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July 10, 2019 11:26

• Dagestani singer's case highlights problem with the criteria of prophylactic registration

  The police deny the existence of the so-called "prophylactic registry of extremists and fails to explain the reasons for placing people under control, the advocate of the Dagestani singer Ruslan Adjiev has stated. An unjustified prophylactic registering is illegal; besides, law enforcement bodies are guided by questionable criteria for extremism, law enforcers themselves have noted.

July 10, 2019 11:23

• OSCE resolution actualizes legal problem of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  The resolution of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) on Abkhazia and South Ossetia will not force Russia to reconsider the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but is a factor of diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin, Georgian political analysts assert.

July 10, 2019 09:10

• Economists tell about implication for Georgia of Russia's sanctions

  The ban on the import of Georgian wine into Russia may lead to export drop by 200 million US dollars a year, Georgian economists believe.

July 10, 2019 09:02

• Court refuses to amend verdict to native of Chechnya convicted for participation in IS

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has upheld the sentence to Shamil Soltamuradov, convicted to 17 years in prison for involvement in Syrian militants.

July 10, 2019 08:57

• "Rustavi-2" bosses not to dismiss journalist Giorgi Gabuniya

  Nika Gvaramiya, Director General of the "Rustavi-2" Georgian TV Company, has stated that he will not dismiss journalist Giorgi Gabuniya, who made abusing statements on air addressed to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

July 09, 2019 23:59

• HRC "Memorial" succeeds in seeking mitigation of law on pickets in Adygea

  After the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" had appealed to the Prosecutor's Office, the authorities of Adygea cancelled the restrictions contradicting the law concerning the venues of solo pickets.

July 09, 2019 23:56

• Court extends arrest of Ingush activist Ismail Nalgiev

  The court pronounced a decision to leave Ismail Nalgiev, the coordinator of the organization "Choice of Ingushetia", under arrest in Nalchik until September 25. An investigator did not justify the request to extend the activist's arrest, claimed advocate Andrei Sabinin.

July 09, 2019 23:45

• Kadyrov's regime accented by mourning ceremony ban for Musaev killed in Chechnya

  The law enforcement bodies did not give out the body of Zelimkhan Musaev, killed while attacking policemen, to his family members and forbade holding a mourning ceremony to commemorate him, his relatives reported. The ban on memorial ceremonies is not practiced in other regions of Russia, note scientists engaged in oriental studies.

July 09, 2019 22:57

• Two-thirds of Russian citizens treat fabrications of drug cases as usual

  Only 18% of respondents consider falsification of drug possession cases to be rare incidents, the "Levada Centre" releases the results of its survey after criminal prosecutions of Moscow journalist Ivan Golunov and activists in Northern Caucasus.

July 09, 2019 21:26

• Russian State Duma supports sanctions against Georgia

  Members of the Russian State Duma voted for the introduction of economic measures against Georgia. The question of a ban on the import of Georgian wines and sorts of water and on the remittances was submitted for approval to the Russian government. The President of Georgia called on the Russian authorities "not to react to the actions of radical forces."

July 09, 2019 17:16

• Wife of defendant in "Ganja case" reports grave condition of her husband

  Aidyn Gurbanov, arrested in connection with riots in the city of Ganja, received no treatment in custody and fell into a coma at the last phase of his cancer, his wife said. The investigator refused to change Gurbanov's freedom restriction measure.

July 09, 2019 17:09

• Georgian analysts believe the incident with TV presenter who insulted Putin is over

  Giorgi Gabuniya, who insulted Vladimir Putin on air of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, did not violate the legislation, but his statement's lexicon is unacceptable, said Mamuka Zhgenti, an expert at the Georgian Institute of European Values. The incident can be considered settled, as the Georgian authorities have reacted to it, said Valery Chechelashvili, the head of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies.

July 09, 2019 17:05

• Three Ingush activists denied appeal

  The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to satisfy the complaints of the Ingush activists, Khasan Katsiev, Akhmed Nalgiev and Rashid Aushev, about the extension of their arrest until September 25, 2019.

July 09, 2019 13:07

• Rights defenders appeal against refusal to question head of Dagestan on Gasanguseinov brothers' murder case

  Lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have lodged a complaint to a Moscow court about the investigators' refusal to interrogate the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev. Rights defenders are sure that the facts known to him about Gasanguseinovs' murder must be added to the case files.

July 09, 2019 13:05

• Tbilisi: LGBT opponents threaten to hold everyday actions

  Opponents of the "March of Dignity" have announced their plans to meet every day in front of the building of the Georgian Parliament, where actions are held for resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). They demanded to repeal the anti-discrimination law and to ban public LGBT actions.

July 09, 2019 11:28

• Resident of Stepanakert goes on hunger strike demanding to solve social problems

  Karen Grigoryan, a 35-year-old unemployed resident of Stepanakert and a father of two children, has gone on an endless hunger strike, demanding a meeting with Bako Saakyan, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh. He called the solution of social problems as the aim of his action.

July 09, 2019 11:25

• In Tbilisi, LGBT activists demand resignation of the MIA head

  Instead of the disrupted "March of Dignity", LGBT activists in Tbilisi held a rally outside the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia and demanded the resignation of the minister. Supporters of traditional values promised to disrupt the LGBT action, but missed each other.

July 09, 2019 11:22

• Kadyrov demands apologies from Georgian authorities

  The President and the Prime Minister of Georgia must apologize to President Vladimir Putin and all of Russia for the words of the journalist Giorgi Gabuniya pronounced on air of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has stated. He called for "imposing the toughest sanctions" on Georgia.

July 09, 2019 08:46

• HRC "Memorial" treats Isakova's reports as an attempt to discredit rights defenders

  The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" found the statements by Lizan Isakova, a resident of Grozny, made on air of the Chechen TV that human rights defenders were involved in a fraud with the status of a disabled person, as "absurd." The woman's disability was defined and documented by officials, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has reminded.

July 09, 2019 08:43

• Direct Russia-Georgia air flights stopped

  Today, the last plane from Tbilisi landed in Moscow, after which direct Russia-Georgia flights have stopped. The Russian authorities have estimated the airlines' losses at 3 billion roubles.