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July 05, 2018 10:46

• Political analysts: Mikhail Saakashvili voices unreal demands to Georgian authorities

  Mikhail Saakashvili demanded to restore his citizenship of Georgia in order to be able to participate in the autumn parliamentary elections. However, he does not have an opportunity to return to the country, believe political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 05, 2018 10:27

• In Azerbaijan, two oppositionists arrested for 30 days

  Yashar Farazi and Rakhib Gurbanov, activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), are arrested for 30 days on the charge of disobeying the police. A PFPA member has associated the arrests of his party colleagues with the authorities' desire to prevent protest actions by intimidating oppositionists.

July 05, 2018 10:13

• Residents of Izberbash report threats of arrests after a rally

  In the Dagestani city of Izberbash, law enforcers have detained a minor teenager for calling for actions to protest against the lack of water supply, and after a rally of July 3, the Mayor threatened to arrest protestors, residents of Izberbash reported.

July 05, 2018 08:44

• Residents of Kalmykia criticize pension reform and law on native languages

  On July 3, the participants of a rally in Elista demanded from federal authorities to abandon their plans to increase the retirement age and the law on the voluntary study of native languages at schools, urging residents of Kalmykia to vote against the United Russia Party at republic's parliamentary elections.

July 05, 2018 08:33

• Number of evacuation victims of Baku metro has increased

  19 people turned to doctors after evacuation from the Baku metro; six of them were hospitalized.

July 05, 2018 08:24

• Cuban activists join campaign in support of Titiev

  Activists in Cuba demanded to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the Centre has stated.

July 04, 2018 21:29

• Sources report detention of Dagestan former Vice-Premier

  Ramazan Aliev, the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Dagestan (Vice-Premier), dismissed today, was detained after questioning, law enforcement sources have stated.

July 04, 2018 21:18

• Lawyer from Cherkessk complains about beating up by law enforcers

  Kemal Kuscheterov, a lawyer, whom his colleagues declared kidnapped by law enforcers on July 3, was released this morning. A law enforcer had accused Kemal of attacking him.

July 04, 2018 19:25

• Baku metro resumes operation

  In the capital of Azerbaijan, a pause in the metro operation has caused problems for residents of Baku, since because of the large number of passengers, not all of them could use buses. All metro stations were opened at about 1:00 p.m. local time, the press service of the metro reported.

July 04, 2018 19:21

• Russian GPO demands verification of Oyub Titiev's case

  The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has studied the conclusion of the Human Rights Council (HRC) concerning the case against Oyub Titiev, the chief of the "Memorial" office in Grozny, and demanded to investigate the circumstances of the rights defender's detention.

July 04, 2018 19:10

• Change of Grozny Mayor marked by new subbotniks

  The new administration of Grozny demanded the streets of the city to be put in order. Public employees are forced to take part in subbotniks (volunteer community works). The people complained about being sent to work in the streets in the heat.

July 04, 2018 18:57

• Pavel Grib beaten when transferred to Rostov-on-Don, defence reports

  While being transported from Krasnodar to Rostov-on-Don, Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism, was subjected to beating. At the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), he is being mistreated, and he complains about deterioration of his health state, his advocate reports today.

July 04, 2018 15:30

• In Armenia, Robert Kocharyan summoned for questioning

  In a case on the events of March 1, 2008, investigators intend to question former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan as a witness.

July 04, 2018 15:17

• Over 40,000 people sign petition in defence of native languages

  Authors of an appeal to Vladimir Putin have demanded to prevent the cancellation of compulsory studies of native languages at schools. Residents of Southern Russia also left their signatures under the petition.

July 04, 2018 15:04

• 20 years not enough for authorities to solve problem of supplying water to Ingush villages

  For two decades, in Ingushetia, water supply to small towns and villages ceases when hot weather comes, and people are deprived of water for the whole summer. This summer has not been an exception, and there is no water supply to a number of towns and villages for two weeks already, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by residents of the villages of Plievo, Troitskaya, and Nasyr-Kort, and the towns of Sunzha and Karabulak.

July 04, 2018 10:21

• Ganja Mayor wounded in armed attack

  Elmar Veliev, the head of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, was exposed to an armed attack. He and his bodyguard Gasym Ashbazov were hospitalized with wounds. The attacker was detained, law enforcers have reported.

July 04, 2018 09:59

• Five people hospitalized after metro halt in Baku

  A power outage in the evening on July 3 in Baku caused the metro stop. Passengers were evacuated from the trains stuck in the tunnels. The evacuation was carried out in extreme heat; and 17 persons complained about their poor health status; five of them were hospitalized.

July 04, 2018 09:40

• Cherkessk lawyers report kidnapping of their colleague

  Kemal Kuscheterov, a lawyer, was beaten up and kidnapped by unidentified people in Cherkessk after his dispute with law enforcers at the scene of investigatory actions, his colleagues have reported.

July 04, 2018 08:39

• Zaza Saralidze stops his protest at the MIA

  Zaza Saralidze, father of one of the murdered schoolboys, decided to stop his protest action held near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia. He has made the decision after the today's meeting with MIA heads.

July 04, 2018 08:27

• Izberbash residents rally because of absence of drinking water

  In the city of Izberbash, Dagestan, townspeople have gathered for a rally at the building of city administration with a demand to resume the supply of drinking water. Calls were heard among the protesters to block the federal highway.