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June 05, 2014 09:53

• Grenade goes off near house of car service director in Stavropol Territory

  At night of Thursday, in the Cossack village of Suvorovskaya of the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory, a grenade blew up in the yard of the house belonging to a car service director. No one was injured. This was reported by the press centre of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

June 05, 2014 07:26

• Relatives of Arthur Gatagazhev killed in Ingushetia detained on suspicion of drug trafficking

  Brothers of Arthur Gatagazhev, who was killed in the special operation conducted on May 24 in the village of Sagopshi in Ingushetia, have been detained in Malgobek on suspicion of drug trafficking. The mother of the detainees claims that drugs were planted to their car during the search carried out by agents of the secret services.

June 05, 2014 03:48

• Experts assess differently reasons for political crisis in Abkhazia

  Experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent have failed to come to a common conclusion about the causes and consequences of the revolution in Abkhazia. According to journalist Orkhan Djemal, the crisis was inspired by Russia.

June 05, 2014 02:53

• In Moscow, two Dagestanis face trial on charges of attempting to overthrow political system

  The Moscow City Court has started the trial in the case against members of the banned organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir". The prisoners' dock contains Saipulla Kurbanov and Shamil Ismailov, two natives of the Republic of Dagestan, and Zakrillokhon Rakhmonkhodjaev and Azizbek Inamov, two natives of Central Asia.

June 05, 2014 02:29

• Armenia: Shant Arutyunyan's supporters thank President of Switzerland for his support of rights defenders

  On June 4, in Yerevan, about a dozen activists supporting Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, a participant of the protest action "Million Mask March", held an action in front of the presidential residence. They were expressing their gratitude to Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Confederation President, for his position on the Armenian political prisoners.

June 04, 2014 23:59

• Azerbaijan: advocate of journalist Gashimli appeals against his verdict

  Elchin Sadygov, the advocate of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist Parviz Gashimli, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, has appealed against the verdict. The lawyer believes that Gashimli's criminal case was fabricated.

June 04, 2014 20:57

• Bodies of five casualties of bus fall found in Dagestan

  Two of the seven persons missing after the fall of a minivan in the Tsuntin District of Dagestan have been found dead. As a result, the death toll now makes five persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

June 04, 2014 19:52

• Head of Presidential Administration and Secretary of Security Council resign in Abkhazia

  Beslan Kubrava, the Head of the Administration of the President of Abkhazia, and Nugzar Ashuba, the Secretary of the Security Council, have submitted their resignation applications.

June 04, 2014 18:36

• Number of Chechen residents who got poisoned with water reaches 146

  According to a source from the Gudermes District Administration, in total, 146 residents of the village of Ishkhoy-Yurt, including 33 children, were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning with drinking water; their condition is assessed as moderate gravity. The source of water that has presumably caused the infection was taken under guard.

June 04, 2014 17:26

• KBR's SC refuses to obey FMS and deport Syrian student

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to overturn the decision of the Nalchik City Court on invalidating the cancellation of the residence permit in Russia of Nart Abaza, an ethnic Adyg and a Syrian national, a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).

June 04, 2014 17:19

• Verdict to journalist Alibeili appealed against at Azerbaijani SC

  According to the lawyer Elchin Sadygov, a cassation complaint on the case of Sardar Alibeili, the editor-in-chief of the "P. S. Nota" newspaper and the online-edition "Psnota.com", who was sentenced on November 13, 2013, to four years in prison on charges of hooliganism with use of a weapon, has been lodged to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Azerbaijani Republic.

June 04, 2014 15:30

• Azerbaijan: journalist Mirkadirov, accused of treason, decides to testify

  In Azerbaijan, the journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, arrested on charges of treason, has decided to testify to investigators. Earlier, he refused doing it, treating the accusation of spying in favour of Armenia as an absurd one, said his advocate.

June 04, 2014 15:13

• Astakhov: Rostov Region put under state of emergency due to inflow of refugees from Ukraine

  Because of the great amount of refugees, some districts of the Rostov Region that border on Ukraine were put under the state of emergency, said Pavel Astakhov, the Ombudsman for Children's Rights in the Russian Federation, who makes his official visit to the region.

June 04, 2014 13:59

• Resident of Chechnya, earlier convicted for involvement in armed underground, suspected of illegal arms circulation

  Ruslan Khasiev, a resident of the city of Grozny, is suspected of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, said a source from the Chechen prosecutor's office. Earlier, he was convicted on same charges and for involvement in the armed underground.

June 04, 2014 11:35

• Local experts: Ankvab will hardly run for presidency at early election in Abkhazia

  The early presidential election scheduled for August 24 in Abkhazia has brought some intrigue into the issue of who will represent the contesting groups in the race. Local experts agree that Alexander Ankvab will not take part in it.

June 04, 2014 10:03

• Casualty of shootout in Dagestan identified as Ramazan Magomedov

  According to a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the man killed during a special operation in the Kizlyar District of the republic, was preliminarily identified as Ramazan Magomedov, the leader of one of militant groupings.

June 04, 2014 02:24

• HRC "Memorial": at Kutaev's trial, prosecution witness claims falsification of his testimony

  In Chechnya, at a court session on the case of Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who was accused of drug possession, a prosecution witness said that some phrases in the protocol of his questioning at the preliminary investigation were changed.

June 03, 2014 20:24

• Bganba dismisses two Abkhazian Vice-Premiers

  Valery Bganba, the Acting President and the Speaker of the Parliament of Abkhazia has signed decrees on the dismissal of Indira Vardanya, the First Deputy Prime Minister, and Beslan Eshba, a Deputy Prime Minister, the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic reports.

June 03, 2014 17:06

• In KBR, volunteers help Kuba-Taba villagers to eliminate flood consequences

  More than 20 volunteers are involved in the elimination of consequences of the flood in the village of Kuba-Taba, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They have already purged up the mudflow canal, which for a long time remained unused, said Aser Nartokov, the head of the village administration.

June 03, 2014 16:41

• Makhachkala closes children's club where 19 children got poisoned for five days

  On May 30, 22 persons got poisoned in the children's club "Bambino" in Makhachkala. The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russia's Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) for the Republic of Dagestan has carried out an inspection and closed the kids club for five days. This was reported by the Dagestani "Rospotrebnadzor". Officials claim having revealed numerous violations of health legislation committed by the cafe.