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23:00, 16 March 2010
Trial of ex-minister of education of South Ossetia reappointed on March 19
In South Ossetia, on March 15, the premises of the Tskhinvali City Court hosted a judicial session on the case of Alla Dzhioeva, ex-minister of education, accused of abuse of office, bribery and forgery of documents of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO). Under request of the public prosecutor, the process was reappointed on March 19.
22:40, 16 March 2010
Friends of assassinated Aslan Zhukov hold protest action in Karachai-Circassia
Aslan Zhukov, one of the leaders of Circassian youth, killed on March 14, was buried on the following day - on March 15 in Karachai-Circassia. Having returned from the cemetery, his friends and supporters immediately organized a protest action. They demanded from law enforcers to find and punish Zhukov's killers.
22:20, 16 March 2010
"Imedi" boss accuses Russian special services of faking his telephone conversation
In Georgia, Giorgiy Arveladze, Director General of the "Imedi" TV Company, treated the record of his alleged telephone conversation with his assistant on the eve of the scandalous programme put on air on March 13 as a "forgery" prepared by Russian special services. The record appeared in the Internet and was promulgated by many mass media.
22:00, 16 March 2010
South Ossetia to spend this night in darkness
Today, from early morning repair crews have left for the place of the accident, where electricity power lines got broken; however, they could not reach the point named Dzomag, where one of the most serious accidents in these two days happened. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of South Ossetia, the search of broken places would restart on March 17 from 6 in the morning.
22:00, 16 March 2010
EU Mission in Georgia names "Imedi" actions irresponsible
The "Chronicle" simulated by the "Imedi" TV Company could destabilize the situation in conflict zones in Georgia. This was stated today by the Observation Mission of the European Union in Georgia.
21:40, 16 March 2010
Angela Sineok: trial of "Chernovik" in Dagestan is meaningful
The litigation against the newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint) in Dagestan should affect the enforcing practice of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Kindling hatred or enmity and humiliation of one's dignity". This was stated by Angela Sineok, Director of the Rostov Regional Centre (RRC) "Law and Mass Media". In her opinion, at present the authorities use this article to suppress the freedom of speech.
21:20, 16 March 2010
US apologizes to Azeri students for wrong data on drug addicts
The US embassy in Azerbaijan has apologized for incorrect data in the report of the Department of State (DoS) on the situation with drugs in this country. On March 2, the DoS reported that Azerbaijan has about 100,000 students-drug addicts.
21:00, 16 March 2010
Georgia's Communications Commission compels "Imedi" to apologize for "special report"
Georgian communications regulator found the hoax report about invasion of Russian troops into Georgia broadcast by the "Imedi" TV Company to be a breach of journalistic ethics; however, decided not to cancel its license. The scandalous report was criticised by politicians and journalists in the West and in Russia, as well as the Georgian opposition.
Maksharip Aushev shortly before his death in his office in Nazran. October 12, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 16 March 2010
Money reward announced for information about Maksharip Aushev's killers
Relatives and friends of the Ingush human rights activist Maksharip Aushev who was assassinated last October in Kabardino-Balkaria are conducting their investigation of the crime and have announced a reward for any information about his murderers. The sum of the reward makes 500,000 US dollars. In the opinion of Musa Pliev, advocate of the Aushevs, the investigation is inactive.
Georgia, Gori. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/6997298
19:00, 16 March 2010
Storms rage in Georgia: hundreds of houses flooded, electricity supplies unstable
Several villages of Eastern Georgia have been flooded as a result of showers incessant for several days. Floods and rains caused electricity supply problems in the area: 122,000 residents are without power, while today the high-mountainous Onsk District in Western Georgia was cut off from the outer world by a landslide, which rushed down on the 11th kilometre of the Kutaisi-Altana-Mamisoni highway. As reported by the "Imedi" TV Company, the landslide was caused by heavy showers.
Olympic construction on the Mzymta River. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 16 March 2010
UN experts: Olympic preparations in Sochi damage environment irreparably
Experts of the United Nations have published a special report summing up the January inspection held by the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) mission and accusing Russian officials of protracting with their decision-making on mitigating negative effects of Olympic preparations on the ecology.
Presentation of films from Project "Cinema Dialogues". From left to right: Gegam Bagdasaryan, a Karabakh MP; Lawrence Broers and Jenny Norton from international organization "Resources and Reconciliation" (England); and Arut Mansuryan from "Internews-Armenia". Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, March 9, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 15 March 2010
War films presented in Nagorno-Karabakh
Within the Project "Cinema Dialogues", the city of Stepanakert hosted a presentation of films dedicated to the conflict in the region and created by young journalists - authors of documentaries from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
23:00, 15 March 2010
Militiamen were attacked twice in Kabardino-Balkaria
On March 13 and 14, in Kabardino-Balkaria, two attacks on law enforcers were committed; fortunately, without victims.
22:40, 15 March 2010
Owners of Chechen forum report a powerful hacker's attack
A powerful hacker's DDoS attack on the Chechen forum named "Adamalla.com" and opened in Europe lasted for several days. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by an E-mail sent by the administration of the website.
21:50, 15 March 2010
Russian media to bring action on "Imedi" for using their video materials
Russian information resources will go to court against the "Imedi" TV Channel for the illegal, in their opinion, use of their materials in the scandalous report about alleged invasion of Russian troops into Georgia and assassination of President Saakashvili.
21:20, 15 March 2010
North-Ossetian "Rospotrebnadzor" refuses conciliating with "Electrozink"
Today, at the Arbitration Court of Vladikavkaz, the Department of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) in North Ossetia rejected an amicable agreement on the lawsuit with the "Electrozink" Factory. In the opinion of the Department's representatives, the terms of the agreement fail to meet the requirements for creating a due sanitary-protective zone around the enterprise.
21:00, 15 March 2010
"Dosh" journalists: they took us for foreigners
Israpil Shovkhalov, editor-in-chief and Abdullah Duduev, chief-editor, of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh", detained by unknown power agents in Ingushetia, told the details of the incident and expressed their opinion that people of the Ingush President had nothing to do with it. They also supported the MIA's version that they could have been taken for foreign journalists.
20:00, 15 March 2010
In Dagestan, "Chernovik" trial postponed for studying petitions
Today, another hearing was held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on the criminal case initiated against journalists of the local weekly "Chernovik", accused of kindling national, racial and religious enmity. After interrogation of several witnesses, the litigation was postponed till March 16 because of necessity for the judge to study the submitted petitions.
19:00, 15 March 2010
Patarkatsishvili family demands "Imedi" back
The family of the deceased businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, who was the founder of "Imedi", has treated the hoax about invasion of Russian troops into the country as a provocative experiment and demanded to immediately return the confiscated TV Company back to them.
Action "Live Chain" against Russian-Georgian war. Tbilisi, September 2, 2008. Photo by http://civil.ge, Guram Muradov
18:00, 15 March 2010
Russia's MFA calls international community to condemn "Imedi" for "report" on invasion into Georgia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation has treated the report about simulated Russian invasion into Georgia put on air by the "Imedi" TV Company as irresponsible and immoral. Andrei Nesterenko, official spokesman of the MFA, expressed hope that the international community would duly appraise the incident. A number of western diplomats have already made their damning statements to this end.
News
Viktor Margiev's wife has reported a new round of pressure.

The Margiev family demanded an end to the pressure at a picket in Tskhinvali.

Transcaucasian Highway. Photo by the South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations https://t.me/mchsruo/5136 Restrictions on travel on the Transkam Highway have been lifted following a rockfall.

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.