Russia

January 23, 2019 10:50

• Rights defenders link Chechen practice of public apologies with Klishas' bill

  There are no legal grounds for catching critics of the authorities and forcing them to repent, the lawyer, Evgeny Chernousov, has noted.

January 23, 2019 09:20

• Trial on the ban to interpret Koran reminds problems with list of extremist materials

  In Samara, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has demanded to treat Muslim literature, including the book with the interpretation of the Koran in the translation of the Azerbaijani religious philosopher Elmir Kuliev, as extremist materials.

January 22, 2019 21:21

• GPO upholds Gazprom's refusal to write off Chechnya residents' debts

  Chechnya's Prosecutor's Office (PO) has unreasonably filed a lawsuit against the Gazprom to write off the debts of local natural gas consumers. The PO has been instructed to support the Gazprom's appeal, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced.

January 22, 2019 16:06

• "Gazprom" treats rumours about writing-off billion-rouble Chechnya's gas debts as fake news

  The court's judgement on writing off the gas debts of residents of Chechnya has no amount of 9 billion roubles. The Chechen Prosecutor's Office (PO) has removed the debt amount from its press release.

January 22, 2019 16:03

• Court considering Oyub Titiev's case ignores chemists' findings

  The court has refused to add the conclusions about the incorrect investigation of the cannabis, for the keeping of which Oyub Titiev, a rights defender and the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is accused, to the case files. The court has explained this decision by violation of the rules for holding examinations.

January 22, 2019 11:28

• Oyub Titiev's defence refutes main prosecution's proofs

  The examination of the cannabis, the keeping of which is imputed to Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", failed to prove its narcotic properties; and the examination results of the wash-offs from Titiev's hands contradict each other. This was stated by experts at the trial. The main proofs in the case are unreliable, said Ilya Novikov, a Titiev's advocate.

January 22, 2019 08:56

• Relatives of the woman killed in Gyumri complain to prosecutor about refusal to place the military into Armenian SIZO

  Investigators have rejected the demand of relatives of Julietta Gukasyan to transfer the Russian military, accused of killing her, from the territory of the military base to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Armenia. On January 17, the refusal was appealed against to the prosecutor's office, Arthur Sakunts, a rights defender, has informed.

January 21, 2019 23:58

• Chechen authorities offer to improve practice of public apologies

  The Chechen authorities are ready to make headings for apologies and repentances in mass media so that residents of the republic were responsible "for their words" in social networks or for their actions, said Djambulat Umarov, the Minister of National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya.

January 21, 2019 18:52

• Three Russian servicemen perish in Abkhazia

  Five servicemen from the Russian military base situated in Abkhazia fell victim to a fall of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) into the gorge, the Southern Military District has reported.

January 19, 2019 11:35

• Ingush activists tell about obstacles to collecting signatures for Putin

  The collection of signatures to the demand of the resignation of the head of Ingushetia, cancellation of the border agreement with Chechnya and return of the Prigorodny District began during the two-week-long rally in Magas, the capital, where provocateurs tried to destroy lists with signatures, the initiators of the appeal to President Putin told the "Caucasian Knot".

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