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23:00, 18 June 2011
Russian State Duma approves protocol on extension of Russian military base in Armenia
On June 17, the Russian State Duma ratified the protocol on extension of the 1995 bilateral agreement on the Russian military base deployed in the Armenian city of Gyumri.
22:00, 18 June 2011
Batumi: from July on tourists will use public bicycles
Starting July 1, the tourists visiting the capital of Adzharia will be able to use public bicycles. 150 of them have been already brought from France for this purpose.
21:00, 18 June 2011
Armenia: EU and CoE to help Armenia in ensuring freedom of the media
"The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) will help Armenia to reach the European media standards," Leila Dervishagich, an adviser for the CoE's cooperation division, said in Yerevan.
20:00, 18 June 2011
Vanuatu reconfirms recognition of Abkhazia's independence
The Republic of Vanuatu confirms its decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia, said Alfred Carlot, the Foreign Minister of Vanuatu.
19:30, 18 June 2011
Armenia: 455 persons released under amnesty
The Criminal-Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia announced the release of prisoners under amnesty declared in connection with the 20th anniversary of independence proclamation, and reduction of punishment terms. 455 prisoners have been already released and 54 prisoners face reduced punishment terms.
19:00, 18 June 2011
Budanov's retinue to be questioned on his murder
Close friends and acquaintances of Yuri Budanov, an ex-Colonel of the Russian Army Colonel, will be questioned in the investigation of his murder, said a source from law enforcement bodies.
18:00, 18 June 2011
Dagestan: a woman injured in police car shelling
On June 17 a car was shelled in the village of Bayramaul of Khasavyurt District. A woman was injured and a policeman perished.
17:00, 18 June 2011
Georgia: changes to the Tax Code adopted
On June 17 the Parliament of Georgia in the first reading adopted amendments to the Tax Code of the country. According to these amendments, together with the current taxation system for owners of private hotels a fixed tax is introduced, and now the owners will be able to choose a payment system by themselves.
16:00, 18 June 2011
Azerbaijan: Russia to pay more for the Gabala Radar Station
Russia and Azerbaijan conduct negotiations about renewing the conditions of the lease agreement for the Gabala Radar Station, said Grigory Karasin, the Secretary of State, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.
15:00, 18 June 2011
NAC claims to prevent a series of terror acts in Dagestan
As a result of special operation in Dagestan during one day several terror acts were prevented, reported the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorism Committee of Russia (NAC).
14:00, 18 June 2011
Frog Zoich: unofficial mascot of the Olympic Games in Sochi
The Organizing Committee of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games has registered intellectual property rights to the informal mascot of the Olympics, frog Zoich.
23:00, 17 June 2011
Opposition party leader Panakhly sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment in Azerbaijan
Today, the Nasimin District Court of Baku, chaired by Judge Elman Akhmedov, has completed the trial of Neimat Panakhly, the leader of the Party of National Statehood of Azerbaijan. He was found guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan and sentenced to six years in prison.
22:00, 17 June 2011
In Abkhazia, party in power not to nominate its candidate at early presidential election
The country's ruling party "Edinaya Abkhazia" (United Abkhazia) said that at the upcoming early presidential election in August "it would not put forward its own candidate for the president," but would support the candidate who will adhere in his programme to the principles used by Sergey Bagapsh, the deceased party leader and president, in his work. This is stated in the release of the presidium of the political council of the party disseminated today.
21:00, 17 June 2011
Dmitry Novikov restored in his judge status
On June 17, Dmitry Novikov, earlier accused of fraud and kept in custody for about a year, has been restored in the status of a judge at a sitting of the Disciplinary Judicial Bench in Moscow.
19:00, 17 June 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh tries murder case of four soldiers
Starting from June 16, a trial is on in Nagorno-Karabakh on the murder case of four soldiers who perished at one of the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in November 2010. The next court session is scheduled for June 29.
18:00, 17 June 2011
Dagestan hosts rallies demanding to open Gimry-Chirkata Tunnel
Today, several villages of Dagestan held rallies in support of the demand to open unimpeded automobile traffic through the above tunnel. The hunger strike in support of the demand was stopped, since it is planned that from July 21 the tunnel will operate for 10 hours a day.
17:00, 17 June 2011
Wife of defendant in Nalchik attack case states her husband's poor custody conditions
Elena Akhkubekova, wife of Azamat Akhkubekov, a defendant in the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria, told rights defenders about bad custody conditions in SIZO-1 of Nalchik.
16:00, 17 June 2011
Isaeva: Dagestani power agents resort to extrajudicial executions, when unable to prove detainees' guilt
This year, as compared with last one, Dagestan sees fewer kidnappings but more extrajudicial executions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Gulnara Rustamova, co-chair of the Dagestani human rights organization "Pravozaschita" (Rights Advocacy).
15:00, 17 June 2011
Kokoity asks people of South Ossetia to refrain from actions in his support
After the incident in the parliament of South Ossetia, where initiators of actions in support of extension of the presidential term tried to put pressure on local MPs, Eduard Kokoity made a statement, in which he urged people of South Ossetia to refrain from actions in his support.
14:00, 17 June 2011
Zemo Alvani village in Georgia protests against dismantling Stalin's bust
The bust of Joseph Stalin was demolished in the village of Zemo Alvani, Akhmet District (Eastern Georgia) because of the start of rehabilitation works in the park. However, even the temporary removal of the monument caused protests.
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.

Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

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.