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January 18, 2018 19:27

• Armenian government approves ban on importing right-hand-drive cars

  The Armenian Cabinet of Ministers has supported the bill banning the imports of cars with the right-hand steering wheel for the period from April 1 to October 1.

January 18, 2018 17:02

• Gukovo miners complain about shortage of coal for heating houses

  Today, 70 miners have held a picket in Gukovo, demanding from the authorities to allocate coal to them and reduce utility tariffs.

January 18, 2018 13:38

• Accomplice in Nurbagandov's murder sentenced for life

  The prosecutor's office has persuaded the court to increase the punishment of Arthur Bekbolatov, convicted for killing Dagestani policemen, from 24 years to life imprisonment.

January 18, 2018 13:20

• Sochi court stops case about Christ's caricatures

  Today, a Magistrate Court in Sochi has stopped the case opened against Victor Nochevnov, accused of insulting believers' feelings, said Alexander Popkov, an advocate.

January 18, 2018 12:54

• In Nalchik, Court refuses to release Aslan Iritov

  The term of house arrest for Aslan Iritov, the leader of the NGO "Volny Aul" has been extended for two months, despite the protest of the activist, his advocate reports today.

January 18, 2018 08:01

• Account with video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov removed from YouTube

  The Anti Kadyrov YouTube channel, which published critical video appeals from a Chechen woman to Ramzan Kadyrov, was available for less than two weeks.

January 18, 2018 06:12

• Head and volunteer of Ksenia Sobchak's Rostov office detained

  In Rostov-on-Don, Anastasia Shevchenko, the chief of the Ksenia Sobchak's regional office, and volunteer Maxim Popov were detained after the police got a report about pasting of opposition stickers in a store.

January 18, 2018 05:55

• SC supports Dagestani resident who complains of provocation during his detention

  On January 17, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan held a session to consider the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office against the acquittal pronounced by the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala to Ziyavudin Abdulkhalikov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 18, 2018 04:13

• CE demands from Russia to investigate arson of "Memorial" office

  Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE), has called on the Russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the arson in the Nazran office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

January 18, 2018 01:49

• Magomed Mamatov's body found in North Ossetia

  The body of Magomed Mamatov, a resident of Ingushetia, was found in North Ossetia. The man disappeared in last August, a source has reported.

January 17, 2018 21:34

• After arson in "Memorial" office, Evkurov confined himself to promises (+video)

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, who met officials of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" after the fire in the HRC's office in Nazran, promised rights defenders "all possible assistance of law enforcement bodies in investigating the arson," but offered no personal help, Timur Akiev, the head of the Ingush representative office of the HRC "Memorial", has stated.

January 17, 2018 20:56

• Two Navalny's supporters fined in Rostov-on-Don

  The court has fined two townspeople for participating in the rally in support of nominating Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate.

January 17, 2018 18:33

• High jumper Lasitskene sets season indoor world record

  Maria Lasitskene, a track-and-field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the Dyachkov-Ozolin memorial tournament by having conquered 2.01 meters, setting the best result of the 2017-2018 winter season.

January 17, 2018 18:15

• Armenian Parliament tightens rules of visiting casinos

  Today, Armenian MPs have adopted amendments to the law that provide for controlling the age of gamblers, restricting the casino gambling and increasing the fines.

January 17, 2018 14:39

• Rights defenders associate arson of "Memorial" office with actions of Chechen authorities

  The attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia has become a result of impunity of the people involved in human rights violations committed in Chechnya, rights defenders interviewed by the 'Caucasian Knot' believe.

January 17, 2018 13:13

• 33 apartments damaged by gas explosion in Rostov-on-Don

  This morning, in Rostov-on-Don, a burst of gas with subsequent inflammation occurred on the fifth floor of a ten-story house. As a result, one person was killed. Fire-fighters evacuated 50 tenants of the house and extinguished the fire.

January 17, 2018 12:51

• Residents of Chechnya complain of torture after anti-drug raids

  Magomed-Ali and Magomed-Sidik Mezhidov brothers, detained in Chechnya in the course of the anti-drug campaign, have filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about torture, which forced them to defame themselves.

January 17, 2018 11:19

• Oleg Orlov associates arson of "Memorial" office with prosecution of Titiev

  An attack on the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia and the pressure on the "Memorial" office in Chechnya are connected, believes Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial".

January 17, 2018 10:53

• HRC "Memorial" treats arson of its office in Nazran as a terror act

  Last night, a fire broke out in the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on the second floor of a two-storey building in Nazran. PCs and furniture were destroyed by the fire, while no people were injured.

January 17, 2018 10:10

• "Novaya Gazeta": Chechen woman detained for investigating "extrajudicial execution"

  For more than a week, the fate of Aminat Avturkhanova, who was looking for her husband, whose name appeared on the lists of the people executed in Chechnya at night on January 26, 2017, is unknown, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.