News

The Prosecutor of the Republic of Dagestan has instructed to check the facts stated in an open letter of Moscow human rights defenders on the situation in the village of Khadjalmakhi of the Levashin District of Dagestan. Similar instructions were issued by the Chief of the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan.

On August 29, Eldar Namazov, the leader of the opposition political movement "EL" (People) and the head of the office of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), was questioned by the Investigating Department for Serious Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan.

Today, at the debates in the case against journalist Igor Tsagoev, prosecutors suggested the court to find the defendant guilty of inflicting bodily harm and theft of property, but to exempt the defendant from criminal liability, since the crime had been committed long time ago.

Today, the appeal of Rustam Ibragimbekov, Chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), against the refusal of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to allow him participating in the run for the presidency of Azerbaijan has been filed to the Baku Court of Appeal, and it is to be considered on August 30. This was reported by advocate Fuad Agaev.

Today, the Government of Armenia has approved the draft amendments to the legislation of Armenia to set up the upper limit for tuition fees at higher education institutions. Further, the draft amendments are to be submitted to the Parliament for consideration.

Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has approved the presidential candidate Djamil Gasanli, a representative of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), Professor of the Baku State University.

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has sent to the Gergebil District Court the case against Magomed Magomedov, a staff member of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division), for beating a 14-year-old teenager. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

The examination mission of the European Parliament and the UN is visiting Dagestan. At the press conference in Makhachkala, participants of the mission have reported that in their trip to the Caucasus, they will also visit Azerbaijan, where they will examine observation of rights of indigenous peoples of Dagestan.

North Ossetia prepares to conduct mourning ceremonies on the ninth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan. The mourning ceremony will begin on September 1 at 9:00 a.m. in Beslan in the yard of the ruined school. At 8:00 p.m., in the school yard, people will light candles in the number corresponding to the number of persons killed in the terror act.

An advocate of one of the relatives of natives of Northern Caucasus killed in Moscow appealed to the investigating authorities to recognize Umar Merzhoev, the father of Ramzan Merzhoev, as a victim in the case. Till present, the investigation has not commented on the investigation into the crime.

The pressure on Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov, a resident of Dagestan, suspected of the murder of businessman Sergey Saiputdinov, was stopped. The defence has no problems with access to the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov is kept. This was stated by his advocate Elvira Aidinova.

Caucasian hospitality and pay for it mutually exclude each other. This is stated by Akhmed Yarlykapov, Senior Research Officer of the Centre of Ethnic and Political Research Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), when he commented on the project to create school of Caucasian hospitality voiced at the forum "Mashuk-2013".

Victoria Ananich, Judge of the Kuschevskaya District Court of the Krasnodar Territory, dismissed the motion filed by an advocate of Rostov journalist Alexander Tolmachov to let the defendant to meet voters within the campaign for the elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region.

Today, in the centre of Baku, 30 activists hold an action under the slogan "Free Elections". The activists stand for raising the awareness of the public about the upcoming presidential election.

The dates of August 23-28 marked the 55th anniversary of the riots that took place in Grozny in 1958, soon after the restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) and the beginning of return of Chechen and Ingush people deported during the World War II.

In Azerbaijan, the period of arrest of Rashad Gasanov, Bakhtiyar Guliev, Mamed Azizov and Shakhin Novruzlu, four young activists of the civil movement "Nida", was extended for three months. The today's decision of the Judge of the Nasimi District Court of Baku extended the detention of young people in custody till December 7.

Ingushetia has declared the day of August 29 a day of mourning in connection with the murder of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia, and Ruslan Kotiev, a policeman who accompanied him. This was reported by Irina Kuksenkova, the head of the press service of the leader of Ingushetia.

The high-mountain Vedeno District of Chechnya continues a special operation to search for a member of the armed underground, who on August 26 wounded a policeman near the village of Neftyanka. This was reported by the Chechen law enforcement bodies.

In Volgograd, law enforcement bodies carry out the investigation into the attack on the kindergarten of the Jewish community of the city. At night on August 24, during the bike show in memory of defenders of Stalingrad, unidentified persons threw stones to the kindergarten.

A group of Russian journalists and public figures visit Stepanakert for a study. They hold meetings with the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh and discuss the possibility to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.