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August 18, 2017 18:35

• Rally organizer and two protestors fined in Gelendzhik

  The court has found Nikolai Sokol, Kirill Yaroslavtsev, and Olga Botrakova guilty of violating the rules for holding a rally of real estate investors in Gelendzhik and sentenced each of the defendants to a fine of 15,000 roubles. The participants of the action announced their intention to challenge the court's decision.

August 18, 2017 17:28

• Chechen authorities refute kidnapping of singer Bakaev by power agents

  The singer Zelimkhan Bakaev, whose kidnapping was declared by his friends, was not a terrorist and power agents had no need of him at all, Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, Press and Information, has stated today.

August 18, 2017 16:08

• Lapshin's defence rejects appeal in favour of extradition

  The verdict to blogger Alexander Lapshin has come into force. According to his advocates, there are no obstacles to Lapshin's extradition from Azerbaijan to Israel.

August 18, 2017 15:13

• Second public advocate refuses to represent Zhirair Sefilyan's interests in court

  A new advocate, provided by the public defence office, like previous one, has refused to defend Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the opposition movement "100th Anniversary Without Regime".

August 18, 2017 13:15

• After release from Gelendzhik IVS, lezginka dancer summoned to ICRF

  Today, Khazir Akhkubekov, who served five days of arrest after detention during performance of lezginka in Gelendzhik, has been summoned for interrogation to the Investigating Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). He is recommended not to leave the city. This is reported by his father Khusein Akhkubekov.

August 18, 2017 13:09

• Georgia requests Ukraine to extradite Mikhail Saakashvili

  The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has sent to the law enforcement agencies of several countries, including Ukraine, requests for the extradition of Mikhail Saakashvili.

August 18, 2017 11:56

• Man wounded in explosion in Dagestan dies in hospital - report

  Four persons fell victim to an explosion in the Khasavyurt District. Of them, two died at the place, and another died in the hospital. The fourth person stays in resuscitation ward. This was reported by the media without reference to their sources.

August 18, 2017 10:36

• Law enforcers: victims of explosion in Dagestan could be linked to militants

  An explosion which occurred in the Khasavyurt District on August 17 became the sixth explosion since early 2017 in the territory of Dagestan. An improvised explosive device (IED) could detonate while militants were arranging a hiding. This was suggested by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

August 18, 2017 08:34

• HRC verifies information on new cases of torture used against Chechen residents

  Rights defenders have informed Mikhail Fedotov, the chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights (HRC), that relatives of Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev were subjected to beating at a police station. According to Mikhail Fedotov, he verifies the information through the Human Rights Council under the leader of Chechnya.

August 18, 2017 00:24

• Azeri tax inspectors to check seven years of “Turan” activity

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes has decided to study financial documents of the “Turan” News Agency since 2010. The agency’s lawyer treats this decision as illegal.

August 17, 2017 20:49

• "Novaya Gazeta": Taramov’s and Tazbiev’s relatives get home beaten

  Chechen security forces brought home Salman Taramov and Magomed Tazbiev, relatives of the young people, detained in Chechnya, the “Novaya Gazeta” reports. Taramov and Tazbiev were beaten up, the newspaper notes.

August 17, 2017 19:54

• Investigators assert that IED exploded in Dagestan

  The cause of the death of two people and wounding of another one in the Khasavyurt District was, according to preliminary data, an improvised explosive device (IED), said an assistant to the head of the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

August 17, 2017 19:34

• RT: Girl from Dagestan found in Mosul

  The girl, found in Iraqi Mosul, said that she was from Makhachkala. Her mother has perished and she herself was wounded, the Russia Today (RT) reports.

August 17, 2017 18:45

• "Novaya Gazeta": Taramov’s and Tazbiev’s relatives beaten up by Chechen law enforcers

  Chechen law enforcers have detained Salman Taramov and Magomed Tazbiev, relatives of the young men detained in Chechnya after an attack on Grozny in December 2016. This was reported by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". At 5:28 p.m. Moscow time, Magomed Tazbiev reported on beatings at a police station, the newspaper reports.

August 17, 2017 18:14

• Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly left under arrest for two more months

  The Nasimi District Court of Baku has granted the investigators' request and prolonged the arrest of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly until October 30. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Nemat Kerimli.

August 17, 2017 17:38

• Two persons killed by explosion in Dagestan

  Two persons were killed and one was injured as a result of an explosion near the village of Novogagatli in the Khasavyurt District. This was reported by an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

August 17, 2017 15:05

• "Novaya Gazeta": Chechens demand from Yuri Chaika to investigate torture complaints

  More than 150 residents of Chechnya have signed an appeal to Russian General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika with the demand to institute criminal proceedings against law enforcers who tortured Magomed Taramov and Jamalai Tazbiev, detained shortly after an attack on Grozny in December 2016.

August 17, 2017 13:15

• ICRF and Ombudsman react to detention for dancing in Gelendzhik

  The Investigating Department for the Krasnodar Territory has reported conducting its investigation into the detention of lezginka dancers in Gelendzhik. Following the results of the investigation, the ICRF's Department will assess the actions of both sides to the conflict: the lezginka dancers and the policeman who detained them.

August 17, 2017 13:10

• Friends of singer Zelimkhan Bakaev do not exclude his kidnapping

  Relatives of singer Zelimkhan Bakaev did not file a complaint about his disappearance to the law enforcement agencies of Chechnya. Friends of the Chechen singer suggest that Zelimkhan Bakaev could be kidnapped, while some others associate his disappearance with a conflict in the family.

August 17, 2017 10:38

• Prosecutor's Office challenges verdict to man sentenced for killing Magomed Nurbagandov

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan to sentence Aziz Jamalutdinov to 17 years of imprisonment in a penal colony on the charge of killing police officer Magomed Nurbagandov has been challenged in connection with the softness of the punishment.