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Russia Army exercises. Photo: http://www.stavropolye.tv/sfdnews/view/69841

11:12, 25 July 2014

Record of Russian soldier on shelling Ukraine appears in social networks; author asserts his page was hacked

At night on July 24, actively discussed reports appeared in social networks that the page of the Russian soldier Vadim Grigoriev in the "VKontakte" had posted photos of artillery cannons and ammunition with the comment "shelling Ukraine all the night." A few minutes later the mention of Ukraine was deleted, as well as the account itself; however, users managed to make screenshots.

11:09, 25 July 2014

Anti-Israel protesters detained in Baku

In the morning on July 25, a group of believers held a protest action in front of the Israeli Embassy in Baku in connection with the military actions of the Israeli Army in the Gaza Strip. The action organized by the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA) was dispersed by the police; and many protesters were detained.

Ukrainian refugees camp in Rostov Region. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent Oleg Pchelov.

08:11, 25 July 2014

Rostov regional authorities decide to move refugees' TAC farther from Ukrainian border

As reported on July 24 by the press service of the regional department for the prevention and elimination of emergencies (known as DPChS), it was decided to move the temporary accommodation centre (TAC), located three kilometres off the checkpoint "Novoshakhtinsk" in the Rostov Region, away from the Ukrainian border.

07:31, 25 July 2014

Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko reprimanded in colony, activists report

The Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his term in a colony in the Tambov Region, was reprimanded again – this time for not greeting a colony official, his supporters reported on July 24. In his turn, Gennady Kornienko, the Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, said that the information about a biased attitude to Vitishko in the colony was not confirmed.

07:05, 25 July 2014

Parliament and government of Nagorno-Karabakh speak in support of Levon Airapetyan

The MPs of Nagorno-Karabakh have called to change the freedom restriction measure for Levon Airapetyan, arrested on July 15 in Moscow. A similar appeal was made by the Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ara Arutyunyan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

Mosque ‘Heart of Chechnya’, Grozny, Chechnya, http://stolicaplus.ru/fotogalereya1/category/2-novyj-groznyj.html?start=20

06:25, 25 July 2014

Chechen authorities afford three days to celebrate 'Id al-Fitr (Uraza Bayram)

The celebration of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan – 'Id al-Fitr – will last for three days in Chechnya, from July 28 to July 30. These days will be days-off. On these days wealthy Muslims are expected to help the poor and needy ones.

Levon Airapetyan in the village of Vank, Mardakert Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, at the site of the construction of military school, 2012. Photo by Albert Voskanyan, http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/blogs/929/posts/13275

05:38, 25 July 2014

Levon Airapetyan in Moscow is accused of embezzlement and money laundering

On July 24 in Moscow, investigators presented charges to Levon Airapetyan, one of the richest members of the Armenian Diaspora in Russia. The charges were brought under Articles 160 (embezzlement or misappropriation) and 174 (legalization of funds obtained illegally) of the Russian Criminal Code. The defence denies the charges, said Samvel Karakhanyan, one of the advocates.

04:42, 25 July 2014

Advocate: Batyr Pukhaev, hunger-striking in Tskhinvali IVS, rejects hospitalization

The South-Ossetian businessman Batyr Pukhaev is on the tenth day of his hunger strike held at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the city of Tskhinvali. He refused from hospitalization offered by medics, his advocate Marina Kochieva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan. Photo by press-service of Kumtorkalin District Administration, http://кумторкала.рф

02:28, 25 July 2014

Dagestani power agents spread false version of Asoltan Amaev's death, relatives assert

In Dagestan, relatives of the local Asoltan Amaev, who was found on July 23 blown up in his car, question the official version of the reason for his death. "Why don't law enforcers want to see the obvious: Asoltan was killed, and the rest was just a staging," one of the relatives claims.

23:54, 24 July 2014

MIA of KChR: one of suspects of killing MP Kunizhev is ready to surrender

As reported today by Kazimir Botashev, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Karachay-Cherkessia, the boxing coach Psabyda Evgamukov, who had been put, together with his son, on the federal wanted list on suspicion of murdering the Republic's MP Mukhamed Kunizhev, has expressed his intention to surrender to law enforcement authorities.

22:30, 24 July 2014

Russia's MFA: placement of OSCE observers at two border checkpoints in Rostov Region agreed

Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be placed at the checkpoints "Donetsk" and "Gukovo" in the Rostov Region on the border with Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported today.

21:51, 24 July 2014

Two wounded Ukrainian servicemen hospitalized today in Rostov Region

Today, two wounded Ukrainian soldiers were hospitalized in the town of Gukovo, Rostov Region, said Vasily Malaev, the spokesman for the Regional Frontier Department of the Russia's FSB. Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region has expressed hope that Kiev will compensate for the financial costs of their treatment.

Leyla Yunus. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

18:44, 24 July 2014

Azerbaijani Centre to Resist Repressions calls to boycott European Games-2015 in Baku

The Centre to Resist Repressions (CRR) created under the Azerbaijani Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) has launched a campaign for the boycott of the European Games to be held in 2015 in Baku. Leyla Yunus, the Director of the IPD, has sent corresponding appeals to the European Olympic Committee and the office of the European Olympic Committee in the European Union.

13:30, 24 July 2014

"Musavat" activist Kerimli was detained on suspicion of drug possession, Azerbaijani MIA asserts

Faraj Kerimli, 29, the deputy chairman of the youth organization of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, detained on July 23 in Azerbaijan, is suspected of illegal drug possession, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan.

"Sukhishvili" Ensemble artist. Official fan-club of Sukhishvili-Ramishvili, http://vk.com/club22311091

07:19, 24 July 2014

Georgian ensemble "Sukhishvili" cancels its concert in Russia

The Folk Dance Ensemble of Georgia "Sukhishvili" has cancelled its concert in Saint Petersburg in connection with the events in Ukraine, Nino Sukhishvili, the head of the ensemble, said on July 23.

Chief anaesthesiologist-physician of Russia’s Ministry of Health Valery Amcheslavsky (to the left) examining 4-year-old Markha Yusupova. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtlm?Part=12&PubID=53163

05:35, 24 July 2014

Doctors in Grozny decide not to drive the beaten girl out of coma

The health condition of the 4-year-old girl beaten in Grozny and hospitalized in Children's Hospital No. 2 of the capital of Chechnya remains grave, said Ruslan Ganaev, the chief physician of the hospital. Cases, when stepparents apply violence to their foster children periodically occur in the republic, locals report.

Officers of the Prosecutor's Office: website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory, http://proksk.ru/about/radio/2176

05:11, 24 July 2014

Relatives of Almaz Abdulnasyrov, killed in Stavropol Territory, asks prosecutors to check police's actions

In the Stavropol Territory, relatives of Almaz Abdulnasyrov, a resident of the Neftekumsk District, who, according to the official version, was killed in a shootout with power agents in the Novoselitskoe District, ask the Prosecutor's Office to check the legality of policemen's action, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

04:18, 24 July 2014

Dagestani SC starts considering appeal against Zarema Bagavutdinova's verdict

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has begun considering the appeal complaint against the verdict passed by the Buynaksk City Court against Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). At the July 23 court session, the defence asked to cancel the verdict against Bagavutdinova.

00:56, 24 July 2014

Prigorodny District of North Ossetia gives foodstuffs to needy people

A charity action of food distribution among needy families was held on July 23 in the settlement of Novy in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. In total, volunteers distributed some 200 packages of foodstuffs, Beslan Tsechoev, the adviser to the head of Ingushetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Believers praying in a mosque. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

20:24, 23 July 2014

In Makhachkala, police release all detained believers

Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the DRPO "Pravozaschita", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that all the mosque-goers detained at night on July 23 in Hungarian Fighters Street had been released.

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