Said Amirov asks Russian President to take his case under personal control October 05, 2013 14:39 The Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, who is held in custody in Moscow, has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to take his case under personal control.
Dagestan opens memorial sign to participants of Caucasian War October 05, 2013 14:00 Today, the memorial sign to pay tribute to the memory of participants of the Caucasian War was opened near the village of Gunib in Dagestan.
In Makhachkala, five persons detained on suspicion of disobeying police, one of them wounded October 05, 2013 13:34 Tonight, in Makhachkala, five men were detained, and one of them wounded. The detainees rendered resistance to policemen, and as a result, one of the law enforcers had to use firearm. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.
Chechnya dismisses imams who registered marriages between minors October 05, 2013 12:56 During the meeting held at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) in Chechnya on October 4, several imams who register marriages between minors in mosques were dismissed. This was reported by a representative of the SAM of Chechnya.
Koba Djabua: Yusup Lakaev recovers from wound got in Batumi October 05, 2013 10:57 Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya, has recovered from wound got in a fire fight in Batumi, and he intends to ask for political asylum in Georgia. This was reported by advocate Koba Djabua.
Volgograd: parents stop their hunger strike October 05, 2013 00:15 In Volgograd, parents with many children have decided to stop their hunger strike, Nikolai Shamaev, one of the protesters, has reported. On October 4, Nadezhda Kireeva, one of the hunger-strikers, was hospitalized with a heart attack.
Yerevan: about 60 people take part in rally in support of Tigran Arakelyan October 04, 2013 19:14 In Yerevan today, about sixty people have rallied in support of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) Party, who is serving his six-year prison term on charges of disorderly conduct and resistance to authority in a conflict on August 9, 2011.
Man who blew himself up on Russian border was a KBR resident, says Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office October 04, 2013 18:17 The alleged infringer of the border with Russia, who committed suicide bombing and wounded two border guards, was a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), said the Prosecutor's Office of the Sumy Region of Ukraine.
Mukomolov: list of disappearances in Northern Caucasus has 7570 names October 04, 2013 17:07 Currently, the North-Caucasian list of missing persons has 7570 names. The data on 4050 of them has been collected, said Alexander Mukomolov, a member of the Human Rights Commission and the chairman of the General Lebed Peacemaking Mission in the course of the roundtable held in Pyatigorsk.
KChR police confiscate Koran translations, although court decision has not come into force, lawyer says October 04, 2013 15:04 As reported on October 3 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), copies of the book with the translation of the sense of the Koran, which was found to be extremist by the Novorossiysk court, were confiscated by the police from two outlets in the marketplace of the city of Cherkessk.
Volgograd: hunger-striking parents demand solving problems of all of them October 04, 2013 15:03 The parents of large families are on their 12th day of the hunger strike that they hold in the premises of the former Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). The protesters claim that they will stop the action only when the regional authorities meet all of them.
In Sochi, Mardiros Demerchyan and his advocate deny denunciation charge October 04, 2013 13:04 The accusation that builder Mardiros Demerchyan has made a false denunciation of staff members of the police station of Blinovo, a district of Sochi, who allegedly beat him, is not true. This was stated by the defendant and his advocate.
Azerbaijani experts: election outcome is predefined, which makes other candidates passive October 04, 2013 12:13 The presidential election campaign in Azerbaijan goes in an atmosphere of predefined results, local observers assert. Except for the candidate-in-power, all other candidates possess extremely limited resources.
FSB stops international arms trafficking from Georgia to North Ossetia October 04, 2013 11:35 In North Ossetia, the international channel of trafficking in firearms and ammunition from Georgia to the Russian territory has been suppressed. A criminal case was instituted on that fact. This was reported by the FSB.
In Moscow, suspected recruiter into banned Islamist organization detained October 04, 2013 11:29 A member of the international organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" recognized in Russia as an extremist organization, was detained in Moscow. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainee recruited new members among the believers who attend one of the mosques.
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 73,000 euros to family of Beslan Arapkhanov, killed resident of Ingushetia October 04, 2013 10:33 Russia shall pay 68,000 euros as compensation for damage and 5000 euros for judicial expenses to the family of Beslan Arapkhanov, a resident of Ingushetia, killed by law enforcers on July 20, 2004. Such a decision was pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on October 3.
Igor Trunov: compensation for damage by militants' relatives admits abusive schemes October 04, 2013 07:57 The provisions of the bill that assumes compensation for damage caused by terrorists by their relatives can create schemes of abuse, since the bill provides for the "presumption of guilt", experts assert.
HRW urges IOC to pay attention to detentions of migrants in Sochi October 03, 2013 21:23 The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pay attention to illegal detentions of migrant workers in Sochi.
Chechnya's Prosecutor's Office takes control over inquiry into disappearance of a girl in hijab October 03, 2013 20:04 The investigation into the disappearance in December 2012 inGrozny of a 23-year-old local resident was conducted with serious violations. This was concluded by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya after a respective check. Further inquiry will be carried out under the supervision of the Office, said a source from there.
ECtHR orders Russia to pay over than 1.1 million euros to residents of Chechnya-victims of artillery attack October 03, 2013 16:09 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay 1.165 million euros to residents of Chechnya, figuring in the case "Abdulkhanov et al versus Russia", says the decision of the Court.