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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.
Russian soldiers in the block post in Igoeti (Georgia), August 21, 2008. Photo by the Interpressnews/http://civil.ge
08:00, 19 June 2010
Rights defenders file complaint to ECtHR against Russia and Georgia
On June 18, the Georgian human rights organization "Priority of Human Rights" sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg against the governments of Russia and Georgia in the context of breaching the Minsk Convention in the course of warfare in August 2008.
07:00, 19 June 2010
Georgian territory from Gori to Tskhinvali is de-mined
On June 18, the organization named "Help of Norwegian People" finished de-mining of the area from the city of Gori (Georgia) to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. The territory, which was full of cassette mines after the August war, is now completely cleared.
23:00, 18 June 2010
Protest action dated to year after amnesty held in Yerevan
Today, in a small square adjoining the building of the Armenian Philharmonic Society in the capital of Armenia, a protest action was held in defence of political prisoners. Its participants held a sit-in strike and demanded immediate release of 15 political prisoners remaining behind bars after the amnesty, which was announced right one year ago.
22:30, 18 June 2010
Orlov: Northern Caucasus needs united investigatory group
At investigating especially important cases on kidnappings, an issue should be considered on setting up an interdepartmental investigatory group for several republics of Northern Caucasus. This was stated by Oleg Orlov, chairman of the board of the HRC "Memorial", at a press conference in Moscow.
Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo provided by the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
22:10, 18 June 2010
Lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova severely beaten in Dagestan
As reported by the HRC "Memorial", on June 17 in the afternoon, employees of the GOVD (City Interior Division) of Khasavyurt, Republic of Dagestan, severely beat lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova.
22:00, 18 June 2010
Finnish AI section holds solidarity actions for human rights in Russia
The Finnish human rights activists who held protest actions in Helsinki against inefficient investigation in Russia of the murders of Anna Politkovskaya, Magomed Evloev, Natalia Estemirova and Maksharip Aushev, and an action in support of the Russian "Strategy 31", are going to continue their actions in support of human rights in Russia at the Russian embassy in Helsinki.
21:00, 18 June 2010
One of Tsechoev brothers released in Ingushetia
In Ingushetia, the session of the Malgobek City Court on the case of Tsechoev brothers, detained for administrative violations, due to take place on June 17, was reappointed for today. Now the case is given to Judge Kureish Kokurkhaev, who will consider it. Earlier, court sessions were held without the presence of brothers.
House where residents of Imereti Lowland held their hunger strike. Inscription in the poster: "We're on hunger strike since May 19, 2010; wait for V. V. Putin". June 11, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 June 2010
In Sochi, Imereti residents stop their hunger strike
In Sochi, the participants of the 24-day-long hunger strike stopped their protest action in exchange for the promise of the authorities to get into every particular case of discontent or misunderstanding of Imereti Lowland residents.
20:00, 18 June 2010
Doku Itslaev, employee of HRC "Memorial" in Chechnya, accuses Italian newspaper of distorting his words
Mr Itslaev accuses the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, which published an article about the situation in the Chechen Republic, of distorting his words.
19:00, 18 June 2010
Karimov: Kadyrov did not file new suits against "Memorial" leader
Ramzan Kadyrov did not file any new claims against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". This was stated by Alvi Karimov, press secretary of the President of Chechnya, who confirmed that Kadyrov had recalled his claim against Orlov on his mother's request.
18:00, 18 June 2010
In Moscow, militiaman, who beat to death a native of Abkhazia, sentenced to 15 years
The Kuzminki Court of Moscow found militiaman Anver Ibragimov guilty of murdering, while in condition of alcoholic intoxication, a native of Abkhazia and sentenced him to 15 years of imprisonment.
23:40, 17 June 2010
Two soldiers wounded in special operation at Serzhen-Yurt village in Chechnya
Two contract soldiers were wounded on June 16 in the course of the special operation undertaken against fighters of the armed underground near the village of Serzhen-Yurt, Shali District of Chechnya. This was reported today by a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic.
23:20, 17 June 2010
ICPO: all casualties of special operation in Dagestan identified
As reported by the press service of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for Dagestan, all the persons liquidated in the course of the special operation conducted in Stary Kostek village, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, have been identified.
23:00, 17 June 2010
"Transstroy" barred from building Sochi port
Oleg Deripaska's Corporation "Transstroy" has been deprived of the 2.99-billion-rouble contract on building the second phase of the cargo port in Sochi - one of the main sites of the Olympic construction programme.
23:00, 17 June 2010
ECtHR finds Russia guilty of seven disappearances in Chechnya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found Russia guilty of disappearance and death of seven residents of Chechnya and ruled that Russian authorities should pay 470,000 euros of compensation. This is stated in the press release of the Court.
Militiaman's peaked cap. Photo by http://photos.grabli.net
22:00, 17 June 2010
Dagestan residents dissatisfied with law enforcers' nonfeasance
Recent frequent murders of militiamen and attacks on public catering establishments have causes worry in local residents. People believe that the militia, which is unable to ensure safety of its workers, moreover cannot take care and defend peaceful residents.
Tbilisi policemen detain oppositional protesters in front of the Chief Interior Administration. July 15, 2009. Photo by http://yugo-vostok.org
21:00, 17 June 2010
Anniversary of protest action dispersal in Tbilisi passed without excesses
On June 15, a 30-minute protest action was held at the building of the former Chief Police Administration of Tbilisi. About 80 protesters wanted to remind about the events on June 15, 2009, when in that very place policemen dispersed a rally of the opposition by applying physical violence and arrested several participants, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
News
The FSB reported the arrest of a woman from Khakassia for recruiting a teenager from Tuapse.

Southern District Military Court. Photo: https://sudyrf.info/ A Kuban resident received a prison sentence in a case of recruitment to the RDC*

Bloggers have called for Anapa beaches to be cleared of dead birds and dolphins.

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.