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May 14, 2013 22:30

• In Yerevan, trial of ecologist Nersisyan postponed till June 10

  In Yerevan, the court postponed the court session on the lawsuit filed by the company "Dino Gold Mining" against ecologist Yeghiya Nersisyan till June 10. The court session scheduled for May 13 was not held because of illness of Tigran Yegoryan and Lusine Akopyan, advocates of the ecologist.

May 14, 2013 22:20

• In Azerbaijan, Court of Appeal leaves theologian Talekh Bagirzade in custody

  On May 13, the Baku Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Abid Abdinbekov, considered the appeal filed by theologian Talekh Bagirzade against the refusal to grant the motion to change the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of detention in custody to home arrest. The Court dismissed the appeal filed by Talekh Bagirzade and left him in custody. The defence intends to file a complaint against, according to the defence's opinion, unlawful arrest to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

May 14, 2013 22:10

• KBR journalists ask Prosecutor to take Tsagoev's case under personal control

  The journalist community of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) appealed to Oleg Zharikov, Republic's Prosecutor, with a request to take under his control the investigation into the case against journalist Igor Tsagoev.

May 14, 2013 22:00

• In Azerbaijan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of "Yeni Musavat" complains of receiving threats

  Azer Aikhan, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Yeni Musavat", claims receiving during three days the demands to stop publishing critical articles about Elmar Veliev, the head of the executive authorities of the city of Gandzha, and threats of physical violence.

May 14, 2013 21:00

• ICRF: defendant suspected of brutal murder of Volgograd resident makes confession

  The murder of a young man in Volgograd was committed because of his unconventional sexual orientation, one of the detainees, suspected of committing the crime told investigators. This was reported by Badma Gilyandikov, a representative of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

May 14, 2013 20:00

• In Stavropol Territory, ex-Mayor of Lermontov prosecuted

  Alexander Dunaev, ex-Mayor of the city of Lermontov of the Stavropol Territory, is suspected of attempting to discredit the election of the City Mayor and interfere with work of the election commission, and he faces up to four years of imprisonment. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

May 14, 2013 19:00

• HRC "Memorial" to send request to Prosecutor's Office about Makhach Gamzatov's fate

  Gadjimurad Gamzatov appealed to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with a request to assist in the search for and protection of the rights of his brother Makhach. On May 15, at the request of the brother of Makhach Gamzatov, the appeal will be sent to the Republic's Prosecutor's Office. This was reported by Elena Denisenko, the representative of the HRC "Memorial" in Dagestan.

May 14, 2013 18:00

• In USA, Worcester police ask authorities to repay expenses for guarding Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body

  The Police Department of the city of Worcester has stated that the state is to repay the expenses in the amount of 47,171 US dollars for the protection of the funeral home "Graham, Putnam and Mahoney", where the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected of committing the terror act in Boston, was stored.

May 14, 2013 17:00

• Serviceman tried to commit suicide in KChR

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a 23-year contract military from Bashkiria shot to his head and survived. This was reported by the police of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).

May 13, 2013 22:50

• Three soldiers from Georgia lost in Afghanistan

  Three soldiers from Georgia were killed, and 20 others were wounded in the Afghan province of Helmand in a terrorists' attack on the military base, said today Irakli Alasaniya, the Georgian Defence Minister.

May 13, 2013 22:30

• Eleven natives of Northern Caucasus detained in Moscow

  In the park of the December Uprising in the Presnya District of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, 11 natives of Northern Caucasus were detained. The police suspect them of robbery.

May 13, 2013 22:20

• Charges against former KBR officials of abusing power are unlawful

  Today, the Nalchik City Court has declared illegal the charges of abuse of power of the figurants of the case of trying to sell the building of the Philharmonic Society, said the lawyer Ruslan Koblev.

May 13, 2013 22:10

• Interpol treats Russia's request to seek Targamadze as political

  The Interpol has stopped searching for the Georgian MP Givi Targamadze, who had been put on the international wanted list by the Russian MIA, by regarding the request of the Russian party as politically motivated. As of May 12, Targamadze is still being wanted in Russia.

May 13, 2013 22:00

• Suspects involved in killing Markelov detained in Serbia and Ukraine

  Ilya Goryachev and Mikhail Volkov, members of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN), suspected of involvement in the murders of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the judge Eduard Chuvashov, have been detained in the territory of Serbia and Ukraine, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

May 13, 2013 22:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 6-12

  Crash of freight train in the Rostov Region; adoption of law on large-scale amnesty in Azerbaijan; verdict on 15 years in colony to native of Chechnya Temerkhanov for killing Budanov in Moscow; cancellation of direct election of the head of Ingushetia; announcement of candidate for President of Georgia from the "Georgian Dream" at the autumn presidential election, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 6-12, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.

May 13, 2013 21:00

• In Armenia, farmers block road demanding compensations for damage from hail

  Today, the highway Armavir-Margara was blocked by farmers from the Armavir Region, who demanded compensations for the damage caused by heavy hail.

May 13, 2013 20:00

• Azerbaijan: court dismissed complaint against extension of arrest of "Nida" activist Mamed Azizov

  Today, the court has dismissed the appeal against the two-month extension of the arrest of Mamed Azizov, a civil activist of the movement "Nida" (Shout), accused of drug possession.

May 13, 2013 19:00

• In Azerbaijan, court upholds conviction of "Khural" editor-in-chief

  Today, the Baku Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", and upheld the decision of the First Instance Court, which had sentenced the journalist to 9 years in prison.

May 13, 2013 18:00

• Power agents drove away Buynaksk resident, his relatives assert

  In Dagestan, policemen have detained Zaurbek Ashurov, 25, a resident of Buynaksk, and took him to some unknown place, said his brother Shamsudin Ashurov. In its turn, the press service of the Dagestani MIA has reported that they know nothing about the detention.

May 13, 2013 17:00

• Nasimov: Dagestani Prosecutor's Office to check information about kidnapping of Makhach Gamzatov

  A check of the information about the kidnapping in Makhachkala of a resident of the republic Makhach Gamzatov will be undertaken by a special unit of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, said Shamil Nasimov, Senior Assistant of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic for contacts with media and public relations, a Senior Adviser of Justice. Gamzatov was detained by the police, said a source from the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.