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Zaur Dadaev in the Basmanny Court of Moscow where the court is hearinge Boris Nemtsov murder case. March 8, 2015. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:14, 8 March 2015

At trial, Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadaev plead not guilty of Boris Nemtsov's murder

At the Basmanny Court of Moscow, Zaur Dadaev and Anzor Gubashev accused of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov have stated that they do not agree with the position of investigators and public prosecution. Both defendants pleaded not guilty.

07:13, 8 March 2015

Chechen natives blame migration services for death of man deported from Sweden

In Stockholm, a member of the Chechen Human Rights Centre (ChHRC) has appealed to the Swedish authorities for explanations concerning the circumstances of deportation of Kana Afanasev, a native of Chechnya, who died after his detention in Elin-Yurt.

23:37, 7 March 2015

Number of detainees on suspicion of killing Nemtsov has grown up to four

Apart from Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadaev, two more persons have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the prominent politician Boris Nemtsov.

141st Special Motorized Regiment named after Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov known as unit ‘Sever’. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=8&PubID=50804

22:47, 7 March 2015

Data of "Caucasian Knot" refutes foreign trace to customers of Nemtsov's murder

The version spread today that the traces of the murder of the oppositional leader Boris Nemtsov may lead abroad is not confirmed by the data and sources of the "Caucasian Knot".

21:27, 7 March 2015

Three suspected kidnappers detained in Rostov-on-Don

Three suspects of kidnapping a man have been detained in the Kirov District of Rostov-on-Don; they forced a man into a car, which was later detained by the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

20:29, 7 March 2015

Workplaces of suspected Nemtsov's killers established

Zaur Dadaev takes his service in the battalion "Sever" (North) in Chechnya; and Anzor Gubashev worked in one of hypermarkets of Moscow suburbs, the "Caucasian Knot" was informed.

Police officer checking document of activist Yury Trotsenko during solo picket. Volgograd, March 7, 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

18:06, 7 March 2015

Solo picket against war in Ukraine held in Volgograd

Today, a solo picket against the war in Ukraine was held in Volgograd by Yury Trotsenko, a member of the International Union of Anarchists.

Sitting of the North-Caucasian Expert-Analytical Centre. Pyatigorsk, March 6, 2015. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

14:09, 7 March 2015

North-Caucasian rights defenders found expert-analytical centre

The North-Caucasian Expert-Analytical Centre (NCEAC) has begun its work in the regions of Northern Caucasus. Its first sitting was held on March 5-6 in Pyatigorsk.

13:46, 7 March 2015

Adviser to PFPA head detained by police

Mamed Ibragim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has reported his detention by the police and accusation of disobedience. According to his story, he was released from the police, but warned about inadmissibility of calling people to take part in oppositional protests.

Flowers at the tomb of Boris Nemtsov. Moscow, March 3, 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Feraposhkin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

12:56, 7 March 2015

Two Caucasian residents detained within Nemtsov's murder case

Two residents of the Caucasus, Anzor Kubashev and Zaur Dadaev, have been detained under the murder case of the politician Boris Nemtsov, said Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB).

Anna Tkacheva shows the place in her bathroom where a ceiling beam collapsed. Sochi, March 6, 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

07:13, 7 March 2015

Sochi woman suffers in collapse of ceiling of dilapidated house

Anna Tkachova, a resident of Sochi, said that she received traumas, when the ceiling of her flat collapsed. The flat is in the house in Vorovsky Street, which has been recognized as unfit for residence. The court had obliged the city Mayoralty to provide Tkachova and her minor daughter with a comfortable housing, but the Mayoralty has filed an appeal.

02:41, 7 March 2015

Rights defenders state arrest of Volgograd resident in ATO zone

Oleg Khlyupin, a Volgograd resident, was arrested by the authorities of Ukraine in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO), Mikhail Yasin-Panin, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "ROD", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

22:54, 6 March 2015

Red Zone Festival, dedicated to Armenian Genocide, takes place in Norway

The topic of the Red Zone Festival, held in Oslo on March 3-8, is the genocide against Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

22:08, 6 March 2015

HRC "Memorial": Chechen police detain at least 100 after dam explosion

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that at night on February 24, an explosion occurred on the dam in the settlement of Chernorechie in Grozny, which killed three people. None of them was known as a militant. After the incident, it became known that two residents of the nearby village of Gvardeiskoe were detained.

21:15, 6 March 2015

10 policemen to be sacked after incident at motor rally in NKR

During the motor rally organized by the "Pre-Parliament" in the NKR, a number of policemen grossly violated the discipline; ten of them will be dismissed.

Servicemen of one of the military units in Nagorny Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

18:18, 6 March 2015

NKR's MoD reports killing of seven Azerbaijani soldiers on the border

At night on March 6, the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) killed seven Azerbaijani soldiers, who were trying to cross the border, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Police station. Photo by Vladimir Anosov (Yugopolis)

17:16, 6 March 2015

"Memorial" achieves conviction of policeman for beating teens in KBR

The court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced Asker Abidov, an employee of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Chegem ROVD (District Interior Division) to four years of imprisonment for beating adolescents.

15:17, 6 March 2015

Azerbaijan: arrest of Khadija Ismayilova extended until May 24

Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku has extended for other two months – until May 24 – the detention of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova. Her defence treats this decision illegal and intends to appeal against it.

Igor Kalyapin (right). Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

14:24, 6 March 2015

Chechen residents join campaign in defence of Kalyapin

Forty persons, who claimed at different times of being harassed by power agents, have signed an open letter in support of the Committee against Torture (CaT); there are nine residents of Chechnya among them.

14:11, 6 March 2015

Azerbaijani court refuses to appoint medical examination to Siraj Kerimli

Today, in Azerbaijan, at the trial of Siraj Kerimli, recognized by the international human rights organization Amnesty International as "prisoner of conscience", the court listened to testimonies of two defence witnesses.

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