June 22, 2011 22:00 On June 20 the numbering of cellular networks in Georgia has changed. A digit "5" was added to the two-digit cellular codes.
Ingushetia: Sagopshi resident's house exploded June 22, 2011 21:00 On June 21 in the night, at approximately 4:00 a.m. Moscow time, in the village of Sagopshi of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons exploded the house, belonging to a local resident. There were no casualties and injured, because nobody lived in the house. The building suffered considerable damage.
South Ossetia: detained Georgian citizens deported June 22, 2011 20:00 According to the decision of the Dzaus District Court of South Ossetia, on June 22, ten citizens of Georgia, who were detained on June 18 by Russian border guards, were transferred to Georgian.
Two participants in Kizlyar terror act sentenced to life imprisonment, the third one – to 24 years of prison June 22, 2011 19:00 Today the Supreme Court of Dagestan convicted three residents of the republic, accused in the case of a double terror act in Kizlyar, which occurred on March 31, 2010.
Winners of contest of "Caucasian Knot" among open letters and appeals defined June 22, 2011 18:00 The contest of open letters and appeals, published at the interactive sites of the "Caucasian Knot", summarizes the results. The Expert Council of the Human Rights Activists determined the winners. Five authors were awarded.
Russia protests against US warship in Batumi port June 22, 2011 17:00 On June 20 the US warship "Monterey" approached the Georgian port of the city of Batumi for joint military training exercises of the USA and Georgia to combat piracy. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the visit of the US ship in the Georgian port, which is not the only case, will not contribute to stability in the region.
Investment agreements of cooperation signed during Days of Dagestan in Austria June 22, 2011 15:00 Investment agreements of cooperation between Dagestan and “Wintertechnique Engineering” company on realization of investment projects in the territory of the republic have been signed in Austria.
The Parliament of Georgia toughens the penalty for organizing paramilitary groups June 22, 2011 15:00 On June, 21, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Criminal code in first reading by 101 votes against one according to which the penalty for participation, forming or command of paramilitary groups will be toughened.
Five servicemen perished and twelve got wounded during battles in Kizlyar district of Dagestan June 22, 2011 13:00 There is confirmed data of five lost and twelve wounded officers of law enforcement bodies as a result of a special operation going on in Kizlyar district of Dagestan, Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.
The special operation in the South of Chechnya may last several months, members of power ministries state June 22, 2011 12:00 A large-scale special operation against participants of armed underground which started on May, 20, in Vedeno district of Chechnya has not yielded any results yet, a source in the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reports.
Kucher: Muslims detained in North Ossetia have advocates June 21, 2011 23:00 In North Ossetia, lawyers and members of the Public Chamber have access to members of Muslim communities who were detained on May 31, stated a session of the Public Chamber of the republic.