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23:50, 16 October 2012
Inquiry over for five figurants in Politkovskaya's murder case
The investigation into the case against five defendants, accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", has been completed, and sufficient evidences to compile the indictment against them have been collected. This was reported by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Tbilisi, October 15, 2012, action in support of persons with disabilities. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 16 October 2012
Protesters in Tbilisi demand to ratify UN Convention on Invalids' Rights
In Tbilisi, in front of the residence of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, an action "Equal Opportunities for All" was held to support people with disabilities. The action was attended by about 50 persons. The participants of the action demanded to ratify immediately the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
23:20, 16 October 2012
NCFD regions sum up elections outcomes
Elections of leaders of municipal formations, members of regional legislative assemblies, heads and deputies of dwelling settlements in a number of regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) did not arise great interest of voters, except for Chechnya, where the Republic's Central Election Commission (CEC) reported 95 percent of voter turnout, and in Karachaevsk, where a representative of the CEC reported the turnout of 97 percent. In North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia, representatives of opposition claimed violations and ballot stuffing, and in Dagestan, the opposition claimed the use of administrative resources; however, representatives of the authorities and election commissions denied those allegations.
Young mothers take part in protest against "Techoil", Volgograd, October 16, 2012. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 16 October 2012
Participants of protest action in Volgograd oppose activity of "Tekhoil"
Today, in Volgograd, 17 ecologists and residents of the village of Dar-Gora held a protest action, demanding to stop the activities of the enterprise "Tekhoil". According to the City Mayoralty, complaints about pollution of environment by the refinery enterprise "Tekhoil" are not confirmed.
23:00, 16 October 2012
ECtHR to consider complaint of Vera Drobinskaya, guardian from Astrakhan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accepted for consideration of the complaint, filed by Vera Drobinskaya, from whom biological parents took a child under her guardianship. The ECtHR sent information about the case "Drobinskaya vs. Russia" to the Commissioner of the Russian Federation at the ECtHR.
22:10, 16 October 2012
ECtHR accepts complaint in case against Chechen resident, sentenced for involvement in IAF
The ECtHR accepted for consideration the complaint, filed by Tabarik Chudalova, the mother of Muslim Chudalov, who was accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAF) and attempted murder of law enforcement officers and who was sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment. The mother of the convicted man claims that he is subjected to torture and that he is not involved in any of the crimes, of which he is accused.
22:00, 16 October 2012
In Krasnodar, participants of "funeral of fair elections" detained
In Krasnodar, during the symbolic action of funeral of honest and fair elections, three men were detained Alexei Mandrigelya, ex-candidate for deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory from the "Yabloko" Party and Anna Mikhailova and Victoria Zolotaryova, activists of the Regional Branch of the "Yabloko" Party.
21:00, 16 October 2012
Two residents of Dagestan report their relatives' disappearance
Yesterday, October, 15, two statements of obscure disappearance of people were submitted to the police of Dagestan by local residents.
20:00, 16 October 2012
Journalists of "PIC" TV channel held an action of protest against suspension of satellite broadcasting
Journalists of "PIC" (PIK) channel held an action against non-payment of wages and suspension of satellite broadcasting. During news live broadcasting the correspondents were keeping silence as a sign of protest. The problem of financing "PIC" TV channelis settled, Director General Alexander Parulava declared today.
19:00, 16 October 2012
A traffic officer detained in Rostov-on-Don for suspicion of receiving a bribe from Dasha Popova's abductor
A criminal case was initiated against an ex-traffic officer suspected of releasing a supposed abductor of Dasha Popova aged eight in Rostov-on-Don for a bribe. He is placed under house arrest, Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) reports.
18:00, 16 October 2012
The case of Deputy Head of Cherkessk police accused of beating a detainee to death referred to court
The investigation accomplished inquiry on a criminal case against Ruslan Rakhaev aged 33, Deputy Head of police of the town of Cherkessk accused of beating to death local resident Djakhir Djankezov detained last October. The case was referred to court.
23:40, 15 October 2012
Two natives of Dagestan suspected of inciting interethnic hatred
The Military Investigatory Department of the ICRF for the Yekaterinburg Garrison has opened a criminal case against two servicemen from the military unit No. 61423, natives of Dagestan, suspected of inciting nationality-based hatred.
Kemerovo streets. Photo by Igor Dergousov, http://dergousov.ucoz.ru
23:20, 15 October 2012
Kemerovo police investigate conflict with Chechens treated as interethnic by bloggers
In the city of Kemerovo, law enforcers are investigating the incident in the cafe "Schepka", which occurred at night on October 6, when a group of youngsters rushed into the premise and began beating the visitors. The records from the cafe's surveillance cameras were posted on the Internet; and users could see a young man with the word "Chechnya" on his T-shirt. Local bloggers treat the incident as an interethnic conflict.
Geneva, Switzerland. Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org
23:10, 15 October 2012
Georgia presents data on human rights violations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Geneva consultations
The members of the Georgian delegation at the Geneva consultations have reported about human rights violations in the occupied territories, including the right to receive education in one's native language, the freedom from harassments and detentions, and the freedom of movement, says the statement the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
23:00, 15 October 2012
MIA Captain wounded in fight with Azerbaijani natives near Moscow
On October 14, in the city of Sergiev Posad, Captain Vyacheslav Khokhlin, 30, from the Sofrino Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia was hospitalized after a fight with natives of Azerbaijan, said a police source.
23:00, 15 October 2012
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 8-14
Local and regional elections in Southern Russia; flood in Derbent; Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia; the seventh anniversary of the attack on Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 8-14, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:50, 15 October 2012
One casualty and three missing persons after earthquake in Azerbaijan
As a result of an earthquake in the north-western part of the country, a woman from the Balaken District died; and the Zagatala District Police received applications about three missing persons.
22:40, 15 October 2012
About 1000 miners go on strike in Georgia
As reported by the trade union of the workers of the metallurgical, mining and chemical industries of Georgia, today, about 1000 miners from the company named "Georgian Manganese" went on strike in Western Georgia, in the city of Chiatura.
22:30, 15 October 2012
Refugees seize the building of the former industrial college in Tbilisi
About 50 refugee families moved into an empty building of the former industrial college in the capital of Georgia, stating that they have nowhere to live.
22:20, 15 October 2012
Rostov Region: suspects of blowing up the flat of education division employee established
In Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers suspect two teachers, aged 27-and 58, of preparing and triggering an explosion of the flat of the female employee of the local division of education, which wounded the woman and her son and killed her 63-year-old mother.
News
A Georgian citizen detained by security forces in South Ossetia has been released.

Valeria Kichigina. Screenshot from the Telegram account @valerafzlln. A Russian journalist has been convicted for reporting on the results of the Five-Day War.

The death of Ossetian combatants has attracted the attention of Georgian Facebook users*

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.