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May 24, 2013 18:00

• In Azerbaijan, court extends detention of theologian Bagirzade until June 30

  Today, the Nariman District Court in Baku has extended the term of arrest of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade until June 30. The defendant and his defence treat this decision as unreasonable and intend to appeal against it at the Court of Appeal.

May 24, 2013 17:00

• Parents of casualties of special operation in Nazran ask Evkurov to have their bodies for burial

  At a meeting, held in Ingushetia, of Yunus-Bek Evkurov with relatives of Djamalele Mutaliev and Aliskkhan Ozdoev, who were killed yesterday in a special operation in Nazran, the latter asked the head of the republic to get the bodies for burial.

May 24, 2013 16:00

• Alaverdyan: Amnesty International is objective in assessed the situation with human rights in Armenia

  The estimate of the human rights situation in Armenia presented in the annual report of the Amnesty International reflects the today's real picture in the country, said Larissa Alaverdyan, the first Armenian Ombudsperson.

May 24, 2013 15:00

• Suspected militant killed in Dagestan

  It is supposed that in the course of the special operation conducted in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan Magomedkhabib Aigumov was killed.

May 24, 2013 14:00

• About a thousand attend action "No to theocracy!" in Georgia

  Today, the Tbilisi Deda Ena Park has hosted a protest against religious fundamentalism under the motto "No to theocracy!"; it was attended by about a thousand people. The participants signed an appeal to the President and Prime Minister of Georgia demanding to punish the perpetrators of the events of May 17.

May 23, 2013 22:00

• Ali Taziev asks court to allow him preparing for sessions with the help of his personal notes

  Today, Ali Taziev, a suspect of committing an attempt on the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and organizing terror acts, has asked the court to allow him to use his personal notes.

May 23, 2013 21:48

• Journalist detained in Sochi: I had no drugs in my car

  Nikolai Yarst and Philip Vasilenko, members of the filming crew of the Russian Public Television, have been detained today in Sochi. Agents of the UVD (Interior Department) took away from their car a parcel with some gray-green substance, presumably, narcotic drug.

May 23, 2013 16:52

• Native of Chechnya, who called himself Consul of Ichkeria, killed in Turkey

  A Chechen businessman Medet Unlyu, who presented himself as an Honorary Consul of the unrecognized Republic of Ichkeria in Turkey, was shot dead on May 22 inAnkara. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has denied the presence of Ichkeria's Embassy in the country.

May 23, 2013 13:47

• In Azerbaijan, MP states preparation of the law "On Occupied Territories", lawmakers refute

  Later this year Azerbaijani Parliament can pass the law "On Occupied Territories", Zakhid Orudj, an MP asserts. The idea of the bill, which regulates, in particular, cooperation of Azerbaijani and Armenian NGOs, was ambiguously perceived by political and public organizations both in Azerbaijan and in Armenia. However, the press service of the Azerbaijani Parliament points out that so far the bill has not been discussed by any of the committees; and consideration thereof is not planned.

May 23, 2013 13:27

• Russia's Ministry of Culture finds it necessary to preserve the ancient burial in Derbent

  The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has recognized the historical value of the ancient burials found in Derbent, and found it necessary to save and preserve the burial and memorial complex that dates back to 11th-12th centuries. The relevant opinion has been sent to the government.

May 23, 2013 08:57

• Georgian wineries wait for excise stamps to start exports to Russia

  The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) has not yet provided the Georgian wine companies, who have successfully passed inspections, with the excise stamps required for trading their alcoholic beverages in Russia. According to Levan Davitashvili, the head of the Georgian National Agency for Vine and Wine (Samtrest), the excise stamps are the only obstacle for wineries to start exports of Georgian wines to Russia.

May 23, 2013 07:30

• 17 persons injured during the act of terror in Makhachkala are still staying in hospitals

  After the double act of terror that took place on May, 20, near the bailiffs’ office of Makhachkala, 14 persons, a child among them, are still staying in the hospitals of the republic, the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan reports. Three persons with grave wounding are undergoing treatment in Moscow.

May 23, 2013 03:56

• Activists of civil community of Azerbaijan told the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe about violation of human rights and increase of the number of political prisoners

  On May, 22, Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, arrived in Azerbaijan. On the first day of his official visit he had a meeting with representatives of civil community.

May 23, 2013 02:51

• Azerbaijani human rights activist Leila Yunus rewarded with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France

  Leila Yunus, famous Azerbaijani human rights activist and Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), was rewarded with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France for her struggle for human rights. The ceremony of Yunus’ rewarding with the French Order was held in the Embassy of France in Baku, in the evening of May, 22, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.

May 22, 2013 23:07

• Merabishvili remains in custody in Georgia; Chiaberashvili to be released on bail

  The Kutaisi Regional Court has chosen a two-month pre-trial detention as the freedom restriction measure for Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the "United National Movement" and ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Zurab Chiaberashvili, the former Minister of Public Health of Georgia and Governor of Kakheti, will be released on bail, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

May 22, 2013 22:37

• Ruslan Kostoev: Magas was actual customer of explosion in Nevinnomyssk

  The explosion at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk was carried out by means of an improvised explosive device (IED), delivered by the leaders of North-Caucasian militants Ali Taziev and Rustam Dzortov, the convicts on the case said today at the trial of Taziev. The actual customer of the explosion was Taziev, Ruslan Kostoev, a convict on the case, said today.

May 22, 2013 20:59

• Chitaya: shipments of "Borjomi" to Russia to scale up

  A test batch of mineral water "Borjomi" has passed the customs control, Olga Chitaya, a representative of the company "IDS Borjomi Russia", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

May 22, 2013 20:01

• Power agents reported liquidation of the leader of Gubden grouping of militants in Dagestan

  According to the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC), today, during an armed clash in the Karabudakhkent District, Magomed Abusaidov, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) and the leader of the Gubden grouping, was killed.

May 22, 2013 16:00

• Baku: Hilal Mamedov challenges the court considering his case in open mode

  Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which is trying Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of the Talysh), has began considering the defendant's charge of illegal possession and sale of drugs. The hearing was held in the open mode, unlike Mamedov's allegations of treason and inciting interethnic hatred, when the court sessions took place behind closed doors.

May 22, 2013 15:00

• Workers of Zestafoni ferroalloy plant in Georgia are on a hunger strike

  The workers of ferroalloy plant in the town of Zestafini, Georgia, are holding a strike demanding increase in wages and signing a trade union contract.