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April 11, 2014 12:30

• Trial of Said Amirov starts in Rostov-on-Don; Makhachkala Mayoralty recalls earlier permit on rally in his support

  On Friday, April 11, the North-Caucasian Military District Court began preliminary hearings on the case of Said Amirov, temporarily dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, the former Deputy Mayor of Kaspiysk, said Alyona Katskalo, the court press secretary. According to her story, the trial is held behind closed doors.

April 11, 2014 10:24

• Popkov: police re-considers Pussy Riot incident with Cossacks in Sochi

  The Sochi police had ruled not to open a criminal case on Pussy Riot members about beating them by Cossacks on February 19. The ruling was then appealed against by the prosecutor's office; and on April 12, the Sochi UVD (Interior Department) should make another decision on the matter, the lawyer Alexander Popkov has reported.

April 11, 2014 08:43

• Professional activities may have caused churchman's murder in Dagestan

  Last night, a madrassa teacher, who was also the Imam of the mosque, was killed in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan was killed, a source from the local MIA has reported. According to investigators, two masked attackers committed the murder. Law enforcers do not exclude that the Imam's professional activities could cause the murder.

April 11, 2014 07:59

• In Adygea, Deputy of Maikop District Soviet found guilty of propaganda of Nazi symbols

  On April 8, Alexander Petin, a Deputy of the Maikop District Soviet, was found guilty of promoting Nazi symbols and fined by 2000 roubles, said Andrei Scryabin, the Judge Assistant of the Maikop District Court. His defence asserts that it was not a swastika, but some construction drawing made on the wall of the house.

April 11, 2014 04:12

• Trial on murder of journalist Akhmedilov starts in Makhachkala

  The Makhachkala Lenin District Court has held its first session of the trial on the murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov. The defendant Murad Shuaibov has filed a motion asking to return his the criminal case to the prosecutor's office in order to add a number of documents to the case files – these documents had been earlier there, but were withdrawn later, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 10, 2014 23:19

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, mourning procession marks 22nd anniversary of tragedy in Maraga village

  On Thursday, the village of Nor-Maraga of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh hosted a mourning procession, a rally and a ceremony of laying flowers in memory of the victims of the tragic events of 1992 in the village of Maraga. The rally voiced calls to punish the persons responsible for the destruction of the village and massacre of its inhabitants.

April 10, 2014 22:21

• Mayskoe residents block road in North Ossetia and demand to release two local residents

  On Thursday, in North Ossetia, the police detained Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev, residents of the village of Mayskoe of the Prigorodny District. About one hundred people blocked the federal highway "Kavkaz", demanding the release the detainees. This was reported by a brother of one of the detainees.

April 10, 2014 21:06

• Sergey Khadjikurbanov, figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case, states he fell victim to slander

  At the trial held at the Moscow City Court on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, Sergey Khadjikurbanov a former employee of the RUBOP (Department to Combat Organized Crime), said that he had been slandered by Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former lieutenant colonel, already convicted on this case.

April 10, 2014 18:14

• FSB head: Doku Umarov was killed in the end of 2013

  The operation to "neutralize" Doku Umarov was conducted in late 2013, said Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the FSB.

April 10, 2014 17:07

• At trial in Rostov-on-Don journalist Reznik complains about conditions in SIZO

  At the hearing of his case, the Rostov journalist and blogger Sergey Reznik complained about the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and asked to change it for home arrest; but the court denied the motion.

April 10, 2014 16:40

• HRC "Memorial": court dismisses appeal filed by Saint Petersburg ADC "Memorial" against decision to recognize it foreign agent

  On April 15, the Zamoskvorechye Court of Moscow is to hold the next court hearing to consider the claim filed by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against the prosecutors' demand to get registered as a foreign agent.

April 10, 2014 15:38

• In Azerbaijan, trial against Anar Mamedli, CEMDT head, to start on April 21

  Azerbaijan starts a judicial investigation into the criminal case against Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEMDT), and his two colleagues. The case will be considered in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes by judge panel chaired by Judge Rauf Aliev.

April 10, 2014 13:37

• Chechen authorities report completion of cleaning Christian cemeteries, state employees claim being forced to work

  In Chechnya, Christian cemeteries have been properly cleaned for the upcoming celebration of the Orthodox Easter, which will be held on April 20. This was reported by officials from the Chechen Ministry on National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information.

April 10, 2014 13:24

• Chechen resident acquitted by jury is held by MIA, his relatives assert

  Alvi Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Chechnya, who was detained by law enforcers after his acquittal in court, is held in Grozny in one of the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). This was reported by his family members.

April 10, 2014 11:30

• Lawyers for the defendants in case of terror act in Vladikavkaz marketplace disagree with the verdict

  The advocates of those accused of committing crimes in the territory of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, including the terror act in the marketplace of Vladikavkaz in 2010, expressed their disagreement with the verdict passed by the North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don and announced their intention to appeal against it.

April 10, 2014 10:44

• US special services accuse Russia of concealing information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev

  Russia had had more information about the intentions of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya and one of the organizers of the terror act during the marathon run in the US city of Boston, but did not share it with the FBI, says the inspectors' report on the check of the actions of the CIA to prevent the terror act.

April 10, 2014 03:40

• Armenia: DEM.AM plans to scale up protests against pension reform

  In Armenia, activists of the group DEM.AM intend to scale up protests, should the government fail to amend the new pension law.

April 09, 2014 22:35

• Experts are not surprised by inclusion of Ramzan Kadyrov into Presidium of Russian State Council

  The Vladimir Putin's decision to include Ramzan Kadyrov into the Presidium of the Russian State Council was expected. This opinion was expressed by Professor Alexei Malashenko from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.

April 09, 2014 20:33

• Witnesses in the case of "Don Women's Union" refute prosecutors' arguments, lawyers say

  The defence of the public organization "Don Women's Union" has denied in the court the prosecutors' claims on recognizing the organization as a foreign agent, said the defence lawyers. According to their version, three witnesses were questioned at the session on April 7.

April 09, 2014 19:01

• Rostov-on-Don court passes conviction on terror act in Vladikavkaz

  The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced a group of defendants, accused of crimes committed in the territory of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, including the terror act in the marketplace in Vladikavkaz.