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23:00, 20 March 2013
Local resident: power agents conduct mass searches in Tsumadin District of Dagestan
Gadji Magomedov, a resident of the village of Kvanada, has reported that today the village was blocked by power agents, who conducted mass searches.
22:00, 20 March 2013
Ingushetia opens ski slopes at "Armkhi" resort
The opening ceremony of the first ski slope in Ingushetia, which is a part of the resort "Armkhi" in the Djeirakh District of the republic, took place today.
21:00, 20 March 2013
At the trial on attack on Nalchik prosecution asks to leave 53 defendants in custody
At the trial at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of an armed attack on Nalchik in October 2005, the court has asked for another extension of detention of 53 defendants. As stated by advocates in the course of the session, on March 19, two defendants went on hunger strike.
20:00, 20 March 2013
A trial on Budanov's murder defence asks to remove a number of proofs against the defendant
Today, the advocates of Yusuf Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, moved a motion to exclude a number of proofs from the case files, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
19:00, 20 March 2013
"Terek" fined by 200,000 roubles for the incident during match with "Rubin"
The "Terek" FC from Grozny has been fined by 200,000 roubles and will hold one match on the neutral pitch, because of the incident in its match against "Rubin", said Arthur Grigoryants, the chairman of the Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union.
18:00, 20 March 2013
Azerbaijan hands over two persons detained while crossing the border to Armenia
The handover ceremony of the two Armenian citizens detained in Azerbaijan after crossing the border, took place today under the mediation of representatives of the Yerevan and Baku offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
17:00, 20 March 2013
In Georgia, opposition demands preferential voting on amendments to Constitution
The "United National Movement" has demanded to hold a preferential voting in order to identify the actual distribution of political forces. The members of the "Georgian Dream" were against the initiative.
16:00, 20 March 2013
Azerbaijan released former defence minister Ragim Gaziev
Ragim Gaziev, the ex-Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan, detained in the evening on March 19, was released tonight without charging. He did not rule out that his detention had to do with his open letter criticizing the head of the state.
15:00, 20 March 2013
Case on human deaths at flood in Krymsk sent to court
The indictment against four senior officials of the Krymsk District has been approved; and the case has been sent to the court. They are accused of negligence that resulted in human deaths during the flood in July 2012.
14:00, 20 March 2013
Aslan Cherkesov transferred to another colony for order violation, says GUFSIN
Aslan Cherkesov, convicted of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the "Spartak" FC, in a scuffle in Kronstadt Boulevard in Moscow, has been transferred to another colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory for systematic violations of the regime, said the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service (GUFSIN) of the territory.
Construction of the "Jewish District" in Tskhinvali, September 2009. Courtesy of the http://osinform.ru
13:00, 20 March 2013
Residents of Tskhinvali capture apartments in blocks under construction
The Tskhinvali residents in need of better housing conditions have squattered apartments in newly built houses that are almost ready for commissioning. They explained their actions by intolerable conditions in which they have lived until recently.
12:00, 20 March 2013
Lawyer from Dagestan Khadizhat Magomedova tells about threats addressed to her
She says that threats began to arrive after she wrote an application to the investigatory bodies asking to inquire into the fact of the attack on her by a Buinaksk policeman.
23:00, 19 March 2013
At trial on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport victim refuses to sue
As reported today by Anna Tyurina, the head of the press service of the Moscow Regional Court (MRC), at today's session one of the victims of the terror act at "Domodedovo" refused to file a civil action for compensation of damage.
22:00, 19 March 2013
Vladikavkaz commemorates victims of 1999 terror act
An action in memory of the victims of the terror act committed 14 years ago – on March 19, 1999, – was held today in Vladikavkaz. The attack on the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz killed 52 people. The participants of the action laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the dead.
21:00, 19 March 2013
At trial on Budanov's murder, prosecution announces list of proofs of Temerkhanov's guilt
Today, a new trial on the murder of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov was launched at the Moscow City Court (MCC).
20:00, 19 March 2013
In Batumi, 20 hunger-strikers seek to dismiss prosecutors
Since March 17, 2013, 20 local residents are on hunger strike in demand of resignation of prosecutors Adzharia and of investigation against them. The hunger-strikers assert that they had suffered from actions of five prosecutors.
19:00, 19 March 2013
State Duma holds second reading of the bill on governors' elections
Today, the Russian State Duma has adopted in the second reading the bill allowing the regions to decide themselves on the procedure of electing their governors.
18:58, 19 March 2013
Azerbaijan: court leaves "Nida" activist Rashad Gasanov in custody
The Baku Court of Appeal has upheld the ruling to arrest for three months Rashad Gasanov, a board member of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), having dismissed the defence's motion, said Asabali Mustafaev, Gasanov's advocate.
Shahla Ismayilova, Chairwoman of the Women's Association for Rational Development (WARD). Photo: The John Smith Foundation, http://www.johnsmithmemorialtrust.org
17:00, 19 March 2013
Exhibition "Work of Human Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan" disrupted in Baku, organizers assert
In Baku, the exhibition dedicated to the activities of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan was closed half an hour after its opening, said Shakhla Ismail, the head of the NGO "Women's Society for Rational Development", which was one of the organizers.
16:00, 19 March 2013
Six defendants in case on Sagra disorders sentenced to real imprisonment terms
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has sentenced all the figurants in the case of the unrests in Sagra with participation of natives of Azerbaijan. The six defendants received from one year and eight months up to six years in prison; 17 defendants more were sentenced conditionally to 3-4 years.
News
A scientist spoke about his research into a Jewish cemetery in Azerbaijan.

Samira Gasimli. Photo from Samira Gasimli's personal archive, published by Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ The wife of an Azerbaijani government critic faces libel charges.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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.