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22:10, 11 October 2011
Azerbaijani MIA completes inquiry of threats to journalist Idrak Abbasov
In Azerbaijan, the investigation is over into the pressure on Idrak Abbasov, an employee of the newspaper "Aina-Zerkalo" and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), and his family. The materials of the investigation have been sent to the Binagadi District Prosecutor's Office for initiating a criminal case.
22:00, 11 October 2011
Over 250 trees of rare species illegally cut down in the neighbourhood of Novorossiysk
Over 250 trees of rare species were illegally cut down in the settlement of Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, the neigbourhood of Novorossiysk.
21:00, 11 October 2011
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia won the World Cup in judo
Arsen Pshmakhov, athlete from Karachay-Cherkessia, became prize-winner of World Cup tournament in judo in Baku. In the cup final of weight class under 81 kg Pshmakhov gained victory over Italian Matteo Markontsini.
20:00, 11 October 2011
A local resident perished under fire in Makhachkala
One person perished and two got wounded as a result of firing at three local residents by unknown people in Makhachkala.
19:00, 11 October 2011
The police in Moscow detained the seventh supposed participant of disturbances in Manezhnaya square
On October, 10, a twenty-four-years-old resident of Samara region Vitaly Vasin was detained in Moscow for suspicion of participation in mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square in December, 2010. This was reported by official representative of Committee of Inquiry of Russia Vladimir Markin. Earlier, six persons were detained in connection with this case.
18:00, 11 October 2011
The Bar in Azerbaijan is investigating the activities of a defender of the rights of journalists
The Bar of Azerbaijan started disciplinary proceedings concerning solicitor, lawyer of the Institute of Rights of Media Elchin Sadygov.
23:30, 10 October 2011
Rostov Region starts "Memory Watch" campaign of excavating Soviet soldiers' remains
Today, the Matveev-Kurgan and Kuibyshev District of the Rostov Region have launched the "Memory Watch" campaign that assumes excavations of the remains of Soviet soldiers. According to the press service of the committee on youth policies of the region, the excavations will be carried out by young activists from the following six military-patriotic clubs: "Rys", "Dorogami Otsov" (Fathers' Roads), "Otechestvo" (Homeland), Regiment "Dolg" (Duty), "Yuzhny Front", "Poisk" (Search) and "Pamyats" (Memory).
23:10, 10 October 2011
Regular soldier commits suicide in Nagorno-Karabakh
On October 9, Vladimir Asatryan, 19, a regular soldier of one of the units of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, committed suicide by killing himself from a submachine gun.
23:00, 10 October 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 3-9
Anti-corruption rally in the capital of Dagestan, ending with violent dispersal and mass detentions; sentence to former deputy of Volgograd Regional Duma, accused of paedophilia; fifth anniversary of murder in Moscow of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and failed indictment; autumn session of the PACE, which passed a resolution calling not to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and a declaration of 32 PACE delegates on recognition of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of October 3-9, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 10 October 2011
Visitors of sushi bar in Rostov Region get infected with salmonellosis
Ten persons were hospitalized with diagnosis of salmonellosis and orivirus infection after eating at the Japanese cuisine facility in the city of Taganrog. A 7-year-old child and a sushi bar employee are among the victims.
22:40, 10 October 2011
Woman from Dagestan is suspected of false report about planted bomb
On October 9 in Dagestan, the police detained a 20-year-old resident of Kaspiisk, who is suspected of having called the police on duty unit and reported about an explosive device, allegedly planted in one of the trading houses located in I. Kazak Street of Makhachkala, the press service of the local MIA has reported.
22:30, 10 October 2011
Azerbaijan: investigation in relation to theologian Abgyul Suleimanov extended by 3 months
On October 8, the Sabail District Court of Baku held a session on the case of theologian Abgyul Suleimanov. The court decided to extend the investigatory until early 2012.
22:20, 10 October 2011
ICRF: in Kabardino-Balkaria, militants made about 20 shots at observatory employees
As reported by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation), the militants who killed the spouses - the employees of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made at least 20 shots at the casualties.
Leaders of the "Otechestvo" (Homeland) Union of Public Organizations of Dagestan "Fatherland" Nelly Radjabova and Ruslan Rasulov at a press conference after the October 3 anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, October 7, 2011. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 10 October 2011
Organizers of anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala insist that it was legitimate
The leader of the Union of Dagestani NGOs named "Otechestvo" (Homeland), who was one of the organizers on October 3 of an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, has held a press conference, where he stated the legality of the protest action and violations of detainees' rights at the police station.
22:10, 10 October 2011
Director of training-sporting base was killed for non-payment of zakyat, said a source from Tyrnyauz
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by an unofficial source from the city of Tyrnyauz that Mukhtar Baizullaev, the director of the training-sporting base "Ushba" in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, was shot dead by Islamic radicals for his refusal to pay the zakyat (tax) of 500,000 roubles.
22:10, 10 October 2011
Khasavyurt court considers lawsuit of rights defender Nasurdin Rasulov on protection of his honour and dignity
Today, the Khasavyurt City Court is considered a civil lawsuit lodged by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights defender from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization named "Fighter for Justice" on protection of his honour and dignity.
22:00, 10 October 2011
Defence in case on Sochi explosions recalls petition on defendant's medical treatment
At today's court session, the advocate of the former militiaman Ilya Galkin, who is accused of committing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, and who suffers, according to the latest examination, from a mental disorder, has recalled his earlier petition asking to send his client to forced treatment at a mental hospital.
21:00, 10 October 2011
Trial on riots in Manege Square starts questioning the defendants
Today, the Tver District Court in Moscow has started questioning the defendants in the resonant case about disorders in Manege Square in Moscow in December 2010.
20:00, 10 October 2011
Detainee dies from beatings in investigatory division of Cherkessk
In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a 47-year-old local resident, detained for 10 days, has died in the investigatory division. According to preliminary results of the forensic examination, his death was a result of bodily injuries.
Action in support of Libyan people in Rostov-on-Don, October 9, 2011. Photo courtesy of the event organizers
19:00, 10 October 2011
Opposition in Rostov-on-Don held an action in support of the people of Libya
On October, 9, representatives of the "Left Front" movement held a picket of solidarity with the Libyan people in its struggle against NATO. The action was authorized by the Administration of Rostov-on-Don and passed off without any incidents, organizer of the action Vladislav Riazantsev reported.
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Professor Alexei Gunya. Photo: screenshot of the video on the YouTube channel of the Department of Social Sciences of PSTGU Scientists argue about Caucasus borders

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.