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June 19, 2013 01:56

• A decision on the statement of beating up a builder in Sochi by the policemen will be taken within a month, a representative of Committee of Inquiry of Russia reported

  The investigation is carrying out an inspection on the statement of beating up builder Mardiros Demerchyan in the police department of the settlement of Blinovo of Sochi, representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Krasnodar region Ivan Sengerov reported.

June 18, 2013 22:58

• Liquidation of part of archive of Georgia's MIA with secret surveillance materials to take place on June 23

  On June 23, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia will destroy part of the archive accumulated as a result of secret surveillance over citizens. This decision was taken on Tuesday at a sitting of the special commission for monitoring the destruction.

June 18, 2013 22:16

• Deadline for Azerbaijani authorities to answer ECtHR's request on Mamedov's case is over

  Tuesday was the deadline appointed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the government of Azerbaijan to answer the request of the Court on the case of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl). His advocate Fuad Agaev told that he had not been informed on whether the answer was dispatched.

June 18, 2013 19:14

• Former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili stops his hunger strike

  The Secretary General of the "United National Movement" Party and ex-Prime Minister of Georgia Vano Merabishvili has stopped his hunger strike after he was allowed to have a TV-set in his cell, said his advocate Georgiy Chiviashvili.

June 18, 2013 18:26

• Ingushetia: Iles Tatiev's advocate states sharp deterioration of her client's health

  On Tuesday, the state of health of Iles Tatiev, who is holding a hunger strike at the Ingush IVS (temporary detention facility), became worse, said his lawyer Zima Sautieva. She also told that an ambulance was called to the IVS because of the sharp deterioration of Iles Tatiev's health.

June 18, 2013 13:39

• Court extends custody of figurants in Nalchik attack case till September 26

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has decided to extend the detention of 53 defendants in the case of the attack on Nalchik, committed on October 13, 2005, for another three months, until September 26.

June 18, 2013 13:04

• Chernobyl cleanup veterans in Kabardino-Balkaria report that collection of the compensations paid off to them is going on

  The bailiffs in Kabardino-Balkaria are going on impounding from Chernobyl cleanup veterans the sums of financial compensations paid off to them upon the verdicts of the courts, Chairman of republican organization “Chernobyl Union” Ali Kuchmezov told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

June 18, 2013 07:54

• Georgia initiates changes to the Constitution

  The Georgian MPs have initiated amendments to the Constitution regarding the powers of the Government and the Prime Minister. The amendments assume to allow the persons-holders of dual citizenship to hold high state posts and to reduce the quorum for adopting amendments to the Constitution.

June 18, 2013 05:54

• Antigovernmental leaflets calling to come out to a meeting appeared in Tskhinvali

  Unidentified persons spread antigovernmental leaflets in the streets of Tskhinvali calling to come out for a meeting in Teatralnaya (Theater) square on June, 18. Mayor’s office of Tskhinvali states that no one submitted notifications of holding the action.

June 18, 2013 03:03

• Attorney of a builder beaten up in Sochi reports inaction of law enforcement bodies

  No criminal case against the policemen who beat up two builders of Olympic objects has been initiated yet, the builder’s attorney Alexander Boichenko told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent in the evening of June, 17. According to the lawyer, he cannot receive a determination of refusal to start criminal proceedings from the investigation.

June 18, 2013 02:23

• Professor Maltsev: the project of bank protection is dangerous for Imereti lowland

  Works on bank protection of Imereti lowland are in process along the seashore from the Mzymta to the Psou rivers. Professor Viacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Engineering, warns about the danger of this project realized within the framework of preparation for the Olympics. The activists of territorial public self-government declare illegality of these works.

June 18, 2013 00:50

• The Supreme Court of Dagestan took over a claim of lawyer Kadiev who appealed against the law of cancellation of direct election of Head of the republic

  The Supreme Court of Dagestan took over the claim of lawyer Rasul Kadiev who appeals against the amendments to the Constitution of the republic cancelling direct election of Head of the region. The President and the Parliament of the republic were suggested to provide evidence of observation of the procedure during adoption of the disputable law until June, 18.

June 17, 2013 19:08

• Former Georgian Premier Merabishvili goes on hunger strike in jail

  Vano Merabishvili, the General Secretary of the Party "United National Movement" and the former Prime Minister of Georgia, accused of a number of corruption-related crimes, has begun a hunger strike demanding to put a TV-set into his cell and allow his relatives to make use of his bank accounts, said his advocate Georgi Chiviashvili.

June 17, 2013 18:47

• Krasnodar: court allows Mikhail Savva's wife to defend him

  On June 17, the Krasnodar Territorial Court considered the complaint lodged by the advocates of the arrested Professor Mikhail Savva to the ruling of the district court to extend his custody. The Court upheld the ruling finding the decision of the Oktiabrskiy District Court to be lawful and justified.

June 17, 2013 17:23

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 10-16

  Court removes Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov from office, and his suicide attempt in SIZO was reported; refusal of Russian government from building Kudepsta TPP in Sochi; start of hearing on the merits of the case of former city manager of Stavropol Igor Bestuzhy; strike of lawyers in Armenia against non-transparent methods of country Court of Cassation; sentence for hostage taking in Astrakhan by using mock firearm and bomb, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 10-16, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

June 17, 2013 16:29

• Ibragimbekov, potential oppositional presidential candidate seeking support in the USA, Europe, Russia and Turkey

  Rustam Ibragimbekov, the chairman of the recently established oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, has held a series of meetings in Washington, where, according to his story, he discussed the issues of reforming the political system of Azerbaijan and the upcoming presidential elections.

June 17, 2013 14:46

• In Volgograd Region, motor rally against nickel development near Khopyor River ended with a meeting in Uryupinsk

  A meeting held in the city of Uryupinsk, Volgograd Region, has crowned the motor rally organized by activists of the Stalingrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) against nickel developments on the Khopyor River, Ekaterina Pechenova, the press secretary of the above Regional Committee, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 17, 2013 14:10

• Georgia's MIA reports detection of hides with firearms and torture videos

  Underground hidings with the weapons intended to conduct large-scale warfare, a video archive of torture and lists of people, planned for detention on trumped-up charges, were found in Georgia, Nino Giorgobiani, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has reported today. According to the MIA, its former officials had to do with the hides.

June 17, 2013 12:40

• Azerbaijani journalist not allowed to leave his country to participate in the Gerd Bucerius Award ceremony

  Member of Azerbaijani Institute of Freedom and Safety of Reporters (IFSR) Mehman Guseinov was detained on June 17, in the airport of Baku. The reporter was not let to fly from the country to Norway for participation in the ceremony of awarding him with prestigious international Gerd Bucerius award “Free Press of Eastern Europe-2013”. This decision was motivated by a criminal case initiated against Guseinov. The journalist himself considers the ban of leaving country groundless.

June 17, 2013 12:36

• Court in Sochi refused to change journalist Yarst's freedom restriction form

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has left the Sochi journalist Nikolai Yarst, suspected of drug possession, under home arrest. The OTR journalist is under threat of 3-10 years in prison.