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May 02, 2014 17:27

• Three participants of unsanctioned May Day demonstration administratively arrested in Baku

  In the capital of Azerbaijan, three young men who took part in an unsanctioned action on the occasion of International Workers' Day were sentenced to various terms of administrative arrest. Another detainee was sent to public works.

May 02, 2014 15:46

• Azerbaijani MPs suggest closing TI office

  The Azerbaijani MPs Ali Guseinli, Elmira Akhundova and Ganira Pashayeva have offered the authorities to close the Baku office international human rights organization "Transparency International" (TI).

May 02, 2014 13:38

• Krasnodar administration provides foods and medical aid to people in "Kavkaz" Port

  A territorial operative headquarters is working in the "Kavkaz" Port, whose task is to provide the passengers waiting for a ferry with hot food and medical aid, said the press service of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory. The facility was launched by the decision of the Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachov.

May 02, 2014 12:00

• At roundtable in Krasnodar, Mikhail Savva states the need to reform Russia's penitentiary system

  Professor Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC) spoke at the roundtable in Krasnodar on "Promoting public control over the penitentiary system" and stressed the need for a prison reform in Russia.

May 02, 2014 02:44

• Baku: Facebook user Abilov tells the court about his persecution on political grounds

  In Azerbaijan, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has completed the judicial inquiry into the case of Abdula Abilov, 32, an active user of the Facebook and founder of the group "Let's stop toadies!" He is accused drug trafficking. On May 1, he said that he was prosecuted for political reasons.

May 02, 2014 01:44

• Detained young women in Muslim clothes released in Kaspiysk

  Policemen from the Dagestani city of Kaspiysk have checked documents and released the detained local women in Muslim dresses, said a source from the police department of the city.

May 02, 2014 00:44

• In Dagestan, suspected militant suffers from his own grenade

  In the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, a suspected militant detonated his own grenade when trying to resist special agents, said a law enforcement source.

May 01, 2014 23:50

• Sochi Communists: authorities ignored us during May Day demonstration

  During the May Day celebrations, Sochi officials ignored the column of Communists that moved at the very end of the march by stepping down the tribune before the arrival of the column and leaving it without greeting, city Communists assert. In his turn, the Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says that the officials just did not notice the last column of the march.

May 01, 2014 20:52

• In Kaspiysk, policemen detain at least five young women in Muslim clothes, eyewitnesses report

  In the Dagestani town of Kaspiysk, policemen have detained at least five young women in Muslim clothes. This was reported by an eyewitness.

May 01, 2014 19:19

• Leyla Yunus: Azerbaijan expels reporter of French TV Channel

  Elena Voloshina, a reporter of the Moscow bureau of the French "I-TeLe" TV Channel, has been expelled from Baku. This was reported by Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who stayed in contact with the journalist.

May 01, 2014 19:12

• NAC: militant involved in armed underground in Dagestan was killed in Tatarstan

  Rais Mingaleev, the leader of the grouping "Mujahideen of Tatarstan" closely connected with the armed underground in Dagestan, was killed during a special operation held in the town of Chistopol. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

May 01, 2014 18:47

• In North Ossetia, residents go to Mayday rallies, demanding to increase pensions and decrease prices

  The authorities should solve the problem of small pensions and reduce the prices of housing services. This was stated by participants of the May Day rallies in North Ossetia. They have also recalled about the restrictions on political freedoms in Russia and expressed their solidarity with workers of Ukraine.

May 01, 2014 17:52

• "EcoWatch" reports on detention of its activist in Krasnodar

  Vyacheslav Martynov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), has been detained during his solo picket in defence of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his sentence in prison on charges of inflicting damage to the fence around the land plot, known as a "summer cottage" of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

May 01, 2014 15:35

• In Grozny, 120,000 people go to celebrate May Day, authorities report

  In Grozny, about 120,000 people have attended the festive events to celebrate the Day of Spring and Labour. This was reported by the city administration of the Chechen capital. Other cities and towns of the republic also hold solemn events and festivities.

May 01, 2014 14:55

• Criminal proceedings against "Nida" activists are politically motivated, Rashadat Akhundov states in his final speech at trial in Baku

  On Thursday, in Azerbaijan, at the trial against activists of the movement "Nida", the defendants have delivered their final speeches. Rashadat Akhundov spoke on behalf of all the defendants, and he claimed the criminal case had been politically motivated.

May 01, 2014 12:53

• Member of "Patriots of Circassia" asks General Prosecutor to control investigation into detention of Circassian activists

  On April 30, Adnan Khuade, a member of the international movement "Patriots of Circassia", appealed to General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika with a request to control the investigation into the circumstances relating to the detention of Circassian activists on December 13, 2013.

May 01, 2014 06:22

• UNHCR officials visit KBR to study problems of Syrian repatriates

  A delegation from the office in the Russian Federation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), consisting of UNHCR's representative in Russia Baisa Vak-Voya and Legal Adviser Ivan Saleev has visited the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to get acquainted with the problems of immigrants from Syria.

April 30, 2014 15:41

• Dagestan: defence in Akhmedilov's murder case to challenge the decision to make trial closed

  The advocates of Murad Shuaybov, accused of murdering journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, are preparing an appeal against the decision of the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala to run the trial behind closed doors. One of them, Adilgerey Omarov, reports that at the court session his client Shuaybov said that he was tortured during the investigation.

April 30, 2014 14:24

• MCC reappoints pleadings in Politkovskaya's murder case for May 14

  The Moscow City Court (MCC) has postponed the hearing of parties' arguments on the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", till 14. The reason was in the vacation of Alexei Mikhalchik, an advocate for the defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov, who had duly informed the court about it.

April 30, 2014 13:28

• Law enforcers confiscated printed materials when searching Leyla Yunus' flat in Baku

  In the evening on April 29, employees of law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan conducted a search of the flat of Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who had been detained in Baku airport with her husband and taken to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for questioning.