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18:00, 24 June 2010
Babushkin: torture problem is especially topical for prisoners from Northern Caucasus
Andrei Babushkin, head of the Committee for Civil Rights and a member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said in the course of the roundtable on the medical aspect of torture applied in prisons and isolation facilities that his Committee receives many applications from North-Caucasian inmates complaining that their rights as prisoners are restrained, including on the basis of their religious affiliation.
23:50, 23 June 2010
Makhov: many businessmen in KBR finance terrorists
The criminality in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is under effect of the nationalist-extremist underground groupings, which use different methods but have one aim - destabilization of situation. This was stated today by Arthur Makhov, deputy public prosecutor of the republic at the sitting of the Public Chamber of the KBR.
23:30, 23 June 2010
Dmitri Medvedev approves list of orders on Chechnya
As reported today by the press service of the Kremlin, based on the outcomes of the meeting with Chechen leadership on June 14, 2010, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has approved the list of his instructions (orders).
23:10, 23 June 2010
Moskalenko: it is unsafe for Caucasians to address the ECtHR
Lately, more than twenty applicants from Chechnya, whose cases were supported by the International Advocacy Support Centre, received compensations under decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported on June 22 by the head of the Centre Karina Moskalenko. In her opinion, justice in Russia faces huge obstacles.
Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 23 June 2010
Dagestan militiamen say that beaten lawyer Magomedova was first to attack them
The case of Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten in Khasavyurt, is considered by the investigatory division on especially important cases of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, which refuses to give any comments on the course of inquiry. According to the head of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division) Shamil Temigereev, lawyer Magomedova attacked militiamen herself.
23:00, 23 June 2010
In Kabardino-Balkaria, court cancels ban on rallies in Nalchik
On June 22, the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) found illegal the decision of the antiterrorist commission at the administration of the capital of the republic of December 24, 2009, to introduce a temporary ban on rallies, pickets and other mass political actions in the territory of the city of Nalchik.
22:00, 23 June 2010
MCC: suspects of murdering Ruslan Yamadaev refuse to plead guilty
The Moscow City Court (MCC) held a closed preliminary hearing on the case on murdering in September 2009 of the ex-deputy of the State Duma, Hero of Russia Ruslan Yamadaev.
Natalia Estemirova. Photo by Victoria Ivleva-Yorke/www.hro.org
21:00, 23 June 2010
Militant can be named to be Estemirova's killer, a source reports
A well-informed source in Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" that soon the recruiter of militants Alkhazur Bashaev, who was liquidated in November 2009, may be announced by the investigation to be the murderer of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Chechen branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", while the motive of her murder could possibly be found in the report of human rights activists, where Bashaev was mentioned. The employees of the HRC "Memorial" are afraid that this version may conceal real customers of the murder from responsibility.
20:00, 23 June 2010
Picket against human rights violations in Chechnya is on in Strasbourg
In front of the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, a protest action is held by members of the Chechen Diaspora in France against illegal actions of power agents in Chechnya.
19:00, 23 June 2010
In Armenia, four policemen are accused of Vaan Khalafyan's death
The case initiated on the death of Vaan Khalafyan, 24, has been transferred to the general jurisdiction court of the Kotaik Region. Four employees of the police saw their charges.
18:00, 23 June 2010
Svetlana Zemskova: Kadyrov's claim to Orlov aims at restriction of freedom of speech
The claims like the one filed by President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Oleg Orlov are not aimed at protecting one's good name, but attempt to restrict dissemination of information, as Svetlana Zemskova, a lawyer of the Fund in Defence of Glasnost, asserts.
23:50, 22 June 2010
Azerbaijan holds charitable marathon in support of "prisoners of conscience"
In Azerbaijan, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has started a charitable campaign named "Marathon in support of 'prisoners of conscience'". The action is dated to the Day of National Press marked annually on July 22.
Signing-in at a picket in defence of nature of the Black Sea coast in Sochi. Poster on the left runs: "Trees are friends, stop cutting them!" June 19, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 22 June 2010
Nature defenders try again to draw attention to Sochi ecology
In central Sochi, nature defenders have again held a picket, asserting that many environmental problems of the resort have not been given due attention yet.
Rovshan Nasirli at detention by police. Baku, June 19, 2010. Photo by www.irfs.az
23:10, 22 June 2010
Employees of Azerbaijani Ombudsman's office register traumas in arrested oppositionist
Employees of the office of the Azerbaijani Ombudsman have confirmed traces of bodily injuries in oppositionist Rovshan Nasirli, who was arrested on June 19 for his participation in the protest action of the oppositional block "Azadlyg" (Freedom).
23:00, 22 June 2010
HRW demands to punish those who beat lawyer in Dagestan
The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that Russian authorities should investigate the beating by militiamen in Dagestan of lawyer-rights defender Sapiyat Magomedova and bring those guilty to responsibility.
23:00, 22 June 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 14-20
President of Russia visits Chechnya; head of HRC "Memorial" Oleg Orlov interrogated under the case of Ramzan Kadyrov's claim; militiamen severely beat lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova in Dagestan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of June 14-20, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 22 June 2010
Russian delegation votes for PACE resolution on human rights in Northern Caucasus
Leonid Slutskiy, deputy head of the Russian delegation to the PACE and the first deputy chair of State Duma committee for international matters, has noted a great importance of the discussion by European MPs of the resolution on situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus. The head of the Russian delegation to the PACE Konstantin Kosachov finds the adopted resolution to be objective and well-balanced.
21:00, 22 June 2010
South Ossetia sets free three citizens of Georgia
On June 22, the South-Ossetian party released, on the basis of the decision of the Tskhinvali District Court, three citizens of Georgia detained on June 20.
20:00, 22 June 2010
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the first president of Georgia, stops his hunger strike
Today Tsotne, son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, has stopped his hunger strike, as reported by his advocate Keti Bekauri.
19:00, 22 June 2010
Early relief of figurant in "Neva-Express" explosion case rejected
Today, the Valdai District Court of the Novgorod Region refused to release Maksharip Khidriev, a native of Ingushetia and a figurant in the first case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2007.
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.