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23:40, 16 July 2010
Cherkasov: investigation considers involvement of militant Bashaev in Estemirova's murder as main version
The investigation continues considering involvement of Alkhazur Bashaev, killed in November 2009, as the main version of the murder of Natalia Estemirova; and it is not clear whether the evidences of employees of the "Memorial" were taken into account, as Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:20, 16 July 2010
United Arab Emirates officially confirm Sulim Yamadaev's death
The authorities of Dubai have answered to the request of law enforcement bodies of the Russian Federation about the fate of Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the special battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) "Vostok" (East).
23:10, 16 July 2010
Court session on Vaan Khalafyan's death held in Armenia
On July 15, Armenia held a judicial session on the case of Vaan Khalafyan, 24, who died in the police station.
23:00, 16 July 2010
First vice-premier of Dagestan meets relatives of his compatriot detained in Azerbaijan
The blocking of the Federal Highway "Baku-Rostov" planned for July 15 in protest against detention in Azerbaijan of Usman Garisov, a resident of Dagestan, sued for drug contraband and use, did not take place because Rizvan Kurbanov, First Vice-Premier of Dagestan, invited local residents to a meeting.
22:00, 16 July 2010
Murat Berzegov, leader of "Circassian Congress", gets political asylum in the USA
The US authorities have granted political asylum to Murat Berzegov, founder and chairman of the Non-Commercial Organization (NCO) "Circassian Congress" (office in Maikop, the capital of Adygea), having found that in Russia he and his family were in danger.
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Photo: © Council of Europe /www.flickr.com/photos/councilofeurope
21:00, 16 July 2010
Azerbaijani government appeals to ECtHR on Fatullaev's case
On July 15 the government of Azerbaijan lodged an appeal to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the decision on the case of journalist Einullah Fatullaev, who is serving his term in prison.
19:00, 16 July 2010
Chechen natives arrested in France are suspected of involvement in Moscow terror acts
The three natives of Chechnya arrested in France are suspected of links with the person involved in terror acts in Moscow metro. As reported by western media, in the opinion of the French inspectors, the Chechens financed the terrorist arrested in Russia.
18:00, 16 July 2010
US Department of State is concerned that Natalia Estemirova's murder is not solved yet
The White House honoured has marked the life and work of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who was abducted and murdered one year ago, in the sphere of defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus, and reminded that the crime remains unsolved.
Issa Kodzoev. Photo by www.memo.ru
23:20, 15 July 2010
Issa Kodzoev: stabilization in Ingushetia will start after removal of special units from its territory
Situation in Ingushetia will stabilize, when Russian Constitution works properly in its territory. This is the opinion of Issa Kodzoev, one of the most famous Ingush writers, public figure and former Soviet dissident. Now, according to his version, none of the powers really operates in the republic.
Convicted Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade. Photo by www.azadliq.org
23:00, 15 July 2010
AI starts campaigning in support of bloggers convicted in Azerbaijan
The Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign in support of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted in Azerbaijan on forged charges, as human rights activists believe.
23:00, 15 July 2010
Timur Tukhuzhev: situation with human rights in Kabardino-Balkaria is catastrophic
Lawyer Tukhuzhev from the Human Rights Centre "For Human Rights" finds the situation with defence of human rights in Kabardino-Balkaria to be catastrophic; according to his story, the Centre receives several complaints every month.
22:10, 15 July 2010
Participants of Petersburg Dialogue demand from Russian authorities to strain efforts in solving Estemirova's murder
In the course of the 10th Petersburg Dialogue held in Yekaterinburg its participants noted that the inquiry of the murder was not persistent enough. They demanded that Russia's authorities do the utmost to solve the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial", and stop the criminal case against the head of the HRC "Memorial" Oleg Orlov.
22:00, 15 July 2010
Medvedev: Estemirova's killer announced in international search
President Dmitri Medvedev said, making comments on the information that the authorities of the Russian Federation were not to willing to solve the murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial", that the executor of her murder had been precisely established.
21:00, 15 July 2010
Action in memory of Natalia Estemirova held in Grozny
The commemoration action was held in the Journalists' Mini-Park; the picket was not advertised and brought together, under organizers' estimates, some 100-150 persons.
21:00, 15 July 2010
Russian bloggers leave for ethnographic expedition to Caucasus
Today at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time the Vorobiovy Gory in the Russian capital saw the start of the ethnographic expedition to Northern and Southern Caucasus and Kazakhstan, organized by the well-known Russian designer and blogger Artemiy Lebedev.
Moscow, Chistoprudny Boulevard. Action in memory of Natalia Estemirova, July 15, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 July 2010
50 persons came to Estemirova's commemoration picket
Today, one year after kidnapping and murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", a picket in Moscow brought together 50 persons. As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, there are flowers and lit candles under Estemirova's portrait; and the names of human rights defenders who perished in recent years are written on the asphalt nearby - Magomed Evloev, Maksharip Aushev, Farid Babayev and Anna Politkovskaya.
18:00, 15 July 2010
Lord Frank Judd: Chechnya remains in informational isolation
According to Lord Frank Judd, former PACE's Rapporteur for Chechnya and a member of the British Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG), believes that removal of the information blockade, improvement of social and economic life and organization of the negotiating process are prerequisites of solution of the problems of the Chechen Republic.
18:00, 15 July 2010
NCMD Military Prosecutor's Office investigates treachery of "Sever" battalion fighters
The Military Prosecutor's Office of the North-Caucasian Military District (NCMD) will check the media data that in February 2010 in the course of a special operation in Chechnya military servicemen of battalion "Sever" (North) opened fire on special fighters of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who came from the city of Ufa.
23:50, 14 July 2010
EU gives Georgia 23 million euros for refugees' needs
On July 13, Per Eklund, head of the representative office of the European Union (EU) in Tbilisi, and Kakha Baindurashvili, Minister of Finance of Georgia, signed a document, according to which the EU would allocate 23 million euros to the needs of Georgian refugees.
23:40, 14 July 2010
In Krasnodar Territory, prosecutors reveal mass violations in children's establishments
The checks made by prosecutors of the Territory after the death of schoolchildren in the "Azov" summer camp revealed violations in 220 establishments, which render health-improvement and rest services to children.
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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.