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August 29, 2014 12:38

• Sergey Krivenko: list of Russian contract soldiers killed in Ukraine includes mostly natives of Dagestan

  The list of nine Russian soldiers killed during the combat actions in the territory of Ukraine includes mostly of natives of Dagestan. This was reported by Sergey Krivenko, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights (HRC).

August 29, 2014 10:20

• In Georgian colonies, 32 prisoners continue their hunger strike, Archil Talakvadze reports

  At present, in Georgian penal colonies, 32 prisoners continue a protest action in the form of hunger strike. This was stated on August 28 by Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance. According to his story, in addition to other demands, the prisoners call for reconsideration of their cases.

August 29, 2014 08:59

• Stavropol policemen reveal no explosives in bomb-like object

  On August 28, in Stavropol, a suspicious bomb-like object was found at the Upper Market. According to the law enforcement bodies, no explosives have been detected in it.

August 29, 2014 06:56

• In Chechnya, kindergarten teacher suspected of beating children

  In the Staropromyslovsky District of Grozny, a teacher of the kindergarten "Orlyonok" (Eaglet) is suspected in systematic beating of children. This was reported on August 28 by the press service of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

August 29, 2014 05:56

• In Sochi, "Rospotrebnadzor" suspends operation of two McDonald's restaurants

  In the city of Sochi of the Krasnodar Territory, following the results of the ad hoc inspections, the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) has suspended the operation of two McDonald's restaurants, reported on August 28 the press service of the Russian McDonald's representative office.

August 29, 2014 03:56

• Doctors transfer four-year-old girl beaten in Grozny to neurological ward of Republic's Children's Hospital

  On August 27, a four-year-old girl, who during more than one month received medical treatment at the Children Clinical Hospital No. 2, to where she had been brought in a state of coma, was transferred to the neurological ward of the Republic's Children Clinical Hospital. It has more advanced medical equipment at disposal, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by Ruslan Ganaev, the chief physician of the Children Clinical Hospital No. 2.

August 29, 2014 03:11

• Sochi police demand to stop construction of high-rise building

  In Sochi, residents of houses located in Park and Constitution Streets had a spontaneous gathering in connection with the construction of a nearby 16-storey building. The Sochi residents believe that the high-rise building is being constructed in dangerous proximity to their apartment buildings.

August 29, 2014 00:24

• Experts treat California's resolution on NKR's independence as step to its international recognition

  Armenian politicians and political analysts treat as important the fact of recognition of the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) by the Californian State Senate; however, they also admit that this fact will not change the legal status of their republic.

August 28, 2014 23:31

• Object looking like bomb found near police station in Stavropol

  Experts found an object looking like a bomb in Stavropol, at the entrance to the police station located near the Upper Marketplace. Dog handlers seized it and sent for examination.

August 28, 2014 17:53

• Azerbaijani CoA leaves Rasul Jafarov in custody

  Today in Baku, the Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the appeal complaint lodged by the rights defender Rasul Jafarov against the refusal to change his freedom restraint, and ruled to leave him behind bars, said his advocate Fariz Namazly, adding that he intends to complain about violations of Jafarov's rights to the ECtHR.

August 28, 2014 15:29

• Missing resident of Dagestan identified by relatives among those killed in special operation

  Omaraskhab Abdulkhalikov, a missing resident of the village of Bairamaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, who had been kidnapped, by assumption of his relatives, was found among those killed in a special operation in the village of Matseevka, Kizilyurt District, said his father. Law enforcement bodies report that the identification procedure is not over yet.

August 28, 2014 15:19

• North-Ossetian Muftiat offers 0.5 million roubles for information about murders of Dudarov and Gamzatov

  Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Mufti of North Ossetia, has announced today that the Republic's Muslim community is ready to pay half a million roubles for any information about the murders of two Muslim leaders Rasul Gamzatov and Ibragim Dudarov.

August 28, 2014 14:54

• Dagestan: over 30 Buynaksk mosque-goers taken to police

  On August 27, after the night namaz (prayer), more than 30 parishioners of the Salafi mosque located in Makhachkala Highway in the city of Buynaksk were taken to a local police department, one of the residents of the city has reported.

August 28, 2014 13:31

• California State Senate adopts resolution recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh

  On August 27, the California State Senate adopted a resolution recognizing the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The document calls on the Senate and the President of the United States to join California in recognizing the NKR.

August 28, 2014 13:14

• Court accuses Imam of Chechen mosque of distributing extremist literature

  In Chechnya, the court considers the case of an administrative offense against Khyazhi Muptazov, the Imam of the mosque at the village of Tuskharoi of the high-mountainous Itum-Kale District. The Imam is accused of illegal possession and distribution of extremist materials.

August 28, 2014 11:43

• Chechnya opens fifth Hafiz school

  On August 27, the town of Argun in Chechnya opened the fifth Chechen school of Hafizes (those who know the Koran by heart). The religious institution is named after Tabarik Baisultanova, a Chechen leader's grandmother. Residents of Chechnya express ambiguous attitude to the opening in the republic of Hafiz schools and other religious institutions.

August 28, 2014 11:01

• Investigators re-open criminal case on disappearance of two Chechen residents

  At the request of the Chechen Prosecutor's Office, the investigating authorities have resumed the criminal case on the disappearance in 2002 of two residents of Grozny Akhmed Saipatievich Musaitov and Azamat Sultanovich Mitsaev, who were 24 years old at that time.

August 28, 2014 03:00

• In Baku, oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" faces threat of its suspension, deputy editor-in-chief claims

  In Azerbaijan, the opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) once again faces the threat of suspension of its release because of financial problems. The edition office owes money to the publishing house "Azerbaijan", while the press distribution company "Gasid" still fails to transfer the proceeds from the sale of newspaper issues.

August 28, 2014 01:41

• Missing Shamkhal villager identified among suspected militants killed in special operation in Kizilyurt District

  Magomedarip Magomedov, a resident of Dagestan, whose relatives reported his possible kidnapping, was identified among the persons killed in a combat action that occurred at night of August 26 in the Kizilyurt District, a local resident reports. So far, there is still no official information on the identification.

August 27, 2014 20:21

• Azerbaijani rights defender Anar Mamedli nominated for Vaclav Havel Award

  Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEMDT), is one of three nominees for the 2014 human rights award named after Vaclav Havel, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.