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November 11, 2017 04:27

• Sentenced Dagestani woman complains to ECtHR about lack of medical care

  Saida Khalikova, who is serving her five-year term of imprisonment in a Volgograd penal colony for financing IS*, has complained about the lack of medical assistance. Meanwhile, her mother Raziyat Isambekova has filed a complaint that her daughter is serving the sentence too far from Dagestan, the "Justice Initiative" reported.

November 11, 2017 03:27

• Six witnesses confirm Belyalov's alibi on the day of attack on Budyonnovsk

  Ramzan Belyalov, a native of Chechnya, accused of an armed attack on Budyonnovsk, was in Bashkortostan, when the TV broadcasted news about the capture of the hospital by Basaev's militants, witnesses have stated at the trial held in Rostov-on-Don.

November 11, 2017 02:16

• KChR's summer school project wins Google contest

  The "Balapanlar" project, within which children from the Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) studied their mother tongue, played national musical instruments and practiced the jiu-jitsu wrestling in a summer school, took the first place in the Google's contest "Afar from the Capital" in the nomination "Education and Development".

November 11, 2017 00:15

• Ingushetia and Chechnya are Russia's leaders in unemployment rate

  As of November 1, the highest unemployment level is fixed in Ingushetia, where every tenth citizen is jobless.

November 10, 2017 22:43

• Head of Stavropol Navalny's office fined by 150,000 roubles

  Today, a Stavropol court has fined Ivan Tanskiy, the coordinator of the local office of Alexei Navalny, for participating in an unsanctioned protest action on October 7.

November 10, 2017 19:05

• Coordinator of Navalny's office detained in Volgograd

  In the course of the rally in Volgograd, policemen detained Alexei Volkov, the coordinator of the local Alexei Navalny's office.

November 10, 2017 18:24

• ECtHR communicates complaint about extrajudicial execution in Ingushetia

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent questions to the government of Russia on the complaint of a woman from Ingushetia about the extrajudicial execution of her son Muslim Kuriev, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported today.

November 10, 2017 17:58

• At least 1000 people come to Navalny's rally in Volgograd (+video)

  Today, the police and independent observers counted about 1000 participants of the rally, organized by supporters of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Volgograd. According to volunteers, about 1800 were present at the rally.

November 10, 2017 15:01

• Yerevan shows film about same-sex relations as public awareness of LGBT issue is on the rise

  Yerevan hosted a closed screening of the film "postDIY" referring to a story of a pub which sheltered people with non-traditional sexual orientation and was blown up in 2012.

November 10, 2017 12:52

• Anonyms massively send letters about terror acts in Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd

  On November 9, the Volgograd emergency services got to their mailboxes the letters reporting preparation of terror acts. Anonymous letters alleged that bombs had been planted in cinemas, schools, and shopping centres. Anonymous authors noted law enforcers have one day only to find explosive devices, the Volgograd edition "City News" reports.

November 10, 2017 11:25

• Grozny residents tell about organizers of action against Gannushkina

  The action held on November 9 near the building of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya was not spontaneous, but it was organized by the authorities of the region, reported participants of the action.

November 10, 2017 09:40

• Police fail to find kidnappers of Makhachkala Imam's son

  Investigators did not find out any involvement of policemen in an attempt to kidnap a son of Nigmatulla Radjabov, Imam of the Makhachkala Salafi mosque. This was reported by a response got by the Imam from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

November 10, 2017 04:47

• List of Northern Caucasus natives captured in Iraq sent to Red Cross

  A list with the names of 231 Russian citizens, most of whom are natives of Chechnya and Dagestan, has been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to resolve the problem of their return from Iraq to their homeland. This has been reported by Joanna Paraschuk, an analyst of the British analytical centre IHS.

November 10, 2017 02:00

• Rights defenders criticize the Chechen SC's decision on MIA's lawsuit

  The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya on the lawsuit of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against the "Civil Assistance" Committee, "Novaya Gazeta" and Ramazan Djalaldinov will be appealed against, the rights defendants have stated.

November 10, 2017 01:53

• Khachatur Gichyan accused of supporting "Sasna Tsrer" regiment hospitalized

  The health state of Khachatur Gichyan accused of support for the unit "Sasna Tsrer" has deteriorated. He was transferred to a hospital for prisoners.

November 09, 2017 22:09

• Dagestani villagers report planting proofs on their detained relatives

  Law enforcers have detained several residents of the Dagestani village of Rutul, accusing them of setting fire to the district administration building, their fellow villagers have reported. Relatives of the detained men assert that narcotic drugs and ammunition were planted on them at detention.

November 09, 2017 20:03

• After meeting Prime Minister, Yerevan students refuse to stop strike

  Today, Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, met a group of striking Yerevan students and asked them to wait till the adoption of the law that would cancel the postponement of the military service. The students, who demand the revocation of the bill, announced that they would continue their protest actions.

November 09, 2017 19:25

• "Novaya Gazeta" and CPT awarded Andrei Sakharov Prize

  The 2017 Andrei Sakharov Prize is awarded for the efforts of journalists and rights defenders to combat torture and other human rights violations in Russia. This has been reported today by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.

November 09, 2017 18:45

• Court upholds Chechen MIA's lawsuit against rights defenders

  The "Civil Assistance" Committee, Ramazan Djalaldinov and "Novaya Gazeta" have disgraced the reputation of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Supreme Court of Chechnya has decided and refused to satisfy the rights defendants' appeal.

November 09, 2017 18:27

• Relatives of Rostov plane crash victims demand 10 million US dollars of compensation

  The "FlyDubai" airline company should pay compensation to family members of the passengers killed a plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, since the crash happened because of pilots' error. This has been reported today by an advocate. The "FlyDubai" airline company has reported it is ready to provide fair compensation.