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September 11, 2018 08:27

• Lawyer Benyash tells he was beaten up after arrest

  Doctors have fixed numerous bruises on the lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar. About 200 lawyers from various Russian regions have signed an appeal to the Federal Bar Association demanding to investigate the beating of their colleague.

September 11, 2018 08:19

• Participants of "Don't kill!" action demand resignation of Georgia's Govt

  In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, at the action "Don't kill – together on guard of justice", protesters have demanded to punish those guilty of killing the schoolboy, David Saralidze, and create an interim government.

September 10, 2018 22:10

• Khazbiev complains to ECtHR about his custody conditions

  The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about inhuman treatment and unjustified isolation, said his advocate.

September 10, 2018 22:00

• Investigators get interested in ballot stuffing in Kalmykia

  The spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed about the start of checking the video record of the incident at the elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. The female-observer, who shot the video, is out of contact for the second day, the office of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party informs.

September 10, 2018 17:31

• At OSCE conference, activists demand to release Titiev

  Activists dressed in T-shirts with inscriptions in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and film director Oleg Sentsov came today to the OSCE conference in Warsaw.

September 10, 2018 17:23

• Serzh Sargsyan's nephew released on bail

  The court has ruled to release Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, from custody, the defence has stated.

September 10, 2018 16:45

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 3-9, 2018

  Elections in Southern Russia; elections of leaders for Dagestan and Ingushetia; death of the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 3-9, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

September 10, 2018 15:38

• Zaur Dadaev transferred to another penal colony for violating custody regime

  Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Nemtsov's murder, was transferred from a penal colony in Irkutsk to a penitentiary institution in Angarsk, where he would serve his sentence in more severe conditions, the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports today.

September 10, 2018 15:28

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its two villages

  The Armenian armed forces 95 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone during a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.

September 10, 2018 15:22

• Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh note high competition at by-elections to parliament

  More than 50 percent of voters came to the by-elections to the parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh at the 10th and 11th precinct districts. According to local residents, these elections differ from the previous ones by the number of candidates participating in them. The growth of political activity is connected with the revolution in Armenia, believes Hayk Khanumyan, the leader of the opposition "National Revival" Party.

September 10, 2018 11:29

• Volgograd: march against pension reform was over 300 people strong (+video)

  More than 350 people took part in an unsanctioned march of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Volgograd. At least 16 people were detained; two of them were hospitalized.

September 10, 2018 11:16

• Evkurov heads Ingushetia for the third time

  On September 9, by a majority of votes, local MPs of Ingushetia re-elected Yunus-Bek Evkurov to the post of the republic's head.

September 10, 2018 11:05

• Three Navalny's supporters detained in Rostov-on-Don

  The coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don and two activists were detained at an unsanctioned protest action held in central city.

September 10, 2018 10:55

• Vasiliev promises to continue his fight on corruption

  The anti-corruption campaign in Dagestan is the only way to restore people's trust in power, Vladimir Vasiliev said after entering the post of the head of Dagestan.

September 10, 2018 10:34

• Abkhaz authorities rule out attempt on Prime Minister

  The death of Gennady Gaguliya, the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, is an accident not connected with an attempt, Naala Avidzba, the press secretary of the Republic's President, has stated.

September 09, 2018 10:04

• Historians point to stereotyped opinions about capture of Imam Shamil

  The fall of Gunib and the capture of Imam Shamil, contrary to the popular belief, did not lead to the end of the Caucasian War, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe and regret that for over 150 years the image of Shamil has been used by authorities for self-promotion.

September 09, 2018 10:03

• Fate of Muslims' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus is linked with authorities' position

  The North-Caucasian Muslims' Coordinating Centre was created 20 years ago to help the state in confronting extremism, the journalists Maxim Shevchenko and Evgeny Kratov have stated. Ruslan Kurbanov, an Orientalist, believes that the future of the Centre depends on the position of Russian authorities.

September 09, 2018 10:02

• Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in penal colony

  Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is on hunger strike for the second day, protesting against the refusal to grant him the conditional early relief (CER), his relatives have stated.

September 08, 2018 15:42

• Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of 200 bombardments during week

  On September 2-8, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made more than 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

September 08, 2018 15:40

• Azerbaijan states 75 machine-gun attacks during last 24 hours

  During the last 24 hours the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line was violated for 75 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.