Krasnodar Territory

August 19, 2019 19:15

• Krasnodar residents criticize officials for flooded streets

  Today, in Krasnodar, several sections of streets have been flooded after heavy rain, the City Mayoralty reports. Citizens complain to officials about the problem of storm sewerage facilities.

August 14, 2019 14:05

• Traumatologist testifies in favour of Benyash

  The doctor, interrogated at the trial, said that he saw no bite traces on the hands of the policemen, for attacking whom the Krasnodar lawyer, Mikhail Benyash, is accused.

August 13, 2019 22:19

• Kuban resident complains of poor health after torture

  Valery Malakhov, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, whom law enforcers beat and poured with boiling water, complained about the consequences of the torture.

August 13, 2019 11:06

• Zoo defenders tell about a new wave of extermination of animals in Sochi

  Animals and birds in Sochi are poisoned, which endangers people too, local residents assert.

August 10, 2019 11:11

• Muslims of Krasnodar tell about difficulties of celebrating Kurban Bayram

  Because of the absence of a mosque in Krasnodar, Muslim believers cannot fully perform the sacrifice rite on Kurban Bayram and take part in the collective holiday namaz (prayer). The nearest mosque in the settlement of Yablonovsky, Adygea, cannot house everyone, Krasnodar Muslims have complained.

August 08, 2019 09:52

• Rights defenders urge Armenian authorities to react to Armenians' discrimination in Sochi

  Yerevan should condemn the dismissal of workers of Armenian origin from the Sochi Airport and declare this problem at the international level, human rights defenders have stated. Former employees said they had been forced to quit their workplaces because of intrusive control and petty cavils.

August 07, 2019 18:06

• Pyatigorsk declaration enhances trend of cooperation between Cossacks and mountain people

  Political problems in Russia and Northern Caucasus contributed to signing of a declaration on interaction between Cossacks and mountain people. The declaration helps resolve conflicts and raises the issue of territorial rehabilitation of Cossacks, note experts.

August 06, 2019 08:35

• Dismissed employees of Sochi Airport tell about discrimination of Caucasians

  The Armenian Diaspora is drafting complaints to the Prosecutor's Office on behalf of the workers of the Sochi Airport, who claim that they had been fired because of their nationality.

July 30, 2019 14:56

• Law enforcers search "EcoWatch" and Krasnodar activists

  Today, searches were conducted in the office of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and in the home of activists Leonid and Marina Zaprudin, Andrei Rudomakha, the "EcoWatch" coordinator, Arina Lisovets, an eco-activist, have reported.

July 25, 2019 15:23

• ECtHR's decision does not smooth situation of gays in Sochi

  The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to recognize as unlawful the Russian authorities' refusal to register organizations of LGBT activists in a number of Russian cities, including Sochi, will allow creating such communities in Russia, says one of the plaintiffs. Sochi is one of the cities where sexual minorities do not feel safe, report members of the LGBT community.

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