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15:46, 2 May 2014

Azerbaijani MPs suggest closing TI office

The Azerbaijani MPs Ali Guseinli, Elmira Akhundova and Ganira Pashayeva have offered the authorities to close the Baku office international human rights organization "Transparency International" (TI).

"Kavkaz" Port. Photo: insider51 (Insider), http://commons.wikimedia.org/

13:38, 2 May 2014

Krasnodar administration provides foods and medical aid to people in "Kavkaz" Port

A territorial operative headquarters is working in the "Kavkaz" Port, whose task is to provide the passengers waiting for a ferry with hot food and medical aid, said the press service of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory. The facility was launched by the decision of the Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachov.

Mikhail Savva. Krasnodar, April 2014. Photo by Natalya Matsko for the "Caucasian Knot"

12:00, 2 May 2014

At roundtable in Krasnodar, Mikhail Savva states the need to reform Russia's penitentiary system

Professor Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre (SRRC) spoke at the roundtable in Krasnodar on "Promoting public control over the penitentiary system" and stressed the need for a prison reform in Russia.

02:44, 2 May 2014

Baku: Facebook user Abilov tells the court about his persecution on political grounds

In Azerbaijan, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has completed the judicial inquiry into the case of Abdula Abilov, 32, an active user of the Facebook and founder of the group "Let's stop toadies!" He is accused drug trafficking. On May 1, he said that he was prosecuted for political reasons.

Dagestan, Kaspiysk. Photo https://www.flickr.com/groups/lenin-monuments/

01:44, 2 May 2014

Detained young women in Muslim clothes released in Kaspiysk

Policemen from the Dagestani city of Kaspiysk have checked documents and released the detained local women in Muslim dresses, said a source from the police department of the city.

00:44, 2 May 2014

In Dagestan, suspected militant suffers from his own grenade

In the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, a suspected militant detonated his own grenade when trying to resist special agents, said a law enforcement source.

The column of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in May Day demonstration. May 1, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko

23:50, 1 May 2014

Sochi Communists: authorities ignored us during May Day demonstration

During the May Day celebrations, Sochi officials ignored the column of Communists that moved at the very end of the march by stepping down the tribune before the arrival of the column and leaving it without greeting, city Communists assert. In his turn, the Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says that the officials just did not notice the last column of the march.

20:52, 1 May 2014

In Kaspiysk, policemen detain at least five young women in Muslim clothes, eyewitnesses report

In the Dagestani town of Kaspiysk, policemen have detained at least five young women in Muslim clothes. This was reported by an eyewitness.

19:19, 1 May 2014

Leyla Yunus: Azerbaijan expels reporter of French TV Channel

Elena Voloshina, a reporter of the Moscow bureau of the French "I-TeLe" TV Channel, has been expelled from Baku. This was reported by Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who stayed in contact with the journalist.

19:12, 1 May 2014

NAC: militant involved in armed underground in Dagestan was killed in Tatarstan

Rais Mingaleev, the leader of the grouping "Mujahideen of Tatarstan" closely connected with the armed underground in Dagestan, was killed during a special operation held in the town of Chistopol. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).

Mayday rallies held in Vladikavkaz. May 1, 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:47, 1 May 2014

In North Ossetia, residents go to Mayday rallies, demanding to increase pensions and decrease prices

The authorities should solve the problem of small pensions and reduce the prices of housing services. This was stated by participants of the May Day rallies in North Ossetia. They have also recalled about the restrictions on political freedoms in Russia and expressed their solidarity with workers of Ukraine.

17:52, 1 May 2014

"EcoWatch" reports on detention of its activist in Krasnodar

Vyacheslav Martynov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), has been detained during his solo picket in defence of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his sentence in prison on charges of inflicting damage to the fence around the land plot, known as a "summer cottage" of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory.

Participants of the festive events to celebrate the Day of Spring and Labour. Grozny, May 1, 2014. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

15:35, 1 May 2014

In Grozny, 120,000 people go to celebrate May Day, authorities report

In Grozny, about 120,000 people have attended the festive events to celebrate the Day of Spring and Labour. This was reported by the city administration of the Chechen capital. Other cities and towns of the republic also hold solemn events and festivities.

Participants of a protest action in support of "Nida" activists in front of the court building. Baku, May 1, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:55, 1 May 2014

Criminal proceedings against "Nida" activists are politically motivated, Rashadat Akhundov states in his final speech at trial in Baku

On Thursday, in Azerbaijan, at the trial against activists of the movement "Nida", the defendants have delivered their final speeches. Rashadat Akhundov spoke on behalf of all the defendants, and he claimed the criminal case had been politically motivated.

12:53, 1 May 2014

Member of "Patriots of Circassia" asks General Prosecutor to control investigation into detention of Circassian activists

On April 30, Adnan Khuade, a member of the international movement "Patriots of Circassia", appealed to General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika with a request to control the investigation into the circumstances relating to the detention of Circassian activists on December 13, 2013.

06:22, 1 May 2014

UNHCR officials visit KBR to study problems of Syrian repatriates

A delegation from the office in the Russian Federation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), consisting of UNHCR's representative in Russia Baisa Vak-Voya and Legal Adviser Ivan Saleev has visited the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to get acquainted with the problems of immigrants from Syria.

The Lenin District Court of Makhachkala. March 2010. Photo by Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:41, 30 April 2014

Dagestan: defence in Akhmedilov's murder case to challenge the decision to make trial closed

The advocates of Murad Shuaybov, accused of murdering journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, are preparing an appeal against the decision of the Lenin District Court of Makhachkala to run the trial behind closed doors. One of them, Adilgerey Omarov, reports that at the court session his client Shuaybov said that he was tortured during the investigation.

The Moscow City Court. Photo http://mosgorsud.su/

14:24, 30 April 2014

MCC reappoints pleadings in Politkovskaya's murder case for May 14

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has postponed the hearing of parties' arguments on the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", till 14. The reason was in the vacation of Alexei Mikhalchik, an advocate for the defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov, who had duly informed the court about it.

Leyla Yunus. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

13:28, 30 April 2014

Law enforcers confiscated printed materials when searching Leyla Yunus' flat in Baku

In the evening on April 29, employees of law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan conducted a search of the flat of Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who had been detained in Baku airport with her husband and taken to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for questioning.

River in the Stepnovsk District of the Stavropol Territory. Photo: http://www.pmk38.ru/

11:52, 30 April 2014

Casualties of shootout with power agents in Stavropol Territory were residents of Dagestan, investigators report

The persons killed in an armed clash with policemen in the Stepnovsk District (with the administrative centre in the village of Stepnoe) of the Stavropol Territory have been identified as residents of Makhachkala, as reported by investigating authorities.

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