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April 07, 2014 22:18

• Novocherkassk court questions leader of "Don Women's Union"

  The Novocherkassk City Court has questioned Valentina Cherevatenko, the head of the "Don Women's Union", under the case of recognizing the Union a foreign agent. The next session is scheduled for April 16, and plans to continue interrogating the witnesses.

April 07, 2014 20:46

• Shaumyan villagers in Dagestan report that power agents detain mosque-goers

  Local residents report about mass detentions by power agents of parishioners of the mosque situated in the Dagestani village named after Shaumyan. 131 believers were brought to the police station on April 4; and on the same day they were all released, says the head of the administration of the rural settlement.

April 07, 2014 16:19

• KChR: court finds policemen guilty of beating detainee

  The Ust-Djegutin District Court of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has sentenced two OVD (Interior Division) employees, accused of abuse of power with violence, said a source from the Supreme Court of the Republic.

April 07, 2014 15:56

• Magomed Suleimanov presented to Makhachkala activists as acting Mayor

  On Monday, Magomed Suleimanov was officially presented as the new acting head (Mayor) of the Makhachkala administration to city activists, the Mayoralty staff and City Council Deputies. Suleimanov addressed his subordinates and promised not to make "cadre revolutions."

April 07, 2014 13:10

• OC "Sochi-2014" states 5 billion roubles of operating profit

  As reported by Dmitry Chernyshenko, the Chair of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014", the Winter Olympic Games of 2014 brought about 5 billion roubles of operating profit.

April 07, 2014 12:01

• After IFV explosion in Chechnya, power agents shelled Yandi vicinities, locals report

  The woodland near the village of Yandi, Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, was shelled after on April 3 an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) was blown up in the area, according to local residents. Chechen militants have claimed responsibility for the blast, but investigators believe that the mine that exploded under the vehicle could be planted long ago.

April 07, 2014 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 31 to April 6

  Resignation of Sergey Bozhenov, Governor of Volgograd Region; conviction in Krasnodar of Mikhail Savva, Director of Grant Programmes of SRRC; verdict of Armenia's CC about the unconstitutionality of the mandatory component of the new pension system; adoption in KBR of elections of republic's head by members of parliament; regular change of the head of capital of Dagestan; over a hundred patients with food poisoning in Stavropol Territory, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 31-April 6, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

April 07, 2014 04:06

• Major contractor of Sochi Olympics goes bankrupt

  The Scientific and Production Association (SPA) "Mostovik" from the city of Omsk, one of the Olympic contractors, has filed a claim to the arbitration asking to recognize it bankrupt. The company has a complex financial situation in connection with losses on several projects, including the "Olimpstroy".

April 07, 2014 01:15

• From March 31 to April 6, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed 7 human lives

  During the week from March 31 to April 6, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus affected at least 18 people; of them, seven people were killed and 11 others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 06, 2014 14:19

• Resident of Dagestan complains to investigators about beatings in SIZO

  Magomed Aliev, suspected of committing a robbery, who is kept in Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), sent an appeal to the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), said his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

April 06, 2014 06:16

• New draft on recognizing Armenian Genocide brought into US Senate

  Robert Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Senator Mark Kirk have submitted to the US Congress a draft resolution calling on the President to promote the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The authors believe that the USA should recognize the Armenian Genocide.

April 05, 2014 22:42

• Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, refused to participate in the session on his complaint

  In Azerbaijan, the former Public Health Minister Ali Insanov has been transferred from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Colony No. 13. His defence has stated that the custody conditions in the colony are poor; and it is located too far from the convict's home.

April 05, 2014 21:42

• In Ingushetia, relatives of Alikhan Kulbuzhev complain about investigators' actions

  The Investigating Department for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has started an inquiry into the facts presented in the complaint lodged by relatives of Alikhan Kulbuzhev, who reported that he was tortured and brought to suicide.

April 05, 2014 19:43

• Commission for protecting personal data starts its work in Georgia

  In Georgia, a commission has been set up for protection of personal data; it will draft the National Strategy for protecting human rights in connection with electronic surveillance and secret investigating actions.

April 05, 2014 18:44

• MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh: during a week Azerbaijan violated ceasefire for 200 times

  For seven days, from March 30 to April 5 Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime for about 200 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

April 05, 2014 11:52

• Armenian authorities assert that pension law will not be suspended

  Despite the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC), the law "On Accumulative Pension" will remain in force until September 30 this year, state bureaucrats and members of the ruling Republican Party assert. In their turn, oppositionists believe that the CC took a too uncertain decision.

April 05, 2014 09:55

• Workers of Volgograd "Khimprom" complained to GPO on factory management

  The Trade Union of the Volgograd "Khimprom" Factory has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia asking to examine the activities of the shareholders and managers of the factory starting from 2007, said Nina Kulygina, the chair of the "Roskhimprofsoyuz" Association.

April 05, 2014 09:33

• Three Ingush residents are suspected of fighting for Syrian militants

  Three residents of the Sunzha district of Ingushetia joined the militants in Syria and are now fighting in the country, the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia reports.

April 05, 2014 07:50

• Koba Khabazi, co-founder of the NGO "Free Zone", questioned by Investigative Service of Georgia's Ministry of Finance

  Koba Khabazi, the former deputy mayor of Batumi, ex-chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Mayoralty of Tbilisi and co-founder of the NGO "Free Zone", was interrogated by the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in connection with the activities of the above Supervisory Board.

April 05, 2014 04:56

• Social and environmental problems of Sochi are solved very slowly, activists say

  On April 4, Sochi hosted a meeting of public and ecological activists with the officials of the Mayoralty in charge of social and environmental development of the resort city. The latter stated that the earlier raised problems had been partially solved; however, NGO activists expressed their dissatisfaction with the pace the city the city problems are addressed at.