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20:00, 22 March 2011
Armenian opposition leader intends to continue his hunger strike
Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, who went on hunger strike a week ago in Armenia, is going to continue his protest action, aimed at promoting the freedom principles as long as his health permits. He has stated it today at a press conference organized under the open sky in Freedom Square in Yerevan.
19:00, 22 March 2011
In Elbrus area after introduction of CTO regime tourist business suffers serious losses
In Kabardino-Balkaria, after introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Elbrus District region of the republic, tourism facilities in the Elbrus area are idling, namely, more than 30 private hotels and ministerial recreation bases and ski resorts. The losses of entrepreneurs are already in hundreds of millions roubles.
18:00, 22 March 2011
In Chechnya, clergymen to search missing soldiers recruited in Urals
The Muftiat of Chechnya will try to clarify the fates of the federal soldiers, who had been recruited from the Urals and then disappeared during the warfare in the territory of the republic. This was reported by the spokesman of the local Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM). According to an activist of a local NGO, these attempts are doomed to failure.
17:00, 22 March 2011
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia is searching for a woman resident of the republic supposing that she might be used as a suicide bomber
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia is searching for Malika Turazova, native of Chechnya, resident of the stanitsa of Nesterovskaya, born in 1987, who left home on March, 11, and it is unknown where she went. According to the information available, Turazova may be used as a suicide bomber.
16:00, 22 March 2011
A meeting with a demand of abrogation of the result of mayoral election passed off in Armavir
On March, 21, several hundred residents of Armavir, Armenia, blocked Yerevan – Armavir highway as a sign of protest against the results of election of Mayor of the town.
15:00, 22 March 2011
Representatives of the opposition in Georgia are picketing a firing ground near David Garegi monastery
The youth organization of the “Georgian Party” started an action of protest demanding to pull down the firing ground near the monastery complex “David Garegi”. Officials of the Georgian Ministry of Defense declared that the firing ground constituted no danger for the historical memorial.
14:00, 22 March 2011
Two people killed as a result of a special operation in Dagestan
As a result of a storm of a house in the settlement of Kani, Kuli district of Dagestan, where there were three supposed gunmen suspected of involvement in an assault at a bailiff committed on March, 21, two of them were killed.
22:00, 21 March 2011
Dagestan: Russian team wins World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling
At the tournament in Makhachkala, the Russian national team defeated their Iranian counterparts in the final and won the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling. The score of the final was 5:2 for Russian; the bronze medal went to Azerbaijan, which beat Uzbekistan 6:1.
21:00, 21 March 2011
Georgia plans to continue WTO negotiations with Russia
Georgia is ready to continue its constructive dialogue with Russia on its membership in the WTO, said Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, at a briefing. According to her story, the next round of talks will take place over the next six weeks.
20:00, 21 March 2011
Prosecutors fail to confirm that key witness in Markelov's and Baburova's murder refused to evidence
The party of the prosecution has no official information that the witness Ilya Goryachev, who had given evidences against the persons accused of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, refused from his words, as reported by Vladimir Zherebenkov, who is representing the parents of the deceased journalist.
19:00, 21 March 2011
Advocates are not allowed to study materials of investigation into the murder of human rights defender Estemirova
Rights defenders are not satisfied with the investigation into the murder of their colleague Natalia Estemirova. Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the initially taken direction in the inquiry – against top Chechen officials – later was frozen.
18:00, 21 March 2011
Seismologists predict powerful earthquake in Northern Caucasus
In the near future a strong earthquake is probable in Northern Caucasus, said Evgeny Rogozhin, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute for Earth's Physics.
Voting in Dagestan. March 13, 2011. Courtesy of the PIC Channel (pik.tv)
17:00, 21 March 2011
Members of “United Russia” party got over two thirds of votes in the Parliament of Dagestan
According to the information from the republican Election committee, representatives of five parties: “United Russia”, “Fair Russia”, “Patriots of Russia”, KPRF and “Pravoye Delo” (“Rightful Cause”) will be members of the People's Assembly of Dagestan.
16:00, 21 March 2011
The term of custody for the defendants on the case of an attack at Nalchik in 2005 prolonged
Today the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria at a trial on the case of an attack at Nalchik on October, 13, 2005, prolonged the custody term for the defendants for three more months. For two of the defendants who had been released on their own recognizance this preventive punishment remained the same.
15:00, 21 March 2011
Chechen authorities prohibited schoolchildren using mobiles at school
Pupils of comprehensive schools are not allowed to take mobiles to classes. The teachers consider this decision right while many schoolchildren and their parents stick to the opposite opinion.
14:00, 21 March 2011
Two residents of Dagestan killed during a special operation
Law enforcement officers established identity of the two men killed during a special operation in Makhachkala on March, 19, Informational center of National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports. They had been preliminarily recognized as members of Khasavyurt group of gunmen.
23:00, 19 March 2011
Astrakhan hosts picket in support of colonel accused of terrorism
On March 19, activists held a picket in Astrakhan in defence of Vladimir Kvachkov, a former GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) colonel, accused of preparing an armed rebellion and terrorism. The protesters treated the actions of the authorities as repressions.
22:00, 19 March 2011
In Sochi, ecologist detained on Cape Vidny
Today, at about 12:00 a.m. on Cape Vidny in the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Gayane Antonova, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus", was detained.
21:00, 19 March 2011
"Right Cause" Party to have mandate in Dagestani Parliament
The Party "Right Cause" will get, after vote re-tabulation, one mandate in the National Assembly of Dagestan, said the press service of the party. The Deputy from the party in the parliament will be Magomed Shabanov, head of the Regional Branch of the "Right Cause".
20:30, 19 March 2011
Marat Zokaev assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today, Marat Zokaev, born in 1980, an earlier convicted resident of the village of Kashkatau, Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed in this village.
News
Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

Two soldiers from Ingushetia were killed in a military operation.

Two fighters from Ingushetia were killed in Ukraine.

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.