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August 19, 2014 14:44

• OSCE observers fix no traffic of armoured vehicles across Russian-Ukrainian border

  The OSCE observers have repeatedly recorded appearance of men in military clothes at checkpoints, who are travelling in both directions individually and in groups; however, they had never seen weapons in their hands, said Paul Picard, the head of the OSCE mission in the Rostov Region.

August 19, 2014 14:29

• Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey agree to hold joint military exercises

  The Azerbaijani city of Nakhichevan hosts a trilateral meeting of Defence Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Following the negotiations, the heads of the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) decided to hold the meetings on the regular basis every six months.

August 19, 2014 10:31

• Dagestan: Gasanov's advocate complains about investigators' inaction

  Rustam Yunusov, an advocate of Ilmudin Gasanov kidnapped in Dagestan has stated that investigators fail to act and that the case materials may be intentionally lost.

August 19, 2014 09:06

• 12 parties registered by North-Ossetian CEC to run for Vladikavkaz City Duma

  Candidates from 12 political parties have been included in the electoral lists for the elections of deputies to Vladikavkaz representative assembly (City Duma) of sixth convocation, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of North Ossetia reports.

August 19, 2014 03:36

• Defence in Akhmedilov's murder challenges court's refusal to return case to Prosecutor's Office

  The defence of Murad Shuaibov, a defendant in the case on the murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, has filed an appeal to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Dagestan against the dismissal of the motion to return the criminal case to the Prosecutor's Office.

August 18, 2014 22:02

• In Chechnya, law enforcers question more HRC "Memorial": over 1000 interrogated after Kadyrov lost his mobile phone

  At night on August 17, in the Shali District of Chechnya, policemen and district officials summoned and questioned more than one thousand people, including minors, in connection with disappearance of a mobile phone of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.

August 18, 2014 18:04

• AI recognizes Kerimli brothers arrested in Azerbaijan prisoners of conscience

  The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has announced prisoners of conscience Faradj Kerimli, a youth activist of the "Musavat" Party, and his brother Siradj Kerimli, arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of drug trafficking, and called for their immediate release.

August 18, 2014 14:44

• Court leaves PFPA activist Ruslan Nasirli in custody

  The Azerbaijani Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed by Ruslan Nasirli, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest.

August 18, 2014 13:25

• In Dagestan, armed men in masks kill Ashilta resident

  At the Monday night, a resident of the village of Ashilta was killed by unidentified armed men in masks, stated Magomednur Nazirbegov, the head of the village administration. According to him, another local man was injured in the attack.

August 18, 2014 13:14

• "The Nobel Women's Initiative" calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release Yunus spouses

  Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), and her husband Arif Yunus, a conflictologist, who are accused in Azerbaijan of treason, should be released from custody, "The Nobel Women's Initiative" states.

August 18, 2014 09:43

• On August 11-17, Rasul Gamzatov was the only victim of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of August 11-17, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least one human life; no information about wounded people was reported. The casualty is a civilian Rasul Gamzatov – Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

August 18, 2014 08:32

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 11-17

  Murder of Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia; announcement of search of ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili; harassment of civil society activists in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 4-10, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 18, 2014 04:00

• Georgia has no strategy for addressing problems of homeless people, rights defenders assert

  The Georgian authorities still have no strategy to address the needs of people who lost their homes, said Tamta Mikeladze, a human rights defender, at the presentation of the results of studies of homeless people's life held by the NGO "Centre for Study and Monitoring of Human Rights" (CSMHR).

August 18, 2014 01:49

• In Pyatigorsk, youth forum "Mashuk-2014" is over

  On August 17, the fifth annual North-Caucasian Youth Forum "Mashuk-2014", held in Pyatigorsk during two weeks, was closed. The closing ceremony was held at the evening of August 16.

August 18, 2014 00:50

• CRD calls for release of Azerbaijani human rights defender Rasul Jafarov

  On August 17, the international human rights organization "Civil Rights Defenders" (CRD) called on for immediate release of Rasul Jafarov, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, who celebrated his 30th birthday in custody.

August 17, 2014 18:54

• Advocate: three Buynaksk residents beaten at checkpoint by policemen in Dagestan

  As reported by the lawyer Zulfiya Isagadjieva with reference to the victims, three residents of Buynaksk were beaten up by policemen, after which one of the victims was hospitalized. The Buynaksk GOVD (City Interior Division) denied this information, saying that two men who applied violence to a policeman were brought to them.

August 17, 2014 17:33

• Sochi Court finds Oksana Toropova guilty of beating court marshal

  On August 14, the Khosta District Court of Sochi found a local resident Oksana Toropova guilty of beating a court marshal and sentenced her to 1.5 years of conditional imprisonment and a probation term of three years.

August 17, 2014 10:51

• Rasul Gamzatov is the fourth Islamic figure killed in Northern Caucasus in 2014

  The Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia Rasul Gamzatov was the fourth Muslim leader killed in Northern Caucasus since the start of 2014 and the 40th since 2009, the "Caucasian Knot" has calculated.

August 17, 2014 00:45

• In Dagestan, court arrests Akhmed Nurmagomedov for two months

  In Dagestan, the Akusha District Court has pronounced its decision to arrest Akhmed Nurmagomedov, a local resident, suspected of illegal possession of weapons, for two months, his advocate reports.

August 16, 2014 21:36

• In Moscow, "Enlightenment" Foundation reports on leaflets planted during search

  During the search conducted in the premises of the Moscow religious Muslim organization "Enlightenment" Educational Foundation, law enforcers planted leaflets and CDs, members of the foundation assert. According to the FSB report, mosque-goers were detained in order to ensure smooth conduct of the search.