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December 26, 2013 00:17

• Several Russian cities host pickets in support of Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko

  On December 25, a number of Russian cities, including Novosibirsk, Moscow, Krasnodar, Sochi, and Voronezh, hosted actions rallies in support of Evgeny Vitishko, a Kuban activist and ecologist, who was sentenced in the case of the "Tkachov's summer cottage".

December 25, 2013 23:30

• Karabakh War invalid made self-immolation in central Baku to protest against confiscation of his cafe

  On December 25, the 42-year-old Zaur Gasanov, a Category II invalid of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and a father of five children, committed self-immolation in central Baku opposite the building of the Azerbaijani Trade Unions Confederation. In this way he expressed his protest against confiscation of his cafe. Policemen managed to extinguish the fire. Zaur Gasanov was hospitalized in grave condition, said his father.

December 25, 2013 20:12

• In Nalchik hostess of apartment burnt during special operation goes to court for redress

  Nelly Modenova, a resident of Nalchik, has filed a lawsuit to the city court demanding from the Ministry of Finance to compensate the damage she suffered on April 6, 2012, when her apartment was burnt during a special operation, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed today.

December 25, 2013 19:18

• Dagestan: persons shot dead in shootout in Buynaksk identified

  The names of the men who were killed today in Buynaksk in a shootout with the police are known, said the spokesman for the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). They were members of the "Buynaksk" grouping, said the press service of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

December 25, 2013 17:53

• Sochi: four persons picket in support of Evgeny Vitishko

  Today, four activists, by changing each other, held solo pickets in support of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko. The poster, which the picketers passed over to each other, read: "Freedom to Evgeny Vitishko!" and bore the five Olympic Rings decorated with barbed wire.

December 25, 2013 14:24

• Rostov Regional Court acquits former deputy mayor of Novocherkassk Zhuravlyov

  Today, the Rostov Regional Court has passed an acquittal in the criminal case against Vladislav Zhuravlyov, the former deputy mayor of Novocherkassk, who had been earlier sentenced to probation by the Novocherkassk City Court for intolerant remarks. Mr Zhuravlyov himself told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 25, 2013 13:14

• Russian Govt allocates additional 1.6 billion roubles for 2014 Olympics

  The Russian Cabinet of Ministers has decided to increase subsidies for the Sochi Olympics in the amount of 1.6 billion roubles. The money is allocated for the organization of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games and the 11th Paralympic Winter Games.

December 25, 2013 12:21

• Alexei Mikhalchik: defendant in case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder transferred to SIZO special module

  Sergey Khadjikurbanov, one of the defendants in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", was transferred to a special regime module of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) "Matrosskaya Tishina" (Sailor's Silence) in Moscow. This was reported by his advocate Alexei Mikhalchik.

December 25, 2013 06:08

• Elchin Bekhbudov: in Azerbaijan, at least 5 persons died from torture in 2013

  In 2013, in Azerbaijan, at least 5 persons died from torture in the military units of the National Army, and 115 persons complained about torture, inhuman treatment and abuse. This was declared by Elchin Bekhbudov, the leader of the Committee against Torture, when presenting the annual report of the organization at the press conference.

December 25, 2013 04:22

• Valery Suchkov: during demolition of unauthorized constructions, Sochi may lose cultural heritage building in "Caucasian Riviera" Sanatorium

  Sochi began the demolition of buildings in the territory of the resort complex "Caucasian Riviera". The public is deprived of the possibility to control the process of demolition. Members of public organizations fear that, together with buildings recognized unauthorized by the court's decision, the historical monument may also be demolished.

December 25, 2013 03:21

• Pardoned resident of Ingush village of Arshty suspected of shelling law enforcers

  26-year-old Khamzat Aldiev, a resident of Ingushetia, who has been earlier affected by the amnesty, is suspected of attacking law enforcers. The court pronounced a pre-trial restriction measure to Khamzat Aldiev as detention in custody till February 22. At present, he is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Grozny. This was reported by his advocate.

December 25, 2013 02:21

• IPA calls on to refrain from New Year celebrations

  The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) has addressed to Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, the leader of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO), asking him to take steps to cancel the festivities on the occasion of the coming New Year.

December 24, 2013 23:45

• At trial, witnesses told that Sochi policeman was beating Pavel Solovyov

  At the trial conducted by the Adler District Court of Sochi on the charge of a policeman Sergey Kuznetsov of abuse of office and beating Pavel Solovyov, a builder of the Olympic facilities, the witnesses have confirmed that they had seen the policeman beating the victim, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 24, 2013 20:44

• Woman-healer killed in KBR

  Today, in the village of Psykhurey, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a woman folk healer was killed, said the spokesman of the Republic's Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

December 24, 2013 15:57

• Residents of Magaramkent District of Dagestan stop construction of Samur water intake

  Today, about three thousand residents of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan have broken the police cordon and stopped the construction of a water intake near the village of Azadogly, which, according to villagers, threatens the ecology of the unique Samur forest, said Magomedanifa Beibutov, a Deputy of the District Assembly.

December 24, 2013 14:09

• Prosecutor's Office: in 2013, 38 women from Dagestan forged documents to receive maternity capital

  In 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan sent to the court 38 criminal cases of frauds with the maternity capital, says the website of the Office. According to prosecutors, the women forged documents about the birth of their children in order to receive state certificates giving the right to receive maternity capital.

December 24, 2013 13:34

• Advocate states new pressure on victims in Gamzatovs' murder case in Dagestan

  The lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who is defending the interests of the suffered party in the murder case of Gamzatovs in Kizlyar, states another attempt to influence the witnesses and the Gamzatov family. This time, she said, pressure is exerted by the gas company, which has stopped supplying gas to their house and the shopping centre "Planet Lux".

December 24, 2013 13:12

• Dagestan: senior schoolchildren save drowning child

  In the village of Tanusi, Khunzakh District of Dagestan, Shamil and Magomedsaigid Khatipov, pupils of the eighth and ninth grades, respectively, saved a six-year-old boy from drowning in an icy lake, the Republic's Department of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Russian Federation has reported.

December 24, 2013 13:06

• Stavropol woman asserts that her detained husband was rejected medical care

  Mansur Adjigisiev, a resident of the village of Kangly, Mineralovodsky District of the Stavropol Territory, detained on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms and treated under arrest at the city hospital of Georgievsk, needs a qualified care of gastroenterologists; however, law enforcers deny his transfer to a specialized clinic. This was stated by his wife Sofia Adjigisieva, who has turned to human rights defenders.

December 24, 2013 12:12

• Vitaly Mutko: Olympic infrastructure is ready and will be handed over to IOC on January 7

  Russia has fulfilled all its commitments to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the organization of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was stated on December 23 by Vitaly Mutko, the head of the Russian Ministry of Sports.