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February 06, 2014 07:04

• Rally against "residence-based discrimination" is scheduled in Sochi

  On February 16, in Sochi, activists of the movement "Law and Order" and "Yabloko" Party intend to hold a rally "against residence-based discrimination of Sochi citizens", and on environmental and socio-economic problems. On February 5, they notified the Mayor of Sochi about their intention.

February 06, 2014 04:29

• Sochi residents complain about absence of information on route of Olympic Torch Relay

  The Sochi residents, who would like to welcome the Olympic Torch Relay, complain about the absence of information about the route of torchbearers. The "hotline" of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) answers that this information is not disclosed for security reasons.

February 06, 2014 03:59

• ECtHR considered the case " Sargsyan vs. Azerbaijan"

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has finished the hearing of the case "Sargsyan versus Azerbaijan". The court decision has not been announced yet.

February 06, 2014 02:07

• Expert of Committee of Soldiers' Mothers asks prosecutor to help in finding those guilty of soldier's death in Astrakhan Region

  Anatoly Salin, an expert on legal matters of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of the Astrakhan Region has sent an appeal to the military prosecutor of the Znamensk Garrison asking assistance in carrying out an additional expertise in connection with the death of Private Vadim Mambetov and establish the persons guilty of his death.

February 05, 2014 19:31

• HRC "Memorial" recognizes defendant in Nalchik attack case as political prisoner

  There is a political motive in prosecution of Rasul Kudaev, says the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which took the decision to treat Rasul as a political prisoner.

February 05, 2014 18:38

• In Dagestan, rights defenders report disappearance of earlier detained Kyrgyzstan citizen

  Today, Madina Djamalutdinova, a native of Kyrgyzstan, was detained in Dagestan, said Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), adding that the whereabouts of Djamalutdinova is unknown.

February 05, 2014 15:34

• Azerbaijani LGBT activists demand from authorities to start "hotline" for members of sexual minorities

  Activists of the LGBT Alliance named "Nefes" (Breath) have collected more than 200 signatures to the petition addressed to the President of Azerbaijan asking to set up a telephone "hotline" for psychological help to members of sexual minorities.

February 05, 2014 15:15

• Circassians from abroad arrive in Sochi for the Olympics opening ceremony

  About 15 Circassian nationals living abroad have arrived in Sochi to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. "In total, 26 Circassians from abroad will take part in the ceremony," said Anatoly Kodzokov, the head of the Department for External Relations of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).

February 05, 2014 14:36

• Curator of Volgograd suicide bombers killed in Dagestan, law enforcers report

  In the course of a special operation, conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash, Mirzaev, the leader of the "Kadar" militants' grouping, was killed. According to preliminary data, he could send the suicide bombers for committing terror acts in Volgograd, said a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.

February 05, 2014 13:33

• Pavel Nagibin challenges in court refusal to issue fan's passport

  On February 4, Pavel Nagibin, an activist of "The Other Russia" Party from Rostov-on-Don, appealed to the court against the denial of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) to grant him a fan's passport that is required, along with tickets, to attend the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

February 05, 2014 12:39

• Source from RBD "Chernomorye": substitute of Kurortny Avenue in Sochi not yet commissioned

  Contrary to the authorities of Sochi, the highway aimed to substitute the Kurortny Avenue has not been officially put into operation, said a source from the Road-Building Directorate (RBD) "Chernomorye" (Black Sea Area), a branch of the "Rosavtodor" (Russian Federal Road Agency).

February 05, 2014 12:30

• Sochi: prosecution witness in Demerchyan's asserts that she never signed interrogation protocol

  On February 4, at the trial held in Sochi on the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities, accused of slandering the police in his allegations of torture, the doctor Olga Krymova, a prosecution witness, was given the floor. She said that she did not sign the interrogation protocol, which had been submitted to the court, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

February 05, 2014 03:36

• ICG: Sochi Olympics will pass at elevated level of terror threat

  Russian authorities have taken unprecedented measures to ensure security during the Olympic Games in Sochi; however, the terror threat has become real not only in the area of the Games, but elsewhere in Russia, says the report "Too Far, Too Fast: Sochi, Tourism and the Conflict in the Caucasus", prepared by the International Crisis Group (ICG).

February 05, 2014 02:06

• Volgograd parents of many children go on hunger strike

  Parents of large families and of children with disabilities have gone on an endless hunger strike. They demand to solve their housing problems and increase the amount of benefits and social help to large families and families with disabled children.

February 04, 2014 23:51

• Rostov Regional Court upholds arrest of oppositionist Vladislav Ryazantsev

  Today, the Rostov Regional Court has upheld the ruling of the Sovietskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don to arrest Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the movement "Left-Wing Front", for hooliganism for 15 days. Ryazantsev announced his intention to challenge the court ruling.

February 04, 2014 21:58

• "EcoWarch" activist Igor Kharchenko charged with disobeying police

  Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and a member of the "Yabloko" Party, who was detained today in Krasnodar, has been accused of disobeying a legitimate order of a policeman, said the Department of Internal Affairs.

February 04, 2014 17:58

• Austrian female athletes receive threats of abduction

  The Austrian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has received a letter containing threats to abduct two Austrian female athletes, who go to compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Peter Mennel, the Secretary General of the NOC, has reported today.

February 04, 2014 16:01

• Georgia: Abkhazian refugees leave migrants' settlement Potskho-Etseri

  Out of two hundred refugee families, who were sent in 2011 to live in the Georgian settlement of Potskho-Etseri, only five families continue living there. The rest of the families have moved to other parts of Georgia or returned to Abkhazia, the remaining refugees have reported.

February 04, 2014 13:53

• Putin approves tougher responsibility for extremism

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law reinforcing criminal responsibility for extremist activities, according to the today's statement of the state system of legal information.

February 04, 2014 10:54

• Netherlands public demand from monarch and prime minister not to go to Sochi Olympics

  35,000 Dutchmen have signed a petition demanding from the top officials of the Netherlands not to attend the Olympic Games in Sochi, because of the Russian law, which infringes, in their opinion, the rights of sexual minorities.