Yerevan hosts march against pension reform February 22, 2014 01:37 On February 21, in Yerevan, about four thousand people took part in the march against the mandatory accumulative pension system.
Public Chamber of Dagestan recommends federal examination of Samur Waterpipe project February 22, 2014 00:43 In Makhachkala, the Dagestani Public Chamber has held public hearings "Impact of water intake from Samur Valley on ecology of Samur Nature Complex".
Advocate still cannot meet Alautdin Dadaev detained on February 17 (+video) February 21, 2014 21:20 The lawyer Selim Magomedov, who was hired by relatives of Alautdin Dadaev, a resident of the village of Novy Agachaul, who was detained on February 17, and whose house was blown up on February 20, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was not admitted to his client yet.
Sochi: untreated sewage drained into sea February 21, 2014 18:04 The Bzugu water treatment facilities in Sochi fail to run to their full capacity. Therefore, most of untreated faecal sewage from the Olympic capital gets right into the Black Sea, say ecologists and oppositional party activists.
In Sochi, three members of Dagestani community claim denial of access to Olympics February 21, 2014 14:52 Rashidat Nurmagomedova and Abdurashid Gadjimagomedov, two leaders of the Dagestan community of Sochi, received refusals of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014" of issuing fan's passports. Another community member Mukhtarakhmed Alidibirov claims that his fan's passport was blocked.
Ataman Kuts admits that he turned to Prosecutor's Office against Pussy Riot's stay in Sochi February 21, 2014 14:11 One of the Sochi-based websites has posted the appeal of Nikolai Kuts, the Ataman of the Tsentralny District Cossack Society of Sochi, to the city prosecutor to express protest against the presence of Pussy Riot band in the capital of the Olympics.
Azerbaijani GPO inquires circumstances of Ismayilova's meeting with US Senate staff February 21, 2014 12:44 The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has questions to Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and a collaborator for the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty in connection with her meeting this January with two employees of the staff of the US Senate.
Investigators do not rule out involvement of nationalists in murder of native of Dagestan in Saint Petersburg February 21, 2014 11:03 Investigators admit participation of nationalists in the murder of a native of Dagestan, a MIA trainee, committed on February 18, said the spokesman of the ICRF Chief Department for Saint Petersburg.
Novorossiysk: advocate of Darya Polyudova drafts complaint against her arrest February 21, 2014 09:40 Marina Dubrovina, who represents the interests of Darya Polyudova, the leader of the Novorossiysk branch of the "Rot Front" Party, has announced her intention to appeal against the court ruling to sentence her client to 15 days of arrest and a fine of 10,000 roubles for a solo picket.
Tsarnaev's advocates try to soften his prison regime February 21, 2014 08:49 The advocates of Dzhohar Tsarnaev, accused in the USA of committing the terror act in Boston in April 2013, ask the court to withdraw the special prison restrictions imposed on their client. The team of advocates was strengthened by another lawyer, who specializes in cases, where the death penalty is considered.
Simonov: builders of Olympic venues have about 40 million roubles of unpaid wages February 21, 2014 03:42 700 people, who worked at the construction of Olympic facilities, still have not received their wages in the amount of some 35-40 million roubles, the Sochi-based reception office of the network "Migration and Law" of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
Yerevan hosts photo exhibition "They need housing" February 21, 2014 00:26 The exhibition of photographs held in Armenia is dedicated to the people of the city of Spitak, who survived in the earthquake of 1988 and still need housing.
Organizer of action against Olympics in Nalchik states he was tortured by police February 20, 2014 22:54 Andzor Akhokhov, the organizer of the action against the Olympics held in Nalchik, was released after ten days of administrative arrest and stated that the police had tortured him.
President of "Assembly of Caucasian Nations" detained in Chechnya, relatives report February 20, 2014 22:03 Today, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the international public-political movement "Assembly of Caucasian Nations", was detained by law enforcers in the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, his relatives report.
In Sochi, participant of scuffle with Pussy Riot and "Voina" art-group fined February 20, 2014 19:25 Today, the instigator of the brawl on February 19 in Sochi between the Cossacks and member of the punk band Pussy Riot and the art-group "Voina" (War) was fined by one thousand roubles, said a source from the Sochi Transport Police.
Resident of Dagestan asserts that power agents planted a bomb into her house February 20, 2014 17:21 Power agents claim that in the house, which was blown up today in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, they found an explosive device; however the owner Aslikhanum Dadaeva is sure that the bomb had been planted by law enforcers themselves.
Arrest of Asker Sokht appealed against, his advocate says February 20, 2014 15:30 As reported by Inver Tlij, a lawyer of the Bar of the Republic of Adygea, a complaint has been lodged on the decision of the Lenin District Court of Krasnodar to attract Asker Sokht, the chairman of the Krasnodar organization "Adyge-Khase", to administrative responsibility and his detention.
Nalchik: volunteers ask authorities to pay attention to situation with Syrian Circassians February 20, 2014 13:27 The volunteers who render help to refugees from Syria have sent a letter to Yuri Kokov, the Acting Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where they draw attention to the situation of Syrian Circassians.
Volgograd hunger-strikers intend to continue, despite solution of their personal problems February 20, 2014 13:21 In Volgograd, today is the 17th day of the hunger strike held by parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities. Many personal problems of the protesters have been solved, but they plan to continue in order to achieve solution of all the raised problems.
Ukrainian alpine skier refuses to perform at Olympic Games in Sochi in protest against events in Kiev February 20, 2014 11:30 The Ukrainian alpine skier Bogdana Matsetskaya and her coach Oleg Matsetsky have refused to perform at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, protesting against the bloodshed during the violent dispersal of protests in Kiev, Ukrainian media report.