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00:34, 16 October 2013

MIA official: about 200 persons detained for rioting near "Prazhskaya" metro station in Moscow

In Moscow, near the "Prazhskaya" metro station, about 200 participants of the action organized by nationalists violated public order and were brought to the police station. This was reported by an official from the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow.

00:16, 16 October 2013

Azerbaijan: NCDF plans to hold protest against election outcomes on October 20

The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan has planned to hold on October 20 a protest action with a demand to cancel the results of the presidential election and appoint a new election.

Orkhan Zeinalov, Photo from personal account http://vk.com

22:46, 15 October 2013

MIA source: Zeinalov pleads guilty of killing Yegor Scherbakov

Orkhan Zeinalov, a native of Azerbaijan, who was detained today on suspicion of killing Yegor Scherbakov, has pled guilty in his informal talks with the police, said a source from the Moscow City Police.

22:00, 15 October 2013

Taziev's verdict is too severe, his advocate asserts

The defence of Ali Taziev, also known as Magas, who has been sentenced today to life imprisonment, believes that the verdict is too severe and intends to appeal against it.

18:38, 15 October 2013

Zakareishvili: so far, Georgia has no reason to boycott the 2014 Olympics

Part of the population of Georgia continues to protest against the participation of Georgian athletes in the Olympic Games in Sochi. The online petition against this participation has been signed by 9916 persons. However, so far, the government of Georgia sees no arguments for boycotting the Olympics.

17:38, 15 October 2013

Command of the CMD denied beating soldier from Astrakhan

Bosses of the Russia's Central Military District refute the information about beating in the Chelyabinsk Region of a soldier recruited from Astrakhan. As reported by Colonel Yaroslav Roschupkin, an assistant to the Commander of the CMD, the soldier, who, according to media reports, was operated on and lost his spleen, in reality, underwent a planned removal of the appendix.

15:54, 15 October 2013

CoE: Russian power agents persecute natives of Northern Caucasus and the Gypsies

The commission of the CoE against racism is fixing in Russia massive violations of the labour legislation and fundamental rights of migrants, as well as the harassment by law enforcers of natives from Northern Caucasus and Gypsies.

The town of Kotelnich, Kirov Region. Photo: http://www.kotelnich.info/

12:26, 15 October 2013

In Kirov Region, law enforcers detain natives of Northern Caucasus suspected of preparing terror act

Two natives of Northern Caucasus are suspected of preparing a terror act at the plant for destruction of chemical weapons located in the Kirov Region. They were detained, and the question of their arrest is under consideration. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation.

Photo of a suspect of the murder of Yegor Scherbakov. Photo: RFE/RL

11:45, 15 October 2013

Police suspect native of Azerbaijan of killing Biryulyovo resident

The Moscow police suspect a native of Azerbaijan of the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of Biryulyovo. This was reported by the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for Moscow.

11:42, 15 October 2013

FSB: in Moscow Region, immigrants from Central Asia and Caucasus start conflicting

In the Moscow Region, the number of conflicts between different ethnic groups has increased. This was stated by Alexander Polischuk, the head of the department for combating youth extremism of the FSB Department for Moscow and the Moscow Region.

A picket against the ban on Koran, Ingushetia, rural community of Barsuki. Eyewitness’s photo.

04:46, 15 October 2013

Picket against court's recognition of Koran translation by Elmir Kuliev as extremist held in Ingushetia

In Ingushetia, in the rural community of Barsuki, near the federal highway "Kavkaz", an unsanctioned picket was held to protest against the court decision to recognize the semantic translation of Koran made by Elmir Kuliev as extremist.

Nikolai Parshin, First Secretary of the Stalingrad Regional Committee of the CPRF, at the meeting with voters. Volgograd, October 15, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

01:57, 15 October 2013

Volgograd REC treats CPRF's arguments about falsifications at elections as groundless

The claims of members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) about falsifications at the election to the Volgograd City Duma held on September 8 are groundless and shall not be accepted. This was stated by the Regional Election Commission (REC) in response to the complaint filed by the CPRF.

00:35, 15 October 2013

Kizilyurt resident detained while trying to fly off to study in Egypt

At the airport of Makhachkala, a resident of Kizilyurt, who intended to fly to Egypt to study at the Islamic University, was detained on suspicion of illegal possession of drugs. Relatives of the young man claim the drugs were planted to him.

22:10, 14 October 2013

Salin: conscript from Astrakhan Region had his spleen removed after beating in military unit in Urals

Ivan Klemenko, 20, from Astrakhan, who took his regular military service in the city of Chebarkul, was taken to hospital after being beaten by an officer. In the hospital, surgeons amputated the soldier's spleen.

20:40, 14 October 2013

In Sochi, Kudepsta residents demand to repair the road

An initiative group of residents of the Sochi neighbourhood of Kudepsta has sent a protocol of a public meeting to the city authorities, demanding to repair the three-kilometre road running to the Khosta micro-district.

17:41, 14 October 2013

In Armenia, ANC activist Tigran Arakelyan released in the courtroom

The Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia has announced a verdict in the case of four young oppositional activists accused of hooliganism. One of them, Tigran Arakelyan, who had been sentenced by a court of the first instance to six years in prison, was released from custody in the courtroom.

14:03, 14 October 2013

Azerbaijan: court denies motion for release of theologian Talekh Bagirzade

The Sabunchi District Court of Baku has held a preliminary hearing on the case of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade, accused of illegal possession of drugs. The defence asked to change Bagirzade's freedom restriction measure from detention to home arrest. However, the court denied the petition.

13:41, 14 October 2013

Body of businessman, searched by slain Vishernev, found in Abkhazia

In the Abkhaz village of Adzyubzha the bodies of a missing businessman Sergey Klemantovich and his girlfriend Oksana Skarednova have been found, said the republic's General Prosecutor's Office. The Russian diplomat Dmitry Vishernev, who was killed in September in Sukhumi, had been engaged in searching Klemantovich.

13:25, 14 October 2013

NAC: more than 98% of terrorist crimes committed in NCFD

More than 98% of all the terrorist crimes committed in Russia are committed in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). Meanwhile, most of such crimes are committed in Dagestan. This was reported by Yevgeny Ilyin, First Deputy Chief of the National Antiterrorist Committee.

13:05, 14 October 2013

In Azerbaijan, PFPA activist Dayanat Babaev sentenced to two years of conditional imprisonment

The Nasimi District Court of Baku has sentenced Dayanat Babaev, an activist of the "Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan", to two years of conditional imprisonment. He was found guilty of hooliganism. Dayanat Babaev treats the Court's verdict as unfair and politically motivated.

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