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00:51, 12 June 2014
Casualty of shootout in Makhachkala identified as Islam Kichev, MIA source reports
On June 11, at about 8:00 p.m., in Gadjiev Street in Makhachkala, policemen shot and killed a man who opened fire on them. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source in the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). No policeman suffered.
17:59, 11 June 2014
Sri Lanka diplomat killed in Rostov Region; suspects detained
Tonight, in Rostov-on-Don, a member of the diplomatic mission from Sri Lanka was killed, his colleague was wounded, said a regional law enforcement source, adding that suspects have been detained.
17:25, 11 June 2014
Novorossiysk: activist Polyudova fined for petty hooliganism at her picket in defence of Pioneer Grove
In the Krasnodar Territory, an activist Darya Polyudova spent a night at the police station and was fined for petty hooliganism during her solo pickets against felling the Pioneer Grove near Novorossiysk, the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" reports.
17:13, 11 June 2014
Suspect of killing Russian diplomat in Abkhazia convicted in Georgia
Yusup Lakaev, a Russian citizen, a resident of Grozny, who was detained in the Georgian city of Batumi, was sentenced by the local court to 12 years in prison.
12:32, 11 June 2014
Advocate of Azerbaijani activist Bashir Suleimanli states violations of his client's rights in SIZO
At SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 in Baku, Bashir Suleimanli, the executive director of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), is not allowed to meet his relatives, his advocate Fariz Namazly told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. In its turn, the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan has refuted this information.
Resident of Blutan village Aregi Martirosyan in her garden. Nagorno-Karabakh, Gadrut District, May 25, 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:29, 11 June 2014
Creation of infrastructure in villages of Nagorno-Karabakh would save them from collapse, local residents believe (+video)
The villages of Blutan and Tsakhkavank in the Gadrut District of Nagorno-Karabakh are on the verge of collapse. This was reported by residents of the Blutan community. According to the locals, the situation can be improved by development of road, establishment of transport connection and restoration of the school.
08:46, 11 June 2014
In Dagestan, appeal against arrest of volunteers of Charitable Foundation to be considered on June 20
On June 20, the court will consider the appeal filed against the decision of the Khasavyurt City Court on the administrative arrest of Sadiyat Arslanova and Aisha Abakarova, volunteers of the Charitable Foundation "Be Merciful". This was reported Mansur Sepikhanov, an advocate of the arrested volunteers.
07:53, 11 June 2014
Armenian opposition puts forward 12 demands to authorities
The opposition factions of the Armenian Parliament, including the "Armenian National Congress" Party, the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party, the "Heritage" Party, and the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, have put forward 12 demands to the authorities, including the abolition of the mandatory component of the funded pension system and the issue on Nagorno-Karabakh.
04:56, 11 June 2014
Ingush law enforcers violate rights of Arthur Gatagazhev's family members, rights defenders assert
During the detention of Gatagazhev family members, who arrived from Samara to the funeral of Arthur Gatagazhev, law enforcers committed a number of violations of the law. Several complaints filed by the Gatagazhev family members have been already confirmed. This was reported by Ingush Ombudsman Djambulat Ozdoev.
03:39, 11 June 2014
In Georgia, convicts sentenced to life imprisonment stop their hunger strike
In Georgia, a group of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment has stopped the hunger strike. They went on it demanding to reconsider their cases and to expend the amnesty law on them. MP Shalva Shavgulidze believes that the Parliament will consider by the fall the issue to adopt necessary legislative amendments taking into account the demands voiced by the hunger-strikers.
Photo of Khanmirza Ashurbekov with search notice disseminated by his family through social networks.
00:42, 11 June 2014
Dagestani law enforcers present false version on circumstances of Khanmirza Ashurbekov's death, his relatives assert
Khanmirza Ashurbekov was killed in the shootout that occurred on the Buynaksk-Untsukul highway. This was confirmed by his family members. The Khanmirza Ashurbekov's relatives do not believe the official version on the shootout presented by law enforcers. This was stated by one of the Khanmirza Ashurbekov's relatives.
Protest march of Zverevo city residents, Rostov Region, June 2, 2014. Photo by Rostov District Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, http://kprf-don.ru/index.php/work/mestnie/3146-2014-06-02-12-16-38.html
20:27, 10 June 2014
In Rostov Region, protest marchers hold series of pickets en route
Starting from June 2, the residents of the city of Zverevo in the Rostov Region, who take part in a protest march, have covered about 65 kilometres. Today, they organized a series of pickets en route, said Valery Dyakonov, a City Duma Deputy and one of the initiators of the action.
Kutaisi, Georgia. Photo: Derhuti, http://commons.wikimedia.org
16:38, 10 June 2014
Belarusian KGB: attempt to hijack Kutaisi-Minsk aircraft prevented
Today, an attempt to hijack an aircraft performing the Kutaisi-Minsk flight has been prevented, said the State Security Committee of Belarus (known as KGB).
Advocate Vladimir Postanyuk. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:30, 10 June 2014
At Amirov's trial, witness denies his torture at SIZO
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, at the trial of Said Amirov, the temporarily dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, accused of preparing a terror act, the court has re-interrogated Murad Aliev as a witness. He rejected the assumption of the defence that he had been tortured at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
Participants of "Union of Don Women" conference, July 2013. Photo: http://www.donwomen.ru
14:07, 10 June 2014
"Union of Don Women" listed as "foreign agent" by Russia's Ministry of Justice
The Regional Public Human Rights Organization "Union of Don Women", which is working in the Rostov Region, has been registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO), acting as a foreign agent, the Russia's Ministry of Justice has reported. The "Union of Don Women" has declared that it will struggle for exclusion from the above register.
Alexei Mikhalchik, advocate of Sergey Khadjikurbanov, June 2013. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:32, 10 June 2014
Conviction in Politkovskaya's murder case appealed against at SC, advocate reports
The advocate of one of the convicts in the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya has already appealed against his client's verdict at the Russia's Supreme Court (SC). "As far as I know, my colleagues are also waiting for the text of the judgment in order to file their complaints," the advocate is quoted by the ITAR-TASS as saying.
VAZ-2114 car blown up in Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria. June 10, 2014. Photo by NAC, http://nac.gov.ru
10:12, 10 June 2014
Law enforcers report liquidation of four militants in KBR's Baksan District
At night on June 10, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), four members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were killed near the city of Baksan. This was reported by an official from the law enforcement agencies of the KBR.
Ilya Politkovsky, son of Anna Politkovskaya, talking to journalists after the court verdict was announced. Moscow, June 9, 2014. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:45, 10 June 2014
Children and colleagues of Anna Politkovskaya agree with outcomes of the trial
The children of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", who figured at the trial dealing with their mother's murder as the suffered party, state that they agree with the verdict. However, they hope that the customers of the crime will also be found and sentenced.
06:55, 10 June 2014
DEM.AM: in Armenia, public institutions dismiss employees who disagree with pension reform
In Armenia, employees of public institutions have to agree with the new funded pension system, because of the risk to lose their jobs for opposing the reform. This has been reported by members of the DEM.AM initiative, who are fighting against the new system.
02:29, 10 June 2014
Sochi authorities to allot money on water pipeline in Akhshtyr village, locals report
The Sochi City Council has decided to allocate money for the construction of a water pipeline in the village of Akhshtyr. However, the text of the City Council's resolution fails to mention the target for money allocation. This has been reported by activists and residents of the village, who are deprived of water for more than a month.
News
The number of requests for payments following the flood in Dagestan and Chechnya has exceeded 260,000.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Ukrainian prisoners held in Chechnya have returned home.

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.