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August 27, 2014 19:02

• Armenia: court leaves Ovannisyan and Petrosyan, participants of "Million Mask March", under arrest

  Today, in Yerevan, the first-instance court has rejected the petition lodged by the advocate Ara Zakaryan on changing the freedom restrain measure of his clients – Armen Ovannisyan and Tigran Petrosyan, participants of the protest action named "Million Mask March", who had been accused of hooliganism, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

August 27, 2014 18:02

• Rights defenders: contract soldiers lost in Rostov Region fought in Ukraine

  The contract servicemen, who were announced as perished at the firing range in the Rostov Region, in fact fought in the territory of Ukraine, said Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the head of the committee "Mothers of Prikumye". The "Mothers of Prikumye" have at their disposal a list of lost and wounded soldiers with indication of their names, surnames, patronymics and military ranks, Lyudmila Bogatenkova told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 27, 2014 13:03

• Astrakhan: Mikhail Stolyarov hospitalized from courthouse; his case suspended

  Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan has pronounced the decision to suspend the criminal proceedings in the criminal case against Mikhail Stolyarov, the Mayor of Astrakhan, suspended from office, since he required hospitalization.

August 27, 2014 13:02

• NAC: member of "Tsuntin" grouping killed in Dagestan

  According to the Information Centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in Dagestan, in a shootout with power agents a local resident was killed, who was involved in the deaths of OMON (riot police) fighters near the village of Shaitli in December 2013. He was identified as Magomed Rasulov, an active member of the "Tsuntin" militant grouping, NAC informs.

August 27, 2014 05:37

• 18 refugee families return to Chechnya from Ingush TACs

  On August 23, 18 families of refugees from the ChechenRepublic, who have been living in temporary accommodation centres (TACs) in Ingushetia for 20 years, are provided with comfortable apartments in the city of Grozny. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Isa Askhabov, the head of the Department of Housing and Communal Services of the Grozny city administration.

August 27, 2014 03:29

• Activists urge KBR's authorities to preserve Gedmishkh Waterfall

  Activists of the network of public organization "Republic is a common cause" have expressed their concern over the fate of the Gedmishkh Waterfall, which can disappear as a result of the construction of water pipeline. On August 23, the activists organized a trip to the Zolskoe District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to investigate the situation on site.

August 27, 2014 02:41

• Sochi resident detained in Ukraine returns to his homeland after POW exchange

  Igor Siskevich, a resident of Sochi, has spent more than one month at a pre-trial detention facility in Ukraine. He has managed to return home after an exchange of prisoners of war (POWs) and detainees had been conducted, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports. The local office of the Communist Party of Russia held a press conference in connection with the return of Igor Siskevich.

August 27, 2014 01:37

• In Krasnodar Territory, doctor is fined for storing Jehovah's Witnesses' book at her working place

  In the Bryukhovetskaya District of the Krasnodar Territory, an ambulance doctor has been fined by the court for storing in the desktop and offering for reading a book of Jehovah's Witnesses, the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory reports. The information-analytical centre "SOVA" treated the court decision as religious discrimination.

August 27, 2014 01:03

• Georgian Health Ministry sends delegation to help Ukraine

  Today, experts of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia have left for Ukraine to address the issue to provide humanitarian assistance to the country, stated David Sergeenko, the Georgian Minister of Health. In particular, Georgian doctors are to help in providing medical treatment to the wounded persons in Donbas.

August 26, 2014 20:04

• Stavropol court rejects all petitions of advocates of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, Imam of Kislovodsk

  On August 25, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory dismissed all the petitions, demanding to change the measure of restraint and disqualify the judge, lodged by the advocates of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk, accused of drug storage. This was reported by Alaudi Musaev, one of the advocates.

August 26, 2014 19:30

• Russian experts doubt Khajimba's chances for serious reforms in Abkhazia

  Experts are sceptical about any reforms in Abkhazia after the election of Raul Khajimba as a new President. They suggest that the "discriminatory treatment" of ethnic Georgians, who live in the Gali and Tkvarcheli Districts of Abkhazia, will continue.

August 26, 2014 15:43

• SBU announces detention of 10 militaries who came from Rostov Region

  As reported by the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU), on August 24 they detained 10 Russian paratroopers, who got to Ukraine across the border with the Rostov Region. The paratroopers were surrounded up and captured.

August 26, 2014 13:43

• Aliev's advocate reports violation of his client's rights

  Anar Gasymly, the advocate of the rights defender Intigam Aliev, who is kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison), complains that the administration of the facility violates the privacy of his correspondence with his client.

August 26, 2014 11:07

• North Ossetia: Muftiyat starts fundraising to help Gamzatov's family

  In North Ossetia, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) has appealed to the public with request to help the family members of murdered Imam Rasul Gamzatov. The Imam left five children, and his wife is waiting for the birth of the sixth child; however, the family does not have own housing.

August 26, 2014 08:41

• Two suspected militants killed in Dagestan

  Last night, in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, a shootout occurred. As a result, law enforcers killed two suspected militants, stated a source in the law enforcement bodies. None of the law enforcers was injured, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs says.

August 26, 2014 03:45

• Armenian NGOs raise 10,000 US dollars to help Iraqi Yazidis

  In Armenia, the Yazidi National Association "Sinjar" and the Yazidi National Committee have raised 10,000 US dollars to help the Yazidis of northern Iraq, who suffered from clashes with radical groupings, the public organizations report.

August 26, 2014 02:19

• In Rostov Region, nine soldiers perished, HRC reports

  According to the Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights (HRC), in the Rostov Region, nine soldiers perished in the vicinities of the military training ground. So far, no official confirmation of the information about the soldiers' deaths is available.

August 26, 2014 01:58

• Crimean delegates learn how public and religious organizations work in Northern Caucasus under enhanced police control

  A delegation of public figures from Crimea has visited the North-Caucasian republics during the visit organized by the Russian Congress of the Peoples of the Caucasus (RCPC) and the "Altair" Foundation. Within the period of August 15-20, the delegation visited Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan.

August 26, 2014 00:46

• United States reject presidential election in Abkhazia

  The Government of the United States does not recognize the presidential election in Abkhazia, since the United States consider it to be part of Georgia, said Jen Psaki, the Spokesperson for the US Department of State. The United States still consider Abkhazia as a part of Georgia and urge Russia to withdraw "its forces to pre-conflict positions" of 2008.

August 25, 2014 19:18

• In Azerbaijan, BCA leaves activist Murad Adilov in custody

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the appeal filed against arrest of Murad Adilov, an activist of the Sabirabad regional branch of the opposition Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).