News

In total, 10 pretenders will continue their race for the post of the Azerbaijani President. Today, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered Sardar Mamedov (Jalaloglu), Chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, and refused to register Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), and Ali Aliev, Chairman of Citizens' and Development Party.

Members of the Public Ecological Council under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory have opposed the exploration and mining of marlstones (cement raw material) at sites of Abinsk, Erivan, and Shapsuga located in the Abinsk District of the Krasnodar Territory.

Today, Azamat Archakov, a resident of the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia, the father of the family with many children, has declared that he had stopped his hunger strike. On September 3, he started his action, demanding to provide housing for his family. He himself told that the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and noted that he managed to draw the attention of officials to his problem.

A fight with the security guards of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, in which three persons were injured, was initiated by the owner of the car, which the security guards intended to inspect. The actions of the security guards themselves were not professional. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" that studied the video record from the place of the incident.

On September 12, the Armenian parliament approved amendments to the law "On Copyright and Related Rights", according to which facts of non-compliance with the rules of journalistic ethics when using other people's texts by Armenian mass media will be punished with fines.

Nino Burjanadze, the leader of the "Democratic Movement-United Georgia", has been registered as a candidate to run for the presidency in Georgia. She became the seventh registered candidate for the position of president. This was reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia.

The court has fined and released 71 participants of the rally held by residents of the village of Agachaul, who demanded to release Malik Kambulatov, detained on suspicion of illegal arms trafficking. Four other protesters still remain detained, and criminal cases were instituted against them, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

Ruslan Akhmedov, a resident of the village of Gomushchu, Saatli District of Azerbaijan, states the pressure used against him by the authorities and the use of police violence. He attributed this to his criticism of local authorities and his support of the opposition presidential candidate Jamil Gasanli.

At the last session of the Moscow City Court, where Anna Politkovskaya's murder is considered, Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", told about some of the results of the journalistic investigation conducted by the edition.

The international Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Vladimir Gasparyan, the chief of the Armenian police, and Vagram Shaginyan, the head of the special investigation service, to bring those responsible for attacks on protesters to justice.

In Russia, on the eve of the Paralympic Games in Sochi, millions of people with disabilities suffer from discrimination, remaining locked within four walls. Sochi residents with disabilities also face problems, despite the statements of the city authorities about ensuring barrier-free environment. This was emphasized by the authors of the report "Ever-present obstacles. Lack of accessibility for people with disabilities in Russia" presented by the international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Russian authorities that Ibragim Musaev, an Azerbaijan citizen and an employee of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), should not be extradited to Azerbaijan from Russia without further notice of the Court.

Today, the police detained more than 50 participants of the unsanctioned rally, which took place near the Prosecutor's Office of the Lenin District of Makhachkala. The people were protesting against the unlawful, in their opinion, detention of Malik Kambulatov, a resident of the village of Agachaul of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan.

Today, at the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the case of the attack on Nalchik committed on October 13, 2005, public prosecutors asked the terms of sentences to the defendants.

After the construction of the Olympic venues, rainfalls began inflicting much more serious damage. This is stated by residents of the houses located in 20th Mountain Division Street in Sochi and entrepreneurs whose business facilities are located there. Representatives of the company that conducted the construction in the street state the problem is caused by rampant disaster.

Several officials from the Makhachkala administration are suspected of stealing 1.5 million roubles of budget funds. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, the suspects used forged documents to allocate the apartments built in the building of a kindergarten to relatives of the Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov.

The United States of America have no intention to boycott the Olympic Games in Sochi, because of the Russia's recent law banning the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations, said Michael McFaul, the US Ambassador to Russia.

In Azerbaijan, the authorities have published a list of areas and confined spaces, where citizens' mass assemblies may be held. Party activists differ in assessing the published document.

The Nasimi District Court of Baku has extended by two months the arrest of Ilkin Rustamzade, a member of the civil movement "Free Youth", charged with disorderly conduct. Under the ruling, the young man will stay behind bars till November 17. The defendant and his advocate have stated their disagreement with the ruling and intend to appeal against it.

At the Moscow City Court (MCC), the Prosecutor's Office has questioned, within presentation of evidence against the defendants in Politkovskaya's murder case, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", where Anna Politkovskaya had worked.