“We really saw the cluster charges in a few villages, namely in Variani, Shindisi, Pkhvenisi, Ruisi, in the city of Gori. The UN experts have information that the cluster ammunition was used in the settlements of Keltobani, Karaleti,...

An attack on Sergei Kanev, the correspondent of the investigative section of Novaya Gazeta, was made at about 11:30 p.m. on 31 August. Late in the evening Sergei had had a meeting with a source of information, who passed him the materials...

There was a great international scandal when it turned out that the CIA uses European airports for transporting to the US the persons suspected of terrorism. America got accused of infringement on human rights, while the European...

Last week the news agencies Regnum and “Kavkazskiy Uzel” (fittingly, Caucasian knot) reported about attempt made on Ramzan Kadyrov. The Chechen authorities were quick to deny flatly the sensation. Lema Gudaev, the spokesperson for the...

The Spanish Supreme Court has been learning unknown terms like “vor v zakone” (the lord of the underground), “autoritety” (criminal authorities) and “hermanos de Tambov” (brothers from Tambov). Those words are seen in the indictment...

As Novaya Gazeta reported in its previous issue, the Strasburg court has advised the lawyers Igor Trunov and Karinna Moskalenko about the fact the consideration of the Nord-Ost complaint will be classified. No doubt, such a decision must...

The celebrated Tri Kita case (fittingly, Three Whales) was investigated over 8 years and was featured with great conflict of interests among high ranking officials from FSB, MVD, customs office and Prosecutor General’s office. 50 counts...

The scandal of the demolished Trade Rows on the Red Square seems to be getting international response. Yesterday, the 32nd session of World Heritage Committee by UNESCO started in Quebec, where considered also will be the off-color project...

At the beginning of June the Bavarian newspaper Abendzeitung featured a headline “Russians Are Coming!” With a mixed feeling of horror and rapture the German journalists came to a conclusion: never before have seen their idyllic quiet...

What has been passed to the trial now is maximum one third of investigation within the frame of which it is also necessary to see into one important point: who, with what purpose and in whose interests organized the leaks, which allowed...

During preparation of the material about scandalous case of Seltzer it became clear that it was necessary to have comments by Boris Berezovsky. Mr. Berezovsky agreed to answer my questions; not all, though. Q: Boris Abramovich. What do you...

The third month of confinement of the American lawyer Emmanuil Seltzer in the pre-trial prison of Byelorussian KGB ended up in the way characteristic of messed up accusations. Now another criminal case has been started against him charging...

Business with kindred. Examining the business activities by the top officials’ family members Part 5. Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russia’s Security Council, the former director of FSB We continue monitoring of the businesses...

On the evening of 31st January 2008 the criminal authority Movladi Atlangireev was kidnapped in Moscow. Due to a chapter of accidents he was not armed and so was able to offer no resistance. The kidnappers came in two SUVs Mercedes to the...

It has begun consideration on the merit of the criminal case against former editor of Samara branch of Novaya Gazeta Sergei Kurt-Adjiev. Reminding, he is charged with the use of pirate software Adobe for making the issues of the newspaper....