March 04, 2015 19:23

• Health condition of Dagestani hunger-strikers deteriorates

  The women-participants of the hunger strike in the Dagestani village of Shushiya report the worsening of their health status and state their readiness to stop their protest against guarantees of fulfilment of their demands.

March 04, 2015 16:59

• Son of employee of STRC "Dagestan" detained by police, advocate says

  The 26-year-old Artyom Alkhasov, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives, was detained by policemen of the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, said the young man's advocate.

March 04, 2015 15:59

• Rights defenders call Baku to release political prisoners by European Games

  Today, 100 days before the start of the European Olympic Games in Baku, international human rights organizations have called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release political prisoners; and the international community – to influence the official Baku in this issue.

March 04, 2015 13:46

• Volgograd: Youth Consulting and Training Centre fined for working without registration as "foreign agent"

  The Magistrate Court of the Krasnooktyabrskiy District of Volgograd has fined the Youth Consulting and Training Centre by 300,000 roubles for its activities without getting registered as a "foreign agent". Activists of the non-profit organization (NPO) intend to appeal against the imposed fine.

March 04, 2015 13:07

• More and more Russian Muslims among North-Caucasian militants

  The fact of identification of Oleg Shalyapin among those killed in a special operation in Dagestani Kizilyurt District indicates a growing number of Slavs among militants in Northern Caucasus, said the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".

March 04, 2015 04:20

• Sochi scientists awarded by Russian Govt for water purification method

  On March 3, Sochi residents, Professor Nikolai Kulikov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and Mikhail Zubov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, received documents on being awarded the title of laureates of the 2014 Award of the Russian Government in the field of science and technology. They were awarded for the development of a wastewater treatment method. The scientists hope that their development will be applied in their hometown.

March 04, 2015 02:48

• Surgery appointed to Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov, accused of treason

  Members of the Krasnodar Territorial Public Oversight Commission (POC) under the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation have visited a Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept under suspicion of high treason. As a result, they managed to solve the problem of a surgery that Parpulov needs. During the visit, they also revealed violations of custody conditions at the SIZO.

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