Broadcasts on Islam are still removed from TV in Azerbaijan September 28, 2007 11:50 The Public TV of Azerbaijan will no longer broadcast the religious program "Friday Talks."
Deceived depositor attempts to commit suicide in North Ossetia September 28, 2007 11:47 In the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, a deceived depositor of the "Social Initiative" Construction Corporation has tried to commit suicide by jumping from the bridge into River Terek.
Trepashkin transferred from his colony to Ekaterinburg's SIZO September 28, 2007 11:37 On September 27, Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-lieutenant colonel of the FSB, condemned for disclosure of state secrets, was delivered from Corrective Colony No. 13 of Nizhni Tagil, where he was serving his term, to SIZO-1 of Ekaterinburg.
Andrei Rudomakha: Adygea is under risk of becoming UNESCO's opponent September 28, 2007 11:29 The broad international community will soon firmly associate Adygea with destruction of objects of the World Natural Heritage.
Azerbaijan: CPJ urges president to halt persecution of reporter, family September 27, 2007 17:55 The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by the seizure, beating, and imprisonment of Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev, regional correspondent for the opposition newspaper Yeni Musavat, by officials in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic last weekend.
Former deputy minister interrogated by SC of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of Ingush militiamen September 27, 2007 17:30 On September 26, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continued the trial of the leaders of the Malgobek ROVD of Ingushetia, accused of negligence that had led to Beslan terror act.
In Stavropol Territory Kislovodsk administration again bans a protest meeting September 27, 2007 17:26 The administration of the city of Kislovodsk has again refused to "coordinate" the notification about holding a meeting of protest organized by the city branch of the All-Russia Public Organization "Russian Pensioners" and planned for September 29.
Opposition journalist released in Azerbaijan September 27, 2007 17:20 Today morning, Khakimeldostu Mekhtiev, the earlier arrested Nakhichevan correspondent of the "Eni Musavat" newspaper, was released.
Azerbaijan: trial of "Azadlyg" journalist begins September 27, 2007 17:18 Today, the Yasamal District Court presided by Judge S. Ahmedova has held a preparatory session on the claim of Geidar Babaev, Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, against the "Azadlyg" newspaper and its journalist Agyl Khalil.
Okruashvili can be accused of treason in Georgia September 27, 2007 17:14 Today, Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, was arrested on charges of extortion, money-laundering, excess of powers, as well as service negligence.
People in Chechnya are dissatisfied with the cancel of prisoners' return September 27, 2007 17:08 Many residents of the Republic are dissatisfied with the decision of the Federal Service of Enforcement of Penalties not to deliver the Chechen inmates who are serving their terms in Russian colonies to Chechnya.
Automobiles with tinted glass and without license plates to be prohibited in Ingushetia September 27, 2007 17:04 One of the planned measures in the fight against criminality will be a ban on use of cars with tinted window glass and without license plates in the territory of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Azerbaijani opposition suggests an antiterrorist operation in Nagorno-Karabakh September 26, 2007 22:17 The "Union for Sake of Democracy", which unites three opposition parties (Classical People's Front, of People's Democracy and "Azadlyg") suggests undertaking an antiterrorist operation in Nagorno-Karabakh in order to regain the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani student believes that he was deprived of his scholarship for political reasons September 26, 2007 22:13 Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev, a student from Azerbaijan, who is taking his master courses at the Harvard University in the USA, thinks that he was deprived of his state scholarship for political motives.
Picket in Moscow against amendments to land ownership law September 26, 2007 22:05 A picket against adoption of amendments to the land ownership law was held in the Theatrical Square of Moscow by activists of the Movement named "Popular-Democratic Youth Union".
Sakvarelidze: Okruashvili is under threat of arrest September 26, 2007 18:01 The performance of Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, live on air of the "Imedi" (Hope) TV Company on September 25 has caused a resonance in the society.
Tutakov released in Chechnya hospitalized September 26, 2007 17:57 Vagap Tutakov, former separatists' representative in Strasbourg, who was released in Chechnya after almost two weeks in custody, was hospitalized.
Police of Azerbaijani capital brutally disperses a youth action September 26, 2007 17:54 Today, the police of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, have violently dispersed the action of the members of the "Dalga" Youth Movement, when they tried to hold a march along the central streets of the capital.
Bombardment of Tskhinval, capital of South Ossetia, stopped September 26, 2007 17:48 The bombardment of the city of Tskhinval, the capital of South Ossetia, from the territory of Georgia that has lasted tonight for almost two hours was stopped.
Ingushetia: Estoev brothers detained and tortured September 25, 2007 20:53 In Ingushetia, on September 24, in the settlement of Barsuki, dozens of armed persons in masks rushed into house and took away Estoev brothers - Musa Muradovich, born in 1974, and Adam Muradovich, born in 1987, in unknown direction.