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13:06, 20 June 2015

Relatives of rights defender Emin Guseinov state deterioration of his health

The Azerbaijani rights defender Emin Guseinov, who has received temporary asylum in Switzerland, has serious health problems, his relatives assert. According to his brother Mekhman Guseinov, during Emin's stay in the Swiss Embassy, his "old diseases got aggravated."

The judges of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR. Photo: http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home

12:05, 20 June 2015

Residents of NKR criticize ECtHR's decision on Azerbaijani refugees' complaint against Armenia

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to recognize Armenia responsible for the human rights situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is a political one; and all the claims in this regard should be addressed to the government of the unrecognized republic, believe the locals interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The participants of the "round table". Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:32, 20 June 2015

Volgograd ecologists announce establishment of independent environmental council

Representatives of public organizations and civil society activists, who held a roundtable in Volgograd, have decided to set up the Independent Environmental Council. They criticized the work of the regional environmental agencies in the region and accused bureaucrats of unwillingness to cooperate with NGOs.

Mayrbek Vachagaev. Photo: Radio Marsho, RFE/RL, http://golosichkerii.com/index.php/novosti/457-chechenskij-dissident-vostochnyj-ukraina-pervoj-proklyanet-putina

08:35, 20 June 2015

Chechnya receives large archive from France on Civil War history in Caucasus

Professor Mayrbek Vachagaev has handed over to the Archival Department of Chechnya 50,000 archival sheets on the history of the Caucasus. These earlier unknown documents are of great value, giving details about the events of 1917-1921 in the Caucasus, local scientists believe.

06:41, 20 June 2015

Ingush SC leaves Ruslan Tsurov in custody until July 7

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the defence of Ruslan Tsurov, in which the advocate asked the court to cancel the decision of the district court to put his client into custody.

04:43, 20 June 2015

Militant's widow Fatima Kurbanova released from police in Makhachkala

A resident of Dagestan Fatima Kurbanova is back at large after their stay at the police, where she was forced to undergo the procedure of voice recording. The woman associates these law enforcers' actions with the fact that she is the widow of the militant killed in 2009.

02:45, 20 June 2015

Consideration of complaint against termination of case about beating Sapiyat Magomedova postponed until June 26

The court in Makhachkala, which is considering the complaint lodged by the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova against investigators' decision to stop the inquiry into her beating up in 2010, has requested the case materials from the investigators. The next court session is scheduled for June 26.

22:04, 19 June 2015

Woman from Makhachkala reports detention of militant's widow

Fatima Kurbanova, a widow of a member of the armed underground, was detained by power agents in Makhachkala, said a local woman, whose children are taught English by Kurbanova. The police have not confirmed this information.

15:51, 19 June 2015

Two KChR residents found guilty of recruiting people for war in Syria

The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Ruslan Ionov and Murad Nazirov, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), to seven and three years of imprisonment, accordingly, for recruiting Russians to the war in Syria.

The Pankisi Gorge. Georgia. Photo by the user Valeri Elashvili https://www.flickr.com/

14:59, 19 June 2015

Borchashvili denied any involvement in recruiting Pankisi residents to war in Syria

Imam Ayuf Borchashvili, detained in Georgia on suspicion of recruiting residents of the Pankisi Gorge for participation in the war in Syria, refuses to plead guilty, said his advocate. His fellow villagers refused to hold a rally with a demand of his release and recollected the events of 2012, when special agents conducted the Lapankuri special operation.

The Federal Highway 'Kavkaz'. Ingushetia. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:29, 19 June 2015

Car of local resident shelled on highway in Ingushetia

As a result of shelling of his car, the driver – a resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia – was killed, while his passenger was hospitalized in grave condition.

Argun, Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:27, 19 June 2015

Large cache with weapons and ammunition liquidated in Chechnya

Power agents detected a cache in the vicinity of Argun and found there an antitank missile launcher, a Kalashnikov submachine gun, rounds for a grenade launcher, shells and bullets of various calibres.

Volunteers in Kostava street liquidating the flooding consequences. Tbilisi, June 18, 2015. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:00, 19 June 2015

After evaluation of damage, caused by flooding, Tbilisi residents to receive compensations

The Tbilisi Mayoralty is still keeping records of the damage caused by the recent flooding. So far, city residents do not know when they will receive the help promised by the authorities. The implications of the disaster are still felt even by the people whose houses were not damaged.

A hideout with weapons found in the outskirts of one of the settlements in Buynaksk District. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/03/19/v-buinakskom-raione-dagestana-unichtozhen-tainik-s-oruzhiem-i-boepripasami.html

10:43, 19 June 2015

Cache with weapons and ammunition found in Dagestan

Law enforcers have taken three grenade launchers and ammunition, belonging to killed militants, out of a cache in Dagestan, the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

The Dzadzamiya family suffered from the flooding. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:18, 19 June 2015

Georgia's Ministry of Public Health recognizes 457 Tbilisi residents as flooding victims

In total, 457 people, including 119 children, have been registered by the Ministry of Public Health as victims of the flooding in Tbilisi. Three persons are still considered missing.

08:54, 19 June 2015

ICRF names KChR residents who are at war in Syria

16 residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who left for Syria at different times, are suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the territory of this country.

The Ardon River. Photo: LxAndrew, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C0%F0%E4%EE%ED_(%F0%E5%EA%E0)#/media/File:014_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD.JPG

06:36, 19 June 2015

Dwelling settlements along the whole Ardon River need to upgrade their sewage treatment facilities

All the dwelling settlements, located in the Alagir District, along the Ardon River, have problems with wastewater treatment, said the spokesperson for the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consuming Supervision) for North Ossetia.

ECtHR session. Photo: http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home

02:36, 19 June 2015

ECtHR collects 30,000 euros from Russia in favour of woman from Nalchik

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the complaint of Maria Fanzieva, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, who declared a violent death of her daughter at a police station. The applicant was awarded 30,000 euros.

22:00, 18 June 2015

KBR resident reports detention of his son after search

Power agents drove away to some unknown place Akhmed Abazov, a resident of the village of Dugulubgei, said his father Edward. Akhmed is a brother of Murat Abazov, who perished in 2013 in an explosion of the village mosque.

Volunteers in the streets of Tbilisi. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

19:42, 18 June 2015

Volunteers are actively restoring Tbilisi after flooding

Residents of Georgia, acting on their own initiative, are actively participating in restoration works after the flooding in Tbilisi and help the victims. Volunteers have deployed canteens and first aid centres, and coordinate their work through social networks.

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