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08:45, 20 July 2015
Celebration of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr; a guilty verdict in the BORN case to Goryachev; anniversary of the murder of Natalya Estemirova, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 13-19, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Krasnodar Territory
- North Caucasus
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- Stavropol Region
- Conflicts
- Crime
- Culture
- Human rights
- Interethnic relations
- Politics
- Society
- Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus
14:09, 17 July 2015
A cassation complaint against the verdict to Asrudi Musaev, a resident of Chechnya, convicted for complicity in the fraud with maternity capital, has been left without consideration by a Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia. Musaev's advocate asks Vyacheslav Lebedev, the Chairman of the SC of Russia, to reverse the above decision of the SC's Judge, claiming that there are falsifications in the case.
20:56, 16 July 2015
Russian investigators must do everything possible to solve Natalia Estemirova's murder, committed six years ago, said activists of the "Amnesty International" (AI) in the course of the actions held in a number of European cities.
19:10, 16 July 2015
Until now, Chechnya and Dagestan have no clear mechanisms to counteract human rights violations by law enforcers, said the participants of the roundtable held at the opening of the exhibition dedicated to violence in the Northern Caucasus and dated to the sixth anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova.
16:11, 16 July 2015
The decision to put the letter by Polina Zherebtsova to Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the list of extremist materials is illegal, said the experts of the "Sova" Information-Analytical Centre.
13:56, 16 July 2015
Five regions out of seven in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and Adygea have announced the first days of Eid ul-Fitr (Uraza-Bayram) as holidays. At the same time, Muslims of Dagestan and Chechnya will complete their fasting on July 18 – a day later than in other regions.
23:46, 15 July 2015
Collective breaking of the fasting for believers in connection with the forthcoming end of the Ramadan was held in the mosques of Chechnya. Civil servants said that their participation in the event was not voluntary.
20:59, 15 July 2015
The Committee against Torture (CaT) disagrees with the answer received from Alexander Savenkov, a deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia, who saw no inaction of the police during the attack on the office of rights defenders.
18:46, 15 July 2015
Today, the exhibition "The Never-Ending Story: Violence and Impunity in Northern Caucasus" was opened in Moscow today on the sixth anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova.
13:14, 15 July 2015
About 300 units of missile and artillery weapons are involved in the exercise, which started on military ranges in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan and North Ossetia, and on a military base in South Ossetia, said the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD).
10:55, 15 July 2015
On July 14, in the city of Urus-Martan, a rally against terrorism and extremism under the motto "We are united and steadfast" was attended by more than a thousand people, said the city authorities. However, residents of Urus-Martan note that the rally, organized by city authorities, was attended mainly by employees of budget-funded organizations; and the event was formal.
19:15, 14 July 2015
The minimum amount of the religious tax Zakat-ul-Fitr (poor-due), which should be paid to needy Muslims before the holiday of Eid al-Adha, was defined by religious leaders of Southern Russia. The highest Zakat of 380 roubles was fixed for parishioners of Salafi mosques of Dagestan.
14:50, 14 July 2015
As stated by Alexander Savenkov, the head of the Investigating Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia, the service check found no confirmation of the complaints about the police's inaction during the pogrom of the Grozny office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG).
01:04, 14 July 2015
According to the ruling of the court in Adler, Khavazh Temirsultanov, who is accused of robbery, should stay at the place of his registration – in Chechnya.
20:20, 13 July 2015
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has found lawful the investigators' actions of non-admitting the advocate of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) Evgeny Gubin to Zaur Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, involved in Boris Nemtsov's murder case.