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08:10, 21 July 2018

Dagestan: two policemen attacked and killed

A car of the DPS (road-and-patrol service) was shelled on the "Kavkaz" Highway in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan; two policemen were shot dead and one was wounded; the attackers managed to escape.

Abdusamad Gamidov. Photo: press service of Dagestani government

01:45, 21 July 2018

Court leaves Abdusamad Gamidov under arrest

Today, the Moscow City Court has dismissed a complaint about extension of the arrest for Abdusamad Gamidov, the former chair of the Dagestani government, and three other defendants, accused of large-scale embezzlement of funds from the budget.

01:35, 21 July 2018

Two "Sasna Tsrer" members released from custody

Today, the defence of Tatul Tamrazyan and Gevorg Iritsyan, members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), has convinced the court to release them under recognizance not to leave.

Artur Movsisyan. Screenshot from Radio Liberty video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MtcjpHdmJk

01:22, 21 July 2018

A man sentenced in Zhirair Sefilyan's case goes on a hunger strike

Today, an advocate of Arthur Movsisyan, found guilty of transferring weapons to members of the movement "100th anniversary without regime", has reported that his client has started a hunger strike with a demand to release him from custody. 40 activists supported the Arthur Movsisyan's demand by blocking the entrance to the court building in Yerevan.

War in Syria. Photo: SANA/Handout via Reuters

14:53, 20 July 2018

Turkish media: a daughter of a Chechen official detained for involvement in IS*

Seda Dudurkaeva, a daughter of Asu Dudurkaev, the former chief for the Federal Migration Service (FMS) Department for Chechnya, left for Syria several years ago. She is detained in Istanbul on suspicion of having ties to the terrorist organization, the Turkish media reported.

Maria Lasitskene. Photo: TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via REUTERS

14:42, 20 July 2018

Maria Lasitskene wins Russian Championship

An athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria has won the gold medal of the Russian Athletics Championship. The silver medal went to Anna Chicherova, a Volgograd high jumper, who served a disqualification for violating anti-doping rules.

Albert Khamkhoev. Photo: Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot

10:47, 20 July 2018

Arthur Khamkhoev's mother turns to head of Investigative Committee for help

Aza Khamkhoeva, a resident of the Ingush village of Yandare, has appealed to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), with a demand to investigate the torture that had been applied to her son.

Magomed Abdulkhabirov, initiator of the monument to abandoned mountain villages (with a raised hand), at the opening of the monument in the village of Nizhnee Gakvari, Tsumadin District, July 18. 2018. Photo by provided to the Caucasian Knot by Omar Gadzhiev.

10:35, 20 July 2018

Author of monument to abandoned villages urges Dagestanis to go back to mountains

The names of more than one hundred disappeared mountain villages are immortalized in a stone monument erected in the village of Nizhnee Gakvari, Tsumadin District, on July 18. The initiators of erecting the monument believe that these villages should be restored.

Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Photo: Nodar Tskhvirashvili (RFE/RL)

08:26, 20 July 2018

Suspect in two schoolboys' murder case detained in Tbilisi

A minor, who witnessed the murder of two schoolboys, is suspected of giving false testimony, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.

08:20, 20 July 2018

Law enforcers refuse to explain detention of six Chechen residents to their relatives

Relatives know nothing about what the six detained residents of the village of Borozdinovskaya are accused of; and are afraid to comment on what happened, fearing "additional problems," said one of the villagers.

Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of HRC ‘Memorial’

23:26, 19 July 2018

In Oyub Titiev's case, six witnesses fail to describe his detention

At the today's hearing at the Shali City Court in the Oyub Titiev's case, the Court has questioned six policemen witnesses, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports, which has arranged text broadcast of the court hearing on its Telegram channel.

23:16, 19 July 2018

Two soldiers injured in an explosion not far from Volgograd

Soldiers were injured while clearing the bombs of World War II in the Gorodische District of the Volgograd Region.

23:07, 19 July 2018

Vladimir Vasiliev promises to continue personnel cleanups in Dagestan

Today, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan, has announced that an anti-corruption campaign among officials in the republic will be continued.

Emir Usein Kuku (left). Photo: Anton Naumlyk (RFE/RL)

23:02, 19 July 2018

Emir-Usein Kuku stops his hunger strike in Rostov SIZO

Political prisoner Emir-Usein Kuku, who is kept at the Rostov-on-Don SIZO (pre-trial prison) on the charge of involvement in the terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", banned in Russia, has stopped his hunger strike and began the process of restoration.

19:51, 19 July 2018

Abkhaz GPO announces demands of Russian businessman's kidnappers

Maxim Yakovlev, a shareholder of the Kirov Factory, kidnapped a month ago in Abkhazia, has delivered a note to his wife, stating that kidnappers demand a ransom of 200 million roubles for his release, the Abkhazian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has sated today.

Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: REUTERS / Paul Hanna

19:44, 19 July 2018

NATO Secretary General reminds Putin of Georgia's independence

Russia has no right to influence the Georgia's decision to become a member of the NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO's Secretary General, said on July 18 in response to the Russian president's promise of a tough reaction. The decision to join NATO is no threat to any other country, Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Georgia's Prime Minister, has assured.

19:36, 19 July 2018

Titiev's trial launched despite advocate's absence

Today, the state prosecutor has persuaded the Shali City Court to start trying Oyub Titiev in the absence of Ilya Novikov, one of the defenders.

Policeman with handcuffs. Photo: Maksim Tishin / Yugopolis

14:38, 19 July 2018

Resident of Grozny sentenced for possessing ammunition

In Grozny, the court has found a local resident guilty of illegal acquisition, storage and carrying of ammunition and sentenced him to 1.5 years of imprisonment.

At a polling station in Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov

14:29, 19 July 2018

OSCE observers criticize presidential election in Azerbaijan

During the presidential election in Azerbaijan, there were cases when public sector employees had been forced to participate in actions of the pre-election campaign. Violations committed on the day of voting on April 11 require an investigation, states the final report prepared by the election observation mission (EOM) of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

11:13, 19 July 2018

Dagestani student beaten in Moscow recovers from coma

Amir Abumuslimov, a student from Dagestan, on suspicion of beating whom, an MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter was detained, has recovered from coma. However, the young man is still in grave condition, his father reported.

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