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The Karasun Lakes. Krasnodar. Photo: Yuriy75 https://ru.wikipedia.org

17:12, 1 June 2016

"EcoWatch": construction works near Karasun Lakes resumed

Despite the protests of local residents and the position of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, construction works on the bank of one of the Karasun Lakes are resumed. This is reported by the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch).

The sitting of HRC in the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District. May 31, 2016. Photo http://www.president-sovet.ru/presscenter/multimedia/photo/view/201/

16:14, 1 June 2016

Three HRC members state cancellation of travel to Chechnya

Andrei Babushkin, Igor Kalyapin and Maxim Shevchenko have reported about the final decision of the members of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) not to go to Chechnya within a series of outreach meetings in Northern Caucasus.

A rally in the Makhachkala Commercial Seaport. May 30, 2016. Photo: the MCS press service

16:01, 1 June 2016

Contest for post of director general of Makhachkala Port invalidated

The Gudermes City Court has satisfied the lawsuit of Magomed Kantaev against the "Rosmorrechflot" (Russian Federal Agency for Marine and River Fleet) and invalidated the contest for the post of Director General of the Makhachkala Commercial Seaport (MCS), because of the fact that Kantaev had not been admitted to the contest.

Nalchik. Photo: Nalchick https://ru.wikipedia.org/

14:42, 1 June 2016

Suspect of preparing terror act in Nalchik detained

A powerful explosive device was confiscated from the car of a native of Terek, who, according to power agents, had planned to organize a terror act, said a law enforcement source.

13:32, 1 June 2016

Kadyrov refuses to meet HRC members

The head of Chechnya has refused to meet the delegation of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) on June 2, if Igor Kalyapin is present there. Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the delegation, has confirmed his intention to visit Chechnya today.

A fire in the apartment house. Grozny, May 30, 2016. Photo http://kavtoday.ru/15313

11:25, 1 June 2016

Grozny: apartment house is being restored after fire

Repairs have started in the apartment house in Grozny damaged by fire at night on May 31. According to the Mayoralty, 10 apartments were seriously damaged; they were poured with water when fire extinguishing. One of the tenants of the house has confirmed that people had refused to go to temporary accommodation facilities and prefer to live with relatives.

10:27, 1 June 2016

Djalaldinov returns to Kenkhi with his family

On May 31, Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the village of Kenkhi, Sharoi District of Chechnya, who had in April appealed to Russian President with a complaint about the situation in the village of Kenkhi, returned back home with the family.

A law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

08:51, 1 June 2016

Resident of Chechnya wounded in servicemen's shooting

In the mountainous Vedeno District of Chechnya, federal servicemen opened automatic fire at a group of local residents, mistakenly taking them for militants. One person was seriously wounded, said a source from the district administration.

A gathering of defrauded housing investors. Sochi, May 31, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

07:28, 1 June 2016

Sochi shared house-holders complain that they have no other housing

30 shareholders are preparing a petition to the Mayoralty with a demand to preserve their right to reside in the house in Fadeev Street in Sochi, declared illegally erected. Many buyers of apartments in the new buildings have now nowhere to live, said a participant in the meeting of shareholders.

Tigran Arakelyan (to the left). Photo http://ru.aravot.am/2013/08/05/158598/

04:04, 1 June 2016

"ANC" activist Tigran Arakelyan released on recognizance not to leave

The investigating authorities have changed the pre-trial restriction measure to Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC).

Gimry, the Untsukulsky District of Dagestan. Photo: Nurmagomed Abakarov http://odnoselchane.ru/

02:13, 1 June 2016

HRC members reveal human rights restrictions in Dagestan

In Dagestan, the delegation of the Council under the Russian President for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (full official title of the HRC) found no serious violations in the SIZO (pre-trial prison), but revealed the practice of putting people on the so-called "prophylactic register" for their religious beliefs.

The "Electrozink" Factory. Photo http://osinform.org/

23:45, 31 May 2016

Managers of "Electrozink" promise to stop lead production in September

Starting from June 15, the "Electrozink" Factory will launch works on stopping harmful production. And in this September, the production of lead in Vladikavkaz will be completely stopped. This was reported by the plant's managers to officials of North Ossetia.

A participant of a picket in support of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution. Volgograd, May 31, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

21:07, 31 May 2016

Volgograd: activists protest against new rules of picketing

Today, in Volgograd, four persons have held a picket in support of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution and against the introduction of new rules of picketing in the region.

Elena Nadtoka. Photo http://bloknot-novocherkassk.ru/news/1095

19:51, 31 May 2016

ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to Novocherkassk journalist

Elena Nadtoka, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Chastnaya Lavochka" (Private Shop), has succeeded to achieve the recognition of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that the Russian authorities violated her right to freedom of expression.

The OSCE mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. October 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:49, 31 May 2016

Stepanakert Press Club offers OSCE to monitor conflict coverage in media

The OSCE Minsk Group is to organize the regular monitoring of how the Karabakh conflict is being highlighted in the media of the parties to the conflict. This was stated by Gegam Bagdasaryan, the head of the Stepanakert Press Club.

Ramazan Djalaldinov. Screenshot of a video by the user gazetachernovik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIe7JKRLRXo

16:44, 31 May 2016

Experts doubt sincerity of Djalaldinov's apology to Kadyrov

Ramazan Djalaldinov, who raised the problem of corruption in the Chechen village of Kenkhi, was forced to apologize to Ramzan Kadyrov. This opinion was voiced by rights defender Oleg Orlov and Mikhail Roschin, the researcher of the Caucasus.

In Saint Petersburg, the activistis of the Youth Yabloko held a picket against renaming a bridge after Kadyrov. May 28, 2016. Photo: Viktor Rezunkov (RFE/RL)

16:39, 31 May 2016

Petition against renaming Saint Petersburg’s bridge gains more than 20,000 signatures per day

The authors of the petition for cancellation of the decision to rename a bridge in Saint Petersburg after Akhmat Kadyrov, the first Chechen President, are going to send it to deputies of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, the Governor, and the City Toponymy Commission.

Rally in the Makhachkala Commercial Seaport. May 30, 2016. Photo: the MCS press service

14:45, 31 May 2016

Journalists associate conflict in Makhachkala Port with rivalry among oligarchs

Businessmen Suleiman Kerimov and Ziyavudin Magomedov try to appoint their candidates the head of the Makhachkala Commercial Seaport. This opinion was voiced by Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Missiles fragments. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:08, 31 May 2016

Five unexploded missiles found in Karabakh conflict zone

According to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), its specialists found a part of a "Grad" missile engine, two artillery missiles of 122 mm calibre, and two missiles of 152 mm calibre.

Sergey Fetisov (fourth to the left) with his supporters. Sochi, May 30, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:05, 31 May 2016

Cossack Fetisov's advocate complains about violation of his client's rights

On May 30, in the criminal case against Sergey Fetisov, accused of a large-scale fraud with land plots of the Adler Cossack Association, the court of Sochi did not start questioning defence witnesses and postponed the court hearing until June 6.

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