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February 01, 2019 14:06

• Gasanguseinovs' father answers with a picket to Vasiliev's words

  Today, at a protest rally in Makhachkala, Murtazali Gasanguseinov, has stated that he was outraged by the words of the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, and refuses to treat the death of his sons as a "tragic accident." He also reproached Mr Vasiliev for refusing to meet him.

February 01, 2019 13:56

• Prisoner goes on hunger strike in Armenia

  On January 30, Vagarshak Avetisyan, sentenced to life imprisonment on murder charges, declared a hunger strike demanding a reconsideration of his criminal case and a meeting with the head of Armenian Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the "Tert.am" reported on January 31 with reference to inmate's relatives.

February 01, 2019 13:46

• Political analysts warn of threat of conflicts around the Chechen borders

  It is unlikely that the process of fixing Chechnya's borders with the Stavropol Territory and North Ossetia will pass without disputes, and could create grounds for acute interethnic conflicts, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

February 01, 2019 11:36

• AI demands to stop persecuting Roman Zaitsev

  The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has reacted to the administrative case, initiated against Roman Zaitsev, the coordinator of the "Open Russia", for his participation in the activities of an "undesirable organization". Russian authorities are holding a "vicious campaign" of fight against the opposition, rights defenders assert.

February 01, 2019 11:28

• Activists tell about threats after protests in Pankisi Gorge

  Law enforcers are holding "talks" with opponents to the construction of hydroelectric power plants (HEPPs) in the vicinity of the Pankisi Gorge and convince them not to protest, local residents inform.

February 01, 2019 11:14

• Advocate explains Kocharyan's participation in "Case No. March 1" filming

  Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, has just taken part in the "Case No. March 1" film by the Russian journalist Roman Babayan, but was not his customer thereof, the advocate Ayk Alumyan told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

February 01, 2019 08:36

• "Memorial" announces political background in lawyer Benyash's case

  The criminal prosecution of Mikhail Benyash, a lawyer from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), has the aim to prevent him from defending detainees at rallies, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" believes.

February 01, 2019 08:26

• Head of North-Ossetian MIA fails to support Kadyrov's idea to demolish block-posts

  The check-post "Chermen" should not only be preserved, but still strengthened, Mikhail Skokov, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia, is convinced. This opinion is against the proposal of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the elimination of block-posts in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

January 31, 2019 22:48

• In Grozny, law enforcers try to detain advocate who defends gay man

  Law enforcers held for some time Alexander Karavaev, an advocate from Nizhny Novgorod, who tried to find out the fate of his client Bekkhan Yusupov.

January 31, 2019 22:35

• Volgograd activists hold pickets in defence of Article 31 of Russian Constitution

  Today, in Volgograd, activists have held seven solo pickets within the all-Russian campaign "Strategy-31". They explained the format of their protest action by the fact that the City Mayoralty refused to sanction a group picket in a notified place.

January 31, 2019 22:26

• ECtHR orders Russia to pay 10 million euros for deportation of Georgian citizens

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded citizens of Georgia compensation for the mass deportation from Russia in 2006. Meanwhile, the Strasbourg Court dismissed the request for more than 70 million euros of compensation, reports the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

January 31, 2019 18:48

• Daughter of arrested Rostov activist dies in hospital

  A 17-year-old daughter of Anastasia Shevchenko died at a resuscitation ward in a hospital. Earlier, the activist filed a motion to cancel her house arrest in Rostov-on-Don and explained her request by the need to take care of her daughter.

January 31, 2019 18:38

• Law enforcers report about Arashukov family's collection of cold steel arms and gold

  During searches at the apartments of Rauf Arashukov, arrested senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, and his relatives, law enforcers found a collection of cold steel arms, gold bars, and large amounts of cash, sources from the law enforcement bodies reported.

January 31, 2019 18:26

• In Volgograd and Shakhty, school classes disrupted by reports of bombs

  In Volgograd, law enforcers check information about mine planting in 16 buildings, including schools and hospitals. In the city of Shakhty in the Rostov Region, reports of bombs turned out to be false, but for the safety of children, classes in all schools have been cancelled today.

January 31, 2019 14:44

• Azerbaijan registers 21 shelling attacks over a day

  Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian armed forces 21 times violated the ceasefire on the front line and shelled four villages in addition to other areas, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

January 31, 2019 14:38

• Rights defenders report threat of armed underground's activation in Chechnya

  Participants of a roundtable on the factors radicalizing residents of Northern Caucasus believe an increase in the number of armed incidents in Chechnya results from the authorities' repressive policy and formal approach to the prevention of extremism.

January 31, 2019 11:25

• Rights defenders demand to interrogate head of Dagestan on Gasanguseinovs' case

  The "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has appealed to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), asking to bring the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, as a witness to the murder case of Gasanguseinov brothers.

January 31, 2019 11:13

• Kocharyan's supporters appeal to Merkel

  At a protest rally in support of Robert Kocharyan, held in front of the German Embassy in Yerevan, activists handed over to the ambassador a letter to the country's Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which they spoke about the political motives for the prosecution of the second president of Armenia.

January 31, 2019 10:56

• Authorities forbid Azeri activist to visit his arrested son

  Information about the arrest of Rafael Guseinzade, detained after an action in support of political prisoners, became known to his relatives only on the fifth day after detention, his father, Fizuli Guseinov, an oppositionist, has stated.

January 31, 2019 08:20

• Senator Arashukov suspected of attacking a Cherkessk deputy

  Rauf Arashukov, a Senator (Member of the Russia's Federation Council) from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who was detained on suspicion of involvement in resonant murders, is also suspected of attacking Ruslan Kardanov, a deputy of the City Duma of Cherkessk, in October 2018, a source said.