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December 19, 2014 07:49

• Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe demands from Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilgar Mamedov

  Azerbaijani authorities shall immediately release of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), said the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

December 19, 2014 07:28

• Defence of Imam of Kislovodsk states violation of constitutional rights of Kurman-Ali Baichorov at the trial

  New evidence has appeared about the involvement of MIA and FSB agents in criminal prosecution of Imam of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov; and in this context, the court's refusal to grant the petition to return the case to the stage of judicial investigation is illegitimate, said the Imam's advocates.

December 18, 2014 21:00

• Defence of figurants in case of Volgograd terror acts appeals against verdict

  The advocates of the natives of Dagestan, convicted for helping the organizers of the terror acts committed on the 2013 New Year 2013 in Volgograd, have appealed against the verdict of the district court. The consideration of appeal complaints will take place not earlier than mid-January, said the court.

December 18, 2014 20:15

• KBR resident convicted for financing militants

  A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced A. Djappuev, a resident of the city of Tyrnyauz to 3.5 years of imprisonment on charges of aiding and financing militants.

December 18, 2014 19:48

• Johar Tsarnaev arrives at court session in Boston

  Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing a terror act in Boston in April 2013, has arrived at the final stage of the preliminary hearing of his case. This is the first Tsarnaev's appearance in public since July 2013.

December 18, 2014 19:25

• European Parliament urges Russia to recall alliance treaty with Abkhazia

  The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on Russia to recall the "alliance and strategic partnership treaty" signed with the authorities of Abkhazia.

December 18, 2014 18:53

• Court dealing with the case of Imam of Kislovodsk bans videoing the trial

  On Thursday, December 18, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory rejected the petition asking to allow the video and photo filming of the trial of the Imam of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov.

December 18, 2014 13:38

• International rights defenders urge Putin to investigate attacks on their colleagues

  Representatives of the international human rights organizations "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), "Amnesty International" (AI) and "Front Line Defenders" (FLD), in their open letter have called on the Russian President Vladimir Putin to investigate the attacks on rights defenders and condemn the practice of collective punishments.

December 18, 2014 12:12

• Residents of Grozny massively cash out money from their bank accounts

  In the past two days, residents of Chechnya have been massively withdrawing funds from their bank accounts. The reason was in the rumours circulating among people about the upcoming freezing of accounts and credit cards due to a sharp depreciation of the rouble. Bankers think that the panic is unjustified.

December 18, 2014 08:41

• EU criticizes intention of Chechen leader to persecute militants' families

  The European External Action Service (EEAS), which is a part of the European Union (EU), has issued a statement calling on the authorities of Chechnya to give a balanced response to the surge of tension in the region and condemned the intention of Ramzan Kadyrov to expel militants' families out of the republic.

December 18, 2014 07:48

• Court dealing with case of Imangazali Magomedov in Dagestan rejects several defence's motions

  The court that running the trial of Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the village of Shaumyan, who is accused of aiding militants and illegal possession of firearms and drugs, has rejected the earlier motions of the defence, including the one demanding to study the three criminal cases, where the same witnesses had been questioned as in the present case.

December 18, 2014 07:32

• Two militants killed in the Baksan District of the KBR

  As reported by a law enforcement source from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), in the village of Dygulybgey, Baksan District of the KBR, power agents shot dead three militants. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was lifted at 9:45 a.m. Moscow time.

December 17, 2014 23:00

• Sochi court finds builder Demerchyan guilty of false denunciation

  The Adler District Court of Sochi has handed down a guilty verdict to the builder Mardiros Demerchyan and appointed a punishment of 300 hours of mandatory public work.

December 17, 2014 20:16

• Court finds Nadezhda Tsapok guilty of land fraud

  The Kuschevsky District Court in the Krasnodar Territory has found Nadezhda Tsapok, the former head and founder of the company "Artex-Agro", guilty of large-scale fraud of embezzling 770 hectares of land.

December 17, 2014 16:44

• MfE: the basic version of fire in rights defenders' office in Grozny is arson

  As reported by the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the versions of a fire from a short circuit in the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in no longer considered – the main version of the reason of the fire is arson.

December 17, 2014 14:40

• Court session on suit of Chechen MIA against Amriev who stated torture by police postponed till December 25

  The consideration of the claim lodged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic against the athlete Murad Amriev, who stated that he had been kidnapped and tortured at the police of Grozny, has been postponed till December 25.

December 17, 2014 13:05

• Hassan Zakayev, native of Chechnya, suspected of aiding organizers of Dubrovka terror act in Moscow

  Hassan Zakayev, who is now in custody in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the capture of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, is suspected of aiding the militants who carried out the above act.

December 17, 2014 12:15

• Court session on MoJ's lawsuit on liquidation of "Memorial" postponed at request of rights defenders

  The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has rescheduled for January 28 the consideration of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a demand to liquidate the public organization named "The Russian Historical, Educational and Human Rights Society 'Memorial'".

December 17, 2014 10:25

• In Chechnya, case of Khasan Edilkhanov accused of involvement in war in Syria sent to court

  The criminal case initiated against a local resident Khasan Edilkhanov, a suspect of involvement in the war in Syria for the militants, who was detained at Moscow airport, has been delivered ton the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya.

December 17, 2014 06:35

• Power agents' actions did not interfere with work of authorities, Khasavyurt administration asserts

  The administration of Khasavyurt continues working normally. The confiscation of documents undertaken by power agents did not prevent the officials to perform their duties and receive citizens, officials, said the staff of the Mayoralty. There were no conflicts, said the officials of the administration of the Khasavyurt District.