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21:00, 17 October 2011
New residential district for refugees opened in Poti
Today, in the city of Poti in western Georgia, a new residential district of 32 buildings, built jointly with the European Union (EU) for internally displaced persons (IDPs), has been opened.
20:00, 17 October 2011
In Chechnya, National Reconciliation Commission to be abolished
The Chechen leadership has abolished the National Reconciliation Commission on, since it had been fulfilled its primary task - arrangement of blood feud conflicts.
20:00, 17 October 2011
In Dagestan, burnt car, belonging to disappeared local resident, found
The car belonging to Salman Abakarov, a 43-year-old resident of the city of Buinaksk, who disappeared on October 11, was found burnt out in one of the gorges of Karabudakhkent District. The driver himself was not found in the car. This was reported by Zarema Bagaudinova, a member of the organization "Human Rights Protection" in Buinaksk and Buinaksk District.
In the foreground: Uzlipat Magomedova, mother of Dalgat Yusupov, who received brain contusion after power agents' beating. In the background on the left: Magomed Isaev, who was also beaten by power agents, Dagestan, Tsuntin District, Khutrakh village, October 8, 2011. Photo provided by an eyewitness
19:00, 17 October 2011
Clean-up in Khutrakh village in Dagestan was punitive action, human rights activists assert
The residents of the village of Khutrakh of Tsuntin District of Dagestan have expressed their complaints to human rights activists against illegal actions of law enforcement and power agents who conducted a special operation in the village. This was announced by Svetlana Isaeva, Chair of the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights".
18:00, 17 October 2011
In Azerbaijan, number of oppositional hunger-strikers goes up
Today, in Baku two opposition members joined the hunger strike kept by parents of persons convicted of participation in the protest action on April 2.
23:00, 15 October 2011
Makhachkala: militants surrender under guarantees of adaptation commission
The members of the armed underground Nariman Mirzamagomedov and Telman Gadjimustafaev, who were blocked in the capital of Dagestan, have surrendered under the guarantees of the commission under the president of the republic set up to help people who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities to adapt to peaceful life.
22:00, 15 October 2011
Ivanishvili to appeal against deprivation of his Georgian citizenship and renounce his Russian citizenship
As reported by Eka Beseliya, the advocate of the businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, the special order of the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili of citizenship deprivation will be challenged in the court, and Ivanishvili's French and Russian passports will be dismissed.
21:00, 15 October 2011
Swank to transfer her fee received for concert in Grozny to charities
The American actress and the two-times "Oscar" laureate Hilary Swank will transfer her part of the royalty, due to her for taking part in the gala concert in Grozny, to charitable organizations, her press secretary said on October 14.
Reinforced police units in streets of Nalchik on the day of arrival of the Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev, March 5, 2011. Photo from the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria (mvd-kbr.ru)
20:00, 15 October 2011
Group of KBR residents calls society not to remain indifferent to situation in the region
A group of residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the authorities and the public with an open letter entitled "Young Caucasians perish - both Muslims and policemen".
19:00, 15 October 2011
In Nagorno-Karabakh, conscript arrested for death of serviceman
On October 14, a conscript was detained in Nagorno-Karabakh within a criminal investigation into the death of first-class private Yurik Nersisyan, a regular soldier of the Defence Army of Karabakh.
18:00, 15 October 2011
Azerbaijan gets interested in tourist cluster in Northern Caucasus
The Azerbaijani government will send a delegation with businessmen to Dagestan to study the development projects of the North-Caucasian tourist cluster, in particular, the Caspian coast resorts and their investment opportunities.
17:00, 15 October 2011
In Turkey, police releases Uvais Akhmadov
The Istanbul police has released the former Chechen field commander Uvais Akhmadov on the fifth day after his arrest, having found no sufficient proofs of his involvement in the attempt on Shamsuddin Batukaev, the former head of the Sharia Court a self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
16:00, 15 October 2011
Seventeen persons registered as presidential candidates in South Ossetia
On October 14, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of South Ossetia registered Alan Pliev, Deputy Foreign Minister of South Ossetia, Eduard Gabaraev, the artillery commander of the local Ministry of Defence (MoD), Igor Alborov, Deputy Head of the MoD, and the local MP Inal Bazzaev as presidential candidates, making the total number of them equal to 17 persons.
15:00, 15 October 2011
Grocery store blown up in Makhachkala
Last night, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the grocery store in the village of Shamkhal, Kirov District of the capital of Dagestan. No one was injured.
14:00, 15 October 2011
E-daybooks to be introduced in schools of Georgia
Starting November 1, schools of Georgia will introduce electronic daybooks, where parents will be able to control the academic progress of their children in the online mode, Dmitry Shashkin, the Georgian Minister of Education, announced on October 13.
13:00, 15 October 2011
In Armenia, youth initiative "Let's not be silent" calls for resignation of Chief of Staff of Armed Forces
In Armenia, the youth initiative named "Let's not be silent" accuses the Chief of Staff Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov of his inability to prevent crimes in the army and demands his resignation.
Rustam Yakhyaev, photo from his family album
12:00, 15 October 2011
Makhachkala hosts action demanding to release Rustam Yakhyaev
On October 1, relatives of Rustam Yakhyaev, who was kidnapped by unknown masked men, gathered in the central square of Makhachkala with a demand to the police to release Rustam or present proofs of his guilt, if any.
11:00, 15 October 2011
Albert Djussoev's supporter shot dead in Vladikavkaz
Soslan Khugaev, one of the leaders of the public-political movement "Forward Ossetia!" and an active supporter of the presidential candidate of South Ossetia Albert Djussoev, was shot dead in the capital of North Ossetia.
23:50, 14 October 2011
Pirates release crew of vessel hijacked off coast of Nigeria
This morning, the crew of the "Cape Bird" tanker, which was captured on October 8 by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, was released. This was announced by Georgy Karbelashvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. The crew included 12 citizens of Georgia and 4 citizens of Russia.
A campaigner of the "New Yards of United Russia" painting curbs in the yard of No. 60 in Kommunisticheskaya Street in the Lenin District of Astrakhan, October 13, 2011. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 14 October 2011
Opposition accuses "Edinaya Rossiya" of using administrative resource in Astrakhan
The "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party held regular action in Astrakhan within the pre-election campaign. Participants admitted that they were forced to come to the event. Opposition representatives claimed that the ruling party again used the so-called "administrative resource", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
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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.