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22:50, 25 October 2011
Magomed Mutsolgov: murder case of Maksharip Aushev shot dead two years ago is protracted
Today, two years since the murder of Maksharip Aushev, the Ingush human rights activist, passed. So far, the investigation failed to find the assassinators.
22:40, 25 October 2011
Prosecutor demands 23-year imprisonment for Aslan Cherkesov accused of Yegor Sviridov's murder
Today, at the session of the Moscow City Court on the case on mass brawl in Moscow in 2010, during forensic debates, the prosecutor demanded to sentence Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, to 23 years of imprisonment for the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan. Besides, the court listened to final speeches of the defendants.
22:30, 25 October 2011
Stavropol court obliges international airport to take care of invalids
The Oktiabrskiy District Court of Stavropol has ordered the management of the International Airport "Stavropol" to equip the airport terminal with necessary equipment for people with disabilities.
22:20, 25 October 2011
Court interrogates Adam Khamkhoev on torture applied by policemen
The Karabulak Court of Ingushetia held a court session on the case against Nazir Guliev and Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, accused of torturing detainees, and questioned the victim Adam Khamkhoev.
22:10, 25 October 2011
Woman from Dagestan asks to find her missing brother
Today, Zulaikha Murtazalieva, a resident of the city of Buinaksk, appealed to the organization of the "Human Rights Protection" and to the Prosecutor of Dagestan, asking to help find her brother Gasan Murtazaliev, a resident of the village of Shamkhal, who was put on the list of missing persons on October 22.
22:00, 25 October 2011
Ecologists report illicit deforestation in Sochi National Park
Works on cleaning ground areas for development have started in the territory of Sochi National Park. Ecologists consider these actions illicit.
21:00, 25 October 2011
A serviceman in Azerbaijan got wounded during manoeuvres
Soldier of Inner Troops, a nineteen-years-old Elhan Sharifhan oglu Aliev, got wounded during manoeuvres in a weapons training center in the settlement of Mushfig, Azerbaijan.
20:00, 25 October 2011
The fee of the dancers of MDR TV channel who danced before Kadyrov will be granted to "Reporters Without Borders"
The German TV channel MDR will transfer the fee of the dance company received for their performance in Grozny to the organization "Reporters Without Borders". The management of the channel fears that the concert will injure the reputation of MDR.
Apres Zograbyan, a participant of the action in defence of the Trchkan Waterfall, at the Government of Armenia. The poster reads: ''Let's save the Trchkan Waterfall the beauty of Armenia!", Yerevan, October 20, 2011. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 25 October 2011
Defenders of Trchkan waterfall in Armenia went on a sit-in strike
On the eve of a discussion of building a hydro-power station on Trchkan that will be held on October, 26, defenders of the greatest waterfall in Armenia held a sit-in near it.
18:00, 25 October 2011
Yevkurov demanded information of the gunmen's culpability from members of power ministries
Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov demanded from members of power ministries of the region to provide information on the extent of guilt of every gunman detained or killed in Ingushetia.
23:50, 24 October 2011
Ivanishvili's Moscow representative prohibited to leave Georgia
Valery Levin, an employee of the Moscow office of the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, was prohibited - by Georgian law enforcement bodies - to leave Georgia. He was detained late on October 22 and released a couple of hours later.
23:40, 24 October 2011
KBR authorities to create conditions for rehabilitation of former militants
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has promised, as stated by the republic's Operations Staff, to set up all the conditions for the members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who decide to voluntarily give up their illegal activities and return to normal life.
23:30, 24 October 2011
Rights defenders tell Swedish Human Rights Envoy about kidnappings and housing problems of refugees in Ingushetia
Among the problems reported by Ingush human rights activists to Hans Dahlgren, the Swedish Human Rights Envoy, during their meeting in Nazran, Ingushetia, were the situation of refugees, appeals of republic's citizens to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and illegal actions of law enforcers.
23:30, 24 October 2011
In Kalmykia, 74 persons recognized as victims in mass children AIDS infection
The Investigatory Department for Kalmykia of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has completed an additional investigation into the criminal case, initiated on January 25, 1989, on facts of mass AIDS infection of children. The status of victims was awarded to 74 persons.
23:20, 24 October 2011
Court leaves Pavlyuchenkov, accused of murdering Politkovskaya, in custody
The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of the former militia officers Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a defendant in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.
23:10, 24 October 2011
ICRF for Dagestan: member of Public Chamber kidnapped for ransom
The priority version considered by inspectors as to kidnapping of Nurakhmed Magomedov, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, was claiming a ransom, the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported today.
23:00, 24 October 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 17-23
Attack in Ingushetia on Dagestani football fans on their way from Nalchik causes great resonance in both republics; three outbreaks of African swine fever within a week in the Krasnodar Territory; ecological festival and ecological protest actions in Yerevan; jurymen find Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, guilty of killing a Muscovite Yegor Sviridov, and arouse discontent at his homeland; concern of rights defenders of the torture applied to a native of Chechnya in Russian prisons, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 17-23, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Dagestan, Makhachkala, Mosque in Timiryazev Street. Photo: http://www.russian-mosques.com
23:00, 24 October 2011
Resident of Dagestan complains that policemen forced him to shave off his beard
Today, Zaur Agamuradov, a resident of Derbent, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the head of the criminal search of the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Department) Arif Magomedov has warned him about non-admissibility of wearing a beard. The GOVD gives no comment.
22:50, 24 October 2011
Trial to start near Moscow of OMON fighters, suspected of kidnapping members of Armenian Diaspora
On October 25, the Vidnoe City Court of the Moscow Region will hold the first session on the case of OMON (riot police) agents, accused of kidnapping members of the Armenian Diaspora in Moscow for ransom.
22:40, 24 October 2011
Oleg Orlov: Kadyrov's advocate protracts consideration of the appeal
Representatives of Ramzan Kadyrov are protracting the process of reviewing the appeal complaint against the acquittal on the case of slander in connection of statements about responsibility of the head of Chechnya for the murder of Natalia Estemirova, said Oleg Orlov, the head of the HRC "Memorial".
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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.