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July 11, 2017 21:18

• Kadyrov rejoices at Gardaloev's appointment as head of Chechen SC

  Alavdin Gardaloev, the new chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, was presented in Grozny. The head of Chechnya commented it by saying that "justice has triumphed."

July 11, 2017 20:37

• Journalists reproach Abdulatipov for his belated reaction to Leninaul conflict

  The intervention of Chechen authorities into conflict in Leninaul undermines the authority of Ramazan Abdulatipov. The head of Dagestan had to come there as the head of delegation on the day of the conflict, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Milrad Fatullaev have stated. On July 11, the situation in the village was stable, locals report.

July 11, 2017 17:27

• Azerbaijani SC upholds verdict to Rufat Safarov

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed an appeal filed against the verdict to Rufat Safarov, a former investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, who was sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment in the case of a repeated bribe receipt.

July 11, 2017 16:37

• Residents of Ingushetia celebrate 25th anniversary of republic's formation

  The festive events in the Republic of Ingushetia, also attended by politicians from Moscow, have become a good occasion to look back how the present Republic of Ingushetia was formed and who contributed to its formation.

July 11, 2017 16:01

• Georgian authorities deny introduction of school lessons in sex education

  In Georgia, after protests against innovations in the school curriculum, the Ministry for Education and Science reported that no topics on sexual education or mentioning of the LGBT community were planned to be included in school textbooks on the subject "Me and Society".

July 11, 2017 15:09

• SC upholds foreign agent status for "EcoWatch"

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Adygea has upheld the decision pronounced by the Maikop City Court to recognize the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" as a foreign agent.

July 11, 2017 13:37

• Animal rights defenders claim new wave of violence against animals in Dagestan

  In Khasavyurt, activists from the animal rights organization "Zoohelp" have reported that dogs of which they care were attacked. The attackers broke open all the doors in a pen, killed one dog and beat up six others. This was reported by the animal rights defenders.

July 11, 2017 12:21

• In Chechnya, relatives of detainees trust journalists' reports about executions

  Relatives and friends of the suspected militants detained in December 2016-January 2017 trust the information released by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" about extrajudicial execution in Chechnya.

July 11, 2017 10:39

• RAS Institute of African Studies releases a book on radical Islamic movements in Caucasus

  Authors of the second part of the multivolume monograph "Radical Islamist movements on the political map of the modern world" have explored the specifics of Muslim radicalization in Northern and Southern Caucasus.

July 11, 2017 09:07

• Man sentenced for plotting assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin appeals to Russian President for pardoning

  Ilya Pyanzin, a citizen of Kazakhstan, who since 2013 is serving his sentence in a penal colony in the Samara Region for plotting an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin, has addressed the Russian President with an appeal to pardon him.

July 11, 2017 07:28

• Father of girl killed by dogs: Makhachkala Mayoralty to pay 50 million roubles

  The father of a schoolgirl, who died of dog bites, has filed to the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala a lawsuit against the City Mayoralty and the city housing and communal services administration. The man claims compensation in the amount of 50 million roubles for moral suffering.

July 11, 2017 00:28

• Eyewitnesses treat law enforcers responsible for conflict on border between Dagestan and Chechnya

  A domestic conflict near the village of Leninaul almost turned into an ethnic conflict because of the wrong actions of law enforcers. This opinion was voiced by users of social networks. Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, spoke about complaints of members of the Chechen community against the law enforcers.

July 10, 2017 23:07

• AI demands investigation of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

  The information on the killing of 27 people in Chechnya has been released by a reliable source and looks plausible by virtue of the specific situation in the republic. This is the opinion of Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director of the Amnesty International (AI) for Europe and Central Asia.

July 10, 2017 20:09

• Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

  Vazgen Pogosyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, born in 1997, was killed as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 10, 2017 19:00

• HRC "Memorial": law enforcers ignore fates of missing people in Grozny

  For six months already, the Chechen law enforcement agencies have been skirting answering questions about the fates of Askhab Yusupov, Ismali Bergoev, and Madina Shakhbieva, detained during the December armed clashes in Grozny. This was reported by the "Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

July 10, 2017 16:08

• PFPA member Fizuli Guseinov arrested in Azerbaijan

  Fizuli Guseinov has been sentenced to 10 days of arrest for failure to obey to the police. This was reported by the Sabail District Court. Fizuli Guseinov is being persecuted for political reasons, since he tried to hold a picket in support of Giyas Ibragimov, claimed Ilham Gusein, the leader of the youth committee for the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

July 10, 2017 14:09

• Defence demands to investigate information on Giyas Ibragimov's torture at colony

  An advocate of activist Giyas Ibragimov has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan and to the Ombudsman with complaints about torture reported by his client.

July 10, 2017 13:34

• HRC gets law enforcers' answers to request about gays in Chechnya

  The Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) has received from the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) the answers to their complaints about the persecution of LGBT community members in Chechnya. This was reported by Mikhail Fedotov, the chair of the Presidential HRC.

July 10, 2017 11:40

• Chechens from Leninaul report to Ramzan Kadyrov about village conflict

  At a meeting with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechens-Akkins have mentioned the conflicts involving members of the local Chechen community in the Kazbek District of Dagestan. Thanks to the intervention of the authorities and law enforcement agencies, it became possible to resolve the conflict near the village of Leninkent, where on July 7, hundreds of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia moved to support Chechens-Akkins.

July 10, 2017 09:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 3-9

  Conflict at elections in Nogay District of Dagestan; Rostov miners go on protest hunger strike; Armenian Parliament decides on increasing water intake from Lake Sevan; head of Sberbank Branch in Chechnya announced wanted; death of civilians in Karabakh conflict zone as a result of shelling, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 3-9, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".