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18:00, 13 October 2011
Yevgeny Konovalov, rights defender and entrepreneur, beaten near Krasnodar
Yevgeny Konovalov, a Krasnodar human rights activist and a member of the public movement "All people are equal before the law", was hospitalized to the intensive care unit of the territorial clinical hospital after a severe beating.
Representatives of Bella and Sedrak Kocharyan at the hearing on the lawsuit against the LLC "Skizb Media Kentron", the founder of the oppositional newspaper "Zhamanak" (Time), March 14, 2011. Photo: www.media.am
23:00, 12 October 2011
Court of Appeal upholds decision prescribing "Zhamanak" to pay fine to Kocharyan family
On October 11, the Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint lodged by the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Skizb Media Kentron", the founder of the "Zhamanak" (Time) newspaper, against the family of ex-President Robert Kocharyan. The court upheld the decision of the first instance, under which the newspaper is obliged to pay a fine of 3 million drams (about 8000 US dollars) to the Kocharyans as compensation of moral harm.
22:50, 12 October 2011
Policeman shot dead in Dagestan
In the evening on October 11, in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, as a result of shelling a VAZ-21099 car, a policeman was killed.
Ekaterina Begletsova, a participant of the action "Protect!", cleans the territory from household garbage. North Ossetia, Koban Gorge, October 10, 2011. Photo by Dmitry Tamerlanov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 12 October 2011
North Ossetia holds ecological action "Protect!"
On October, the Youth Tourist Club, pupils of the orphanage "Victoria", senior schoolchildren of the Vladikavkaz Secondary School No. 24 and volunteers of the ecological public organization "Green Patrol" took part in the environmental charity action in the Koban Gorge.
22:30, 12 October 2011
HRW calls on stars to return their royalties for performing in Grozny on Day of the City
The Hollywood stars and other celebrities who were invited to the mass celebrations of the Day of the City in Grozny, which coincided with the birthday of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, should refuse from the money or gifts they received, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes.
22:30, 12 October 2011
In Georgia, Court of Appeal upholds verdict to Badri Bitsadze
Today, the Tbilisi Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the first instance court in relation to Badri Bitsadze, ex-head of the frontier Police of Georgia, convicted in absentia for resisting the police, said his advocate Levan Samushiya.
22:20, 12 October 2011
Court extends arrest of athlete from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev until December 17
The Presnya District Court of Moscow has left the four times world champion in ultimate fighting from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev suspected of beating the student of Ivan Agafonov, 19, to death, in custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
22:10, 12 October 2011
Supreme Court of South Ossetia rejects Tedeev's lawsuit against CEC
Today, the Supreme Court of South Ossetia has upheld the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to refuse to register Djambolat Tedeev, the head coach of the Russian national team in free wrestling, as a candidate for the presidential election in South Ossetia. On October 16, in Vladikavkaz the opposition plans to hold a protest rally.
20:00, 12 October 2011
Policeman who wounded several persons in Yessentuki is in hospital
The policeman who wounded, in early October, three persons in the city of Yessentuki, Stavropol Territory, is in hospital and was not dismissed from the police, said Svetlana Kharchenko, the assistant of the head of the Investigatory Department for the Territory of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation). According to her story, local law enforcement bodies possess evidences that the policeman used his forearms as forced self-defence.
Dagestan, Charodin District, Tsurib village, secondary school. Photo by Alexander Deinega, www.odnoselchane.ru
19:00, 12 October 2011
Administration of Charodin District of Dagestan posts state order on construction of toilet worth 730,000 roubles
On October 11, the official website of Russian state procurements Zakupki.gov.ru posted a state order for "building a restroom in the village of Tsurib, Charodin District of Dagestan. The cost of the purchase is almost 730,000 roubles.
19:00, 12 October 2011
Opposition activists detained in Rostov-on-Don
Five activists of the oppositional movement "Left-Wing Front" were detained by the police in the streets of Rostov-on-Don. Three of them were released immediately, after writing down their passport data; the other two were kept at the station for several hours.
18:00, 12 October 2011
In Azerbaijan, oppositionist Bashirli again denied his CER
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has rejected the appeal complaint lodged by Ruslan Bashirli, the head of the youth organization "Eni Fikir" (New Thinking), against refusal to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to him.
Rostov-on-Don, October 10, 2011. Picket of opposition movements of the Rostov Region for cancellation of December 4 parliamentary elections. Photo by Alina Ponyatovskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 11 October 2011
Another picket against parliamentary elections held in Rostov-on-Don
Activists of oppositional movements have held another picket against the parliamentary elections to be held in Russia on December 4, 2011. The picketers called citizens to refuse to take part in them by excluding themselves from voters' lists, or by spoiling the ballot paper.
23:40, 11 October 2011
Armenian Ombudsman and Defence Minister to set up a group for preventing army crime
As agreed on October 10 by Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defence, and Karen Andreasyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, with the aim to reduce the criminality level in the Armed Forces of Armenia, a working group will be set up.
23:20, 11 October 2011
Ecologists ask to cancel tenders on construction of road to weather station in Adygea
Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have sent an official appeal to the Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Yury Trutnev, where they ask to cancel two tenders on construction of the road running to the weather station in the Republic of Adygea.
23:10, 11 October 2011
Residents of Svetloyarsky District, Volgograd Region, protest against district head
On October 10, in the Svetloyarsky District of the Volgograd Region, a rally was held near the municipal district administration in protest against actions of the district head Nikolai Krutov. It was organized by workers of the group of companies "Vodozabor" (Water Intake) and activists of the youth movement "Young Russia".
Vanessa Mae performing at celebrations of the Day of Grozny, October 5, 2011. Photo by Albert Tokaev
23:00, 11 October 2011
Employee of Chechen Ministry of Culture: stars came to Day of Grozny for money
The staff of the Ministry of Culture of the Chechen Republic, engaged in preparation and organization of festivities on the Day of Grozny, found it difficult to quote even approximate amounts of the royalties paid for performing in Grozny to Van Damme, Hilary Swank, Vanessa Mae and Seal, saying that the government and Chechen businessmen had dealt with the issue.
22:40, 11 October 2011
In Chechnya, plastic surgeons operate on 42 children for free
Well-known plastic surgeons from the USA, Germany, Austria, and Moscow made free of charge operations on more than 40 children. The patients were not only from Chechnya, but also from Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan.
22:40, 11 October 2011
Azerbaijani soldier killed in conflict zone
As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan, an Azeri soldier was shot dead in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone: Makhmud Usaddin oglu Mardaliev was killed in the Agdam direction of the contact line.
22:30, 11 October 2011
South Ossetia releases all detained Tedeev's supporters
The law enforcement bodies of South Ossetia have release all the detainees, suspected of involvement in the riots on September 30 at the building of the government. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Eldar Kokoev, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of South Ossetia.
News
More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

Teenagers set fire to a relay cabinet. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from February 23 to March 8.

A North Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine.

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.