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22:20, 18 November 2009
Mirian Patarkatsishvili: members of the commission studying circumstances of death of ex-president of Georgia are threatened
An unidentified person is threatening to apply physical violence to the members of the interim parliamentary commission that was set up for studying the circumstances of the death of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, should the commission goes on with their work. This was stated by Mirian Patarkatsishvili, a member of the political movement "Freedom", at a special press conference held on November 17.
22:00, 18 November 2009
AI starts campaigning in defence of convicted Azerbaijan bloggers
The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign in support of the bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted in Azerbaijan to imprisonment on charges of hooliganism.
Nagorny Karabakh, the city of Shusha, inside of Govharagi mosque. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 November 2009
Azerbaijani authorities worry of condition of historical monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh
As reported by Intigam Gumbatov, press secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a great damage to the country's cultural heritage was caused by the occupation of the territory of Azerbaijan.
20:00, 18 November 2009
Earlier kidnapped Magomedshamil Shakhbanov released in Dagestan
The son of the head of administration of the city of Buinaksk Magomedshamil Shakhbanov, who was kidnapped on November 17, is now at large. Five suspects of the crime are detained. This was reported by a source in law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.
19:00, 18 November 2009
HRW: Europe should call Moscow to reforming human rights sphere
European leaders should use the November 18-19 Stockholm Summit to voice out their concern of deteriorated situation with human rights in Russia and call Moscow to its actual improvement. This was stated by the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, which noted that lately in Russia at least five civil activists were killed, and others faced pressure.
18:00, 18 November 2009
Kabardino-Balkaria: terror act at Aushiger HPP prevented
Today, the United Information Centre (UIC) of the law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported about prevention of a terror act at the Aushiger Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) located in the Cherek District of the republic.
Azerbaijan, Baku. The Maiden Tower. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 17 November 2009
Azerbaijan: tenants of would-be demolished house threaten to commit a mass suicide
Residents of an apartment house at the central Baku have stated that they are ready to commit a mass suicide with the aim to prevent demolition of their house.
23:50, 17 November 2009
Chochiev: Georgia gets ready for another aggression
The funds allocated by the USA for building houses for refugees from the Leningorsk District of South Ossetia, have been spent to build a military base. This was stated by Boris Chochiev, plenipotentiary envoy of President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement.
23:00, 17 November 2009
Dagestan commemorates victims of 1996 Kaspiisk terror act
The city of Kaspiisk (Dagestan) has held a mourning rally in memory of victims of the terror act, committed in the city on November 16, 1996. On that day a multi-storey apartment house was blown up, where frontier guards and their families lived. In total, 68 persons were lost.
23:00, 17 November 2009
In Rostov, pensioners-miners protest against cancellation of privileges
On November 16 in Rostov-on-Don over thirty pensioners-miners held a picket against cancellation of privileges. The former miners of the city of Zverevo were not allowed to hold their protest action at the building of the administration and told that the square was prepared for the New Year fair.
23:00, 17 November 2009
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 9-15
Disfavoured Major Dymovskiy reports threats against him and continues exposing militia bosses; during the week, conflict in the Caucasus took away dozens of lives, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of November 2-8 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:20, 17 November 2009
Court session on Sulim Yamadaev's murder case reappointed on December 17
The Court of Dubai has postponed the next hearing on the murder case of Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" GRU special battalion, for a month. The delay was explained by the need to summon additional witnesses.
22:00, 17 November 2009
Sadygov: Norway and Germany interfere in Azerbaijani home affairs
The statement, made by Vagif Sadygov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan, runs that the comments of the diplomatic missions of Norway and Germany on the cases of young bloggers Gadjizade and Milli convicted in Baku were regarded by the Azerbaijani party as unreasonable and mismatching the level of current relations of these countries with Azerbaijan, and as attempts to interfere in home affairs of Azerbaijan.
21:00, 17 November 2009
North-Ossetian residents use hotlines to complain of excessive drug prices
Facts of overpricing the antivirus preparations sold in the chemists' network can be reported by residents of North Ossetia by means of hotline telephones installed at the pharmaceutical department of the Ministry of Public Health, territorial department of the Federal Supervision Service in Public Health and Social development and the Republic's Prosecutor's Office.
20:00, 17 November 2009
Krasnodar Territory: two militiamen convicted for beating a detainee
The former head of the criminal investigation division of the district OVD (Interior Unit) and his subordinate have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment. According to the investigation, in December 2008 the convicts severely beat a man.
19:00, 17 November 2009
TI states growth of corruption in Armenia
According to the data of the international organization named "Transparency International" (TI), last year Armenia saw growth of corruption level in comparison with the last year; and the country now is ranked the 120th-125th among 180 countries of the world by this level, while in 2008, it was ranked the 109th-114th.
18:00, 17 November 2009
Journalist who investigated Markelov's murder detained in Moscow
Today in Moscow militiamen have detained Dmitri Steshin, a correspondent of the politics division of the "Komsomolskaya Pravda", who investigated the murder of advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalists Anastasia Baburova. This was reported by a journalist's friend.
23:50, 16 November 2009
Yamadaevs fear that suspects of attempting Sulim will be set free
Today, the court of Dubai will consider possible release from custody of Makhdi Lorniya, a citizen of Iran and personal horseman of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, and Maksudzhon Ismatov, a native of Tajikistan, accused of organizing the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev on March 28 this year in the United Arab Emirates. In the opinion of relatives of the ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the Russian GRU, this decision, can result in suspects' flight to Chechnya, which will mean a factual end of the process.
23:20, 16 November 2009
Trial on attack on Nalchik postponed till November 19
Today, the session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case about the attack on Nalchik in October 2005 was cancelled because of absence of advocate Timur Lakunov. Last week, for the same reason out of three scheduled sessions only one was held.
23:00, 16 November 2009
Major Dymovskiy rejects charges of murdering Andrei Vritov
Major Alexei Dymovskiy, whom Anastasia Vritova accused of her son's death, is preparing a statement to Prime Minister Putin on his non-involvement in the murder.
News
Human rights activists raised the required amount for a fugitive from Dagestan.

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.

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.