Baptist who has served 2 years demobilized from army in Nagorno-Karabakh January 09, 2008 01:04 Baptist Gagik Davidovich Mirzoyan, who refused to take the oath, has been demobilized from the Karabakh army after serving his term.
Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria fail to sue Savrulin and Shepel January 09, 2008 00:47 In reply to their appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office with a demand to bring Alexei Savrulin, head of the investigatory group of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office for the South Federal District, to criminal liability, relatives of the perished militants received a response from the Chief Investigatory Department for the SFD.
Georgian opposition starts long-term protest actions January 09, 2008 00:43 Today, Levan Gachechiladze, candidate for President of Georgia from opposition, and his supporters start a hunger strike in front of the Public TV building in Tbilisi with a demand to hold the second round of the election.
CEC of Georgia: Saakashvili has won presidential by gathering 52.2% of votes January 09, 2008 00:39 Levan Tarkhnishvili, Chair of the Georgian CEC, has stated today that Mikhail Saakashvili has won the presidential election in Georgia.
Chechnya: Chernokozovo inmates complain of tortures January 09, 2008 00:33 Ruslan Kutaev, head of the International Committee for Northern Caucasus problems, has stated that the prisoners of Chernokozovo Colony No. 2 in Chechnya complain of beatings and tortures.
Central Electoral Commission of Georgia: Saakashvili - 55.23%, Gachechiladze - 23.86% January 06, 2008 00:08 According to the data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, received from 285 out of 3512 polling stations, as of 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), the rating of Mikhail Saakashvili went down a little as a whole for the country and made 55.23% of the votes of all the electors.
Exit poll data differing at election in Georgia January 05, 2008 12:51 According to the data of the exit poll conducted by four Georgian TV Companies, at the snap presidential election in Georgia held today, Mikhail Saakashvili is in the lead with an essential breakaway.
A Dagestan native assassinated in Moscow January 05, 2008 12:49 The law enforcement bodies of the Russian capital have informed today that a native from Dagestan was killed in Moscow.
"Voice of Beslan" to challenge Solzhenitsyn, head of investigation January 05, 2008 11:57 The "Voice of Beslan" committee of the Beslan terror victims' relatives is going to demand removal of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, head of the investigatory group in charge of the inquiry of the terror act.
Observers state multiple violations at presidential election in Georgia January 05, 2008 11:11 As of 6:00 p.m. today (5:00 p.m. Moscow time), the NGO named "The Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia" had recorded 190 violations in the course of the presidential election in Georgia.
NGOs fix more than 40 violations at election in Georgia January 05, 2008 11:01 As of 3:00 p.m., the office of the observers of the Coalition of NGOs, which unites up to 200 NGOs, have fixed over 40 violations made during the presidential election in Georgia.
State of health of imprisoned journalist is worse in Azerbaijan January 04, 2008 12:40 The state of health of satirist Sakit Zakhidov who is kept behind bars in Azerbaijan is worse again. He suffers from strong pains in his heart and legs.
International observers to present their estimates of the pre-electoral campaign and elections in Georgia on January 6 January 04, 2008 12:34 At a press conference held at the "ZP" Hotel in Tbilisi, international observers have told about their preliminary impressions from the course of the electoral campaign in Georgia and presented information about their activities.
Antadze: 2007 was a hard year for Georgian journalism January 04, 2008 12:30 Iya Antadze, a journalist for the Radio Liberty who was recognized to be the best journalist of Georgia in 2007, thinks that the last year was hard for Georgian journalism.
Georgia: supporters of Gachechiladze and Gamkrelidze complain of attacks January 04, 2008 12:21 Today in Georgia several incidents took place against supporters of oppositional candidates for President of Georgia.
Residents of Chechnya are most frequent refuge applicants in Belgium January 03, 2008 13:02 Thirteen percent of total applicants for political asylum in Belgium are residents of Chechnya.
Novorossisk denies 7 casualties in the Azov Sea January 03, 2008 12:57 According to the Marine Rescue Centre of Novorossisk, they found bodies of four, not of seven, out of the eleven seamen from the Bulgarian dry-cargo ship "Vanessa" that has sunk today in the Kerch Strait.
KGB (USSR State Security Committee) archives declassified in Kabardino-Balkaria January 03, 2008 12:49 A collection of documents and materials entitled "State Security Bodies and Society. 1920-1992" is published in Kabardino-Balkaria.
Scandal in children's home in Volgograd Region: Children Ombudsperson's comments January 02, 2008 15:42 Nina Boldyreva, Children Ombudsperson for the Volgograd Region, thinks that violations of the rights of orphans in children's homes will continue until the very principle of organizing such establishments is changed.
Diter Boden: using OSCE guidelines, Georgia can hold free elections January 02, 2008 15:35 The responsiveness of the Georgian party to recommendations of the Observation Mission of the Office of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights of the OSCE for elections in Georgia will ultimately allow holding fair elections in this country, Mission Head Diter Boden states.