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May 27, 2017 19:22

• Participants of anticorruption rally detained in Makhachkala

  Activist Abdulla Gabibulaev was detained prior to the beginning of an anticorruption rally, and Zagalav Somoev at the end of the rally, eyewitnesses report.

May 27, 2017 12:52

• Court recognizes violation of visually impaired children's rights in Volgograd

  On May 26, the Voroshilov District Court of Volgograd granted the claim about the inaction of officials from the Education and Science Committee of the Volgograd Region and obliged them to develop regulations for implementation of adapted educational programmes.

May 27, 2017 11:53

• In Grozny, fighter of National Guard of Russia arrested on suspicion of killing his stepfather

  In Grozny, a pensioner of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was shot in his own house by his stepson, a fighter of the special unit of the National Guard of Russia (known as "Natsgvardia"). This was reported by acquaintances of the killed man.

May 27, 2017 11:20

• In Stavropol Territory, number of flooded residential buildings reaches 1789

  Since May 26, the number of residential buildings flooded in the Stavropol Territory has increased by 1415, and 2077 people were evacuated from the flooded area, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.

May 27, 2017 10:26

• Gezyal Bairamly arrested for three months

  The Sabail District Court of Baku has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of an arrest for three months against Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) accused of smuggling. Gezyal Bairamly has rejected the accusation and claimed being prosecuted because of her opposition political activities.

May 27, 2017 07:15

• Court of Appeal upholds verdict to Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov

  On May 25, the Shirvan Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan did not cancel the verdict under which journalist Afghan Sadygov was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment. The defence has announced the intention to file a cassation appeal.

May 27, 2017 06:14

• Truck drivers from regions of Southern Russia cordoned off in Khimki camp

  In Khimki in the Moscow Region, employees of the "Mosgaz" service dug a ditch around a camp of truck drivers on protest against the "Platon" system. Truck drivers from Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and the Rostov Region were among participants of the protest action, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

May 27, 2017 04:53

• Volunteer of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov accused of involvement in unsanctioned action

  The police have drawn up an administrative protocol against student Timofei Martynenko, an activist of the Alexei Navalny's office, in connection with his participation in the action on March 26.

May 26, 2017 23:42

• Chechen Parliament refuses to discuss report on gays' persecutions

  The Parliament of the Chechen Republic doesn't give a toss about the data presented in the report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), Delimkhan Djamaldinov, the spokesman of the Secretariat, has stated. The Speaker Magomed Daudov has no intent to react to the publication.

May 26, 2017 23:03

• Dagestani native arrested for preparing terror acts in Moscow

  Magomed Davudov and three natives of Central Asia, suspected of preparing terror acts in Moscow public transport, were placed behind bars until July 25.

May 26, 2017 18:01

• Ingushetia introduces ban on sale of alcoholic beverages during Ramadan and holidays

  In Ingushetia, at once in three readings, deputies of the People's Assembly unanimously adopted a draft law to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages during the month of Ramadan, on the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, on the Children's Day, and on the Day of Knowledge.

May 26, 2017 16:43

• Truck drivers from Kabardino-Balkaria join protest action in Moscow

  The protest action of truck drivers in Moscow involves drivers of seven trucks from Kabardino-Balkaria. The drivers of the heavy trucks are seeking the abolition of the "Platon" system and claim unreasonable detentions.

May 26, 2017 16:18

• Azerbaijani Border Service suspects Gezyal Bairamly of smuggling

  The State Border Service of Azerbaijan has reported on discovery in a bag of Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), of the money in the amount of 12,000 US dollars not indicated in a customs declaration.

May 26, 2017 13:22

• Soldier died on contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Soldier Armen Arutyunyan was fatally wounded in the defensive area of a military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army.

May 26, 2017 12:43

• Arthur Panov complains to ECtHR about violation of his rights

  Arthur Panov, a citizen of Ukraine, accused of plotting a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint about violation of several articles of the Convention on Human Rights. The defendant also intends to seek the cancellation of his pre-trial restriction measure. Arthur Panov informed of the above the "Caucasian Knot" in his letter sent through his advocate.

May 26, 2017 12:01

• PFPA's deputy chair Gezyal Bairamly detained

  In Azerbaijan, Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been detained on suspicion of smuggling. This was reported by advocate Elchin Sadygov. Colleagues of Gezyal Bairamly have already claimed a possibility of a provocation against her.

May 26, 2017 10:10

• PACE appoints special rapporteur on case of Boris Nemtsov's murder

  The Legal Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has appointed Emanuelis Zingeris, a member of the Lithuanian delegation, special rapporteur on the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder.

May 26, 2017 07:32

• Tatiana Lokshina: Chechnya arranges raids against gays with tacit consent of Kremlin

  Since early 2017, the problem of the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya has become urgent, and the authorities of the republic take brutal punitive measures against suspected LGBT community members with the tacit approval of the Kremlin. This was stated by Tatiana Lokshina, the programme director of human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) in Russia, when she commented on the HRW's report released today.

May 26, 2017 06:58

• Nina Kurilo died in Sochi without being provided with social housing

  90-year-old Nina Kurilo, a former prisoner of fascist concentration camps, who was refused in her request to provide her with an apartment in a social home for war veterans and disabled people, died in Sochi.

May 26, 2017 05:10

• CTO legal regime introduced in Khunzakh District of Dagestan

  A counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced in the village of Orota of the Khunzakh District, reports the operational headquarters for Dagestan of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).