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18:00, 22 June 2010
Kalyapin: inquiry bodies hamper investigation into Chechen kidnappings
The investigation of human rights violations in Chechnya is sabotaged by local inspectors. This was stated by Igor Kalyapin, Chairman of the Nizhniy Novgorod Inter-Regional Committee against Torture and Coordinator of the Public Commission on Chechnya, on June 20 in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:50, 21 June 2010
Released defendant in Nalchik attack case is not allowed to contact journalists
Kazbek Budtuev, a defendant in the Nalchik attack case, whose custody was replaced today by home arrest, can communicate only with his mother and advocate. The court ruling especially emphasizes that Kazbek Budtuev has no right to communicate with journalists and make statements.
23:40, 21 June 2010
Suspects of trafficking in humans detained in Northern Caucasus
In the end of last week at the same time in several cities of the Caucasian Mineral Waters and Kabardino-Balkaria a special operation was conducted, as a result of which seven members of the inter-regional criminal grouping were detained as suspects ed of trafficking in humans. This was reported today by the MIA's Central Administration for the Southern Federal District (SFD).
23:30, 21 June 2010
Corriere Della Sera apologizes to Chechen employee of the HRC "Memorial"
Andrea Nikastro, a journalist of the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, has explained the fact of distortion of the words of Doku Itslaev, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Chechnya, by the deficit of time he had for the publication.
Picket in Tchaikovsky Street against construction of main routes in Sochi. Poster on the right runs: "ROSAVTODOR! Hands off from municipal Tchaikovsky Street!!! Hand off from people's property". June 20, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 21 June 2010
Sochi residents protest against alternate Kurortny Avenue
On June 20 residents of city-resort Sochi held a number of rallies and pickets in defence of municipal streets against construction of federal highways; most of them are planned right under tenants' windows and assume cutting away a lot of greenery.
23:10, 21 June 2010
Karabulak OVD forces doctors to discharge kidnapped Chitigov, his relatives assert
As reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", where on June 18 Zukhra Chitigova, Zelimkhan's mother, addressed her repeated written application, her son is still under guard in Karabulak hospital.
23:00, 21 June 2010
Sunday Times' photographer: Sharipova who blew her up in Moscow did not look like a committed terrorist
Video clips have been published, in which, supposedly, the natives of Dagestan Janet Abdurakhmanova and Maryam Sharipova - suicide bombers on March 29 in Moscow metro, justified the motives of their actions.
22:00, 21 June 2010
Residents of Chechnya report about persecution of militants' relatives
Residents of Chechnya report about a failed attempt of power agents to detain in the plain Naur District of the republic of two young men - brothers of participants of the armed underground - and threats to their parents with a demand to bring their runaway sons to law enforcement bodies.
21:00, 21 June 2010
One criminal case against suspect of Markelov's murder stopped
As reported by Alexei Baranovskiy, coordinator of the organization named "Russian Verdict", in relation to Nikita Tikhonov, accused of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov, the criminal prosecution on another murder case - of anti-fascist Alexander Ryukhin in 2006 - was stopped for absence crime attributes.
20:00, 21 June 2010
In Georgia, defence of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia files complaint to ECtHR
Advocate Keti Bekauri, who is defending the interests of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, the son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, said that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should put pressure on the authorities of the country.
19:00, 21 June 2010
Kadyrov rejects pre-judicial reconciliation with Orlov
Andrei Krasnenkov, lawyer of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that he had offered Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", to discuss reconciliation of the parties, but received no answer.
18:00, 21 June 2010
Figurant of "Neva-Express" train explosion in 2007 has its term increased
The Novgorod Regional Court made a partial addition of two verdicts passed to Salambek Dzakhkiev, a resident of Ingushetia and a figurant in the case about blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, and increased his total term of imprisonment by six months.
17:00, 19 June 2010
Azerbaijanis of Karabakh are against building Russian Orthodox church in Stepanakert
On June 18, Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, saw a solemn ceremony of laying the first stone into the foundation of the Orthodox temple of Madonna Holy Protection and Holy Cross Day. The Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh is against construction of an Orthodox church "in occupied Azerbaijani territories" and is going to protest.
16:00, 19 June 2010
Baku police again disperse "Azadlyg" rally
In the capital of Azerbaijan, policemen have again dispersed a protest action of the oppositional block "Azadlyg" (Freedom), which was held with a demand of the freedom of assembly and democratic character of the forthcoming elections.
Sapiyat Magomedova after beating. Photo provided by the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
15:00, 19 June 2010
Lawyer Magomedova, beaten by militiamen, transferred to Makhachkala
The health condition of lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten by employees of the GOVD (City Interior Department) of Khasavyurt, remains grave. Her relatives, who feared that she would lack qualified medical help while in Khasavyurt, insisted on her transfer to the Republic's Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala.
14:00, 19 June 2010
Khloponin: Northern Caucasus has no barriers to investors
Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), believes that the situation with safety in the Caucasus has already been "reversed", while the authorities are able to remove the administrative barriers, which hamper to implement investment projects.
12:00, 19 June 2010
Two districts of Georgia damaged by rains
Because of continuing torrential rains in high-mountainous Mestia District of Georgia, rivers have overflowed the banks; 17 automobile bridges were destroyed; and about 10 km of motorways are out of operation. The nature also damaged the Tsalendzhikh District.
11:00, 19 June 2010
Airport in Grozny starts international flights
The Chechen airline "Grozny-Avia" starts regular international flights. The first aircraft will take off from Chechnya to Turkey on June 20.
10:00, 19 June 2010
Court leaves figurant in "Neva-Express" train explosion case behind bars
On June 18, the Moscow City Court made a decision to leave Tatarkhan Kartoev, a native of Ingushetia, one of the persons accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in November 2009, in custody.
09:00, 19 June 2010
Ancient settlements found in Olympic construction zone in Sochi
In the Imereti Lowland of Sochi, where 2014 Winter Olympiad objects are being erected, archaeologists found several ancient settlements dated back to the 4th-5th centuries BC.
News
Restrictions have been introduced on travel along the Transkam and Georgian Military Highway.

Transkam. Photo: https://south-ossetia.info/transkam-alternativnye-varianty/ The Transkam and Georgian Military Highway are closed to heavy vehicles.

Activists have called a trip to South Ossetia a way out for Gatsoev.

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.