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May 03, 2017 20:33

• Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia hold rally to mark Revival Day of Karachay People

  In Karachaevsk, about 5000 people attended the rally dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the return of the Karachay people from deportation.

May 03, 2017 19:32

• In Baku, lawyers see bias in court's position on case of website blocking

  In Azerbaijan, lawyers associate the blocking of websites of oppositional media with the authorities' attempt to introduce censorship in the country. According to the lawyers, the authorities 'claims have provoked the publications criticizing the regime, but the court ignores the defendants' arguments.

May 03, 2017 17:10

• Tolfa condemns Armenian Genocide

  The community council of the city of Tolfa located near the capital of Italy has officially recognized the genocide of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire.

May 03, 2017 15:52

• In Astrakhan, Court confirms legality of refusal to sanction anti-corruption action

  The Astrakhan Regional Court has dismissed an appeal against the decision of the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan to recognize as lawful the refusal of the Astrakhan City Mayor's Office to sanction an anti-corruption rally. Activists intend to challenge the decision of the Astrakhan Regional Court.

May 03, 2017 12:45

• Officials intervene in picket in Makhachkala

  In Dagestan, staff members of the Ministry of Sport and the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund take away posters from the hands of Marat Aslanov, a regional MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who went to a picket. The police decided not to detain the picketer after they learned that he was an MP.

May 03, 2017 10:20

• Journalists see a non-trivial step in appointing General the chief investigator of Dagestan

  The general title of Sergey Dubrovin, the new chief of the Dagestani Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), can give him advantages in his new position. This opinion was voiced by journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They did not rule out that after the appointment of Sergey Dubrovin, the ICRF's Department for Dagestan can be replenished by people from his Stavropol team.

May 03, 2017 05:03

• Activists unite to revive Circassian horse breeding

  Starting from May 14, Maikop will host a meeting of the new association "Shuuya Khase". Its goal is to preserve the Kabardian breed of horses and increase the prestige of horsemanship. According to Ismel Mizov, the leader of the "Shuuya Khase", the authorities do not take measures to preserve the Kabardian breed of horses, while members of the Circassian Diaspora are ready to take part in the activities of the "Shuuya Khase".

May 03, 2017 00:06

• Residents of Makhachkala treat situation with Akhmat Kadyrov Streets as absurd

  At present, in the capital of Dagestan, there are now two streets named after Akhmat Kadyrov. Meanwhile, local residents treat the decision of the City Mayor's Office to rename Kotrov Street as strange and ambiguous. According to a source from the Makhachkala Parliament, the City Mayor's Office flounders in its decisions and wants to cancel the decision to rename a section of Ordzhonikidze Street in honour of Akhmat Kadyrov.

May 02, 2017 23:07

• SC of Dagestan obliges investigators to check statement of Gasanguseinovs' father

  Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has refused to treat investigators' actions in the case of Gasanguseinov brothers as lawful, and has obliged them to check the statement of Murtazali Gasanguseinov about the murder of his sons-shepherds.

May 02, 2017 22:32

• Court upholds verdicts to two participants of anti-corruption action in Sochi

  The Krasnodar Territorial Court has refused to satisfy the appeal lodged by Konstantin Gudimov and Suren Edigarov, who have served their administrative arrest after the action in Sochi on April 16.

May 02, 2017 20:04

• Kalmyk activists demand enforcing rehabilitation law on repressed nations

  Delegates of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People have addressed the Russian authorities with a demand to enforce the law "On the Rehabilitation of Repressed Nations" and bring the corruption cases in Kalmykia to the courts.

May 02, 2017 18:26

• Angela Merkel calls on Vladimir Putin to protect minorities' rights

  During the talks in Sochi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the Russian President to secure the observance of the rights of sexual and religious minorities.

May 02, 2017 15:20

• FSB: 183 KBR residents involved in hostilities in Syria and Iraq on militants' side

  183 residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are involved in the hostilities in Syria and Iraq on the side of terrorist organizations. This was reported by the chief of the FSB Department for Kabardino-Balkaria. The above figure is eight persons higher than it had been earlier reported by the KBR's Minister of Internal Affairs.

May 02, 2017 14:28

• Fourth oppositionist sacked after rally in Baku

  Jalil Imanov, a teacher of a rural school, is the fourth activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), dismissed from his job within the last 10 days. An official from the district department of education has explained Imanov's dismissal by the fact that he had been wrongly put on the school staff.

May 02, 2017 12:28

• In Georgia, leader of Labour Party calls on President to resign

  The resignation of the Georgian President can cause the need for holding early election, and then the new Constitution will not enter into force. This was stated by Shalva Natelashvili, the leader of the opposition Labour Party of Georgia.

May 02, 2017 11:05

• Chechnya starts building sixth Hafiz school

  In the village of Benoy of the Nozhai-Yurt District, workers have begun building a school of Hafizes (Koran reciters by heart), intended for 100 pupils. Some residents of Chechnya doubt that the republic needs six Hafiz schools.

May 02, 2017 10:54

• Georgian opposition creates public movement "Protect the Constitution"

  According to members of the opposition, the public movement has been created to "preserve the democratic development of the country." The opposition has called on the authorities to stop using the Constitution of Georgia in their own interests.

May 02, 2017 00:05

• 50 Yerevan residents attend march in support of women

  On May 1, in the capital of Armenia, activists held the "anti-demonstration of May 1". Its central slogans included the protection of women's rights and the support of housewives.

May 01, 2017 19:09

• Children of Derbent resident wanted by law enforcers return to Dagestan

  Two minor daughters of a resident of Dagestan, who is on the federal wanted list and who together with his wife tries to get to Syria to take part in the activities of the "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, are back from Turkey to Dagestan.

May 01, 2017 17:34

• In Saint Petersburg, LGBT activists detained at their action against Ramzan Kadyrov

  In Saint Petersburg, policemen detained ten activists who during the May Day procession organized an action against harassment of gays in Chechnya and chanted the slogan "Kadyrov to The Hague!" The UN High Commissioner has demanded to protect the rights of gays in Chechnya.