Tbilisi protesters demand to close the zoo June 21, 2015 18:52 Tbilisi has hosted a protest action under the motto "We Need No Zoo!" The organizers intend to demand from local authorities to close the zoo and open a refuge for savage animals instead.
Private house in Sochi slides into the pit dug for residential complex "Kurortny" June 21, 2015 11:47 On June 18, in the course of construction works, several dozens of cubic meters of soil slid into the pit, prepared for the construction of the residential complex "Kurortny". The collapsed soil was bearing the private house of the Vernichenko family. As of June 21, the house had entirely slipped into the pit.
Cholera bacteria detected in Caspian Sea near coast of Dagestan June 21, 2015 06:40 Specialists from the Dagestani "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) have established that the untreated sewage discharge into the Caspian Sea have caused the appearance of a cholera vibrio of the third pathogenicity group – a causative agent of acute intestinal diseases.
Yerevan marchers demand to cancel increase of energy tariffs June 20, 2015 21:38 Protesters against the rise of electricity tariffs have marched along central streets of Yerevan.
Sochi Mayoralty refuses to perpetuate Boris Nemtsov's memory June 20, 2015 14:36 The members of the toponymic commission under the Sochi Mayoralty have decided not to install this year a memory plaque of Boris Nemtsov. However, they recommended the initiators of the perpetuation to raise the same issue after a year will have passed after the assassination of the politician.
Officials exclude any threat of epidemic outbreak in Tbilisi June 20, 2015 13:55 There is no threat of any epidemic in Tbilisi after the flooding; however, the volunteers and civil servants involved in clearing obstructions may het vaccinated against stupor if they wish to.
Relatives of rights defender Emin Guseinov state deterioration of his health June 20, 2015 13:06 The Azerbaijani rights defender Emin Guseinov, who has received temporary asylum in Switzerland, has serious health problems, his relatives assert. According to his brother Mekhman Guseinov, during Emin's stay in the Swiss Embassy, his "old diseases got aggravated."
Residents of NKR criticize ECtHR's decision on Azerbaijani refugees' complaint against Armenia June 20, 2015 12:05 The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to recognize Armenia responsible for the human rights situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is a political one; and all the claims in this regard should be addressed to the government of the unrecognized republic, believe the locals interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Volgograd ecologists announce establishment of independent environmental council June 20, 2015 09:32 Representatives of public organizations and civil society activists, who held a roundtable in Volgograd, have decided to set up the Independent Environmental Council. They criticized the work of the regional environmental agencies in the region and accused bureaucrats of unwillingness to cooperate with NGOs.
Chechnya receives large archive from France on Civil War history in Caucasus June 20, 2015 08:35 Professor Mayrbek Vachagaev has handed over to the Archival Department of Chechnya 50,000 archival sheets on the history of the Caucasus. These earlier unknown documents are of great value, giving details about the events of 1917-1921 in the Caucasus, local scientists believe.
Ingush SC leaves Ruslan Tsurov in custody until July 7 June 20, 2015 06:41 The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the defence of Ruslan Tsurov, in which the advocate asked the court to cancel the decision of the district court to put his client into custody.
Militant's widow Fatima Kurbanova released from police in Makhachkala June 20, 2015 04:43 A resident of Dagestan Fatima Kurbanova is back at large after their stay at the police, where she was forced to undergo the procedure of voice recording. The woman associates these law enforcers' actions with the fact that she is the widow of the militant killed in 2009.
Consideration of complaint against termination of case about beating Sapiyat Magomedova postponed until June 26 June 20, 2015 02:45 The court in Makhachkala, which is considering the complaint lodged by the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova against investigators' decision to stop the inquiry into her beating up in 2010, has requested the case materials from the investigators. The next court session is scheduled for June 26.
Woman from Makhachkala reports detention of militant's widow June 19, 2015 22:04 Fatima Kurbanova, a widow of a member of the armed underground, was detained by power agents in Makhachkala, said a local woman, whose children are taught English by Kurbanova. The police have not confirmed this information.
Two KChR residents found guilty of recruiting people for war in Syria June 19, 2015 15:51 The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Ruslan Ionov and Murad Nazirov, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), to seven and three years of imprisonment, accordingly, for recruiting Russians to the war in Syria.
Borchashvili denied any involvement in recruiting Pankisi residents to war in Syria June 19, 2015 14:59 Imam Ayuf Borchashvili, detained in Georgia on suspicion of recruiting residents of the Pankisi Gorge for participation in the war in Syria, refuses to plead guilty, said his advocate. His fellow villagers refused to hold a rally with a demand of his release and recollected the events of 2012, when special agents conducted the Lapankuri special operation.
Car of local resident shelled on highway in Ingushetia June 19, 2015 14:29 As a result of shelling of his car, the driver – a resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia – was killed, while his passenger was hospitalized in grave condition.
Large cache with weapons and ammunition liquidated in Chechnya June 19, 2015 13:27 Power agents detected a cache in the vicinity of Argun and found there an antitank missile launcher, a Kalashnikov submachine gun, rounds for a grenade launcher, shells and bullets of various calibres.
After evaluation of damage, caused by flooding, Tbilisi residents to receive compensations June 19, 2015 12:00 The Tbilisi Mayoralty is still keeping records of the damage caused by the recent flooding. So far, city residents do not know when they will receive the help promised by the authorities. The implications of the disaster are still felt even by the people whose houses were not damaged.
Cache with weapons and ammunition found in Dagestan June 19, 2015 10:43 Law enforcers have taken three grenade launchers and ammunition, belonging to killed militants, out of a cache in Dagestan, the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.