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10:09, 28 June 2013

Transparency International demands to check Chief Architect of Yerevan for abuse of powers

Law enforcement bodies of Armenia are preparing to launch inquiry into activities of Narek Sarkisyan, the Chief Architect of Yerevan, after the statement of the anti-corruption centre of the Transparency International about his possible misuse of powers.

Complex "Grozny City". Central is Phoenix Tower (former Olympus Tower). Grozny, Chechnya, June 11, 2013. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot".

09:51, 28 June 2013

Engineers promise to restore skyscraper in "Grozny City" by late September

The 145-meter tower of the complex "Grozny City", which was damaged by fire in April, will be restored with the use of new fire-resistant decoration materials by September 30, the city administration reports.

Marina Dubrovina, lawyer of Nikolai Yarst, at a press-conference in Sochi, June 27, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the “Caucasian Knot”.

04:21, 28 June 2013

Inquiry into Yarst's case in Sochi is run with violations, advocates assert

The journalist Nikolai Yarst, accused of drug possession, is not guilty of the incriminated offence, while the inquiry into his case is accompanied by violations, the Yarst's advocates Alexander Popkov and Marina Dubrovina said at the press conference held in Sochi.

03:15, 28 June 2013

Advocate: inquiry into the case of ex-office manager of president of Azerbaijan is accompanied by ECHR violations

The court in Baku dismissed the complaints of the former office manager of the president of Azerbaijan Akif Muradverdiev, filed by his defence in connection with his freedom restriction, the conducted searches and investigators' refusal to provide information. According to the advocate Fuad Agaev, the court decisions gave sufficient grounds for filing a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

02:48, 28 June 2013

"Pravozaschita" turns to prosecutor's office on forcing Buynaksk residents to give DNA assays

Zarema Bagautdinova, a representative of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) for the Buynaksk District, has addressed the Public Prosecutor of Dagestan asking him to react to the fact of forcing 23 residents of Buynaksk to give their saliva for collecting DNA samples.

Human right activist Magomed Mutsolgov. Photo by Ruslan Mutsolgov.

02:07, 28 June 2013

Issues of encroachment on human honour and rights to be discussed by conference scheduled in Ingushetia

On June 29, the city of Magas will hold a conference against encroachment on human honour and rights, which will be organized by the republic's administration and Muftiate. One of the topics to be discussed at the forum will be the issue of bride abduction.

00:59, 28 June 2013

Unloading dock in Volgograd Region was burned down intentionally, its defenders are sure

The fire in the unloading dock, located near the farmstead of Bobry in the Sredneakhtubinsk District of the Volgograd Region, which was recognized as cultural heritage, was caused by arson, the activists who fought for the preservation of the building are sure. They now prepare a series of rallies to demand to find and punish the arsonists.

20:31, 27 June 2013

Adviser to "Musavat" head detained in Azerbaijan on suspicion of hooliganism

On June 27, Yadigar Sadygov, an advisor to the chairman of the opposition "Musavat" Party, was detained by police in the city of Lankaran in southern Azerbaijan on suspicion of committing acts of hooliganism. The "Musavat" finds the accusations fabricated and politically motivated.

20:14, 27 June 2013

Relatives of 28-year-old resident of Dagestan state his disappearance after detention by power agents

In Dagestan, relatives cannot locate Magomed Magomedov, 28, who was detained by police on June 24. His relatives assert that Magomed Magomedov was detained by Kizilyurt district policemen at the post at the entrance to Kizilyurt from the village of Komsomolskoe.

18:58, 27 June 2013

Kruter: defence will insist on July 3 in court on home arrest for Said Amirov

On July 3, at a session of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, the defence of the arrested and removed from office Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov will insist on changing his freedom restraint measure to home arrest, said Mark Kruter, Amirov's advocate.

17:50, 27 June 2013

Azerbaijan extends custody of theologian Bagirzade by a month

On June 27, the court has extended till August 1 the custody of Talekh Bagirzade, a theologian, said his lawyer Javad Javadly. The defender finds the decision unjustified and intends to appeal against it at the appellate.

Rasul Ismailov. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the “Caucasian Knot”.

17:09, 27 June 2013

Ismailov: delegate of future Kumyk Parliament killed in Dagestan

Tamerlan Akaev, a villager of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, a 28-year-old supporter of Salafism, who had been elected a delegate to the future Kumyk Parliament, was shot dead in his car. According to Rasul Ismailov, the head of the human rights organization "Civil Initiative", believes that the reason for the murder could be the hostility that arose on religious grounds.

Evgeniy Kuzyur, lawyer of Ruslan Rakhaev at the court session on April 29, 2013. Photo by the “Caucasian Knot”.

16:37, 27 June 2013

Defence of ex-deputy head of Cherkessk police asks the court to acquit him; verdict is expected on July 1

Evgeniy Kuzyur, the advocate of Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy head of the police of the city of Cherkessk, who is accused of abuse of power that led to the death of a person, has stated – in the course of the debate at the court – that the case was falsified, and asked the court to acquit his client.

Magomed Magomedov (second from right) receiving citizens of Kharakhin district, Dagestan, Khunzakh region, November 2012. Photo: riadagestan.ru

15:54, 27 June 2013

Regional MP Magomed Magomedov detained in Dagestan

On June 27, after the session of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, Magomed Magomedov, an MP, was detained, the MIA of Dagestan reports. According to a source from the National Assembly, the reason for the detention was the fact that the MP is suspected of links with militants.

Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo: http://www.memo.ru/

15:26, 27 June 2013

Magomedova: no decision made so far in Dagestan on threats to lawyers

The Dagestani law enforcement bodies have not yet taken a procedural decision on the application of the lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov, who had reported about received threats with demands to refuse to represent the interests of the relatives of Gamzatov brothers, killed in Kizlyar, said Magomedova.

Highway to Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the “Caucasian Knot”.

08:38, 27 June 2013

Nanuashvili: participants in Lopota events legally came to Georgia not from Dagestan

The members of the armed group, blocked in August 2012 in Lopota Gorge, had legally entered the country. Some of the survivals in the special operation legally left Georgia and stay now in different countries, including Syria, said the Ombudsman of Georgia Ucha Nanuashvili.

00:07, 27 June 2013

Suspect of killing vice-premier of KChR meets his advocate

For the first time since June 17, the lawyer Vyacheslav Merzakulov was admitted to the detention facility to meet Atam Achmiz, a resident of Adygea, suspected of executing the murder of the deputy prime minister of the Karachay-CherkessianRepublic (KChR) Ansar Tebuev.

The Primorsky District Court of Odessa. Photo: www.odessa.umvd.gov.ua

21:43, 26 June 2013

Court in Odessa finished questioning witnesses in the case of a native of Chechnya, accused of plotting a terror act against Putin

On June 26, the Primorsky District Court of Odessa has finished questioning the prosecution witnesses in the case of Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, suspected of preparing a terror act against the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

18:28, 26 June 2013

In Armenia, the protesters voice against violence applied to women

An action under the motto "Promise is promise" in protest against violence applied to women was held on June 25 inYerevan, said Satenik Gevorkyan, the event coordinator. The action was organized by the Women's Rights Centre and the network "Men against Abusing Women".

17:20, 26 June 2013

Volgograd: court session on suspension of rubberoid factory scheduled for July 5

In the village of Dar-Gora, Voroshilov District of Volgograd, activists of the territorial self-government (known as TOS) "Divnogorsky" opened – jointly with state officials and ecologists – a shop, which manufactured rubberoid and emitted acrid smoke that disturbed local residents.

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