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08:58, 7 July 2014

Linguist fails to find film "Ordered to Forget" as inciting interethnic enmity

The screening of the film "Ordered to Forget" can not incite any interethnic or inter-confessional enmity – this is the conclusion of Professor Evgeny Tarasov, the Department Head at the Linguistics Institute of the RussianAcademy of Sciences, who made a linguistic examination of the film banned for screening by the Ministry of Culture.

MfE airplane with refugees from Ukraine, July 2014. Photo by press-service of MfE.

05:46, 7 July 2014

MfE: TACs in SFD accommodate almost 7000 Ukrainian refugees

By July 6, the Southern Federal District (SFD) had deployed 80 stationary and five field temporary accommodation centres (TACs), which received 6917 refugees from the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions of Ukraine, said the press service of the Southern Regional Centre of the Russia's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

Minibus of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo: http://www.sledcom.ru/actual/406867/

03:05, 7 July 2014

Native of Chechnya suspected of killing power agents extradited to Russia from Slovakia

Slovakia has rendered to Russia Anzor Chentiev, a native of Chechnya, who is suspected of killing two OMON (riot police) agents in Grozny in 2001 and a number of other crimes.

01:40, 7 July 2014

During week of June 30-July 6, 2014, six persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week of June 30-July 6, 2014, six persons were killed and at least three other persons were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

22:38, 6 July 2014

Azerbaijani opposition founds new party

Today, in Azerbaijan, the creation of new opposition "Free Democrats" Party has been announced. Sulkhaddin Akper has been elected its Chairman.

20:13, 6 July 2014

In Karachaevsk, detainee Magomed Bidjiev cuts his veins

In Karachaevsk, Magomed Bidjiev, a detainee kept at the local IVS (temporary detention facility), has cut his veins because of psychological pressure put upon him by investigators and policemen. This was stated by Bela Gappoeva, an advocate from the Karachay-Cherkessian National Advocates' Chamber.

Rally in Sochi, July 5, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

17:11, 6 July 2014

In Sochi, participants of anti-corruption rally claim officials ignore their demands

In Sochi, officials ignore the demands of mothers of large families, persons with disabilities, and ecologists. This was stated by participants of the anti-corruption rally held in Sochi. The protestors have also noted indifference of Sochi residents.

Evgeny Vitishko. Photo: "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", http://ewnc.org.

10:18, 6 July 2014

Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko complains about violation of his rights in colony-settlement

In his phone conversation with members of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has complaint about being subjected to pressure by the administration of the penal colony-settlement No. 2 of the Department for the Tambov Region of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).

Tbilisi City Court. Photo by Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA

06:07, 6 July 2014

Tbilisi Court fines eight detained participants of protest action in front of City Court

On July 5, in Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court pronounced the decision to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine of 100 laris (about 59 US dollars) on each of the eight protestors detained near the courthouse. The detainees attended the protest action held after the arrest of Gigi Ugulava, former Mayor of Tbilisi. They were found guilty of disorderly conduct near the courthouse.

23:35, 5 July 2014

In Azerbaijan, police checks forced shaving of believer's beard

The Azerbaijani police are investigating an incident that happened in the city of Sabirabad, in the south-west of the country, where a believer was forcibly deprived of his beard. Theologians have condemned the violent form of religious dissent.

22:41, 5 July 2014

In Sochi, about 100 people gather to protest against corruption

About 100 people gathered in Sochi on Saturday for a rally against corruption in power bodies and officials' abuse of power in the sphere of land relations.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Baku. Photo http://turan.az/

19:46, 5 July 2014

Azerbaijani SC leaves Araz Guliev, author of religious website, in custody

The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Araz Guliev, the editor-in-chief of the religious website "Xeber44.com", who was detained at believers' protest action and sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.

18:06, 5 July 2014

"Free Zone": Tbilisi police forces activist with brain concussion out of hospital for interrogation

As reported by Gela Vasadze, the leader of the NGO "Free Zone", in Tbilisi, Lasha Rukhaya, an activist of the NGO, hospitalized with brain concussion during clashes with the police in front of the City Court on July 4, was forced out of hospital, despite his relatives' objections.

13:43, 5 July 2014

At trial in Vladikavkaz, Islam Kubachiev states self-slander under investigators' pressure

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia, which is trying Islam Kubachiev, 19, a resident of the village of Kizlyar, Mozdok District, accused of banditry and illegal circulation of firearms, ammunitions and explosives, has questioned the defendant, who refused to plead guilty and claimed that he had been forced by investigators to incriminate himself.

11:59, 5 July 2014

Russia's SC upholds verdict to natives of Chechnya in Taimaskhanov's kidnapping case

The verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against three local residents convicted of kidnapping in 1999 of Galas Taimaskhanov, currently the Minister of Industry and Energy of Chechnya, has been left unchanged by the Supreme Court of Russia.

Trace of a fired shell at the checkpoint "Novoshakhtinsk". Rostov Region, July 3, 2014. Photo: Federal Customs Service, http://customs.ru/

09:15, 5 July 2014

Border checkpoints "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" in Rostov Region resume work

The border crossing points "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" have resumed normal operation, said Vasily Malaev, the spokesman for the Border Guard Department of the FSB for the Rostov Region.

08:38, 5 July 2014

Experts diverge in assessing Kadyrov's order to talk to relatives of alleged killer of Grozny policeman

The order given by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to his law enforcement bodies to hold a talk with the relatives of the alleged killers of policeman in Grozny is in fact a hint to a possibility of applying violence to the relatives, said the human rights activist Lev Levinson.

Participants of the action of "United National Movement". Tbilisi, March 27, 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

07:52, 5 July 2014

Georgian Opposition: CEC violated the law at appointing date of second round of municipal elections

The Georgian oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) and "Democratic Movement – United Georgia" Parties have stated that by scheduling the second round of municipal elections for July 12, the Central Election Commission (CEC) violated the Electoral Code.

Nina Dubovaya, who was dismissed the claim of the Mayoralty asking to recognize the construction of the building illegal and demolish the unfinished. structure built near her land plot. Sochi, July 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"

04:16, 5 July 2014

Court rejects Sochi Mayoralty's lawsuit on demolition of apartment block built next to land plot of pensioner Dubovaya

The court in Sochi has dismissed the claim of the Mayoralty asking to recognize the construction of the building illegal and demolish the unfinished structure built near the land plot of pensioner Nina Dubovaya.

Believers near the mosque an-Nadiriya in a Kotrova street. Screenshot of a video at YouTube by user Abu Khadzhadzh

22:20, 4 July 2014

Some mosque detainees were released in Dagestan

In Dagestan, locals have reported that the parishioners detained in various mosques were released. In his turn, a source from the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said that they had detained people without documents to establish their identity.

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