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November 08, 2013 23:29

• Defence of students convicted of espionage files complaint to SC of Nagorno-Karabakh

  The advocates of the students Rafik Avagyan and David Barsegyan, sentenced in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 23 to 10 and 11 years in prison, accordingly, for treason and espionage, have sent a complaint to the Supreme Court (SC) of the republic.

November 08, 2013 21:27

• Case of Makhach Gamzatov from Buynaksk sent to court

  As reported by a source from the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, the inquiry into the criminal case against a resident of Buynaksk Makhach Gamzatov, accused of aiding militants, is over; and the case was sent to the court. As stated by his brother, Makhach Gamzatov made his confession under pressure.

November 08, 2013 20:54

• Azerbaijani newspaper "Yeni Musavat" suspends in protest against obstacles to distribution

  Since November 9, in Azerbaijan, the oppositional newspaper "Yeni Musavat" was temporarily suspended – this was a sort of protest against the obstacles created for its distribution. Another oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" is also facing a threat of suspension, since the publishing house "Azerbaijan" has demanded to quickly pay the debts.

November 08, 2013 20:08

• Armed underground takes responsibility for blasting store in Makhachkala

  The responsibility for the explosion of the store in Makhachkala was taken by the grouping "Ansaru ash-Sharia". Dagestani policemen are under high alert regime and are searching for the car, used by criminals to flee.

November 08, 2013 19:39

• Krasnodar: jury finds "Tsapok case" figurants guilty of all imputed crimes

  The jury of the Krasnodar Territorial Court has recognized all the defendants in the "Tsapok case", accused of the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, guilty of all the imputed crimes and deserving no leniency.

November 08, 2013 15:57

• MIA: store in Makhachkala was attacked by three

  The explosion of the store "24 Hours" in Makhachkala killed one person and wounded two, Dagestani investigators report. The local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has data about one casualty – a security of the store, and one wounded store seller. The attack was committed by three unidentified persons.

November 08, 2013 15:12

• In North Ossetia, over 2000 rally on anniversary of October Revolution

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that two rallies, organized in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and the "Communists of Russia" on the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, brought together more than two thousand people.

November 08, 2013 12:15

• 17 victims of Volgograd terror act are still in hospitals

  As of November 7, 17 residents of Volgograd, who suffered at the recent terror act, continue their in-patient treatment, said the local Ministry of Public Health. The regional investigators report about the course of inquiry and state that they have evidence confirming that the suicide bombing was committed by Naida Asiyalova, and that she had no supporters and accomplices in Volgograd.

November 08, 2013 07:37

• Roundtable in Nalchik claims failure of FZ-131 and land reform

  The participants of the roundtable, held on November 7 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, have stated that the republic failed with the land reform and to fulfil the Federal Law FZ-131 "On General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation", according to which, the land should have been transferred to rural communities.

November 08, 2013 01:42

• Yerevan hosts action in support of detained participants of "Million Mask March"

  Relatives of detainees during "Million Mask March" have demonstrated in Yerevan demanding to release them. The action was about 40 people strong, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

November 08, 2013 00:00

• Azerbaijan, court dismissed Gashimli's complaint against investigators

  On November 7, the Sabail District Court of Baku considered the complaint lodged by Parviz Gashimli, a journalist and human rights defender, who asked to recognize the searches of his workplaces and seizure of his property and documents as illegitimate. The court dismissed the complaint.

November 07, 2013 21:39

• Three residents of Levashin District of Dagestan detained by power agents released

  In Dagestan, the three residents of the Levashin District, who disappeared after detention by power agents, are already at home, the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). They had been detained for a check, said the police.

November 07, 2013 18:03

• Court leaves Said Amirov in custody till February 28

  The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office. According to the Judge's decision, Said Amirov will stay in custody till February 28, 2014.

November 07, 2013 15:02

• ECtHR finds violation of rights of residents of Chechnya, whose relatives disappeared in 2000

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has issued the next decision on the complaint filed by residents of Chechnya regarding the disappearance of their relatives. According to the ECtHR's decision, the complainants are to receive compensation in the amount of about 200,000 euros.

November 07, 2013 14:05

• At trial of Anna Politkovskaya murder case, juror with earlier criminal record dismissed

  In Moscow, one of the jurors in the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was disqualified from the jury, since he himself had been earlier sentenced for murder.

November 07, 2013 13:18

• Prosecutor's Office claims violations committed in investigation into rape of minor in Kabardino-Balkaria

  The Prosecutor's Office has checked the investigation into the case of rape of a minor in Kabardino-Balkaria and found a number of violations, including delays in appointments of examinations.

November 07, 2013 12:06

• United Nations adopt resolution on truce during Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi

  The UN General Assembly has approved the resolution calling on the states to respect the "Olympic Truce" during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The period of the truce is to begin seven days prior to the Olympics and to be completed within a week after the 11th Paralympic Winter Games.

November 07, 2013 09:46

• Two criminal cases opened against advocate of defendant in Yuri Budanov's murder case

  Advocate Murad Musaev, who protects the rights and interests of defendant Yusup Temerkhanov, accused of the murder of Yuri Budanov, was involved in the criminal case of bribery of witnesses, and he is also a figurant in the case of interfering with the trial. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

November 07, 2013 03:07

• Employer fails to pay out promised wage debts, builders of Sochi Olympic facilities assert

  The Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Okhotsk Construction Company" fails to pay the workers from Tajikistan the remainder of the debt on their wages for the construction of the Olympic housing in Sochi, despite its promise to pay the arrears till November 6. This was stated by Sobirzhon Yunusov, the foreman of the workers.

November 07, 2013 02:08

• Azerbaijani civil activists urge authorities to accelerate European integration

  At the roundtable on the topic of "Azerbaijan is at crossroads: Eastern Partnership or Customs Union?", civil society activists urged the government to accelerate the process of the country's European integration. According to the participants of the meeting, there is no alternative to the European integration and the accession to the Customs Union hides a threat of loss of independence of the country.