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A car broken as a result of the storm. Sochi, September 26, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

05:38, 3 October 2013

Valery Suchkov: 30,000 Sochi residents cannot insure their property against natural disasters

In Sochi, the authorities offer residents to insure their property against emergencies similar to the storm that passed through the city. However, the local residents report that insurance companies refuse to insure old and dilapidated houses, which are home to tens of thousands of people.

02:05, 3 October 2013

In Sochi, Mardiros Demerchyan charged with denunciation

Artyom Semenets, the investigator of the Adler Division of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has filed charges against Mardiros Demerchyan of false denunciation of staff members of the Blinovo police station.

Participants of the rally supporting Presidential candidate Djamil Gasanli with posters saying ‘Two terms are enough!’, ‘Freedom!’, ‘Ilham, join the debates!’ Baky, September 28, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

01:16, 3 October 2013

OSCE mission claims people forced to attend election campaign rallies in Azerbaijan

The election campaign of Azerbaijani presidential candidates continues in deteriorating atmosphere. This was noted at the second interim report of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission at the presidential election in Azerbaijan.

Resident of a barrack in Gorky Street. Nalchik, September 2013. Photo taken from the ‘Caucasian Knot’ stream.

01:05, 3 October 2013

Kabardino-Balkaria: residents of dilapidated barracks refuse to move to communal flats

In Nalchik, residents of the barracks located in Gorky Street, recognized as dilapidated and unfit for living, have refused to move into new apartment buildings, because the city authorities offered to move two or three families into one flat.

00:24, 3 October 2013

Johar Tsarnaev's advocates ask court to mitigate his prison conditions

The defence of Johar Tsarnaev accused of the Boston terror act asks the court in the United States to soften his prison conditions. This was stated in the motion filed by the defendants' advocates.

21:46, 2 October 2013

Sochi court extends Yarst's home arrest by other two months

The Tsentralny District Court of Sochi has satisfied the investigators' motion and extended the home arrest of the journalist Nikolai Yarst until December 3.

18:05, 2 October 2013

Dagestani court refuses to release "Anji" fans under recognizance not to leave

Three fans of the "Anji" Football Club (FC), accused of disorderly conduct against Rostov fans, will not be released under recognizance not to leave, the Kaspiysk City Court has ruled today.

17:08, 2 October 2013

Azerbaijan: photo reporter Mekhman Guseinov released after questioning at GPO

After a six-hour-long interrogation at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, Mekhman Guseinov, photo reporter at the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and a blogger, has been released, said the lawyer Gyunay Ismailova.

Barbed wire stretched by Russian border guards at Georgian-South Ossetian border. Georgia, July 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

16:19, 2 October 2013

NATO Secretary General urges Russia to abolish recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has again urged Russia to reconsider its decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

15:04, 2 October 2013

In Dagestan, three local residents and three policemen killed in shooting with suspected militants

According to the updated information, on October 1, during a fire-fight with militants in the Levashi District three local residents were killed. This was told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.

Photo reporter Mekhman Guseinov.Photo by Turkhan Kerimov (RFE/RL), http://www.rferl.org

13:08, 2 October 2013

In Azerbaijan, advocate of detained photo reporter complains about obstacles in communicating with his client

In Azerbaijan, advocate Elchin Sadygov are not allowed to visit Mekhman Guseinov, a blogger and a photo reporter of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), who was detained in the morning of October 2.

"Rosa Khutor" Resort hotels. Sochi, Adler District. September 2013. Photo: GK ‘Olympstroi’, http://sc-os.ru/ru/press/photo/#sport_objects/glk_rosa_khutor/

11:29, 2 October 2013

Vladimir Potanin: Olympic status brings continuous losses to "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Resort

Till present, Olympic status of the constructed "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Resort brings only losses. This was stated by Vladimir Potanin, the head of the holding company "Interros". According to the businessman's statement, the authorities are not in a hurry to help investors of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

10:36, 2 October 2013

Law enforcers identify person suspected of terror act in village of Khuchni in Dagestan

Law enforcers have identified the suicide bomber who on September 23 committed the terror act at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) near the OVD (Interior Division) building in Dagestan.

Pilgrims during hajj in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Bilal Renderee, http://www.flickr.com/photos/meexplore

09:59, 2 October 2013

SAM: Chechen pilgrims will go for hajj till October 9

Till October 9, all Chechen pilgrims to go for hajj this year will be sent to Saudi Arabia. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) for Chechnya.

Djamil Gasanli speaking at the rally, Baku, September 28, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

02:02, 2 October 2013

Presidential candidate Djamil Gasanli accuses President Ilham Aliev of corruption

In the evening of October 1, during the debates in the air of the Public TV of Azerbaijan, Djamil Gasanli, a presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), accused of corruption incumbent President Ilham Aliev, who was running for a third term.

Village of Katyr-Yurt, Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. Photo: http://foto-planeta.com/

19:07, 1 October 2013

Investigators agree to give advocates materials on the case of death of 24 civilians in Katyr-Yurt

The materials of the case of the death of 24 residents of Chechnya in the bombing of the village of Katyr-Yurt will be provided to the advocates who represent victims' interests. The relevant investigators' decision was announced at the today's court session in Grozny.

17:03, 1 October 2013

Gainutdin not to attend the jubilee of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims

The Russia's Council of Muftis will not take part in celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (CSAM), which is scheduled in the city of Ufa, because they disagree with a number of actions undertaken by the CSAM.

16:14, 1 October 2013

In Volgograd, communists extended the work of public reception office by a month

In Volgograd, the work of the public reception office, organized by members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the mini-park opposite the regional government, will be extended by a month, that is, until the end of October.

Piligrims from Russia going for the hajj. Photo: http://www.islamdag.ru/

15:36, 1 October 2013

First flight with pilgrims under Suleiman Kerimov's charity line leaves Dagestan

As reported by Ruslan Gereev, the director of the Centre for Islamic Studies of Northern Caucasus, the number of pilgrims, travelling to the hajj from Dagestan under support of Senator Suleiman Kerimov, has not decreased as compared with 2012. The first pilgrims supported by the charity line have already left for the hajj.

12:46, 1 October 2013

Trial of Anna Politkovskaya's murder case postponed till October 8

The Moscow City Court has rescheduled for October 8 the consideration of the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", because of quarantine at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where defendant Sergey Khadjikurbanov is kept.

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