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July 31, 2013 11:17

• Rinat Mukhametov: information about 60 potential female suicide bombers in Astrakhan Region exaggerated

  In the Astrakhan Region, there is a problem with radical Islam; however, the statements of representatives of the local FSB Department about 60 female residents of the Astrakhan Region, who are wives or already widows of militants and who are treated in this connection as potential terrorists, are exaggerations. This was stated by Rinat Mukhametov, a political analyst.

July 31, 2013 07:07

• Evkurov: information of "Mashr" is negatively affecting the youth

  The authorities are putting pressure on the human rights organization "Mashr", because it releases information about murders and kidnappings in Ingushetia, said the head of the organization Magomed Mutsolgov. The administrative staff of the head of the republic was instructed to address the Prosecutor's Office and power bodies and ask to initiate a revision of Mutsolgov's statements.

July 31, 2013 06:26

• Azerbaijani opposition prepares appeal to Russian President

  In Georgia, at the meeting held on July 30 in the city of Tbilisi, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan decided to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to speed up the procedures for the termination of the Russian citizenship of screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, the presidential candidate from the NCDF.

July 30, 2013 23:48

• 30 natives of Northern Caucasus detained by police in Yasenevo marketplace

  During operational and preventive actions to decriminalize the Moscow marketplace in Yasenevo District, 30 natives of Northern Caucasus were detained. This was reported by representative of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the capital of the Russian Federation.

July 30, 2013 22:34

• Residents of Rostov dormitory "Parus": attackers used tear gas against us

  Today, the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don has questioned three victims at the trial on the case against Yuri Balabanov, the owner of the dormitory "Parus". Residents of the dormitory stated that during an attempt to capture the building, attackers beaten them and used tear gas.

July 30, 2013 20:50

• In Armenia, at trial on case on Artak Nazaryan's death, prosecutor calls motion for his disqualification unjustified

  Today, Public Prosecutor Arutyun Arutyunyan has stated that he treats as unjustified the motion for his disqualification filed to the Court of Appeal by victims in the case of the death of Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan.

July 30, 2013 19:47

• Azerbaijan creates online resource for public control over presidential election

  Today, in Baku, the presentation of the online project "Election Portal" was held. The project was created for the purpose of public control over the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

July 30, 2013 16:13

• Vladikavkaz to host action against "Electrozink" Factory

  On August 3, Vladikavkaz will host a picket against the activities of the metallurgical factory of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink". This was reported by German Revazov, a representative of the movement "Stop 'Electrozink'" and the ecological organization "Novoe Vremya" (New Time).

July 30, 2013 15:25

• In Baku, earlier detained Yalchin Gakhramanoglu, representative of NCDF, released without charge

  In the evening of July 29, in Baku, Yalchin Gakhramanoglu, the leader of the representative office of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan in Ukraine, who was detained a day earlier at the Baku airport, was released. He was not charged of any crime, and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) do not comment on the detention.

July 30, 2013 10:30

• Law enforcers report on active search for girl kidnapped in Grozny

  Khadizhat Elimkhanova, a 20-year-old resident of Grozny, who was kidnapped by unidentified persons in the evening of July 6, has still not been found. Officials from the law enforcement bodies of the republic state that they take all the necessary measures to reveal the fate of the girl.

July 30, 2013 05:59

• Yerevan sets up commission to address public transport fares

  On July 29, at the working meeting, Taron Margaryan, Yerevan Mayor, instructed his advisor on transport to create a commission to discuss the earlier decision to raise public transport fares. The commission is to be formed within a week, and it may include members of the Council of Elders, professionals and experts in the field concerned, and civil society activists.

July 30, 2013 02:01

• In Tbilisi, 15 vulnerable persons go on hunger strike to protest against eviction from their housing

  In Georgia, law enforcers have begun the process of eviction of vulnerable persons, who nine months ago occupied the building of the former secondary school No. 13 in the Tbilisi District of Nadzaladevi. Residents refuse to leave the building, and some of them went on hunger strike.

July 30, 2013 01:13

• Khasavyurt Court finds inaction of investigators in case on torture in ROVD unlawful

  The Khasavyurt City Court found unlawful the inaction of Tagir Sutaev, Acting Chief of the Khasavyurt Interdistrict Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan on charges of illegal detention of Magomed Sulaev, a local resident, and use of torture against the detainee.

July 29, 2013 20:44

• Imam of Nasyr-Kort Mosque reports provocation being prepared against him

  Khamzat Chumakov, the Imam of the Nasyr-Kort Mosque in Ingushetia, has reported about a provocation prepared against him. He has already sent respective applications to Pyotr Belyakov, the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, and Alexander Trofimov, the head of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

July 29, 2013 20:42

• Local resident kidnapped in Makhachkala, his brother reports

  Today, Magomed Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, was kidnapped by unidentified persons, said his brother; while other relatives filed an application to the on duty unit of the local police; and the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) has confirmed the receipt of the application.

July 29, 2013 20:40

• In Armenia, suffered party in case of Nazaryan's death challenge the prosecutor

  The party of the victims in the case of the death of Artak Nazaryan, an officer-contractor of the Armed Forces of Armenia, has demanded withdrawal of the prosecutor at the session of the Court of Appeal, where the sentence was reconsidered.

July 29, 2013 19:30

• Trial on attack on Nalchik postponed until July 30

  The today's session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of the attack on Nalchik was not held due to the illness of two lawyers; it was rescheduled for tomorrow, July 30.

July 29, 2013 17:12

• Head of NCDF office in Ukraine detained, his cousin reports

  Yalchin Gakhramanoglu, a citizen of Azerbaijan and the head of the office of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) in Ukraine, was detained in Baku Airport upon his arrival from Kiev, said his cousin Sabir Binnetli.

July 29, 2013 16:33

• Activists of Azerbaijani NGOs criticize reduction of status of OSCE Office in Baku

  The decision with effect from January 1, 2014, to change the status of the Baku Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from a diplomatic mission to the "OSCE Project Coordinator in Baku" is a limitation of the activities of the organization in support of democracy in Azerbaijan and a concession to the government.

July 29, 2013 15:38

• Armenia: 50 persons demand to dismiss two Yerevan transport officials

  Today, at the building of Yerevan Mayoralty, 50 persons continued their endless sit-in strike with a demand to cancel the decision of the Mayoralty to raise public transport fares and dismiss Genrik Navasardyan, the head of the transportation department of the Mayoralty, and Misak Ambartsumyan, the director of the LLC "Yerevantrans".