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14:00, 4 January 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 28, 2009-January 3, 2010
Resonant litigation on Mukhrovani mutiny coming to end in Georgia; approval of Sochi civil development rules; Russian-Georgian negotiations on New-Year direct charter flights; New Year celebrations in the regions of the Caucasus, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of December 28, 2009-January 3, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
14:00, 4 January 2010
Hurricane damage evaluated in Southern Azerbaijan
As a result of the hurricane, which covered southern areas of Azerbaijan on January 2-3, over 300 power transmission line supports were tumbled down at the distance of several dozens kilometres. Roofs were torn off a number of houses.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 4 January 2010
Relatives of Farid Babaev, assassinated in Dagestan: defence tries to ruin the case
Relatives of human rights activist Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party, who was killed in 2007 "Apple", are sure that defendants' advocates are doing everything to ruin the case, and in the near future the killers will be at large. The main witness of the prosecution, who saw the gunman, has already given up his evidence.
20:00, 2 January 2010
Elena Isinbaeva from Volgograd is athlete of 2009
Double Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbaeva from Volgograd and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt are recognized the athletes of the year according to the version of the International Association of Sports Journalists (AIPS).
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
18:00, 2 January 2010
RwB: Azerbaijan censors the Internet
The organization named "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) has put Azerbaijan on the list of countries practicing censorship on the Internet.
17:00, 2 January 2010
Astrakhan oceanologists place artificial coral reefs on Red Sea bottom
The action of setting up artificial coral reefs to the bottom of Red Sea was held within the agenda of the International Festival "Artificial Reeves-2009" by experts of the Caspian Branch of the Oceanology Institute under the request of Egyptian ecologists.
16:00, 2 January 2010
Yerevan: new CHPP unit is finished
The civil works at the Yerevan CHPP (combined heat and power plant) are practically over. Its new power unit will be commissioned in April 2010, Armen Movsisyan, minister for energy and natural resources, told journalists.
15:00, 2 January 2010
Georgian Airways has no permit from Rosaviation to fly to Russia
The airline named Georgian Airways is still waiting for a permit from the Aviation Department of Russia (Rosaviation) to make air flights. This was reported by Nino Giorgobiani, head of the airline's PR service. The Russia's decision is anticipated by January 4.
14:00, 2 January 2010
Abkhazia switchovers completely to Russian telephone codes
Now, telephone calls to Abkhazia are made entirely by means of Russian area codes.
13:00, 2 January 2010
Azerbaijan: journalist Fatullaev gets 2-month arrest on new charge
As ruled late at night on December 31 by the Karadag District Court of Baku, the already imprisoned editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan" Einullah Fatullaev was awarded a 2-month arrest on a new charge - drug storage. Within the next few days the journalist will be transferred from his colony to the SIZO (pre-trial facility) in Kyurdakhany village.
South Ossetia, Tskhinval. August 2008. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/uliana_makhkamova, Uliana Makhkamova
12:00, 2 January 2010
In Georgia, author of film about war in South Ossetia is "the Person of the Year"
On the outcomes of the polling held by the Public Broadcaster of Georgia, Andrei Nekrasov, author of the film about the Russian-Georgian war entitled "Lessons of Russian" was recognized as "the Person of the Year" in Georgia.
11:00, 2 January 2010
Volgograd Region introduces e-daybooks
Starting mid-January, pupils' parents in Volgograd will be offered to make use of the new electronic system "Electronic Daybook".
18:50, 1 January 2010
Azerbaijan starts exporting gas to Russia
Today, Azerbaijan has started its gas deliveries to the Russian Federation. Official opening of the gate took place in Shirvanovka village, Gusar District.
18:00, 1 January 2010
DFSB: militants' "cashbook" found on leader of underground in Dagestan
Among the things of Umalat Magomedov, leader of the armed underground of Dagestan, who was liquidated in Khasavyurt, a notebook was found with records on militants' revenues and expenditures.
15:00, 1 January 2010
Azerbaijani human rights activists doubt of accusations put forward against journalist Fatullaev of drug storage
The charge of drug storage was presented to imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev with a number of serious violations of the law and will be appealed against in the court. This was stated by Isakhan Ashurov, journalist's advocate.
22:53, 31 December 2009
Verkhni Lars-Kazbegi in Russian-Georgian border to resume in March 2010
The Russian-Georgian communication through the Verkhni Lars Frontier Check Point will be resumed since March 1, 2010. This was announced by Andrei Nesterenko, spokesman of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
22:00, 31 December 2009
At trial on military mutiny in Georgia, defendants have their last plea
On December 29, at the process dealing with the Mukhrovani mutiny in Georgia, the defendants are given the floor for their last plea. On January 8, this stage will be over, and the judge should then pass the verdict.
21:00, 31 December 2009
Cherkessk: parents indignant with closing school by the court on the eve of New Year
The City Court of the city of Cherkessk (Karachai-Circassia) suspended 20 children's educational establishments, based on the materials of the "Gospozhnadzor" (State Fire-Prevention Agency). Children's parents are categorically against this decision.
20:00, 31 December 2009
Different estimates of session disruption by Dagestan MPs
Experts and politicians in Dagestan differ in assessing the failure to hold a regular session of the National Assembly of Dagestan on December 29 because of quorum absence.
19:00, 31 December 2009
RSO President suggests revision of frontier regime with Georgia
As stated by Eduard Kokoity, President of the Republic of South Ossetia, at the press conference in Tskhinvali, the South-Ossetia-Georgian border should be toughly closed. According to his version, this decision stems from the instable situation in Georgia and threat of provocations.
News
More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

Teenagers set fire to a relay cabinet. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from February 23 to March 8.

Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

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.