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February 15, 2018 21:33

• Titiev's defence not allowed to study CCTV records

  Investigators told Oyub Titiev's advocate that the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in the police station, where Titiev was taken after detention, were inoperative on that day. Thus, the Titiev's case is deprived of the most important evidence, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated in its comment on the situation.

February 15, 2018 20:27

• Dzortova refutes Evkurov's statement about migrants' picket in Moscow

  Forced migrants from Chechnya did not picket the State Duma building in Moscow, but met with an MP from Ingushetia, said Madina Dzortova, a migrant, whom Evkurov declared to be the organizer of the picket.

February 15, 2018 19:18

• A snowboarder injured at "Roza Khutor" resort

  In Sochi, a pine fell on a ski slope and injured a tourist. The young woman was hospitalized with fractures, rescuers reported.

February 15, 2018 16:33

• Zagidat Abakarova released in courtroom

  Zagidat Abakarova, a resident of Dagestan, sentenced today after her voluntary return from Syria, has persuaded the court to postpone her imprisonment for 13 years.

February 15, 2018 15:08

• Militant killed in special operation in Dagestan

  Today, after a shootout that broke out in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, law enforcers killed a militant, who had been involved in terrorism, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.

February 15, 2018 14:24

• Vladimir Putin's pre-election billboards guarded: Astrakhan residents report

  On February 12, a video appeared in the group "Typical Astrakhan" in the social network "VKontakte". Its author reported that billboards with the image of Vladimir Putin in Astrakhan were guarded by law enforcers. "A poster reads: 'Strong Russia, strong president,' and given the poverty around, it looks like a mockery," the author wrote.

February 15, 2018 12:33

• Zagidat Abakarova sentenced to eight years in colony

  Today, a Makhachkala court has sentenced Zagidat Abakarova, a resident of Dagestan, detained after her voluntary return from Syria, to imprisonment.

February 15, 2018 09:27

• Petitions in support of Gamidov and Yusufov gain more than 1600 votes

  A petition calling to release Abdusamad Gamidov, the chair of the Dagestani government, gained 908 signatures for a week. For the same period, 766 signatures were left under a petition in support of Rayudin Yusufov, Deputy of Abdusamad Gamidov.

February 15, 2018 08:59

• MIA starts investigation into a video with police officers' dances in Dagestan

  A video showing police officers who arranged a feast and dancing at their office appeared on the Internet. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan started an official investigation.

February 15, 2018 04:09

• In Austria, Court finds two immigrants from Chechnya guilty of plotting a terror act

  The Vienna Court (Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien) has recognized three men, two of whom are natives of Chechnya, guilty of creating an IS* unit and plotting an attack on policemen.

February 15, 2018 01:05

• Migrants' picket in Moscow evokes Evkurov's anger

  Today, a group of forced migrants from Chechnya has held a picket outside the State Duma in Moscow, complaining about Ingush officials because of problems with obtaining housing. The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, accused the picketers of trying to "swing the situation", saying that Ingush authorities are trying to solve their problems.

February 15, 2018 00:44

• Israel refuses to officially recognize Armenian Genocide

  The Israeli parliament has rejected the legislative initiative of the MP, who offered to recognize the Armenian Genocide and reminded about the Holocaust.

February 14, 2018 18:45

• Yerevan residents achieve repair of prison sewage

  The protests of Yerevan townspeople and the action of the "Apricot Country" Party in the Council of Elders have forced the city bosses to start repairing the sewage system of the Nubarashen Prison.

February 14, 2018 18:05

• Vasiliev approves reduction of Dagestani Govt

  Today, Vladimir Vasiliev has supported the proposal of Artyom Zdunov, the Prime Minister of Dagestan, to reduce the republic's government.

February 14, 2018 17:00

• Azerbaijani CEC approves nomination of five presidential candidates

  Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has approved nomination of the incumbent President Ilham Aliev, Fuad Aliev, the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, and three self-nominees as presidential candidates.

February 14, 2018 15:47

• ECtHR asks Russian authorities about two persons missing in Chechnya

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has asked Russia to investigate the disappearance of Khusein Badurgov and Khadizhat Elimkhanova in Chechnya in 2012 and 2013, the Committee against Torture (CAT) has stated today.

February 14, 2018 12:42

• Navalny's inquiry into oligarch's and official's links with prostitutes sent to Kuban court

  Lawyers of the Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) have appealed against the decision of the Ust-Labinsk District Court to block the ACF's anti-corruption investigation, telling about an influential official spending his holiday on a yacht with an oligarch and prostitutes.

February 14, 2018 12:11

• Tbilisi Mayor demands dismissals after metro accident

  The repair of the Varketili metro station before the ceiling collapsed there was carried out with violations, Kakha Kaladze, the Tbilisi Mayor has stated, suggesting firing the employees, who had accepted the project.

February 14, 2018 04:43

• ICRF: man accused of kidnapping Minister in Dagestan concludes a plea bargain

  In Dagestan, investigators have completed an investigation into the criminal case against Zalkip Aliskantov, a 39-year-old resident of the Tlaratin District. According to the investigators, he was one of the accomplices in the kidnapping of Ibragim Kazibekov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing.

February 14, 2018 02:40

• Talekh Bagirzade sentenced to five months in prison for keeping memory cards in his cell

  Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, who is serving his 20-year term for the riots in Nardaran, was sentenced to additional five months on charges of keeping prohibited items in his prison cell.