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December 13, 2013 07:54

• Travelling exhibition "Legends of Caucasus" starts its journey from North Ossetia

  On December 11, North Ossetia opened a travelling museum-and-exhibition project "Legends of the Caucasus". The project presents unique historical, archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from the National Museum of North Ossetia. Today, the exhibition project will leave North Ossetia and begin the journey to the neighbouring regions.

December 13, 2013 06:34

• Svetlana Gannushkina: girl, who disappeared in Ingushetia, lives in Germany

  Dali Dobrieva, a resident of Ingushetia, who disappeared on November 25, is in Germany. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the board of the international "Memorial", and Chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance".

December 13, 2013 04:46

• Khafiz Gasanov: Azerbaijan has no effective legal remedies for complaints concerning election

  Azerbaijan faces serious legal and practical problems concerning the investigation into complaints concerning elections. This was stated by Khafiz Gasanov, the leader of the NGO "Law and Development", at the presentation of the final report on the results of monitoring the protection of electoral rights and consideration of complaints about violations of the law during the presidential election.

December 13, 2013 00:02

• In Dagestan, 16 protesters against construction of water intake station sentenced to administrative arrest

  On December 12, the Magaramkent District Court in Dagestan has sentenced to arrest 16 detained participants of a protest action against the construction of water intake station on the Samur River.

December 12, 2013 21:22

• Abakarov: detentions in Dagestan were caused by plans to hold rallies against Caucasophobia in Moscow

  It is planned to use Moscow as the venue of the all-Russian rally against Caucasophobia; however, its date has not been defined yet, said Abakar Abakarov, a member of the Supreme Council of the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations. According to his story, the detentions conducted on December 9 in Makhachkala were directly connected with the plans to hold the rally in Moscow.

December 12, 2013 19:14

• Grozny officials ask city library to move out

  Officials of the Department of Culture of the city of Grozny have asked to vacate the building of the Central City Library (CCL) as soon as possible, the librarians assert.

December 12, 2013 16:56

• Verdict for Akhtakhanov's murder is unduly harsh and will be appealed against, advocates promise

  The verdict passed by the Savyolovo District Court of Moscow, as well as the punishment appointed thereby for the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, will be appealed against, said the advocates of the defendants Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov.

December 12, 2013 13:58

• European Parliament supports ban on entry into EU of "Magnitsky List" officials, including two from Chechnya

  On December 11, European MPs approved a resolution calling to prohibit entry into the territory of the European Union (EU) for the Russian officials, put on the so-called "Magnitsky List", including two natives of Chechnya – Lecha Bogatyryov and Kazbek Dukuzov.

December 12, 2013 11:48

• Dagestan: after inspection of "Amanat" militants spread threats to CCE employee and his family

  Members of the armed underground of Dagestan have spread threats to an employee of the Centre to Combat Extremism (CCE), who participated in the inspection of the Children's Club "Amanat" in Makhachkala.

December 12, 2013 07:59

• Three of detained protesters released in Dagestan

  Three persons detained on December 11 in the village of Samur, Magaramkent District of Dagestan, during an unsanctioned protest against construction of water intake station on the river have been released; others are still at the district police station, local residents report.

December 12, 2013 04:58

• Rights defenders call on Azerbaijani authorities to comply with their international human rights obligations

  The participants of the Human Rights Forum held in Baku have called on the authorities to follow the guidelines set forth by the UN Committee on Human Rights and follow their international obligations in the field of democracy. The event was attended by human rights activists, members of journalists' unions, heads of independent and opposition media, as well as representatives of the embassies of several countries and offices of international organizations.

December 12, 2013 03:59

• Court in Dagestan sentences Gasanov, accused of involvement in armed underground, to 3 years and 8 months in colony

  The City Court of Buynaksk has sentenced Gadjimurad Gasanov to 3 years and 8 months of imprisonment in a general security colony on charges of involvement in the armed underground and possession of firearms.

December 12, 2013 02:35

• Sochi Mayoralty offers to allocate area for protests during Olympics

  The Sochi Administration sent an application to the Administration of the Krasnodar Region for coordinating the citizens' protest zone. The proposed venue for protest actions is the park in Khosta, located in the street named after 50 years of the USSR, Evgeny Kuzhelev, an employee of the PR department of the Sochi City Administration, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

December 12, 2013 00:52

• Tbilisi: 1500 persons support Ukraine's European integration

  More than 1500 people gathered in Tbilisi on December 11 at a rally in support of Ukraine's European integration. Because of the march – the column was 200 meters long – the motor traffic in Rustaveli Avenue was stopped.

December 11, 2013 23:09

• Prosecutor suspected of arms trafficking detained in Dagestan

  Magomed Orudjev, the Public Prosecutor of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala, was detained today by law enforcers, said a source from the district prosecutor's office.

December 11, 2013 21:29

• Trial of "Muslim wedding" case completes questioning of witnesses

  Today, a regular session of the court that considers the case of the "Muslim wedding", held in the Dagestani city of Kizlyar, has completed examination of witnesses and watching the video from the place of detention of the wedding cortege.

December 11, 2013 19:03

• State Duma commission warns Zhirinovsky for his statements about Northern Caucasus

  The Russian Parliamentary Ethics Commission has condemned the statements of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), about Northern Caucasus in the "Poedinok" (Duel) TV programme. The commission has issued a warning against the use of such rhetoric methods by an MP.

December 11, 2013 18:12

• Volgograd Communists want to collect signatures for distrust to governor

  The faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) of the Volgograd Regional Duma intends to start collecting signatures for a distrust resolution to Governor Bozhenov, with the aim to bring it into the agenda of the December 19 session of the regional parliament, said Nikolai Parshin, the faction leader.

December 11, 2013 17:46

• In Dagestan, protesters against building water intake demand to release detainees

  The village of Samur, Magaramkent District of Dagestan, hosted an unauthorized protest against the construction of a water intake station on the Samur River. After a scuffle with the police, 19 protesters were taken to the local police station. Other participants refused to disperse until the police released the detainees.

December 11, 2013 13:29

• Medal "Hurry to Do Good" given to parents of Makhachkala resident, who died while rescuing two girls in Zvenigorod

  On December 9, the House of Russians Abroad named after Solzhenitsyn in Moscow hosted the awarding ceremony of the medal of the Russian Ombudsman "Hurry to Do Good". The 24 -year-old resident of Dagestan Marat Rakhmetov who saved in the suburb of Moscow two drowning schoolgirls but died himself was awarded posthumously.