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April 14, 2017 21:46

• Khasavyurt residents report power agents’ tours

  Today, power agents have blocked exits from the neighbourhood "Olympic Settlement" in Khasavyurt, and conducted household patrol detours there, local residents have reported. The police refused to confirm this information.

April 14, 2017 18:28

• "Radio Liberty" reports blocking its website in Azerbaijan

  The access to one of the country's main independent sources of information – the “Radio Azadlyg” (the Azerbaijani service of the “Radio Liberty”, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") – is blocked, says the statement of the corporation "Free Europe/Radio Liberty", posted in the evening on April 13 on the corporation’s website.

April 14, 2017 17:49

• Opposition files lawsuit demanding to cancel election outcomes in Armenia

  The bloc "Armenian National Congress-People's Party of Armenia" (ANC-PPA), which had received a refusal from the Central Election Commission (CEC) to annul the outcomes of the parliamentary elections, has appealed to the Constitutional Court.

April 14, 2017 15:25

• Kremlin reacts to “Novaya Gazeta” reports about threats from Chechnya

  The Kremlin has received a letter from Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the “Novaya Gazeta” about threats to newspaper journalists coming from Chechnya, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, told reporters today.

April 14, 2017 14:13

• Source reports bomb found in the house of Maryam Sharipova’s mother

  A “shahid belt” was found in the house of Patimat Murshidova, the mother of the suicide bomber Maryam Sharipova, who, according to investigators, blew herself up in the Moscow metro on March 29, 2010, a law enforcement source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

April 14, 2017 13:43

• Father of man arrested for financing militants describes how he saved his son from IS

  In his interview to the "Caucasian Knot", Kazim Nurmagomedov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Karata, has described how he managed to independently return one of his sons from the territory of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by the court.

April 14, 2017 12:01

• Volgograd truck drivers declare receiving threats

  This morning, in Volgograd, an armed man has threatened truck drivers on strike against the "Platon" system. This was reported by the Union of Cargo Carriers and Entrepreneurs of the Volgograd Region.

April 14, 2017 11:04

• In Baku, demolition of mosque suspended after believers’ protests

  In Baku, the demolition of the "Haji Javad" mosque was suspended after the protests of believers. Such an instruction was given by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, who also ordered to create a special commission to clarify the situation around the mosque.

April 14, 2017 10:11

• Petition in defence of gays in Chechnya collects more than 145,000 signatures

  The website "Change.org" has posted a petition to the Russian President, the General Prosecutor and the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a demand to investigate the mass cases of violence and killings in Chechnya of representatives of sex minorities. According to the website "Change.org", the petition was posted "four days ago."

April 13, 2017 23:16

• Editors of "Novaya Gazeta" report receiving threats for publications about persecution of Chechen gays

  In Chechnya, the adviser to the leader of the republic and theologians in the republic openly call for violence against journalists of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" for publishing materials about the persecution of gays in Chechnya. This was reported by the editorial office of the newspaper. After the publication of the statement, the website of the "Novaya Gazeta" was subjected to a DDOS-attack.

April 13, 2017 18:58

• Activists of "Adyge Khase" claim pressure from law enforcers

  Members of the Maikop organization "Adyge Khase-Circassian Council" have been summoned for questioning to the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) in connection with the complaint filed by the Mufti of Adygea, who demanded to bring ecologist Valery Brinikh to justice. According to the activists, the complaint against Valery Brinikh, who reported the theft of the sacrificial sheep, was a formal reason to put pressure on them.

April 13, 2017 18:03

• In North Ossetia, truck drivers' demands ignored, protestors claim (+video)

  Most media and the federal authorities do not pay attention to the protests of truck drivers in North Ossetia. This was claimed by the protesters. They have also noted that their demands for the cancellation of the "Platon" system and reduction of fuel prices remain in force.

April 13, 2017 17:36

• Victims of terror act in Beslan treat compensation awarded by ECtHR as symbolic

  The decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in favour of relatives of the victims of the Beslan terror act is a victory. However, the awarded compensations will not be tangible for the state and will remain symbolic amounts. This opinion was voiced by Ella Kesaeva, the leader of the "Voice of Beslan".

April 13, 2017 15:39

• Complaint on extension of blogger Alexander Lapshin's arrest dismissed

  The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the decision to extend for three months the arrest of blogger Alexander Lapshin, accused of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported by his advocate.

April 13, 2017 11:33

• ECtHR awards compensation of 3,043,000 euros to relatives of people killed in Beslan

  The European Court of Human Rights has found violations of the rights of relatives of the people killed and injured in the seizure of the Beslan school in 2004 and awarded 409 complainants the compensation in the amount of 2,955,000 euros and 88,000 euros to recover court costs.

April 13, 2017 11:25

• Idea to rename South Ossetia supported by 80% of voters

  The renaming of South Ossetia into the State of Alania was supported by 25,123 people, or 80% of the total number of voters. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia following the results of the processing of 100% of the protocols.

April 13, 2017 09:46

• France demands from Russia to protect rights of sexual minorities in Chechnya

  In Paris, officials express their concern over the reports of violations of the rights of members of the LGBT community in the Chechen Republic. This was reported by Romain Nadal, the spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

April 13, 2017 08:27

• NAC confirms killing of Ilyas Khalilov in Dagestan

  One of the militants killed on April 11 in Dagestan has been preliminary identified as Ilyas Khalilov, who was involved in numerous terrorist crimes. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

April 13, 2017 07:09

• ICRF launches investigation into case of abduction of Ingush woman

  At least five persons are involved in the abduction of a 19-year-old female resident of the village of Kantyshevo of the Nazran District of Ingushetia. One of the kidnappers has been identified. This was reported by investigators.

April 13, 2017 03:02

• Court releases visually impaired Sochi resident Mark Yavorsky from custody

  On April 12, the Primorsko-Akhtarsky Court has decided to release Mark Yavorsky from custody, who earlier had been found guilty of involvement in a double murder.