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22:00, 27 June 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 20-26
Broad-scale special operation in Dagestani forests: militants manage to deceive power agents and escape; the 70th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War was marked in all regions of Southern and Northern Caucasus; arrests of oppositionists in Georgia in the context of another putsch statement; failed summit on Karabakh in Kazan, – look these and other events in the review of the week of June 20-26, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 27 June 2011
In Armenia, editor-in-chief of "Iravunk" finds MP Arzakantsyan's lawsuit groundless
The campaign unleashed against the media by the deputy from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Tigran Arzakantsyan is discrediting the understanding of the freedom of speech, said Ovannes Galadjyan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper named "Iravunk" (Law), who treated the MP's lawsuit as absurd and groundless.
21:30, 27 June 2011
Moscow: condition of gas explosion victims from Vladikavkaz is grave
As of 8 p.m. on June 27, Moscow clinics kept 12 victims of the explosion of the gas cylinder in Vladikavkaz. All of them with burn injuries were hospitalized to resuscitation wards of the clinics.
20:30, 27 June 2011
Georgian NGOs demand investigation of dispersal of oppositional rally on May 26
The Georgian NGOs "Priority of Human Rights" and "Network of Caucasian Women" have addressed their special statement to the Chief Public Prosecutor of Georgia, demanding to investigate the use of excessive force by the police in the course of the crackdown of the oppositional rally on May 26, 2011.
20:00, 27 June 2011
Dagestan hosts celebrations for orphans
Today, on the Day of Youth, festivities for orphans were organized in Makhachkala by the Public Movement "Dagestan without Orphans".
19:00, 27 June 2011
Russian MIA sets up 7000-strong unit to fight militants in Dagestan
As stated today by Rashid Nurgaliev, the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), at the operative meeting with the top managers of the Chief Department of his Ministry for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and for Dagestan, the local militants will be fought against by a special grouping of 7000 MIA employees.
18:00, 27 June 2011
Rostov Region: experts evidence at trial on recognition of publications of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist
The Salsk City Court in the Rostov Region has resumed the trial on recognizing of a number of materials of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist. The experts who spoke at the session believe that the defendants were promoting their religious exclusivity but add that it is common to all religions without exception.
17:00, 27 June 2011
150 houses flooded in Leningor District of South Ossetia
The value of losses caused by high water to the Leningor District of South Ossetia has not been calculated in monetary terms yet; however, according to preliminary data, the damage caused to flooded houses will make at least six million roubles. This figure was announced by Alan Dzhussoev, the head of the Leningor District.
16:00, 27 June 2011
Security Council of Ingushetia refutes data that Dokku Umarov is in local forests
The officials of the Security Council of the Republic of Ingushetia are categorically refuting the information that the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground Dokku Umarov may be hiding in the Djeirakh District of the republic, as had been reported earlier by a source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.
14:00, 27 June 2011
This year, Ingushetia to start building four factories
This year, Ingushetia plans to start construction of four enterprises, said the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov, in whose opinion Ingushetia is still subsidized by 90 percent from the federal budget.
13:00, 27 June 2011
About 40 people took part in a picket in protection of greenbelts of Krasnodar
On Saturday, June, 25, a picket in protection of greenbelts was held near municipal Concert hall of organ and chamber music of Krasnodar.
12:00, 27 June 2011
Members of the top bras believe Dokku Umarov is hiding himself in the mountains of Ingushetia
The power ministries of Chechnya consider that after undergoing a course of therapy in Turkey leader of North-Caucasian armed underground Dokku Umarov may be staying in the territory of Ingushetia.
11:00, 27 June 2011
Members of Committee Against Torture in Chechnya complain of threats from members of the top brass
Immediately after a picket devoted to International Day of support of victims of torture suppressed by the police personnel, Supyan Baskhanov, Head of the Mission of Inter-regional Committee Against Torture in CR, and Magomed Alamov, Inspector of the Department of public investigation, were summoned to Department of Interior Affairs of Grozny.
23:26, 25 June 2011
Kazan hosts meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders
Today, Kazan has hosted a tripartite meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, where Ilham Aliev, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
21:14, 25 June 2011
CTO regime introduced in Djeirakh District of Ingushetia
In the context of the exercises "Kavkaz-2011", conducted by the Frontier Department the Republic of Ingushetia of the Russian FSB, today the legal regime of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) was introduced in the Djeirakh District.
20:00, 25 June 2011
UN experts urge Georgia to seek alternatives to imprisonment
Following their visit to Georgia, the members of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions offer to apply, wherever possible, measures of freedom restriction and punishment, alternative to imprisonment, based on the principle of proportionality.
19:00, 25 June 2011
Eleven victims of Vladikavkaz explosion are in extremely grave condition
According to preliminary data, the explosion of a gas cylinder that happened at a wedding party in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, struck 46 persons, five children aged from 2 to 7 among them. Doctors find the health condition of 11 of them, including 3 children as extremely grave; they are all in the intensive care units.
18:00, 25 June 2011
Azerbaijan launches new campaign against ban on hijabs in schools
The Centre in Defence of Freedom of Conscience and Religion (DEVAMM) has launched a campaign named "100,000-Strong Appeal to President of Azerbaijan" and aimed to express protest against the ban on schoolgirls to wear hijabs in schools.
Participants of the Congress of Religious Leaders of Northern Caucasus. Dagestan, Makhachkala, June 25, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 25 June 2011
Imam of Gubden: neutral Islam should be professed in Dagestan
All the Muslims should be equal; and to combat extremism, Dagestan needs neutral Islam, Magomedrasul Karanaev, Imam of the Dagestani village of Gubden, said today in Makhachkala, at the Congress of Religious Leaders of Northern Caucasus.
16:11, 25 June 2011
In Krasnodar Territory, "All-Russian March along Stolen Black Sea Coast" ends in detentions
On June 24, the action named "All-Russian March along Stolen Black Sea Coast" was held in the vicinity of the city of Gelendzhik. Several activists were detained afterwards.
News
Viktor Margiev's wife has reported a new round of pressure.

The Margiev family demanded an end to the pressure at a picket in Tskhinvali.

Transcaucasian Highway. Photo by the South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations https://t.me/mchsruo/5136 Restrictions on travel on the Transkam Highway have been lifted following a rockfall.

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.