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17:01, 12 July 2014

Volgograd: refugees from Ukraine need some coordination body to address their problems

The participants of the roundtable held in Volgograd on July 11 stated the need to set up some coordination body to address the problems of the Ukrainians who had arrived in the region. Refugees have addressed the local Ombudsman and the Pension Fund.

Photo from Vitishko’s page in Vkontakte social media, http://vk.com/e.vitishko

16:10, 12 July 2014

International petition in support of Evgeny Vitishko signed by 5173 persons

As of July 12, 2014, the demand of immediate liberation of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko from colony was signed by 5173 persons. In total, activists plan to collect 100,000 signatures in support of the ecologist.

15:13, 12 July 2014

ICRF: Stavropol policeman breaks detainee's jaw

In Stavropol, a court sanctioned arrest of the agent of the patrol-and-post service (PPS), suspected of abuse of office. The policeman broke a jaw of a detained young man, said the Investigating Department (ID) for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

10:03, 12 July 2014

Three checkpoints on border with Ukraine reopened in Rostov Region

The checkpoints "Gukovo", "Donetsk" and "Novoshakihtinsk", located on the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Rostov Region, have resumed their work, Vasily Malaev, the official representative of the Frontier Service of the FSB for the Rostov Region, said today.

Humanitarian aid prepared for refugees from Ukraine. Photo: http://ugo-ossetia.ru/index.php/society/item/3144-yuzhnaya-osetiya-prodolzhit-okazanie-pomoshchi-bezhentsam-iz-yugo-vostoka-ukrainy

07:39, 12 July 2014

More than 60 people collect help to refugees in South Ossetia

The city of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, has opened a centre for collection of humanitarian aid for the people who left the area of the antiterrorist operation conducted now in the Lugansk and Donetsk Regions of Ukraine. Residents of South Ossetia are bringing clothes, personal hygiene items, toys and household appliances.

06:59, 12 July 2014

Azerbaijani oppositionist detained in Georgia seeks asylum

Dashgyn Agalarov, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan was detained in Georgia. Azerbaijan has initiated his extradition procedure, while Georgian rights defenders demand to provide him with political asylum, as Nana Kakabadze, the head of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Georgia’s flag. Photo: http://ru.apa.az/news/232418

05:41, 12 July 2014

NGO: violations fixed on the eve of second round of municipal elections in Georgia

The NGO "Fair Elections" reports about pre-election violations registered before the second round of elections to local self-government bodies in Georgia. In particular, rights defenders have revealed facts of illegal campaigning and pressure on officials and candidates.

22:05, 11 July 2014

Azerbaijan: journalist Mirkadirov rejects treason charge in evidencing to investigators

The Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, who was arrested on charges of treason, has testified, for the first time during nearly three months of his custody, to investigators. He has completely denied the charges against him, said Elmar Suleimanov, one of his defenders.

19:10, 11 July 2014

In Dagestan, leader of anti-corruption board "Atly-Boyun" treats search of his house as intimidation attempt

Today, the house of Gadjigishi Bambatov, the chairman of the Dagestani organization "Atly-Boyun Public Anti-Corruption Board", located in the Leninkent neighbourhood of Makhachkala, was searched. Bambatov claims that the search was an attempt to put pressure and intimidate him to force him to give up his struggle with land frauds.

14:41, 11 July 2014

Militants claim responsibility for killing ex-head of Kizilyurt GOVD and policeman near Khasavyurt

As reported by statements posted on the websites that support North-Caucasian militants, the latter took responsibility for assassinating Aitemir Salimgereev, the former head of the GOVD (City Interior Division) of Kizilyurt, and a police major in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan.

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

14:15, 11 July 2014

NAC: militants killed in Dagestani village of Echeda were leaders of "Tsumandin" grouping

This morning, a law enforcement source has reported that a supposed member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who opened fire at law enforcers from the roof of the mosque, was shot dead in the Dagestani village of Echeda. His accomplice was killed after power agents blocked the mosque.

13:23, 11 July 2014

In Azerbaijan, Court dismisses complaint filed by oppositionist Bananyarly about her torture at police department

The Nasimi District Court has considered the complaint filed by Kyamala Bananyarly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), against the refusal of the Prosecutor's Office to institute criminal proceedings on her complaint about the fact that she had been subjected to torture at the police station. The Court has dismissed her complaint.

Checkpoint "Donetsk" in Rostov Region. Photo: http://www.yuga.ru/news/336756

09:43, 11 July 2014

FSB reports on suspension of three checkpoints on Russian-Ukrainian border in Rostov Region

In the Rostov Region, operation of three checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border has been suspended because of the ongoing shooting in the adjacent Ukrainian territory in the closest vicinity of the Russian border. This was told to the agency "Interfax-South" by Vasily Malaev, Spokesperson of the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB for the Rostov Region.

Aitemir Salimgereev. Photo: http://www.1tvnet.ru

04:01, 11 July 2014

Ex-head of Kizilyurt GOVD was murdered with utmost cruelty - source

In Dagestan, a "Caucasian Knot" source from the law enforcement agencies has reported the details of the murder of Police Colonel Aitemir Salimgereev committed in Kizilyurt. Attackers handcuffed the owner of the house to a metal heating pipe and tied him with a cord. Then, they inflicted multiple stab wounds to him and cut off the Aitemir Salimgereev's head.

03:42, 11 July 2014

Dagestan: detainee Isa Abdulkadyrov claims self-slandering after beaten up by policemen

On July 10, Isa Abdulkadyrov was detained in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. He has told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had been beaten by policemen and that he had been forced to incriminate himself.

Konstantin Mudunov, advocate of Sabina Abakarova. Photo by Elena Samoilova, http://versia.ru

02:49, 11 July 2014

HRC "Memorial": face and hands of Sabina Abakarova accused of possessing "shahid belt" bear no traces of hexogen

In Dagestan, at the trial in the case against Sabina Abakarova, a local resident accused of illegal possession of weapons, the court has started to consider the written evidence. The defence has reported the results of the examination, which revealed no traces of explosive substances on the defendant's hands and face.

00:55, 11 July 2014

Attackers on ex-presidential candidate receive long prison terms in Nagorno-Karabakh

On July 10, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the court of first instance sentenced Ara Avetyan and Sergey Arutyunyan to 11 and 9 years of imprisonment, respectively, on charges of attempting to assassinate Vitaly Balasanyan, ex-presidential candidate, a deputy of the National Assembly.

23:57, 10 July 2014

At trial of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog prosecutor asks six years in prison for four defendants

The state prosecutor asked to sentence four out of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses, tried in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region, to six years in a general-regime colony, said Victor Zhenkov, an advocate. According to the press release of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, received today by the "Caucasian Knot", prosecutors failed to formulate the essence of the presented charges.

22:19, 10 July 2014

Russia's MFA: checkpoint "Gukovo" in Rostov Region shelled from Ukraine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has stated that today, as a result of actions of Ukrainian power agents, the checkpoint "Gukovo" located on the Russian-Ukrainian border was shelled by artillery; nobody was hurt.

Advocate of the defendant Orkhan Zeinalov talking to journalists. Moscow, July 6, 2014. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

20:49, 10 July 2014

Defendant in Yegor Scherbakov's murder case states at trial that he had not signed interrogation protocols

At the trial for the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo, the defendant Orkhan Zeinalov said he did not sign any protocols of the interrogations, which, according to the case files, had been held during the preliminary investigation, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

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