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13:45, 23 May 2016
The Buynaksk City Court has sentenced Ali Takhnaev, a local resident, to 6 years in colony, finding him guilty of illegal arms dealing and possession of narcotic drugs. The Court has also held that Takhnaev had intended to participate in illegal armed formations (IAFs) abroad.
09:00, 23 May 2016
Meeting of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna; primaries of "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party to nominate candidates for State Duma MPs; bus accident with Russian servicemen in South Ossetia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 16-22, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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- North-Caucasian Federal District
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00:29, 23 May 2016
During the week of May 16-22, 2016, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus 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.
23:24, 22 May 2016
The movement "Patriots of Circassia" calls on human rights organizations and the international community to pay attention to the violation of the rights of Adnan Khuade, a Circassian repatriate in Adygea. The activists have also announced their intention to continue the protests in Turkey until the full withdrawal of the charges against Adnan Khuade.
17:59, 22 May 2016
Four local residents detained on May 21 in Ingushetia were not militants, but their accomplices. This has been reported today by the leader of the republic.
20:00, 21 May 2016
More than 100 people gathered at the protest action in front of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul in connection with the initiation of the criminal case against Adnan Khuade, an activist from Adygea.
19:12, 21 May 2016
In Ingushetia, members of a secret grouping, associated with the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia), says the information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
15:14, 21 May 2016
On May 20, a new rural gathering held in the village of Kenkhi, local residents have again publicly condemned Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained to Vladimir Putin about corruption. An appeal was sent to the Russian President on behalf of the villagers. The appeal referred to attempts to foment ethnic hatred in the village of Kenkhi.
04:29, 21 May 2016
In Abkhazia, a criminal case has been initiated on the murder of Gigi Otkhozoriya on the border with Georgia. According to investigators, Otkhozoriya was killed in a fight with an Abkhaz border guard after the ban to cross the border.
22:44, 20 May 2016
Giga Otkhozoriya, killed on the border with Georgia, violated the passport regime and threatened an Abkhaz border guard. As a result, the latter was forced to use his service firearms. This was reported by the General Prosecutor of Abkhazia.
21:27, 20 May 2016
The Maikop City Court has refused to consider the motion filed by ecologist Valery Brinikh to waive a public advocate.
20:27, 20 May 2016
The Federal Centre is putting pressure on Imam Yaraliev in order to eliminate his impact on the upcoming elections, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, the former Mayor of Derbent is influencing the political situation in Southern Dagestan, which is raising fears in Moscow and Makhachkala.
18:22, 20 May 2016
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the arrest of Maxim Panfilov, a resident of the city of Astrakhan, accused of assaulting a policeman during the mass riots in Bolotnaya Square.
16:32, 20 May 2016
Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, chairing the trial against activist Gevorg Safaryan, has refused to disqualify himself despite the motion filed by advocate Tigran Airapetyan.
14:46, 20 May 2016
Elvira Karaeva, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, who, according to the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, was executed in Syria, had several times married militants. Her husbands, including Alim Zankishiev from Kabardino-Balkaria, perished, while she survived; and it aroused suspicion of the IS.