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Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

03:05, 14 August 2013

Mekhman Aliev: serious results of Putin's visit to Baku are doubtful

Azerbaijani experts have different opinions about the August 13 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Baku. According to political analyst Rasim Musabekov, the visit meant a resumption of a top-level dialogue. In his turn, Mekhman Aliev, Director of the Azerbaijani News Agency "Turan", asserts that the signed agreements are not first-order ones.

21:26, 13 August 2013

ICRF: policeman who opened fire in Makhachkala refused from medical examination

The policeman Ruslan Shakhbanov, who opened fire at DPS (road-and-post service) agents, has refused to undergo a medical examination for the presence of alcohol in his blood, said Yegor Balashov, the spokesman of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

21:16, 13 August 2013

In July 2013, 65 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

In July 2013, at least 65 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 46 people were killed and 19 others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

20:08, 13 August 2013

Investigators see no links between murders of SIZO employee and ex-UFSIN worker in Dagestan

Investigators see no association of the murder in Dagestan of Revshan Lukmanov, the head of the regime division of SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala, with the murder of Eldar Magaramov, an ex-employee of the UFSIN (Department of the Russia's Penitentiary Service), said the spokesman for the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the ICRF.

Port of Batumi, Georgia. Photo: Robert Wielgorski a.k.a. Barry Kent, http://ru.wikipedia.org/

15:38, 13 August 2013

Speaker of Georgian Parliament apologizes for Saakashvili's behaviour during reception on US warship

David Usupashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, has apologized to the diplomats, who were present at the reception hosted by the US Navy warship in Batumi, for the behaviour of President Mikhail Saakashvili. According to political analyst Tornike Chulukhadze, mutual public criticism expressed by Saakashvili and Prime Minister Ivanishvili creates a bad image of the country.

14:34, 13 August 2013

Azerbaijan: Tofig Yagublu's custody extended

Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku has ruled to extend the arrest of Tofig Yagublu, Deputy Chairman of the "Musavat" Party until December 4.

Leader of Classical Popular Front Party Mirmakhmud Miralioglu and the head of the executive organs of The National Council of Democratic Forces in Baku, August 12, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

08:59, 13 August 2013

Azerbaijani opposition plans rally in support of Ibragimbekov for August 18

The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan has appointed, for August 18, a rally in support of screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, a presidential candidate. The rally will also demand to ensure free and fair presidential election.

03:59, 13 August 2013

Journalist Tsagoev, accused of assault related to robbery in KBR, refuses to plead guilty

On August 12, the Nalchik City Court began hearing the criminal case of journalist Igor Tsagoev, charged with an aggravated assault. The defendant refused to plead guilty.

02:44, 13 August 2013

MCC to enforce 12 witnesses to the trial on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case

At the process held at the Moscow City Court (MCC) on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", Judge Pavel Melekhin agreed to issue a compulsory delivery to the court of 12 prosecution witnesses, who do not reside at the place of registration and would not appear at the court to testify.

23:55, 12 August 2013

At trial on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, policeman, who followed her, gives testimony

Today, at trial in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", the Moscow City Court questioned Pavel Korsakov, an operating policeman, in the presence of the jury.

21:40, 12 August 2013

Baku Court of Appeal leaves Sardar Alibeili, editor-in-chief of newspaper "P.S. Nota", in custody

The Baku Court of Appeal has considered an appeal filed by Sardar Alibeili, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "P.S. Nota" and of the online edition with the same name, charged of disorderly conduct. The journalist challenged the selected pre-trial restriction measure the arrest for a period of two months.

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Azerbaijan. Photo http://flnka.ru/

21:36, 12 August 2013

Russian Embassy in Baku: relative of FLNCA head, detained in Azerbaijan, has advocate

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Azerbaijan has confirmed the information about the arrest by law enforcement bodies of this country of a citizen of the Russian Federation Djavid Babaev.

Students march in defence of their rights. Yerevan, November 15, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:09, 12 August 2013

Protesters against higher tuition fees demand to meet Armenia's Premier

This morning, about 70 students gathered at the building of the Armenian Government to demand to abolish the authorities' decision to increase tuition fees in universities. The protesters chanted "Freedom!" and "Prime Minister!" demanding to meet the Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan.

Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia. Photo http://vs.kchr.sudrf.ru/

17:58, 12 August 2013

Defence of Karachaevsk Mayor challenges decision of his arrest

Today, the defence of the Mayor of Karachaevsk sent to the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia appeals against the decision of the Cherkessk City Court to arrest Soltan Semenov for 2 months and temporary suspend him from office.

17:02, 12 August 2013

In Vladikavkaz, ambulance drivers decide to go on strike

Today, in Vladikavkaz, ambulance drivers and physicians made a decision to go on strike. They are dissatisfied with their low salaries and lack of ambulance cars. The drivers did not announce the specific date for the protest event. They have just noted that the strike will be started "soon".

15:19, 12 August 2013

Mufti of Stavropol Territory complains to police about receiving threats

The Pyatigorsk Prosecutor's Office took control of the case of threats against Mukhammad Khadji Rakhimov, Mufti of the Stavropol Territory.

07:38, 12 August 2013

Rostov-on-Don: 40 people come to support journalist Alexander Tolmachov

About 40 persons attended a rally in support of Alexander Tolmachov, the editor-in-chief and publisher of the newspaper "I'm Authorized to State" that took place on Lenin Square of Rostov-on-Don on August 11.

Archaeologists are working at a height of 40 m, in the cultural layer of the Azokh Cave. Hadrut District of Nagorno-Karabakh, village of Azokh, August 4, 2013. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:26, 12 August 2013

Archaeologists to study artefacts found during 11 years in Azokh Cave in Nagorno-Karabakh

This year, archaeologists plan to analyze and qualify the materials collected since 2002 during excavations in the Azokh Cave, located in the Hadrut District of Nagorno-Karabakh.

11:31, 11 August 2013

Cheredinina: Volgograd Region was late with concluding contracts for supply of drugs to privileged patients

Applications for drugs to privileged patients were drawn up in the Volgograd Region based on available budget funds, rather than on the patients' actual needs, said Oksana Cheredinina, a senior assistant to the Public Prosecutor of the Volgograd Region.

A soldier of the Armed Forces of Nagorno-Karabakh on a frontier. Photo http://www.nkrmil.am/

06:36, 11 August 2013

Karabakh soldier Indjigulyan brought to Baku

The soldier Indjigulyan, who came to the territory controlled by the military forces of Azerbaijan, has been brought to Baku and handed over to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Shakhin Sailov, the Secretary of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, said on August 10.

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