North-Caucasian Federal District

July 17, 2019 14:06

• Authors of report on federalism point to problems in relations between Moscow and Caucasus regions

  The Russian authorities had a chance to build relations with the regions on the principle of "strong centre means strong regions"; however, the opportunity was missed, claimed the report presented at the International "Memorial". According to authors of the report, the federal relations in Russia have degraded.

July 17, 2019 13:55

• Chechen authorities see "domestic nature" in conflict over pastures on border with Dagestan

  A conflict over pastures on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya is not related to the definition of borders between the republics, but it was of "domestic nature", the administration of the Vedeno District announced.

July 17, 2019 08:39

• Kadyrov copies Putin's practice of manual ruling

  Authorities of Chechnya are promptly solving residents' problems voiced out on air of the programme with Ramzan Kadyrov broadcast on the local TV. Kadyrov has entirely copied the practice of "Direct Lines" with Putin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

July 16, 2019 23:09

• Court supports Vremenny residents in their claim against authorities

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan refused to grant the appeal filed by the authorities of the Untsukul District to challenge the verdict about their inaction on paying compensations to residents of the Vremenny village for their houses that had been destroyed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO).

July 16, 2019 22:22

• Chechen authorities outlaw amateur singers

  Only performers approved by a special commission can play live concerts and upload videos with songs on the Internet, the Chechen Minister of Culture has announced.

July 16, 2019 17:30

• Gasanguseinov father and Gadjiev's colleagues go on pickets in Makhachkala

  Today, Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed shepherds, as well as colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), accused of financing terrorism, hold solo pickets in the central square of Makhachkala.

July 16, 2019 14:46

• Zarifa Sautieva's arrest becomes a precedent for Ingushetia

  Over the entire modern history of Ingushetia, law enforcers never arrested Ingush women for their civic position and for political reasons, stated Ingush politicians and public figures.

July 16, 2019 14:32

• Sister of Mozdok resident succeeds in seeking investigation into his beating

  On July 15, Yulia Melnichenko, a resident of Mozdok, held a picket during which she demanded from the authorities to investigate the beating of her brother Rostislav by law enforcers. After Yulia Melnichenko had met the chief of the Investigating Department for North Ossetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the investigation into the case on beating was taken over by the department for particularly important cases, reported advocate Andrei Sabinin.

July 16, 2019 11:30

• Rights defenders criticize EU for deporting Chechen refugees to their homeland

  The practice to deport citizens of Russia, who applied for asylum, including natives of Chechnya, is intensified in Europe, but this does not comply with the principles of the international law, notes human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina. There are successful examples when the problem of deportation could be solved with the help of human rights defenders, notes journalist Elena Milashina.

July 16, 2019 11:02

• Audio record with girl brought to Chechnya provokes new questions

  A Moscow female resident who complained to human rights defenders about being forced to forcibly marry in Chechnya recorded an audio appeal with a refutation of the information. The girl was forced to make such a record, believes Ekaterina Vinokurova, a member of the Human Rights Council.

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