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19:19, 12 March 2011
Clashes of police and opposition in central Baku
They occurred today in the capital of Azerbaijan in Fountains Square, when the police began dispersing the protesters from the "Musavat" party who gathered in the square.
19:00, 12 March 2011
North Ossetia to provide grants for support of folk crafts
As decided by the government of North Ossetia at its sitting held on 11 March, folk craftsmen will be able to realize their projects with the help of grants worth 500,000 roubles.
17:00, 12 March 2011
Airport in Stepanakert to start operation on May 9
On May 9, 2011, the Stepanakert Airport will be completely ready for operation, said the Division for Civil Aviation under the Government of Nagorno-Karabakh.
16:00, 12 March 2011
Sochi holds job fair "Employment Service to Women"
About 20 enterprises and organizations of Sochi took part in the job fair "Employment Service to Women", where the highest demand for specialists was demonstrated by municipal health care and education institutions.
13:00, 12 March 2011
Georgian "Resistance Movement" to hold pickets in defence of prisoners' rights
Starting from March 14, the public organization "Nationwide Resistance Movement" will hold protest actions in defence of prisoners' rights of detainees in prisons, and now encourages the public to rally around this problem.
10:00, 12 March 2011
Adygea debuts at international tourist fair in Berlin
The delegation of Adygea is for first time participating in the ITB international tourism fair held in Berlin on March 9-12.
23:50, 11 March 2011
Twice in two days Stavropol evacuated its students because of explosion threats
On March 10, in Stavropol, they had to evacuate students and personnel of the North-Caucasian State Technical University after a report that a bomb had been planted in the building. The threat proved to be false. It was the second within two days message about a threat of a terror act in higher schools of Stavropol.
23:30, 11 March 2011
International filming group detained in Armenia
On March 10, at the Yerevan International Airport "Zvartnots", an independent international group of journalists and producers, who planned to film a documentary in Armenia about armed conflicts in the Caucasus, was detained without any explanations.
Youth action "Great People's Day" in central Baku, in Nizami (Trade) Street, March 11, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 11 March 2011
Azerbaijan continues arresting activists of March 11 action
In Azerbaijan, on the eve of the "Great People's Day", scheduled on March 11 by the group of the Facebook, detentions of youth activists continue. On March 9, Orkhan Bayramov, a member of the youth movement "Nida" (Cry) was detained and taken to the 18th station of the Nariman District Police Division.
Photo from Karachays news portal www.karachays.com
23:10, 11 March 2011
Head of ID of ICRF for Kabardino-Balkaria equates "Black Hawks" to militants
The "Chornye Yastreby" (Black Hawks) are "same criminals as the bandit underground", whatever principles they are guided by. This was stated today by Valery Ustov, head of the Investigatory Department (ID) of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Kabardino-Balkaria, at a press conference in Nalchik.
23:00, 11 March 2011
Resident of Dagestan reports kidnapping of his son
On March 9, unidentified armed persons in masks abducted Rustam Kurbanaliev, born in 1971, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. Dagestani rights defenders were informed about it by his father Kurbanali Kurbanaliev.
22:40, 11 March 2011
Nine persons lost within a week in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from February 28 to March 6, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least nine lives; at least four persons were injured during this period. These are the count results of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its materials and information from other open sources.
22:30, 11 March 2011
UN Security Council puts Dokku Umarov on list of dangerous terrorists
The Committee of the UN Security Council on sanctions against Al-Qaeda, Taliban and persons and organizations associated therewith has put the North-Caucasian militants' leader Dokku Umarov on its consolidated list. It was reported by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
22:20, 11 March 2011
43 young persons detained at protest actions in Baku
They were detained today in the centre of the capital of Azerbaijan in the course of the youth anti-government action in response to the call of the social network Facebook "Great People's Day".
19:00, 11 March 2011
Merab Kolbaya, a kidnapped resident of Abkhazia, is still being forcibly kept in the territory of Georgia
Merab Kolbaya, resident of Gali district of Abkhazia, is still being forcibly kept in the territory of Georgia. "Caucasian Knot" received this news from law enforcement bodies of Abkhazia.
18:00, 11 March 2011
Stolen property confiscated from the suspects of a triple murder in Stavropol region
Stolen money and valuables have been confiscated from the suspects of a murder of three persons in Mineralniye Vodi district of Stavropol region. According to the investigation's data, they are acquaintances of a murdered woman. They have already confessed the fact of committing the crime.
23:50, 10 March 2011
Bonde: Azerbaijani Human Rights House was deprived registration for political reasons
The reasons for cancellation by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan of registration of the Azerbaijani Human Rights House are sooner political than technical, believes Ane Tusvik Bonde, the regional manager for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus of the Norwegian Foundation "Human Rights House".
23:40, 10 March 2011
Baisaev: refusal to grant residence permits to Chechens in Norway looks like political order
Refusals to grant residence permits by Norway to refugees from Northern Caucasus are politically motivated. This was stated by Usam Baisaev, a human rights defender and a member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
23:30, 10 March 2011
Freight train blown up in Dagestan
Today, an explosive device went off en route of a freight train in Dagestan, said the spokesman for the Republic's Interior Department for Transports. There are no casualties and victims.
23:20, 10 March 2011
Ingush Govt forced to resign
Alexei Vorobyov, Chairman of the Government of Ingushetia, was dismissed on his own will because of going to some other job, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov said today at a sitting in Magas, Ingushetia. Together with the Prime Minister, the entire government was sacked.
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.