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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.

Law enforcers during CTO in Ingushetia. Photo: https://06.mvd.ru/news/item/7852460/

09:25, 27 May 2016

Source reports names of three men killed in Ingushetia

In the course of the special operation in Nazran and Malgobek, law enforcers killed suspected militant Khizyr Galaev and Usman and Zurab Tsoloev, reports a source from the law enforcement bodies. The names of two other killed men have not yet been reported.

Burnt-down house in Perelyotnaya Street, Sochi, May 26, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

08:01, 27 May 2016

Sochi: residents of dilapidated houses demand new apartments

On May 26, residents of dilapidated houses held a meeting in front of a burnt-down 12-apartment house in Perelyotnaya Street. The authorities were to resettle the residents until 2011, but they failed to do it, claim the participants of the meeting.

Parliament of South Ossetia. Photo: © Sputnik/ Ada Bagian

04:53, 27 May 2016

South-Ossetian MPs: referendum on joining Russia needs revision

The referendum on the South Ossetia's inclusion into Russia should be preceded by serious preparatory work among the population. This opinion was expressed by South-Ossetian politicians. They believe that the referendum could act as an annoying factor in the community in case if it is organized on the eve of the presidential election.

Border guard at the Georgian-Abkhazian border. Photo: © Sputnik/ Mikhail Mordasov, http://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20160522/231788973.html

00:40, 27 May 2016

Georgia appeals to Interpol in connection with killing on border with Abkhazia

The General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has appealed to the Interpol with a request to put on the wanted list an Abkhazian border guard, suspected of killing Giga Otkhozoriya, a citizen of Abkhazia.

President of the International Circassian Association Khauti Sokhrokov. Photo: Intercircass.org

21:24, 26 May 2016

Circassian activists state loss of ICA's position in the world

The International Circassian Association (ICA) has lost its popularity and authority in the Circassian world. Russia needs to establish constructive relations with the structure alternative to the ICA, believe the Circassian activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Government building in Tskhinvali. Photo: © Sputnik/ Ada Bagian, http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20160526/1999848.html

19:41, 26 May 2016

Referendum on South Ossetia's accession to Russia postponed till 2017

The referendum will be held after the presidential election in South Ossetia, says the joint statement, signed today by President Leonid Tibilov and Parliament Speaker Anatoly Bibilov.

Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

19:26, 26 May 2016

NAC: five militants killed in Ingushetia

Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been introduced in the city of Nazran and in the Nazran District of Ingushetia. According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), five militants have been killed in the course of the CTO.

At the court hearing in the case against Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh in Grozny, May 17, 2016. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk (RFE/RL)

18:13, 26 May 2016

Klykh and Karpyuk sentenced to long prison terms

By the decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) Nikolai Karpyuk has been sentenced to 22 years and 6 months of imprisonment, and Stanislav Klykh – to 20 years.

Belorechensk correctional colony. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

15:24, 26 May 2016

Three bosses of Kuban colony arrested under case of teenager's death

Investigators have charged three former top managers of the colony located in the town of Belorechensk, Krasnodar Territory (also called Kuban by the name of the main river), with abuse of power within the case of beating inmates, one of whom died. Earlier, seven employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) were arrested.

Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan. Photo: http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=46&com=photogallery

12:37, 26 May 2016

In Dagestan, killed man identified as Kamaldin Kazimagomedov

This morning, in the village of Kasumkent of the Suleiman-Stalsky District, policemen tried to stop a suspicious man to check his documents. The man opened fire on them and was killed by return fire.

Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo: screenshot, http://www.svoboda.mobi/a/25153824.html

12:37, 26 May 2016

AI calls on people to send to authorities letters in support of "Women of the Don"

The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has organized an action of urgent assistance to Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the Union "Women of the Don", who faces criminal prosecution for failure to supply documents for inclusion of her NGO in the register of foreign agents.

Khadija Ismayilova: first minutes at home. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

09:05, 26 May 2016

Khadija Ismayilova intends to continue her journalistic investigations

Khadija Ismayilova, released from detention by the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, is ready to continue working as a journalist and struggling for the liberation of her colleagues and other activists. Meanwhile, the journalist does not agree with the court verdict and intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Prison cell. Photo: © Flickr/ Michael Coghlan

07:55, 26 May 2016

UN reports on human rights violations in Azerbaijani penitentiary institutions

On May 16-25, Mr Sètondji Roland Adjovi (Benin), the head of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and his deputy José Guevara (Mexico) attended 25 penitentiary institutions in Azerbaijan, where detainees and convicts serving their sentences are kept. The UN officials interviewed more than 80 detainees and prisoners and met government officials and activists of civil society in the cities of Baku, Ganja, and Nakhchivan.

Cottage №70 in Khudyakov street occupied by the Saveliev family. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

04:26, 26 May 2016

Sochi Mayor's Office intends to auction off house occupied by Saveliev family

Members of the Saveliev "Olympic settlers" family have claimed that they do not intend to leave the house put up for the auction, until the City Mayor does allocate to them a cottage to replace their house demolished because of the construction of the Olympic highway M-27. Earlier, the Saveliev family members have abandoned a three-room apartment allocated to them in a resort village of the mountain cluster.

Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: http://haqqin.az/

19:09, 25 May 2016

Khadija Ismayilova released from colony

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) has lifted charges of misappropriation and abuse of office from the journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

Blown up relay tower in the Shamil District of Dagestan, May 25, 2016. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/

18:01, 25 May 2016

Explosion of tower in Dagestan results in broadcasting interruptions

Yesterday, militants managed not only to mine a relay tower in the Shamil District, but also to blow it up, said a law enforcement source. In the tower's coverage area cellular communication is absent; and interruptions in TV broadcasting are observed.

Nadezhda Savchenko. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk (RFE/RL)

15:56, 25 May 2016

Putin pardons Savchenko prior to her departure to Kiev

Vladimir Putin signed a decree to pardon Nadezhda Savchenko, said Dmitri Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, adding that the Russians Alexander Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeev, convicted in Kiev, had been brought to Moscow.

Participants of the rally in support of political prisoners in Rostov-on-Don, May 6, 2015. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

15:38, 25 May 2016

"Memorial" lists 45 new political prisoners within six months

Within the past six months, the list run by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" of the persons deprived of freedom for political reasons, has went up to 87 persons. Out of 45 new political prisoners, five are natives of Northern Caucasus and Southern Federal District (SFD), or those, convicted in these regions.

"Singing Fountains" in Republic Square in Yerevan. Photo: EvgenyGenkin https://ru.wikipedia.org/

15:21, 25 May 2016

Yerevan woman holds protest action in non-working fountain

On May 24, Yerevan hosted an action initiated by women-activists: one of them – Anna Shakhnazaryan – climbed up into a stone structure of "Singing Fountains" in Republic Square, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

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