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January 22, 2015 18:07

• Permyakov may face additional charge, said Armenian GPP

  The charge against Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier, who confessed of a mass murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, may be supplemented by the article about an attempt to illegally cross the state border, Gevork Kostanyan, the General Public Prosecutor (GPP) of Armenia, said at today's parliamentary hearings.

January 22, 2015 18:06

• Azerbaijan: prosecutor asks 6 years in prison for journalist Seymour Khazi

  Today, at the trial of journalist Seymour Khazi, accused of hooliganism, the state prosecutor, in his closing remarks, asked the Apsheron District Court of Azerbaijan to sentence Khazi to six years in prison.

January 22, 2015 17:24

• Rostov journalist Reznik sentenced to three years

  The Lenin District Court of Rostov-on-Don has found the journalist and blogger Sergey Reznik guilty of false denunciation and insult of officials and sentenced him to three years in a general security colony, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 22, 2015 15:06

• FSB agents detain leader of "Astrakhan Russians" movement

  On January 21, agents of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) detained Igor Stenin, the leader of the "Astrakhan Russians" movement, as Pavel Chikov, the head of the "Agora" association has reported.

January 22, 2015 12:39

• Chechnya is ahead of Dagestan by number of victims in Quarter 4 of 2014

  In Quarter 4 of 2014, the number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus has increased by 118% compared with Quarter 3. In October-December, 168 people were killed and wounded there; while in July-September, the figure was 77. In Quarter 4, Chechnya was ahead of Dagestan in the number of victims.

January 22, 2015 11:37

• Nearly 500 sign petition demanding to investigate Timur Kuashev's murder

  A petition demanding an inquiry into the murder of the journalist from Nalchik Timur Kuashev has been posted on the Internet. For 13 days, it was signed by 471 persons. Today, it was signed by Valery Khatazhukov, the head of the Public Human Rights Centre of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Organizers plan to send the document to investigating bodies.

January 22, 2015 08:21

• Picketers hand out leaflets about activities of Navalny to Astrakhan townspeople

  On January 21, in Astrakhan, ten supporters of Alexei Navalny held an information picket. It was sanctioned by the authorities; and there were no incidents during the two-hour action.

January 22, 2015 01:50

• Permyakov officially recognizes accusations presented by IC of Armenian

  Valery Permyakov, a regular soldier of the 102nd Russian military base, accused of massacring a family in the city of Gyumri, whose interrogation was conducted on January 21 by Armenian investigators, pled guilty on the charges, presented to him by the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia.

January 22, 2015 01:43

• Chechens seek asylum in Europe because of corruption and pressure by power agents, says report of HRC "Memorial"

  The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" has published a report "Chechens in Russia", prepared jointly with the Committee "Civil Assistance" after three years of work. The document uses specific examples to consider the situation with criminal prosecution of residents of Chechnya, status of women in the republic, corruption and insecurity of property.

January 21, 2015 22:42

• In Baku, advocate of Khadija Ismayilova reports her one-day placement into dungeon

  The arrested Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was placed for one day into the dungeon of SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 as punishment for publishing her open letter in the media. The incident occurred on January 15, but we learnt about it only today, said the lawyer Yalchin Imanov.

January 21, 2015 22:20

• Armenia and Russia set up coordination centre to investigate massacre in Gyumri

  Today, Agvan Ovsepyan and Alexander Bastrykin, the heads of the Investigating Committee of Armenia and Russia, have signed an agreement establishing a coordination centre to investigate the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri.

January 21, 2015 18:58

• Rally in Azerbaijan burns down flags of USA, Israel, France and Armenia (+video)

  The participants of the today's rally in the settlement of Nardaran near Baku have resolutely condemned the publication of caricatures on Prophet Muhammad and manifestations of Islamophobia in the West. In the course of the protest action they burned down the flags of France, Israel, United States and Armenia.

January 21, 2015 13:56

• Sergey Avetisyan buried in Gyumri

  The six-month-old baby Sergey Avetisyan was buried today in the city of Gyumri. People put hundreds of white roses, toys and the baby's portrait onto the grave.

January 21, 2015 12:50

• NKR's MoD reports death of soldier in conflict zone

  According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), at night on January 21, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime at the contact line 300 times. As a result of the shelling, one soldier of the NKR's Defence Army was killed, and another soldier was wounded, the NKR's MoD reports.

January 21, 2015 11:36

• Dagestan starts selling mobile phones for Muslims

  Dagestan starts selling mobile phones for Muslims. A number of members of the Muslim community were delighted by a new gadget, and others found it not quite appropriate.

January 21, 2015 09:57

• ATO speaker states transfer of new Russian troops to Rostov Region

  According to the command centre of the antiterrorist operation (ATO) of Ukraine, three battalion tactical groups and artillery battalion have approached four villages of the Rostov Region near the Ukrainian-Russian border. This was reported by Andrei Lysenko, the ATO speaker.

January 21, 2015 08:15

• Georgia holds protest against caricatures on Muhammad in "Charlie Hebdo"

  In Georgia, residents of the village of Duisi in the Pankisi Gorge have organized a protest action in connection with the publication of caricatures on Prophet Muhammad in the French magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

January 21, 2015 07:06

• Georgian oppositionist Yuri Vazagashvili killed by explosion at his son's grave

  Georgian citizen Yuri Vazagashvili has perished in an explosion that occurred at the grave of his son Zurab Vazagashvili killed in the special operation carried out in 2006. The Prosecutor's Office considers the version of the premeditated murder.

January 21, 2015 04:37

• Gyumri Board of Elders urges General Prosecutor to seek transfer of Avetisyan family's murder case to Armenia

  The Gyumri Board of Elders has urged Gevorg Kostanyan, the General Prosecutor of Armenia, to take steps to transfer the investigation into the murder of the Avetisyan family under the jurisdiction of the Armenian law enforcement agencies, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

January 20, 2015 20:51

• NKR residents demand to give Permyakov out to Armenian justice

  An initiative group of 177 residents of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has appealed to Russian authorities demanding to immediately give the Russian regular soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of the massacre in Gyumri, out to Armenian law enforcement bodies.