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July 19, 2017 17:42

• Alexander Lapshin repents of his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, the Baku Court for Grave Crimes has held the final hearing in the case against blogger Alexander Lapshin. In his final speech, Alexander Lapshin has reminded the court that he did not agree with the charges, but expressed his remorse for his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 19, 2017 16:38

• In Boris Nemtsov's murder case, defence appeals against verdict

  Advocates of the sentenced men have appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia with a request to revoke the verdict and send the case for a new trial.

July 19, 2017 16:17

• Two persons join miners' hunger strike in Gukovo

  Today, in Gukovo, miners have held another picket in front of the "Kingcoal" Company's office. According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, more than 100 gathered in the square in front of the office building.

July 19, 2017 14:33

• Bako Sahakyan elected President of Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Nagorno-Karabakh, 28 out of 32 deputies of the National Assembly voted for the candidacy of Bako Sahakyan, the current leader of the country.

July 19, 2017 13:55

• Azerbaijani law enforcers report detention of six spies

  In Azerbaijan, six local residents were detained on the charge of handing secret information concerning the country's security over to foreign secret services. This was reported by the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS).

July 19, 2017 12:22

• Chechen woman appeals to Prosecutor's Office to help return her child from Iraq

  A mother of a four-year-old boy, captured in the Iraqi city of Mosul, has appealed to the Chechen Prosecutor's Office with a request for help in returning the child home. This was reported by a source from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

July 19, 2017 11:50

• Tumsu Abdurakhmanov does not disclose place of his detention

  Blogger Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, has informed journalist Zviad Mchedlishvili that he was detained in one of the countries he went to from Georgia.

July 19, 2017 10:41

• Kadyrov accuses human defenders of inflating rumours about gays in Chechnya

  In his interview to a US TV Channel, Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that the information about the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya is being disseminated by human rights organizations which are counting on making money on that.

July 19, 2017 10:33

• "Death group" admin to be jailed for inciting 15-year-old Astrakhan girl to commit suicide

  Philip Budeikin, an administrator of a "death group" in the social network "VKontakte", also known under the pseudonym of Philip Lis, has been sentenced by court to three years and four months of imprisonment in the case on inciting to commit suicide.

July 19, 2017 06:04

• A child kidnapped by his father in Chechnya found in Iraq

  Starting from the evening on July 16, in Chechnya, a video record is being actively disseminated among users of social networks, in which Iraqi soldiers demonstrate a Chechen boy captured by them during the battles for the city of Mosul.

July 19, 2017 05:43

• State Duma MP complains to Central Bank about loan discrimination of Caucasus

  Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, has sent an appeal to Elvira Nabiullina, the chief of the Russian Central Bank, with complaints about discrimination against residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) by Russian banks. The Shamsail Saraliev's appeal was supported by deputies of the State Duma from other Russian regions.

July 18, 2017 22:48

• Ruslan Gvashev hospitalized with suspected heart attack

  Ruslan Gvashev, a former chairman of the Board of Elders of Circassians-Shapsugs was hospitalized on the eve of the consideration of his complaint by the Krasnodar Territorial Court, his advocate Marina Dubrovina reports.

July 18, 2017 17:20

• In Tskhinvali, hunger-strikers complain about deterioration of their health state

  In Tskhinvali, prisoners of a penal colony continue their hunger strike for the eighth day already. One of the prisoners has made a decision to stop his hunger strike because of deterioration of his health state.

July 18, 2017 17:10

• ECtHR accepts Varvara Karaulova's complaint for consideration

  The complaint filed by Varvara Karaulova and communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) states numerous violations committed during the preliminary investigation and claims an unreasonably cruel verdict. This was reported by an advocate of Varvara Karaulova.

July 18, 2017 15:42

• Armenia not to accept Russian as official language, local politicians and residents assert

  On July 17, at a meeting with Ara Babloyan, the chair of the National Assembly of Armenia, Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker for the Russian State Duma, suggested to accept the Russian language in Armenia as an official to secure the possibility for citizens of the country to work in Russia with driver's licences issued in Armenia.

July 18, 2017 13:00

• Court to involve Dagestani authorities in case on schoolgirl's death

  The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has granted the request, filed by representatives of the mother of the schoolgirl who died after an attack of stray dogs, to involve in the case the Dagestani Veterinary Committee and the Dagestani Ministry of Finance as co-defendants.

July 18, 2017 11:57

• Dagestani journalists support inspection of social networks because of conflict in Leninaul

  The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has initiated an inspection of social networks in connection with the conflict in the village of Leninaul. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Prosecutor's Office. "At present, there are no materials available, since the inspection began recently," said the official.

July 18, 2017 10:54

• Judge Elena Khakhaleva treats scandal with her daughter's wedding party as ordered

  Elena Khakhaleva, a judge from Krasnodar, treats as ordered the resonance caused by reports of multimillion-dollar expenses for her daughter's wedding party. The judge associates the scandal with her refusal to pronounce an unlawful judgment.

July 18, 2017 09:59

• Chechen authorities decide to improve republic's image

  The Chechen Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information has concluded a cooperation agreement with the "VisitCaucasus" Foundation to form a positive public opinion on Chechnya.

July 18, 2017 07:27

• One of rarest Buddhist stupas found in Kalmykia

  In the Tselinny District of Kalmykia, a rare Buddhist monument has been opened. It is the Kalachakra Stupa. In total, there are about ten such stupas in the world.