All news

Legal actions brought after searches in the houses of Jehovah's Witnesses in North Osetia in June, 2010, carried out for suspicion of keeping printed matter acknowledged by the court as extremist have been stopped.

Eleven employees of the Astrakhan customs, four people from the broker's company "Rostech-Astrakhan" and two entrepreneurs will be brought before the court for accusation of contraband as members of an organized group.

A lady investigator who got wounded during fire at a car with officers of the Criminal Investigation Department, Department of Interior affairs of Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria, died, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

Russian Federation in Kabardino-Balkaria reported that one of the three militiaman inside a car and the driver of another car passing by were injured as a result of an explosion in Nalchik last night.

The state of two militiamen wounded in Dagestan as a result of an explosion on September, 29, is estimated as a grave one, our source in the investigation bodies reported. After the explosion 17 militia officers asked for medical aid in the hospitals of Kaspiisk and Makhachkala. According to another source, 16 people were injured.

In Krasnodar, at the trial of entrepreneurs Sergey Kolesnikov and Evgeniy Konovalov, accused of misappropriation and embezzlement of a large sum of money belonging to the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Promavtomatika Invest", Judge Roman Shakitsko from the Lenin District Court of Krasnodar removed rights defender Tatiana Rudakova away from the session, because she had explained the rights of defendants' advocates.

The information about formation of a special unit of interior troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Dagestan was differently taken by the local people. Denga Khalidov, head of the Centre of Strategic and Ethno-Political Studies of Russia, believes that Dagestan has pretty plenty of other power structures. On the other hand, the authorities of the republic hope that local residents will be better protected from those who want to destabilize the situation.

Georgeos Makropoulos, Vice-President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has stated, in response to accusations put forward by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov that the today's election of FIDE President were unfair, that it was an attempt to blacken the name of the President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

On September 28, fourteen leaders of various oppositional forces of Georgia sent a joint statement to the President of the Council of Europe, Chairman of the Venice Commission and to David Bakradze, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, demanding to take action against adoption by the parliament of the new Constitution.

On September 28, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov, that the Caucasus is no longer the area of inter-confessional and interethnic conflicts, but is becoming a united and economically prosperous region.

Law enforcers of the Krasnodar Territory have revealed a person who spread of rumours about terror acts to be committed in Krasnodar on the Day of the City - September 25. It is Nikolai Evenko, 27, a former leading specialist of the Municipal Institution "City Bureau of Outdoor Advertising and Information".

The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has sanctioned arrest of Igor Provkin, former senator from Kalmykia, suspected of sexual abuse of Moscow female student, the press service of the Court has reported today. Thus, the Court has satisfied the yesterday's petition of the investigation.

On Saturday, October 2, at 2 p.m., the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, plans to host a rally, where the organizers plan to protest against inefficient actions of the authorities in their fight against extremism and human rights violations.

The native of Chechnya, who was detained on September 27 in Western France, is kept behind bars within the investigation of terrorist activities, said the Paris Prosecutor's Office.

In the course of special operations conducted in Kaspiisk and Makhachkala fourteen persons were liquidated; they were blocked in private houses and, according to power agents, rendered armed resistance. Currently, special-purpose fighters start inspecting the premises, where the alleged militants had hid.

The Chechen capital hosts a charitable action aimed to help children-oncology patients. It was initiated by President Ramzan Kadyrov and is held by Spiritual Administration of Moslems of Chechnya, together with the management of the "Grozny City" retail and entertainment centre. According to doctors, it is impossible to establish the exact number of cancer patients in the republic.

Participation of Issa Khashagulgov, a resident of the city of Karabulak, who was detained on September 25, in the terror act, committed on September 9 in Vladikavkaz, was not confirmed, as reported by the Security Service of the Republic of Ingushetia.

Ten residents of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo charged of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2009 were presented new charges by the investigation - of blowing up the same "Neva-Express" train in 2007.

On September, 28, a coalition of non-governmental organizations held an "action of silence" in front of the building of the Parliament demanding to start a public discussion on the draft of the new Constitution of the country. They also started a signature-gathering campaign under a special appeal.

On September, 28, "Ara" movement and a civic movement of refugees in Georgia held a warning action near the mayor's office. Its participants called for the authorities to meet their obligations undertaken before international organizations, in particular, to create a database of unemployed and homeless people and provide them with job and dwelling.