Russia

July 22, 2017 23:08

• Rights defenders see ROC's influence in judicial ban of Jehovah's Witnesses*

  The ban of religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses by the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has to do with the increased influence of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), headed by Patriarch Kirill, on the policy of Russian authorities, Lyudmila Alekseeva, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), is convinced.

July 22, 2017 15:30

• Presidents Aliev and Putin hold unannounced meeting in Sochi

  On July 21, the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan met in Sochi, where they reaffirmed the partnership relations between the two countries and, in particular, discussed the Karabakh conflict.

July 22, 2017 06:27

• Member of extremist organization "Muslim Brothers" detained in Abkhazia

  In Sukhumi, agents of the State Security Service for Abkhazia have detained a native of Uzbekistan who confessed to be a member of the organization "Muslim Brothers", banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.

July 21, 2017 20:46

• Experts treat Apple's Muslim emojis as social order

  The information on the fact that the Apple Company, the manufacturer of the popular iPhone smartphone, has introduced a new set of emoji pictures used in electronic messages and web pages, namely, by girls in hijabs, arrived at the "Caucasian Knot" SMS-service on July 18.

July 21, 2017 17:56

• Opposition criticizes Georgia's European Integration Ministry

  On July 20, at a sitting of the parliamentary committees on European integration and international relations, Victor Dolidze, the Georgia's State Minister for European Integration, presented his report for the first half of 2017.

July 21, 2017 15:54

• Boris Nemtsov's daughter appeals against verdict in politician's murder case

  In their cassation appeal, representatives of Zhanna Nemtsova have demanded to abolish the verdict against the defendants sentenced for the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and return of the case to the Prosecutor's Office. This was announced by advocate Olga Mikhailova.

July 21, 2017 14:30

• Russian MoJ promises to initiate extradition of Alexander Lapshin at his request

  The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is ready to initiate the extradition to Russia of blogger Alexander Lapshin, sentenced in Azerbaijan, if he files such a request. This was reported by the press service of the Russian MoJ.

July 20, 2017 16:17

• ICRF finds two persons from the list of Chechen gays of "Novaya Gazeta"

  Investigators have questioned two Chechen residents, who, according to the "Novaya Gazeta", were persecuted as members of the LGBT community; both deny that they are gays, said Tatiana Moskalkova, Russian Ombudsperson.

July 20, 2017 11:15

• Court sentences Alexander Lapshin to three years of imprisonment (+video)

  The Baku Court has found blogger Alexander Lapshin guilty of illegally crossing the Azerbaijani border and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.

July 20, 2017 10:51

• Dmitry Medvedev orders to pay 309.6 million roubles to victims of Beslan terror act

  Dmitry Medvedev, the chair of the Russian government, has signed a resolution to allocate money to North Ossetia for completion of the housing arrangement for the victims of the Beslan terror act.

All articles