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July 10, 2017 00:11

• More than 5000 people perform national dance in North Ossetia

  Today, in North Ossetia, more than 5000 people have taken part in the performance of the national dance of simd around the grove of Khetag. In total, more than 20,000 people visited the grove during the day. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia.

July 09, 2017 20:30

• After Magomed Daudov's visit, Dagestani leader comes to Chechen border

  After the conflict in the border Kazbek District involving members of the local Chechen community, in which Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament intervened, Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov arrived at the place. He promised to restore the Aukh District and refuse to include the villages of Leninaul and Kalininaul into it, local residents report.

July 09, 2017 17:17

• Mukhtarly's wife claims problems with her husband's medical treatment in custody

  The health state of Afghan Mukhtarly arrested in Baku has deteriorated after his kidnapping in Tbilisi and arrest. He does not receive the medicine prescribed by his doctor to cope pain in his heart. This was reported by his wife Leyla Mustafaeva.

July 09, 2017 13:36

• Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev's murderers stay unpunished for four years already

  The day of July 9 marks four years passed since the murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Till present, the murderers of the journalist have not been found, and that fact indicates the investigators' unwillingness to solve the crime. This opinion was voiced by relatives and friends of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev.

July 09, 2017 11:56

• "Novaya Gazeta": in Chechnya, 27 people executed overnight without trial

  In Chechnya, at least 27 detainees were executed at night on January 26. The decision on extrajudicial execution was made "spontaneously from the above." This was written by journalist Elena Milashina in her article published by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".

July 09, 2017 10:09

• In Azerbaijan, journalist Zulfugarly sentenced to five months in prison

  In Azerbaijan, the court charged Makhbuba Zulfugarly, an activist and a journalist, of defamation. He was sentenced at a claim of a local official, human rights defenders report.

July 09, 2017 04:40

• In Krasnodar, police seize newspapers from a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's office

  In Krasnodar, the police detained a volunteer in the course of a campaign action in support of Alexei Navalny. The activist spent several hours at a police station and then was released. Meanwhile, the police seized the rest of newspaper copies which he had with him. This was reported by the Krasnodar office of the opposition politician.

July 08, 2017 22:51

• 70 people hold picket in Rostov-on-Don in support of law on animal protection

  Today, in Rostov-on-Don, a picket in defence of stray animals has brought together about 70 participants, who demanded a prompt adoption of the bill to protect animals and create a municipal shelter.

July 08, 2017 17:31

• Navalny's office in Volgograd resumes work at new address

  The Volgograd supporters of Alexei Navalny, who had been three times evicted from their rented premises, have rented an apartment in No.1 Chuikov Street for their office. The fourth move of the office took place today, said Alexei Volkov, the office coordinator.

July 08, 2017 16:35

• TSU students hold protest rally on Georgian-South-Ossetian border

  Near the border village of Bershueti, more than 50 people lined up in a live chain on the road. In their hands, they are holding posters reading: "No occupation", "Our land is our responsibility", and "Stop Russia". The activists who protest against the transfer of the borderline intend to set up tents on the border territory and spend a night in them.

July 08, 2017 15:44

• Stepanakert accuses Baku of 300 cases of shelling per week

  In the period from July 2 to July 8, the Azerbaijani side violated ceasefire on the contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone 300 times. The Azerbaijani armed forces used mortar launchers, cannons, and grenade launchers, and on July 4 multiple rocket launchers. This was stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 08, 2017 15:35

• Vice Prime Minister of North Ossetia suspected of creating a criminal grouping

  In North Ossetia, the former deputy chairman of the government has been taken under house arrest in the case of seizure from the property of a factory of real estate object worth about 300 million roubles. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

July 08, 2017 15:06

• Suspected attacker on Grozny arrested in Italy

  In the Italian region of Puglia, the law enforcement agencies have taken into custody a 38-year-old native of Chechnya suspected of attacking law enforcers in Grozny in December 2014. This has been reported today by the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica".

July 08, 2017 14:00

• US tourists missing in Georgia found

  A rescue team has revealed the whereabouts of five US tourists who asked for help in the high-mountainous region of Khevsureti during a downpour. The rescuers left to reach and evacuate them.

July 08, 2017 13:15

• Giyas Ibragimov's mother complains about her son's torture at penal colony

  Activist Giyas Ibragimov was beaten in the Baku penal colony No. 2. This has been reported by his mother Shura Amiraslanova. Officials from the penitentiary service have denied the information about torture.

July 08, 2017 09:16

• ECtHR assigns priority status to Afghan Mukhtarly's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered the case "Afghan Mukhtarly versus Azerbaijan and Georgia" as a priority. This was reported by Archil Chopikashvili, an advocate of the journalist.

July 08, 2017 08:18

• Farmer Oleg Petrov released on bail of 500,000 roubles

  The Caucasian District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has mitigated the pre-trial restriction measure with regard to Oleg Petrov, a Kuban farmer, an activist of the movement "Polite Farmers" and replaced his house arrest with release on bail.

July 08, 2017 05:14

• Activist: desire of Shyky natives to restore clannish village finds no authorities' support

  Local authorities hamper obtaining title documents on patrimonial houses and land plots by natives from the high-mountainous village of Shyky, Cherek District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Aishat Sultanova, an activist, has stated.

July 07, 2017 23:04

• South Ossetia initiates international search for Saakashvili

  The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia has handed over to its Russian counterpart a list of persons to be put on the international wanted list on suspicion of committing war crimes in August 2008. The list includes Mikhail Saakashvili, a former President of Georgia, and 75 Georgian militaries, Anatoly Bibilov, the President of South Ossetia, has stated.

July 07, 2017 20:45

• Tbilisi protesters demand to protect schoolchildren from influence of LGBT community

  About 40 persons took part in the protest action in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, demanding not to introduce lessons of sexual education into school curricular, and not to change textbooks with account of the interests of the LGBT community.