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Fragment of picture "Liquidation of Eight Auls in Ubin River Valley" (during Russian-Caucasian War). From Album of Tengin Regiment, pages 94-95. Source: Moscow State Historical Museum. Borrowed from http://circassiangenocide.org
22:30, 26 March 2010
Public activists of Adygea find it reasonable to recognize Circassians' genocide
Most of the Circassians of the world support the idea of recognition of Adygs' genocide, Zaur Zaukozhev, deputy chairman of the Circassian Congress of Adygea believes. He is supported by other Adyg public activists of the republic.
Georgia, Tbilisi, the square of Freedom, March 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 26 March 2010
"Freedom Charter" restricts Georgian citizens' freedom, oppositionists assert
On March 25, the parliamentary committee for legislation of Georgia held discussion of the bill "Freedom Charter", presented by Giya Tortladze, leader of the oppositional faction "Strong Georgia". As a matter of fact, the Charter unites two legal documents: "Law on Lustration" and the so-called "Patriotic Act". In Mr Tortladze's opinion, currently both documents are equally important for Georgia's safety.
22:20, 26 March 2010
Ecologists: erection of waste incinerator in Baku will only aggravate environmental problems
In Baku today the issue of garbage disposal is quite pressing; however, the construction of a waste incinerate factory launched last year will not only fail to solve the ecology problems of the Azerbaijani capital but will only aggravate them, local ecologists assert.
22:10, 26 March 2010
Lawyer-human rights defender from Azerbaijan awarded British "Index on Censorship" Prize
Rashid Gadzhily, Director of the Azerbaijani Institute of Media Rights (IMR), became a laureate of the prestigious prize "Freedom of Expression" of the British human rights organization "Index on Censorship" in nomination "For Fight Against Repressions and Actions Towards Changing Political Climate". The awarding ceremony took place on March 25 in London.
22:00, 26 March 2010
Two Russian servicemen who disappeared in South Ossetia found
Two Russian soldiers, who were considered as disappearances since the warfare in South Ossetia in August 2008, are found. This was stated today by General-Major Alexander Kirillin, head of the Department of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation for Commemoration of Perished Homeland Defenders.
21:30, 26 March 2010
Russia sanctions several Georgian Airways' charter flights to Moscow
The Russian authorities gave a permit to the Georgian Airline "Airzena-Georgian Airways" to make in early April a series of Tbilisi-Moscow charter flights dated to the approaching Easter.
21:10, 26 March 2010
Armenian detained near Moscow on suspicion of using slave labour
Criminal inspectors of the MIA have released 30 Vietnamese from an illegal factory situated in Egorievsk near Moscow; they came to Russia for earnings and found themselves in slavery of their factory boss - a native of Armenia.
20:00, 26 March 2010
Medvedev: Audit Chamber's report on Olympic expenditures may be delivered to the Prosecutor's Office
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev called inefficient use of budgetary funds as one of the reasons of unsuccessful performance of the Russian national team at the Olympiad in Vancouver and did not exclude that the results of the check conducted to this end by the Audit Chamber would be sent to the Prosecutor's Office.
19:00, 26 March 2010
Russian MIA: about 500 militants operate in Northern Caucasus
According to General Nikolai Rogozhkin, Commander-in-Chief of Internal Troops of the Russian MIA, up to 500 militants, mainly young men aged 25-28, can currently operate in the territory of Northern Caucasus.
18:00, 26 March 2010
"Mothers of Beslan": efforts to promote peace in the Caucasus are linked with Olympiad-2014
The Caucasus is in the "wait condition", since nobody knows precisely there, what policy will be pursued by the country and what the "card deal" will be after Olympiad-2014. This was stated by Aneta Gadieva, a member of the Association of victims of terror acts named "Mothers of Beslan".
22:40, 25 March 2010
GPO returns Astrakhan journalists' beating case to additional inquiry
After interference of the commission of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Russian Federation, the criminal case about beating journalists in Astrakhan during the elections on October 11, 2009 by securities of the regional duma deputy was returned to additional check.
22:30, 25 March 2010
Rally against corruption to be held in Vladikavkaz
Today in Vladikavkaz, the public organization of veterans of power agencies of North Ossetia "Law Is Above Power" will organize a rally in protest against arbitrariness of "high Ossetian corrupt officials."
The building of the Administration of Ingush President Yunus-Bek Evkurov in the city of Magas. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:10, 25 March 2010
Dick Marti promises Ingush residents to inform PACE about situation in Northern Caucasus
On March 24, Dick Marti, Rapporteur of the PACE on Human Rights in Northern Caucasus, met activists of public organizations of Ingushetia, President Yunus-Bek Evkurov and heads of power agencies. In his voyage, Mr Marti was accompanied by Gunter Schirmer, secretary of the delegation and secretary on legal issues and human rights of the PACE, Ilyas Umakhanov, member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valery Levitskiy, deputy head of the office of international cooperation of the State Duma, and Victor Solodov, officer of the MIA of the Russian Federation.
22:00, 25 March 2010
Jury finds Ryno and Skachevskiy guilty of murder attempt
A board of jurymen of the Moscow City Court has recognized Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy, heads of a grouping of nationalists, guilty of a murder attempt.
21:30, 25 March 2010
Former militiaman Dymovskiy would not apologize to his militia bosses
Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who earlier poured criticism on high-ranking MIA officers, is not going to apologize to militia bosses of Novorossisk and is going to place new exposing video materials in the Internet.
21:30, 25 March 2010
Court stops "Electrozink" in Vladikavkaz
The Arbitration Court of North Ossetia has ruled that the "Electrozink" metallurgy factory in Vladikavkaz shall improve its sanitary-protective zone. Until then, according to the verdict of Judge Marina Kopteva, the factory is suspended.
21:10, 25 March 2010
Kadyrov: international terrorists involved in murders of human rights defenders in Chechnya
Murders of human right activists Natalia Estemirova and Zarema Sadulayeva were committed with the aim to create the opinion in the society that Chechnya is far from order; and people are still kidnapped and murdered here. This was stated today in Gudermes by President Ramzan Kadyrov in the course of his meeting with Dick Marti, Rapporteur of the PACE.
21:00, 25 March 2010
Nalchik: power agents search absconding Astemirov's accomplice
Under the latest data, Anzor Astemirov, leader of the armed underground of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was liquidated on March 24, was accompanied by an accomplice who was wounded but managed to abscond from power agents.
20:00, 25 March 2010
NATO criticizes Georgian "Imedi" TV Company for its simulated "Chronicle"
The NATO considers the TV report about the alleged Russia's aggression against Georgia put on air by the Georgian TV Company "Imedi" as "unwise" and "useless". This was stated on March 24 by James Appathurai, official spokesman of the Alliance. In its turn, the US reconnaissance believes that provocations like this "special report" can kindle a real conflict in the Caucasus.
Leningor. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
19:00, 25 March 2010
South-Ossetian authorities deny Georgia's assertions about school liquidation in Leningor District
None of the schools in the Leningor District of South Ossetia (Georgia calls it the Akhalgori District) was ruined; while the Georgian party is again trying to destabilize the situation in the region. This was stated by Alexander Baratashvili, deputy head of the Leningor District, in his comments on the allegations moved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia that Russian militaries had destroyed school No. 3 with the aim to build an apartment house for militaries instead.
News
Russian passports. A screenshot photo by https://rkomi.ru/news/3024. Procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia simplified

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.