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23:00, 22 September 2012
Book "The Innocent Found Guilty" presented in Grozny
The Grozny office of the Interregional Public Organization "Centre of Caucasian Initiative" has hosted a presentation of the book by Zoya Svetova "The Innocent Found Guilty", dedicated to inmates who serve their terms under fabricated cases. The presentation was attended by Zara Murtazalieva, a Chechen girl, who spent eight and a half years in a colony in Mordovia on charges of terrorism.
Action of the "Georgian Dream" in Zugdidi, Georgia, September 22, 2012. Photo by Don Carlito, http://vk.com/clubgeorgiandream
22:00, 22 September 2012
Action of "Georgian Dream" in Zugdidi brings together thousands of coalition supporters
A pre-election rally of the election bloc "Bidzina Ivanishvili – Georgian Dream" organized in the city of Zugdidi was attended by several thousands of supporters of the bloc from all districts of the region Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and by activists who came from Tbilisi, Poti, and other cities.
21:00, 22 September 2012
In Tbilisi, students go on hunger strike demanding freedom to detained protesters against torture
Today, six activists of student movements of Georgia went on hunger strike in front of the House of Justice. Their main demand is to release the four participants of protest actions, detained for trying to break through the cordon and disobeying the police.
20:00, 22 September 2012
Vladikavkaz hosts rally against growth of utility tariffs
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the rally held in Vladikavkaz by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) within the All-Russian protest action was attended by about 300 people.
19:00, 22 September 2012
Authorities of Maikop and Nalchik failed to coordinated mass street actions in support of Syrian Circassians
The mass street actions in support of Syrian Circassians scheduled in Maikop and Nalchik on September 23 have been cancelled, as reported by the members of the organizing committee for the actions. Now, the actions will be held in the form of solo pickets and meetings.
18:00, 22 September 2012
In Astrakhan, tenants evacuated because of threat of house collapse return to their flats
The tenants of the house in Astrakhan, who were evacuated by rescuers in the evening on September 21 because a crack in the wall of their house, returned to their flats.
Maria Ukhova in front of the administration of Sochi during her solo picket against mining nickel near the Khopyor River, Sochi, September 22, 2012. Courtesy of the protesters
16:00, 22 September 2012
Sochi hosts solo pickets against extraction of nickel near Khopyor River
Today in Sochi, activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" have held solo pickets in support of the demands of the population of the Voronezh and Volgograd Regions to ban the development of nickel deposits in the area of the Khopyor River Hopper, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
15:00, 22 September 2012
Protest rally of CPRF held in Stavropol
Today, a rally was organized in Stavropol by the Territorial Committee of the CPRF: "No to housing and municipal terror!" The action was attended by over 200 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
14:00, 22 September 2012
Employees of Gldani Prison noted for mistreating inmates sacked
Georgia has fired the employees of Gldani Prison No. 8, who were noted for mistreating inmates, Giorgi Tugushi, Minister of Punishment, Probation and Legal Assistance, said today.
Rally against the rise of utility tariffs in Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia, September 22, 2012. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 22 September 2012
Cherkessk: rally against growth of utility tariffs was over 100 people strong
Today, a rally in this city against the rise in utility tariffs was organized by the Karachay-Cherkessian Branch of the CPRF.
11:00, 22 September 2012
Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya cancel eviction of hostels in Grozny
The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has recognized as illegal the actions of the Republic's Department of the Russian Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimuschestvo), aimed at forced eviction of residents out of hostels in Grozny. The Department bosses have been warned.
10:00, 22 September 2012
Over 500 hectares demined during six months in Chechnya
More than 500 hectares of agrarian land was demined in Chechnya by servicemen of the engineer-sapper units of the federal armed forces in the past six months.
09:00, 22 September 2012
Eight persons killed in two-day special operation in Chechnya
Four policemen were lost and 11 more wounded in the special operation conducted on September 20-21 in the Vedeno District of Chechnya. Also four militants were killed, according to a source from the police.
23:30, 21 September 2012
Defence in "Domodedovo" case states pressure on defendants by convoy
Convoy guards are regularly insulting and provoking to aggression Bashir Khamkhoev, who is accused of the terror act at the Domodedovo Airport in 2011, said his advocate Tatiana Okushko. Another advocate Vladimir Kocharyan, who is defending another figurant in the case Ilez Yandiev, has also reported about pressure. An employee of the press service of the FSIN (Russian federal Penitentiary Service) refused to comment on the statements of the defence.
23:30, 21 September 2012
In Dagestan, jury formed at trial about raping a minor
On September 20, the Supreme Court of Dagestan began a trial against Zhairula Umarov, who is suspected of committing a sexual assault against his minor stepchild. The defendant's advocate states gross violations in the course of investigation.
Protester against torture in Georgian prisons, Tbilisi, September 19, 2012. Photos by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 21 September 2012
UN urges Georgian authorities to immediately investigate facts of torture in prisons
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned the ill-treatment of prisoners in prisons of Georgia, urging the country's authorities to immediately investigate these facts and bring perpetrators to justice.
23:20, 21 September 2012
Trenina: defence of figurant in Politkovskaya's murder case to insist on trial by jury
Rustam Makhmudov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, refuses to plead guilty. His defence will apply for a trial by jury, said Darya Trenina, his advocate.
Students at protest against torturing prisoners, Tbilisi, September 19, 2012. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 21 September 2012
Tbilisi students stop their protest against torture in prisons
Today, the students of Tbilisi higher schools, who take part in the protest movement in connection with announced facts of prisoners' torture in Gldani Prison, have temporarily interrupted the action.
Protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris, organized by the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France, September 18, 2012. Courtesy of http://www.yerkramas.org
23:10, 21 September 2012
France holds protests dated to visit of Azerbaijani President
In the context of the working visit to France of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, protest actions were held in Paris. The Armenian Diaspora held protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy against pardoning of Ramil Safarov, the killer of Gurgen Margaryan; while members of the Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas organized a protest in front of the Armenian Embassy in Paris against occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
Dagestan, citu of Khasavyurt. Photo by Gamzat Zabitovich, http://www.avarsky.ru
22:10, 21 September 2012
Lawyers in Dagestan demand to acknowledge criminal prosecution of resident of Khasavuyrt Magomedov who was shot down unlawful
Attorneys of Zaurbek Magomedov killed near a mosque in Khasavyurt on August, 16, appealed to Khasavyurt city court asking to acknowledge criminal proceedings against the deceased unlawful. The claim has not yet been considered.
News
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The timeline for raising the sunken tankers near Anapa has raised questions online.

Queue at the gas station. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Motorists from Sochi and Gelendzhik spoke about the difficult situation with gasoline.

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.