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22:00, 2 December 2009
By blowing up "Neva-Express" train militants from Northern Caucasus wanted to kill civil servants
Militants of Northern Caucasus call the terror act against the "Neva-Express" train a link in the chain of "blows on strategic objects in the territory of Russia."
Vladimir Yeloev and his sister. After the release. December 2, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 2 December 2009
South Ossetia to release Georgian teenagers in response to Georgia's liberation of five Ossetians
The Georgian party has released five citizens of South Ossetia: Ibragim Laliev, Lavrentiy Kaziev, Yakov Tekhov, Pavel Tekhov and Vladimir Eloev. The hostages were handed over at the Georgian-South-Ossetian border.
20:00, 2 December 2009
Chechen power agents doubt of Doku Umarov's involvement in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya finds that the militants' statement about involvement of Doku Umarov's people in blowing up the "Neva-Express" to be just bluffing. However, their federal colleagues refrain from comments.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by http://en.wikipedia.org
19:00, 2 December 2009
Azerbaijani blogosphere discusses convicted bloggers
The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of the young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, convicted for hooliganism and inflicting bodily injuries, has not resulted in any decrease of critical ideas in the blogosphere of Azerbaijan. This is proved by the analysis of blogs and interviews conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent among civil society figures, experts and bloggers.
Strike picket in defense of Utrish nature reserve to be. Krasnodar, December 2, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 2 December 2009
Picket in defence of Utrish held in Krasnodar
On December 1 in Krasnodar, opposite the building of the Forestry Department of the Krasnodar Territory, a picket was held in defence of the would-be Utrish Natural Reserve. Activists demanded, in particular, to stop construction of the so-called "anti-fire" road, where, in their opinion, relic forests are felled.
23:20, 1 December 2009
Anapa residents demand to cancel public hearings on Utrish road project
Today, the city of Anapa was to hold public hearings on the project "Forest Anti-Fire Road in the Anapa District Forestry", where the customer is the Department of Forestry of the Krasnodar Territory.
23:20, 1 December 2009
Public reception office on legal issues opened in Vladikavkaz
On December 1, the capital of Northern Ossetia starts a public reception office, intended to render free-of-charge legal aid and organized by law students.
23:10, 1 December 2009
"Khasse": culprits who beat Keshev in Nalchik wanted to disrupt preparation for Adygs' rally
The public organization of the Adyg people "Khasse" has made a statement on the fact of beating the leader of the "Circassian Congress" Ruslan Keshev in Kabardino-Balkaria. The statement notes that the aim of this attack was to disrupt preparation for the rally of Adyg public planned for December 5 in Nalchik.
23:00, 1 December 2009
Russian delegation stopped from entering Georgia
Today, at the Tbilisi airport, a group of Russian experts was not allowed to cross the state border. Having spent half an hour in Georgia, they took a return flight and came back to Moscow via Yerevan.
22:30, 1 December 2009
Participants of the forum "Caucasus: Tradition and Modernization" discuss issues of interethnic dialogue in mass media
Workers of mass media, authorities and the public took part in the section "Inter-Confessional and Interethnic Dialogue in Media Space" of the forum "Caucasus: Tradition and Modernization", held on November 30, 2009, in Nalchik.
Ingushetia. Photo by http://ingushetia.org
22:00, 1 December 2009
Power agents shot Uzhakhov dead without warning, eyewitnesses say
As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, on November 25 in Karabulak, two suspected militants were killed in a skirmish in their VAZ-2109 car. The casualties were Mustafa Tochiev and Khamzat Uzhakhov. Mustafa was in federal search. However, the eyewitnesses and Uzhakhov's relatives assert that Tochiev was just a passenger in Uzhakhov's taxi car.
21:00, 1 December 2009
Georgia's MFA sends protest notes to Russia against violations of Georgians' rights
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has handed over to Russia its notes of protest related to the murder in Moscow on November 23 of Eduard Gurtskaya, a refugee from Abkhazia, and detention on November 29 of Ramaz Makasarashvili, a citizen of Georgia.
19:00, 1 December 2009
ICPO: Sadulayeva's murder has nothing to do with her professional work
Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the humanitarian organization "Let's Save the Generation", who was kidnapped and murdered together with her husband Alik Dzhabrailov in Grozny earlier this August, was an occasional victim of the culprits: she died because of the husband. This was stated on Tuesday by Victor Ledenyov, head of the Investigatory Department for Chechnya of the ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) of Russia.
18:00, 1 December 2009
Court extends custody for suspects of blowing up "Neva-Express" train
On Tuesday, the Novgorod Regional Court extended till March 3, 2010, the custody of Salanbek Dzakhkiev and Maksharip Khidriev, suspected figurants in the first explosion of the "Neva-Express" train committed in August 2007. This was announced by the spokesman of the united press service of the Novgorod regional judiciary.
23:20, 30 November 2009
Participants of the Forum "Caucasus. Traditions and Modernization" believe that authorities hamper business in the Caucasus
One of the sections of the Forum "Caucasus. Traditions and Modernization", held today in Kabardino-Balkaria, was on the forms and problems of running business in the Caucasus. Many participants agreed that local authorities are hindering successful businesses in the Caucasus.
23:00, 30 November 2009
No Azerbaijani citizens among "Neva-Express" casualties
On November 29, the General Consulate of Azerbaijan in St Petersburg reported that there were no citizens of Azerbaijan among those who perished or suffered in the explosion of the "Neva-Express" fast train.
"Neva-Express" carriage. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:50, 30 November 2009
Badalov is shocked with Khidriev's confession of preparing "Neva-Express" explosion
Ruslan Badalov, Chairman of the Russian Public Movement "Chechen Committee of National Salvation", was shocked by the statement of Maksharip Khidriev, a resident of Ingushetia, who pled guilty of preparing the first terror act against the "Neva-Express" train. In the opinion of human rights activist, there are eyewitnesses who evidence Khidriev's alibi.
22:40, 30 November 2009
Leader of "Circassian Congress" severely beaten in Kabardino-Balkaria
Ruslan Keshev, leader of the public organization named "Circassian Congress", was violently beaten. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt from duly informed sources that at 5:30 p.m. several persons, led by a criminal authority, rushed into the office of the NGO and attacked him. Mr Keshev had his nose and arm broken and received other traumas.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:30, 30 November 2009
HRC "Memorial" resumes its work in Chechnya
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" plans to restart its activities in the territory of the Chechen Republic in near future. However, the format can be somewhat different.
22:00, 30 November 2009
Schools restart in Grozny
The quarantine, introduced in Grozny a week ago because of outbreak of acute respiratory diseases (ARDs), is cancelled. All the 40 schools of the city have resumed their work in full, as the spokesman from the department of education of the city of Grozny told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
News
Restrictions have been introduced on travel along the Transkam and Georgian Military Highway.

Transkam. Photo: https://south-ossetia.info/transkam-alternativnye-varianty/ The Transkam and Georgian Military Highway are closed to heavy vehicles.

Activists have called a trip to South Ossetia a way out for Gatsoev.

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.