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October 15, 2014 17:47

• Secretary General of the Council of Europe urges Russia not to close "Memorial"

  The Society "Memorial" is a symbol of the struggle for human rights and support for democratization in Russia, and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) should not admit its closure, said Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

October 15, 2014 17:13

• In Stavropol Territory court extends arrest of Imam of Kislovodsk

  The Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory has ruled to extend, until January 15, 2015, the custody of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of the city of Kislovodsk.

October 15, 2014 15:06

• Russia's representative at ECtHR denies rights violations of Beslan terror act victims

  At assaulting the Beslan School, the Russian Federation did not violate any victims' rights, said Georgy Matyushkin, the Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia, who is representing the defendant at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

October 15, 2014 13:48

• GPO blocks websites calling to rally because of fight in Minvody hospital

  The Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has blocked, at the request of its colleagues from the Stavropol Territory, the Internet resources, which posted calls to go to rallies related to the investigation of the mass fight in the hospital of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody).

October 15, 2014 13:13

• Azerbaijani "Musavat" activist Eyubzade sentenced to two years of imprisonment

  Today, in Azerbaijan, a verdict was announced to Orkhan Eyubzade, a 19-year-old activist of the "Musavat" Party, charged with resisting the police with the use of violence. The defence did not agree with the verdict, has treated it as politically motivated, and intends to appeal against it.

October 15, 2014 12:01

• Chechen investigators establish organizers of terror act in Grozny

  Investigating authorities of Chechnya have pre-established the organizers of the explosion in Grozny on October 5, and now are searching for them, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

October 15, 2014 09:49

• Mikhail Savva, convicted in Krasnodar under fraud case, prepares appeal to ECtHR

  After an unsuccessful attempt to appeal against the verdict passed in the case against Mikhail Savva, Professor of the Kuban State University (KSU), accused of a fraud, his defence is preparing an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

October 15, 2014 05:34

• Krasnodar activist Martynov has every reason to receive political asylum in Ukraine, rights defenders believe

  Vyacheslav Martynov, an activist from Krasnodar, who has applied to Ukrainian authorities for political asylum, in connection with charges of extremism after he had protested against Russia's policy in Ukraine, has every reason to obtain the appropriate asylum status, said the Kharkov Human Rights Group.

October 14, 2014 21:50

• In KBR, Zaur Tokhov sentenced on charges of aiding and abetting militants pleads not guilty

  Zaur Tokhov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who has been sentenced on charges of aiding and abetting militants, pleads not guilty. He has appealed to human rights defenders and the Ombudsman asking to help him.

October 14, 2014 21:29

• In Ingushetia, managers of state-owned enterprise are suspected of non-payment of wages to 39 workers

  In Ingushetia, managers of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) "Nasyr-Kortskoe" are suspected of non-payment of wages to 39 workers. After the Prosecutor's Office has intervened with the situation, the arrears are repaid. This has been reported today by the Ingush Prosecutor's Office.

October 14, 2014 19:47

• "Caucasian Knot" does not confirm FSB information on twofold reduction of number of terror acts

  This year, as a result of coordinated law enforcement and prevention activities, the number of terrorist crimes has reduced more than two times in comparison with the same period of the past year. This has been reported today by Alexander Bortnikov, the Director of the Russian FSB, the Chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) at the NAC meeting in Moscow. According to the "Caucasian Knot" analysis, in 2014, in the North-Caucasian regions, the number of terror act and other terrorist crimes declined not twice, but by one-third.

October 14, 2014 16:55

• ECtHR holds hearings in case on terror act in Beslan

  Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held the hearings in the case on the terror act in Beslan. This was reported by Kirill Koroteev, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". According to the lawyer, the ECtHR may pronounce the decision in the case within several months.

October 14, 2014 15:28

• Former "People's Governor" of Donbas is brought to private hospital in Rostov-on-Don after attempt on his life

  Pavel Gubarev, the former "People's Governor" of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), the leader of the movement "Novorossiya", has been hospitalized in a clinic in Rostov-on-Don with brain injury after the attempt on his life, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by the press secretary of Pavel Gubarev.

October 14, 2014 14:38

• ECtHR's Grand Chamber dismisses appeal of Azerbaijani Government on Mamedov's case

  The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has refused to take up the appeal of the Government of Azerbaijan filed against the ECtHR's decision to recognize the violation of the rights of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), who was sentenced in the case of the riots in Ismailly. Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilgar Mamedov.

October 14, 2014 09:29

• In Novorossiysk, soldiers are sentenced to one year of imprisonment for extortion and beating their colleague

  In the Krasnodar Territory, the Novorossiysk Garrison Military Court has found two soldiers of the military unit No. 74814 guilty of extortion with use of violence against their colleague. According to investigators, the young men beat a soldier of the same military unit in the sleeping room of the barrack for his refusal to give them 500 roubles at their request.

October 14, 2014 08:16

• In Chechnya, law enforcers detain family members of Apti Mudarov's friend, said local resident

  In Chechnya, a resident of the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny has reported on the detention of family members of Makhmad Yusupov, a student of the Islamic university, who was a friend of Apti Mudarov, a suspected suicide bomber on the Day of Grozny.

October 14, 2014 07:26

• Refugees protest in Poti

  On October 13, refugees and vulnerable persons held a protest action in Poti. They have blocked one of the highways of the city. The protesters have stated that they do not intend to leave the place and threatened to go on hunger strike if their demand is not satisfied.

October 14, 2014 01:48

• In Volgograd, mothers of large families report on officials' failure to fulfil their demands

  On October 13, Nadezhda Kireeva, Olga Eshenko, and Olga Stepanova, three mothers of large families, spent two hours standing on the stairs of the building of the government of the Volgograd Region, demanding a meeting with the Governor. After their action, the women discussed the problems at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection for the Volgograd Region. However, they are dissatisfied with the results of the meeting, and they intend to continue protesting.

October 13, 2014 22:08

• Head of HRC speaks against closing the "Memorial"

  There are no grounds for closing the Russian Society "Memorial", Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), said today. According to Mikhail Fedotov, the appearance of the lawsuit to close the human rights organizations has to do with the "lack of coordination of the 'Memorial' and the MoJ."

October 13, 2014 19:07

• Bloggers found video of mockery over soldier in military unit in Dagestan on the Internet

  A series of video clips depicting facts of hazing among servicemen in the Russian Army has appeared on the Internet. A blogger Denis Styazhkin has drawn the attention of the network users to these videos in his post "Rude people – hazing in the Russian Federation (video for 18+)". The blogger claims that the acts of hazing were filmed in one of military units deployed in Dagestan.