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21:19, 14 June 2011
Tskhinvali rallies for extension of Kokoity's presidency
Today, the initiative group, advocating for a referendum to decide on extension of the term in office of the incumbent South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, held an action in Tskhinvali in front of the building of the Supreme Court, which was to make its decision on the referendum.
21:00, 14 June 2011
In Chechnya, FC "Terek" cancels contract with Ruud Gullit
The top managers of the Football Club (FC) "Terek" from Grozny FC Terek believe that head coach Ruud Gullit failed to cope with his duties.
Vicinities of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, June 15, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 14 June 2011
In Dagestan, protesters demand to open Chirkata-Gimry Tunnel
The village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, hosted a rally, which was attended, according to organizers, by about five thousand people. The participants adopted a resolution demanding to open the tunnel, which connects nine mountainous districts of the republic with its lowland part.
Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial". Moscow, Khamovniki Court, June 14, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 14 June 2011
Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Kadyrov completely acquitted
Today, the Khamovniki Court of Moscow has announced the verdict on the nine-month-long litigation, in which Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was accused of slandering the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
19:00, 14 June 2011
In Georgia, Media Holding "Palette" is under second stage of audit
The Audit Service of the Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Georgia has started the second phase of the audit at the editorial board of the Media Holding "Palette". Earlier, the employees of the Service conducted an inventory, and are now start a financial inspection of the six enterprises, which form the Holding. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Diana Drapaidze, an editor of the Holding's information division.
18:00, 14 June 2011
Head of Ingushetia promises safety to militants who return to peaceful life
The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov held a meeting in the city of Magas with relatives of the young people, who, according to law enforcement bodies, had left their home to join illegal armed formations (IAFs). Evkurov urged parents to persuade their children to leave "the forest".
Road construction in Grozny, 2011. Photo from fc-terec.ru
16:00, 14 June 2011
In Grozny, residents of Khankalskaya Street disagree with house demolition
Private households and other structures are demolished in Khankalskaya Street in Grozny. The authorities explain this by the need to expand the roadway and make exit from central Grozny as comfortable as possible. Residents of the street are indignant that their opinion was not taken into account.
15:00, 14 June 2011
Residents of Budyonnovsk commemorate victims of militants' attack in 1995
Today, the city held a mourning rally and memorial church services in commemoration of the 16th anniversary of the attack on the city of a group of militants under command of Shamil Basaev.
22:00, 13 June 2011
Azerbaijani NGOs complain of police pressure
On June 13, several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Azerbaijan, whose offices are located in central Baku, in No. 68 Shamsi Badalbeili Street, were pressed by the police, as reported by Leila Yunus, head of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD).
21:00, 13 June 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 6-12
Negotiations in Transcaucasia on Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia's conflicts with South Ossetia and Abkhazia; resonant murder of religious leaders in Makhachkala, Dagestani capital; and assassination in broad daylight in Moscow of Yuri Budanov, "an enemy of the Chechen nation", – look these and other events in the review of the week of June 6-12, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
20:10, 13 June 2011
Yuri Budanov buried near Moscow
In the city of Khimki near Moscow the funeral took place of the former colonel Yuri Budanov, who was shot dead in Moscow on June 10. The ceremony passed without incident.
20:00, 13 June 2011
Georgia to issue neutral passports to residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Today, the Bureau of the Georgian Parliament has initiated the bill on neutral passports for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
19:09, 13 June 2011
NCFD plans to create more than 90,000 new jobs
The most effective solution to the problem of new jobs in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) is to implement 70 selected investment projects, said Sergey Vereschagin, Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation at the first sitting of the working group on employment and labour migration in the NCFD, convoked in the city of Yessentuki.
19:00, 13 June 2011
No general reduction in gasoline prices in Chechnya
Several filling stations in Grozny keep the earlier gasoline prices. According to drivers, owners of some of them are deliberately selling only expensive gasoline with high octane number.
18:00, 13 June 2011
Over 430 persons amnestied in Armenia
According to the latest data, the amnesty declared by the Parliament of Armenia has already released 434 persons, said the press service of the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice.
16:00, 13 June 2011
Eduard Kokoity not to take part in presidential election in South Ossetia
The incumbent President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has refused to run for the republic's presidency, irrespective of the decision to be passed on June 14 by the Supreme Court on the issue of a referendum on the third term. This was announced today by the press service of the President and Government of South Ossetia.
14:00, 13 June 2011
In Georgia, a number of newspapers appeared with blank front pages in solidarity with "Media Palette"
Today, a number of newspapers appeared with the only inscription across the front page – Solidarity with "Media Palette". This was done in support of the Media Holding "Media Palette", whose enterprises had been audited for several days by the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.
13:00, 13 June 2011
Mass burial found in north of Chechnya
Amidst the plain Shelkovskoy District in northern Chechnya, a mass grave with remains of victims of extrajudicial executions was found. The remains of unidentified casualties were buried here by local residents in the early years of the counterterrorist operation.
12:00, 13 June 2011
150 films to be screened in Armenia at "Golden Apricot" Film Festival
This year, the Eighth Traditional International Festival "Golden Apricot" has received a record number of applications – 630 films from 81 countries; out of them, 150 films from 45 countries were selected for the contest, Mikael Stamboltsyan, the festival programme director, told reporters. The festival will last from July 10 to July 17.
23:18, 11 June 2011
Last week's death roll in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus was 10
During the week of May 30-June 5, at least ten persons were lost and at least eight more were injured in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
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.