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August 06, 2013 14:02

• In Krasnodar Territory, seven minor convicts cut their veins

  As reported y the Southern Investigating Department for Transport, seven juvenile offenders cut their veins when in a train in protest against their convoying from the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Belorechensk Juvenile Correctional Colony.

August 06, 2013 12:50

• In Azerbaijan, religious activist Ali Guseinov sentenced to nine days of administrative arrest

  Azerbaijani Court found Ali Guseinov, one of the elders of the village of Nardaran, a religious activist and a member of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), guilty of violation of regulations to hold demonstrations and sentenced him to 9 days of administrative arrest.

August 06, 2013 08:55

• Stavropol Territory: count of victims of traffic accident reaches 29

  In the Stavropol Territory, as a result of a road traffic accident involving a tourist bus, one person was killed, and 29 persons were injured. This was reported by Oleg Degtyarov, Spokesperson of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Stavropol Territory.

August 06, 2013 08:34

• Family from Sochi claims their house and land plot withdrawn for Olympic venue without regard to real cost

  In Sochi, the family of local residents Toromonyan claims that the court pronounced the decision to withdraw without regard to the real cost the house and the garden of 0.23 hectares belonging to them for the Olympic venue an alternate highway of Kurortny Avenue.

August 06, 2013 03:50

• US calls on Azerbaijani authorities to ensure democratic presidential election

  The USA urges the Azerbaijan's authorities to ensure the conditions for free and fair presidential election. This is declared in the statement made by Richard Morningstar, US Ambassador in Baku.

August 06, 2013 02:48

• Baku hosts protest action demanding to release Ilgar Mamedov, REAL leader

  The civil movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL) held a protest action demanding to release its leader Ilgar Mamedov.

August 06, 2013 00:48

• Criminal proceedings against publisher of newspaper "Mestnaya" stopped

  On August 5, in Sochi, Oleg Rubezhansky, the publisher of the newspaper "Mestnaya" (Local), was handed in the resolution to terminate criminal proceedings against him as a result of the act on amnesty.

August 06, 2013 00:06

• In Sochi, Nikolai Yarst's advocates file complaint against court's decision to extend his home arrest

  On August 5, advocates of Nikolai Yarst filed a complaint to the judicial board on criminal cases of the Krasnodar Regional Court against the decision to extend the home arrest of the journalist.

August 05, 2013 21:04

• Fire in "Grozny-City" was caused by builder's wrongdoing, says Prosecutor's Office

  The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has sent to the court the case opened after the fire that occurred in April in "Grozny-City". The charge is brought against Magomed-Amin Amirov, a 47-year-old mechanic of the "UK Genstroy".

August 05, 2013 20:12

• Azerbaijani court rejected appeal of advocates of theologian Bagirzade

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the appeal of the defence of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade against the extension of his arrest.

August 05, 2013 18:03

• Stavropol Territory: Muslims to challenge court decision on demolition of two mosques

  A group of Muslim from Kislovodsk plans to appeal at higher instances against the decision of the Territorial Court to demolish two mosques in the villages of Belorechensky and Industriya, said Aslan Shamanov, the Imam of Kislovodsk.

August 05, 2013 17:40

• In Armenia, CoA leaves activist Tigran Arakelyan in custody

  The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has dismissed the motion to change the measure of freedom restraint of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC).

August 05, 2013 16:24

• Azerbaijan: opposition finds change of date of presidential election unjustified

  Activists of the opposition treat the shift of the voting day to an earlier date as illegal and unjustified, and caused by a possible intention of the authorities to exclude Rustam Ibragimbekov from the race.

August 05, 2013 13:40

• MIA: second IED at shop "Kristall" in Makhachkala appears to be dummy

  In Makhachkala, the second improvised explosive device (IED) installed near the shop "Kristall" (Crystal), was a dummy. This was reported by a source in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

August 05, 2013 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29 to August 4

  Operation aimed to detain an alleged rapist in Moscow, which turned into "cleansing" of Moscow marketplaces and gathering places of natives from Northern Caucasus and Central Asia; another murder of theologian in Dagestan; appointment of voting date at presidential election in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 29-August 4, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

August 05, 2013 06:52

• In Nevinnomyssk, detainee dies at detention facility

  In the city of Nevinnomyssk of the Stavropol Territory, a detainee died in a ward of a detention facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). He was serving his 15-day administrative arrest.

August 05, 2013 03:41

• In Georgia, 116 prisoners granted CER

  In Georgia, 116 prisoners were granted conditional early relief (CER). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance.

August 05, 2013 00:04

• MIA: nine persons fell victims to explosion at grocery shop in Makhachkala

  According to the specified information, seven persons got minor cut injuries in the explosion in a shop located in the centre of Makhachkala. The number of victims has reached nine persons, including two persons who got contused at the moment of the explosion.

August 04, 2013 16:50

• Ilyas Ilyasov becomes twelfth religious leader killed in Northern Caucasus since 2012

  According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", the murder of Ilyas Ilyasov, Imam and theologian, committed in Makhachkala, became the twelfth case of violent death of Islamic religious leaders in Northern Caucasus during 2012 and 2013.

August 04, 2013 15:02

• Ecologists demand to stop construction of entertainment facility in "Utrish" Reserve

  Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" demanded to stop the construction of an entertainment facility that was started on August 2 in the "Bolshoy Utrish" Reserve.