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23:23, 11 January 2010
Imereti residents demand to stop factories located in the territory of ornithological park
Residents of the Imereti Lowland in Sochi complain of contamination of the environmental and noises, which exceed the standards, emitted and generated by the three factories belonging to the State Corporation "Olympstroy." According to local citizens, the factories of high hazard degree were placed on the lands initially allocated for an ornithological park.
22:10, 11 January 2010
MoJ of Dagestan obliges branch of "Edinaya Rossiya" to give data about its political board to "Chernovik"
The Dagestan Department of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has called the local branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party not to break the Russian law on mass media and the Constitution and to provide the journalists of the weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint) about the members of the political board of the regional branch. According to Magomed Magomedov, a journalist of the edition, this decision of the Dagestan MoJ is unprecedented.
20:58, 11 January 2010
Kobaladze's defence treats the trial on Mukhrovani mutiny as a political show
The City Court of Tbilisi has ruled to release General Kobaladze, accused of an attempt to overthrow the state power during the mutiny at the military base in Mukhrovani, right in the courtroom. The prosecutor had asked to imprison him for 12 years for a wilful military mutiny and for 1.6 years for illegal arm bearing.
19:22, 11 January 2010
Dagestan resident complains of beating and militiamen's demand to change evidences
Magomed Gadjiev, a resident of Makhachkala, who was beaten by militiamen and is now at the Republic's Traumatology Hospital with plural body bruises, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today that the inspector wants him to change evidences.
18:32, 11 January 2010
Krasnodar: Anastasia Denisova's apartment searched
Today in Krasnodar, militiamen conducted a search in the apartment of Anastasia Denisova, a member of the Coordination Board of the Youth Human Rights Movement, leader of the organization "ETnIKA", active participant of the Movement "GROZA" and employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". It was stated that the search was conducted under a special operation of checking the conformity of actual residents to those registered in the apartment in the context of a terror threat.
18:00, 11 January 2010
Azerbaijani CEC announces final totals of municipal elections
On January 11, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan approved the final totals of the elections on December 23, 2009 to the country's local government bodies.
21:00, 9 January 2010
Dagestan: car blown up with casualties
Not far from Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, militiamen opened fire on a suspicious car, when its driver did not react to demand to stop. The car blew up and three suspected militants inside were dead.
20:00, 9 January 2010
Shein: we plan to reach Strasbourg to cancel Astrakhan election outcomes
Should the Russian justice fail to cancel the outcomes of the October 11 elections in Astrakhan, Oleg Shein, Deputy of Russian State Duma and a candidate for the post of Mayor of Astrakhan at the elections, is going to address his complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
19:00, 9 January 2010
Passports checked in Grozny
Residents of a number of small settlements located in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Chechen capital report about the check of their passports held there. There were no detainees, however, local residents got worried.
18:00, 9 January 2010
First candidate to chair Georgia's CEC nominated
On Friday, January 8, consultations were held by members of NGOs with the administration of President of Georgia on to discuss the issues related to electing the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of the country.
17:00, 9 January 2010
Failed building in Georgia kills three persons
In Tbilisi, on January 8, the human wreck in the collapsed building of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia made three persons - the workers killed by the ruins. According to rescuers, there were four persons inside the building at the moment.
16:00, 9 January 2010
Sochi residents are indignant with felling of perennial trees
In Sochi, tenants of House No. 25 in the Ostrovskogo Street are revolted with felling perennial and bushes, finding it illegal.
15:00, 9 January 2010
Armenia sends soldiers to Afghanistan
Armenia will send its military contingent to Afghanistan to take part in the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). It comprises 36 infantrymen, three liaison officers and one army doctor.
14:00, 9 January 2010
Nagorno-Karabakh liquidates hurricane consequences
The hurricane struck the republic on January 2 and 3, and the city of Shushi suffered most, as the wind blew off roofs of some apartment blocks and individual houses, broke electricity lines and fell trees there.
11:00, 9 January 2010
Ingushetia to open settlement for residents of landslide zone
The cottage settlement, now in construction in Ingushetia for residents of the landslide zone of the Malgobek District, will be opened by February 23, 2010. 507 seismic-resistant cottages of the can withstand 9-point earthquake.
10:00, 9 January 2010
Chechnya marks anniversary of Chechens' return from deportation
Today, on January 9, it is 52 years after passing decree on restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ChI ASSR), which was abolished in 1944 after deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. Now, Chechnya marks this date as a national holiday.
23:47, 8 January 2010
Patriarch Cyril to visit Georgia despite existing contradictions
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril will visit Georgia despite the existing political problems between the two countries. This was stated by Archbishop of Volokolam Hillarion, head of the Division for Foreign Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchy. He has noted that spirituals have nothing to do with politics; on the contrary, the churches will bring the Russian and Georgian nations closer together.
22:58, 8 January 2010
Chechen villagers complain of fire in kiosks made by power agents
At night on January 7, in the Urus-Martan District Chechnya, which is still under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, armed people set on fire two small shops, which provoked fire in a number of kiosks located nearby. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from residents of the village of Gekhi, where the incident took place.
22:14, 8 January 2010
First direct Tbilisi-Moscow flight after 18 months
Today, the first direct air flight from Tbilisi to Moscow after the August 2008 conflict in South Ossetia was accomplished. The craft left the Tbilisi International Airport for Moscow at 12:30 a.m. The airline - "Airzena - Georgian Airways" - received a permit from the Russian Ministry of Transports to make flights also on January 9 and 10.
21:38, 8 January 2010
Consideration of Azerbaijani bloggers' complaint reappointed for January 22
Today, Gail Mamedov, Judge of the Baku Appeal Court, made a decision to postpone consideration of the complaint lodged by young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli till January 22. The reason was in the need to ensure participation of the victims - Babek Guseinov and Vusal Mamedov - in the session.
News
The Berkat market in Grozny. March 2024. Still from the YouTube channel "Alyonka Krasnodar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvEWgTwmdE Grozny traders criticized the methods used to combat price increases during Ramadan.

A single ski pass has been launched at three ski resorts in the North Caucasus.

The head of a village in Chechnya has been accused of land fraud.

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.