Russia

May 24, 2018 03:13

• Armenia: Salman Sever receives refuge seeker's certificate

  Bogdan Kalyusskiy, also known as Salman Sever, has received a certificate of the status of refuge seeker, Arthur Sakunts, a rights defender and the head of the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on May 22.

May 24, 2018 00:52

• Relatives of Russian citizen arrested in Baku report he is tortured

  Salekh Rustamov, a citizen of Russia, was arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of illegal drug dealing. His relatives report that he is tortured and asked the Russian Embassy to clear out the situation.

May 23, 2018 15:02

• FIFA concerned over Oyub Titiev's case

  FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has expressed her concern over the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". She has stated the need for a fair trial.

May 23, 2018 05:29

• Memory of victims of Caucasian War helps Circassians preserve their national identity

  The Memorial Day for victims of the Caucasian War is an integral part of modern Circassian identity, believes Zaurbek Kozhev, a researcher at the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies.

May 23, 2018 01:45

• Analysts report goals and motives of attack in Grozny

  Incitement of a conflict between Muslims and Orthodox believers could hardly be a goal of an attack on a church in Grozny, but the attack can be regarded as a symbolic challenge to the Russian presence in Chechnya, believes Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, the director at the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre.

May 22, 2018 14:31

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports about man suspected of attempt on Osmaev and Okueva

  A citizen of Ukraine, taken in custody in Kiev on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Chechen native Adam Osmaev and his wife Amina Okueva in June 2017, introduced himself as Russian citizen Arthur Krinari and pleaded not guilty, the edition reports on May 21.

May 22, 2018 12:04

• Russian MFA treats march of Circassians in Turkey as anti-Russian action (+video)

  In the evening on May 21, in Istanbul, a march in memory of the victims of the Caucasian War was attended by about 3000 people. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recommended Russian tourists to avoid walking in the centre of Istanbul on that day.

May 22, 2018 02:29

• Prayers and rallies to commemorate victims of Caucasian War held in Adygea and Kuban

  On May 21, whole families of Circassians came to the monument to victims of the Caucasian War, erected near the village of Bolshoi Kichmaj, to honour the memory of their ancestors, Asker Sokht, the deputy chairman of the public organization "Adyge Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory, has stated.

May 22, 2018 00:01

• Titiev's colleagues treat picket at President's Administration as symbolic

  The picket with a demand to release Oyub Titiev, held at the President's Administration in Moscow, is one of the steps of the consistent campaign in his defence and a solidarity sign, rights defenders believe.

May 21, 2018 17:41

• Rights defenders come to presidential administration with demand to release Titiev

  Today, in Moscow, members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have come to a building of the presidential administration and held solo pickets in defence of Oyub Titiev.

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