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01:15, 7 April 2014

From March 31 to April 6, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed 7 human lives

During the week from March 31 to April 6, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus affected at least 18 people; of them, seven people were killed and 11 others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

14:19, 6 April 2014

Resident of Dagestan complains to investigators about beatings in SIZO

Magomed Aliev, suspected of committing a robbery, who is kept in Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), sent an appeal to the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), said his advocate Sapiyat Magomedova.

Participants of the torchlight procession in memory of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Yerevan, April 23, 2013. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:16, 6 April 2014

New draft on recognizing Armenian Genocide brought into US Senate

Robert Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs, and Senator Mark Kirk have submitted to the US Congress a draft resolution calling on the President to promote the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The authors believe that the USA should recognize the Armenian Genocide.

22:42, 5 April 2014

Insanov, ex-Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, refused to participate in the session on his complaint

In Azerbaijan, the former Public Health Minister Ali Insanov has been transferred from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Colony No. 13. His defence has stated that the custody conditions in the colony are poor; and it is located too far from the convict's home.

21:42, 5 April 2014

In Ingushetia, relatives of Alikhan Kulbuzhev complain about investigators' actions

The Investigating Department for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has started an inquiry into the facts presented in the complaint lodged by relatives of Alikhan Kulbuzhev, who reported that he was tortured and brought to suicide.

19:43, 5 April 2014

Commission for protecting personal data starts its work in Georgia

In Georgia, a commission has been set up for protection of personal data; it will draft the National Strategy for protecting human rights in connection with electronic surveillance and secret investigating actions.

Militants of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army report to the commander on the situation on front line. Nagorno-Karabakh, Martuninsky District, December 30, 2013. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:44, 5 April 2014

MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh: during a week Azerbaijan violated ceasefire for 200 times

For seven days, from March 30 to April 5 Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime for about 200 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

March against the law "On Accumulative Pension". Yerevan, March 22, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

11:52, 5 April 2014

Armenian authorities assert that pension law will not be suspended

Despite the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC), the law "On Accumulative Pension" will remain in force until September 30 this year, state bureaucrats and members of the ruling Republican Party assert. In their turn, oppositionists believe that the CC took a too uncertain decision.

"Khimprom" Factory. Volgograd, April 2014. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

09:55, 5 April 2014

Workers of Volgograd "Khimprom" complained to GPO on factory management

The Trade Union of the Volgograd "Khimprom" Factory has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia asking to examine the activities of the shareholders and managers of the factory starting from 2007, said Nina Kulygina, the chair of the "Roskhimprofsoyuz" Association.

09:33, 5 April 2014

Three Ingush residents are suspected of fighting for Syrian militants

Three residents of the Sunzha district of Ingushetia joined the militants in Syria and are now fighting in the country, the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia reports.

07:50, 5 April 2014

Koba Khabazi, co-founder of the NGO "Free Zone", questioned by Investigative Service of Georgia's Ministry of Finance

Koba Khabazi, the former deputy mayor of Batumi, ex-chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Mayoralty of Tbilisi and co-founder of the NGO "Free Zone", was interrogated by the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in connection with the activities of the above Supervisory Board.

A meeting of public and ecological activists with the officials of the Mayoralty in charge of social and environmental development of the resort city. Sochi, April 4, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:56, 5 April 2014

Social and environmental problems of Sochi are solved very slowly, activists say

On April 4, Sochi hosted a meeting of public and ecological activists with the officials of the Mayoralty in charge of social and environmental development of the resort city. The latter stated that the earlier raised problems had been partially solved; however, NGO activists expressed their dissatisfaction with the pace the city the city problems are addressed at.

Rally in support of Kesab Armenians and the people of Syria. Moscow, April 2014. Photo by Yelena Khrustaleva for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:56, 5 April 2014

Rally in support of Kesab Armenians in Moscow was about 300 people strong

Moscow hosted an action of solidarity with Armenians from the Syrian city of Kesab and the people of this country in general. The participants condemned the international terrorism, accused the Turkish authorities of aiding the Syrian opposition and supported the position of Russia and Armenia in the Syrian conflict.

23:28, 4 April 2014

Action in support of Shant Arutyunyan's son in Yerevan ended in detentions

Yerevan hosted a rally in support of the minor son of the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party Shant Arutyunyan, who is suspected of hooliganism. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that two protesters were brought to the police station.

"Memory ribbons", dated to the 150th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War. Photo is provided by activist of "Adygekhem Ya Duney" Beslan Teuvazhev.

19:42, 4 April 2014

Circassian activists raise money to make "memory ribbons" for the end of Russian-Caucasian War

Members of the organization named "Adygekhem Ya Duney" hold fundraising with the aim to make "memory ribbons", dated to May 21 – the 150th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Caucasian War. For the whole Circassian community, this is a day of memory and sorrow.

18:28, 4 April 2014

Dubrovina: court verdict in Savva's case disregards his custody period

The verdict announced on April 2 by the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar to Professor Mikhail Savva, appointing three years of conditional imprisonment failed to take into account the time spent by him in custody and under home arrest – the court just missed the point, said the lawyer Marina Dubrovina, Mikhail Savva's advocate.

17:20, 4 April 2014

Rostov journalist Reznik states fabrication of evidence in his case

Today, at consideration of the appeal, the defence of the Rostov journalist Sergey Reznik, convicted for bribery, betrayal and insulting an official, has drawn the court's attention to inconsistencies in the case materials; the defendant himself has stated the fabricated evidence, said Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front" in the Rostov Region.

17:18, 4 April 2014

House of village head in Dagestan attacked by unidentified persons, local reports

In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, unidentified masked men beat up the wife and pregnant daughter of the head of the village of Kharachi, one of local residents said today. The women are in the district hospital in the condition of moderate gravity, the chief physician of the hospital has reported.

16:11, 4 April 2014

FSB: 25 Ukrainian citizens detained on suspicion of preparing terror acts in Volgograd and Rostov Regions

25 Ukrainian citizens have been detained in Russia on suspicion of preparing terror acts in the territory of seven Russian Regions, including the Volgograd and Rostov Regions, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of Russia has announced today.

11:52, 4 April 2014

Ingush MIA detains local resident who tried to abduct bride

Policemen have detained a resident of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, who abducted a girl to marry her and knocked down a policeman with his car. This was reported today by the press service of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

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