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00:59, 5 July 2015

Sochi residents rally against high-rise construction in Khosta District

In Sochi, people held a sanctioned rally against high-rise construction in the Khosta District. The rally was attended by about 100 people.

23:42, 4 July 2015

Dagestan: three persons killed in shootout

Two suspected militants and a soldier of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation were killed in an armed clash that broke out in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan.

The mosque located in Hungarian Warriors Street in Makhachkala is cordoned off by the law enforcers who try to detain the mosque-goers. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot", www.youtube.com

21:36, 4 July 2015

Co-Chair of Russia's Council of Muftis stands up for Makhachkala mosque

The pressure on the congregation of the mosque located in Hungarian Warriors Street in Makhachkala should be stopped, said Nafigullah Ashirov, the Mufti of the Asian part of Russia and Co-Chair of the Council of Muftis of Russia.

Еhe "Dynamo Tbilisi" fans hang out a banner "We remember. Zaqatala, Qax. 1921". July 2, 2015. Photo http://1news.az/sport/azfootball/20150704034414870

19:14, 4 July 2015

Football fans beat up their Azerbaijani colleagues in Tbilisi

After the match "Dynamo"-"Gabala", Georgian fans trampled on the flag of Azerbaijan, which they took away from the beaten Azerbaijani fans. During the match, Georgian fans hang out a banner with a provocative hint about the belonging of two regions of Azerbaijan to Georgia.

Alaif Gasanov. Photo: RFE / RL, http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/25276370.html

17:10, 4 July 2015

Azerbaijani Bar Association suspends powers of Alaif Gasanov

The decision to suspend the powers of the lawyer Alaif Gasanov, a former advocate of the rights defender Leyla Yunus, was made by the Presidium of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan.

16:10, 4 July 2015

Soldier wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

As a result of a ceasefire violation on the troops contact line, Arsen Khachatryan, a regular soldier of the Karabakh Defence Army, was wounded, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Tamar Djikiya (on the lower steps), owner of the household located in Svanidze Street. She doesn't stay there for the night, just came to collect her remaining belongings. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:31, 4 July 2015

Victims of Tbilisi flooding fear to return to their houses

Residents of households located in Svanidze Street, partially destroyed during the June flooding in Tbilisi are afraid to return home. They state that until now the city Mayoralty has not requested their documents for payment of compensations.

The participants of the protest actions against the decision to raise the electricity tariff. Yerevan, July 1, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:02, 4 July 2015

Armenian policemen suspect protesters of preparing provocations

A group of protesters in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan is preparing provocations in order to "escalate the situation," said a source from the Police of Armenia.

Mourning events dated for the 10th anniversary of the terror act at the Beslan school. North Ossetia - Alania, September 1, 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:33, 4 July 2015

"Mothers of Beslan" insist on new inquiry into 2004 terror act

An agreement of Russian authorities and the victims of the terror act committed in Beslan in 2004, who filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), is possible only if an independent and impartial investigation into the terror act, said members of the "Mothers of Beslan" Committee.

09:38, 4 July 2015

NGOs demand inquiry into beating two ethnic Armenians in Tbilisi

Non-governmental and human rights organizations have disseminated an open appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia to immediately conduct an investigation into the beating in Tbilisi of Arthur Babayan and Philip Oganezyan.

The building of the Krasnodar Regional Court. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:39, 4 July 2015

Krasnodar Territorial Court returns material on extension of Temirsultanov's arrest for revision

In the Krasnodar Territory, the appellate court has cancelled the decision to extend the custody of Khavazh Temirsultanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of robbery. The case was returned to the court of Sochi.

00:55, 4 July 2015

Adler Court appoints date of continuation of dealing with cases of Gritsevich and Kimaev

The Adler District Court has scheduled for July 6 the continuation of the consideration of the case of Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on disobedience to police, and for July 7 – the case of ecologist Vladimir Kimaev.

Russian soldier in the military exercises in Abkhazia. Photo: press service of the Southern Military District, http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=11852151@egNews

18:39, 3 July 2015

At Geneva debates, Georgia condemns Russia's military exercises in Abkhazia

In the course of the 32nd round of Geneva debates, delegates of Georgia and Russia have discussed the issues of security and the right to get education in one's mother tongue. The Georgian party has criticized Russia for its military exercises in Abkhazia and the violation of airspace.

The mass deportation of Balkars. 1944. Photo http://07kbr.ru/2013/03/09/v-nalchike-poshyol-miting-pamyati-zhertv-deportacii-balkarskogo-naroda/

17:38, 3 July 2015

KBR installs monument to victims of political repressions

A monument to repressed residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) was opened in the city park of Nalchik.

Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

16:28, 3 July 2015

Power agents report blocking militants' base in Dagestan

A large summer base of militants was blocked in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, said a local law enforcement source.

An aircraft MiG-29. Photo oert van Breda at nl.wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org

16:24, 3 July 2015

MiG-29 crashes in Krasnodar Territory

A fighter aircraft MiG-29 has crashed down near the aerodrome Kuschevskaya in the Krasnodar Territory. There are no victims and no damage.

14:18, 3 July 2015

Resident of Stavropol Territory convicted for attack on Chervlyonnaya

A court in Chechnya has sentenced Alaudin Menlibaev, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, finding him guilty of the attack in 1999 on the village of Chervlyonnaya, committed under command of Khattab.

13:47, 3 July 2015

Investigators admit abuse of power by police at dispersal of protesters in Yerevan

The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has declared the unlawful use of force against protesters on June 23, and the institution of a criminal case in this context.

The police are alert to suppress the protest action of the villagers of Chereshnya, July 1, 2015. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:28, 3 July 2015

Sochi court requests video records from place of detention of Kimaev and Gritsevich

On July 2, the Adler District Court of Sochi began considering the case of disobeying the police in relation to the ecologist Vladimir Kimaev and Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The court granted the defence's motion to watch the video from the place of detention of the journalist and the ecologist.

Special equipment in the streets of the city. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/07/02/v-khode-kto-v-nalchike-neitralizovany-dvoe-banditov.html

08:18, 3 July 2015

CTO regime introduced in Kizilyurt District of Dagestan

Today, at 3:00 a.m. Moscow time, in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, law enforcement bodies started their counterterrorist operation (CTO). The legal CTO regime was introduced at 3:00 Moscow time, the operative headquarters of Dagestan has reported.

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