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Elmar Veliev. Photo: press service of the Administration of Ganja, http://ganja-ih.gov.az

10:21, 4 July 2018

Elmar Veliev, the head of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, was exposed to an armed attack. He and his bodyguard Gasym Ashbazov were hospitalized with wounds. The attacker was detained, law enforcers have reported.

Baku metro. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujovhttps://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180703/416040545/baku-metro-poeazd-tonnel.html

09:59, 4 July 2018

Five people hospitalized after metro halt in Baku

A power outage in the evening on July 3 in Baku caused the metro stop. Passengers were evacuated from the trains stuck in the tunnels. The evacuation was carried out in extreme heat; and 17 persons complained about their poor health status; five of them were hospitalized.

Unknown people push advocate Kuscheterov into a car. Screenshot from the video provided to the Caucasian Knot by Angela Urusova

09:40, 4 July 2018

Cherkessk lawyers report kidnapping of their colleague

Kemal Kuscheterov, a lawyer, was beaten up and kidnapped by unidentified people in Cherkessk after his dispute with law enforcers at the scene of investigatory actions, his colleagues have reported.

08:39, 4 July 2018

Zaza Saralidze stops his protest at the MIA

Zaza Saralidze, father of one of the murdered schoolboys, decided to stop his protest action held near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia. He has made the decision after the today's meeting with MIA heads.

08:27, 4 July 2018

Izberbash residents rally because of absence of drinking water

In the city of Izberbash, Dagestan, townspeople have gathered for a rally at the building of city administration with a demand to resume the supply of drinking water. Calls were heard among the protesters to block the federal highway.

Governor of Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratiev (second from right) came to meet residents of Novokorsunskoye village, July 3, 2018. Photo: press service of the Krasnodar Territory Administration.

08:14, 4 July 2018

Residents of Novokorsunskoye achieve compensation increase

After the residents of the village of Novokorsunskoye blocked the Timashevsk-Korenovsk highway, the territorial authorities have increased the amount of compensations due to them for the houses damaged by hail.

23:57, 3 July 2018

Trial in Pavel Grib's case held behind closed doors

A preliminary hearing in the case against Pavel Grib will be held behind closed doors. A father of the Ukrainian citizen, accused in terrorism, reported that his son felt bad.

Oyub Titiev is taken away, July 3, 2018. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial'

23:44, 3 July 2018

Rights defenders criticize FIFA for poor reaction to Oyub Titiev's case

On July 5, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya will consider a motion filed by the defence of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny, to transfer the consideration of the case to another region.

Zarema Bagavutdinova. Screenshot from Youtube video

23:32, 3 July 2018

Zarema Bagavutdinova released

Zarema Bagavutdinova, a staff member of the Dagestani organization "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), was released from the penal colony, where she had completely served five years of her imprisonment, with a delay of six hours.

Mikael Harutyunyan. Photo © : official site of the MoD of RAhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20180703/13015936/ehks-ministr-oborony-armenii-obyavlen-v-rozysk-po-delu-1-marta.html

23:19, 3 July 2018

Armenian Defence Minister wanted in case on dispersal of protesters

Colonel General Mikael Harutyunyan, who in March 2008 held the position of the Armenian Defence Minister, was accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in connection with the dispersal of protest actions, investigators report today.

Zaza Saralidze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)

18:12, 3 July 2018

Georgian MPs support demands voiced by Zaza Saralidze

The parliamentary investigating commission has issued a recommendation to start the criminal proceedings against one of the main witnesses in the case on the murder of teenagers in Tbilisi. Zaza Saralidze, a father of one of the murdered schoolboys is seeking such a decision from the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Stepanavan. Photo: Serouj https://ru.wikipedia.org

17:59, 3 July 2018

In Armenia, social service officials suspected of fraud worth 30,000 US dollars

In Stepanavan, according to investigators, four officials registered benefits in favour of local residents without their knowledge and embezzled the money, the Armenian police reports today.

Titiev’s advocates Novikov and Zaikin at the Shali City Court. Photo is provided by HRC "Memorial".

17:48, 3 July 2018

Oyub Titiev's defence demands to hold trial outside Chechnya

Today, the preliminary court hearing on the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny has been postponed because of the advocates' request to hold a trial in another region.

14:14, 3 July 2018

Aslan Gagiev accused of organizing six murders

Investigators have officially charged Aslan Gagiev, a native of the Ossetian village of Bolkvi, with organizing a criminal community and killing entrepreneurs, the "Kommersant" has reported today.

Annual Auto Tuning Show-2018 in Sokolniki, Moscow, http://rdrc.ru/galleries/view/10880

14:03, 3 July 2018

Competitions of Russian racing drivers moved from Nalchik to Grozny

It was decided to hold the second stage of the Russian championship in drag racing, scheduled for early August, in the capital of Chechnya, as the racing ground in Nalchik is not yet ready for the competition, the race organizers have stated.

10:44, 3 July 2018

Rights defenders achieve closure of Tbilisi prison

Prison No. 7 in Gulua Street in Tbilisi has been closed at the demand of rights defenders. For twenty years of its existence, the prison failed to create normal custody conditions, Gela Nikoleishvili, a rights defender, has stated.

Tamara Mearakishvili. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDZ-8EhtQ0

10:17, 3 July 2018

Tamara Mearakishvili tells reasons for her hunger strike

Tamara Mearakishvili, a South-Ossetian activist, who went on a hunger strike in connection with the criminal prosecution, including on charges of defaming the ruling party "United Ossetia", demanded from local authorities to stop putting pressure on her. She decided to hold the protest action at home, fearing provocations.

10:03, 3 July 2018

Georgian media report about Machalikashvili's kinship with Chataev

Mass media of Georgia have released information about relative ties of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed in an operation in Pankisi, with Akhmed Chataev, and also about Machalikashvili's intention to commit self-explosion in a crowded place in Tbilisi.

Football fans ahead of Belgium-Japan match, Rostov-on-Don, July 2, 2018. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.

08:30, 3 July 2018

Over 41,000 attend Belgium-Japan match at Rostov-Arena

The Belgian team has beaten the Japanese one 3:2 in a 1/8 final match of the FIFA World Cup held in Rostov-on-Don. Fans from different countries watched the meeting in the fan zone in Theatre Square.

Anastasia Shevchenko holds flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!" against pension reform, Rostov-on-Don. Photo by provided to the Caucasian Knot by Anastasia Shevchenko

08:22, 3 July 2018

Rostov activist summoned to police after flash mob "They've robbed us to panties!"

Rostov-on-Don law enforcers have called the activist Anastasia Shevchenko and warned her about the inadmissibility of extremism. However, Anastasia believes that her stripping action helped to draw attention to the problem.

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