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December 07, 2014 02:39

• Head of Chechnya figures in the case of threats against Ukrainian MPs

  The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has opened a criminal case against the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in the context of his recently voiced threats to Ukrainian MPs, said Markiyan Lubkivskiy, an adviser to the head of the SSU. This information was confirmed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine, which has launched its own check.

December 07, 2014 01:12

• Khadija Ismayilova's home searched in Baku

  Law enforcers have searched the apartment of the arrested journalist Khadija Ismayilova and confiscated the films, computer equipment and business cards belonging to her.

December 07, 2014 00:34

• Kamil Guliev, who disappeared in Dagestan, may be kept by Makhachkala police, his relatives believe

  On December 6, Aisha Gulieva, Kamil's wife, filed an application to the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala about her husband's possible kidnapping. Prior to his disappearance Kamil Guliev claimed that policemen tried to take him to the police station in Kizilyurt.

December 06, 2014 18:51

• Kadyrov demands to expel militants' families from Chechnya and demolish their houses

  Families of members of the armed underground should be expelled from the Chechen Republic; and their households should be demolished – Ramzan Kadyrov has demanded this from local officials. However, local residents report that such actions are contrary to the Constitution of Russia, norms of Islam and Chechen customs.

December 06, 2014 18:23

• AI draws attention of London townspeople to fate of ecologist Vitishko

  An action in support of political prisoners, including the ecologist from the Krasnodar Territory Evgeny Vitishko, was held in London by the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI). On December 5, Vitishko got in touch with his colleague Evgenia Chirikova and reported that he feels good.

December 06, 2014 17:23

• Stavropol Territory: advocates of Lyudmila Bogatenkova report that she receives threats

  Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the chair of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Prikumye Mothers", has received threats from unidentified persons.

December 06, 2014 16:57

• Georgian Ombudsman demands to investigate abuse of prisoners in Batumi prison

  An inmate of Batumi Prison No. 3 has complained about numerous beatings by prison staff. Ucha Nanuashvili, the Georgian Ombudsman (People's Defender), has addressed the General Prosecutor's Office asking to investigate the actions of the prison staff.

December 06, 2014 13:38

• Dagestan: Magomed Kamalov's relatives report his disappearance

  Magomed Kamalov, a resident of the city of Izberbash, disappeared in Dagestan. He left home on December 4, and his whereabouts is still unknown, said his relatives. The police station of Izberbash reported that he was not among the detainees.

December 06, 2014 12:50

• Chechen residents report strengthened inspections after militants' attack on Grozny

  After the attack of members of the armed underground on Grozny, policemen are thoroughly examining all the cars on roads of Chechnya, local residents report.

December 06, 2014 11:45

• Chechen residents report loss of more than one civilian during militants' attack

  Grozny residents claim that during the militants' attack on the city not one civilian, as the authorities assert, but several civilians were lost. The police refute this information.

December 06, 2014 07:01

• Rights defenders strongly condemn detention of journalist Ismayilova in Azerbaijan

  The detention of the Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was condemned by Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Commissioner for the Freedom of Media, the international human rights organization "Index on Censorship", the Norwegian Foundation "Human Rights House", and Nenad Peyich, the editor-in-chief of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

December 06, 2014 03:13

• In KBR, over 80 persons questioned on the murder of journalist Timur Kuashev

  As reported by a member of the investigative team, over 80 people were interrogated; and 9 volumes of case files have been collected on the murder case of journalist and social activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Timur Kuashev.

December 06, 2014 01:00

• Woman from Makhachkala states possible kidnapping of her husband

  A resident of Makhachkala has reported a possible kidnapping of her husband Kamil Guliev. According to her version, earlier he repeatedly received threats.

December 05, 2014 22:09

• Journalist Khadija Ismayilova detained in Azerbaijan

  On Friday, the well-known journalist Khadija Ismayilova was detained in Azerbaijan, said her advocate Elton Guliev.

December 05, 2014 20:56

• Kadyrov states 36 wounded law enforcers in militants' attacks on Grozny

  According to the latest data, 36 law enforcers were wounded in the militants' attack on Grozny, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, adding that not 10, but 11 members of the armed underground were killed in the fight on December 4.

December 05, 2014 17:24

• AYER in Chechnya headed by Vorobyov, who perished in Grozny, created thousand jobs

  Vladislav Vorobyov, the Chairman of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Russia (AYER) in Chechnya, who perished in the attack of militants on Grozny on December 4, was engaged in doing business in Chechnya since 2008.

December 05, 2014 16:47

• Russia's MIA reports 14 lost policemen in Grozny

  In Grozny, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) claimed lives of 14 law enforcers, said the press centre of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

December 05, 2014 14:12

• Investigators claim a suicide of a soldier in Karabakh

  A soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)committed suicide, but was not shot dead, Armenian investigators have announced a preliminary version of the young man's death.

December 05, 2014 12:50

• Azerbaijani court that considers journalist Khazi's case refuses to treat defendants as victims

  The Apsheron District Court of Azerbaijan has begun hearing the case of journalist Seimur Khazi, accused in hooliganism. During the court session, Khazi denied the charges and called them politically motivated. Magerram Gasanov, who is in the prisoner's dock together with the journalist, has refused to testify.

December 05, 2014 11:54

• Figurants of case of Volgograd terror acts sentenced to terms from 3 years and 10 months up to 19 years in colony

  2013, were found guilty by the Dzerzhinsky District Court and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 years and 10 months to 19 years in a high security colony.