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December 13, 2014 10:11

• Teen disappears in Karabulak

  A teenager named Magomed Daurbekov disappeared in the Ingush city of Karabulak on his way to school; the family cannot find him for the fifth day.

December 13, 2014 07:00

• In Dagestan, two witnesses questioned at trial of the "honour killing" in Chirkei

  On December 12, the court session on the criminal case against Abdulaziz Abdurakhmanov, a resident of the village of Chirkei, Buynaksk District of Dagestan, accused of premeditated murder of his cousin, two witnesses were interrogated. The district policeman gave a negative characteristic on the defendant.

December 12, 2014 21:00

• KChR's NPO activists state the need to actively cooperate with authorities

  The key problem of non-profit organizations (NPOs) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) is the absence of active cooperation with the authorities; and the parties shall endeavour to set up such partnership. This was the opinion of NPO activists-participants of the roundtable, which was held on the topic of settling conflicts in Northern Caucasus.

December 12, 2014 19:34

• New charges presented to rights defender Djafarov in Azerbaijan

  The arrested Azerbaijani rights defender Rasul Djafarov has been charged with a forgery and a large-scale embezzlement. He rejects all the new charges and treats them as politically motivated.

December 12, 2014 19:11

• Alleged militant leader killed in Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan

  In the course of a special operation conducted in the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, the leader of one of militant groupings was killed, said the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

December 12, 2014 18:57

• Statement on punishing militants' families will add members to armed underground in Chechnya, rights defenders believe

  The statement of the Chechen leadership about the collective responsibility of militants and the subsequent burning down of relatives' houses are contradictory to Russian law and can recruit new militants in the republic and abroad. This was stated by rights defenders during a press conference on the topic "Collective punishment as a method of dealing with armed underground in Chechnya".

December 12, 2014 18:28

• Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' advocates and Penitentiary Service state oppositely on her health

  The defence of the arrested Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus states an aggravation of her custody conditions and continued health problems; however, bosses of the Penitentiary Service refute these facts.

December 12, 2014 17:16

• Armenia: beaten opposition MP diagnosed brain concussion

  In Armenia, a forensic examination found a brain concussion in the oppositional MP Aram Manukyan; the parliamentarian himself told reporters.

December 12, 2014 11:10

• Five people killed in special operation in Dagestan

  Five militants have been killed today during a special operation in the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, said the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

December 12, 2014 10:41

• Families of power agents killed in attack on Grozny exempt from utility payments

  The employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who were lost in a special operation in Grozny on December 4, are presented to state awards. Their families will receive help, and, inter alia, since January 1 they will receive all the municipal utilities free of charge.

December 12, 2014 07:30

• Beating up Akhalkalaki residents by policemen not confirmed, Georgian MP asserts

  The residents of the city of Akhalkalaki, who had reported about beatings by the police after their arrest on December 3, did not file a complaint, said the Ombudsman's Office of Georgia. The statements of the victims and their relatives were not confirmed, Samvel Petrosyan, an MP from Akhalkalaki, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 12, 2014 05:21

• Vremenny residents receive help from Charity Fund "Chistoe Serdtse" (Pure Heart)

  Activists of the Charity Fund "Chistoe Serdtse" have visited the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny to deliver humanitarian help to its residents. Locals received warm clothes and food packages.

December 12, 2014 04:57

• Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus nominated for "To Women for Courage"

  The Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus, placed in custody on charges of treason, has been nominated for the International Award "To Women for Courage".

December 12, 2014 02:35

• Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov receives "Debut" Literary Award

  The Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov is the winner in the nomination "Essays" of the 15th Independent Literary Award "Debut" for his collection of works "Conquering the Space". The ceremony took place on December 11 in Moscow.

December 12, 2014 00:52

• Magomed Aliev, treated in intensive care unit in Stavropol, driven out of coma

  The health condition of Magomed Aliev, who was detained on suspicion of aiding terrorism and taken to hospital from SIZO (pre-trial prison) with severe mutilations, has become better, said his relatives. Doctors have driven him out of the artificial coma; and on December 15 they will decide on his further stay under intensive.

December 11, 2014 16:34

• All militants killed in attack on Grozny identified as residents of Chechnya

  Militants, who attacked Grozny at night of December 4, were members of the armed grouping led by field commander Aslan Byutukaev, and they were residents of Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed today by a source in the Chechen law enforcement bodies.

December 11, 2014 15:52

• In Azerbaijan, BCA leaves journalist Khadija Ismaiylova in custody

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BAC) has dismissed the complaint filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova about the pre-trial restriction measure against her in the form of arrest. The BCA left the journalist in custody.

December 11, 2014 14:32

• Dagestan suspends operation of radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala"

  The radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala" suspends its broadcasts in the territory of Dagestan at the request of the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media).

December 11, 2014 14:09

• Nalchik CTO increases number of victims to armed incidents in Kabardino-Balkaria since beginning of 2014 up to 46 persons

  The today's counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik has become the 23rd armed clash in Kabardino-Balkaria and the 2nd case of the introduction of CTO regime in the Kabardino-Balkarian capital since the beginning of 2014.

December 11, 2014 14:05

• NAC: militants killed in Nalchik were plotting terror act in territory of Border Guard Service Department

  Militants, who have been killed today in Nalchik, were plotting a terror act in the territory of Kabardino-Balkarian Department of the Border Guard Service. This was reported by the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).