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August 03, 2017 16:54

• Volgograd resident plants tree in place of felled "Widows’ Park"

  In protest against tree felling, Andrei Popkov, a former deputy of the Regional Duma, has planted today a mulberry tree sapling in the place of the cut-down "Widows’ Park", after the city Mayoralty had announced its plans to build a car parking next to the memorial complex instead of the above park.

August 03, 2017 15:36

• Darya Polyudova declares hunger strike in colony-settlement

  Kuban activist Darya Polyudova has declared a hunger strike in a penal colony with the demands to stop provocations against her. This was reported by Tatiana Polyudova, the mother of the prisoner.

August 03, 2017 15:13

• Playwright Mikhail Zhilkin claims receiving threats after escaping from Chechnya

  The chairman of the board for the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has urged the law enforcement agencies to check a playwright Mikhail Zhilkin's message about receiving threats from Chechnya after a Chechen official held Mikhail Zhilkin in Grozny for four years.

August 03, 2017 14:49

• FSIN reports verification of Aslan Cherkesov's complaint about torture

  In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has launched a verification after Aslan Cherkesov, who is serving his sentence in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for murdering a fan of the "Spartak" FC, complained about torture and beatings in a penal colony. This was reported by the FSIN Department.

August 03, 2017 13:06

• FSIN official injured in shelling in Makhachkala

  The police are looking for unidentified people who fired at a staff member of the FSIN Department in Makhachkala. The victim was hospitalized, reported the spokesperson for the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

August 03, 2017 11:21

• One man killed in mine explosion in Yerevan

  Two persons were injured in a mine explosion in a yard of a private house in Yerevan, and one of them died in a hospital.

August 03, 2017 11:21

• Rescuers injured at explosion place in Abkhazia

  Four staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) have been injured while liquidating consequences of an explosion at an ammunition depot in Abkhazia.

August 03, 2017 09:39

• Two Russian tourists die in explosion in Abkhazia

  Two women died when they were on horseback riding in the vicinity of an ammunition depot. According to the preliminary information, they were residents of Saint Petersburg, the Abkhazian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.

August 03, 2017 03:11

• Abkhaz police report details of attack on Russians in Gudauta District

  In connection with the attack on a Russian family committed in the village of Khipsta, four persons are being searched. The attackers stole 85,000 roubles and a couple of rings, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia has reported. The condition of Valentina Bykovets, who suffered from the attack, is stable, doctors report.

August 03, 2017 00:14

• Georgian establishment treats Mike Pence's visit as a new level of relations with US

  During a press conference following a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Mike Pence has stated that Georgia is a strategic partner of the United States. According to Mike Pence, US President Donald Trump sent him to Georgia with a message: "We support you; we stand next to you, next to the Georgian people."

August 02, 2017 22:22

• Abkhaz MPH reports 53 wounded by explosion at ammunition depot

  Among the victims of the explosion at the depot of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Gudauta District, there are seriously wounded ones, the head of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Abkhazia reports.

August 02, 2017 20:29

• Kadyrov announces return to Russia of a child taken away to Syria

  Ramzan Kadyrov has reported the return to Russia of a minor resident of Chechnya, who had been brought to Syria and found among the ruins in the city of Mosul.

August 02, 2017 19:58

• HRC “Memorial”: relatives of detained Esmurziev and Ozdoev fear for their health

  The resonant case of torture at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) fails to deter power agents from new violations of rights of residents of Ingushetia during detention, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial” has stated in connection with information about torturing Khasan Esmurziev and Magomed Ozdoev.

August 02, 2017 19:13

• In Abkhazia, 30 people injured in explosion at ammunition depot

  This afternoon, a huge explosion has occurred at an ammunition depot in the Gudauta District in Abkhazia. The explosion resulted in a fire and continued detonation of shells. The authorities of the republic evacuate people from villages and towns located near the place of emergency.

August 02, 2017 18:39

• Circassian activist and historian Almir Abregov dies

  Almir Abregov, the first chairman of the "Adyge Khase-Circassian Parliament" for Adygea, the former director of the National Museum of Adygea, died in the 73rd year of his life. When commenting on the loss, Circassian activists stated that the strategist of the Adyg national movement had gone.

August 02, 2017 17:17

• Graduates of Volgograd MIA's Academy punished for scandalous party

  Students from a faculty of the Volgograd Academy for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have been brought to disciplinary responsibility for celebrating the completion of their studies "on a large scale." Officials of the faculty have also been punished.

August 02, 2017 14:43

• Court cancels fine imposed on Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev

  Today, the Krasnodar Territorial Court has cancelled the decision of the Lazarevskoe District Court to fine Ruslan Gvashev. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Marina Dubrovina, an advocate of the human rights organization "Agora", who represented the Ruslan Gvashev's interests.

August 02, 2017 14:42

• Tbilisi condemns preparations for Vladimir Putin's visit to Abkhazia

  The intention of the Russian President to meet Raul Khadjimba in Abkhazia proves the "continuing occupation" of the territory by Russia. This was stated by officials from the Georgian authorities.

August 02, 2017 13:35

• Chechen girl found in Iraq identified

  A girl injured in the Iraqi city of Mosul was taken from Chechnya by her parents. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

August 02, 2017 08:58

• Two Georgian citizens convicted in Abkhazia for crossing the border

  The court of the city of Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, has sentenced Archiko Rogava and his son Paata, residents of the city of Zugdidi, to two years in prison each, having found them to be infringers of the state border.