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June 20, 2017 22:58

• Court refuses to transfer Afghan Mukhtarly under house arrest

  On June 20, the Nasimi District Court of Baku chaired by Judge Babek Panakhov considered a motion to transfer Afghan Mukhtarly under house arrest. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Elchin Sadygov, an advocate of Afghan Mukhtarly.

June 20, 2017 22:43

• Relatives of perished girl demand to punish Abkhazian MP

  Today, about 80 participants of the rally in Sukhumi have demanded to bring to justice the former security official of the Abkhazian president, suspected of raping a 13-year-old girl. The brother of the suspect, an Abkhazian MP should also be brought to justice, after whose incitement a sister of the raped girl was killed, the girls' relatives have stated.

June 20, 2017 21:18

• Advocate of Nemtsov's family urges Kadyrov to acknowledge his guilt

  Ramzan Kadyrov, Delimkhanov brothers and Ruslan Geremeev should plead guilty in the case of Boris Nemtsov's murder, the victims' advocate has stated at today's meeting of the Moscow District Military Court.

June 20, 2017 15:50

• Activist Fizuli Guseinov fined after picket in Baku

  The court has found Fuzuli Guseinov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of disobeying policemen during a solo picket with the demand to release political prisoners. The opposition activist himself claimed that he had not violated the laws.

June 20, 2017 14:06

• Sukhumi resident loses his leg after explosion in house yard

  On June 19, in Sukhumi, a local resident was injured in his legs in an explosion in a yard of a five-storey building in Kalmykov Street. He was hospitalized to the Abkhazian Republican Hospital.

June 20, 2017 13:25

• "Abkhazia-Inform" reports about shooting at government building in Sukhumi

  Today, in Sukhumi, an incident with shooting from a pistol has taken place in the building of the Abkhazian government, the "Abkhazia-Inform" reports. According to it, no one was injured.

June 20, 2017 13:15

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to activist Bairam Mamedov

  The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has dismissed an appeal against the verdict to Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement. The defence intends to appeal to the European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) with a request to recognize violations of the activist's rights.

June 20, 2017 12:00

• Muftiate of Chechnya sets up mandatory zakat of 100 roubles

  In Chechnya, theologians determined the amount of obligatory zakat (alms) to be paid by believers in the month of Ramadan.

June 20, 2017 10:22

• MIA fails to confirm information about attack on former chief of Buynaksk ROVD

  The information that an unidentified person threw three grenades into the yard of the house belonging to Rustam Abdurakhmanov, the former chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Buynaksk District, was not confirmed. This was reported by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

June 20, 2017 09:25

• Georgian political analysts treat Venice Commission's opinion as a call for consensus

  Georgia is on the right way, but changes are necessary to ensure political pluralism. This was announced in the preliminary opinion of the Venice Commission on the Georgian Constitution Draft, adopted on June 16 and released on June 19.

June 20, 2017 07:03

• Athlete Maria Kuchina gains her seventh victory in a row

  On June 18, Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), a track-and-field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, the current world champion in high jump, won the third stage of the "Diamond League" in this season and thus secured a place in the final of the international commercial tournament.

June 20, 2017 04:29

• Opposition activist Andreas Ghukasyan faces new charges

  Opposition politician Andreas Ghukasyan, charged with organizing mass riots in the Yerevan District of Sari Tag, is also accused of an attempt to commit crimes under three Articles of the Criminal Code of Armenia, including seizure of a building, hostage taking, and carrying weapons.

June 20, 2017 00:23

• Over 50 Chechen gays get help from "Russian LGBT Network"

  Since April 1, more than 100 gays from Chechnya and several members of the LGBT community from other regions of Northern Caucasus have applied for help to the "Russian LGBT Network", the organization reports. More than 50 gays have been transported out of Chechnya, and 12 of them have already left Russia, notes a staff member of the "Russian LGBT Network".

June 19, 2017 23:22

• Activists treat dispatch of messages about prepared terror act in Sochi as provocation

  On June 16, a message about prepared terror act in Sochi was dispatched through the messenger WhatsApp, Arsen Vishnevsky, an activist, reports. He has noted that the message "was circulated with reference to the FSB on the letter form of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Sochikholod".

June 19, 2017 22:31

• Coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov accused of repeated violation of rules for holding actions

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, policemen have brought to the Alexei Navalny's office an administrative protocol drafted up against Elena Kulikova, the office coordinator. Policemen saw a violation in a solo picket held on the other day. This has been reported by one of the volunteers of the Alexei Navalny's office.

June 19, 2017 19:32

• Three grenades thrown into of policeman's house in Dagestan

  Two grenades out of three exploded in the yard of the house of Rustam Abdurakhmanov, a former chief of the Buynaksk ROVD (District Interior Division). Together with grenades, a note with threats was thrown into the yard, said a law enforcement source.

June 19, 2017 18:27

• Residents and guests of Nalchik pay tribute to deported poet Kerim Otarov

  Poets and translators from a number of Russian regions, and from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan took part in the jubilee events dedicated to the 105th birthday of Balkarian poet Kerim Otarov. They noted that Otarov took part in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) and survived the deportation; he was one of the few who did not hesitate to speak out in defence of the Balkarian people.

June 19, 2017 16:25

• Stavropol authorities report paying 473 million roubles to flood victims

  As reported by the press service of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, 15,073 victims of the May high water received lump sum payments of 10,000 roubles each; 1222 victims received 50,000 roubles each; and 1411 victims – 100,000 roubles each.

June 19, 2017 15:19

• Residents of Novogrozny report detention of suspected author of video on house demolition

  On June 18, law enforcers detained a resident of Novogrozny, who allegedly disseminated on the Internet and WhatsApp a video record of the street with demolished houses. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Isa, a resident of village.

June 19, 2017 15:06

• Film director from Nalchik gets third prize for his film "Closeness"

  The film " Tesnota" (Closeness) directed by Kantemir Balagov from Nalchik and a film of a Chinese director were awarded the grand prix of the 11th Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival "Zerkalo" (Mirror), which was held in the Ivanovo Region.