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21:50, 30 May 2014

NGOs state pressure on candidates for local deputies in regions of Georgia

In Georgia, a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), involved in monitoring local elections, report about facts of pressure on candidates for deputies to local self-governments and heads of district administrations urging them to withdraw their candidacies.

20:50, 30 May 2014

OMON fighter wounded in Dagestan is in grave condition

The employee of the OMON (riot police), who was wounded during the special operation in the Gunib District of Dagestan, has undergone a surgery; his condition is grave, says the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Armed man. Donbass. Photo: Russkaya Vesna (Russian Spring), http://rusvesna.su

19:33, 30 May 2014

Chechen combatants killed in Ukraine are buried in private, locals report

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by local resident that several combatants, who went to take part in the warfare in Ukraine and were killed there, were buried in Chechnya without publicity. According to locals, the wounded residents of Chechnya are still in hospitals in Donetsk.

12:34, 30 May 2014

In Sochi, rights defenders decide to re-inspect police stations

Today, following the results of the meeting with the leadership of the city UVD (Interior Department), human rights defenders and members of public organizations of Sochi, have made a decision to repeatedly inspect the ROVDs (District Interior Divisions). During the today's meeting, the activists summed up the results of the inspection held on April 21-30.

‘Last Bell’ event. Vladikavkaz, May 24, 2014. Photo: http://www.vladikavkaz-osetia.ru

07:39, 30 May 2014

North Ossetia: 48 former pupils of Beslan School No. 1 graduate this year

This school year, in the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia, 483 pupils are school graduates; of them, 48 schoolchildren are former pupils of School No. 1 in Beslan, which in 2004 was captured by terrorists. This was reported by Oksana Tsarikaeva, Assistant Minister for Education of North Ossetia.

04:04, 30 May 2014

Sochi Mayoralty is obliged to provide Akhshtyr villagers with drinking water, experts assert

The Sochi authorities are obliged to ensure the supply of water to residents of the village of Akhshtyr, which is a part of the municipality. During five years, the Akhshtyr villagers are deprived of normal water supply. This opinion was expressed by human rights defenders, ecologists and lawyers, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

03:37, 30 May 2014

About 40 persons with disabilities take part in marathon in KChR

The Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has hosted the first "Marathon of Peace and Friendship", which was attended by about 40 persons with disabilities, wheelchair users, including children with disabilities. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Interregional conference "Human rights and international relations in Northern Caucasus". On the photo is a member of "Moscow Helsinki Group" Valery Borschev, Pyatigorsk, May 24, 2013. Photo by Magomed Tuayev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

03:21, 30 May 2014

Southern Russia starts creating Centre for Human Rights Monitoring and Protection

Participants of the interregional conference "Human rights and international relations in Northern Caucasus" held on May 24 in Pyatigorsk have adopted a resolution to create the Centre for Human Rights Monitoring and Protection in Southern Russia. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Alexander Ankvab (in the front) visiting Special Purpose Centre of National Security Council. Abkhazia, May 24, 2014. Photo: Information and Public Communications Department for the President of Abkhazia.

01:28, 30 May 2014

Alexander Ankvab has no chances to regain power, opposition states

In Abkhazia, the opposition has stated that Alexander Ankvab, who has refused to voluntarily leave his position of the president of the republic, has no chances to regain power. The Abkhaz opposition claims that it will form the interim government within the next two days.

Headquarters of Abkhazia President Administration. Photo: Igor_S, http://wikimapia.org

23:37, 29 May 2014

Abkhazian opposition announces Interim People's Council

The Coordinating Council of oppositional political forces of Abkhazia has announced, at a rally of the opposition, the formation of the Interim People's Council, comprising notable politicians and public figures of the republic. Meanwhile, in the evening on May 29, the Abkhazian Parliament offered the President to resign. The MPs also expressed a vote of non-confidence to the Prime Minister.

21:56, 29 May 2014

Militants extorted money from head of electricity grid of Gergebil District, a local asserts

Members of the armed underground had extorted money from Gamzat Musaev, the head of the electricity grid of the Gergebil District of Dagestan, near whose house an explosion was triggered on May 28, a local told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The press service of the Dagestani MIA has added that in October 2013, a grenade was found under the car near Musaev's the house.

21:03, 29 May 2014

Ataev, detained in Makhachkala, was exposed to illegal methods of investigation, his advocate asserts

The advocate of Muslim Ataev, a resident of the village of Tarki, who was detained on May 28, has managed to meet his client in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, after which the lawyer stated that the detainee had been exposed to illegal methods of investigation.

19:59, 29 May 2014

Azerbaijani journalist Aynur Imranova questioned as witness in criminal case

Today, Aynur Imranova, an investigative journalist, whose bank accounts were arrested by a court ruling, was questioned at the Investigating Department for Grave Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan as a witness in a criminal case initiated "against a number of local and international non-governmental organizations."

Man in mask. Donbass, Ukraine. Photo: http://uainfo.org/yandex/309074-osvobodit-slavyansk-bez-voennoy-operacii-ne-udastsya.html

18:36, 29 May 2014

Residents of Chechnya: dozens of bodies of locals killed in battles in Ukraine brought home

Residents of Chechnya assert that during the last 24 hours bodies of several dozens of locals who took part in fights in Ukraine and perished in the Donetsk Region, where brought home, citing the number from 35 to 40-45.

Circassian activists Aslan Shazzo (to the right) and Khazrail Khanakhok. Maikop, December 2012. Photo: http://hekupse.livejournal.com/38243.html

17:09, 29 May 2014

Adygea: signatories of appeal to Ukrainian authorities on recognition of Circassian genocide summoned to "E" Centre

The Circassian activists Aslan Shazzo, Adnan Khuade, Evgeny Tashu and Ilyas Soobtsokov, who live in Adygea, were summoned to the Centre for Combating Extremism (known as "E" Centre) of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to their story, the talks there concerned the appeal to the authorities of Ukraine urging to recognize the genocide of Circassians, which was signed by them.

12:42, 29 May 2014

At trial in Said Amirov's case, expert reports about psychological traumatic impact on prosecution witnesses

In Rostov-on-Don, at the trial in the case against Said Amirov, former Mayor of Makhachkala dismissed from office, accused of plotting a terror act, an expert in psychiatry has concluded that several prosecution witnesses were subjected to psychological traumatic impact. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.

10:23, 29 May 2014

MIA announces detention in Moscow Region natives of Dagestan suspected of plotting terror act

Ten natives of Dagestan, who were allegedly plotting a subversive and terror act in the Moscow Region during the Victory Day celebrations, were detained in the Moscow Region in the place of their residence. This has been reported today by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Members of the public movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl). To the left - leader of the public movement Ilgar Mamedov, to the right – Executive Secretary of ReAL Natig Jafarli. Baku, 2013. Photo: http://www.facebook.com/natig.jafarli

07:11, 29 May 2014

In Azerbaijan, public movement "ReAl" founds political party

In Azerbaijan, the public movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) has begun the process of transformation into a political party with the same name. The "ReAl" sees its programme goal in the transformation of Azerbaijan from a presidential into a parliamentary republic, construction of democratic society, and, in the future, Azerbaijan's integration into the EU and NATO.

05:04, 29 May 2014

In Dagestan, explosion occurs near house of head of regional power supply organization

In the village of Gergebil in Dagestan, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at the gate of the house belonging to the director of the power supply organization of the Gergebil District. This has been reported today by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

03:02, 29 May 2014

Georgia hosts rally demanding to restore diplomatic relations with Russia

On May 28, in the centre of Tbilisi, organizations within the coalition "Eurasian Choice-Georgia" held a rally demanding to restore diplomatic relations with Russia. During the rally, members of the coalition clashed with supporters of the Euro-Atlantic choice of Georgia.

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