×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   News
22:00, 13 January 2011
Defence witness questioned on Orlov's case
Today, the trial of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", in connection with his statements about responsibility of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov for the murder of Natalia Estemirova. The court heard evidences of Grigory Shvedov, editor-in-chief of the Internet medium named "Caucasian Knot".
21:00, 13 January 2011
An exhibition of modern art "North-Caucasian biannual festival" will be arranged in Dagestan
An exhibition of modern art "North-Caucasian biannual festival" will pass off from April, 22, till June, 22, 2011, in Kaspiisk, Dagestan. All the modern forms and tendencies in art will be represented at the exhibition: painting, graphic arts, sculpture, theatrical decoration art, photo, photo a video installation, performance.
20:00, 13 January 2011
Leader of "Slavic Union" arrested for three days for resistance to militia
Dmitry Demushkin, head of nationalist organization "Slavic Union", has got three days of administrative arrest for resistance to militia on January, 11, in Manezh square of Moscow.
19:00, 13 January 2011
Authorities of South Osetia forbade the doctors to cross the border of Leningor district, Georgian sources report
The authorities of South Osetia forbade the physicians of Leningor district to cross the administrative border with Georgia, Georgian mass media report referring to the information from the population of the district. There are no official comments on the matter.
18:00, 13 January 2011
Officer of Department of Federal Security Service in Malgobek district wounded in Ingushetia
A car of an officer of the Department of Federal Security Service in Malgobek district was fired upon this morning at the approaches to the town of Nazran, near the administrative border between Ingushetia and North Osetia.
22:00, 12 January 2011
In Georgia, Sanakoev's statement on work for FSB is not taken seriously by politicians
The statement of Vladimir Sanakoev, a former employee of the pro-Georgian administration of South Ossetia, who is currently in Russia, that during his stay in Georgia he fulfilled instructions of Russian security services and was a secret agent, was regarded as frivolous by Georgian politicians and experts.
21:00, 12 January 2011
Attempt on Elimkhanov is the main version of attack on checkpoint in Grozny
The main version of the investigation dealing with the case of the attack on the convoy of servicemen committed on January 9 in Grozny is an attempt to kill Bislan Elimkhanov, commander of the special-purpose battalion of the GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) (former "Zapad" (West) battalion).
20:00, 12 January 2011
Tugushi: Barbakadze is tried with violations in Georgia
On January 10, the City Court of Akhaltsikh postponed its session on the case of Suleiman Barbakadze, former chairman of the International Fund for Repatriation of Meskhetian Turks in Georgia, who is accused of a fraud.
19:00, 12 January 2011
Nogaideli joins Movement "For Fair Georgia" as rank-and-file member
On January 11, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia passed a decision in favour of the members of the Party "For Fair Georgia" who opposed Zurab Nogaideli.
19:00, 12 January 2011
Inspectors establish those guilty of worker's death at Volgodonsk NPP
The investigatory authorities of the city of Volgodonsk have confirmed the death of a worker at construction of the third unit of the Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant on December 8, 2010. However, the NPP administration reported that there were no deaths of plant workers.
18:00, 12 January 2011
Moscow authorities ban action in memory of Markelov and Baburova applied for by "Committee of January 19"
The Moscow Mayoralty has refused to coordinate the action applied for by the "Committee of January 19" and dated to the second anniversary of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova and offered instead to hold a rally in the centre or a march along Taras Shevchenko Embankment.
17:00, 12 January 2011
Representatives of retired miners of Rostov region are seeking for a meeting with Governor Golubev
Representatives of about five thousand former miners of Rostov region are asking the new Governor Vasily Golubev to receive them in order to move forward a request to return the payments cancelled by the local officials.
16:00, 12 January 2011
Militia detained accidental passers by in Manege Square, mass media report
On January, 11, in Manege Square were an action of nationalist “Movement of December, 11” had been planned from 10 to several tens people according to various sources were detained. About 2 000 militiamen were on duty in the square, the area was blocked.
15:00, 12 January 2011
The authorities of Azerbaijan reported confiscation of arms from the relatives of the leader of Islamic Party
Prosecutor General’s and the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a joint statement in connection with the arrest of Movsum Samedov, leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA).
14:00, 12 January 2011
A complaint of Sapiyat Magomedova beaten up by militiamen will be considered by the Supreme Court of Dagestan
Lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova beaten up by militiamen has submitted a complaint to the Supreme Court of Dagestan against the actions of a judge of Sovietsky Federal court of Makhachkala who had passed the materials of the case over for an expertise.
12:00, 12 January 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 3-9
The first week of 2011 was not calm for the republics of Northern Caucasus; Christmas was celebrated in all southern regions of Russia and in Southern Caucasus; in Georgia action of veterans ended in fines for disobedience, – look these and other events in the review of the week of January 3-9, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 11 January 2011
Islamic Party of Azerbaijan demands release of its arrested activists
The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan issued a statement condemning the "pressure of the authorities on party members" and "groundless" accusations against them. The authors of the statement demand prompt termination of "customized" repression and release of the detainees.
21:00, 11 January 2011
Medvedev restricts the right of foreigners and stateless persons to possess land
On January 9, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree "On Approving the List of Pre-Border Territories, where Foreign Citizens, Stateless Persons and Foreign Legal Entities May not Hold Titles on Land". The list includes lands of six regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District and five regions of the Southern Federal District.
20:00, 11 January 2011
ICPO of Russia: murder of Zarema Sadulayeva is not related to her professional activities
The main version of the murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation", in Chechnya was not confirmed in the course of investigatory actions.
19:00, 11 January 2011
ECtHR dismisses complaint of oppositionists on parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected the complaints filed by opposition figures and other persons in relation to the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, which were held on November 7, 2010, after the authorities of the country had agreed to pay compensations by analogy with the case "Namet Aliev versus Azerbaijan".
News
Ulviya Ali complained about the lack of quality medical care in the pretrial detention center.

A villager was injured in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani military personnel traveled to Turkey to participate in exercises.

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.