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18:22, 20 May 2016

The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the arrest of Maxim Panfilov, a resident of the city of Astrakhan, accused of assaulting a policeman during the mass riots in Bolotnaya Square.

The Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Caucasian war, Nalchik, May 21, 2015. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"

17:07, 20 May 2016

Delegation of Turkish Circassians denied entry to Russia

The delegation, which was on its way from Turkey to mark the Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Caucasian War, was stopped at the border and had to go back, said Andzor Kabard, a Circassian activist.

Gevorg Safaryan. Photo http://news.day.az/world/750053.html

16:32, 20 May 2016

Court dismisses motion filed by Gevorg Safaryan's defence to withdraw judge

Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, chairing the trial against activist Gevorg Safaryan, has refused to disqualify himself despite the motion filed by advocate Tigran Airapetyan.

Alim Zankishiev, one of the leaders of the terrorist organization banned in Russia and some other countries. Photo: Federal Press http://fedpress.ru/news/society/news_crime/opoznan-unichtozhennyi-v-nalchike-boevik

14:46, 20 May 2016

Alim Zankishiev was among husbands of Karaeva executed by IS

Elvira Karaeva, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, who, according to the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, was executed in Syria, had several times married militants. Her husbands, including Alim Zankishiev from Kabardino-Balkaria, perished, while she survived; and it aroused suspicion of the IS.

North Ossetia has sentenced Oleg Dzarakhokhov. May 20, 2016. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:33, 20 May 2016

Oleg Dzarakhokhov sentenced to 19 years in prison

North Ossetia has sentenced Oleg Dzarakhokhov, accused of shooting people at the funeral in Beslan. The court sentenced him to 19 years in a strict-regime colony.

Police detains the participants of the unsanctioned opposition rally in Baku. November 17, 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:13, 20 May 2016

Azeri Parliament adopts Amnesty Act for 10,000 people

The National Assembly (Parliament) of Azerbaijan has adopted the Amnesty Act, dated to the Republic's Day, celebrated on May 28. The amnesty will cover over 10,000 people, including 3500 of them, who will be released from jails. Civil society activists state the imperfections of the amnesty, since it has not affected political prisoners.

14:02, 20 May 2016

Arrest of Patimat Gadjieva extended for three months

The Solntsevo Court of Moscow has extended until August 20 the arrest of Patimat Gadjieva, a student from Dagestan, accused of public incitement to terrorism.

An advocate Marina Dubrovina. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk (RFE/RL)

12:57, 20 May 2016

Defence to challenge extension of arrest and verdict of guilty against Karpyuk and Klykh

The Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic, which listened how the jury had pronounced the verdict of guilty against Ukrainian citizens Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, extended their detention in custody until August 27. Their defenders intend to challenge the decision and the oncoming verdict against their clients.

The residents of the 9-floor apartment building are watching their house burn in the yard, December 2015. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

07:40, 20 May 2016

Volgograd Anti-Corruption Committee demands to check legality of refusal to help residents of destroyed house

The families of the destroyed apartment house in Kosmonavtov Street have challenged at courts the refusal to provide them with a lump-sum material and financial help. The city bureaucrats by their actions had stripped the victims of help, Evgeny Oleinikov, the Director of the "Volgograd Anti-Corruption Committee" asserts.

Khauti Sokhrokov, the President of the ICA. Photo: http://www.sknews.ru/rubriki/society/69628-v-kbr-izbran-prezident-mezhdunarodnoj-cherkesskoj-associacii.html

05:18, 20 May 2016

Participants of conference in Nalchik tell about problems in interethnic relations

To preserve the interethnic peace, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) should intensify efforts to educate young people in the history and culture of other nations, and pay due attention to solving the social and economic problems. This was stated at the conference, held on May 19, in Nalchik, in the office of the International Circassian Association (ICA).

Pictures at the exhibition "Dagestan by Moscow artist Nikolai Lakov". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent

04:18, 20 May 2016

Exhibition of Nikolai Lakov's paintings to destroy stereotypes of Dagestan, organizers assert

The exhibition "Dagestan by Moscow artist Nikolai Lakov" is opened at the Museum of Moscow. The organizers hope that the exhibition will help to break down the Moscow residents' stereotypes concerning residents of Dagestan.

Contact line of the Nagorno- Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:25, 19 May 2016

Armenian forces destroy its own drone, Azerbaijan reports

For the second time in a week, the Armenian air defence forces shot down its own unmanned airborne vehicle of type X-55. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The Kond District in the centre of Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

18:22, 19 May 2016

Residents of houses demolished in Yerevan express their distrust of Armenian government

In Armenia, residents of the Kond District, who lost their houses nine years ago, held an action in front of the building of the Armenian government. The residents wanted to attract attention to their unresolved problem.

Advocate Mark Feigin. Photo: Anton Naumluyk (RFE/RL)

15:36, 19 May 2016

Advocate believes Karpyuk's life sentence possible

Petro Poroshenko has condemned the jury's verdict passed in Grozny to Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh and promised to struggle for their release. If Karpyuk gets a life sentence, it will complicate his transfer to Ukraine, said the advocate Mark Feigin, who had defended Nadezhda Savchenko.

The consequences of the mass fight which occurred at the Khovanskoye cemetery. Moscow, May 14, 2016. Screenshot of a video by the user POLICE not TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tAxdLFeGms

14:43, 19 May 2016

14 people arrested after fight at Khovanskoye cemetery

The Presnya Court of Moscow has arrested Yuri Chabuev, who held the post of the director of the Khovanskoye cemetery, where a mass fight occurred. Lechi Yakhyaev, a native of the Astrakhan Region, was also arrested. He became the 14th person arrested in the criminal case opened on the fight.

Road accident in South Ossetia. May 19, 2016. Photo: press service of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia

14:07, 19 May 2016

Sixth Russian officer dies after road accident in South Ossetia

The number of victims of the road accident involving a bus with Russian officers has reached 22 people. Of them, six were killed, and 16 others stay in hospitals. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo https://amnesty.org.ru/node/2669/

12:09, 19 May 2016

NGO activists urge not to prosecute head of "Don Women"

Investigators are trying to initiate the Russia's first criminal case on wilful evasion of submitting documents for putting into the registry of foreign agents against Valentina Cherevatenko, the head of the Union "Don Women", said activists from the non-governmental sector.

Marathon run "From Heart to Heart" in Chechnya. Photo: http://163gorod.ru/event/24146958-pobeditel-begovogo-marafona-ot-serdca-k-serdcu-poluchit-avtomobil

08:14, 19 May 2016

Sports fans are losing interest in marathon "From Heart to Heart" in Chechnya

The third international marathon run "From Heart to Heart" in Chechnya has attracted about 2,000 participants – significantly less than in previous years. Due to active participation of professional athletes in the marathon, it becomes less interesting for amateur runners.

Seaside Embankment in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

05:45, 19 May 2016

Sochi Mayoralty predicts 100% loading of resort during summer season

Sochi will open its resort season in May 28 with a carnival procession. The Sochi City Tourism Office predicts that the entire hotel fund and the private sector will have enough tourists throughout the season.

A padlock on a gate to the yard of the abandoned house in the "Olympic" settlement in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

05:18, 19 May 2016

In Krasnodar Territory, commission to consider arguments of public activists about misuse of Olympic heritage

The administration of the Krasnodar Territory has created a commission to consider complaints about misuse of apartment houses and cottage settlements, built in Sochi in preparation for the Olympic Games.

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