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May 31, 2017 06:46

• Karatist from Kabardino-Balkaria becomes bronze medallist of World Championship

  At the World Championships in Kyokushinkai Karate, Kantemir Beslaneev from Kabardino-Balkaria has been defeated by Igor Ryadnov, a karate athlete from Moscow. The athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria took the third place.

May 31, 2017 02:08

• Defence of Novocherkassk journalist Elena Nadtoka demands to cancel verdict due to ECtHR's decision

  After more than 12 years, a reconsideration of the verdict against journalist Elena Nadtoka, sentenced for criticizing the Mayor of Novocherkassk, is connected with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which recognized that the Russian authorities had violated the Elena Nadtoka's right to freedom of expression.

May 30, 2017 23:54

• Opinion of Makhachkala residents was disregarded when naming Nurbagandov Street

  Residents of the street, renamed in honour of Magomed Nurbagandov and his brother Abdurashid, express regret about the forthcoming paper red tape. The Makhachkala residents, who will not be affected by these problems, support the renaming decision. Among locals, there are those, to whom Nurbagandov surname says nothing, as well as those who would not like to change anything.

May 30, 2017 23:49

• Idris Abzagirov's relatives demand clear information about his fate

  No information on the whereabouts of Idris Abzagirov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Korkmaskala, is available since April 11, his relatives assert. According to their story, investigators allude that Abzagirov was in the car burned out after the shootout, but "they say nothing directly."

May 30, 2017 22:16

• Anzor Arslanuk's defence treats decision to deport him to Syria as absurd

  The Adler District Court made an absurd decision to deport Anzor Arslanuk, a Russian citizen, to Syria, Oksana Trenbach, his advocate, has stated. Arslanuk has dual citizenship, his mother Tamara Stas has noted.

May 30, 2017 20:33

• Journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi detained in Baku

  Sevinj Vagifgizi, a freelance journalist, was detained at the Central Office of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan, when she wanted to find out the fate of Afghan Mukhtarly, brought to Baku from Tbilisi.

May 30, 2017 20:08

• Truckers of Southern Russia may remain unheard by authorities

  The truckers' reluctance to quarrel with the Kremlin and the absence of mass actions make their protests imperceptible to authorities. With such an attitude, they will face difficulties in getting any essential population's support, Dmitry Oreshkin, a political scientist, and Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Board of the Moscow Carnegie Centre, have stated.

May 30, 2017 18:52

• Journalist Afghan Mukhtarly brought from Tbilisi to Baku

  Afgan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani journalist, who was searched by his relatives, was taken from Tbilisi to Baku, and is kept in the Central Department of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan, the advocate Nemat Kerimli has reported.

May 30, 2017 18:18

• "Rosstat": 25% of Karachay-Cherkessians live below poverty line

  During 2016, in Karachay-Cherkessia, the number of residents with incomes below the subsistence minimum increased by 5200 people, the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistics Service) reports.

May 30, 2017 17:50

• Azerbaijani Education Deputy Minister promises to take into account protesting students' arguments

  The students' dissatisfaction with the introduction of a state exam at the Azerbaijani State University of Languages (ASUL) will be taken into account by the University's Academic Council of the. The decision is pending on May 31, said Djeikhun Bairamov, Deputy Minister of Education of Azerbaijan.

May 30, 2017 17:45

• Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly disappears in Georgia

  Since May 29, the whereabouts of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani investigative journalist, who has been living in Tbilisi since 2014, is unknown. He is well known for criticizing the authorities of Azerbaijan.

May 30, 2017 16:51

• Sergey Lavrov and Tatiana Moskalkova announce absence of facts of gay persecution in Chechnya

  Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said that his Ministry "does not see a single fact" of violations of the rights of LGBT community in Chechnya. Tatiana Moskalkova, Russian Human Rights Commissioner, has added that she did not receive any appeal from gays from Chechnya.

May 30, 2017 15:10

• Kadyrov invites President Macron to get personally acquainted with gays' situation in Chechnya

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has invited the President of France to visit Chechnya in order to personally see the situation with the rights of minorities. A day earlier, simultaneously with the President Vladimir Putin's visit to Paris, the first gay refugee from Chechnya arrived in France, human rights defenders report.

May 30, 2017 15:00

• Police detain opponents of juvenile justice on picket in Volgograd

  In Volgograd, Anna Pobezhimova and Victor Shilin, activists of the "All-Russian Parents' Resistance", who held solo pickets, were brought to the police.

May 30, 2017 10:24

• Four Dagestani projects presented at Moscow "Intermuseum" festival

  In Moscow, the annual festival "Intermuseum" has ended. At the festival, four projects from Dagestan were presented, and one of them was granted an award of the Union of Russian Museums named after L.A. Alexandrova. Museums from Krasnodar and Ingushetia could not take part in the festival because of lack of funding.

May 30, 2017 09:57

• Case against Igor Stenin closed

  Today, the Presidium of the Astrakhan Regional Court has considered a cassation appeal filed by advocate Tatiana Ivanushkina against the verdict to nationalist Igor Stenin and pronounced the decision to close the case because of the absence of corpus delicti.

May 30, 2017 09:55

• Residents of Chechnya go to hajj by bicycles

  Two residents of Chechnya left Grozny for Saudi Arabia on bicycles. They plan to arrive there by late August.

May 30, 2017 05:20

• Politicians express their optimism about Georgia's membership in NATO

  The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) in Georgia has justified the expectations of Georgian politicians. Victor Dolidze believes that NATO is optimistic about Georgia's membership. According to Irakli Sesiashvili, Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee, such an event held in a country that is not a NATO member will affect its future steps in the organization.

May 30, 2017 00:17

• Dagestani journalists: participants of anticorruption rally deliberately refuse to criticize Kremlin

  An anticorruption rally held in Makhachkala had nothing in common with the actions held by Alexei Navalny's supporters: participants of the event did not criticize the federal centre, but asked for help. This was noted by Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

May 29, 2017 20:10

• Regional Court leaves man suspected of causing explosion in Volgograd in custody

  The court has dismissed an appeal filed against the arrest of 80-year-old Yuri Babayan, accused of damaging a gas pipe. According to investigators, the above damage caused an explosion in a residential building in University Avenue in Volgograd. This was reported by Olga Tokareva, Senior PR Assistant to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor.