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August 28, 2017 03:37

• Sochi authorities refuse to sanction LGBT actions

  The Sochi administration has refused to sanction a gay parade and LGBT rallies in September. Earlier, the authorities of Anapa, Gelendzhik, and Tuapse have also refused to sanction the LGBT actions.

August 28, 2017 00:32

• Stavropol MIA bans its staff to visit bars on weekends

  According to the interdeparment order, staff members of the MIA's Department for the Stavropol Territory are forbidden to visit bars on weekends and also to travel on holidays outside the areas in which they serve.

August 28, 2017 00:09

• Police release Marziyat Gadjikurbanova detained in Dagestan

  Marziyat Gadjikurbanova, a resident of Ukraine, taken off a bus at the Gerzel checkpoint with her four children, has been released after spending six hours at the police station. The woman was told that she had been put on the wanted list.

August 27, 2017 21:52

• Woman with four children detained at Gerzel checkpoint

  The police detained 35-year-old Marziyat Gadjikurbanova with four children at the Gerzel checkpoint, when she was travelling in a shuttle bus on the route Makhachkala-Kiev.

August 27, 2017 14:31

• Sochi: tenants claim their high-rise building unfit for living

  According to tenants of the apartment building in Shaumyan Street, the house was put into operation unfit for living: there is no sewage system in the house, no permanent water supply is arranged, and the high-rise building is constructed on a landslide slope.

August 27, 2017 11:39

• Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

  Artak Bischaryan, a soldier of the Defence Army, was brought to a hospital with serious injuries as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side and died. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

August 27, 2017 04:13

• US initiate signature collection in support of Mekhman Aliev

  The website of the US presidential administration collects signatures under the petition with a demand to release Mekhman Aliev, the director of Turan news agency, arrested in Azerbaijan.

August 27, 2017 01:12

• In Sochi, five persons picket against censorship on Internet (+video)

  Participants of the rally have demanded to prevent restriction of the freedom of speech on the Internet and also declared inadmissibility of reprisals against those people who simply express their opinion.

August 26, 2017 23:44

• Activists called on US and EU to use sanctions in response to Mekhman Aliev’s arrest

  The arrest of Mekhman Aliev, Director of the “Turan” News Agency, has to do with his independent position and free expression of opinion on situation in Azerbaijan, opposition activists are sure. Repression will continue unless the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) introduce sanctions against violators of human rights, they have stated.

August 26, 2017 17:42

• Abdulatipov orders to speed up payment of compensations to Mokok fire victims

  The waiting list for compensations contains 251 persons, other 336 fire victims from the village of Mokok, Tsuntin District, will have to confirm their right through the court, the authorities of Dagestan have stated. Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of the republic, has instructed his subordinates to immediately transfer the list of victims to the Russia’s Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

August 26, 2017 16:52

• Two persons burned in a car in Chechnya

  A car caught fire after a road accident in the village of Chernorechye. A driver and a passenger were killed.

August 26, 2017 16:17

• Ingushetia re-schedules Day of Knowledge for September 2 because of Eid al-Adha

  In Ingushetia, solemn school assemblies will be held on September 2 due to the fact that the holiday of Eid al-Adha is celebrated on September 1. This was reported on Instagram by Yusup Kostoev, Minister for Education.

August 26, 2017 12:54

• HRHF calls on for immediate release of Mekhman Aliev

  The arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the news agency "Turan", has become another step taken by the Azerbaijani authorities to suppress independent media. This was stated by the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF).

August 26, 2017 11:19

• Psedakh villager detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting militants

  Detained 48-year-old Akhmet Baloev is suspected of aiding and abetting the Malgobek grouping of militants, which members were killed in the village of Psedakh. This was reported by a source from the Ingush law enforcement agencies.

August 26, 2017 10:43

• Ramzan Kadyrov excludes involvement of militants in MP Askhabov's murder

  The murder of Mukhmad Askhabov, a member of the Chechen Parliament from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), had no political motives. This was announced by the leader of Chechnya. Investigators have reported that no priority version of the murder has yet been formulated.

August 26, 2017 07:28

• In Volgograd Region, residents of Krasny farm yard report consequences of fire

  At the farm yard of Krasny in the Volgograd Region, the fire destroyed about 30 buildings and 17 gardens. All the fire victims were accommodated by their relatives. Local residents hope to receive compensation and assistance from the authorities.

August 26, 2017 06:09

• Activists claim political nature of criminal proceedings against Mekhman Aliev

  In Azerbaijan, public activists consider the criminal proceedings against Mekhman Aliev, the director of the news agency "Turan", to be politically motivated.

August 26, 2017 04:27

• CoE criticizes arrest of Mekhman Aliev in Azerbaijan

  On August 25, Stefan Schennach, Co-Rapporteur of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Azerbaijan, called on to release the arrested director of the news agency "Turan". The Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also voiced a call for respect for human rights and freedom of the press.

August 25, 2017 23:38

• Defence to challenge Mekhman Aliev’s arrest

  The arrest for three months of Mekhman Aliev, Director of the “Turan” Azerbaijani News Agency, will be appealed against in court, said his advocate; while Aliev himself rejects the charges.

August 25, 2017 21:32

• In Makhachkala, law enforcers release 17 mosque-goers

  Believers of a Salafi mosque in Makhachkala were detained after a Friday prayer, reported eyewitnesses. All 17 believers were released, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan reported.