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Galina Rylova has been living in the apartment No. 148 in the house number 1 "A" in Soviet Guard Street for six years. Astrakhan, April 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"

20:32, 16 April 2017

In Astrakhan, tenants of dilapidated house demand resettlement

In Astrakhan, tenants of a dilapidated house in the Trusovsky District demand to resettle them to a safe house. The resettlement will take place with the availability of financing and free premises in the manoeuvrable fund, officials from the City Mayor's Office report.

Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin. Photo: Openrussia.s3.amazonaws.com

15:04, 16 April 2017

Economists explain position of "Rosneft" on assets in Chechnya by shareholders' interests

The "Rosneft" cannot transfer its assets to Chechnya for free, since, apart from the state, other shareholders also hold shares of the corporation. This was explained by economists. Auditors, who estimated assets of the amount of 12.5 billion roubles, did not come to Chechnya and did not evaluate the conditions for oil production there, report officials from the regional subsurface management department.

Olga Noskovets at a solo picket. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"

02:00, 16 April 2017

Ecologist Olga Noskovets holds picket against construction in floodplain of Dagomys River

The activist has held a protest action in front of the construction site of high-rise buildings, where the construction works were conducted even on a day off. This was reported by the of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Krasnodar animal defenders urge not to attend the circus shows where animals are involved, April 15, 2017. Photo by Alexei Mandrigeli for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

21:21, 15 April 2017

Krasnodar picketers oppose cruel treatment of animals

On the International Circus Day, Krasnodar animal defenders urged townspeople not to attend the circus shows, where animals are involved; and demanded from the authorities to stop shooting stray dogs, but use sterilization instead.

15:52, 15 April 2017

Defence states impossibility of activist Amirov’s treatment in Baku SIZO

Doctors have diagnosed new diseases in Faig Amirov, the financial director of the “Azadlyg” newspaper, a figurant in the case of supporters of the preacher Fethullah Gülen. In the conditions of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), he cannot receive the necessary dietary food, said his advocate Fakhraddin Mekhtiev.

13:54, 15 April 2017

Thirty-eight terror act victims still in Saint Petersburg hospitals

After discharge of two patients injured by the explosion in Saint Petersburg’s metro, 38 people still remain hospitalized. Two of them are still in grave condition, Anna Mityanina, the Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg, has reported today.

11:31, 15 April 2017

Two ecologists detained in Krasnodar

Oleg Desyatov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), and a female volunteer of the "Greenpeace" were detained during a search carried out on April 14 in an apartment of Pavel Suganeev, a resident of Krasnodar and a member of the "EcoWatch". This was reported by Alexei Avanesyan, an advocate of Pavel Suganeyev.

Pre-trial prison in Rostov-on-Don. Photo: Russia's GUFSIN for Rostov Region.

06:55, 15 April 2017

Ruslan Zeitullaev rejects forced nutrition, his advocate reports

Ruslan Zeitullaev, a defendant in the case of a "Hizb ut-Tahrir" unit, intends to continue his hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don until all his demands are met.

02:41, 15 April 2017

Khasan Katsiev, who complains about torture, rejected re-classification of his beating case

The case of infliction of moderate harm to health of Khasan Katsiev, a former employee of the Ingush Department for Combating Economic Crimes (known as UBEP), who complained about torture, was brought from the police to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Magomed Katsiev, the father of the victim, on April 14.

01:43, 15 April 2017

In case of caliphate, trial interrupted to check defendants’ complaints about torture

On April 14, at a court hearing in the case against natives of Kabardino-Balkaria accused of attempting to create a caliphate with the Sharia form of government in Kabardino-Balkaria, the judge decided to check the complaint filed by the defendants about the use of torture against them at the preliminary investigation stage.

Ruben Melikyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

00:48, 15 April 2017

Ombudsman calls on NKR’s NGOs to inform the world about situation in conflict zone

In February and March, the Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan made a trip to Europe and the USA, where he presented a report on the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in April 2016. Today, he told journalists and NGO activists about his meetings in the European Parliament and with the Diaspora in the United States.

00:44, 15 April 2017

Four figurants arrested in case of killing policemen in Astrakhan

Four persons have been taken into custody on suspicion of involvement in an attack on policemen in Astrakhan. According to an advocate, the number of the arrested persons includes acquaintances of the killed suspected participants of the attack and a wife of one of them.

22:54, 14 April 2017

Sochi Mayoralty refuses to legitimate Easter action of Navalny’s supporters

The application of supporters of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny on holding an anti-corruption action on April 16, on the Easter, was rejected under the pretext that the organizer responded too late to the Mayoralty's proposal on the time of the action. However, activists still want to hold the action, said Suren Edigarov, the applicant.

21:46, 14 April 2017

Khasavyurt residents report power agents’ tours

Today, power agents have blocked exits from the neighbourhood "Olympic Settlement" in Khasavyurt, and conducted household patrol detours there, local residents have reported. The police refused to confirm this information.

Employee of the “Radio Liberty” at the entrance to the office, Baku, December 2014. Photo by the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent.

18:28, 14 April 2017

"Radio Liberty" reports blocking its website in Azerbaijan

The access to one of the country's main independent sources of information – the “Radio Azadlyg” (the Azerbaijani service of the “Radio Liberty”, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") – is blocked, says the statement of the corporation "Free Europe/Radio Liberty", posted in the evening on April 13 on the corporation’s website.

At the polling station in Yerevan, April 9, 2017. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

17:49, 14 April 2017

Opposition files lawsuit demanding to cancel election outcomes in Armenia

The bloc "Armenian National Congress-People's Party of Armenia" (ANC-PPA), which had received a refusal from the Central Election Commission (CEC) to annul the outcomes of the parliamentary elections, has appealed to the Constitutional Court.

15:25, 14 April 2017

Kremlin reacts to “Novaya Gazeta” reports about threats from Chechnya

The Kremlin has received a letter from Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the “Novaya Gazeta” about threats to newspaper journalists coming from Chechnya, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, told reporters today.

Village of Balakhani, Untsukul District, Dagestan. Photo: Ismail Magomedov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru

14:13, 14 April 2017

Source reports bomb found in the house of Maryam Sharipova’s mother

A “shahid belt” was found in the house of Patimat Murshidova, the mother of the suicide bomber Maryam Sharipova, who, according to investigators, blew herself up in the Moscow metro on March 29, 2010, a law enforcement source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Kazim Nurmagomedov. Still picture of the 'Caucasian Knot' video.

13:43, 14 April 2017

Father of man arrested for financing militants describes how he saved his son from IS

In his interview to the "Caucasian Knot", Kazim Nurmagomedov, a resident of the Dagestani village of Karata, has described how he managed to independently return one of his sons from the territory of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by the court.

Participant of heavy truck drivers' protest Sergei Sharakhin. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

12:01, 14 April 2017

Volgograd truck drivers declare receiving threats

This morning, in Volgograd, an armed man has threatened truck drivers on strike against the "Platon" system. This was reported by the Union of Cargo Carriers and Entrepreneurs of the Volgograd Region.

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