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19:15, 14 March 2017

South-Ossetian SC dismisses complaint filed by Eduard Kokoity

The Supreme Court (SC) of South Ossetia has upheld the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to refuse to register Eduard Kokoity as a candidate for the presidential election.

18:31, 14 March 2017

Investigators suspect law enforcers of kidnapping Ingush resident

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports that policemen are suspected of kidnapping in 2010 a resident of Ingushetia and during five days demanding from him to confess to crimes.

A police officer and relatives of the policemen, detained in the case of Tskaev's death, at a protest action. Vladikavkaz, March 14, 2017. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:23, 14 March 2017

Vladikavkaz protesters report pressure on detainees in Tskaev’s case

The policemen, detained within the case of Vladimir Tskaev’s death, are offered, in exchange for the freedom, to testify against each other, the protesters Vladikavkaz have stated. The investigators’ bias was stressed by the defendant Soslan Sitokhov, who is under recognizance not to leave.

17:29, 14 March 2017

Azerbaijani SC upholds refusal to re-investigate Giyas Ibragimov's case

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed a cassation appeal filed against the refusal of the court of appeal to carry out the re-investigation into the activist Giyas Ibragimov's case.

A participant of the "tractor march". Krasnodar Region, August 2016. Photo: RFE/RL

17:20, 14 March 2017

Kuban farmers find supporters for their "tractor march"

The new "tractor march" will be coordinated with the authorities in order to avoid detentions of protesters. This was announced by farmers. According to them, taxi drivers and truck drivers will also take part in the protest action.

The house the Dyakov family is being evicted from. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:24, 14 March 2017

Sochi court marshals start evicting Dyakov family

Court marshals broke the entrance door and began enforcing the judgement on the eviction of the large Dyakov family out of an apartment of the reserve housing fund.

Oleg Orlov. Photo http://www.hro.org/node/20628

13:19, 14 March 2017

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to journalists beaten up in Ingushetia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Russian authorities to pay 19,500 euros in compensation for moral damage to human rights defender Oleg Orlov and three journalists kidnapped in Ingushetia in 2007.

The consequences of pogroms in Batumi. Photo https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/vosstanovitelnye-raboty-v-batumi-zavershatsya-segodnya-foto/

12:30, 14 March 2017

Eyewitnesses report details of pogroms in Batumi

The pogroms in Batumi were arranged by participants of the organized rally, the eyewitnesses, political analysts and a journalist, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", assert. According to their story, the demands were put forward by the participants of the first, spontaneous wave of protest, which was provoked by the police’s actions.

Urus-Martan. Photo http://grozny-inform.ru/news/economic/64900/

10:20, 14 March 2017

Residents of Urus-Martan complain about kidnapping

Starting from March 10, family members of Apti Edaev, a kidnapped resident of Urus-Martan, cannot reveal his whereabouts. According to local residents, the man was brought away from a mourning meeting by people dressed in uniform.

The mixed martial arts (MMA) championship among amateurs in Dagestan. Photo http://gazetaingush.ru/photoreport/v-ingushetii-proshel-mezhdunarodnyy-turnir-po-smeshannym-edinoborstvam-road-m-1-bitva-v#

09:34, 14 March 2017

MIA refutes data about brawl at MMA championship in Dagestan

In the course of the incident at the mixed martial arts (MMA) championship among amateurs in Dagestan, no fist blows and bodily injuries were fixed, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, according to the president of the MMA Federation of Dagestan, the athlete Aziz Djumaniyazov was disqualified for one year because of the incident in the ring.

07:31, 14 March 2017

ICRF finds no evidence of torture used against Abdusalam Ramazanov

In Rostov-on-Don, the court has announced the results of an investigation into the fact of detection of a haematoma on the body of Abdusalam Ramazanov, a native of the Tsuntina District of Dagestan, accused of attempting to join militants in Syria.

Parents and children thrown in a hallway after eviction. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:58, 14 March 2017

Sochi: Dyakov family occupies municipal flat again

On March 13, the Dyakov family, evicted in the afternoon out of their municipal apartment, in the evening moved into it again. The parents of three children said that they have nowhere to go. Now, the court will have to reconsider the Mayoralty’s about their eviction, said the advocate Mikhail Okhrimenko.

The participants of the rally in the village of Verkhnie Achaluki, March 10, 2017. Screenshot of a video on Youtube Youtube.com/watch?v=N_kYl3gzdBk

21:59, 13 March 2017

Muslims of Ingush village resent at appointment of Imam without their knowledge

At the Friday namaz (prayer) in the village of Verkhnie Achaluki, officials of the Muftiate announced to the mosque visitors that the Imam would leave his post, and another Imam was appointed instead. Dissatisfied believers demanded to cancel the decision, and agreed at the rally on March 12 with the SAM (Muftiate) officials that the new candidature would be agreed with them.

17:25, 13 March 2017

Life of policeman wounded near Khasavyurt is out of danger

After the shelling of the police outfit in the Khasavyurt District, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was not introduced, since the involvement of militants in the shelling has not been established. The policeman received a tangential wound, said a law enforcement source.

Nalchik. KBR. Photo by Timur Agirov http://timag82.livejournal.com/150212.html

16:49, 13 March 2017

Activist reports threats for organizing LGBT march in Nalchik

Immediately after lodging a notification about a march in support of the rights of the LGBT community in Nalchik, initiators began receiving threats of murder, said Vladimir Klimov, one of the activists.

The action in Tskhinvali in support of Eduard Kokoity. March 13, 2017. Photo by Arsen Kozaev for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:42, 13 March 2017

Kokoity’s supporters protest despite promises

The action in Tskhinvali in support of Eduard Kokoity is on against the statement of his election office about refusal to hold rallies. Protesters came to the building of the Supreme Court (SC). On March 14, the SC plans to consider Kokoity's application on the refusal to register him as a presidential candidate.

13:16, 13 March 2017

KBR residents ask rights defenders to help in solving land problem

Villagers of Nizhni Cherek in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have appealed to rights defenders asking to help to receive their land shares.

Police cars in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

10:52, 13 March 2017

"Novaya Gazeta": in Chechnya, children are detained en masse on suspicion of links with IS

Mass detentions of minors during power agents’ raids after the attacks on policemen in Grozny indicate that the "Syrian issue" is rapidly increasing its audience among young Chechens, the “Novaya Gazeta” reports.

Screenshot of the webpage on the “Change.org” platform. Photo: https://www.change.org/

09:24, 13 March 2017

Experts treat petition on renaming Ingushetia into Alania as provocation

The escalation of tension in the society, caused by the petition on renaming Ingushetia into Alania is of no need for federal or local authorities; but the situation may aggravate, believe the political analysts, a rights defender and a journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

08:30, 13 March 2017

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on March 6-12

Parliamentary elections in Abkhazia; street disorders in Batumi; start of debates at the trial on terror act in Dubrovka; pardoning of woman from Sochi, earlier recognized to be a political prisoner; Azerbaijan's exit from "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative"; direction of case of deputy head of Cherkessk police to city court for the third time, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus on March 6-12, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

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