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23:30, 9 March 2011
Advocate for Jehovah's Witnesses in Akhtubinsk complains of power agents' pressure
Advocate Gulfira Zakaryaeva, who is defending the interests of Elena Grigorieva, a member of the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region), accused of enmity incitement, is pressed by power agents. This was reported by Grigory Martynov, head of the press office of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Russian Federation.
Aurelien Ducroz, Nissan Russian Adventure, Sochi. March 2011. Photo: C. Margot /www.freerideworldtour.com
23:20, 9 March 2011
New resort "Rosa Khutor" in Sochi holds Russian stage of Freeride World Tour
On March 6, the slopes of the ski resort "Rosa Khutor", located in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, hosted the final race of the Nissan Russian Adventure - the Russian stage of the Freeride World Tour. The racers and organizers of the competition speak about the high level of the complex and the need to develop the freeride sport in Russia.
23:10, 9 March 2011
Chechnya introduces CTO regime
According to the operational headquarters of the Chechen Republic, on March 10, starting from nine in the morning, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya.
23:00, 9 March 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 28 to March 6
In Vladikavkaz, bank employees staged a multi-million heist, but their "triumph" was not long; in the Krasnodar Territory, ecological actions turned into arrests; election campaigns in Southern Russia reach the homestretch; Medvedev, Aliev and Sargsyan once again tried to decide the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh, but so far agreed only on prisoners' exchange, - look these and other events in the review of the week of February 28-March 6, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 9 March 2011
Aslan Cherkesov, accused of murdering Yegor Sviridov, got married in SIZO
The investigator who is running the murder case of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the Moscow "Spartak" FC, gave a permit to the main suspect Aslan Cherkesov to get married while in SIZO (pre-trial prison). Today, the native of Kabardino-Balkaria and his girlfriend Tatiana Rozhkova have legalized their relationships.
22:40, 9 March 2011
Witness says that suspect of murdering Markelov and Baburova could not use firearms
Nikita Tikhonov, who is accused of killing lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, cannot handle firearms. This was stated by journalist Dmitry Steshin, a witness at the process, during his questioning at the Moscow City Court.
Sakhavat Soltanly. Photo: RFE/RL
22:30, 9 March 2011
Four young activists are already arrested in Azerbaijan
On March 8 in Azerbaijan, Sakhavat Soltanly, deputy head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, and Reshadat Akhundov, an independent youth activist, were detained and punished with administrative arrest. In the opinion of lawyer Erkin Gadirli, co-founder of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL), believes that these detentions have to do with the March 11 protest action, advertised on the Facebook; authority officials deny it.
22:20, 9 March 2011
Man killed by grenade explosion in Nalchik was in federal search
The man, who blew himself up by a grenade in the evening on March 8 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been identified as Beslan Abazov, a local resident. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about by a source from law enforcement bodies.
22:10, 9 March 2011
Six persons got under avalanche in Georgia
Six persons, one of them is a citizen of the Czech Republic - Thomas Fila, 30, who perished today, got under a snow avalanche on Mount Lomisi in Georgia near the Gudauri ski resort.
22:00, 9 March 2011
Bomb blows up near bus stop in Moscow, nobody hurt
An explosive device went off this evening at the bus stop near the FSB Academy in Michurin Avenue in Moscow. Nobody suffered. Militants or radical youth groups are considered as priority authors of the incident by law enforcement bodies.
20:00, 9 March 2011
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is trying to evacuate Georgian sailors from Libya
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia is doing its best to evacuate six Georgian sailors from Libya, Nicoloz Vashakidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, reported.
19:00, 9 March 2011
Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov underwent an attempt in Moscow
A young writer who had not long before submitted an anti-defamation lawsuit against Khozhbaudi Borkhajiev, Chairman of the Journalist League of Chechnya, was beaten up in the center of Moscow. He was taken to oral surgery unit of the municipal hospital No 36 with grave traumas.
18:00, 9 March 2011
A child killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan
A nine-year-old resident of the village of Orta, Agdam district, was killed as a result of violation of cease-fire regime at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
23:40, 8 March 2011
Yerevan holds action "Feminism is not Matriarchy"
Today, the "Women's Resource Centre" has held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, an action aimed to acquaint the public with the notion of "feminism".
23:20, 8 March 2011
Georgia: new structure launched to fight violations of human rights by authorities
A new structure of the Representative National Assembly "Shepitsulebi" (Those who gave oath) was set up with the mission to curb human rights violations by the authorities.
23:10, 8 March 2011
Parliamentary commission of Karachay-Cherkessia receives some 30 complaints against law enforcement bodies
About 30 complaints were sent to the commission for consideration of citizens' complaints about violations of their rights and freedoms by law enforcement agents, which was created under the People's Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Kharshim Tekeev, chairman of the commission.
23:00, 8 March 2011
Two more social network users detained in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police continue detaining users of social networks in the context of the mass anti-government action named the "Great People's Day", scheduled by the members of the group set up on the Facebook under the same name.
The participants of the international conference of investigative journalism. Warsaw, Poland, March 4-6, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasion Knot".
22:50, 8 March 2011
Participants in conference in Warsaw state absence of journalist's investigation into Estemirova's murder
On March 4-6, Warsaw hosted a conference of journalists from different countries, who work in the genre of investigative journalism. Among other things they discussed the situation in Northern Caucasus, including the murder of human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova committed in 2009.
22:40, 8 March 2011
Transparency International ranks Georgia fifth by low level of corruption in police
Georgia is in the fifth place in the world in terms of police corruption, while three percent of the polled citizens of the country said that they gave bribes last year to officials of state institutions. These are the results of the international non-governmental organization (NGO) "Transparency International".
22:20, 8 March 2011
Resident of Ingushetia demands examinations to define the cause of his grandson's death
Boris Evloev, a resident of the village of Nesterovskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, who had stated that his daughter Khava Tangieva lost her child and became unable to have children in future because of doctors' negligence, is now stating injustice of judicial and investigatory bodies. Without any success he demands a DNA assay, supposing that the child could be substituted at the maternity hospital.
News
Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and Dagestan.

Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

A promise of tough measures for rising prices during Ramadan in Chechnya has sparked controversy on social media.

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.