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21:00, 16 June 2011
Construction of sugar factory in Nogai District of Dagestan cancelled because of locals' protests
Dagestani authorities are looking for new land plots for building a sugar-beet mill, since its construction in the Nogai District became impossible because of frequented protest actions of the population.
20:00, 16 June 2011
Kokoity gives 3 days to South-Ossetian GPO for investigating the incident in Parliament
Any illegal forms of influencing the deputy corps should be toughly suppressed, said South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity in his comment on the events of June 15 in the Republic's Parliament, which was attacked, right during the sitting, by supporters of extending Kokoity's presidency, who disrupted the course of the session.
19:00, 16 June 2011
Rallies in support of hunger-striking Gimry villagers to be held in Dagestan
Tomorrow, on June 17, a number of dwelling settlements of Dagestan will hold rallies in support of the people who hold their hunger strike in the vicinity of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District, who demand to open an unobstructed motor traffic through the Gimry-Chirkata Tunnel.
Resident of Baku protests against demolition of her house in Shamsi Badalbeili. June 13, 2011. Photo by "Turan" Information Agency
18:00, 16 June 2011
In Baku, tenants of another block of flats evicted
On June 11, the many-month-long confrontation between the construction company "Azinko" and the tenants of No. 61 in Neftyanikov Avenue in central Baku ended in a forced eviction and demolition of the building. The demolition was motivated by the improvement and expansion of the motor road.
Amanda Erickson. Photo from the journalist's personal page on Facebook.com
17:00, 16 June 2011
American journalist and British rights defender beaten in Baku
In the evening on June 15, unidentified assailants attacked the American journalist Amanda Erickson and British human rights activist Silja Davis. The young ladies were almost at home, when several young men of athletic body-build attacked them and began beating without explanations. Earlier the women felt that they were shadowed by the young men.
Ecological rally in defence of constitutional rights of citizens of Temryuk District to friendly environment, organized by the Association "Revival of Taman". Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, June 12, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot".
16:00, 16 June 2011
Residents of Temryuk District demand not to admit aggravation of ecological situation in the region
On June 12, the participants of the first ever in the Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory ecological rally demanded to suspend all the environmentally hazardous projects in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, as well as complete ecological safety of all the production facilities planned for launching in the territory of the Taman Peninsula.
15:00, 16 June 2011
In Argun, 62 families move into new houses
On June 15, the city of Argun, the third-largest city of Chechnya saw an opening of two new settlements for the residents of the city downtown, whose houses were demolished this winter in the course of the broad-scale reconstruction of the city. The keys to their new houses were solemnly handed over to 62 families.
14:00, 16 June 2011
Rights defender reports mass beatings of inmates in Elista SIZO
Vladimir Galitrov. an expert of the Kalmyk Branch of the Public Movement "For Human Rights", demands an inquiry into the mass beating of convicts kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Elista. This is stated in the message of Valery Badmaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Modern Kalmykia", that arrived to the "Caucasian Knot".
13:00, 16 June 2011
Local resident kidnapped and beaten in Chechnya, rights defenders say
According to eyewitnesses, on June 10 in Chechnya, on a road in the Kurchaloy District, unidentified armed persons kidnapped Aslambek Shataev, 30, a resident of Kurchaloy. Later, his relatives managed to find him in one of police stations. Now the man is at home, but, according to his relatives, he was severely beaten.
23:38, 15 June 2011
Kochiev: there was no putsch attempt in South Ossetia
There was no open confrontation with supporters of extension of Mr Kokoity's presidency, who broke today into the Parliament of South Ossetia; however, the MPs were under pressure. This was stated by the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev. In protest, some of the parliamentarians submitted their self-resignation applications.
23:00, 15 June 2011
Journalist Fatullaev to restart "Real Azerbaijan" in July
This July, the Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev, who had spent 4 years in prison, intends to resume his professional career as editor-in-chief of the Russian-language weekly "Real Azerbaijan". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Fatullaev himself.
22:00, 15 June 2011
Neighbouring villagers plan to join Gimry hunger-strikers
Residents of other dwelling settlements of the mountainous parts of Dagestan are ready to join the protest hunger strike held near the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, with a demand to open free passage through the Chirkata-Gimry Tunnel, which connects nine mountain regions of the republic with the lowland.
20:00, 15 June 2011
Editions from Dagestan, Azerbaijan and Armenia receive Gerd Bucerius Prize
The Nobel Institute in Oslo has hosted the awarding ceremony of the winners of the 2010 Gerd Bucerius Prize in the nominations of "Free Press of Russia" and "Free Press of Eastern Europe". The Caucasian region was represented by laureates from Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the Norwegian capital.
19:00, 15 June 2011
Georgian Parliament to consider bill on tougher measures against manifestations
In Georgia, the MPs from the parliamentary majority have drafted a bill on amending the Law "On Assemblies and Manifestations". If adopted, it will empower the police with more freedom at dispersal of oppositional rallies and actions; while it will become much harder to get permits for holding such events.
18:00, 15 June 2011
On Buddha's birthday Kalmykia residents take sobriety oath
Today, residents of Kalmykia celebrate a birthday, enlightenment and departure to nirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. From early morning the central Khurul of the republic "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" is holding celebrations, prayers and taking oaths of Makhayana.
17:00, 15 June 2011
Colonel Bogatyryov's murder in KBR was followed by mass detention of locals
After the murder in the city of Baksan of Khasan Bogatyryov, Deputy Head of the Russian Centre for Combating Extremism at the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), mass detentions of local residents took place there. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by lawyers Magomed Abubakarov and Rustam Matsev.
16:00, 15 June 2011
Sergey Arakcheev rejects murdering Chechens in his video appeal to Putin
Sergey Arakcheev, a former MIA officer, who was convicted in 2007 to 15 years of imprisonment for murdering Chechen residents, has recorded a video appeal to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, where he states his innocence, and asks the Premier to get into the circumstances of his case.
15:00, 15 June 2011
Alexei Dudko's advocate files cassation against court's decision
On June 14, lawyer Abusupyan Gaitaev filed a brief cassation complaint against the decision of the Taganka District Court, which had sentenced the blogger Alexei Dudko to six years of colony imprisonment. Mr Gaitaev himself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:00, 14 June 2011
Dagestani "Chernovik" weekly to receive Bucerius Prize
At the ceremony to be held on June 15 in Oslo, Norway, the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft) will be awarded the "Free Press of Eastern Europe" Prize named after Gerd Bucerius.
22:00, 14 June 2011
Rostov: local deputy involved in road accident excluded from "Edinaya Rossiya"
Dmitry Ostrovenko, a deputy of the City Duma of Rostov-on-Don, accused of killing a student Igor Verbenko in a road accident, was expelled from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party on the following day, said Victor Deryabkin, the secretary of the regional political council of the party.
News
A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.

Dagestan authorities have called on retailers to curb price increases ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

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.