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16:55, 3 December 2013
At the recent court session at the trial in the case against Rostov journalist and publisher Alexander Tolmachov, the court has interrogated two other defendants in one of the episodes of the case entrepreneurs Yury Galagan and Elena Morozova. They pleaded not guilty.
12:20, 3 December 2013
Vardan Minasyan, a correspondent of the newspaper "Graparak", claims policemen used violence against him during the protest action held in Yerevan on December 2. The police promise to carry out the investigation into the incident.
11:00, 3 December 2013
The international non-governmental organization "Transparency International" (TI), based in Berlin, has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2013. According to it, Georgia occupies the 55th place, Armenia the 94th place, and Azerbaijan shares with Russia the 127th place.
20:32, 2 December 2013
The lawyers and rights defenders, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, believe that the sentence passed today to Gyulyar Akhmedova, an Azerbaijani former MP, is too lenient. According to Azad Mursaliev, a nephew of Elshad Abdullaev, they just made a visibility of trying Akhmedova.
18:26, 2 December 2013
As reported by Nana Kakabadze, an activist of the NGO "Former Prisoners for Human Rights", more than 150 prisoners of Gldani Prison No. 8 in Tbilisi have gone on a hunger strike demanding to review their cases.
13:44, 2 December 2013
As announced by Mark Tolchinskiy, the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russia's MIA for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), the police has opened a criminal case against Bukhari Kurbanov, the head of the Dagestani credit organization "Naftabank", whose banking license was revoked by the Central Bank of Russia.
13:01, 2 December 2013
The woman, who headed the Department of Labour and Social Development of the Malokarachay District, suspected of embezzling more than 348 million roubles from the budget as a member of an organized criminal grouping, was detained in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).
11:45, 2 December 2013
As reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in Moscow, law enforcers have detained a suspect of killing the woman, whose body with amputated arms and legs was found on November 23. According to investigators, the detainee is a young man, a native of Dagestan.
09:00, 2 December 2013
Initiation of criminal case against Russia's ex- Defence Minister Serdyukov on negligence at construction of the recreation centre in Astrakhan Region; Georgia initials its Association Agreement with the European Union (EU); Azerbaijan signs visa simplification with the EU; abolishment of direct election of the head of North Ossetia; creation of territorial units in Dagestan and license withdrawal from Makhachkala "Naftabank"; conviction of journalist Reznik in Rostov-on-Don – look at these and other events in the review of the week from November 25 to December 1, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
03:33, 2 December 2013
During the week of November 25-December 1, 2013, at least 11 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, 8 persons were killed, and 3 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:19, 1 December 2013
The Supreme Court of Nagorno-Karabakh has dismissed the complaint filed by advocates of students David Barsegyan and Rafael Avagyan against the verdict, according to which the students were sentenced on charges of espionage to lengthy terms of imprisonment.
20:26, 30 November 2013
The person wounded at a car explosion in the city of Neftekumsk is in the intensive care unit of the district hospital. His evacuation is impossible for medical indications, says the Chief Department of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). The businessman Sultan Ajakhmetov received numerous bodily injuries and lost his both legs, investigators report.
09:49, 30 November 2013
In Chechnya, the police are conducting search for two female residents of Grozny, who disappeared on November 18 and 20. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.
02:47, 30 November 2013
The Sheki Court of Serious Crimes of Azerbaijan began to consider on the merits the criminal case on the riots in Ismailly. On the first day of the court session, journalists were not allowed to enter the courtroom.
01:13, 30 November 2013
After the interrogation scheduled for December 3, new charges will be filed against Anatoly Serdyukov, ex-Minister of Defence, in connection with the investigation into the case of construction of the "Zhitnoe" Holiday Centre in the Astrakhan Region.