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June 20, 2012 20:00

• In Dagestan, verdict to Sergey Evloev to be pronounced on June 25

  The verdict in the case against Sergey Evloev, accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF), banditry and attack on life of a police officer, is to be pronounced on June 25. Today, Sergey Evloev was released from custody in the courtroom.

June 20, 2012 19:00

• ECtHR decision on case of terror act in Dubrovka enters into force

  Decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), obliging Russia to pay compensation, amounting to 9000-66,000 euros in favour of the victims of the terror act committed in the Dubrovka theatre in Moscow in October 2002, has entered into force. This was reported by the "Trunov, Ivar and Partners" Bar.

June 20, 2012 18:00

• Relatives of convicted Dagestani resident claim that FSIN violates his rights

  Relatives of Ziyautdin Shapiev, the residents of Dagestan, who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a high security colony for aiding members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), claim violation of his rights. He serves his sentence in the Tomsk Region.

June 19, 2012 23:40

• In Dagestan, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova files complaint about inaction of investigatory bodies

  On June 18, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova filed a complaint to court about inaction of representatives of the investigatory agencies, who were engaged in the investigation into two cases, in which she had been a figurant. According to the lawyer, both cases are closed; however, her personal items, confiscated as material evidence, in particular, her mobile phone, were not returned, and the investigator fails to inform the Information Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) about closing the criminal case against her.

June 19, 2012 23:00

• In Azerbaijan, arrested activist of "Kura" headquarters claims being tortured at MIA

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan exerts pressure on the staff of the "Kura" headquarters. This was stated by the organization's representatives at the roundtable in Baku. According to the representatives of the headquarters, criminal proceedings against Oktai Gyulalyev are being continued, and Ilham Amiraslanov was tortured at the police station.

June 19, 2012 22:50

• Within four days, 49 returnees from Syria arrive in Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria

  On June 18, a group of 10 returnees arrived from Syria in Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria. In total, on June 15-18, 49 returnees came to the republics in three groups. On the coming days, other 42 persons are expected to come to Russia from Syria.

June 19, 2012 22:40

• Armenia: figurant in case of officer Nazaryan's death claims that charges against him were fabricated

  The trial in the case of death of contractor officer Artak Nazaryan began the process of interrogation of the defendants. At the court session, held on June 18, Vaagn Airapetyan answered the questions of the parties and called the charges against him fabricated. Interrogation of the defendants will be continued on June 26.

June 19, 2012 22:20

• Relatives of Dagestani resident believe that power agents are involved in his kidnapping

  Relatives of allegedly kidnapped Murad Ilyasov do not exclude that law enforcement agents may be involved in his disappearance. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a son of Murad Ilyasov.

June 19, 2012 22:10

• In Tuapse, court starts debates at trial of ecologists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko

  Judge of the Tuapse District Court announced debates in the case against ecologists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko, who were accused of damaging a fence around the so-called summer cottage of Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. Public prosecutors demanded to sentence Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko to three years of conditional sentence.

June 19, 2012 22:00

• Dagestani resident claims investigators' refusal to give out body of his nephew, killed in special operation in Shamkhala

  Officers from the Investigatory Committee of the Kirov District of Makhachkala do not give permission for giving out from morgue the body of Iskhaq Magomedov, who was killed, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), on June 10 during a special operation, conducted in the village of Shamkhala. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ramadan Akhmedov, the uncle of the killed man.

June 19, 2012 21:00

• Abkhazian refugees hold protest in Georgia

  In front of the Georgian Ministry for Affairs of Internally Displacement Persons, refugees from Abkhazia held action, demanding to create normal conditions for accommodation and provision of new apartments.

June 19, 2012 10:00

• Ingush policeman becomes Hero of Russia

  The title of the Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Ruslan Nalgiev, a former policeman from Ingushetia, for his actions during the terror act at the Nazran GOVD (City Interior Division) on August 17, 2009.

June 19, 2012 09:00

• Ingushetia: prosecutor assistant accused of creating IAF denies his earlier evidences

  On June 15, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia held another session on the case of Ali Dobriev, 26, an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF). The defendant said that he had evidenced against himself under the pressure of the investigation.

June 19, 2012 08:00

• Krasnodar Territory: three policemen suspected of knocking evidences out of suspect

  On June 15, based on an application of a local resident, the Investigatory Division for the Severny District initiated a criminal case on the fact of abuse of service duties by three local policemen, said the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

June 18, 2012 23:50

• Regular soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Aram Gyulnazaryan, a 19-year-old regular soldier, was killed in shelling of Karabakh fighting positions, committed by Azerbaijan. This is reported by the Division of Information and Propaganda of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. In its turn, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) accused Armenia of violating the ceasefire in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

June 18, 2012 23:40

• State Duma Deputy suspected of beating policemen at rally in Rostov-on-Don

  Policemen filed a complaint to the investigatory authorities of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Rostov Region, asking to institute criminal proceedings against Vladimir Bessonov, the State Duma Deputy, who caused them bodily harm during an unsanctioned rally, held in Rostov-on-Don in December 2011.

June 18, 2012 23:30

• Relatives of Dagestani convicts ask to transfer them from colony of Yamal-Nenets District to homeland

  Relatives of the Dagestani residents, who serve their terms in the penal colony No. 8 of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, ask to transfer the convicted persons to serve their terms to their homeland or in the geographically nearest republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

June 18, 2012 23:10

• In Dagestan, three attacks on businessmen committed

  Last night and in the evening of June 17, in Dagestan, three attacks on businessmen at once were committed; one businessman was killed. This is reported by the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

June 18, 2012 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 11-17

  Participation of residents of Southern Russia in the oppositional "March of Millions"; formation of government and lawyers' strike in Armenia; court's verdict on Oleg Shein's lawsuit on cancellation of elections in Astrakhan; visit of the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE to the region of Karabakh conflict; presenting charges to Mirzaev and restart of preliminary investigation of his case, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 11-17, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 18, 2012 23:00

• Georgian Control Chamber suspects ruling party of bribing voters

  The Service to monitor financial activities of political associations of the Georgian Control Chamber appealed to the Prosecutor's Office with a recommendation to check information on the ruling party's financing of medical services to the population of the city of Samtredia.