July 26, 2014 22:25

• Azerbaijan: Faraj Kerimli, arrested activist of "Musavat" Party, stated his innocence

  Faraj Kerimli, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, arrested for illegal possession and sale of drugs, has declared his innocence, report the human rights activists from the Committee against Torture, who visited Kerimli. His advocate Nemat Kerimli believes that his client may be exposed to pressure at the isolation facility.

July 26, 2014 21:26

• Chechen authorities impose sanctions on five US and EU officials

  On July 26, the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov compiled his own sanction list, consisting of five officials from the USA and EU, who are denied entry into the republic. Kadyrov has accused leaders of the United States and the European Union "of state terrorism directed against countries and peoples."

July 26, 2014 17:40

• In Dagestan, Abdulkadyrov's advocate cannot locate him

  Arsen Radjabov, the advocate of Isa Abdulkadyrov, detained in Dagestan on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his client was taken by policemen to some unknown place, and he cannot find him.

July 26, 2014 01:50

• Law enforcers of Ukraine and Russia exchange accusations of shelling pre-border areas

  The Ukrainian border checkpoint "Marinovka" was shelled from the territory of the Rostov Region, said the information centre of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Frontier Department of the Russia's FSB for the Rostov Region asserts that because of Ukrainian attacks they had to evacuate almost all the residents of the farm named Primiussky in the Kuibyshev District.

July 25, 2014 21:09

• Regular soldier from Kirov Region found dead in Dagestan

  Alexei Aleturovich, a regular soldier, recruited from the Kirov Region, was found dead in a military unit in Buynaksk, the military prosecutor's office of the city has reported today. His relatives believe that Alexei could become a victim to the hazing in the army unit.

July 26, 2014 05:51

• Heads of Chechnya and Krasnodar Territory are on EU's sanctions list

  Alexander Tkachov, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, and the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov have been put on the list of persons exposed to sanctions of the European Union (EU) in the context of the worsening situation in the south-east of Ukraine and accession of the Crimea to Russia.

July 25, 2014 07:31

• Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko reprimanded in colony, activists report

  The Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, who is serving his term in a colony in the Tambov Region, was reprimanded again – this time for not greeting a colony official, his supporters reported on July 24. In his turn, Gennady Kornienko, the Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, said that the information about a biased attitude to Vitishko in the colony was not confirmed.

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