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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

February 12, 2017 12:16

February 12, 2017 07:51

  • Pre-trial prison of Dranda, Abkhazia. Photo: RFE/RL Georgian authorities call on Giorgi Lukava's wife to stop hunger strike

    Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, has addressed the wife of Giorgi Lukava with a request to stop the protest action. Until present, no information about the Lali Basariya's response to the request voiced by Ketevan Tsikhelashvili has been available.

February 11, 2017 22:01

  • Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot" Geriev’s defence states protraction of examining his application on kidnapping

    The recheck of the application of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, about his kidnapping and use of violence last for a month already instead of 10 days prescribed by the law, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev. Two cassation appeals against the verdict have been also filed by two other advocates involved in the trial.

February 11, 2017 16:50

February 11, 2017 15:52

  • Andi residents report explosion in village outskirt

    According to unconfirmed information of the locals, power agents have blown up a blindage in the outskirt of the Dagestani village of Andi, which is under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime for the fifth day already.

February 11, 2017 15:41

  • The pillars of the dismantled fence of the Dagestani Scientific Centre. Photo: Mkala.ru Staff of scientific centre accuses Makhachkala authorities of arbitrariness

    Officials from the Makhachkala administration, acting under the Mayor’ order, have dismantled the decorative fence of the Dagestani Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), although the managers of the centre received no notifications. In response, the Mayoralty said that the fence had been installed illegally.

February 11, 2017 10:43

February 11, 2017 08:20

  • Voting at the polling station in the town of Martuni in Nagorno-Karabakh. 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot" 118 observers registered for NKR’s referendum

    The number of citizens of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), included in the voter lists for the referendum on the new Constitution draft, has exceeded 102,000, but it is not final, said the Central Election Commission (CEC). The opinions of NKR residents, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" on the referendum diverged.

February 11, 2017 07:17

  • Press conference of the "Green Patrol" in Volgograd. Photo: Greenpatrol.ru "Green Patrol" announces creation of branch in Volgograd

    Activists of the All-Russian public organization "Green Patrol" have announced the creation of a regional branch in Volgograd. The organization will launch a "hotline" for receiving complaints from residents of Volgograd, and start fighting illegal dumps in the region, said activists of the "Green Patrol".

February 11, 2017 06:18

  • Riots in the village of Nardaran. November 26, 2016. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot" AI calls on to revise verdict on "Nardaran case"

    The advocates of Fariz Namazly, Yalchin Imanov, Nemat Kerimli and Fakhraddin Mekhtiev, defendants in the so-called "Nardaran case", have lodged an appeal complaint with a request to acquit their clients. The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has also urged to revise the verdict.

February 11, 2017 05:18

February 11, 2017 01:31

  • The ritual of al Kasnazani's followers. Screenshot of a video: youtube.com/watch?v=-5gvDB6F2-I Kadyrov bans Shiite self-torture rituals in Chechnya

    A group of followers of the Shiite ritual of driving knives in heads has been revealed in Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov has held a preventive talk with the self-proclaimed Caliph of the community. The Chechen Muftiate has treated the beliefs of the group as contrary to Islam.

February 11, 2017 00:01

February 10, 2017 18:35

February 10, 2017 16:59

  • Vitaly Kaloev. Photo http://cominf.org/node/1166479602 Kaloev is against banning "Aftermath" movie

    The fiction film "Aftermath", covering the story of Vitaly Kaloev, may be a speculation on his tragedy, said Chermen Dudaev, the Deputy Minister of Culture of North Ossetia. Kaloev himself noted that "young people could take useful lessons from the movie."

February 10, 2017 16:19

  • Еhe village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan. Photo by Magomedgadji Murtazaliev http://www.odnoselchane.ru Andi residents feel no problems because of CTO

    The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, introduced in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, on February 7, may extend for other 10 days. The CTO means document check only, said an employee of the district administration.

February 10, 2017 15:43

  • Magomed Magomedov, a political observer of the weekly "Chernovik" (Draft). Photo http://flnka.ru/ Reporters link cadre reshuffling in Dagestan with national quotas

    The personnel changes in the government of Dagestan had to do with the need to observe the principle of national quotas in the cabinet, the journalists Magomed Magomedov and Ramazan Rajabov believe. According to their version, the team of Sagid Murtazaliev could also affect the cadre reshuffling.

February 10, 2017 14:52

February 10, 2017 10:05

  • Electrical pole. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru Debt of Dagestani enterprises for electricity exceeds half billion roubles

    As of January 1, the debt of industrial enterprises of Dagestan for electricity exceeded the amount of 92.2 million roubles, while the debt of non-industrial sector exceeded 412 million roubles. This was reported by the "Dagestani Energy Retail Company", which also announced its intention to cut off electricity supply to 196 debtors in February.

February 10, 2017 05:19

  • Magomed Mutsolgov. Photo: RFE/RL After months of checking, SC refuses to open case against Magomed Mutsolgov

    The investigating authorities have refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Ingush human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov. Law enforcers claimed discovery on the Magomed Mutsolgov's PCs of materials in support of terrorists and materials of pornography. However, none of the law enforcers' claims was confirmed.

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