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New terminal of the "Zvartnots" International Airport in Yerevan, September 2011. Photo: armilion.ru
21:00, 6 October 2011
New terminal of Yerevan "Zvartnots" receives first passengers
On October 5, the new terminal of the Yerevan International Airport "Zvartnots" began its full-scale operation, although its official opening ceremony took place on September 16.
20:00, 6 October 2011
Rights defenders report disappearance of Dagestani resident
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Svetlana Isaeva, the chair of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", that today Murad Djavatkhanov, born in 1982, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt.
19:00, 6 October 2011
Relatives of soldier deceased in Sochi reject the version of his suicide
The relatives of Dmitry Neborak, a regular soldier, who died in an army unit in Sochi, refuse to accept the version of the investigation that he had committed suicide.
18:00, 6 October 2011
Court in Armenia extends custody of oppositionist Tigran Arakelyan
The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan Communities Centre and Nork-Marash has satisfied the petition of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia (SISA) to extend the custody of the opposition activist Tigran Arakelyan by two more months.
17:00, 6 October 2011
A witness for the prosecution at the trial on the case of disturbances in Manezhnaya square reported pressure from the police
A fifteen-year-old witness who evidenced at a trial under consideration in Tverskoy district court of Moscow on the case of mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square last December stated that he had undergone physical and moral pressure from the police personnel.
16:00, 6 October 2011
One more serviceman perished near a firing range in Astrakhan region
A soldier of statutory service perished caught under a train near “Ashuluk” firing range in Astrakhan region, Press service of the Central Military Region reported today.
13:00, 6 October 2011
A prison online-shop opened in Rostov region
An online-shop started working at the web-site of Central Directorate of Federal Sentence-implementation service. The prisoners’ relatives can now order all the necessary things in the web-stall without going out.
12:00, 6 October 2011
A work group for the Caucasus of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation is concerned about mass detentions of believers in Karachay-Cherkessia
A work group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for development of a public dialogue and institutions of civil society in the Caucasus expresses its deep concern about mass detentions of residents of Karachay-Cherkessia after an assault at a Road Patrol Service team in Stavropol region. According to the residents of the republic who appealed to the work group, they were delivered to local police departments where they were forced to shave off their beards and those who disobeyed were tortured.
23:00, 5 October 2011
Alan Kochiev, South-Ossetian presidential candidate, hospitalized
As reported by Roland Kelekhsaev, the leader of the People's Party, the registered presidential candidate Alan Kochiev, who is now in jail, has health problems because of his hunger strike; he was brought to the hospital.
22:00, 5 October 2011
In Nagorno-Karabakh, participants of the action "Peace with Children's Eyes" painted their vision of peace in the republic
Nagorno-Karabakh has held an action "Peace with Children's Eyes" with the aim to express protest against war and conflict with the help of coloured crayons and paints.
21:00, 5 October 2011
South-Ossetian activists urge European Parliament to protect them from "legal arbitrariness"
Activists of the Council of National Resistance, who take part in the action "against arbitrariness of the authorities of South Ossetia", have appealed to the European Parliament and legal institutions of the European Union for help in stopping "repressions of the opposition" and protection of citizens of the republic from "lawlessness."
20:00, 5 October 2011
On the Day of the City, central Grozny completely blocked by power agents
Today, Chechnya holds a mass celebration of the Day of Grozny; however, residents and guests of the Chechen capital cannot get into the city centre. Power agents have blocked the traffic of pedestrians and motor vehicles in the area of the complex of high-rise buildings "Grozny City" and Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue.
19:00, 5 October 2011
In Georgia, court considers appeal against Bitsadze's verdict
Today, at the first court session, which considers the appeal against the sentence passed to Badri Bitsadze, the ex-head of the Frontier Police of Georgia, the introductory word of the defence was pronounced.
18:00, 5 October 2011
All those detained at rally in Makhachkala released
In Dagestan, all the protesters detained at the anti-corruption rally, held in Makhachkala on October 3, have been released.
17:00, 5 October 2011
Kochiev associates his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Speaker with presidential election in South Ossetia
Stanislav Kochiev, who was dismissed today from the post of Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia, has related this event with the upcoming presidential election.
15:00, 5 October 2011
Tedeev’s supporters report increase of the number of people detained for disturbances in Tskhinvali
The number of arrested supporters of Jambolat Tedeev whose registration as presidential candidate was denied by Central Election Committee on September, 30, makes already over one hundred people, members of Tedeev’s headquarters reported. The prisoners’ relatives joined Tedeev’s supporters who are staying near his house in Tskhinvali.
14:00, 5 October 2011
Central Election Committee of South Osetia stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups
Central Election Committee of South Osetia has stopped receiving documents from initiative campaign groups nominating candidates for presidency of the republic. All in all documents of 30 persons were submitted, seven of them have already been registered.
11:10, 5 October 2011
22 participants of an anti-corruption meeting in Makhachkala waiting for the judgment in an investigative isolation ward
The detained participants of an anti-corruption meeting held from 19:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, October, 3, in the central square of Makhachkala were moved to investigative isolation ward No 1 of the capital of Dagestan. 22 persons are currently kept there, six more were fined and released. The organizers of the meeting consider that it was legal and call the arrests and legal procedures against their supporters “infinite lawlessness”.
23:00, 4 October 2011
New database on violations of journalists' rights presented in Moscow
Today, the Moscow House of Journalists hosted presentation of a new database containing information on violations of journalists' rights "Russia – Conflicts in Media".
22:00, 4 October 2011
Resident of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son
Isa Sheikhov, a resident of the village of Srednie Achaluki of Malgobek District of Ingushetia claims disappearance of his son Bilan Sheikhov. He does not rule out that his son was kidnapped and that power agents might be involved in the incident.
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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.