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00:54, 28 June 2017
The court has returned to the prosecutor's office a criminal case against three natives of Chechnya accused of beating staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in the area of the Vnukovo village in Moscow. The criminal case has been returned for elimination of shortcomings. The pre-trial restriction measure against the defendants has been abolished, since, according to the court, there are no grounds for it.
22:17, 27 June 2017
Giorgi Margvelashvili has told Leyla Mustafaeva that Georgian authorities are interested in investigating the incident with the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who stated his kidnapping in Tbilisi and exportation to the territory of Azerbaijan.
19:58, 27 June 2017
Twelve persons, including three policemen, were injured in a mass brawl in the Dagestani village of Leninaul, said Sira Saipov, the former head of the village.
17:07, 27 June 2017
The criminal case against Magomed Maglaev, a resident of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, helped a militant and kept ammunition and explosive elements in his house, has been sent to the court.
15:06, 27 June 2017
A Yerevan court has found Ararat Khandoyan as a participant in mass riots in Khorenatsi Street and guilty of using violence against policemen. Khandoyan himself found the judgement as predictable.
13:21, 27 June 2017
Relatives of Rasambek Bekmurzaev, detained in Chechnya on suspicion of killing three law enforcers 17 years ago, are concerned about the lack of information about his fate. Rasambek Bekmurzaev was detained by FSB agents, a source from the police reported.
12:57, 27 June 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested the Azerbaijani authorities to provide information about the death of prisoner Elshad Babaev, who, according to a sister of the deceased man, died as a result of torture.
12:43, 27 June 2017
A person who ordered the Boris Nemtsov's murder had a political motive, and investigators proved that victims were right when they claimed the need to involve in the case top-ranking officials from Chechnya. This opinion was voice by Vadim Prokhorov, an advocate of the Boris Nemtsov's family members.
11:34, 26 June 2017
According to the police, a report on shooting in Sayat-Nova Street came at about 9:50 p.m. Moscow time on June 25.
10:18, 26 June 2017
After defendant Varuzhan Avetisyan delivered his speech at the court hearing in the case against members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), an investigation has been launched into a criminal case on public appeals for seizure of power. This was reported by the Armenian Prosecutor's Office.
09:06, 26 June 2017
During the week of June 19-25, 2017, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
09:00, 26 June 2017
Start of Muslim celebration of Uraza-Bayram; bad weather in various regions of Northern and Southern Caucasus; adoption of new Georgian constitution in two readings; mutual accusations of sabotage by parties in Karabakh conflict; trial of blogger Lapshin in Baku; rallies of Abkhazians on minor's rape and "murder of honour", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 19-25, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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06:09, 26 June 2017
The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, accused of drug trafficking, filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Zhalaudi Geriev says that the charge has been fabricated. Earlier, human rights organizations have recognized him as a political prisoner.
10:24, 25 June 2017
In Khasavyurt, law enforcers entered a shootout with suspected militants. As a result, two persons were killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.
23:41, 24 June 2017
Today, the court ruling of May 24 has come into force, according to which the Russia's Ministry of Finance (MoF) has to pay 100,000 roubles to Klara and Valentin Donchi-Ool, a pensioners' family couple from Sochi, in compensation for moral harm suffered from a criminal case unlawfully opened against them. The amount awarded by the court is ten times smaller than the spouses had claimed in their lawsuit; however, they will not challenge the ruling.