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12:34, 30 May 2014
Today, following the results of the meeting with the leadership of the city UVD (Interior Department), human rights defenders and members of public organizations of Sochi, have made a decision to repeatedly inspect the ROVDs (District Interior Divisions). During the today's meeting, the activists summed up the results of the inspection held on April 21-30.
21:56, 29 May 2014
Members of the armed underground had extorted money from Gamzat Musaev, the head of the electricity grid of the Gergebil District of Dagestan, near whose house an explosion was triggered on May 28, a local told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The press service of the Dagestani MIA has added that in October 2013, a grenade was found under the car near Musaev's the house.
21:03, 29 May 2014
The advocate of Muslim Ataev, a resident of the village of Tarki, who was detained on May 28, has managed to meet his client in the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, after which the lawyer stated that the detainee had been exposed to illegal methods of investigation.
18:36, 29 May 2014
Residents of Chechnya assert that during the last 24 hours bodies of several dozens of locals who took part in fights in Ukraine and perished in the Donetsk Region, where brought home, citing the number from 35 to 40-45.
12:42, 29 May 2014
In Rostov-on-Don, at the trial in the case against Said Amirov, former Mayor of Makhachkala dismissed from office, accused of plotting a terror act, an expert in psychiatry has concluded that several prosecution witnesses were subjected to psychological traumatic impact. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.
10:23, 29 May 2014
Ten natives of Dagestan, who were allegedly plotting a subversive and terror act in the Moscow Region during the Victory Day celebrations, were detained in the Moscow Region in the place of their residence. This has been reported today by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
19:56, 28 May 2014
In Dagestan, relatives of Muslim Ataev, 31, a resident of the township Tarki in Makhachkala, who disappeared today, have turned to the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) asking to help to find his whereabouts. The Makhachkala GOVD (City Interior Division) denies Ataev's detention.
13:07, 28 May 2014
Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has condemned the conviction of Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies (EMDC), to 5.5 years in prison. In this context, Mr Lenarčič has expressed his concern about the state of things with fundamental rights and freedoms in Azerbaijan.
09:57, 28 May 2014
Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, has warned parents and relatives of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) that they will be punished in case if they do not persuade their children on the wanted list to surrender. Meanwhile, Ingush President has promised that all militants who come to surrender will be sentenced to minimum penalties.
06:15, 28 May 2014
On May 26, the Adler District Court of Sochi found Sergey Kuznetsov, a former inspector of the patrol-and-post service (known as PPS), guilty of beating Pavel Solovyov, a builder at Olympic facilities. The Court has sentenced Sergey Kuznetsov to 3.5 years of imprisonment and obliged him to pay a fine. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
01:35, 28 May 2014
Khalid Bagirov, an advocate of Abdula Abilov, a creator of the "Stop toadies!" Facebook group, who had been sentenced in Azerbaijan to 5.5 years of imprisonment on charges of drug trafficking, announces the intention to file an appeal against the verdict.
20:34, 27 May 2014
Today, Ukrainian border guards have registered a breakthrough of armed men in cars from the Rostov Region into Ukraine. Local patrol opened a fight with them, as a result, one person was wounded, the State Frontier Service of Ukraine has reported.
15:37, 27 May 2014
At the session of the Kizilyurt District Court, the defendant Kasum Magomedov, accused of murdering his niece, has partially admitted his guilt, saying that he had committed the crime in the heat of passion. Under petition of the defence, the court has appointed his psychological and psychiatric examination.
15:35, 27 May 2014
Today, at the Moscow City Court (MCC), the advocates of the figurants in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, have demanded to quash the guilty verdict handed down by the jurors on May 20, dissolve the jury and send the case for retrial.
14:44, 27 May 2014
The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has challenged the verdict passed to seven members of the "Southern" grouping of militants, who had surrendered under the guarantee of the Adaptation Commission of militants. The Prosecutor's Office treats the verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan as too lenient.