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June 13, 2014 22:12

• Ukrainian orphans sent from Rostov Region to Dnepropetrovsk

  The children-orphans from Ukraine, who had arrived at the summer camp "Donetsky" in the Rostov region from the town of Snezhnoe, have been sent to Dnepropetrovsk, said Anna Temnikova, the first deputy head of the Donetsk administration.

June 13, 2014 21:45

• Law enforcers of Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of trespassing

  At night on June 13, a Ukrainian infantry combat vehicle (ICV) broke the Russia's state border in the Rostov Region, said Vasily Malaev, the head of the press service of the Frontier Department of the Russia's FSB for the Rostov Region.

June 13, 2014 19:55

• Rights defenders: local resident was kidnapped in Makhachkala

  Ramazan Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, was kidnapped in the area of Gagarin Street and taken to an unknown place, activists of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 13, 2014 18:10

• Azerbaijan: court starts hearing on merits the case of "Intellectual Citizen" Centre

  On June 13, the Nizami District Court of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja (Gandzha) began the consideration on the merits of the case opened against Gasan Guseinli, the head of the "Intellectual Citizen" Education Centre, who is accused of hooliganism.

June 13, 2014 12:23

• In Azerbaijan, Anar Mamedli's advocate appeals against verdict of guilty

  The guilty verdict pronounced in the case against Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), and activists Bashir Suleimanly and Elnur Mamedov has been appealed against. This was reported by advocate Djavad Djavadly.

June 13, 2014 10:31

• Ukrainian MFA: orphans kidnapped in Snezhnoye are brought to Rostov Region

  The Russian side let armed men to illegally bring to the territory of the Russian Federation 16 orphans, Ukrainian citizens, who were kidnapped on June 12 in the city of Snezhnoye. This was announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This has been clarified today by the press service of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

June 13, 2014 03:48

• Arsen Avakov reports on arrival of tanks in Donetsk through Rostov section of Russian-Ukrainian

  Military vehicles, including three tanks, have arrived in the Donetsk Region through the Rostov section of the Russian-Ukrainian border. This was reported on June 12 by Arsen Avakov, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs.

June 13, 2014 02:57

• In Sochi, residents of dilapidated houses complain about forced resettlement into Olympic volunteers' house

  In Sochi, about 30 residents of the two dilapidated houses No. 5 and No. 7 in Esaulenko Street complain about unlawful, in their opinion, resettlement to a house built for volunteers of the Olympic Games. According to the residents, they are provided with insufficient accommodation.

June 13, 2014 02:21

• ECtHR to consider complaint about Tarkhan Kartoev's death in Yekaterinburg penal colony

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has adopted for consideration the complaint filed by advocate Oksana Preobrazhenskaya, Director of the "Centre for International Protection", against the fact of the death of prisoner Tarkhan Kartoev, who died on June 29, 2013, at the penal colony IK-2 in Yekaterinburg. According to Oksana Preobrazhenskaya, the complaint contains a request to recognize the fact that the Tarkhan Kartoev's death was resulted from torture.

June 13, 2014 00:02

• 50 Muslims go on hunger strike in KBR's SIZO

  Today, about 50 Muslims have declared hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They are protesting against the obstruction in the performance of religious rites. This was reported by bloggers.

June 12, 2014 21:47

• In two SFD regions, Day of Russia celebrations were accompanied by protests

  Today, festivities in honour of the Russia's Independence Day were held in Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Astrakhan and Maikop. In Volgograd and Rostov-on-Don, celebrations were accompanied by protests.

June 12, 2014 21:34

• In Yerevan, over 100 people hold action in support of "Million Mask March"

  Today, in front of the courthouse in Yerevan, where the case of the "Million Mask March" is considered, an action in support of the defendants was held. More than a hundred people demanded "to release political prisoners," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

June 12, 2014 17:10

• Residents of Chechnya complain about coercion to participate in Day of Russia celebrations

  On June 12, celebrated as the Day of Russia, a mass festive demonstration was held in the centre of Grozny, the Chechen capital. "The total number of participants may exceed one hundred thousand persons," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Mayoralty.

June 12, 2014 13:53

• NAC: militants killed in KBR were involved in killings in Stavropol Territory

  Today, at 6:15 a.m. Moscow time, the dwelling settlements of Zalukodes, Zolskoe, Svetlovodskoe and Shardakovo of the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) were put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. During a special operation in the forest in the outskirt of Svetlovodskoe, three militants who opened fire at law enforcers were killed.

June 12, 2014 12:01

• OSCE Secretary General visits Ukrainian refugee camp in Rostov Region

  Today, the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Rasa Ostrauskaite, Deputy Director of the OSCE Centre for Conflict Prevention, arrived in the Rostov Region, where they visited the temporary accommodation centres (TACs) of Ukrainian refugees who came to the Rostov Region.

June 12, 2014 09:30

• Elchin Shikhly: "Mirror" suspends its activities in Azerbaijan because of financial problems

  In Azerbaijan, the publication of the newspaper "Mirror" has been suspended because of financial problems, and the suspension is not associated with the prosecution against journalist Rauf Mirkadirov. This was announced by Elchin Shikhly, the newspaper's editor-in-chief. According to him, the fate of the newspaper remains uncertain, and the newspaper's staff members are on unpaid leaves.

June 12, 2014 07:44

• Astrakhan hosts rally in support of referendum on direct Mayor election

  On June 11, in Astrakhan, near the monument to Ilya Ulyanov, city residents held a rally sanctioned by the city authorities in support of the referendum on the direct election of the city Mayor. The rally was organized by Oleg Shein, the leader of the local branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party.

June 12, 2014 06:44

• Yerevan activists to hold long-term protests to defend Afrikyans' Clubhouse

  On June 11, the civil initiative "Save Afrikyans' Clubhouse" organized a protest action against the demolition of the house No. 11 in Teryan Street in the centre of Yerevan. Protestors filmed a video, in which city residents expressed their attitude to the decision to demolish the building.

June 12, 2014 01:35

• ICRC closes its office in Ingushetia

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has decided to close its office in Nazran. This was reported on June 11 by the press service of the ICRC.

June 12, 2014 00:51

• Casualty of shootout in Makhachkala identified as Islam Kichev, MIA source reports

  On June 11, at about 8:00 p.m., in Gadjiev Street in Makhachkala, policemen shot and killed a man who opened fire on them. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). No policeman suffered.