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February 08, 2014 05:53

• KChR: three policemen suspected of causing Borlakov's death arrested for two months

  The Cherkessk City Court has ruled to arrest the policemen of the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), suspected of intentional infliction grave bodily harm that caused the death of a detainee Murat Borlakov, for the time of the preliminary investigation, said a source from the court.

February 08, 2014 04:27

• Sochi authorities offer to hold meeting of activists with officials instead of rally against "residence-based discrimination"

  Deputy Sochi Mayor Victor Filonov has suggested Roman Shikarev and Vladimir Kimaev, the organizers of the rally against "discrimination of Sochi townspeople based on their residence", to hold a conversation with governmental officials, the activists have reported themselves.

February 08, 2014 00:05

• Ecologist Igor Kharchenko arrested in Krasnodar goes on hunger strike

  Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, has gone on hunger strike.

February 07, 2014 22:09

• Lenkoran resident convicted for freedom of expression on Internet, rights defenders assert

  Shaig Agaev, a resident of the city of Lenkoran, located in Southern Azerbaijan, was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of selling drugs. Azerbaijani human rights activists believe that Agaev was convicted for declaring that his daughter had been beaten at school.

February 07, 2014 18:41

• In Dagestan, office of "Pravozaschita" is searched

  The office of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) is now being searched with confiscation of financial and other documents, said Aisha Selimkhanova, a human rights activist.

February 07, 2014 16:20

• 25 protesters against Sochi Olympics detained in Nalchik

  Today, 25 protesters against the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi were detained in the city of Nalchik by employees of the OVD (Interior Division) No. 1, said Abubekir Murzakan, the chairman of the public movement "Adyge Khekuzh-Circassia".

February 07, 2014 16:06

• Nagorno-Karabakh protesters demand objective investigation into contact line incidents

  Today, more than 20 activists of the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally in Stepanakert demanding to objectively investigate the incidents on the contact line of the Karabakh conflict.

February 07, 2014 15:04

• Thousand inmates of Gegut Prison in Georgia go on hunger strike

  Today, 1000 prisoners, who serve their terms in the Gegut Prison located near the city of Kutaisi, went on hunger strike in protest against ill-treatment by the prison administration.

February 07, 2014 13:50

• Residents of Borlakov, who died in ROVD in KChR, satisfied with detention of 11 policemen

  The family of Murat Borlakov, who died in the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division), is satisfied with the decision of Kazimir Botashev, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to detain 11 power agents in connection with the incident.

February 07, 2014 13:34

• Grenade goes off and kills three people in Chechnya

  Three people were killed and one was wounded in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, said a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies.

February 07, 2014 11:38

• In Dagestan, Chontaul villagers claim kidnapping of law enforcer by unidentified persons

  On January 31, two unidentified persons kidnapped in Dagestan two Chontaul villagers; one of them was later released, say the villagers. According to their story, the fate of the second one, who served in Chechnya under contract, remains unknown.

February 07, 2014 08:57

• KBR: Atazhukino villagers demand to liquidate defects in new houses

  Residents of the village of Atazhukino, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) claim that they were moved into houses built with gross violations of building rules and technologies.

February 07, 2014 03:49

• Sochi residents diverge in assessing the impact of Olympics on the city

  Some of Sochi residents believe that the preparation for the Olympics has brought a great benefit to Sochi as a resort. Others, on the opposite, assert that many social problems remain unresolved because of the Olympics. These are the results of the blitz opinion poll conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" in the city streets one day before the opening of the Games.

February 07, 2014 02:26

• Circassians who came to the Olympics do not represent Circassian Diaspora, activists say

  Representatives of Circassian organizations claim that the Circassians who have come to the Olympic Games in Sochi from abroad cannot represent the Circassian Diaspora and will be attending the Games as individuals. The International Movement "Patriots of Circassia" has urged them to listen to the opinion of the Circassian community.

February 06, 2014 20:55

• Djamalutdinova and Magomedova detained in Dagestan are suspected of IAF activities

  Madina Djamalutdinova, a native of Kyrgyzstan, who was detained on February 5 in Dagestan, is suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs); today she is arrested by the court for two months, said the lawyer Murad Mallaev. His colleague Ziyavutdin Uvaisov said that in relation to Asya Magomedova, a resident of Dagestan, detained on February 4 as a suspected militants' helper, the court will decide on the freedom restrain measure on February 7.

February 06, 2014 20:22

• In Armenia, opponents of new pension system called on employers to stop deducing part of their salaries

  In Armenia, employers withhold 5 percent of employees' salaries, as required by the new pension system, despite the fact that the Constitutional Court (CC) of the country has suspended the reform and has not yet made its final decision on the matter, participants of the today's march in Yerevan have stated. They demanded that employers adhere to the CC's position in this matter.

February 06, 2014 17:06

• Stavropol Territory: relatives of Imam of Mirny report his disappearance

  Shamil Khubiev, the Imam of the swelling settlement of Mirny, Stavropol Territory, disappeared on February 4; and his family still does not know what has happened to him, one of the relatives said today.

February 06, 2014 17:01

• Astrakhan authorities ban rally in memory of Volgograd victims

  After the intervention of the local Prosecutor's Office, the Administration of Astrakhan has refused to sanction a rally in memory of the victims of the recent terror acts committed in Volgograd, and recalled the earlier issued sanction, said Igor Stenin, the organizer of the rally.

February 06, 2014 15:01

• Oreshkin and Nemtsov recommend security services to focus on physical rather than political security of the Olympic Games in Sochi

  The refusals of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014" to issue fan's passports are political in nature and do not contribute to security of citizens, as politician Boris Nemtsov and political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin have stated.

February 06, 2014 08:08

• Volgograd hunger-strikers state their housing problems (+ video)

  The participants of the hunger strike in Volgograd state the absence of proper housing; some of them argue that they are on the waiting list for many years.