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February 14, 2014 15:52

• Vitishko's defence prepares complaint on Tuapse Court decision to replace conditional term for real one

  The advocates of Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", are gathering materials for lodging a supervisory complaint against the decision of Court of Appeal, which has upheld the decision of the Tuapse Court to replace the ecologist's conditional term by the real deprivation of freedom in a settlement-colony.

February 14, 2014 14:06

• Government of Adygea allocates 3.5 million roubles to build houses for repressed people

  As reported by the republic's ministry of labour and social development, Adygea has allotted a total of 3.5 million roubles from the budget for acquisition of housing for rehabilitated persons and for the persons recognized as victims of political repressions.

February 14, 2014 11:13

• Chief editor of "Novaya Gazeta" confirms that Politkovskaya was killed for her professional activities

  The journalist Anna Politkovskaya systematically received threats, and her murder was linked to her professional activities, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", said at a session of the Moscow City Court (MCC).

February 14, 2014 09:47

• Sheikh-Akhmed Baisuev killed in Dagestan was known to power agents as "Amir of Gudermes"

  A native of Chechen Sheikh-Akhmed Baisuev, who was killed in Dagestan on February 11, was known to power agents as "Amir" of the city of Gudermes, said a law enforcement source. Earlier, his family earlier was subjected to pressure from power agents, human rights defenders assert.

February 14, 2014 04:06

• Armenian NGOs declare obstruction of journalistic activity by the police

  The Committee to Protect the Freedom of Expression, the Yerevan Press Club, the Institute of Diverse Information and the Helsinki Committee of Armenia have issued a statement condemning the actions of law enforcement officers who violate the rights of journalists and hindering their professional activities, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

February 14, 2014 03:07

• Detained ANC activists are suspected of hooliganism, Police of Armenia reports

  The Police of Armenia have opened a criminal case on hooliganism against the ANC activists who were disseminating leaflets on February 12 in Mashtots Avenue with information about the rally upcoming on March 1. Earlier, the police refuted the information about a criminal case against the activists.

February 14, 2014 02:07

• Catherine Ashton and Štefan Füle call on the Azerbaijani authorities to remove obstacles to free operation of NGOs

  Catherine Ashton, the EU High Commissioner for Foreign Policy, and Štefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, have expressed their concern about the adoption in Azerbaijan of amendments to the legislation restricting the activities of NGOs.

February 13, 2014 23:16

• Whereabouts of two Magomedovs detained in Dagestan still unknown, advocate says

  Relatives of the natives of Dagestan Shamsudin and Oka Magomedov, detainees on February 12, have addressed the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravizaschita" (Advocacy) asking to help in stopping the harassment by law enforcement bodies. Their advocate said that he could not meet them. The Dagestani MIA denies the detention of the Magomedovs.

February 13, 2014 20:28

• Baku: blast at fuel station kills two people

  The explosion occurred on Thursday at a fuel station in the capital of Azerbaijan. One person was killed and another one wounded, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the on duty officer of the Khatai District Police Department.

February 13, 2014 19:26

• EU and IOC concerned about court's refusal to cancel real term for Vitishko

  The refusal of the Krasnodar Territorial Court to satisfy the complaint lodged by Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who asked to cancel the replacement of his conditional imprisonment with a real deprivation of freedom in the case of the so-called "Governor Tkachov's summer cottage", has caused concern of the European Union (EU) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

February 13, 2014 16:30

• Bloomberg: Sochi Olympic infrastructure needs 7 billion US dollars of investments

  In the next three years, the support of the Sochi Olympic infrastructure will cost 7 billion US dollars, said the Bloomberg referring to two Russian officials. The costs are caused by the uncertain future of Olympic facilities.

February 13, 2014 16:27

• OC "Sochi-2014": problem of queuing for tickets settled

  The problem with queues for tickets formed by fans who want to get to the events of the Winter Olympics in Sochi has been resolved, said Alexandra Kosterina, the vice-president of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014". She promised that the operation to buy a ticket would take no more than 20 minutes.

February 13, 2014 16:13

• Dagestani lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova reports detention of her brother by policemen

  On February 12, Magomedrasul Magomedov, a brother of the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova was detained in Khasavyurt. According to Sapiyat, her brother is suspected of raping a local woman. She treats his detention as a provocation and associates it with the pressure on her.

February 13, 2014 15:43

• Armenian Police denied initiation of cases against ANC activists

  The Armenian police spokesman said that no criminal case was opened against the activists of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), detained for distributing leaflets on February 12; their actions are studied within the framework of the preliminary investigation.

February 13, 2014 12:30

• Volgograd hunger strikers demand first persons of the region as negotiators

  Today is the 10th day of the hunger strike held by parents with many children and parents of disabled children in Volgograd. The protesters reports that their personal problems began being solved; however, they want to hold negotiations with the top officials of the region to address all the raised issues.

February 13, 2014 05:17

• "EcoWatch": Sochi Olympics have caused irreparable damage to environment

  The Winter Sochi Olympic Games had been planned not as a sporting, but as a commercial project; its goal being to capture the expensive land of the Black Sea shore, the activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" ("EcoWatch" or EWNC) at the presentation of their report "Sochi-2014: Ten Years without Right to the Law: How They Built Better World".

February 13, 2014 03:11

• Opposition: increase of suicides is linked with unaddressed social problems and human rights violations

  In the last five years, Azerbaijan has seen a steadily increasing number of suicides, about 80 percent of which are caused by social problems, bureaucratic arbitrariness and human rights violations.

February 13, 2014 01:04

• In Dagestan, power agent wounded during a special operation in Khasavyurt District

  According to a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, a power agent received a fragmental wound during the special operation conducted in the village of Bammatyurt, the Khasavyurt District; there is no threat to his life.

February 12, 2014 19:13

• RWB downgrade Azerbaijan's position in the ranking of media freedom

  The international journalistic organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has published its regular annual "2014 World Press Freedom Index", in which Azerbaijan, along with Russia and the countries of Central Asia, have been put on the list of countries with unfavourable situation with the freedom of the press.

February 12, 2014 18:12

• In Makhachkala, unidentified persons shoot 14-year-old son of slain businessman dead

  On February 11, unidentified killers shot dead a 14-year-old boy, whose father and cousin were killed last July. Investigators link the murder of the teen with earlier received threats from members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), a source from the above ID of the ICRF told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.