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October 13, 2013 19:09

• In Makhachkala, employees of Islamic cafes report on mass detentions carried out during police raid

  Since October 12, in Makhachkala, policemen carry out mass detention of employees of the network of Islamic cafes "Azbar" and Islamic restaurant "Room". This was stated by staff members of cafes and human rights defenders.

October 13, 2013 16:03

• Derbent residents affected by flooding claim officials ignore their demands

  Residents the city of Derbent that was affected by the flooding in October 2012 claim that they continue enduring hardships and do not get any help from the authorities.

October 13, 2013 03:13

• Lydia Lepsveridze denies breaking law while picketing Putin's residence in Sochi

  During the picket held near the summer residence of the Russian President in Sochi, no provisions of law were violated. This was stated by Lydia Lepsveridze, a 75-year-old resident of the resort city, who was detained during the protest action.

October 13, 2013 00:59

• Djamil Gasanli: opposition in Azerbaijan to continue fighting by legal means

  The National Council of Democratic Forces intends to seek cancelation of the results of the presidential election held on October 9 and appointment of new presidential election in Azerbaijan. This was stated by leaders of political parties and movements at the rally held on October 12.

October 12, 2013 22:40

• In Sochi, court marshals demolish two apartment blocks

  In the garden non-profit partnership "Poselkovoe", located in the Tsentralny District of Sochi, court marshals are demolishing two multi-storey apartment blocks, following the decision of the court, which has satisfied the claim of the city administration on demolition of unauthorized constructions. About 50 people, pensioners, disabled people and children among them, are deprived of their only housing, say the tenants.

October 12, 2013 20:54

• Woman of 75 detained in Sochi during picket near Putin's residence

  The Sochi police have detained Lydia Lepsveridze, 75, during her solo picket near the summer residence of the President of the Russian Federation "Bocharov Ruchei". According to policemen, the woman has violated Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation – "Order of organizing or holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches or pickets."

October 12, 2013 20:26

• Member of "Khasavyurt" terrorist grouping killed in Dagestan, MIA reports

  On Saturday in Khasavyurt, a member of the local "Khasavyurt" terrorist grouping was killed in a shootout, said the spokesman of the Chief Department of Russia's MIA for the NCFD.

October 12, 2013 17:55

• Baku: NCDF claims 20,000-strong rally against falsification of election results

  As reported by the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), the today's rally in Baku of those who disagree with the outcome of the recent presidential election was attended by 20,000 people. According to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, there were some seven or eight thousand participants.

October 12, 2013 15:46

• Editor-in-chief of "Chernovik": lawsuit of Dagestani prosecutors against the weekly is an attempt of pressure

  The demand of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan to treat an article published in the local weekly "Chernovik" as an extremist material is an attempt to exert pressure on the independent weekly, said Magdi Kamalov, the editor-in-chief.

October 12, 2013 15:01

• Abrekov: Cherkessk policemen return confiscated translations of Koran to Islamic stores

  In the city of Cherkessk, employees of the Centre to Combat Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have returned the copies of the Koran, translated by Elmir Kuliev, confiscated on October 2, back to Islamic stores, said Anzor Abrekov, the owner of the shop "An-Nur".

October 12, 2013 13:31

• Festival "Caucasus Is Our Common Home" will be held every second year, organizers say

  The interregional festival of national cultures "Caucasus Is Our Common Home" that was held on October 9-11 in Vladikavkaz will become traditional and will be held every second year, said Luiza Kabulova, the head of the division of the North-Ossetian Centre of Traditional Culture and Ethnic Tourism "Farn".

October 12, 2013 12:47

• Magomed Medov from Ingushetia states that he was detained based on anonymous letter

  Magomed Medov, a resident of the village of Sagopshi, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, who was detained in the morning on October 10, was released from the police in the evening on that very day. According to his story, he was detained because of an anonymous letter, which reported about his alleged links with militants.

October 12, 2013 09:00

• Dagestani Prosecutor's Office accuses weekly "Chernovik" of publishing extremist material

  The Office has sued the weekly edition "Chernovik" for the article by Umar Gadjialiev "Here and Now. Sham", published in No. 23 on June 21, 2013, which was treated as extremist material.

October 12, 2013 02:32

• In KChR, about 40 people picket against torture

  In the city of Cherkessk, picketers against torture have failed to meet the bosses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Supreme Court of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) and give them information about violations of detainees' rights.

October 11, 2013 23:58

• 20 IDPs go on hunger strike in Ingush village of Yandare hunger strike

  Twenty internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in a barrack of the village of Yandare, Nazran District of Ingushetia, have announced a hunger strike, demanding from the authorities to provide them with housing in accordance with the current legislation.

October 11, 2013 17:54

• Armenia: defence petitions for termination of prosecution of ANC activists

  At the today's debate session of the trial of four young opposition activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), the floor was given to the defendants, their advocates and the prosecutor. Stepan Voskanyan, one of the advocates, moved a petition to terminate the criminal proceedings against his clients due to the absence of corpus delicti.

October 11, 2013 15:06

• Dagestanis have little interest in reading; and it is difficult to sell books, participants of "Tarki-Tau" Fair assert

  Dagestan has no literary process, which should include publication of books and literary criticism, say the participants of the Dagestani Second Book Fair "Tarki-Tau", held in Makhachkala. Magomed-Rasul Rasulov, the Director of the "Dagestani Publishing House", has also noted the difficulties in distribution of books in the region and invited local authorities to participate in the process.

October 11, 2013 14:05

• Azerbaijan: opposition disappointed with views of PACE and European Parliament, authorities disagree with OSCE's conclusions

  In Azerbaijan, the opposition and the authorities have expressed different attitude about the opinions about the presidential election voiced by various missions of international observers. The staff members of the Jamil Gasanli's campaign headquarters in general support the joint statement of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) and the ODIHR and reject the joint evaluation voiced by the missions of the PACE and the European Parliament.

October 11, 2013 13:50

• Chechen authorities allocate 15 million roubles for the Olympic Torch Relay

  As reported by the Chechen Ministry for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, the republic's authorities plan to spend 15 million roubles for the ceremony of the torch relay for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. In the territory of Chechnya, the torches with the Olympic Flame will be carried by 40 persons.

October 11, 2013 10:18

• ECtHR finds rights of Ingush residents violated in connection with disappearances of their relatives

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the Russian authorities guilty of violating the rights of residents of Ingushetia in the case of disappearance of their relatives in 2002-2005. The ECtHR has obliged Russia to pay to six applicants more 200,000 euros. This was pronounced in the ECtHR's decision issued on October 10.