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June 10, 2017 12:55

• Makhachkala City Mayoralty refuses to sanction rally for June 12

  Marat Ismailov, an organizer of the anticorruption rally in Makhachkala, who has earlier challenged the refusal to sanction the action, intends to hold the event without the sanction of the city administration. The court has obliged the City Mayoralty to sanction the rally; however, the city authorities have still refused to issue a sanction for the action, notes Marat Ismailov.

June 10, 2017 11:02

• Chechen MIA denies blood feud motive in Murad Amriev's case

  Athlete Murad Amriev was put on the wanted list for using a forged passport, and there are no other motives for his prosecution, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports. The law enforcers have denied the information about his kidnapping and torture in 2013.

June 10, 2017 10:04

• Advocate Rustam Yunusov detained in Dagestan by FSB agents - "Chernovik"

  Rustam Yunusov was brought to the FSB in connection with the case against a third person. This was reported by a source from the FSB Department for Dagestan. Musa Abdulkadirov, a defender of Rustam Yunusov, tried to visit his client, but he was not able to see Rustam Yunusov, the "Chernovik" (Draft) reports today.

June 10, 2017 07:28

• Critics and spectators differ in opinions about Balagov's "Tesnota"

  In Sochi, within the "Kinotavr" Film Festival, the film "Tesnota" (Tightness) by Kantemir Balagov, a 26-year-old film director, a native of Nalchik, was screened for the first time. Initially, the hall was packed, but by the middle of the show, spectators began leaving. At the same time, the critics interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" welcomed the film with enthusiasm.

June 10, 2017 02:34

• Court refuses to treat examination of Ibragimov's books as inadmissible evidence

  At the sitting on June 9, the defence of the Chechen publicist Rizvan Ibragimov, accused of extremism, asked the court to exclude the examination of his books from the case files. The court disagreed with defence's arguments.

June 09, 2017 23:13

• Murad Amriev released from custody

  The athlete Murad Amriev, who was deported from Belarus to Russia and then brought to Grozny, the Chechen capital, was released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), said Igor Kalyapin, the head of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).

June 09, 2017 22:42

• Valencia recognizes Armenian Genocide

  The Council of the Spanish city of Valencia has officially recognized and condemned the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

June 09, 2017 20:47

• Georgia's SSS states non-involvement in Mukhtarly's kidnapping

  The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia has denied the assertion of the Azerbaijani MP Elman Nasyrov that the kidnapping of journalist Afghan Mukhtarly was a joint Georgian-Azerbaijani special operation.

June 09, 2017 19:18

• Resident of Georgievsk accuses law enforcers of fabricating a criminal case

  On June 6, the Georgievsk City Court held the preliminary hearings on the case against Azerbaijani citizen Mekhman Guliev, a resident of Georgievsk, accused of illegal trafficking in arms and drugs. This was told on June 8 to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Alaudi Musaev.

June 09, 2017 17:39

• Dagestani woman demands compensation of 1.25 million roubles for her property lost during CTO

  Today, Aminat Soupyanova, a resident of the Dagestani village of Vremenny, has filed a lawsuit to the Tverskoi District Court of Moscow against the Russian Ministry of Finance demanding compensation for damage caused during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in 2014. This was reported by the press release of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" received by the "Caucasian Knot".

June 09, 2017 16:42

• Assassination attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov to be considered by Gudermes City Court

  Three residents of Chechnya Aziz Alviev, Beslan Zakaraev, and Shamkhan Magomadov will appear before the court. Investigators treat Isa Yamadaev, an officer of the "Vostok" (East) battalion, as a person who ordered an assassination attempt on the leader of Chechnya.

June 09, 2017 14:52

• Vladimir Putin claims threat of increased IS activities in Southern Russia

  The terrorist organization "Islamic State", banned in Russia by the court, plans to destabilize the situation in the southern regions of Russia. This has been stated today by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

June 09, 2017 14:07

• ECtHR asks Russia to clarify its position in Murad Amriev's case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has appealed to the Russian authorities with questions about what measures are planned to be taken to prevent possible violence against Murad Amriev, detained in Belarus. This has been reported today by the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture".

June 09, 2017 13:08

• Murad Amriev handed over to Chechen police

  Athlete Murad Amriev, who claimed being tortured in Chechnya, was handed over to Chechen policemen, the "Interfax" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement agencies of the Central Federal District.

June 09, 2017 12:05

• Debate at Nemtsov's murder trial ended with advocate's request to acquit Zaur Dadaev

  On June 8, the Moscow District Military Court ended the debate of the parties in Boris Nemtsov murder case.

June 09, 2017 11:13

• In Armenia, participants of conference report problems with women's rights in countries of Caucasus and Middle East

  Yerevan hosts the Fifth International Conference "Search for New Ways in Meeting Modern Challenges. Ways to Peace, Stories of Women Peacekeepers." The conference involves about 100 people from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine and Russia, Colombia, Syria, Georgia, Iraq, Cyprus, and Ireland. Participants of the forum declare gender equality problem in a number of countries.

June 09, 2017 04:56

• Murad Amriev's family members leave Chechnya for security reasons

  Family members of Murad Amriev, an MMA fighter and world champion, have left Grozny and the republic for security reasons.

June 09, 2017 04:14

• Advocate claims relation between Alexander Dolzhenko's and William Browder's cases

  In case of an unfavourable decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia under an appeal filed by Alexander Dolzhenko, a former manager of Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dalnyaya Step", the law enforcement agencies will have grounds to arrest in the case the foreign banking accounts of William Browder, the director of the "Hermitage Capital". This was reported by advocate Alaudi Musaev.

June 09, 2017 00:58

• Germany accepts first gay refugee from Chechnya

  A young man from Chechnya has appealed to the German Embassy in Moscow with a request to provide him with protection from the persecution because of his homosexual orientation. After an interview, officials of the German diplomatic mission granted him an entry visa "for urgent humanitarian reasons," an official of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports.

June 09, 2017 00:18

• Two men sentenced for aiding and abetting suspected killers of policeman in Moscow

  Ruslan Parsilaev is sentenced to six years of imprisonment, and Magomedsalikh Nazarov to five years of imprisonment. The court found them guilty of aiding and abetting two natives of Dagestan, wanted on suspicion of killing a Moscow policeman in 2015.