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April 05, 2014 03:56

• Rally in support of Kesab Armenians in Moscow was about 300 people strong

  Moscow hosted an action of solidarity with Armenians from the Syrian city of Kesab and the people of this country in general. The participants condemned the international terrorism, accused the Turkish authorities of aiding the Syrian opposition and supported the position of Russia and Armenia in the Syrian conflict.

April 04, 2014 23:28

• Action in support of Shant Arutyunyan's son in Yerevan ended in detentions

  Yerevan hosted a rally in support of the minor son of the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party Shant Arutyunyan, who is suspected of hooliganism. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that two protesters were brought to the police station.

April 04, 2014 19:42

• Circassian activists raise money to make "memory ribbons" for the end of Russian-Caucasian War

  Members of the organization named "Adygekhem Ya Duney" hold fundraising with the aim to make "memory ribbons", dated to May 21 – the 150th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War. For the whole Circassian community, this is a day of memory and sorrow.

April 04, 2014 18:28

• Dubrovina: court verdict in Savva's case disregards his custody period

  The verdict announced on April 2 by the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar to Professor Mikhail Savva, appointing three years of conditional imprisonment failed to take into account the time spent by him in custody and under home arrest – the court just missed the point, said the lawyer Marina Dubrovina, Mikhail Savva's advocate.

April 04, 2014 17:20

• Rostov journalist Reznik states fabrication of evidence in his case

  Today, at consideration of the appeal, the defence of the Rostov journalist Sergey Reznik, convicted for bribery, betrayal and insulting an official, has drawn the court's attention to inconsistencies in the case materials; the defendant himself has stated the fabricated evidence, said Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" in the Rostov Region.

April 04, 2014 17:18

• House of village head in Dagestan attacked by unidentified persons, local reports

  In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, unidentified masked men beat up the wife and pregnant daughter of the head of the village of Kharachi, one of local residents said today. The women are in the district hospital in the condition of moderate gravity, the chief physician of the hospital has reported.

April 04, 2014 16:11

• FSB: 25 Ukrainian citizens detained on suspicion of preparing terror acts in Volgograd and Rostov Regions

  25 Ukrainian citizens have been detained in Russia on suspicion of preparing terror acts in the territory of seven Russian Regions, including the Volgograd and Rostov Regions, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of Russia has announced today.

April 04, 2014 11:52

• Ingush MIA detains local resident who tried to abduct bride

  Policemen have detained a resident of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, who abducted a girl to marry her and knocked down a policeman with his car. This was reported today by the press service of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

April 04, 2014 08:58

• In Chechnya, several soldiers seriously wounded in explosion

  Soldiers wounded in an explosion in Chechnya were hospitalized to the military hospital in Grozny. Some of them are in grave condition. This was reported by law enforcement bodies of the republic.

April 04, 2014 07:55

• "SOVA" Centre: Russia sees more attacks on motives of religious hatred

  In 2013, in Russia, the number of attacks motivated by religious hatred increased in comparison with 2012. Most of the victims were the Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by Olga Sibirova, a staff member of the "SOVA" Centre. Olga Sibirova has prepared the report "Problems of Implementation of Freedom of Conscience in Russia", which was presented on April 3 at the Independent Press Centre in Moscow.

April 04, 2014 06:54

• Georgian Ombudsman offers Parliament to set up commission on cases of ex-political prisoners

  In Georgia, in connection with the ongoing protest action held by amnestied political prisoners, the Ombudsman's Office has offered the Georgian Parliament to set up a commission for rehabilitation of political prisoners.

April 04, 2014 01:51

• At trial, "Nida" activists claim charges are groundless

  In Baku, at the trial on the "Nida" case, two defendants Uzeir Mamedli and Zaur Gurbanly have claimed groundlessness of charges against the defendants involved in the case, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

April 03, 2014 23:04

• Azerbaijan: Mursalli, active user of social networks, convicted to five years

  In Azerbaijan, Elsever Mursalli, 20, a member of the Civil Movement "Nida" and an active user of social networks, has been sentenced to five years in prison. The young man treats the criminal case against him as politically motivated.

April 03, 2014 21:18

• In Chechnya, explosion kills four soldiers

  As reported by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), as a result of explosion of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Chechnya 11 soldiers suffered; four of them later died from their wounds.

April 03, 2014 18:12

• Lawyer: verdict to Mikhail Savva will be surely challenged

  The verdict to Professor Mikhail Savva, who was sentenced to three years of conditional imprisonment for a fraud, will be surely appealed against, said his advocate Marina Dubrovina.

April 03, 2014 17:30

• Azerbaijani "Nida" activists tell the court that tear gas was injected into paddy wagon

  Activists of the "Nida" Movement, accused of organizing riots, said today in court that after the court session held on April 1, they got poisoned by tear gas injected into the paddy wagon that transported them.

April 03, 2014 14:45

• Sochi Mayoralty challenges court ruling on providing housing to needy family

  The Sochi City Administration (Mayoralty) has refused to enforce court ruling to provide housing to Desdemona Djamburiya outside the waiting list. The enforcement has been suspended, since the Mayoralty has applied to the Krasnodar Territorial Court.

April 03, 2014 14:44

• ICRF: baby dies in Astrakhan Region because doctor failed to come

  A baby died in the village of Fyodorovka, Enotaevka District of the Astrakhan Region, after the district doctor failed to come to the young patient, referring to being too busy, and refused to sanction an urgent hospitalization of the baby.

April 03, 2014 10:00

• Chechen Military Commissariat awaits instructions from Russian General Staff to draft locals into army

  Till present, the issue of sending Chechen conscripts to serve in the Russian army is open, since the Chechen recruitment office has not yet received the appropriate instructions from the General Staff. Chechen local residents express different opinions in regard to the possible draft of local youth into the Armed Forces of Russia.

April 03, 2014 08:43

• In Makhachkala, man sets himself on fire because of court's decision

  In a street of Makhachkala, a man poured inflammable mixture over himself and set himself on fire, while court marshals were trying to enforce the judgment. This was reported by the press service of the Department of the Federal Service of Court Marshals (known as FSSP) for Dagestan.