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20:00, 17 March 2011
Two oppositionists early released in Armenia
Opposition activists Arutyun Urutyan and Roman Mnatsakanyan have been released before term from prison in Armenia.
19:00, 17 March 2011
Release of the Georgian sailors from Somali prison deferred until the end of March
Release of 15 Georgian sailors who have been staying in Somali pirates' prison over six months was deferred until the end of March "for technical and organizational reasons", Sergo Devadze, one of the sailors' father, Manager of "Greenwich-21" company, informed.
18:00, 17 March 2011
The house of Chief of investigative isolation ward fired upon in Ingushetia
Night explosions in Ingushetia, in the neighbourhood of the town of Magas and the settlement of Ali-Yurt, which woke up the villagers of Ali-Yurt turned out to be connected with unknown criminals' assault upon the house of Bashir Gagiev, Chief of investigative isolation ward of Ingushetia.
23:00, 16 March 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 7-13
Preliminary election outcomes in Southern Russia: opposition's complaints against satisfaction of election commissions; Manege Square in Moscow becomes again a "rendezvous" of nationalists; UN Security Council could see a dangerous terrorist in Dokku Umarov; protest actions in Azerbaijan again turn into clashes and arrests, - look these and other events in the review of the week of March 7-13, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 16 March 2011
Paananen: Russia spreads wrong information about Mikael Storsjo who helped refugees from Chechnya in Finland
The information about Mikael Storsjo and his help to refugees from Chechnya, which appears in Russia, is often just repeating the words of Storsjo's opponents, said Kerkko Paananen, secretary of the human rights organization "Finnish-Russian Civil Forum". He believes that the information from people, who have close relations with Russian authorities, is quoted by opposition media in Russia, which is puzzling people in Finland.
22:40, 16 March 2011
Investigation to build accusation in Anna Politkovskaya's murder case on indirect evidences
As reported by Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in his speech at conference held in the North-Western branch of the Russian Legal Academy of the Ministry of Justice in St Petersburg, the investigation will have to build its evidence base in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya, reporter of the "Novaya Gazeta", on indirect evidences for lack of direct ones.
22:20, 16 March 2011
In Armenia, opposition newspaper appeals against court ruling on payment compensation to three MPs
The newspaper "Armenian Time" has refused to implement the decision of the general jurisdiction court prescribing to publish a refutation and pay compensations to three members of the national parliament. On March 9, the edition filed an application to the Court of Appeal an appeal against the verdict of the court passed on February 7.
22:10, 16 March 2011
ECtHR rules that Russian authorities failed to duly investigate death of Ingush resident
On March 15, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg made its decision on the case "Tsechoev versus Russia" and obliged the Russian authorities to pay compensation to the applicant Ruslan Tsechoev for the death of his brother in the amount of 15,000 euros, and awarded 2500 euros to representatives of the applicant for their legal work. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", whose lawyers represented the suffered party, said that the ECtHR's decision was formal.
Dagestan, Khasavyurt. Rally of Novy Kostek villagers of the Khasavyurt District against falsifications at elections of Deputies of the People's Assembly of Dagestan. March 16, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 16 March 2011
In Khasavyurt, villagers of Novy Kostek protest against election outcomes
Today, a rally was held in Khasavyurt, in front of the district administration, where statements were announced about massive violations admitted on March 13 during the elections of Deputies to the People's Assembly of Dagestan. The protest action headed by elders brought together about 200 residents of the village of Novy Kostek, Khasavyurt District. The district administration gave no reaction to the rally.
22:00, 16 March 2011
Reports on possible explosions arrive in Nalchik courts
Information about planted bombs has arrived in all the courts of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria over the Internet. All the reports proved to be false.
22:00, 16 March 2011
Brazil helps Armenia to neutralize Nubarashen landfill of toxic chemicals
Within the programme of humanitarian aid, aimed at neutralizing the Nubarashen land fill of toxic chemicals, the government of Brazil decided to transfer equipment worth over 80,000 US dollars to their Armenia counterpart as a gift.
21:00, 16 March 2011
NAC: militant liquidated in Kabardino-Balkaria was trained in Lebanon
As reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Aslan Emkuzhev, who was assassinated at night on March 16 in Nalchik, had held his subversive and terrorist training in Lebanon and took part in warfare in the ranks of the radical Palestinian organization Fatah al-Islam.
20:00, 16 March 2011
Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office investigates involvement of Chief Ecologist in coastal pollution
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (known as "Rosprirodnadzor") believes that the connivance of the officials from the Committee for Environment Protection of the Rostov Region had seriously damaged the ecology of the region. The prosecutor's office is investigating the case against Grigory Skripka, head of the Committee, initiated under the articles of "abuse of power" and "excess of power".
19:00, 16 March 2011
Operating Chairman of OSCE called for ensuring democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan
Audronus Azhubalis, operating Chairman of OSCE and Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, called for democratic reforms in Azerbaijan. Azhubalis declared at a meeting with the leaders of political parties of the country on March, 14, that Azerbaijan had a great potential to become the closest partner for Europe.
18:00, 16 March 2011
Seven persons killed in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during a week
No less than seven people were killed, eight wounded and two kidnapped in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during the week from March, 7, till March, 13. This is the result of counting done by "Caucasian Knot" based upon its own data and information from other open sources.
23:30, 15 March 2011
Earlier dismissed judges reinstated in Kuschevskaya
Today, the Disciplinary Judicial Bench of the Krasnodar Territory reinstated two magistrate judges from the village of Kuschevskaya, who had been found guilty of links with the Tsapok's grouping.
Tchaikovsky Street after the beginning of Olympic construction. February 27, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 15 March 2011
Sochi Mayor discusses problems of parallel road with the public
On March 14, Anatoly Pakhomov, Sochi Mayor, provided his study for talks on compensations and damage caused to the city by Olympic construction with 15 public activists who came there.
Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR". Photo from www.ingushetiyaru.org
23:10, 15 March 2011
"MASHR": In Ingushetia in peacetime people die like at war
Despite the absence of warfare in Northern Caucasus, annually armed conflicts in the region take away lives of dozens of civilians. The year 2009 became the bloodiest for the Republic of Ingushetia - 304 casualties; in 2010, the death toll halved - 148 casualties. The figures are presented in the blog of the "Caucasian Knot" by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".
23:00, 15 March 2011
In Kabardino-Balkaria, militants' parents urge their sons to lay down arms
A group of 11 parents from the Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria, has addressed their sons, who are on the wanted list and accused of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), with an appeal to lay down their arms.
22:20, 15 March 2011
Oppositionist Samson Khachatryan arrested in Armenia
A two-month arrest has been chosen as a freedom restriction measure for Samson Khachatryan, a famous boxer and opposition activist, who was detained on March 13 in Yerevan.
News
A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

Ruben Vardanyan declined to appeal the Baku court's verdict.

Ruben Vardanyan. Photo: State Security Service of Azerbaijan Vardanyan's relatives criticized the Baku court's verdict.

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.