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February 25, 2017 00:30

• Sochi residents urge to cancel permit for build-up of Maly Akhun

  Residents of the resort micro-district Maly Akhun have held a meeting with the chair of the territorial self-government body (known as TOS) and decided to send via him an appeal to the Sochi Mayor with a request to cancel the development of the territory of the local national park.

February 24, 2017 20:24

• NKR accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Talish

  As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Azerbaijani militaries have shelled from cannons and machine guns the contact line, including the territory of the village of Talish.

February 24, 2017 19:58

• Georgian Parliament approves, in second reading, package of laws on secret shadowing

  Despite protests of the opposition, Georgian MPs have adopted a package of bills on introduction of a new system of secret surveillance and wiretapping.

February 24, 2017 17:19

• Ingush Speaker offers to commemorate deportation victims on October 30

  Zelimkhan Evloev, the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, has suggested addressing the federal centre with a request to mark October 30 as the Day of Memory and Grief. The press service of the Ingush Parliament has explained that it does not mean a transfer of the Memory Day of Deportation Victims from February 23.

February 24, 2017 15:09

• Semender residents oppose construction of dogs’ shelter

  Residents of the Makhachkala settlement of Semender have held an action with a demand from officials to abandon the project of building an animal shelter in the territory of an abandoned farm. The shelter will be located close to residential buildings, they have stated.

February 24, 2017 14:21

• Guseinov’s defence states contradictions in case against blogger to ECtHR’s decisions

  The case of defaming the police by the blogger Mekhman Guseinov cannot be a criminal one, since, according to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), defamation cases are considered in the civil process. This was stated by Elchin Sadygov, a Guseinov’s advocate. Guseinov himself intends to continue his blogger’s activities.

February 24, 2017 12:45

• In Makhachkala, animal rights defenders organize patrolling of city streets

  In Makhachkala, city residents are themselves engaged in shooting of stray dogs. This was reported by members of animal rights organizations "Ecolife" and "Zoolife". Animal rights defenders create patrols to stop the active shooting of animals.

February 24, 2017 10:04

• In Chechnya, law enforcers release detained Magomed Rashidov’s father

  In Chechnya, Movsar Rashidov, a resident of Shali, detained in January, has been released from custody. This was reported by the man's relatives. He was hospitalized in serious condition.

February 24, 2017 08:08

• Blogger Alexander Lapshin visited by his mother and new advocate

  Blogger Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus and kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), was visited by his mother. Besides, at the SIZO, he was also visited by his new advocate hired by his family members. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies.

February 24, 2017 04:43

• Shooting of film about Kalmyks killed in Chechnya postponed because of lack of funds

  Process of shooting of the documentary film "When I get back-3" dedicated to natives of Kalmykia and Kalmyks from other regions, killed during the second Chechen military campaign and during the counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Northern Caucasus, has been postponed because of funding problems. This was reported by filmmakers.

February 24, 2017 04:25

• In Sochi, events in memory of fallen defenders of Fatherland gather about 1500 people

  On February 23, more than 1000 people came to the Zavokzalny District to lay flowers at the memorial to soldiers who died in World War II. About 500 city residents attended the memorial in the residential district of New Sochi and the mass grave in the old cemetery in Dagomys Street, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

February 24, 2017 02:29

• European cities host actions in memory of victims of deportation of Chechen and Ingush peoples

  Paris, Strasbourg, Berlin, Vienna, and other European cities hosted actions in memory of deported Chechen and Ingush people.

February 23, 2017 21:22

• “ONEArmenia” starts fundraising de-mining vicinity of Karabakh village

  The fundraising in the amount of 96,214 US dollars for de-mining a site near the village of Lachin, Shaumyan District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been launched by the charity organization named “ONEArmenia”.

February 23, 2017 20:47

• RWB condemns Azerbaijani authorities for persecuting journalists

  Elchin Ismailly has joined a list of journalists arrested in Azerbaijan "on trumped-up charges," says the statement of the international organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB). A representative of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has stated that in the country journalists are persecuted even for criticizing local authorities.

February 23, 2017 18:48

• Saveliev family has gas supply disconnected

  Gas workers have removed the gate, penetrated into the yard and disconnected the cottage in the village for Olympic settlers, which is occupied, since February 2015, by the Saveliev family, from the gas supply.

February 23, 2017 17:09

• CPRF demands to check legality of ban to perpetuate Stalin’s memory

  The legality of the law adopted in Ingushetia to ban any perpetuation of Stalin’s memory should be checked the prosecutor's office, Valery Rashkin, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has stated, the “Echo Moskvy” Radio has reported today.

February 23, 2017 13:11

• Kuban farmers accuse law enforcers of disrupting press conference

  On February 22, Mineralnye Vody was to host a press conference dedicated to a new "tractor march" of Kuban farmers. According to the organizers, the event did not take place because of pressure from law enforcers. However, the farmers are not going to give up their protest action.

February 23, 2017 12:30

• Residents of Chechnya do not agree to treat February 23 as a holiday

  On February 23, no official events dedicated to the anniversary of the Stalin's deportation of Chechens are to be carried out in Chechnya. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader and government.

February 23, 2017 11:40

• In Derbent, tenants of dilapidated houses express their distrust to Minister of Construction

  On February 22, Abdusamad Gamidov, Prime Minister of Dagestan, met residents of Derbent, who do not want to move out of their dilapidated houses from the city centre to the area of the industrial zone. The city residents demanded to remove Minister Kazibekov from the resettlement programme and to carry out a new examination of their houses.

February 23, 2017 11:00

• Authorities refuse to give body of Grozny resident, killed at police station, out to his relatives

  The body of Islam Lorsanov, killed on January 25 at a police station in Grozny after he shelled policemen, has not been not given out to his relatives, despite the promises of law enforcers. This was reported by a source close to the killed man's family members. According to the source, after the incident, law enforcers detained two younger brothers of the killed man.