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June 30, 2017 19:40

• Scientists see mass Black Sea dolphins' death as threat to their population

  To find the reasons for the mass death of dolphins in the Black Sea, numerous analyzes are needed, as well as operative autopsy of animals' bodies and studies of their fodder, said the ecologists and zoologists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". According to their version, there is no precise number of the dead dolphins.

June 30, 2017 19:36

• Three Georgian citizens released in South Ossetia

  After collecting fines, the South-Ossetian authorities handed the three persons detained for violating the border, to Georgia, the South-Ossetian State Security Committee (SSC) reports.

June 30, 2017 17:38

• Armenian delegation and Azerbaijani NGOs treat positively fight on corruption at PACE

  The resignation of Pedro Agramunt, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is predefined and will be a good precedent for fighting corruption, Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have stated.

June 30, 2017 17:07

• Lapshin tells court about his recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity

  Alexander Lapshin, a blogger, has announced, at the session of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, the tourist nature of his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh, and refused to admit his guilt.

June 30, 2017 15:48

• Judge's car burnt down in Makhachkala

  The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched an inquiry into the arson of a foreign-made car in Makhachkala. The car belonged to Patimat Makhatilova, a Federal Judge of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, local law enforcement sources have reported.

June 30, 2017 15:24

• Rights defenders are sure of Ageyev's return to his homeland

  Russia will do everything possible to protect Victor Ageyev, who was detained in Ukraine, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President. Sergey Krivenko, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC), is sure that Russia will soon try to exchange Ageyev for the captured Ukrainian soldiers.

June 30, 2017 14:06

• Petya virus blocks Poti Port

  The Petya virus has attacked the system of the Danish company Maersk Group, which owns the Poti Port in Georgia.

June 30, 2017 12:55

• Investigators ask to arrest a teen after road accident in Krasnodar

  The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) is considering the arrest of a teenager, suspected of involvement in the road accident, in which a road worker was killed and four people were injured. Users of social networks doubt that the son of the ex-head of the city UVD (Interior Department) and the Deputy of the City Duma will be severely punished, should the court prove his guilt.

June 30, 2017 10:24

• Opposition claims Abkhazian leaders' inability to develop state on full scale

  About 900 participants of the 9th congress of the political party "Amtsakhara", dedicated to the socio-political and criminal situation in the country, have claimed that the leaders of Abkhazia are not able to achieve national harmony and full-fledged development of the state.

June 30, 2017 06:49

• Experts doubt possibility of a "velvet" revolution in Armenia

  In its declaration to other opposition forces, the opposition "Heritage" Party has claimed that there are preconditions for a "velvet" change of power in Armenia. Experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed their scepticism about such a prospect. Political analysts believe that the opposition can unite only in matters of national security.

June 30, 2017 04:29

• Stepanakert marks Memorial Day by book presentation

  In Stepanakert, people have marked the Memorial Day to pay tribute to people missed in the Karabakh war by laying flowers and by a presentation of the book "The Hope of the Country".

June 30, 2017 01:25

• Armenian Ombudsperson demands to initiate a case on beating "Sasna Tsrer" members in court

  Investigators have been instructed to clear out the circumstances of using violence in the courthouse against five members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, on whose bodies injuries were found, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.

June 30, 2017 00:26

• ECtHR recognizes violation of three Azerbaijani citizens' rights for freedom of assembly

  On June 29, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted the complaints filed by youth civil activists Ramin Gadjily, Aghil Aliev, and Nargiz Yagublu, who were brought to administrative responsibility for participating in protests.

June 29, 2017 23:27

• Ruzanna Tuko is criticized for breaking Circassian traditions

  After the scandal with the receipt of a school gold medal, the mother-official and her daughter-graduate had to leave the village of Takhtamukai, their relative has stated on air of a talk show on the federal TV channel. In the opinion of Naima Neflyasheva and Asker Sokht, Ruzanna Tuko, a medallist, who took part in the talk show, violated Circassian traditions and behaved unworthily.

June 29, 2017 19:23

• Jury's verdict fails to clear out role of Kadyrov's retinue in Nemtsov's murder

  It is still unclear from the jurymen's verdict who was the customer of Boris Nemtsov's murder, said his daughter. The defence of the suffered party insists that Kadyrov's retinue was involved in this crime, said Vadim Prokhorov, an advocate of the Nemtsov family.

June 29, 2017 18:54

• Faig Amirov's wife fears for his life

  The health condition of Faig Amirov, the financial director of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, accused of inciting inter-religious enmity, has deteriorated, said his wife Lala Amirli.

June 29, 2017 18:41

• Criminal case against Mukhtarly combined with "Meydan TV"

  The Baku Court of Appeal has refused to grant the complaint about the refusal to transfer the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly from SIZO (pre-trial prison) under house arrest. According to the joint criminal case against Mukhtarly and the "Meydan TV", Elman Nasirov, an Azerbaijani MP, will be interrogated, said the journalist's advocate.

June 29, 2017 16:56

• Jury finds Anzor Gubashev guilty in case of Boris Nemtsov's murder

  The jury has found out that Anzor Gubashev, a defendant in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, is guilty and does not deserve leniency.

June 29, 2017 16:33

• Caucasian experts see political motives in Khiramagomed Magomedov's case

  Before pronouncing the verdict to Khiramagomed Magomedov, accused of involvement in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization, Caucasian experts assessed his case.

June 29, 2017 14:18

• In Kuban, drunken teenager in Land Rover drives into a group of road workers, investigators report

  In Krasnodar, one person was killed and five others were injured after an off-roader hit a group of road workers. Investigators believe that the vehicle was driven by a teenager in a state of alcoholic intoxication.