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03:49, 9 May 2016

ECtHR starts considering complaint filed by Dagestani advocate about search in his house

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started to consider the complaint filed by Adilgerei Omarov, an advocate from Khasavyurt, against law enforcers, who searched his house in 2008. This was reported by an advocate representing the interests of the Omarov family.

00:27, 9 May 2016

On May 2-8, 2016, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of May 2-8, 2016, at least four persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

22:23, 8 May 2016

Soldier of Azerbaijani Army killed in Karabakh conflict zone

An Azerbaijani soldier has been killed in a shootout in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

According to Dagestani journalists, Magomedrasul Saaduev (on the photo) is undisputable leader of the "People against Corruption" Party. Photo: http://muftiyatrd.ru/news

16:38, 8 May 2016

Dagestani journalists: religious leaders try to get into power

Religious leaders have decided to get into power on the background of mistrust of Dagestani residents to the leaders of the republic. This opinion was voiced in the course of discussion by participants of the project "Games of Journalists". According to the journalists, on the eve of the elections to the Parliament, religious leaders use the "People against Corruption" Party as a springboard.

05:28, 8 May 2016

Stavropol Territory: doctor dies after conflict with police captain; doctor's daughter dissatisfied with progress of inquiry

Investigators do not seek to reveal all the circumstances of fatal injuring of Nikolai Chistyakov, the 72-year-old former chief narcologist of the Stavropol Territory. He was fatally injured as a result of the conflict with a female police officer. This was reported by relatives of the deceased doctor.

04:29, 8 May 2016

Supporters of Igbal Agazade report on attempts to intimidate members of his election headquarters

In Azerbaijan, unidentified persons intimidate members of the electoral headquarters of Igbal Agazade, the leader of the "Umid" (Hope) Party. According to members of the Party, threats are also voiced against voters of the 90th Agdash electoral precinct, in which Igbal Agazade was nominated.

03:38, 8 May 2016

Yerevan reports on accumulation of military vehicles in Nakhichevan

Azerbaijan accumulates military vehicles in Nakhichevan. This was reported to journalists in Yerevan by Koryun Nagapetyan, Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs.

Mardiros Demerchyan with his family. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:21, 7 May 2016

Defence claims violation of Demerchyan’s rights violation at medical re-examination

The investigators dealing with the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities in Sochi, have conducted a repeated forensic examination without notifying him and without his participation – a gross violation of the norms of the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure, said Alexander Boichenko, a Demerchyan’s advocate.

20:07, 7 May 2016

Policemen shelled in Dagestan

This morning, in a forest of the Khiv District of Dagestan, a group of policemen was shelled, local law enforcement bodies report.

19:16, 7 May 2016

Acquaintances of Sultanov assassinated in Khasanya treat him as honest policeman

Vadim Sultanov, an employees of the Centre to Combat Extremism (known as the “E” Centre) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was killed in 2011, has been was posthumously awarded an order. Sultanov was an honest cop; and his involvement in the "Black Hawks" grouping was false, said his colleagues, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with residents of the village of Kenkhi. May 6, 2016. Screenshot of a report shown by the "Grozny TV"

16:28, 7 May 2016

Kadyrov promises Kenkhi villagers to solve road and gas problems in three months

Ramzan Kadyrov has ordered to repair roads and tower complexes, supply gas and build mosques in the Sharoy District of Chechnya within three months. He announced these plans at a meeting with residents of the village of Kenkhi, one of whom – Ramazan Djalaldinov – had complained to Putin about corruption in the district.

14:36, 7 May 2016

Roundtable in Volgograd highlights contribution of Caucasians to victory in GPW

At least 180,000 natives of Dagestan took part in the Great Patriotic War (GPW, or WWII elsewhere in the world), of whom 90,000 perished in battles, Renat Abdulkerimov, representing the organization "Dagestan", has stated said at the roundtable "Contribution of Different Nations to Common Victory".

11:04, 7 May 2016

Residents of Chechnya treat resignation of judges as result of Kadyrov’s pressure

Four Chechen judges, from whom Ramzan Kadyrov demanded “a voluntary resignation”, did it, said a source from the republic's Supreme Court (SC). The locals, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe that the judges were forced to obey, because they occurred in the focus of a conflict of interests involving Kadyrov’s retinue.

The territory where the construction works of a quarry are carried out in Novorossiysk. Photo: Ewnc.org

09:08, 7 May 2016

"EcoWatch": gas supply stopped to Novorossiysk protesters

In the evening on May 6, those residents of Novorossiysk, who protested against the construction of a quarry in a close vicinity to their houses, were left without gas supply. Then, after their threat to block the highway, the supply was resumed.

Anzor Shibzukhov. Photo courtesy of his relatives

07:04, 7 May 2016

Advocate states torture of employee of KBR’s MfE

Anzor Shibzukhov, an employee of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of aiding militants, was tortured during the investigation, said his advocate.

Timur Temirov with his children. Photo courtesy of his relatives

03:07, 7 May 2016

Power agents planted drugs and weapons on resident of Mozdok, his relatives assert

Law enforcers have planted a grenade and drugs on Timur Temirov, his relatives assert. Temirov himself is detained. His family has appealed to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Mozdok District of North Ossetia asking to conduct a check.

23:14, 6 May 2016

Sochi: Elena Nikitina demands to prosecute policemen involved in picket dispersal

In Sochi, policemen and officials of the City Mayor's Office have exceeded their official power while dispersing a picket in the Lazarevskoe District and should be prosecuted. This is stated in the appeal filed by Elena Nikitina, an organizer of the picket, to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

21:24, 6 May 2016

HRC head warns Kadyrov against pressures on judges

Should Magomed Karataev, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Chechnya, resign as demanded by Ramzan Kadyrov, the actions of the acting head of Chechnya could be regarded as pressure, said Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia. Karataev himself claims that Kadyrov had been misled.

The monument to victims of the Caucasian War in Nalchik. Photo: Anzor Daur http://onkavkaz.com/news/846-pamjatnik-zhertvam-kavkazskoi-voiny-oskvernen-v-nalchike.html

19:44, 6 May 2016

Nalchik police refuse to initiate case on desecration of monument to victims of Caucasian War

The abusive words, left by unidentified offenders on the monument to victims of the Caucasian War in Nalchik, were easily erased and cannot make the basis for legal action on vandalism or damage to property, the police have concluded.

19:02, 6 May 2016

Advocate Kheirula Shabanov arrested in Dagestan

Today, the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has ruled to arrest for two months the advocate Kheirula Shabanov, suspected of financing members of an illegal armed formation (IAF).

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