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Picket in support of Timur Tumgoev at the pre-trial prison in Kharkov. Photo: RFE/RL

14:43, 13 September 2018

Rights defenders report extradition of Ingushetia native from Ukraine

On September 12, Timur Tumgoev, a native of Ingushetia, suspected of links with Syrian militants, was extradited to Russia at the request of the Russian FSB, sources from the Kharkov Human Rights Group (KhHRG) have stated.

Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: http://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=18830

14:34, 13 September 2018

Azerbaijan reports shelling of three villages in the conflict zone

Over the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Student Aisa Khulaeva. Photo from personal Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/khulaeva.aisa/

14:23, 13 September 2018

Election totals in Kalmyk settlement of Primanych cancelled after stuffing video

The Election Committee of the Iki-Burul District of Kalmykia has cancelled the election outcomes results at the polling station, where Aisa Khulaeva, a student, filmed ballot-stuffing. The exact whereabouts of Khulaeva is still unknown, but there are reasons to believe that she communicates with people on her own choice, the republic's branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party has stated.

People at the courthouse. Screenshot from video received by the Caucasian Knot

10:47, 13 September 2018

Residents of Chechnya report severe sentences to 14 young people for terrorism

Young residents of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya have been sentenced to long prison terms on charges of terrorist crimes; their relatives did not see the convicts for 18 months after detention, residents of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot".

10:36, 13 September 2018

Kadyrov explains Nurmagomedov's aggression on Timati by "weight cutting"

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has commented on the conflict between Timati and Khabib Nurmagomedov. According to Kadyrov, Nurmagomedov is nervous, as he is "cutting his body weight."

Lawyer Mikhail Benyash. Photo from Facebook personal page of Mikhail Benyash, https://www.facebook.com/mbenyash/photos_all

08:23, 13 September 2018

360 advocates demand to investigate the attack on Benyash

More than 360 lawyers from different regions of Russia have signed a petition demanding to investigate the beating of Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash. Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the Minister of Internal Affairs, has promised to clear out the Benyash's case, said Yuri Pilipenko, the head of the Russian Federal Bar Association (FBA).

Ruslan Rakhaev. Screenshot from video posted by "Public Verdict ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-xrtwOsqtw

08:16, 13 September 2018

SC approves Ruslan Rakhaev's conviction

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has announced its decision on the appeal complaint lodged by Ruslan Rakhaev, the deputy head of the Department for Cherkessk of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who was found guilty of beating up a detainee to death. The SC has reduced Rakhaev's prison term by three months. His defence has announced its intention to file a cassation against the verdict.

21:06, 12 September 2018

More than 60 Georgian citizens deported from Germany

Today, 65 Georgian citizens have been expelled from Germany. Of them, 59 applied for asylum in Saxony, but were refused.

Zaur Dadaev. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

21:00, 12 September 2018

Advocate finds out reasons for Zaur Dadaev's transfer to another penal colony

Zaur Dadaev will serve his sentence in more severe detention conditions because of the violation of the regime in 2016, reported advocate Rosa Magomedova. She associates the transfer of the man sentenced in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder with law enforcers' attempt to get new testimony.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

18:17, 12 September 2018

Father of schoolboy killed in Georgia resumes his hunger strike

Today, Zaza Saralidze, hospitalized from the place of his hunger strike, has returned to the building of the Georgian parliament, demanding resignation of the government.

Village of Baganis of the Tavush District of Armenia. © Photo: Narek Sahakyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20180409/11326811/azerbajdzhan-vzyal-na-pricel-krupnyj-rogatyj-skot-prigranichnogo-armyanskogo-sela.html

17:52, 12 September 2018

Head of Armenian village reports shelling by Azerbaijan

The pre-border village of Baganis of the Tavush District of Armenia was shelled several times by Azerbaijan; no one was injured, Narek Saakyan, the head of the village community, has stated today. Ceasefire violations in the conflict zone are "permanent in nature," the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

Mikhail Benyash. Photo: 'Golos Kubani', https://golos-kubani.ru/v-krasnodare-advokata-siloj-vygnali-s-suda-po-delam-zaderzhannyx-na-akcii-protiv-putina/

17:41, 12 September 2018

AI announces Kuban lawyer Benyash prisoner of conscience

The human rights Amnesty International (AI) has demanded to release the lawyer Mikhail Benyash from administrative arrest. Benyash himself has explained that he came to the protest rally in Krasnodar on September 9 as a defender of the detainees.

Participant of solo picket in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot

15:13, 12 September 2018

Pickets against pension reform held in Volgograd without detentions

On September 11, in Volgograd, three activists held their alternative solo pickets against the pension reform.

Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: © press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan

15:04, 12 September 2018

Azerbaijan announces about 90 machine-gun attacks per day

During the last 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 90 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

Speaker's stand. © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvilihttps://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180912/242067619/Pravitelstvo-obsuzhdaet-pravila-kureniya-marikhuany-v-Gruzii.html

14:51, 12 September 2018

MPs argue about legalization of marijuana growing in Georgia

The Government of Georgia has drafted a legislative initiative that allows cultivation of marijuana for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products for export. The appearance of the draft is premature, as it lobbies the interests of certain people, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

10:45, 12 September 2018

After wiretapping scandal, Pashinyan orders to conduct searches at oligarchs and officials

Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, has ordered to conduct raids and searches of the houses of oligarchs and former high-ranking officials, and find the organizers of wiretapping of the telephone conversation of Arthur Vanetsyan, the head of the National Security Service (NSS) with Valery Osipyan, the head of the Armenian Police.

Yunis Safarov. Photo: © Youtube / Xəzər Xəbər https://ru.sputnik.az/azerbaijan/20180706/416090838/gjandzha-azerbaijan-arest-pokazanija-policija.html

10:36, 12 September 2018

Mother of defendant in case of attempt on Ganja Mayor states pressure on her son and his advocate

The mother of Yunis Safarov, accused of an assassination attempt on Elmar Veliev, the Mayor of the city of Ganja, has announced that the well-known advocate Elchin Sadygov had been removed from defending her son. According to her story, her son is under pressure to testify against the Sadygov.

Robert Kocharyan. Photo: Administration of Robert Kocharyan

10:29, 12 September 2018

New charge presented to Robert Kocharyan

Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, is accused of financial frauds and money laundering, Arthur Vanetsyan, the head of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, has stated.

08:32, 12 September 2018

Father of schoolboy killed in Georgia felt bad during conflict with policemen

Policemen did not allow the participants of the "Don't kill!" action, who demand resignation of the Georgian government, to set up tents in the central Tbilisi avenue. The initiator of the action Zaza Saralidze fainted and was taken away by an ambulance.

Viktor Zolotov' video message to Alexei Navalny. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZd1yUZD30g

08:24, 12 September 2018

Kadyrov supports "Rosgvardia" boss' challenge to Navalny

Victor Zolotov, the head of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) is defending the honour of his organization by inviting the oppositionist Alexei Navalny to a duel, said Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya.

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