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Ankara, Turkish Parliament Building. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:00, 28 November 2009
Armenian leader threatens with "adequate answer" to Turkey's protraction in ratifying protocols
The Armenian-Turkish protocols should be ratified within reasonable terms, while protraction of the process by Turkey will result in Armenia's adequate answer under the norms of the international law. This was stated on November 28 by President Serzh Sargsyan, who is also the leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, at its congress.
20:00, 28 November 2009
Russian cities hold rallies in support of Major Dymovskiy
Novorossisk and a number of other cities of Russia have hosted rallies in support of Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy who has revealed, in his Internet video appeal to Premier Putin, facts of abuse and corruption in law enforcement bodies of the city.
18:00, 28 November 2009
Yakunin: explosion of "Neva-Express" reminds the 2007 incident
The character of explosion at the derailing accident of the "Neva-Express" train, which happened last night, on November 27, in the border of the Tver and Novgorod Regions, reminds the blowing up of the same train in August, 2007.
17:00, 28 November 2009
Sargsyan: Armenia will not admit any encroachments on Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia stands for peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict by negotiations, but at the same time it will not admit any encroachment on Nagorno-Karabakh and is ready to react to it in the toughest way possible. This was stated by President Serzh Sargsyan at the 12th congress of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, where he is the chairman.
13:00, 28 November 2009
Nationalists take responsibility for blowing up "Neva-Express" train
A spokesman of the Movement Against Illegal Migration (MAIM) has published in his blog a statement on behalf of the nationalist grouping named "Combat 18", in which the latter takes responsibility for blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.
Yuri Kazakov (left). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 28 November 2009
Kazakov: media should feel free in covering war on terror
Journalism requires freedom even in aspects of counteracting and preventing terrorism; it should not be an instrument of authorities' propaganda. This was stated by Yuri Kazakov, former head of the state inspectorate for defence of the freedom of the press, and now an expert of the Fund in Defence of Glasnost and member of the Public Board on Complaints on Press, at the recent roundtable held in Moscow.
11:00, 28 November 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament: Azerbaijan wants a new war
The National Assembly of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has made a statement that "the latest developments in settlement of the Karabakh conflict evidence an obvious non-constructive Azerbaijani position."
09:00, 28 November 2009
Azerbaijan to take part in "Eurovision-2010"
Participation of Azerbaijan in the contest "Eurovision-2010" is officially confirmed, as reported by Adil Kerimli, chairman of the Azerbaijani delegation to the "Eurovision" contest.
07:00, 28 November 2009
Ramzan Kadyrov and Doku Umarov named among most influential Moslems of the world
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the leader of militants of Northern Caucasus Doku Umarov are in the 2009 list of 500 most influential Moslems of the world compiled by the Prince Al-Valid ben Talyalya American Centre of Moslem-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at the Georgetown University.
06:00, 28 November 2009
25 persons lost in "Neva-Express" train accident
On Friday, November 27, at 9:34 p.m. Moscow time, at the railway section Alyoshinka-Uglovka in the Novgorod Region, an accident with the passenger train No. 166 Moscow-St Petersburg ("Neva-Express") took place, as a result of which four train cars got derailed and at least 25 persons were lost.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by http://en.wikipedia.org
23:50, 27 November 2009
CEM&TD: Azerbaijan has no conditions for democratic elections
The Centre of Monitoring of Elections and Training in Democracy (CEM&TD) has promulgated its progress report on monitoring outcomes of the stage of candidates' nomination and registration during the campaign of municipal elections in Azerbaijan appointed on December 23. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that the monitoring outcomes were presented at the press conference on November 26 at the Baku Media Centre.
23:20, 27 November 2009
Rostov Region is unemployment top among mining regions
The Rostov Region is in the lead by the unemployment level among all Russian mining territories. This was stated on November 26 by Lydia Tkachenko, head of the department of the state service for population employment of the Rostov Region, speaking to the Supervisory Board for Development of Mining Territories.
23:10, 27 November 2009
In Azerbaijan, trial of journalist under claim of MIA boss began
On Thursday, November 26, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, chaired by Khagani Tagiev, started litigation under the claim lodged by Ramil Usubov, Azerbaijani Interior Minister, against Eyub Kerimov, editor of the newspaper "Femida-007".
23:00, 27 November 2009
Refugee from Abkhazia murdered in Moscow to be buried in Georgia
The body of Eduard Gurtskaya, a citizen of Georgia and a refugee from Abkhazia, who was killed in Moscow by a militiaman, will be brought to Tbilisi, as reported by the press service of the Ministry for Refugees' Matters and Accommodation.
22:00, 27 November 2009
Ecologists: Adler-Krasnaya Polyana road is threat to unique woodland
At least two relic tree varieties of the Sochi National Park are under threat of extinction as a result of construction of the combined road Adler-Krasnaya Polyana in the Krasnodar Territory within the preparation for Olympiad-2014. This was stated by Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus.
21:00, 27 November 2009
Prosecutor's Office of Kalmykia checks spending funds raised for South Ossetia
The Office has revealed that almost 6 million roubles, raised for the victims of the war in South Ossetia, were spent not to the purpose.
20:00, 27 November 2009
SE Committee Against Torture points to cases of violence against prisoners in Azerbaijan
On Thursday, November 26, the Committee of the Council of Europe Against Torture and Inhuman Treatment, promulgated a report on the outcomes of the visit of its special mission to Azerbaijan in December 2008. The document deals with the cases of violence applied by the prison personnel against life-long prisoners.
Anatoly Barankevich (right). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 27 November 2009
Barankevich: no lessons taken from 2008 August war in South Ossetia
The Russian party is not interested in any information about the last year's was in South Ossetia. This was stated by General-Lieutenant Anatoly Barankevich, ex-secretary of the Security Council of South Ossetia, at the roundtable "South Ossetia. War. Peace. Uncertainty" dated to the 20th anniversary of the start of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
Ramzan Kadyrov (right). Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
18:00, 27 November 2009
Kadyrov's possible appointment as "Caucasus Boss" is at issue in Russia and Chechnya
Russian media and Chechen society believe that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov will be appointed to the news post of high official in charge of the situation in the whole Northern Caucasus.
23:50, 26 November 2009
CEC of Abkhazia finds no violations in facts listed in Khadzimba's complaint
In the context of the complaint submitted by the candidate for the President of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba, Batal Tabagua, Chairman of Central Electoral Commission (CEC), made an official statement, running that there are no grounds to state that administrative resource are used during the elections.
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.