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February 01, 2018 10:35

• Oyub Titiev receives dentist's help three weeks after his detention

  Law enforcers issued for Oyub Titiev, who claimed having eating problems, a pass for four visits to a dentist. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on January 31.

February 01, 2018 07:55

• Dagestani Imam reports attempt of his son's kidnapping

  Unidentified people tried to force a son of Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of a Salafi mosque, into their car. This was reported by the Imam himself.

February 01, 2018 05:52

• "Kommersant": a Chechen athlete wanted in case of involvement in IS*

  Imam Tesaev, a 21-year-old wrestler from Chechnya, is suspected of involvement in the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court, and an attempt to recruit his friends and acquaintances to the ranks of militants. The athlete is put on the federal wanted list, the "Kommersant" reports today.

February 01, 2018 05:35

• Journalists' work in Caucasus awarded with Sakharov Prize

  On January 31, the ceremony of awarding the Andrei Sakharov Prize for "Journalism as an Act" to mark the merits of journalists and rights defenders was held in Moscow. Among the winners of the Sakharov Prize were Elena Milashina, Pavel Kanygin and Ali Feruz, correspondents of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko, Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel, the edition "Takie Dela" and the "Caucasian Knot".

February 01, 2018 04:51

• ECtHR communicates complaint filed by coordinator of Navalny's office in Krasnodar

  Following a complaint filed by Miroslav Valkovich, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent questions to the government of Russia regarding the detention of a coordinator of oppositionist Alexei Navalny's office at a protest action held in Krasnodar on March 26, 2017.

January 31, 2018 20:04

• Experts treat intention to save money as the reason for ceiling collapse in Tbilisi metro

  The suspended ceiling at the "Varketili" metro station was mounted on top of the old structure. The founder of the company, which carried out the repairs, stated that this was a demand of the Tbilisi Mayoralty.

January 31, 2018 19:36

• Kazim Nurmagomedov's relatives report his kidnapping to police

  An application about the kidnapping of Kazim Nurmagomedov was submitted by his relatives to the on duty section of the Basmanny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Moscow. The Kazim’s whereabouts is still unknown, said his relatives.

January 31, 2018 18:52

• Miners demand to prevent ecological catastrophe in Gukovo

  Today, 47 miners have held a picket at the "Antratsit" Culture House; they read out an appeal to Yuri Chaika, the Russian Public Prosecutor General, and started collecting signatures to it, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. The Gukovo picketers demanded to take measures to eliminate ground depressions formed after mines are flooded, and prevent an ecological catastrophe.

January 31, 2018 13:58

• Shamil Nurmagomedov's father detained in Moscow

  Today, Moscow law enforcers have detained Kazim Nurmagomedov, a father of a native of Makhachkala, accused of financing terrorists. This has been reported by an advocate.

January 31, 2018 13:41

• Authorities to pay for medical treatment of victims in Tbilisi metro

  The state of the people injured in collapse of a ceiling at a metro station has improved, but they continue to stay in a hospital. The Ministry for Public Health and the Tbilisi Mayoralty will pay the costs for the medical treatment of the victims.

January 31, 2018 13:22

• In Ingushetia, investigation into resonant case of torture completed

  Except for the charges of robbery and violence, Timur Khamkhoev, a main defendant in the case of torture at the Ingush police, is charged with forgery of documents, the "Kommersant" reported on January 30.

January 31, 2018 04:38

• About 50 Russian citizens found in captivity in Iraq

  In the territory of Iraq, 18 women and about 30 children from Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and other regions of Russia were found in capture. In a letter to her mother, one of the captured women wrote that she was in fact in slavery with other women and children.

January 31, 2018 04:09

• In Azerbaijan, about 1000 prisoners ask to pardon them

  On January 30, a meeting of the Pardon Issues Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held in Baku.

January 31, 2018 00:20

• Concert of Mariinsky Theatre soloist sharpens political contradictions in Abkhazia

  On January 24, opera singer Giorgi Todua, a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, gave a concert in his hometown of Gali. The singer made no political statements during the concert. Meanwhile, in his interview published two days after the performance, he says he does not recognize the independence of Abkhazia.

January 30, 2018 21:36

• Resident of North Ossetia beaten by law enforcers, his father complains

  Alan Chekhoev, a resident of Alagir, has complained that his 19-year-old son Oleg was severely beaten after his detention.

January 30, 2018 19:29

• Rights defenders and oppositionists quarrel on Sobchak's visit to Grozny

  After Ksenia Sobchak’s picket in defence of Oyub Titiev, held by her in Grozny, users of social networks, including well-known oppositionists, rights defenders and journalists, diverged about the reasons for the presidential candidate, and on whether her arrival in Grozny was a PR act.

January 30, 2018 19:28

• Rights defenders call on Georgian authorities to investigate attacks on transgenders

  Authorities are obliged to protect sexual minorities from manifestations of homophobia and investigate hate crimes, activists of the NGO “Movement for Equality” have stated.

January 30, 2018 15:14

• In Chechnya, contract soldier shot his commander dead

  An officer of a Grozny law enforcement unit has been killed by his subordinate from a Kalashnikov submachine gun, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed by a source from the military enlistment office.

January 30, 2018 15:05

• Vremenny villagers complain to Court of officials' inaction

  128 residents from the Dagestani village of Vremenny have filed to the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala a complaint of officials' failure to pay compensation for the property damaged during a special operation, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

January 30, 2018 13:11

• Kerimov's and Putin's plenipotentiaries put on US 'Kremlin List'

  Magomedsalam Magomedov, the former leader of Dagestan, Senator Suleiman Kerimov, and the presidential plenipotentiaries in the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) are included in the list of Russian officials and businessmen compiled by the US Department of Treasury in accordance with the new law on countering opponents of the country.