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Cherkessk. Photo: Timur Agirov, http://timag82.livejournal.com/218786.html
20:40, 10 March 2017
Applications submitted for LGBT actions in cities of the North-Caucasian Federal District
Notifications about the above actions have been submitted to the Department for Interaction with Civil Society Institutes of Kabardino-Balkaria and the Mayoralty of Cherkessk, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
17:58, 10 March 2017
Imposition of fine on International "Memorial" found legitimate
Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the fine of 300,000 roubles imposed on the International Historical-Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" for its refusing to get registered as a "foreign agent".
Rauf Mirkadyrov. Photo: https://haqqin.az/news/80206
17:12, 10 March 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Mirkadyrov receives political refuge in Switzerland
Rauf Mirkadyrov, who had applied to the government of Switzerland for political asylum, was granted the status of political refugee, the journalist himself has stated.
Head of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" Igor Kalyapin. Photo: Grani.ru, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pk8ILG1Cig
16:21, 10 March 2017
Inquiry into beating of rights defenders in Ingushetia resumed
The leadership of the Investigating Department (ID) for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) announced the cancellation of the investigator's decision to suspend the investigation into the attack on the joint group of the "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" (CPT) in March 2016, the Presidential Council for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) has reported today.
Policemen detain protester in Baku, May 30, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
13:10, 10 March 2017
Azerbaijani authorities announce country's exit from EITI
Azerbaijan has officially announced leaving the global standard "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative" after the EITI Board pronounced the decision to suspend the membership of Azerbaijan. According to experts, the decision to leave the EITI will negatively affect the investment attractiveness of Azerbaijan.
11:41, 10 March 2017
Children of Chechen woman killed in Germany return home
On March 9, five young children from a family of a resident of the Urus-Martan District, including four brothers and a sister, were returned from Germany to Chechnya. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Urus-Martan District administration.
Convoying defendant. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/investigation_and_courts/skr_v_dagestane_rassleduet_ubiystvo_sotrudnika_rayonnogo_otdela_politsii/
11:14, 10 March 2017
Dagestani law enforcer sentenced for ordered and ritual murders
In the Sverdlovsk Region, the court has found a former Dagestani policeman guilty of killing two businessmen and four homeless people and sentenced him to 13 years of imprisonment.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: http://osinform.org/58893-yunus-bek-evkurov-prizval-ne-nakalyat-obstanovku.html
10:44, 10 March 2017
Yunus-Bek Evkurov announces arrests of six policemen in case of Magomed Daliev's death
Six staff members of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are arrested in the case on the death of Magomed Daliev during interrogation and on torture of his wife. This was reported by Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
09:54, 10 March 2017
In Dagestan, magistrate judge sentenced
Svetlana Baranova, a former judge of the magistrate precinct No. 120 for the Kizlyar District, accused of an attempted fraud, was sentenced to two years of conditional imprisonment. The magistrate judge pleaded not guilty and announced her intention to appeal against the verdict.
04:27, 10 March 2017
"Garage" Museum to exhibit paintings of artists of southern Russia at first triennial exposition
Today, in Moscow, the "Garage" Museum is to open the first triennial exposition of the Russian contemporary art. The exposition will include paintings created by 68 artists from all over Russia, including from North Ossetia, Dagestan, Chechnya, and Krasnodar.
At the place of events at Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002. Photo from the booklet 'Undeclared war' prepared by Russian Ministry of Emergencies' press service, http://www.mchs.gov.ru/articles
22:48, 9 March 2017
Prosecutor's Office link assault of "Nord-Ost" with death of hostages
On March 9, the Moscow District Military Court held a session on the case of Khasan Zakaev, accused of helping to commit a terror act at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002.
19:44, 9 March 2017
Nesterenko’s defence states threat to his life at IVS
Nikolai Nesterenko, the Deputy Ataman of Anapa, has warned his advocates that he could be poisoned at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), where he is held as accused of fraud.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov meets members of public organizations, Magas, March 9, 2017. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/news/glava_ingushetii_provel_vstrechu_s_molodezhyu_v_zimnem_sadu/
18:26, 9 March 2017
Evkurov explains searches in Tsechoev's house by check of passport regime
The searches in the house of the well-known Ingush religious figure Isa Tsechoev were held as part of the passport check in the village of Ali-Yurt, Nazran District, as the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov explained today at a meeting with activists of public and youth organizations in Magas.
Alexei Mandrigelya. Photo: Ivan Korpenko, http://ewnc.org/node/21280
17:25, 9 March 2017
Krasnodar activist arrested for collage with Putin
Alexei Mandrigelya, an activist from Krasnodar, accused of publicly demonstrating Nazi symbols by placing in a social network a photo collage depicting Vladimir Putin against the swastika, was sentenced to ten days of arrest.
Eduard Kokoity. Photo: http://osinform.org/32116-eduard-kokoyty-prinimaet-pozdravleniya-po-sluchayu-dnya-rozhdeniya.html
16:09, 9 March 2017
Kokoity appeals against refusal to register him at election of head of South Ossetia
Today, the initiative group of Eduard Kokoity has appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) with a complaint about the refusal to register Kokoity as a presidential candidate, a source from the Kokoity's electoral office told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Afro-Abkhazian mountaineer. Photo: library of the US Congress, http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/BeWYCJ86TunEupjxZgs0ePpC3hc=/fit-in/1440x1440/uploads%2F2017%2F1%2F18%2Fpeopleofrussia_50.jpg
15:08, 9 March 2017
Scientists explain story of "Afro-Abkhazian" from 19th century photo
In January, the website “Mashable.com” published, in the article "Peoples of the Russian Empire", some photos from the stock of the library of the US Congress, including a portrait of an "Afro-Abkhazian" – a man in a beshmet and a fur hat with a naked dagger, having Negroid facial features. According to the article, these photos are from the collection of the American writer and traveller George Kennan, made in the 1870-1880s.
14:25, 9 March 2017
ECtHR treats transfer of Chechen resident to remote penal colony as violation
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized transfer of convicts to penal colonies located far away from their home as violation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Among others, family members of Ali Khadjiev, sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, who is serving his sentence at the Blagoveschensk penal colony of the Amur Region, have also filed a complaint to the ECtHR.
Memorial board with names of Dubrovka terror act victims. Photo: Yuri Timofeev (RFE/RL)
14:16, 9 March 2017
Prosecutor asks court to sentence Khasan Zakaev to 23 years of imprisonment
Today, during the debate of the parties in the case on hostage taking at the Dubrovka Theatre Centre in 2002, the public prosecutor has requested the court to sentence defendant Khasan Zakaev to 23 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony. The public prosecutor has also requested the court to satisfy all civil claims filed by the victims.
13:27, 9 March 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov accused of defamation
The head of the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan has filed a lawsuit on defamation against journalist Afghan Sadygov, already sentenced for disorderly conduct. This was reported by advocate Elchin Sadygov.
10:52, 9 March 2017
Resident of Chechnya complains about disappearance of his relative
Beslan Basnukaev, a 42-year-old resident of the village of Aslambek-Sheripovo of the mountainous Shatoi District, disappeared when he left for Grozny in the evening of March 7. This was reported by a relative of the man.
News
Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 12-18, 2022

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.