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Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/19503934
21:20, 9 March 2010
Fate of Chechen resident who disappeared in Ingushetia still unknown
Mair-Ali Vakhaev, a resident of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya who disappeared on February 11 in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, is still undetected. The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now nothing about his fate. A source from there does not exclude that Vakhaev could be killed by militaries, and his body hidden.
21:00, 9 March 2010
Armenian Appeal Court cuts journalist Pashinyan's imprisonment
The Appeal Court of Armenia has upheld the verdict passed by the general jurisdiction court of communities Kentron-Nork-Marash to oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan. At the same time, the court ruled to apply amnesty and halved his custody term.
20:00, 9 March 2010
Defendants in Nalchik attack case tell about persecutions of Moslems before the conflict
At today's session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, which considers the attack of militants on power agencies in Nalchik, defendant Zaur Tokhov said that before the events on October 13, 2005, local law enforcers were beating local Moslems and searched their houses. The militiamen who gave evidences denied it.
Spontaneous rally in Ingushetia on kidnapping of Mikail Pliev. Plievskiy Municipal District. March 6, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 9 March 2010
In Ingushetia, Pliev's relatives, who failed to find him in SIZO of Pyatigorsk, resume picket
Relatives of Mikail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia who disappeared in Pyatigorsk, refute the information that Mikail was found. On March 8, his wife received a call from a man, who presented himself as an inspector and said that her husband was in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Pyatigorsk. However, when relatives and a lawyer came there, they failed to find Mikail there, while SIZO employees asked them to come again on March 12.
18:00, 9 March 2010
Israpil Shovkhalov and Abdullah Duduev, editors of "Dosh" magazine, detained In Ingushetia
The editor-in-chief of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh" Israpil Shovkhalov has reported by telephone that today together with the chief-editor of the magazine Abdullah Duduev they were on business trip in Ingushetia, and were detained there by power agents.
23:50, 8 March 2010
Georgiy Vashadze: the oldest woman lives in Georgia
Antisa Khvichava, a native of Sachire village, Tsalendzhikh District of Georgia, is 129 years old, and might be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest resident of the planet.
Nalchik. Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals. S.Ragozina for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 8 March 2010
Nalchik holds rally on Memory Day of Balkars' deportation victims
The rally of Balkars, held today in Nalchik, at the Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals, has instructed the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) and the organization named "Balkaria" to initiate the process of self-identification of the Balkar people, since the problems raised by the BEBP on behalf of the nation are not solved. About 500 persons present at the event have voted unanimously for the initiative.
23:30, 8 March 2010
Short-circuit announced as fire reason in Georgian colony
The commission that makes inquiry in Georgia into the fire in one of the units of the Ksan minimum and high security prison tends to believe that poor electric wire had provoked ignition.
23:10, 8 March 2010
Rostov inspectors see murder as the main reason of children's disappearance
On the fact of disappearance of children in the Rostov Region, the local Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case under part 2, Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder"). However, the versions of an accident and kidnapping are still considered.
23:00, 8 March 2010
Georgia and EU to create united air space
Georgia and the European Union have signed the agreement on united air space. The document assumes to build, within 2 years after signing, the united Georgian-EU aviation space.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
23:00, 8 March 2010
Chechnya celebrates Eighth of March
In honour of the International Women's day Chechnya held mass festivities. In the streets of cities and large settlements women are presented flower and CDs with congratulation on behalf of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
22:40, 8 March 2010
Chechnya: car race postponed for a week because of rain
The first legitimate night car race in Chechnya appointed for the night of March 7 was postponed for a week because of rains which made the track dangerous for fast driving, as reported by Ibragim Dzhamaldinov, president of the Federation of Motor Racing of Chechnya.
22:30, 8 March 2010
Woman from Dagestan gets into Guinness Book of World Records
In Dagestan, Sakinat Khanapieva, 76, a resident of Sultan-Yangiyurt village, has been recognized to be the strongest grandmother in the world. The woman was registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.
22:10, 8 March 2010
Resident of Chechnya brings his lost brother's sub-machine gun to militia
A resident of the Shelkovskoi District of Chechnya (in the north of the republic) has voluntarily given out a Kalashnikov that he had hid for more than ten years to law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from a local MIA employee.
22:00, 8 March 2010
Supposedly, a businessman was the aim of explosion in Tbilisi
A remotely triggered bomb planted near an apartment block caused an explosion in Tbilisi. Most probably, the culprits watched the entrance and triggered the explosive when a businessman who lives there was entering the house.
21:00, 8 March 2010
Georgia voices readiness to restore air traffic with Russia
If accord is reached by private airlines, the official Tbilisi is ready to resume regular air flights between Georgia and Russia, said Nino Kalandadze, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Georgia.
20:00, 8 March 2010
Chechen residents treat Bastrykin's idea to fingerprint all NCFD residents differently
The offer of Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia, to enforce mandatory fingerprinting for all citizens of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), caused extremely negative reaction in public and human rights activists. However, President Ramzan Kadyrov has treated this initiative as "normal".
19:00, 8 March 2010
Valery Etezov, suspected of attacking power agents, shot dead in Nalchik
As reported by law enforcement bodies, in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Valery Etezov, helper of one of regional militants' leaders - Anzor Astemirov, - was liquidated.
18:00, 8 March 2010
Five years after death of Chechen separatists' leader Aslan Maskhadov
Five years ago, on March 8, 2005, it was announced that in the plain Grozny District of Chechnya, as a result of successful operation of Russian special agencies Aslan Maskhadov, President of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), was liquidated. Some people in Chechnya still believe that Maskhadov was killed on other day and in other place, while the special operation in Tolstoy-Yurt village, where he was allegedly liquidated, was just an imitation.
Place of crash of the high-speed "Neva-Express" Train No. 166. November 27, 2009. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
21:00, 6 March 2010
FSB: 2009 "Neva-Express" train explosion case solved
The case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, committed in 2009, is solved. The FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of Russia reports that the Kartoevs' grouping headed by Said Buryatskiy was in charge of the crime.
News
A court in Stavropol ordered compensation to be paid to Khalit Mustafayev's family.

More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

A Stavropol resident was convicted of justifying terrorism.

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.