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February 06, 2015 11:13

• Saint Petersburg lights candles in memory of victims of tragedy in Chechen village of Novye Aldy

  A commemoration party of the victims of the tragedy in the village of Novye Aldy, Chechen Republic, was held on February 5 in Saint Petersburg. The participants of the party sent a letter to President of Russia and the Russian Prosecutor General, demanding to investigate the crimes committed 15 years ago in the village.

February 06, 2015 09:44

• Rostov court sentences Ingush natives for interethnic conflicts

  The court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced two natives of the Republic of Ingushetia to 6 months of imprisonment each on charges of inflicting bodily harm under the motive of ethnic hatred.

February 06, 2015 03:52

• NKR's opposition condemn incident with motor rally participants

  The Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – NKR) and non-parliamentary parties have condemned the crackdown of the motor rally organized by Armenian oppositionists. They believe that the incident has spoiled the international image of the NKR.

February 06, 2015 00:49

• Prosecutor refuses to release suspect of rioting in Gyumri, advocate says

  On February 5, the Public Prosecutor of the Shirak Region of Armenia refused to release from custody Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was detained on suspicion of provoking disorders at the Russian General Consulate in Gyumri, said the suspect's advocate.

February 05, 2015 19:37

• JMG head: results of verification of Ramzan Kadyrov's statements may be challenged

  The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) will demand from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office to present materials on the verification of Ramzan Kadyrov's statements on responsibility of relatives for militants' actions. After examination, the results of the verification may be challenged. This was reported by Anton Ryzhov, the head of the JMG.

February 05, 2015 19:10

• In Armenia, investigators announce detention of rioter in Gyumri

  Armenian law enforcers report about detention of Mnatsakan Aleksanyan in Gyumri, who is suspected of the riots at the General Consulate of Russia.

February 05, 2015 17:49

• Law enforcers prepare identikits of attackers on Mosque Imam in Nalchik

  In Kabardino-Balkaria, the law enforcement bodies have prepared for publication the identikit images of two persons suspected of beating Anzor Shkhanukov, the imam of "Mansour" Mosque in Nalchik.

February 05, 2015 16:40

• Advocate reports detention of opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev in Grozny

  Ingush opposition activist Magomed Khazbiev is arrested, and he is being kept at the IVS-1 (temporary detention facility) in Grozny. This was reported by his advocate Khedy Ibrieva.

February 05, 2015 15:31

• Rostov air controllers demand to release defendants in case of private jet crash at "Vnukovo" Airport

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, 90 people held a rally in support of the three air traffic controllers of the Moscow "Vnukovo" Airport, who were arrested after the crash of the private jet carrying on the board the head of the French company "Total" in October 2014.

February 05, 2015 13:38

• Two Azerbaijanis sentenced as spies for Iran

  Today, Faig Gurbanov and Seimur Rzazade, residents of the city of Lenokoran in the south of Azerbaijan, have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment on charges of espionage.

February 05, 2015 13:03

• Condition of advocate Murad Magomedov beaten in Dagestan remains grave

  Murad Magomedov, an advocate of a defendant in the case of a terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, who was beaten in Dagestan, said he did not remember the time of the attack on him.

February 05, 2015 12:38

• Experts see political context in bill on Georgian citizens' involvement in warfare abroad

  The bill on criminal responsibility for involvement of citizens of Georgia in hostilities outside their state is politically motivated. This opinion was expressed by Georgian experts during the "round table", which was held on February 4 at the Tbilisi international press centre of the RIA "Novosti".

February 05, 2015 09:12

• Kuban former Vice-Governor Alexander Ivanov arrested for two months

  The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has announced the decision to arrest for two months Alexander Ivanov, the former Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

February 05, 2015 04:49

• Defendants in case of Zurab Vazagashvili's murder arrested in Tbilisi

  On February 4, the Court announced the decision to take into custody eleven former staff members of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) accused of murdering Zurab Vazagashvili and falsifying evidence in the case. Defendants in the case plead not guilty.

February 05, 2015 00:15

• At trial in Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi's case, defendant Magomedali Amirkhanov pleads not guilty

  At the trial in the case of the terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, defendant Magomedali Amirkhanov refused to plead guilty. Defendant Shikhmirza Labazanov denied his involvement in the terror act, but admitted his guilt in aiding and abetting criminals.

February 04, 2015 16:35

• Court rules to arrest Vice-Governor of Krasnodar Territory

  Today, the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has ruled to arrest Vadim Lukoyanov, the Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

February 04, 2015 16:15

• Chechen Prosecutor's Office finds no violations in Kadyrov's words of collective responsibility of militants' families

  The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has found no appeals to crime in the statements of the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov about responsibility of relatives for militants' actions, says a copy of the document released by Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Committee against Torture.

February 04, 2015 16:07

• Lawyer beaten up after trial on terror act in house of Sheikh Chirkey in Dagestan (+video)

  The advocate Murad Magomedov was beaten up near the building of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan after a court session on the terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Chirkey, said the lawyer Rinat Gamidov.

February 04, 2015 14:59

• Armenian villager wounded in Karabakh conflict area

  This afternoon, Levon Andreasyan, 85, resident of the Armenian village of Movses, Tavush Region, was wounded with a bullet of an Azerbaijani sniper, said Artsrun Ovannisyan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia.

February 04, 2015 14:33

• At trial on Gyumri massacre, the suffered party will be presented by two advocates

  The second defender has entered the case of the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri. Thus, five successors of the victims will be represented by two advocates.