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December 21, 2013 20:45

• Rally in Maikop demands to punish initiators of pension reform

  Today, about 200 people gathered at a rally organized in the city of Maikop by the Adyg branch of the Labour Party of Russia. The protesters demanded to revise certain provisions of the pension reform and punish the officials responsible for preparation thereof, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

December 21, 2013 19:21

• KBR victims of political repressions appealed to ECtHR for compensation of moral harm

  Victims of political repressions from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who were deported in 1944 from their residential areas to Central Asia are addressing their lawsuits first to their district courts and then – the appellate instance for recovery of their moral harm from the state. After being rejected, they file complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

December 21, 2013 17:45

• Rally against persecution of journalists gathered 100 in Rostov-on-Don

  Rostov journalists have set up a commission for meeting the Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev on the issue of persecution of their colleagues. This was decided at a rally held today for the freedom of speech, said Vladislav Ryazantsev, one of the participants.

December 21, 2013 16:56

• Dagestan: Magomed Dabaev's relatives cannot find him

  On December 20, in Dagestan, power agents detained Magomed Dabaev, a resident of the village of Novy Agachaul, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, whose whereabouts are still unknown, according to his relatives. Dabaev was detained on suspicion of aiding militants, said a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

December 21, 2013 14:52

• Reznik's defence challenges his verdict at Rostov court

  The advocates of the journalist Sergey Reznik, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for false denunciation, bribery and insulting a power official, have filed a complaint against the decision of the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don, Yury Kastrubin, one of the advocates, said on December 20. Another appeal is prepared by the convict himself.

December 21, 2013 07:03

• Defence of suspects of killing KChR's Vice-Premier accuse investigators of breaking presumption of innocence

  The investigator Vadim Mukov has broken the presumption of innocence by voicing accusations of the suspects of killing Ansar Tebuev, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) on air of the TV show "Man and Law" of Channel One, the defendants' advocates assert.

December 21, 2013 04:08

• Ossetian football fans suspected of inciting ethnic hatred

  The Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Republic of Ingushetia has instituted a criminal case on the video entitled "Ingushes are shame of the Caucasus" which was posted on the "YouTube" on the Internet.

December 21, 2013 03:09

• Seven chief physicians and dozens of medics dismissed after checks of Chechen medical institutions

  As reported by the Chechnya's Ministry of Public Health, seven chief physicians of major hospitals and 50 medical workers of medical institutions were dismissed on the results of the checks conducted in November-December.

December 21, 2013 02:13

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Parviz Gashimli complains on refusal to transfer him from SIZO of MNS

  Parviz Gashimli, a journalist and a human rights defender, kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, has filed a complaint against the court's decision to reject his request to transfer him to the SIZO of the penitentiary service. The consideration of the complaint is scheduled for December 23, said his advocate.

December 21, 2013 00:10

• Mosque-goers, detained near Makhachkala, back at large

  The believers, who were detained after the Friday prayer at the mosque of the village of Leninkent, located in Makhachkala, have been released, said a local resident. The local ROVD (District Interior Division) has confirmed the information.

December 20, 2013 22:47

• Russia's SC dismisses claim to cancel government's resolution on changing borders of Sochi National Park

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has considered the claim lodged by the Sochi public civil movement "Law and Order" demanding to declare illegal the resolution of the Russian government "On Extension of the Territory of Sochi National Park". As reported by Roman Shikarev, an activist of the movement "Law and Order", the SC has ruled to reject the claim.

December 20, 2013 21:19

• Azerbaijan: defence challenges arrest of CEM&DT head

  The advocates of Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), who was arrested on December 17 in Baku, have filed an appeal against placing the activist into custody.

December 20, 2013 19:44

• Court of Krasnodar starts retrial of Professor Savva's case

  Today, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar has held a preliminary hearing of the case initiated against Professor Mikhail Savva. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the partially considered case will be retried because of the replacement of the judge.

December 20, 2013 18:56

• Tuapse court replaces conditional imprisonment of Evgeny Vitishko for real one

  Today, the court in the city of Tuapse has considered the petition lodged by the local Department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as UFSIN), cancelled the conditional sentence earlier appointed to the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko and sentenced him to a real imprisonment.

December 20, 2013 13:23

• Ministry of Energy: Sochi commissions 40 out of 49 power facilities planned for Olympics

  In Sochi, on the eve of the Olympic Games, 40 power facilities have been already put into operation, and most of the remaining 9 have been already energized. This was announced by Andrei Cherezov, Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation, at the meeting of the Public Council for the preparation for the 2014 Olympic Games.

December 20, 2013 12:34

• Sochi City Administration: city residents to pay fines of 300-50,000 roubles for poorly cared yards

  Within the preparation campaign for the 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi authorities have introduced fines to be imposed on city residents for poorly cared yards. This was announced by Sergey Yurin, Deputy City Mayor. The maximum fine will amount to 50,000 roubles.

December 20, 2013 12:05

• RWB: in 2013 four journalists stay imprisoned in Azerbaijan

  Four journalists from Azerbaijan, namely: Parviz Gashimli, Sardar Alibeili, Hilal Mamedov and Avaz Zeinalov, and four active Internet users, namely: Rashad Ramazanov, Zaur Gurbanly, Araz Guliev and Nidjat Aliev, have been included into the study "Barometer of Media Freedom" conducted by the international organization "Reporters without Borders".

December 20, 2013 07:58

• Oleg Orlov: "Constitutional" amnesty not to affect political prisoners from Northern Caucasus

  Starting from December 18, an amnesty was launched on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The amnesty will affect the persons, who are serving their sentences for committing minor crimes. However, the amnesty will not affect the political prisoners from Northern Caucasus and persons convicted under the anti-extremist legislation and under the terrorism-related articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

December 20, 2013 04:38

• Mukhamed Cherkesov: issue of congress of Circassian people was raised long before Circassian activists’ detention

  The issue of the need to convene the World Congress of Circassian People had been raised long before the detention of Circassian activists that happened on December 13. This was declared by Mukhamed Cherkesov, the chairman of the movement "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament" in Karachay-Cherkessia. Aslan Beshto, the former leader of the movement "Adyge Khase" in Abkhazia, believes that detentions are not the reason for convening an extraordinary congress.

December 20, 2013 02:39

• Rinat Mukhametov: decision to ban Koran translation cancelled due to activeness of Muslim community

  The activeness of the Muslim community has played a significant role in the fact that the Krasnodar Regional Court has cancelled the earlier decision to ban the translation of the Koran made by Elmir Guliev. This was stated by the Candidate of Political Science Rinat Mukhametov, Deputy Director of the Foundation for the Support of Humanitarian Initiatives "Altair".