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Abutdin Khanmagomedov. Photo: MIA for Dagestan

10:41, 29 May 2016

Law enforcers report on killing leader of Derbent grouping affiliated with IS

Recently, during a shootout in Dagestan, law enforcers killed Abutdin Khanmagomedov, the suspected leader of a group of militants, sworn allegiance to the "Islamic State" (IS), and his accomplice Radjab Ismailov. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies.

23:59, 28 May 2016

One person killed in shootout in Dagestan

A militant was killed in the Derbent District; another member of the armed underground is chased, said a Dagestani law enforcement source.

22:21, 28 May 2016

CoA refuses to reconsider Rasim Aliev's murder case

The appeals against the verdict of the first-instance court were submitted both by the defendants and the parents of the journalist assassinated in Azerbaijan. The preliminary session of the Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the motion on reconsideration of the case; the examination of the merits is scheduled for June 10.

20:24, 28 May 2016

Georgia and Abkhazia exchange materials on murder in Khurcha

The murder of a citizen of Georgia Giga Otkhozoriya in the Zugdidi District was the main topic of the meeting of the authorities of Georgia and Abkhazia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Monitoring Mission of the European Union (MMEU) in Georgia.

18:24, 28 May 2016

Rights defenders urge to return Karpyuk and Klykh home

The citizens of Ukraine Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk, convicted in Chechnya, should be delivered from Russia after Nadezhda Savchenko, believe the Russian and Ukrainian rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". However, they fear that Ukraine has not enough well-known Russian prisoners, who could be exchanged for them.

17:37, 28 May 2016

Commission members refuse to sign document on houses in Olympic settlement of Sochi

Members of the commission set up under the administration of the Krasnodar Territory were offered to sign a document stating the good reasons for selling the houses of the Olympic legacy. At least three members of the commission decided not to sign the document, insisting that it should reflect the information about those responsible for the poor state of the houses.

Weapons and ammunition delivered by residents of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Screenshot of the video posted by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police.ge

12:20, 28 May 2016

Five Georgian residents surrender weapons to police

A group of five residents of the South-Georgian Region of Samtskhe-Javakheti have delivered to the police over three kilograms of explosives and four thousand rounds of ammunition, as well as eight firearms and 75 grenades. All the five men were released from liability for their co-operation with law enforcers.

11:24, 28 May 2016

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 26 bombardments per day

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian troops have violated the ceasefire for 26 times at the various directions of the frontline by shelling Azerbaijani positions from large-calibre weapons, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.

Ramazan Abdulatipov. Photo: adbulatipov.ru

08:45, 28 May 2016

Dagestani republic's wrestling team ignores request of head of Dagestan

Ramazan Abdulatipov has called on the Dagestani team in freestyle wrestling to continue participation in the championships of Russia. However, the athletes continue protesting against the unfair, in their opinion, refereeing.

08:01, 28 May 2016

Yerevan: presentation of photo album on movement for NKR's independence was attended by about 50 persons

Yerevan has hosted a presentation of the photo album "Road to Victory" by Ashot Muradyan, published in three languages and dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the Karabakh movement and the 25th anniversary of Armenia's independence, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

06:01, 28 May 2016

Experts state absence of intrigue at KChR primaries

The outcomes of the intraparty voting (the so-called primaries) of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) were predefined by the influence of the administrative resource, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

22:15, 27 May 2016

"Nida" activist Anar Abdullah arrested for 10 days

Today, policemen have detained Anar Abdullah, an activist of the Azerbaijani "Nida" movement. He was taken to the 18th station of the Narimanov District Police Office. According to "Nida" movement, this is the fifth activist of the movement, detained in Azerbaijan over the past 18 days.

21:00, 27 May 2016

Ingush Security Council refutes theft of militant's body from morgue

Relatives of all the residents of Ingushetia, killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) on May 26 have received their bodies from the morgue, the republic's Security Council has stated.

18:48, 27 May 2016

HRC "Memorial": relatives of Djakhbarov brothers report their disappearance

Kamaludin Djakhbarov, a resident of Dagestan, disappeared on May 25; while the whereabouts of his brother Shamil Djakhbarov is unknown for more than a month, brothers' relatives told rights defenders. They fear that the brothers could be kidnapped by power agents.

Funeral of the massacred Armenian family in Gyumri, January 15, 2015. Photo: © PAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan

18:12, 27 May 2016

At trial in Gyumri, lawsuit against Russia voiced out

At the today's session of the court, which is considering the murder of the Armenian family by a Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, the advocate of successors of the Avetisyan family has petitioned for lodging a civil lawsuit against the Russian Federation, which should bear, according to the claimants, responsibility for the mistakes of the command of the military base, which had led to the tragedy.

Igor Kalyapin. Photo: screenshot of the video posted by Open Russia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2O6NfEg0Io

16:12, 27 May 2016

Kalyapin treats decision of Prosecutor's Office on attack in Grozny as formal

The attackers in Chechnya of Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC), will not be prosecuted. This is the opinion of Igor Kalyapin himself, supported by Varvara Pakhomenko, an analyst at the International Crisis Group (ICG).

16:05, 27 May 2016

Rights defenders report another beating of Ayub Tuntuev in colony

Employees of the human rights organization "Legal Initiative" have reported about another beating up of Ayub Tuntuev, convicted for a terror act in Chechnya, in the colony located in the city of Vladimir.

Funerals of Manana Djabeliya, December 2006. Photo: RFE/RL

12:43, 27 May 2016

ECtHR finds Russia responsible for death of Manana Djabeliya

According to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Russian authorities are obliged to pay 70,000 euros to the family of the citizen of Georgia Manana Djabeliya, who died in a Moscow detention centre for foreign nationals in 2006, the advocate of the Djabeliya family has announced today.

Advocate Ilya Novikov. Photo: screenshot of the video: http://www.svoboda.org/media/video/27755009.html

11:14, 27 May 2016

Judge proposes to deprive defenders of Klykh and Karpyuk of advocate status

The Chechen Supreme Court (SC) has pronounced interlocutory orders with regard to Marina Dubrovina and Doku Itslaev, advocates of Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk.

Igor Kalyapin. Photo: http://president-sovet.ru/presscenter/news/read/2922/

09:47, 27 May 2016

Chechen Prosecutor's Office treats investigators' refusal to open case on attack on Igor Kalyapin as unlawful

The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has revoked the investigators' resolution on refusal to open a criminal case of the attack in Chechnya on Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The prosecutors have sent the materials for re-verification.

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