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August 16, 2014 15:49

• Starting from August 18, Makhachkala Airport will restrict passenger flights

  Since August 18, the Makhachkala Airport will operate and maintain aircrafts only from 7:30 a.m. till 7:20 p.m., and the rest of the day will be dedicated to repair works. Later, on September 29, the airport will be closed for a month.

August 16, 2014 15:12

• Defence of Zarema Khadjirokova claims authorities of Adygea put pressure on court

  In Adygea, at the court hearing in the case against Zarema Khadjirokova, the former Chief Accountant of the Maikop State Technological University, the court has listened to the second public prosecutor, the Assistant Prosecutor of Adygea.

August 16, 2014 11:29

• Chechen Prosecutor's Office demands to reopen investigation into kidnapping of MIA's employee in 2004

  The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has revealed violations in the investigation into the kidnapping of Bekman Asadulaev, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), committed on January 14, 2004.

August 16, 2014 07:53

• In Vladikavkaz, participants of symposium "Alanika" present projects on culture of Northern Caucasus

  In Vladikavkaz, the art symposium "Alanika" and the Forum of Young Artists of Northern Caucasus "ART CAUCASUS NEXT" has finished with the exhibition of works, most of which were devoted to the interpretation of the culture of the peoples of Northern Caucasus.

August 16, 2014 07:03

• Dagestan: policemen put physical pressure on detainee Akhmed Nurmagomedov, his advocate asserts

  Israfil Gadadov, an advocate from the Bar Association "Kavkaz", who represents the interests of Akhmed Nurmagomedov, a resident of the village of Ameterkmakhi, Akusha District of Dagestan, who was detained on August 14 after a search conducted in his house (a pistol was found), managed to meet his client.

August 16, 2014 04:22

• Equipment and literature confiscated from office of "Enlightenment" Foundation in Moscow

  In Moscow, a search is over in the office of the "Enlightenment" Educational Foundation, during which power agents confiscated equipment and banned literature, eyewitnesses report. As of 11:30 p.m., most of the Muslims detained by law enforcers were released from the police station.

August 16, 2014 01:50

• Azerbaijani civil society activists condemn pressure on NGOs

  The criminal charges moved against a number of Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and well-known civil society activists are of political nature. These charges are aimed to eliminate the independent institutions of the civil society, said members of the leading Azerbaijani NGOs.

August 15, 2014 22:32

• Svetlana Isaeva: POC members were not allowed to visit unit "G" of Makhachkala SIZO

  On Friday, members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan were unable to get into the unit "G" of the Makhachkala SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison), said Svetlana Isaeva, a human rights defender.

August 15, 2014 21:50

• In Moscow, office of "Enlightenment" Foundation is being searched

  In Moscow, the office of the "Enlightenment" Foundation, where on Friday, Muslims gathering for prayer had been detained, is being searched, and staff members of the Department to Combat Extremism are searching for explosives there.

August 15, 2014 19:38

• Novocherkassk Court dismisses appeal of Union "Women of Don" against fine for activities without registration as "foreign agent"

  On Friday, the Novocherkassk City Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Union "Women of Don" against the court's decision on the fine of 300,000 roubles for the NGO's activities without registration as a "foreign agent." The Union "Women of Don" intends to challenge the decision, advocate Olga Gnezdilova reports.

August 15, 2014 17:17

• MCC refuses to release Levon Airapetyan from custody

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has refused to release from custody businessman Levon Airapetyan, one of the richest members of the Armenian Diaspora, who is accused in the Russian Federation of embezzlement of funds and money laundering.

August 15, 2014 16:34

• Dagestani woman sentenced on charges of involvement in armed underground

  Madina Djamaldinova, a resident of Makhachkala, has been sentenced to 1.5 years of imprisonment in settlement-colony on charges of joining the armed underground and aiding other militants, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

August 15, 2014 16:11

• ID for KBR of ICRF finds sign of injection on Timur Kuashev's body

  At present, forensic experts are not yet able to draw any opinion on the causes of death of journalist Timur Kuashev in Nalchik. However, the experts have found on his body a sign from an injection, said Valery Ustov, the head of the Investigating Department (ID) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

August 15, 2014 15:08

• South-Ossetian KGB treats complaints of Pukhaev brothers' relatives about violation of detainees' rights as unjustified

  Complaints filed by the Pukhaev brothers' relatives about violations of the rights of the detained brothers are unfounded, said an official from the KGB of South Ossetia.

August 15, 2014 13:00

• In Azerbaijan, advocate does not exclude new charge against Intigam Aliev

  In Azerbaijan, an advocate of Intigam Aliev, the arrested head of the Legal Education Society, expresses the fear that his client may face new charge of illegal purchase, sale or carrying of cold steel arms.

August 15, 2014 12:23

• UTD introduces total ban on moving freights across Kerch Strait and restriction for buses

  The United Transport Directorate (UTD) has closed the Kerch Strait ferry crossing for all types of freights carried by light commercial vehicles and imposed restrictions on regular buses, hoping that this measure will provide more space on the ferries for personal cars and increase the carrying capacity of the ferry crossing.

August 15, 2014 12:00

• Georgian authorities block Orthodox priests from entering "KaZantip" festival

  Orthodox Church leaders and activists, who had organized a protest action against the "KaZantip" festival, were not allowed to enter the village of Ganmukhuri, which would become the main venue of the festival. The entrance to the village is blocked by the police.

August 15, 2014 09:31

• Ukrainian battalion "Donbas" reports on capture of several dozen Chechens in Gorlovka

  In the Ukrainian city of Gorlovka, several dozens of armed Caucasian natives, presumably Chechens, who were fighting for supporters of the self-proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), have voluntarily surrendered to soldiers.

August 15, 2014 09:08

• Dagestani Prosecutor dismisses two of his subordinates who are under investigation

  Two staff members of the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office have been dismissed by the order issued by the Public Prosecutor of Dagestan. Farid Khanamirov, the dismissed Supervising Assistant Prosecutor of Makhachkala, is charged with an attempted murder and arms trafficking.

August 15, 2014 00:12

• Dagestan: Nurmagomedov's advocate and relatives cannot find his whereabouts

  Akhmed Nurmagomedov, a resident of the village of Ameterkmakhi of the Akusha District of Dagestan has been detained by law enforcers after a search of the house, and his whereabouts is still unknown, advocate Israfil Gadadov reports. The police have confirmed the conduct of the search.