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December 20, 2014 16:33

• Kislovodsk prosecutor's office cancels rejection to open criminal case on threats to Baichorov

  The prosecutor's office of the city of Kislovodsk has cancelled the decision not to institute criminal proceedings on the fact of threats received by Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, said his advocate Alaudi Musaev.

December 20, 2014 15:55

• Turkic conference in Grozny presents educational projects for students and Lyceum pupils

  At the International Conference in Grozny "Terek Turks as Cultural Bridge of Chechen Republic with Turkic World" Kumyk organization presented curricula for training Kumyk students at the leading universities of the Turkic countries and a project of a boarding Lyceum to be opened near the city of Gudermes.

December 20, 2014 12:13

• Tsarnaev's classmate confesses of keeping firearms and drugs

  Steven Silva, an acquaintance of Johar Tsarnaev, accused of organizing a terror act at the Boston Marathon race, has pled guilty to distributing heroin and illegal possession of firearms. According to the prosecution, Tsarnaev brothers used the pistol, kept by Silva, to kill a policeman.

December 20, 2014 10:20

• Chechen residents report demolition of militant's family house in Gudermes District

  On December 18, in the village of Koshkeldy, Gudermes District of Chechnya, a family home of a member of the armed underground was demolished, local residents report.

December 20, 2014 08:49

• Acts of violence against journalists in Armenia remain unpunished, rights defenders assert

  As stated by participants of a press conference in Yerevan, this year was rather strained for the press and journalists; and the number of incidents of physical pressure on journalists or obstruction to obtaining information practically did not go down.

December 20, 2014 06:01

• Ilkin Rustamzade put into dungeon of Baku SIZO for second time within month

  Ilkin Rustamzade, a member of the movement "Free Youth", who is imprisoned in Azerbaijan, was put into the dungeon of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) – for the second time this month.

December 20, 2014 04:24

• Court in Baku rejects complaint of rights defender Rasul Jafarov who claimed to change his custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal lodged by Rasul Jafarov, the coordinator of the campaign "Arts for Democracy", who asked to replace his custody for home arrest.

December 20, 2014 03:10

• Defence of Chechen native convicted in Pugachov intends to appeal against the verdict

  The advocate of the 17-year-old native of Chechnya, who was convicted on charges of committing a resonant murder of Ruslan Marzhanov, a resident of the city of Pugachov, Saratov Region, announced his intention to appeal against the verdict.

December 20, 2014 01:17

• Armenian court takes to consideration appeals in the case of participants of "Million Mask March"

  The Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) took up the appeals lodged against the sentences passed to Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tseghakron" Party, and other persons involved in the "Million Mask March" and formed a panel of judges. The defence insists on acquittal of all activists.

December 20, 2014 00:27

• Head of Dagestani militants swears to "Islamic State"

  Abu Mukhammad, Amir of Dagestan, said that he takes an oath to the "Islamic State" (IS). This is the second time in Dagestan within the last month, when the leaders of militants' formations take an oath to the IS; and both of these cases indicate a split in the "Imarat Kavkaz", recognized as a terrorist organization.

December 19, 2014 21:42

• Dadaev's advocate asks CoA to acquit his client

  Selim Magomedov, the advocate of the convicted Alautdin Dadaev, has stated that the sentence passed by the court in the case of the terror acts committed in Volgograd disregarded the arguments of the defence, while the verdict as such was based on investigators' speculations.

December 19, 2014 19:45

• In November 2014, 22 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  At least 22 people were victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in November 2014, of which 15 people were killed, and 7 others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

December 19, 2014 18:57

• Three houses of militants' relatives already demolished in Gudermes, locals report

  In the city of Gudermes power agents have demolished three private houses owned by families of the members of the armed underground. Earlier it was reported about demolition of two houses.

December 19, 2014 16:26

• Residents of Yerevan rally against price growth

  A protest action against depreciation of the national currency and rise in prices was held in Yerevan on Friday in front of the government, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 19, 2014 15:25

• Buynaksk Salafi mosque-goers taken to police

  On Friday, after the Juma namaz in Buynaksk, policemen detained several parishioners of the Salafi mosque, said a local resident. Several mosque-goers were brought to the police. In his turn, a source from the Buynaksk GOVD (City Interior Division), assured that all the believers will be released after checking their IDs.

December 19, 2014 14:50

• Professor Zubarevich does not find deficit of North-Caucasian budgets critical

  This time again, deficit budgets have been brought for discussion to the Parliament of the Republics of Northern Caucasus. Officials claim that measures to reduce budget deficits are taken.

December 19, 2014 13:52

• ICRF starts checking Kadyrov's statement in relation to "certain Kalyapin"

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) began checking the statement of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about a possible involvement of "a certain Kalyapin" in financing militants.

December 19, 2014 11:05

• Authorities of Grozny promise to open House of Press by December 25

  The House of Press in the Chechen capital, damaged in the course of the militants' attack on Grozny, will be fully restored by December 25. The repairs of School No. 20 and pavilions of the "Berkat" Shopping Centre are near completion, said the Grozny Mayoralty.

December 19, 2014 09:09

• Power agents name second militant killed in special operation in KBR

  In the course of the operation conducted on December 18 in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), in the village of Dygulybgey, which makes a part of the city of Baksan, apart from Andzor Guchapshev, the leader of the local underground, his accomplice Martin Abazov was also killed.

December 19, 2014 08:38

• Representatives of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson gave legal advice to Khadija Ismayilova

  On December 18, the office staff of Elmira Suleimanova, the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan, visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the journalist Khadija Ismayilova is kept, and gave her legal advice.