Six persons got under avalanche in Georgia March 09, 2011 22:10 Six persons, one of them is a citizen of the Czech Republic - Thomas Fila, 30, who perished today, got under a snow avalanche on Mount Lomisi in Georgia near the Gudauri ski resort.
Bomb blows up near bus stop in Moscow, nobody hurt March 09, 2011 22:00 An explosive device went off this evening at the bus stop near the FSB Academy in Michurin Avenue in Moscow. Nobody suffered. Militants or radical youth groups are considered as priority authors of the incident by law enforcement bodies.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is trying to evacuate Georgian sailors from Libya March 09, 2011 20:00 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is doing its best to evacuate six Georgian sailors from Libya, Nicoloz Vashakidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, reported.
Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov underwent an attempt in Moscow March 09, 2011 19:00 A young writer who had not long before submitted an anti-defamation lawsuit against Khozhbaudi Borkhajiev, Chairman of the Journalist League of Chechnya, was beaten up in the center of Moscow. He was taken to oral surgery unit of the municipal hospital No 36 with grave traumas.
A child killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan March 09, 2011 18:00 A nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta, Agdam district, was killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Yerevan holds action "Feminism is not Matriarchy" March 08, 2011 23:40 Today, the "Women's Resource Centre" has held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, an action aimed to acquaint the public with the notion of "feminism".
Georgia: new structure launched to fight violations of human rights by authorities March 08, 2011 23:20 A new structure of the Representative National Assembly "Shepitsulebi" (Those who gave oath) was set up with the mission to curb human rights violations by the authorities.
Parliamentary commission of Karachay-Cherkessia receives some 30 complaints against law enforcement bodies March 08, 2011 23:10 About 30 complaints were sent to the commission for consideration of citizens' complaints about violations of their rights and freedoms by law enforcement agents, which was created under the People's Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Kharshim Tekeev, chairman of the commission.
Two more social network users detained in Azerbaijan March 08, 2011 23:00 Azerbaijani police continue detaining users of social networks in the context of the mass anti-government action named the "Great People's Day", scheduled by the members of the group set up on the Facebook under the same name.
Participants in conference in Warsaw state absence of journalist's investigation into Estemirova's murder March 08, 2011 22:50 On March 4-6, Warsaw hosted a conference of journalists from different countries, who work in the genre of investigative journalism. Among other things they discussed the situation in Northern Caucasus, including the murder of human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova committed in 2009.
Transparency International ranks Georgia fifth by low level of corruption in police March 08, 2011 22:40 Georgia is in the fifth place in the world in terms of police corruption, while three percent of the polled citizens of the country said that they gave bribes last year to officials of state institutions. These are the results of the international non-governmental organization (NGO) "Transparency International".
Resident of Ingushetia demands examinations to define the cause of his grandson's death March 08, 2011 22:20 Boris Evloev, a resident of the village of Nesterovskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, who had stated that his daughter Khava Tangieva lost her child and became unable to have children in future because of doctors' negligence, is now stating injustice of judicial and investigatory bodies. Without any success he demands a DNA assay, supposing that the child could be substituted at the maternity hospital.
Suspect of committing massacre in Kuschevskaya extradited from Ukraine to Russia March 08, 2011 22:10 As announced today by Yuri Boichenko, head of the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Ukraine, this country has given out Vladimir Alexeev, a Russian citizen and one of the suspects of committing the mass murder in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory.
Juha Molari, opponent of website "Kavkaz-Centre", interrogated in Finland March 08, 2011 22:00 Today the Finnish police have questioned Pastor Juha Molari, who had openly criticized the work of the website "Kavkaz-Centre", which is supporting the activities of Caucasian separatists.
Piquets against arrest of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko passed off in Krasnodar March 08, 2011 21:00 A series of piquets in defense of Evgeny Vitishko, activist of "Ecologic Watch in Northern Caucasus" and "Yabloko" party, passed off in Krasnodar. Suren Gazaryan, Vitishko's colleague in "Ecologic Watch" and the party, was the organizer of the piquets.
Rally held in KBR to commemorate deportation of Balkars March 08, 2011 21:00 In Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), at the Memorial to victims of repressions of the Balkar people, a memorial rally took place, attended by about three hundred persons. During the event, calls were pronounced to start collecting signatures under petition in favour of self-determination of the Balkar nation.
"Black hawks" in Kabardino-Balkaria go on threatening gunmen and their accomplices with punishment March 08, 2011 20:00 A group in Kabardino-Balkaria calling itself "Black hawks" and positioning itself as an anti-Wahabiite one gave a warning to Asker Japuev, emir of Kabardino-Balkar gunmen, concerning possible actions of armed underground against the residents of the republic. "Black hawks" state that they have already exposed the gunmen's accomplices and threaten with punishment to those who extort money from entrepreneurs.
The cause of the crash of Tu-154 airplane which was following from Tehran to Yerevan in July, 2009, has been made public March 08, 2011 19:00 A technical failure was acknowledged as the cause of a crash of an airliner belonging to Iranian company Caspian Airline which was flying from Tehran to Yerevan on July, 15, 2009.
An explosion happened near a shop in Buinaksk, there are no victims or injured persons March 08, 2011 18:00 Last night there was an explosion near a shop in Buinaksk, there are no victims or injured ones, a representative of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported. The bomb was stuffed with damage agents in form of bolts and screw nuts.
In Azerbaijan, advocates of arrested Bakhtiyar Gadjiev report law violations in relation to their client March 07, 2011 23:20 On March 5, Alaif Gasanov and Elchin Namazov, advocates of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, 28, who was arrested on Friday, March 4, could meet their client in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 2 of the city of Gyandzha. They believe the arrest of Gadjiev, who is under threat of up to two years in prison, to be a political order.