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July 25, 2012 19:00

• ICRF: authorities of Krymsk falsified document on introduction of state of emergency

  As declared today by Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the decision to introduce the state of emergency in connection with heavy rains in Krymsk was falsified: the document about the allegedly made decision was drawn up in the morning on July 7.

July 25, 2012 18:49

• Georgia demands to change personal data of Russian Olympic wrestlers

  Today, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Georgia has expressed protest to organizers of the Olympic Games in London, because in the data on two athletes of the Russian national team, posted on the official website of Olympic Games, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are indicated as the territory of Russia.

July 25, 2012 18:20

• Rasul Mirzaev asserts that he is not guilty of death of Moscow student

  At the first hearing on the merits of Rasul Mirzaev's case, held today at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court, the prosecutor Yulia Zotova has announced the indictment, followed by questioning of the victims – Tatiana and Alexander Agafonov and their daughter Olga Agafonova.

July 25, 2012 18:01

• Mayor of Nalchik to appeal against court decision on his temporary suspension from office

  Zalimgeri Khagasov, the Mayor of the city of Nalchik, plans to challenge at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria the decision to suspend him from office. Now, Zalimgeri Khagasov is officially on the labour vacation.

July 24, 2012 22:35

• Oleg Shein receives texts of two courts' dismissals of his claims to cancel elections of Astrakhan Mayor

  Oleg Shein, the former candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan, received the decisions of the Trusov and Kirov District Courts, pronouncing full dismissal of the claims for cancellation of the election, held on March 4.

July 24, 2012 22:09

• MRI: situation with freedom of expression in Azerbaijan is worsening

  The Media Rights Institute (MRI) disseminated the report on the situation inAzerbaijanwith the freedom of expression in the first half of 2012, which indicated the deterioration of the situation in that sphere. Among the evidence of negative trends, the report mentions growing number of imprisoned journalists, introduction of restrictive amendments to the legislation, increase of the facts of physical and psychological pressure on journalists.

July 24, 2012 21:47

• In Kalmykia, court obliges hospital to pay compensation of 300,000 roubles to parents of HIV-infected children

  The decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of theRepublicofKalmykiaobliged the Republic's Children's Hospital to pay to parents of children, who in 1988 were infected with HIV, 300,000 roubles in compensation for moral damage.

July 24, 2012 21:28

• Georgian Parliament refuses to renew must-carry and must-offer media principles

  The Parliament of Georgia does not intend to extend the period of the mandatory inclusion of news programmes of the Georgian TV Companies to a package, offered to TV viewers by cable TV operators. This was announced by David Bakradze, Speaker of the Parliament. He has noted that the state cannot constantly intervene in private business.

July 24, 2012 20:58

• In north of Chechnya, farmers struggle with plague of locusts

  In the flat region of the Shelkovskaya District of Chechnya, about 6000 hectares of farmland are affected by plagues of locusts. A motor delta plane is mobilized for control of pests of the farmland.

July 24, 2012 20:20

• First court session in case against Rasul Mirzaev to question parents of Ivan Agafonov

  The first court session on the merits against Rasul Mirzaev, World Champion in Mixed Martial Arts, after whose strike Ivan Agafonov, a 19-year-old Moscow resident, died, is scheduled for July 25, and it will question the victims Tatiana and Alexander Agafonov. The parents of the deceased young man gave testimonies during the preliminary investigation, and then they would voice their position in the courtroom. They did not accept Rasul Mirzaev's apologies and did not change their attitude to the case. This was stated by Oksana Mikhalkina, the representative of the parents of the deceased young man.

July 24, 2012 20:00

• Chief of FSIN Department in Krasnodar Territory listens to demands of participants of picket to support Pavel Cherevatov

  This morning, inKrasnodar, in front of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) in theKrasnodarTerritory, representatives of the public organization "Prostye Lyudi" (Ordinary People), held a picket to support Pavel Cherevatov, the head of the Abinsk Human Rights Centre, who was serving his sentence. The participants of the protest action were met by representatives of the Regional FSIN Department, including Yuri Kulik, Chief of the Regional FSIN Department.

July 24, 2012 19:13

• Dagestani resident asks human rights defenders to protect her son from persecution of power agents

  Beskhanum Gasanova, the resident of thevillage of Chernyaevka of the Kizlyar District, the mother of Shakhban Gasanov, who on July 21 was detained by local law enforcement agents for possession of weapons, appealed to the public organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) and asked to protect her family from persecution of power agents. According to a source at the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Kizlyar District, Shakhban Gasanov is a member of the armed group.

July 24, 2012 19:00

• On July 16-22, 21 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Last week, from July 16 to July 22, 2012, at least 21 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources. Of them, 12 persons perished and 9 more were wounded.

July 24, 2012 11:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 16-22

  Start of the sacred Muslim month of Ramadan; presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh; mass brawl, a serious road accident and election of Mayor of Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol Territory; Shein loses trials in district courts of Astrakhan on abolition of Mayor election; start of consideration of Rasul Mirzaev's case, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

July 23, 2012 21:16

• In Dagestan, policeman accused of murdering teenager dismissed

  Zaur Djalilov, an employee of the Akhvakh ROVD (District Interior Division), who is accused of murdering Imadibir Makhiev, 16, an 11th form pupil from the village of Karata, Akhvakh District, was suspended from his work for the period of investigation.

July 23, 2012 19:58

• In Armenia, court dismissed complaint of "Civilitas" founder against NSS actions

  The court in Yerevan has dismissed a complaint lodged by the advocate of Vardan Oskanyan, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the founder of the "Civilitas" Foundation, against the decision of the National Security Service (NSS) to initiate a criminal case against the Foundation.

July 23, 2012 19:35

• Chlous constituency to hold second round of early election to Abkhazian Parliament

  On July 22, two out of three candidates, who ran for the Chlous constituency No. 26 in the Ochamchira District of Abkhazia, won most of the votes and passed over to the second round, namely: the businessman Beslan Butba, the leader of the Party of Economic Development of Abkhazia; and Beslan Tarba, the deputy head of the State Administration of Abkhazia for Transports and Communications.

July 23, 2012 19:06

• Case on massacre in Kuschevskaya to be tried by jury in Krasnodar

  The main motive for the crimes committed by Sergey Tsapok and members of his gang in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was revenge. This was announced today at a press conference in Rostov-on-Don by officials of the Department for the Southern Federal District (SFD) of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). The case of crimes committed by the gang, including the massacre committed in Ametov's house, will be considered by the Krasnodar Territorial Court with participation of a jury.

July 23, 2012 18:45

• Investigators see no nationalistic or religious motives in mass brawl in Kislovodsk

  The investigation examines several versions within the criminal case on the mass brawl in Kislovodsk; however, inspectors see no motives of nationalistic or religious hatred, reports the Investigatory Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).

July 23, 2012 18:03

• Relatives of MIA officer from Ingushetia report his disappearance in Grozny

  Zaur Dzeitov, an officer of Ingush police, sent on a mission to Chechnya, has disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Grozny. This was reported by his relatives, who turned to one of Chechen public organizations.