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September 16, 2014 00:00

• Ingush police searches shooters at GIBDD agents

  In Ingushetia, law enforcers are in search of a group of unidentified gunmen, who opened fire from a car at the staff of the regional traffic police (known as GIBDD) department. The shelling did not hit anybody, the local MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) reports.

September 15, 2014 22:17

• Sochi court dismisses all petitions of builder Demerchyan's advocates

  During the today's session in Sochi on the case of the builder Mardiros Demerchyan, accused of defaming the police, the court has rejected all the petitions lodged by his advocates. The court announced the conclusion of forensic expert, which states that defining the authenticity of the witness's signature proved impossible.

September 15, 2014 16:53

• MCC refuses to postpone punishment to figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case

  Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the petition lodged by advocates of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a figurant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", and asking to postpone the execution of punishment.

September 15, 2014 16:24

• KBR: IED neutralized on "Kavkaz" Highway

  Today, bomb experts from the FSB have blown up an improvised explosive device (IED) detected on the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway in the territory of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), says the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

September 15, 2014 16:17

• Dagestani SC overturns acquittal of doctor Gunashev accused of links with militants

  As reported today by the "Kommersant", without specifying its source, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has sent for retrial the case of a doctor Marat Gunashev, accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs).

September 15, 2014 16:05

• Rostov Region: court sentences three ex-policemen to four years in colony each for beating a victim

  The City Court of Bataisk, Rostov Region, has found three former district policemen of the GOVD (City Interior Division) guilty of abuse of power. Each of them was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a general security colony.

September 15, 2014 13:04

• During week of September 8-14, 2014, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of September 8-14, 2014, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded persons were reported. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. According to law enforcers, both deceased persons were suspected members of the armed underground in Dagestan.

September 15, 2014 12:52

• "Map of Election Fraud" receives 35 reports from Southern Russia

  During the election campaign, which ended on September 14, the "Map of Election Fraud" received more than 30 reports from five regions of Southern Russia. Some of them are published by observers; there are also reports from members of the election commissions and anonymous messages.

September 15, 2014 09:57

• Shein demands vote recount at election of Astrakhan Governor

  Oleg Shein, a candidate for the Governor of the Astrakhan Region, has recognized Alexander Zhilkin's victory, but stated violations at several polling stations and demanded a control vote recount. Shein said that his demand was supported by Alexander Zhilkin himself.

September 15, 2014 09:55

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 8-14

  Voting in Southern Russia to elect heads of the four regions and legislative assemblies of three regions; closing TACs opened earlier for Ukrainian refugees in Rostov Region; adoption of the first reading of abolition of direct election of municipality heads in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 8-14, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 15, 2014 04:39

• Attacks on journalists in Armenia result from impunity, NGOs state

  The recurring incidents of attacks on media workers and obstacles to their activities result from the impunity of criminals who have committed such acts. Meanwhile, journalists fail to use all the means of judicial protection. This was stated by members of Armenian NGOs at the press conference in Yerevan.

September 14, 2014 21:52

• Diaspora members deny participation of Chechens from Austria in events in Ukraine

  Members of the Chechen Diaspora in Austria are sceptical about the information about the alleged participation of the Chechens living in Europe in Ukrainian hostilities. The Ukrainian authorities are supported by nationalists from Sweden, France and Italy, but not by Caucasians, said Orhan Cemal, a correspondent of the Forbes Magazine.

September 14, 2014 21:48

• In Volgograd Region, CPRF members file five complaints about election violations

  Members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) have filed five complaints about electoral violations in Volgograd, including illegal voting, obstructing observers to participate in the visiting voting, etc. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Katerina Pechenova, the head of the press service of the regional branch of the CPRF.

September 14, 2014 15:33

• In KChR, "Communists of Russia" and "Rot Front" complain about unjustified withdrawal of their candidates from elections

  The "Russian United Labour Front" (Rot Front) and the "Communists of Russia" Parties treat the withdrawal of their candidates from the elections to the Parliament and district soviets of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) held on September 14 as an ungrounded and politically motivated decision. This was stated by members of the Parties.

September 14, 2014 05:44

• In Chechnya, entrepreneur fined for distributing book "Fortress of the Muslim"

  In Grozny, the court has recognized entrepreneur Islam Bashlaev guilty of distributing the book "Fortress of the Muslim" included in the federal list of banned literature. On September 8, the Zavodskoi District Court of Grozny found Islam Bashlaev guilty of an administrative offense under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (storage of extremist materials for mass distribution) and sentenced the defendant to a fine.

September 14, 2014 02:43

• Sochi experts: gravel extraction from Ashe River valley threatens disaster for Shapsugs

  Black Sea Circassians and Shapsugs have appealed to the "Adyge Khase" with a request to help in stopping the mining and transporting of sand and gravel from the valley of the Ashe River. The experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" state that the ongoing development of natural resources puts into question the existence of the Shapsug people as an ethnic group.

September 14, 2014 01:43

• Nagorno-Karabakh presents book about refugees from Azerbaijan

  On September 11, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert hosted a presentation of the book written by Anna Terkott-Astvatsaturyan and titled "To Nowhere: The Story of Exile", telling about refugees who left Azerbaijan in the course of the Karabakh conflict. Participants of the presentation have noted that after 20 years, the refugee problem has not been solved yet.

September 13, 2014 10:25

• Law enforcers suspect prosecutor Magomed Shapiev of opening fire on policeman in Dagestan, source reports

  Magomed Shapiev, the Acting Prosecutor of the Gunib District, is suspected of opening fire on a policeman and wounding the victim, sources in the law enforcement bodies report.

September 13, 2014 08:05

• Kadyrov's nephew appointed head of Kurchaloy District by Deputies' secret vote

  Idris Cherkhigov, 25, a nephew of the Chechen leader, was approved as the head of the Kurchaloy District of Chechnya by secret ballot of Deputies of the District Soviet, the local administration has reported.

September 13, 2014 07:57

• Prosecutor's demand to sentence Shagen Arutyunyan to 5 years in prison is possible with society's silence, teenager's mother claims

  The prosecutor's request to sentence a minor Shagen Arutyunyan to five years of deprivation of liberty has become possible only because the society puts up with this situation, the mother of the accused teenager believes.