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Memorial plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: RFE/RL

11:02, 19 July 2018

AI: authorities fail to conduct full investigation into Anna Politkovskaya's murder

The decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in favour of relatives of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in 2006, confirms that the Russian authorities did not conduct a full effective investigation into the crime, announced the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).

10:46, 19 July 2018

Relatives of detained Chechen resident not aware of his fate for eight days

Since July 10, relatives of a 24-year-old resident of the Novye Atagi village are not aware of his whereabouts. Magomed-Emin Arsamirzaev was detained without explanations, and no official charges were filed against him, a relative of the disappeared man reported.

08:26, 19 July 2018

Appeal court confirms Saakashvili's three-year sentence

The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Tbilisi has upheld the verdict to the third Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the case of abuse of authority in pardoning convicts for the murder of Sandro Girgvliani.

08:17, 19 July 2018

FSB confirms Yandiev's extradition to Russia

Aslan Yandiev, a native of Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, suspected of involvement in a series of resonant terror acts, has been extradited to Moscow from Slovakia, the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) reported on July 18.

Recount of votes at a polling station, March 18, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

23:59, 18 July 2018

"Golos" states fivefold overstating the voter turnout at election in NCFD

According to new analysis of video records made at polling stations during the Russian presidential election on March 18, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya occurred among the regions with the highest overstating of voter turnout, says the report of 'Golos' movement.

Russian serviceman talks to residents of Panik village, July 18, 2018. Screenshot from video: https://www.facebook.com/100002121814208/videos/vb.100002121814208/1770571256356918/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab

23:48, 18 July 2018

Russian militaries apologize for shooting in Armenian village

The exercises that Russian servicemen conducted in the Armenian village of Panik scared the locals. The deputy commander of the Russian military base in Gyumri confessed to the mistake made and promised to punish the perpetrators.

23:37, 18 July 2018

Armenian authorities promise help to 9000 settlers from Syria

Yerevan hosted presentation of an assistance programme to settlers from Syria "Increasing resilience of Syrian Armenians and local residents to challenges". A three-year programme is designed to integrate settlers from Syria into the Armenian society and provide them with the conditions for a decent life, said Mkhitar Airapetyan, the Armenian Diaspora Minister.

Headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Photo: Vitold Muratov, https://ru.wikipedia.org/

19:39, 18 July 2018

CE reports regular human rights violations in Azerbaijan

Today, the Council of Europe (CE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture has announced that the Azerbaijani government's consent to publish the reports on the practice of ill-treatment of detainees in the country testifies to the authorities' willingness to improve the situation with violations of human rights. Azerbaijani rights defenders have refused to share the optimism of their European counterparts.

Vladimir Putin meets acting leader of Dagestan Vladimir Vasiliev. Photo: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57975

19:24, 18 July 2018

Political analysts intrigued by Vladimir Vasiliev's frequent meetings with President Putin

During nine months at the post of the acting leader of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev met the Russian President four times. This fact proves the Kremlin's special interest in anti-corruption measures in the republic, believe political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Oyub Titiev in the court. Photo is provided by HRC 'Memorial'

19:10, 18 July 2018

Defence convinces Court to wait for Oyub Titiev's advocate

Today, a court hearing in the case against Oyub Titiev has been postponed for a day after the defenders declared the absence of one of the Oyub Titiev's advocates to be a violation of the right to defence.

Mortar fire. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskyhttps://sputnik.az/karabakh/20171029/412534276/ateskes-yene-pozulub.html

13:53, 18 July 2018

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in eight villages

On July 17-18, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 98 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Mosul. Photo: European Commission DG ECHO https://www.flickr.com

13:41, 18 July 2018

A woman from Ingushetia suspected of involvement in Syrian militant grouping

A 24-year-old woman from Ingushetia is suspected of providing medical assistance to members of a terrorist organization in Syria, cooking food, washing clothes, and cleaning premises for them.

11:11, 18 July 2018

Four persons detained in case of riots in Ganja

Four residents of Azerbaijan are accused of plotting and organizing a terror act and riots in Ganja.

Visitors of "Kubachinskaya Tower" biennale. Photo by Timur Isaev for the Caucasian Knot

11:03, 18 July 2018

Opening of biennale "Kubachinskaya Tower" gathers over 100 people

About 100 people came to the opening of the graphic prints biennale "Kubachinskaya Tower", presented in the old watchtower of the Kubachi village in Dagestan.

10:52, 18 July 2018

Slovakia extradites to Russia a native of North Ossetia accused of terrorism

Aslan Yandiev, a native of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, has been handed over to Russia by the Slovak authorities. In Slovakia, he was kept under extradition arrest since 2011.

10:41, 18 July 2018

Father of Victoria Budaikhanova denies version of her involvement in ISIL*

A father of Victoria Budaikhanova, a native of Dagestan, who after her return from Syria was accused of involvement in militant groupings, told the court that his daughter left Russia for studies under the influence of her colleagues.

Waiting line of cars at the Russian-Georgian border checkpoint "Verkhni Lars". Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the Caucasian Knot.

08:37, 18 July 2018

Tourists tell about 12-hour-long queues at "Verkhni Lars" checkpoint

Over the past 24 hours, the waiting line of cars at the Russian-Georgian border checkpoint "Verkhni Lars" has grown; the waiting time is 8-12 hours, tourists have stated.

08:25, 18 July 2018

Kuban MIA accuses policemen of spreading fake after World Cup

Policemen, sent to Sochi for the time of the FIFA World Cup-2018, returned home by overcrowded train, and had to sleep on the floor, eyewitnesses assert. The Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has treated the photos that appeared on the Internet to be faked, and promised to establish the employees who spread them.

Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin

22:40, 17 July 2018

ECtHR awards compensation to Anna Politkovskaya's relatives

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found ineffective the investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", and ordered Russia to pay 20,000 euros of compensation to her relatives.

Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial'

22:34, 17 July 2018

CE Commissioner demands to release Oyub Titiev

Today, Council of Europe (CE) Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic has called on the General Prosecutor of Russia to take measures to release Oyub Titiev, the head of the "Memorial" in Grozny. She has also spoken in favour of transferring the rights defender's case to be considered outside Chechnya.

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