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July 03, 2018 23:19

• Armenian Defence Minister wanted in case on dispersal of protesters

  Colonel General Mikael Harutyunyan, who in March 2008 held the position of the Armenian Defence Minister, was accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in connection with the dispersal of protest actions, investigators report today.

July 03, 2018 18:12

• Georgian MPs support demands voiced by Zaza Saralidze

  The parliamentary investigating commission has issued a recommendation to start the criminal proceedings against one of the main witnesses in the case on the murder of teenagers in Tbilisi. Zaza Saralidze, a father of one of the murdered schoolboys is seeking such a decision from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

July 03, 2018 17:59

• In Armenia, social service officials suspected of fraud worth 30,000 US dollars

  In Stepanavan, according to investigators, four officials registered benefits in favour of local residents without their knowledge and embezzled the money, the Armenian police reports today.

July 03, 2018 17:48

• Oyub Titiev's defence demands to hold trial outside Chechnya

  Today, the preliminary court hearing on the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny has been postponed because of the advocates' request to hold a trial in another region.

July 03, 2018 14:14

• Aslan Gagiev accused of organizing six murders

  Investigators have officially charged Aslan Gagiev, a native of the Ossetian village of Bolkvi, with organizing a criminal community and killing entrepreneurs, the "Kommersant" has reported today.

July 03, 2018 14:03

• Competitions of Russian racing drivers moved from Nalchik to Grozny

  It was decided to hold the second stage of the Russian championship in drag racing, scheduled for early August, in the capital of Chechnya, as the racing ground in Nalchik is not yet ready for the competition, the race organizers have stated.

July 03, 2018 10:44

• Rights defenders achieve closure of Tbilisi prison

  Prison No. 7 in Gulua Street in Tbilisi has been closed at the demand of rights defenders. For twenty years of its existence, the prison failed to create normal custody conditions, Gela Nikoleishvili, a rights defender, has stated.

July 03, 2018 10:17

• Tamara Mearakishvili tells reasons for her hunger strike

  Tamara Mearakishvili, a South-Ossetian activist, who went on a hunger strike in connection with the criminal prosecution, including on charges of defaming the ruling party "United Ossetia", demanded from local authorities to stop putting pressure on her. She decided to hold the protest action at home, fearing provocations.

July 03, 2018 10:03

• Georgian media report about Machalikashvili's kinship with Chataev

  Mass media of Georgia have released information about relative ties of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed in an operation in Pankisi, with Akhmed Chataev, and also about Machalikashvili's intention to commit self-explosion in a crowded place in Tbilisi.

July 03, 2018 08:30

• Over 41,000 attend Belgium-Japan match at Rostov-Arena

  The Belgian team has beaten the Japanese one 3:2 in a 1/8 final match of the FIFA World Cup held in Rostov-on-Don. Fans from different countries watched the meeting in the fan zone in Theatre Square.

July 03, 2018 08:22

• Rostov activist summoned to police after flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!"

  Rostov-on-Don law enforcers have called the activist Anastasia Shevchenko and warned her about the inadmissibility of extremism. However, Anastasia believes that her stripping action helped to draw attention to the problem.

July 02, 2018 22:48

• Сoordinator of Navalny's office fined by 150,000 roubles

  Today, the court has pronounced the decision to fine Ivan Tansky, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny's office in Stavropol, 150,000 roubles for organizing an unsanctioned action.

July 02, 2018 22:37

• In Tbilisi, father of murdered teenager goes on hunger strike

  Today, Zaza Saralidze has started a hunger strike in a yard of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). The man demands from investigators to detain one of the main witnesses, whom he considers involved in the murder of his son.

July 02, 2018 22:28

• Georgian authorities allocate about 4.5 million US dollars for school security systems

  The funds are aimed to ensure that external perimeters of school buildings are equipped with CCTV cameras, an official from the Georgian Ministry of Education has announced today.

July 02, 2018 17:44

• Suleiman Kerimov returns to Moscow from France

  Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, got back his passport in France, where he was accused of violating the procedures while purchasing real estate objects. At present, he can freely move around Europe, the Russian diplomatic mission in France reports today.

July 02, 2018 17:32

• 20 people suffer from record heat in Baku

  From the early summer, 49 people addressed the Baku City Emergency Medical Service with complaints of sunstrokes. Doctors recommend people to drink more water when the weather is hot, and weather forecasters predict a new increase in air temperature.

July 02, 2018 16:12

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events from June 25 to July 1, 2018

  Protests in Southern Russia against increase of retirement age; explosion at a fuelling station and a new government head in Chechnya; new Saakashvili's conviction, – read about these and other events in the Caucasus that happened during the week from June 25 to July 1, 2018, in the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 02, 2018 15:26

• CDSI reports 38 losses from parties to Karabakh conflict since beginning of year

  In the first half of the year, Azerbaijan lost 15 soldiers and officers. The opposing military units in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh lost 23 killed soldiers and officers, the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI) estimates.

July 02, 2018 15:15

• On June 25-July 1, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of June 25-July 1, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 02, 2018 15:01

• About 100 real estate objects arrested in Dagestani officials' case

  Among the arrested property there are apartments and shares in private houses owned by relatives of Rayudin Yusufov, the "Kommersant" reports today.