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September 24, 2013 07:45

• Moscow court to consider Dagestani MP's claim to Orhan Jemal

  On September 25, the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow plans to consider the claim lodged by Shamil Isaev, a Deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, against the journalist Orhan Jemal on protection of his honour and dignity. The MP demands to recognize the facts presented in Jemal's article about the investigation of the murder of the Dagestani journalist Gadjimurad Kamalov as untrue and defamatory.

September 24, 2013 04:23

• In Nagorno-Karabakh, first issue of newspaper "Revival" published

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, the "National Revival" Party has released the first issue of newspaper "Revival". Local residents believe that to be successful, the new edition is to highlight the acute problems of the society ignored the media controlled by the authorities.

September 24, 2013 02:32

• At trial in case of attack on Nalchik, defence asks to sentence defendants to terms already spent by them in SIZO

  In the course of the court session held on the case of the attack on Nalchik, advocates of the defendants in the episode "Landysh" (Lily-of-the-valley), asked the court to sentence their clients to terms of imprisonment already spent by them in custody in SIZO (pre-trial prison).

September 23, 2013 22:24

• Power agents planted explosives into Magomedovs' house, their relative asserts

  In the village of Mutsalaul, the brothers Gasan and Gusein Magomedov were detained after their house was searched. The reason for detention was in the grenades and a TNT block, which, according to their relative, were planted there by power agents. The brothers are suspected of aiding members of the illegal armed formations (IAFs), said a source from the Khasavyurt ROVD.

September 23, 2013 17:41

• In Volgograd, 12 parents of many children go on hunger strike

  The hunger-strikers try to attract attention to the problems of maternity and childhood in the Volgograd Region and dismiss the Governor Sergey Bozhenov, Elena Samoshina, one of the hunger-strikers, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

September 23, 2013 17:28

• Son of oppositional leader sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest in Azerbaijan

  Tyurkel Kerimli, the son of the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Ali Kerimli, has been sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest. The police accused him of removal of campaign materials of presidential candidates from street stands.

September 23, 2013 16:21

• MIA: two civilians and 10 policemen hit by terror act in Dagestan

  The explosion triggered by a suicide bomber in the village of Khuchni, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, injured ten policemen and two civilians, said the press service of the Russian MIA for the republic.

September 23, 2013 13:25

• Armenia: Vardan Sedrakyan sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempt on ex-presidential candidate

  The court has sentenced Vardan Sedrakyan – the main figurant in the case on the attempt on the former presidential candidate Paruir Airikyan – to 14 years in prison. Another defendant Khachatur Pogosyan received the same term, while the third defendant Samvel Arutyunyan was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

September 23, 2013 09:29

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 16-22

  Suicide attacks in Chechnya and Ingushetia; start of presidential election campaign in Azerbaijan; statements about solving the murder of Russian diplomat in Sukhumi; recall of license of "Business Bank" in Dagestan; election of Speaker of Parliament and approval of Premier in Ingushetia; post-election rally of communists in Volgograd that caused legality doubts with the police, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 16-22, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 22, 2013 23:44

• Rally in Baku urges authorities to ensure equal terms for presidential candidates

  An oppositional rally in Baku has supported the presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli and expressed confidence in his victory. The rally's resolution calls on the incumbent Ilham Aliev not to use his administrative resources in the election campaign, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

September 22, 2013 20:20

• Lands allocated to resettlers from Khrakh-Uba in Dagestan may be flooded, locals say

  In Makhachkala, residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba held an assembly, where they discussed the land plot allotted in the Magaramkent District for exclave residents. The land belonging to the Novoaul village council is unfit for building houses due to floods that happen in the area, the villagers have stated.

September 22, 2013 18:53

• Supposed customer of murder of Magaramkent District head dies at questioning in Dagestan

  On September 21, Nasir Djavadov, the alleged customer of the murder of the head of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, died of heart failure while questioned at the criminal search department of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said the spokesman of the department for the region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). In his turn Niyaz Djavadov, Nasir's brother, asserts that he died as a result of beatings.

September 22, 2013 17:32

• Relatives of Kuraev who was killed in Makhachkala claim contradictions in power agents' data

  Relatives of Saadula Kuraev, who was shot dead in a shootout in Makhachkala claim that the facts about the shooting released by power agents have contradictions. This was reported by Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani regional public organization (DRPA) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).

September 22, 2013 11:28

• Georgia registers 22 presidential candidates

  The Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that 22 politicians have been registered as presidential candidates for the election scheduled for October 27.

September 22, 2013 02:45

• 53 builders of Sochi Olympic facilities complain of salary non-payment

  53 workers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia engaged in building houses for volunteers in Sochi, have addressed the Sochi branch of the network "Migration and Law" with a complaint about non-payment of their salaries for three months. The workers have a chance to get some of the money, says Semyon Simonov, the coordinator of the network.

September 21, 2013 22:36

• State Duma MP demands to check legality of installing a monument in Chechnya to girls who died in Caucasian War

  Alexei Zhuravlyov, a Russian MP and the chairman of the party "Rodina" (Motherland) has sent an inquiry to the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika asking him to check the legality of opening a monument to girls who perished in the 1817-1864 Caucasian War period in the Chechen village of Khangish-Yurt.

September 21, 2013 20:24

• NAC: person killed in Makhachkala was involved in May terror act

  On September 21, at 3:30 p.m., in Akushinsky Street, a man was killed after he opened fire on policemen, when they asked him to present documents. According to preliminary data, the policemen killed Zaur Sheikhakhmedov, the leader of the so-called "Caspian" bandit grouping.

September 21, 2013 19:40

• Skakov: Surkov's main task will be to control Russian investments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  Vladislav Surkov is the best person to address the topical issues that have arisen in Russia's relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, believes Alexander Skakov, the coordinator of the working group of the Centre for Studying Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RussianAcademy of Sciences.

September 21, 2013 15:21

• Adelkhanov: Lakaev's extradition to Russia depends on ECtHR's position in Osmaev's case

  In the opinion of Emil Adelkhanov, a member of the Board of the NGO named "Caucasian Institute", when considering the extradition of Yusup Lakaev from Georgia to Russia, the former will take into account the precedent with Adam Osmaev, whose extradition to Russia was postponed on the recommendation of the of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

September 21, 2013 12:45

• Russia's Council of Muftis complains to authorities about recognition of Koran translation as extremist

  On September 20, Ravil Gainutdin, Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia complained to the Russian leaders about the decision of the Novorossiysk court to recognize the translation of the Koran made by Elmir Kuliev as extremist.