Sochi court finds builder Demerchyan guilty of false denunciation December 17, 2014 23:00 The Adler District Court of Sochi has handed down a guilty verdict to the builder Mardiros Demerchyan and appointed a punishment of 300 hours of mandatory public work.
Court finds Nadezhda Tsapok guilty of land fraud December 17, 2014 20:16 The Kuschevsky District Court in the Krasnodar Territory has found Nadezhda Tsapok, the former head and founder of the company "Artex-Agro", guilty of large-scale fraud of embezzling 770 hectares of land.
MfE: the basic version of fire in rights defenders' office in Grozny is arson December 17, 2014 16:44 As reported by the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the versions of a fire from a short circuit in the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in no longer considered – the main version of the reason of the fire is arson.
Court session on suit of Chechen MIA against Amriev who stated torture by police postponed till December 25 December 17, 2014 14:40 The consideration of the claim lodged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Chechen Republic against the athlete Murad Amriev, who stated that he had been kidnapped and tortured at the police of Grozny, has been postponed till December 25.
Hassan Zakayev, native of Chechnya, suspected of aiding organizers of Dubrovka terror act in Moscow December 17, 2014 13:05 Hassan Zakayev, who is now in custody in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the capture of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, is suspected of aiding the militants who carried out the above act.
Court session on MoJ's lawsuit on liquidation of "Memorial" postponed at request of rights defenders December 17, 2014 12:15 The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has rescheduled for January 28 the consideration of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a demand to liquidate the public organization named "The Russian Historical, Educational and Human Rights Society 'Memorial'".
In Chechnya, case of Khasan Edilkhanov accused of involvement in war in Syria sent to court December 17, 2014 10:25 The criminal case initiated against a local resident Khasan Edilkhanov, a suspect of involvement in the war in Syria for the militants, who was detained at Moscow airport, has been delivered ton the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya.
Power agents' actions did not interfere with work of authorities, Khasavyurt administration asserts December 17, 2014 06:35 The administration of Khasavyurt continues working normally. The confiscation of documents undertaken by power agents did not prevent the officials to perform their duties and receive citizens, officials, said the staff of the Mayoralty. There were no conflicts, said the officials of the administration of the Khasavyurt District.
AI announces journalist Khadija Ismayilova to be "prisoner of conscience" December 17, 2014 05:15 The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) said that the journalist Khadija Ismayilova was arrested in Azerbaijan for political reasons and recognized her as a "prisoner of conscience".
In Moscow, participants of Journalists' Memorial Day paid tribute to Akhmednabiyev and Kuashev December 17, 2014 01:55 Moscow has hosted the Memorial Day of Journalists who perished while performing their professional duties; and its participants commemorated their colleagues assassinated in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria.
Special agents fix data of picketers in Moscow in defence of Chechen rights defenders December 17, 2014 01:16 A series of solo pickets in support of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders and the Committee against Torture (CaT) in Chechnya was held on December 16 in Moscow without detentions; however, agents of the FSO (Russia's Federal Security Service) and FSB fixed the personal data of the activists who took part in the action.
In Armenia, rights defenders state prisons are overcrowded December 16, 2014 23:54 Armenian rights defenders name overcrowded prisons, poor quality of medical care in them and problems with conditional early relief (CER) among main problems of the country's penitentiary system.
Broadcasting of radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" resumed in Dagestan December 16, 2014 22:58 The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 11, at the demand of the Russian "Roskomnadzor", the radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" was suspended. As stated by the spokesman of the "Roskomnadzor", the broadcasting was suspended, because the transmitter was broadcasting not from the place, which is specified in the permit for using radio frequencies.
Experts doubt about reduced tension in Dagestan after murder of Murad Zalitinov December 16, 2014 22:20 In the opinion of Mairbek Agaev and Milrad Fatullaev, the heads of the weekly "Chernovik" and the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya", respectively, the murder Murad Zalitinov will not have a noticeable effect on the situation in the Dagestan armed underground and will not reduce the level of tension in the republic.
Chechen leader rejects social payments to militants' relatives December 16, 2014 21:24 Social packages will be no longer paid out to militants' relatives, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, again pointing out that his republic will enforce the collective responsibility of families for actions of militants.
Jundallah Shishani killed in Syria was a native of Georgia December 16, 2014 18:44 The field commander of Syrian militants Jundallah Shishani, whose death in the city of Cobani became known on December 8, originated from the same village in the Georgia's Pankisi Gorge as the commander of the northern sector of the "Islamic State" (IS) Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Omar Shishani.
Dagestani special commission finds 52 houses in Vremenny unfit for residence December 16, 2014 18:29 In the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny, the special commission set up for assessing the damage made a repeated visit and found 52 houses unfit for living and subject to demolition. Residents of the settlement state large-scale destructions, looting and non-payment of compensations.
Lawyers of JMG in Chechnya ask power agents to check incidents around their office December 16, 2014 16:19 The lawyers of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders, working in Chechnya, have appealed to law enforcement bodies asking them to conduct a check the fact of visit to their office of three men and the subsequent fire in the premises, as well as the fact of persecuting them by men in masks on December 13.
In Gudermes, locals report destruction of two houses of militants' families December 16, 2014 14:24 Residents of the city of Gudermes have reported the destruction, within the past two days, of two private houses inhabited by relatives of the militants killed during the attack on Grozny on December 4. According to journalist Elena Milashina, families with young children are now homeless.
In Khasavyurt, buildings of city and district administrations are blocked by power agents December 16, 2014 14:07 According to preliminary information, law enforcers are conducting confiscation of documents relating to allocation of land plots in Khasavyurt and in the Khasavyurt District, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.