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June 20, 2013 19:26

• Trial on lawsuit of HRC "Memorial" to cancel the demand of MPO to HRC to get registered as foreign agent postponed till June 25

  The consideration by the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow of the claim, lodged by the HRC "Memorial" and challenging the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office (MPO) that the HRC should get registered as a foreign agent was rescheduled for June 25 because of the judge's illness.

June 20, 2013 19:20

• Azerbaijan: at trial of PFPA activist, judge grants defence's motion

  Today, the Sumgait City Court has begun the hearing on the merits of the criminal case of Dashgyn Melikov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The judge has satisfied the motion of the defence to summon additional witnesses from among policemen.

June 20, 2013 18:16

• Needy Tskhinvali residents capture flats in new house

  The residents of Tskhinvali, who need improvement of their housing conditions, have arbitrarily moved into the flats of a new two-storey house. Under the instruction of the authorities of South Ossetia, law enforcement bodies are investigating the incident.

June 20, 2013 16:57

• ECtHR orders Russia to pay compensation to Raissa Turlueva for kidnapped son

  Russian authorities are obliged to pay compensation of 60,000 euros Raissa Turlueva, a resident of Chechnya whose son was kidnapped by Chechen power agents. This is stated in the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case "Turlueva versus Russia". This is the third decision of the ECtHR concerning the events in the "Kadyrov" Chechnya.

June 20, 2013 15:46

• At trial in Rostov-on-Don Ali Taziev states his innocence

  At the session of the North-Caucasian Military District Court in Rostov-on-Don, Ali Taziev, one of the leaders of "Imarat Kavkaz", accused of an attempt on the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and organizing terror acts, has refused to plead guilty.

June 20, 2013 14:45

• Relatives of Mikail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov, detained in Georgia, state their innocence

  Two citizens of the Russian Federation Mikail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov, detained on suspicion of preparing a terror act in the territory of Georgia, were not involved in the alleged crimes, said their relative who is in Tbilisi. The fact that the detainees refused to plead guilty was confirmed by their advocate Irma Inasaridze, who has filed an appeal against the decision of the court to arrest her clients.

June 20, 2013 08:57

• An eighty-year-old disabled man in Ingushetia strives for resettlement from decrepit dwelling

  An eighty-year-old resident of Ingushetia Isa Esmurziev, first category disabled person, states that the authorities refuse to provide him with dwelling ignoring the decision of the court.

June 20, 2013 03:29

• The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation appointed consideration of the question of jurisdiction of the case of journalist Tolmachev from Rostov-on-Don on June, 28

  At 11:00 Moscow time, June, 28, the case of alteration of territorial jurisdiction of the case of journalist and publisher Alexander Tolmachev accused of extortion will be considered in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the journalist’s supporters informed.

June 20, 2013 02:31

• The court in Dagestan refused to acknowledge violations in the case of a kidnapped policeman

  Sovietsky district court of Makhachkala dismissed a motion of lawyer Konstantin Mudunov who demanded to acknowledge the investigator’s inaction on the case of kidnapping policeman Alihan Nurukhalaev unlawful. However, the lawyer said that he was satisfied with the results of his claim to court and was not going to appeal against the judgment.

June 20, 2013 02:11

• Bagautdinova: 23 residents of Buinaksk delivered to the police for drawing DNA samples

  23 residents of Buinaksk, Dagestan, whose relatives are suspected of participation in paramilitary groups or aid to armed underground were delivered to the municipal police department for drawing DNA samples.

June 20, 2013 00:28

• Chair of RPO "Mothers of Chechnya" hospitalized after attack in Moscow

  In Moscow, unidentified persons tried to abduct Madina Magomadova, the chair of the Republic's Public Organization (RPO) "Mothers of Chechnya"; she herself told about it. As a result of the attack she was hospitalized with a brain concussion.

June 19, 2013 21:44

• Dagestan: activist of DRPO "Pravozaschita" fined for violating CTO regime

  The magistrate court of Buynaksk has fined Zarema Bagautdinova, an employee of the Dagestan Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) by 300 roubles for breaking the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.

June 19, 2013 21:37

• Ozdoev: Iles Tatiev's custody conditions in Karabulak SIZO are acceptable

  Iles Tatiev, the head of the organizing committee of the congress of the Ingush people, has no complaints about his custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Karabulak ROVD (District Interior Division), where he was transferred from the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Malgobek. This was stated by Djambulat Ozdoev, the Ombudsman under the head of the Republic of Ingushetia.

June 19, 2013 18:31

• Victims of shelling in North Ossetia are under intensive care

  Three people remain in the intensive care unit of the hospital of the city of Ardon in North Ossetia after having been wounded in an armed incident, in which two people were killed. The condition of one of them is extremely grave, Taimuraz Djigkaev, the head of the hospital ward, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 19, 2013 17:03

• Resident of Dagestan states kidnapping of his brother

  Unidentified armed men in masks and camouflage beat and took away to some unknown place Akhmed Kurbanmagomedov, a 25-year-old resident of the city of Izberbash, said his brother Murad Kurbanmagomedov. The press service of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said that they knew nothing about the kidnapping.

June 19, 2013 15:31

• Dagestani journalists report increasing number of detainees in Said Amirov's case

  The number of detainees in the case of an ordered killing of the investigator Arsen Gadjibekov, within which the Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov was also detained, has reached 14 persons, said Mairbek Agaev, an observer of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik".

June 19, 2013 14:35

• The court on the case of ex-Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk Zhuravlev starts interrogation of the witnesses for the defense

  On June, 20, the court on the case of ex-Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk, Rostov region, Vladislav Zhuravlev will start interrogation of the witnesses for the defense. This decision was taken by Chief justice on the case Nicolay Egorov during the session on June, 18, Vladislav Zhuravlev told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

June 19, 2013 13:39

• Trial on the case of Editor-in-Chief of “Tolyshi Sado” newspaper in Azerbaijan deferred till July, 3

  Trial on the case of Editor-in-Chief of newspaper “Tolyshi Sado” (“Voice of Talysh) Galil Mamedov accused of high treason, fomentation of inter-ethnic animosity and illegal drug trafficking was deferred for the reason of absence of the witnesses for the prosecution. The trial is appointed at 11:00, July, 3.

June 19, 2013 11:47

• The court in Chechnya sentenced the defendants on the case of preparing an act of terror and assault at law enforcement officers to 9 to 16 years of custody

  Five residents of Chechnya accused of committing a number of crimes, including an attempt of blasting a rake transporting oil products and an attempt of assault at policemen were sentenced to 9 to 16 years of custody, law enforcement bodies of the republic informed.

June 19, 2013 09:05

• Representatives of the Lezghian autonomy are concerned about the news of one more transfer of Dagestani lands to Azerbaijan

  Russia will transfer two big pastures in the territory of Dagestan to Azerbaijan. This was recently discussed at a session of joint Russian-Azerbaijani committee for demarcation of state border in Moscow, Chairman of Executive Committee of Federal Lezghian national and cultural autonomy (FLNCA) Amil Sarkarov reported.