A strong explosion in Grozny with wounded persons July 07, 2009 16:22 An explosion took place in the Leninskiy District of the capital of Chechnya and wounded, according to different sources, from one to six persons.
Russian Prosecutor's Office: law-enforcement bodies of Dagestan work inefficiently July 07, 2009 16:00 The inspection conducted by a team of the Russian GPO in the law-enforcement bodies of Dagestan as to their efficiency in disclosing terrorist and extremist crimes and encroachments on life of law enforcers concluded their low efficiency.
Georgia refuses to deport sergeant Glukhov to Russia July 07, 2009 15:00 The Ministry of Justice of Georgia has rejected the petition submitted by the Russia's GPO with the request on extradition of Russian sergeant Alexander Glukhov, who deserted in January from his unit in South Ossetia and ran away to Georgia.
Verdict on the case of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk has come into force July 07, 2009 13:00 The judicial panel on criminal cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict of the Stavropol Territorial Court passed to residents of Ingushetia Ruslan Kostoev and Zurab Tsuroev accused of blowing up the passenger bus "Pyatigorsk-Stavropol" at the bus station in the city of Nevinnomyssk on December 9, 2007.
Head of criminalistic centre of Ingushetia's MIA heavily wounded July 07, 2009 12:00 Today in the morning, in the centre of Nazran, unidentified persons have shelled a car with Militia Colonel Magomet Gadaborshev, head of the expert-criminalistic centre of the MIA of Ingushetia. This was reported by the press service of the Russian ICPO for Ingushetia.
Oppositionist arrested in Yerevan goes on protest hunger strike July 07, 2009 11:00 Tigran Arakelyan, arrested activist of the youth wing of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), who was among the young men, attacked on July 1 by the police for dissemination of leaflets about an oppositional rally, has announced a hunger strike.
International flower festival held in Armenia July 07, 2009 10:00 On July 6, the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in the capital of Armenia hosted the international flower festival and contest of florists "Brabillion is a Flower of Peace" with participation of professionals from Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
In Chechnya, suspected militant commits suicide at detention July 07, 2009 09:00 According to a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic, on July 5, a suspected member of the armed underground committed suicide not to get arrested.
Azerbaijan: indictment announced at the trial on explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque July 06, 2009 23:30 On July 6, the Azerbaijani Court on Grave Crimes continued considering the case of the grouping named "Forest Brothers" and accused of a series of crimes, including the act of terror "Abu-Bekr" Mosque. The state accuser Murvet Gasanov announced the indictment.
Exercises "Kavkaz-2009" are over in the south of Russia July 06, 2009 23:00 The operative-strategic exercises "Kavkaz-2009", held in the North-Caucasian Military District (NCMD) in the south of Russia since June 29, are over.
In Armenia, deputy Sukiasyan is ready to quit the underground July 06, 2009 22:00 Khachatur Sukiasyan, a deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, who was announced into search last March under charges of organizing mass disorders on March 1, 2008, could not exclude his exit out of the underground, where he remained for 16 months.
President of Ingushetia is on a quick mend and can read already July 06, 2009 21:00 President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was seriously wounded in the attempt on June 22, is already in consciousness, on an active mend and is able to read. This was stated by the press service of Ingushetia's permanent representative office at the President of the Russian Federation.
Georgian opposition demands release of all political prisoners July 06, 2009 20:00 On July 6, oppositionist Zahariya Kutsnashvili, representing the organization named "Law for People" and acting on behalf of the initiative group, made public the list of political prisoners of Georgia and addressed the US administration and leaders of other countries with a request to influence the Georgian government and urge it to release all the political prisoners by the arrival to Georgia of US Vice-President Joe Biden, scheduled on July 20-24.
Kamalov: violence against dissidents can blow Dagestan up by 2010 July 06, 2009 16:00 With the advent of a new MIA boss, the situation in Dagestan will improve only if violence against dissidents is stopped. This was stated by Dagestanian political scientist Gadzhimurad Kamalov in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Militants shell a combat helicopter in Chechen mountains July 06, 2009 15:00 A multifunctional helicopter Mi-8 was shelled in the morning on July 5 in the mountainous Shatoy District of Chechnya; and a soldier was wounded. Now, the militants who could make the attack are searched in the vicinities.
In Georgia, Russian soldier awarded the status of asylum-seeker July 06, 2009 14:00 On July 6, Dmitri Artemyev, a soldier of the Russian Army, who deserted to Georgia from South Ossetia, was granted a status of a political asylum-seeker. According to Alexander Nalbandov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia, his refugee status will be decided in a couple of months.
"Beslan Mothers" and "Voice of Beslan" want to hold a congress of terror act victims July 06, 2009 12:00 The association of victims of Beslan terror act named "Beslan Mothers" and the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" plan to hold in Beslan (Northern Ossetia) an all-Russian congress of victims of the terror act. Now the organizers are in search of sources to fund the event.
In Astrakhan, 13 natives of Dagestan are suspected of raping an invalid July 06, 2009 11:00 In Astrakhan, a criminal case was initiated against 13 natives of Dagestan suspected of a group raping a disabled girl of 25.
ICPO: successes in investigating resonant terror acts in Ingushetia and Dagestan July 06, 2009 10:00 Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation, has stated that there are serious achievements in disclosing the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the murder of the Minister of Interior of Dagestan Adilgerei Magomedtagirov.
President of Ingushetia is on the mend July 04, 2009 20:00 As reported by Adam Gazdiev, press secretary of the permanent mission of Ingushetia at the President of the Russian Federation, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was wounded in a terror act on June 22, is on the mend.