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July 14, 2017 10:43

• Authors of obscene appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov beaten up in Dagestan

  According to video records posted on YouTube, residents of the village of Karagas of the Nogai District in Dagestan beat authors of an obscene video appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov and forced them to bring the apologies. The rural jamaat has also apologized to the leader of the republic.

July 14, 2017 09:19

• Ramzan Kadyrov dissatisfied with verdict in Boris Nemtsov's murder case

  According to the leader of Chechnya, in the case on the Boris Nemtsov' murder, the verdict to the defendants has been pronounced with dubious evidence of their guilt and looks "strange." The sentenced men may be sent to serve their sentence in Chechnya and released. This fear was voiced by human rights defender Lyudmila Alekseeva.

July 14, 2017 03:14

• 130 North-Caucasian gays appeal for evacuation since launch of "Russian LGBT Network" hotline

  The "Russian LGBT Network" has released the statistics of appeals to its hotline, open to help people subjected to pressure and persecution in Northern Caucasus because of their sexual orientation. During 3.5 months from the start of the action, 130 people have appealed for help, and 60 of them were evacuated.

July 14, 2017 02:14

• Journalist Idris Yusupov released from police

  Idris Yusupov, a detained Dagestani journalist, has been released from the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.

July 13, 2017 20:32

• Resident of Nalchik claims being beaten at police station

  The man said that an operative criminal inquiry agent tried to beat a confession out of him at the police station. The policeman is suspected of exceeding his official powers.

July 13, 2017 20:30

• Political analysts state fruitless meeting of Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers

  Armenia has toughened its positions on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Stepan Safaryan, a political analyst, have stated. In the opinion of his colleagues, Ruben Megrabyan and Ara Papyan, the mediators are trying to keep the situation in the conflict zone under control.

July 13, 2017 19:38

• EIB allocates 253.5 million euros to Georgia

  The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement on the allocation of the Georgia's second half of the concessional loan for a total of half a billion euros for the project aimed to improve the country's motorways.

July 13, 2017 19:23

• Political analysts doubt independence of new Chechen SC's Chairman

  Alavdin Gardaloev, the new Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, is a man from the team of Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Republic's Parliament, Andrei Serenko, a political analyst, has stated. His colleague Ruslan Martagov believes that Gardaloev will act in the context of the position of the Chechen authorities.

July 13, 2017 17:53

• Son of editor-in-chief of Georgian "Chronicle+" released on bail

  The court has released David Kharshiladze, a son of Eliso Kiladze, the editor-in-chief of the Tbilisi newspaper "Chronicle+", on bail of 6300 US dollars.

July 13, 2017 14:35

• Advocates in Boris Nemtsov's murder case to challenge the verdict

  Advocates intend to appeal against the decision of the court, which sentenced defendants in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder to long terms of imprisonment. Till present, representatives of the victim party and public prosecutors have not yet decided on the plans concerning the verdict.

July 13, 2017 13:59

• ECtHR announces decisions on seven Azerbaijani citizens' complaints

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found rights violations of seven Azerbaijani citizens and ordered to pay compensation to them for their moral harm plus legal costs amounting in total to 65,300 euros.

July 13, 2017 13:27

• Nogais ask Putin to intervene in Dagestani conflict

  Leaders of the Nogai organizations of Russia and Kazakhstan have sent an appeal to President Vladimir Putin asking him to influence the situation in the Nogai District of Dagestan.

July 13, 2017 12:54

• "Sasna Tsrer" member placed into dungeon

  Areg Kyuregyan, a defendant in the case on capture of a police regiment building in Yerevan, was transferred to a punishment cell for 10 days after a razor blade was found by him. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Musheg Shushanyan.

July 13, 2017 12:45

• Residents of Chechnya surprised at report on adoption of polygamy law

  The Muftiate of Chechnya has refuted a report about a decree allegedly issued by the Chechen leader to create a commission to form a tolerant attitude to polygamy.

July 13, 2017 11:49

• In Boris Nemtsov's murder case, all defendants sentenced to long prison terms

  In the case on the politician Boris Nemtsov's murder, the court has found all the defendants guilty.

July 13, 2017 06:25

• KUBANA producer asks Governor Kondratiev to return festival to Kuban

  Ilya Ostrovsky, the producer of the KUBANA music festival, has released an open letter to Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. In his letter, the producer has noted that for several years, in vain he has been trying to return the music festival to Kuban.

July 13, 2017 05:12

• Dagestani Prosecutor promises to check social networks in connection with Leninaul events

  At a meeting in the Kazbek District, Dagestani Prosecutor Ramazan Shakhnavazov has promised to check social networks for posts inciting ethnic hatred because of the conflict in Leninaul.

July 13, 2017 02:33

• Eyewitnesses report detentions of Makhachkala mosque-goers

  In Makhachkala, about 15 Muslims were detained after a night prayer at "Tangyim" mosque. This was reported by Imam Nigmatulla Radjabov. According to one of the believers, some detainees were released after questioning.

July 12, 2017 21:36

• Balagov announces screening of "Tesnota" in Nalchik

  The film "Tesnota" (Tightness) was purchased for screening in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, despite the prohibition imposed by the director Kantemir Balagov. The screening will start on August 3.

July 12, 2017 20:13

• SHI supports Makhachkala residents in their dispute with developer

  Today, in Makhachkala, twenty tenants of No. 19 in Engels Street have held a rally on the developer's decision to build an additional floor on the roof. Such construction is possible only with the consent of all the owners in the house, said an official of the State Housing Inspectorate (SHI) of Dagestan.