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July 24, 2017 16:45

• Defence calls Alexander Lapshin's extradition impossible before decision on his appeal

  The extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin, sentenced for illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani border, will become possible after the court's decision comes into force. Alexander Lapshin has not yet decided whether he will appeal against the verdict. This reported by advocate Eduard Chernin.

July 24, 2017 15:17

• Trial of Imam Yaraliev starts

  The court has begun considering the case of Imam Yaraliev, a former Mayor of Derbent, accused of transferring federal land plots to a municipality.

July 24, 2017 14:04

• Chechnya's SAM explains its attitude towards jihad against Israel

  Residents of Chechnya have considered the Chechen Mufti's appeal to the Israeli authorities with the demand to restore the access for Muslim to the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a readiness for jihad. The head of the Chechen Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) called on the Israeli authorities to peacefully resolve the conflict, the Muftiate explained.

July 24, 2017 13:43

• Two persons disappear in Ingushetia

  20-year-old Ilyas Teboev and 19-year-old Khavzh-Bagaudin Kurtoev, residents of Malgobek, disappeared on July 19. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ingushetia addressed citizens with a request to help in their search.

July 24, 2017 13:05

• Check of wedding spending of Judge Khakhaleva turns into claims to advocate

  The Board of Judges of the Krasnodar Territory has checked the reports about the expenses for the wedding of the daughter of Judge Elena Khakhaleva and concluded that they "were completely untrue." The actions of the advocate, who had disseminated those reports, should be given a legal evaluation, said Vladimir Kislyak, the Chairman of the Board of Judges.

July 24, 2017 12:52

• Balagov's statement about Kabardian identity provokes users of social networks

  Adyg people have criticized the statement of film director Kantemir Balagov, according to which he does not consider himself to be a Kabardian, although he is a representative of this nationality.

July 24, 2017 11:46

• On July 17-23, 2017, there were no victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from July 17 to July 23, 2017, there were no casualties or wounded persons in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

July 24, 2017 10:52

• Dagestani wrestlers win silver at Surdolympics

  Four Dagestani judo wrestler-members of the Russian national team took the second place in the team event at the Surdolympics – competition of deaf athletes.

July 24, 2017 09:33

• Ramzan Kadyrov accuses rights defenders of creating hype around Chechnya

  Russian and foreign human rights organizations try to cause an artificial response to the violation of human rights in Chechnya and ignore actual problems. This was stated by the leader of the Chechen Republic.

July 24, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 17-23

  Guilty verdict to blogger Alexander Lapshin in Azerbaijan; re-election of Bako Sahakyan as the President of Nagorno-Karabakh; extradition to the homeland of Armenian citizen Grachya Arutyunyan, sentenced for a major road accident in Russia; appointment of the acting head of the Nogai District administration in Dagestan; adoption of the law on resort fee to be introduced in Kuban and in the Stavropol Territory; launch of an audit of the expenses for the wedding party for a daughter of Krasnodar Judge Elena Khakhaleva, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 17-23, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 24, 2017 06:29

• Christian temple of early Middle Ages discovered in Azerbaijan

  An Albanian temple of the early Middle Ages has been found in the village of Tulu in the Balakan District.

July 24, 2017 00:35

• Fans of "Akhmat" FC report their voluntary arrival in Rostov-on-Don

  After the victory of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) over the "Rostov" FC, fans of the Grozny football team reported that they came to the match voluntarily. They did not chant slogans during the game.

July 23, 2017 23:36

• In Tbilisi, Nationalists throw eggs at opponents of "Russian fascism"

  The rally against xenophobia, organized by the "European Georgia" Party, went without clashes, although supporters of the "March of the Georgians" tried to disrupt the rally and threw eggs and plastic bottles at the activists.

July 23, 2017 22:04

• Circassian educational project for schoolchildren finishes in Nalchik

  During a week, participants of the international educational project "Zhyg shlagyum" in Kabardino-Balkaria were indulging in the Circassian culture in the Kabardian language. Madina Khakuasheva, a co-organizer of the project, and expert Naima Neflyasheva expressed the hope that the project would be continued.

July 23, 2017 12:31

• Anazor Arslanuk avoids deportation to Syria

  Student Anazor Arslanuk left the detention centre for foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Krasnodar Territory and went to Abkhazia. He managed to avoid deportation to Syria due to obtaining the citizenship of Abkhazia. This was reported by his advocate.

July 23, 2017 06:19

• In Tbilisi, protestors demand to release journalists arrested in Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijani activists and journalists living in Georgia have held an action in honour of the National Press Day. They have demanded to release arrested journalists.

July 23, 2017 05:20

• Four figurants of "Nardaran case" placed to dungeon

  Fuad Gakhramanly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity", and Abbas Guseinov and Ali Nuriev, two other persons sentenced in the "Nardaran case", are placed to a punishment cell.

July 22, 2017 23:31

• "Sasna Tsrer" members go on hunger strike in jail

  They demand to recognize all the persons arrested within the "Sasna Tsrer" case political prisoners and place them into separate cells in the Nubarashen Prison.

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 19:43

• Parties to Karabakh conflict release shelling statistics since start of 2017

  Overall, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fixed over 20,000 ceasefire violations on the contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone since the start of 2017. The statistics was announced by Vagif Dargyakhly, the spokesman of the Azerbaijani MoD.