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July 15, 2014 02:32

• Investigators define suspect of killing Dagestan boxer Rasul Gadjimagomedov

  As reported by the Investigating Department (ID) for the Krasnodar Territory of the ICRF, the participants of the conflict, during which Rasul Gadjimagomedov, a native of Dagestan and a member of the Russian youth boxing national team, was mortally wounded, have been identified.

July 14, 2014 23:58

• AI recognizes Ruslan Kutaev as "prisoner of conscience"

  The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has recognized Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, a "prisoner of conscience". Furthermore, the AI has asked its supporters around the world to call on the Russian authorities to immediately release Ruslan Kutaev.

July 14, 2014 23:04

• Law enforcers search houses in Dagestani village of Gimry, locals report

  On Monday, in Dagestan, law enforcers searched three houses in the village of Gimry. The village has been unblocked. This was reported by local residents.

July 14, 2014 15:49

• Yunus-Bek Evkurov orders to solve problems of IDPs in Karabulak until August 10

  On July 2, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, met refugees in Karabulak. After the meeting, he has ordered to dismiss from office an official from the city administration for his ill-treatment of internally displaced persons (IDPs).

July 14, 2014 13:41

• In Azerbaijan, head of Educative Centre "Intellectual Citizen" sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  In Azerbaijan, Gasan Guseinli, the head of the non-governmental organization (NGO) named "Educative Centre 'Intellectual Citizen'", has been sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.

July 14, 2014 09:30

• On July 7-13, 17 persons suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from July 7 to July 13, 2014, at least 17 persons suffered, including 12 people killed and at least five wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 14, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 7-13

  Death of Eduard Shevardnadze and the second round of municipal elections in Georgia; death of Sergey Tsapok convicted for "Kuschevskaya massacre" in SIZO in Krasnodar; sentencing of Chechen activist who criticized Kadyrov; a guilty verdict in the case of Said Amirov, ex-Mayor of Makhachkala; echo of Ukrainian warfare in Rostov Region, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 7-13, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 14, 2014 01:32

• "Golden Apricot" contributes to development of Armenian cinema, filmmakers believe

  Once again, Yerevan hosts the international festival "Golden Apricot". The launched event has a positive impact on the Armenian cinematography. This opinion has been expressed by Arutyun Khachatryan, a founder of the cinema forum.

July 13, 2014 23:06

• KBR: advocate Ruslan Khadjiev asks prosecutors to prevent violation of his rights

  Ruslan Khadjiev, an advocate of the Advocates' Chamber Bar of Kabardino-Balkaria, has appealed to Oleg Zharikov, Prosecutor of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), asking him to take appropriate steps in connection with the violation of his rights as a defender in the criminal case against local resident Rustam Kagazezhev.

July 13, 2014 18:58

• Dagestan: Magaramkent resident claims beating up by policemen and investigators' inaction

  The lawyer Elena Denisenko, who is representing the interests of Marat Nasredinov, a resident of Magaramkent, has lodged a complaint against the inaction of the investigator for especially important cases of the Investigating Department for Dagestan.

July 13, 2014 13:07

• ICRF: shell fired from Ukraine hits house in Rostov Region, killing a man

  As a result of the explosion of an artillery shell fired from the territory of Ukraine, a man of 46 was killed in the Donetsk District of the Rostov Region; and a woman was wounded, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

July 13, 2014 05:52

• NGOs report violations at municipal elections in Georgia

  According to the NGO "Free Zone", incidents were fixed at several polling stations of Georgia during the second round of municipal elections. According to the NGO "Multinational Georgia", about 20 violations were registered in the districts with the predominant population of national minorities.

July 13, 2014 02:30

• Dagestan: appeal against Zarema Bagavutdinova's verdict scheduled for July 23

  The appeal against the verdict to Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), will be held on July 23, said her advocate Ziyautdin Uvaisov.

July 12, 2014 23:05

• Azerbaijani soldier and Armenian officer fall victim to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian MoD reports

  An Azerbaijani soldier, a member of a diversion group, was killed on July 11 during an operation to neutralize the group in the territory of Karvachar located on the border of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh; also, an Armenian officer was lost, and a woman was wounded, reports the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

July 12, 2014 20:52

• RWB: Council of Europe should react to increased repression against critics of Azerbaijani authorities

  The international organization in defence of the media "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has condemned the 5-year conviction of the 19-year-old blogger Omar Mamedov, says the RWB's statement released in the evening on July 11. The document urged the bodies of justice to remove the absurd charges against the blogger at the court of appeal.

July 12, 2014 19:24

• Relatives of four casualties of special operation in Dagestan cannot get dead men’s bodies for burial

  Relatives of the four locals, killed during the special operation conducted in the Dagestani village of Maidanskoe, complain that they cannot get dead men’s bodies for burial from law enforcers. The bodies of those killed during the special operation will be given out to relatives after the end of the identification procedure, an employee of the morgue in Makhachkala told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

July 12, 2014 17:01

• Volgograd: refugees from Ukraine need some coordination body to address their problems

  The participants of the roundtable held in Volgograd on July 11 stated the need to set up some coordination body to address the problems of the Ukrainians who had arrived in the region. Refugees have addressed the local Ombudsman and the Pension Fund.

July 12, 2014 16:10

• International petition in support of Evgeny Vitishko signed by 5173 persons

  As of July 12, 2014, the demand of immediate liberation of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko from colony was signed by 5173 persons. In total, activists plan to collect 100,000 signatures in support of the ecologist.

July 12, 2014 15:13

• ICRF: Stavropol policeman breaks detainee's jaw

  In Stavropol, a court sanctioned arrest of the agent of the patrol-and-post service (PPS), suspected of abuse of office. The policeman broke a jaw of a detained young man, said the Investigating Department (ID) for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

July 12, 2014 10:03

• Three checkpoints on border with Ukraine reopened in Rostov Region

  The checkpoints "Gukovo", "Donetsk" and "Novoshakihtinsk", located on the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Rostov Region, have resumed their work, Vasily Malaev, the official representative of the Frontier Service of the FSB for the Rostov Region, said today.