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22:10, 13 September 2010
At UN Court, Russia rejects Georgia's accusations of ethnic cleansings in South Ossetia
Russia has stated at the International Court of Justice of the United Nations in The Hague that Georgia has falsified charges of ethnic cleansings in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008.
22:00, 13 September 2010
Court dealing with attack on Nalchik refused to consider challenge of judges
The court, which is considering the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, refused to consider the challenge of the court staff, petitioned on August 5 by a number of defendants and their advocates. The presiding judge Galina Gorislavskaya has stated that a challenge may be put forward only prior to start of litigation, and thereafter - only on the grounds unknown earlier.
21:00, 13 September 2010
A tourist from Germany was lost in Karachai-Cherkess
In ski resort of Dombai in Karachai-Cherkess Alfred Frank, resident of Berlin aged 69, who disappeared yet on September, 7, is being searched for.
20:00, 13 September 2010
Building houses for Volgograd victims of fire will be started today
District press service reports that building dwelling houses for residents of Volgograd who have remained homeless as a result of fires will start on Monday, September, 13.
20:00, 13 September 2010
Members of the top brass in Dagestan report destruction of a gunmen's leader during an special operation
During two special operations which took place in Dagestan on September, 12, thirteen people involved in armed underground were killed, among them the leader of Kizil-jurt armed group, two militia men perished, too. This was reported by informational center of National Anti-terrorist committee (NAC).
19:00, 13 September 2010
Oppositional activists detained in Georgia liberated
On September, 12, Levan Chitadze, leader of youth movement "ARA" (which means "no") and Levan Khochlashvili, member of the movement, detained near the Georgian President's residence on September, 10, for disobedience to the police have been released from the investigative isolation ward of Mzkheta (near Tbilisi).
18:00, 13 September 2010
13 Children in Maikop taken to hospital for suspected intestinal infection
Local emergency services reported that thirteen children aged from 3 to 6 were taken to District Infectious diseases hospital for suspicion of intestinal infection.
Opening of the "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars" border check point, March 1, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 11 September 2010
Residents of pre-border districts of Russia and Georgia hope for simplified border crossing
In order to cross the Russian-Georgian border through the "Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars" check point, Georgian citizens need Russian visas issued by the Swiss Embassy in Tbilisi. According to one of Georgian passenger forwarders, it prevents to increase passenger traffic. Residents on both sides of the border see a need to simplify the procedure of crossing the border.
19:00, 11 September 2010
Anti-terrorism picket held in Vladikavkaz
Today, about 250 persons gathered in Freedom Square of the capital of North Ossetia to hold a non-sanctioned picket against terrorism. The rally demanded from local authorities to ensure their safety and stop terror acts in the republic.
18:00, 11 September 2010
Memorial blown up in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today in the morning, an explosive device was triggered in the city of Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, at the Eternal Flame of the Memorial. Fortunately, nobody suffered.
17:00, 11 September 2010
Another monument to General Yermolov erected in Stavropol Territory
Today, in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory), a monument to General Alexei Yermolov was opened.
16:00, 11 September 2010
All casualties of explosion in Vladikavkaz identified
All the bodies of all the casualties of the terror act committed in Vladikavkaz on September 9, including the terrorist-suicide bomber, are identified, the administration of the city reports.
Madina, wife of blogger Alaudin Dudko. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
15:00, 11 September 2010
Internet account of payment system, where funds were raised for blogger Dudko's wife, is blocked
The account of the payment system, through which funds were raised for the wife of the opposition-tuned blogger Alaudin Dudko, known under nick name ingushetiya_ru, is blocked. This became known from one of his friends - Vanda Khugaeva, who had earlier announced the fund-raising campaign in her blog in Livejournal.
14:00, 11 September 2010
Gas main damaged at explosion of militia car in Kabardino-Balkaria
When at night a Ural armoured truck with OMON (special militia) fighters inside was blown up, the gas pipeline Elborus-Terskol was damaged.
13:00, 11 September 2010
NATO exercises begin in Armenia
Today, the country started the NATO exercises "Armenia-2010" aimed at elimination of calamity consequences and involving 333 experts and observers from 28 countries and 5 international organizations, and 373 Armenian specialists.
11:00, 11 September 2010
Trial of rights defender Oleg Orlov to start in Moscow
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, on September 13 a court session will take place in Moscow on the criminal case against Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
10:00, 11 September 2010
Armenian Prime Minister confirms increase of Russian gas tariffs in 2011
At the moment, Russian and Armenian parties are in negotiations on fixing new higher gas tariffs. According to Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan, within two months the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "ArmRosGazprom" - supplier of Russian gas to Armenia - will make a statement on the outcomes of the consultations held.
23:50, 10 September 2010
Women from Russia and Georgia looked for solutions to humanitarian problems
On September 6-8, meetings took place in Moscow, where women-peacemakers, activists of the Alliance of Russian and Georgian NGOs, discussed the ways to solve problems in conflict regions, which may be addressed by the public.
23:40, 10 September 2010
Four suspected militants liquidated in special operation in Sergokalin District of Dagestan
The active phase of the special operation conducted in Verkhnie Makhargi village, Sergokalin District of Dagestan, is over. Four persons, who rendered, according to power agents, armed resistance, were liquidated; a SOBR (special weapons assault team) fighter was also lost.
Irganai water body. Photo by the Dagestan Branch of the OJSC "RusHydro"
23:20, 10 September 2010
Power agents: planting a bomb at Irganai HPP in Dagestan by employee is not excluded
The law enforcement bodies of Dagestan are searching Abdullah Nustapaev, a resident of Gimry village, Untsukul District, who had worked at the Irganai Hydraulic Power Plant (HPP) and disappeared after the fire. Power agents do not exclude that Vladimir Redkin, chief engineer of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Sulak Hydropower Cascade", released from captivity, could have given data about weak places of the HPP to terrorists.
News
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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.