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June 27, 2013 16:37

• Defence of ex-deputy head of Cherkessk police asks the court to acquit him; verdict is expected on July 1

  Evgeniy Kuzyur, the advocate of Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy head of the police of the city of Cherkessk, who is accused of abuse of power that led to the death of a person, has stated – in the course of the debate at the court – that the case was falsified, and asked the court to acquit his client.

June 27, 2013 15:54

• Regional MP Magomed Magomedov detained in Dagestan

  On June 27, after the session of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, Magomed Magomedov, an MP, was detained, the MIA of Dagestan reports. According to a source from the National Assembly, the reason for the detention was the fact that the MP is suspected of links with militants.

June 27, 2013 15:26

• Magomedova: no decision made so far in Dagestan on threats to lawyers

  The Dagestani law enforcement bodies have not yet taken a procedural decision on the application of the lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov, who had reported about received threats with demands to refuse to represent the interests of the relatives of Gamzatov brothers, killed in Kizlyar, said Magomedova.

June 27, 2013 08:38

• Nanuashvili: participants in Lopota events legally came to Georgia not from Dagestan

  The members of the armed group, blocked in August 2012 in Lopota Gorge, had legally entered the country. Some of the survivals in the special operation legally left Georgia and stay now in different countries, including Syria, said the Ombudsman of Georgia Ucha Nanuashvili.

June 27, 2013 00:07

• Suspect of killing vice-premier of KChR meets his advocate

  For the first time since June 17, the lawyer Vyacheslav Merzakulov was admitted to the detention facility to meet Atam Achmiz, a resident of Adygea, suspected of executing the murder of the deputy prime minister of the Karachay-CherkessianRepublic (KChR) Ansar Tebuev.

June 26, 2013 21:43

• Court in Odessa finished questioning witnesses in the case of a native of Chechnya, accused of plotting a terror act against Putin

  On June 26, the Primorsky District Court of Odessa has finished questioning the prosecution witnesses in the case of Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, suspected of preparing a terror act against the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

June 26, 2013 18:28

• In Armenia, the protesters voice against violence applied to women

  An action under the motto "Promise is promise" in protest against violence applied to women was held on June 25 inYerevan, said Satenik Gevorkyan, the event coordinator. The action was organized by the Women's Rights Centre and the network "Men against Abusing Women".

June 26, 2013 17:20

• Volgograd: court session on suspension of rubberoid factory scheduled for July 5

  In the village of Dar-Gora, Voroshilov District of Volgograd, activists of the territorial self-government (known as TOS) "Divnogorsky" opened – jointly with state officials and ecologists – a shop, which manufactured rubberoid and emitted acrid smoke that disturbed local residents.

June 26, 2013 12:43

• Police report on prevention of terror act in Kabardino-Balkaria

  In an apartment in Nalchik, policemen found components for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The man who rented the apartment, was detained, said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria.

June 26, 2013 09:31

• Sintsov: NAC ready to consider initiative of Dagestani authorities on amnesty for militants

  The National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) is ready to consider the initiative of the authorities of Dagestan on amnesty for the militants who want to return to civilian life, said Nikolai Sintsov, the spokesman of the NAC, who added that the amnesty should not touch on those who had committed grave crimes.

June 26, 2013 08:19

• Radio Liberty reports obstructions of satellite broadcasting in Azerbaijan

  According to the press release of the Radio Liberty-Free Europe, interventions are made into the satellite broadcasting of the radio programmes in Azerbaijan, which is contrary to international telecom regulations and can be considered as a new stage in the history of hampering the broadcasting.

June 26, 2013 04:50

• Forensic examination of Demerchyan on torture in Sochi is scheduled for June 26

  Examination on the application about the torture, applied to the builder Demerchyan in Sochi, is scheduled for June 26, Ivan Sengerov, the spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Krasnodar Territory, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 26, 2013 03:58

• Kichmay villagers demand to stop extracting gravel from the bed of Shakhe River in Sochi

  Residents of the aul of Kichmay in the city of Sochi have held a spontaneous gathering, where they stated a danger of destruction of the ShakheRiver, because building materials are extracted from its bed.

June 26, 2013 01:38

• Sochi: residents of house in Akatsiy Street want to challenge court marshal's ruling on demolition of public toilet

  The tenants of No. 5 inAkatsiy Street have received a ruling of the Adler service of court marshals prescribing the tenants to voluntarily demolish – at their own expense and within five days – the public toilet and the shed for storing firewood. The tenants disagree and plan to challenge the ruling in court.

June 26, 2013 01:07

• UCF delegates express concern about pressure on rights defenders in Russia

  The "United Caucasian Forum" (UCF), which was held June 24-25 in Grozny, ended its work with a resolution expressing concern about the pressure on human rights organizations in the Russian Federation.

June 25, 2013 23:59

• Khintba: Geneva discussions should be actualized

  As stated by Irakli Khintba, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, at the next round of international discussions in Geneva on security and stability in Southern Caucasus, they plan to raise the issue of a more suitable form of the discussions.

June 25, 2013 21:37

• Prior to attack on him, Imam Abdullaev received threats, Dagestani SAM reports

  The Imam Magomed Abdullaev, whose family was attacked on June 23, had earlier received SMS-messages with threats, said Magomedrasul Magomedomarov, the spokesman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan.

June 25, 2013 18:50

• In Sochi, investigators resume inquiry into Nikolai Yarst's case

  The Investigating Division of the Sochi UVD (Interior Department) has resumed investigative actions on the case of the journalist Nikolai Yarst, said the lawyer Alexander Popkov.

June 25, 2013 14:52

• Convicts from Caucasus state infringement of their religious rights in colony in Amur Region

  The convicted natives of Northern Caucasus, who are serving their sentences at the correction facility IK-2, located in the Amur Region, complain that the colony administration does not allow the colony inmates to execute their Muslim religious ceremonies.

June 25, 2013 11:17

• In Stavropol, prisoners' relatives report about restrictions on reception of foodstuffs, while UFSIN states these restrictions are seasonal

  Relatives of the prisoners, who serve their sentences at Correction Colony No. 11 (IK-11), located in Stavropol, complain about the restrictions imposed on foodstuff parcels.