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December 07, 2017 09:25

• Kaspiysk residents demand to close brick factories

  At their meeting, residents of the Kirpichny village claimed the operation of six brick factories in the suburbs of Kaspiysk led to an ecological disaster.

December 07, 2017 06:54

• Former MIA's Academy cadet pressured by law enforcers, his defence asserts

  In Krasnodar, the court has prolonged the detention in custody until January 15, 2018, to Anzor Magomadov, a resident of Sochi, a former cadet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Academy, accused of plotting a terror act and attempting to join militants in Syria. According to his advocates, law enforcers put pressure on the defendant to obtain his confession.

December 07, 2017 06:01

• Chechnya resumes publishing "Goch"

  In Chechnya, the publication of the independent literary and art magazine "Goch" (Translation), the release of which was stopped several years ago, has been resumed.

December 07, 2017 03:09

• UN Special Rapporteurs call on Azerbaijan to allow Khadija Ismayilova travel abroad

  A ban on travelling abroad violates the Khadija Ismayilova's right to freedom of expression, claimed two UN Special Rapporteurs.

December 07, 2017 00:49

• Disappeared resident of Makhachkala found at police station

  Azamat Aliev, whose relatives complained of his disappearance, was detained after a grenade had been discovered with him, reported the police of Makhachkala. Today, he has been taken into custody.

December 06, 2017 22:50

• Moskalkova: European delegation found no evidence of executions in Chechnya

  The members of the European Committee against Torture (ECAT), who inspected prisons in Chechnya, found no evidence of extrajudicial killings and illegal detentions, said Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson.

December 06, 2017 21:51

• Ragimov's relatives treat his trial as "judicial performance"

  On December 5, the Tushino District Court of Moscow held a session of Murad Ragimov, a native of Dagestan, accused of illegal drug storage. The court ruled to extend Ragimov's arrest by three months, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported from the courtroom.

December 06, 2017 18:03

• Gukovo authorities refuse to sanction miners' indefinite pickets

  The Gukovo administration has not sanctioned a notification of indefinite pickets to be held starting from December 7 for the miners who are trying to get their wages.

December 06, 2017 18:02

• Said Amirov feels bad at trial

  Today, the court hearing to consider the issue on release of Said Amirov has been interrupted several times because of the defendant's poor health state. Court hearings will be continued on December 14, the Sol-Iletsk District Court reported.

December 06, 2017 16:58

• UNM supporters stand up for Mikhail Saakashvili

  Today, participants of the action organized by the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party have marched through the streets in Tbilisi in protest against the actions of the Ukrainian authorities and the law enforcement bodies against former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

December 06, 2017 15:48

• In Azerbaijan, 12 supporters of "Muslim Unity" sentenced to long prison terms

  Today, in Baku, the court has found supporters of the movement "Muslim Unity" guilty under ten articles of the Criminal Code and sentenced them to long terms of imprisonment. The defence intends to challenge the verdict.

December 06, 2017 15:21

• French court increases amount of bail for Suleiman Kerimov eightfold

  Today, in the French city of Aix-en-Provence, the Court of Appeal has left at liberty Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov, but increased the amount of bail up to 40 million euros.

December 06, 2017 13:36

• Mikhail Saakashvili wanted in Ukraine

  Mikhail Saakashvili is accused of crimes under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He faces up to five years of imprisonment. Mikhail Saakashvili himself refuses to come to the interrogation, and his defence calls the charges unproved.

December 06, 2017 11:06

• Ramzan Kadyrov: Chechen athletes not to compete at Olympic Games

  On December 5, Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, announced that athletes registered as residents of Chechnya would not compete under a neutral flag at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The Chechen leader's statement was made against the backdrop of the discussions to boycott the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

December 06, 2017 08:54

• CE launches investigation against Azerbaijan in Ilgar Mamedov's case

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CE) has initiated proceedings against Azerbaijan in connection with the detention in custody of oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov despite the decision pronounced by the Strasbourg Court. The procedure, introduced in 2010, is used by the CE Committee of Ministers for the first time, reports the CE press service in its official statement.

December 06, 2017 01:44

• Over 100 people demand refugee status from Armenian authorities

  On December 5, more than 100 persons from among former residents of Artsvashen village, which has been under Azerbaijani control for 25 years, held a protest action at the residence of Armenian President in Yerevan. They demanded to pay them compensations for the property lost during the Karabakh conflict in 1992.

December 05, 2017 23:20

• Russian national team removed from Olympics-2018 due to doping in Sochi

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has removed the Russian national team from participating in the 2018 Olympic Games in the South-Korean city of Pyeongchang. To return to the IOC at least after the closing ceremony of the Games, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) must reimburse the costs of the anti-doping investigation.

December 05, 2017 22:12

• Makhachkala resident reports his son missing

  A resident of Makhachkala has reported disappearance of his son Azamat Aliev, who sent him message that he had been detained by policemen.

December 05, 2017 15:28

• Seven residents of Grozny kidnapped, their relatives report

  According to an informed source of the "Caucasian Knot", at night on November 22, seven men were kidnapped from their homes in Grozny. The information on the detentions has been reported to the delegation of the European Committee against Torture, which members stayed in Chechnya, the source noted.

December 05, 2017 15:22

• In Kiev, supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili beat him back from law enforcers

  Supporters of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, detained today in Kiev, appeared to be able to pull him out of a law enforcers' car. Mikhail Saakashvili has called on people for a protest against Ukrainian President Poroshenko.