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13:00, 5 November 2009
Parliament of Belarus starts studying recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
The Belarusian parliament has set up a working group in the House of Representatives for preparing to consideration of the appeal of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on recognition of the independence of these two breakaway republics; in the near future the issue will be addressed.
12:00, 5 November 2009
Police of Armenia trying to restore people's trust
The main directions in the work of the Police of Armenia are fighting crime, support of public order, protection of citizens' rights, and - the most important - recovery of the police's credibility among people. This was stated by Alik Sarkisyan, head of the Police of Armenia, at his meeting with students and teachers of the Yerevan State University.
11:00, 5 November 2009
In Georgia, high-ranking officials arrested for extortion
On November 4, employees of the department of constitutional safety of Georgia arrested high-ranking officials of the Ministry for Protection of Environment and Natural Resources of Georgia.
Vladikavkaz, "Stop, Electrozync" campaign participants' human chain. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 4 November 2009
Residents of Vladikavkaz hold new protests against "Electrozink"
Today at about midday, participants of the protest action against operation of the "Electrozink" factory, located in the capital of North Ossetia, have gathered near the building of the city Mayoralty. As the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports, some 200-250 persons take part in the action.
Moscow, Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park, July 16, 2009. Rally in memory of assassinated human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 4 November 2009
Estemirova'a colleagues complain of attempts to use her death for speculations
The members of the independent public commission, set up this July to investigate the circumstances of the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, have addressed Russian leaders and heads of international human rights organizations, saying in their statement, in particular, about attempts to use her death for speculations. The statement was dated to the hundred days that expired after her assassination.
21:00, 4 November 2009
MIA does not confirm detention of Markelov's killers
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia has denied the information disseminated today that the killers of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were detained.
20:00, 4 November 2009
In Dagestan, militia violently disperses rally of football fans
Today in Makhachkala, having defeated "Metallurg" from Lipetsk 3:0, the football team "Anzhi" from Dagestan won the first place in Russian championship in Division One and next season will be relegated to Premier League. The fans who came to the central square of Makhachkala to celebrate the victory were dispersed by the militia.
19:00, 4 November 2009
Head of Georgian MFA gives up his Russian citizenship
Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, wrote an application addressed to the President of Russia about his refusal from Russian citizenship and sent his Russian passport to Moscow.
18:00, 4 November 2009
Swine flu patient hospitalized in Azerbaijan
A woman, citizen of this country, was hospitalized with diagnosis of infection with virus A/H1N1. On November 3, she returned to Baku from the Ivan-Frankovsk District of Ukraine, where the swine flu epidemic is at full swing.
17:00, 4 November 2009
Two persons kidnapped in Chechnya
On October 31, power agents captured a woman and a young man and took them away in an unknown direction. By now, nothing is known about their fate.
16:00, 4 November 2009
Two Georgian citizens go on hunger strike in special detention facility of Archangelsk
Citizens of Georgia N. B. Nikoleishvili and D. S. Khubaniya, who are kept in the special detention facility for serving minor punishments in the city of Archangelsk, awaiting their deportation outside Russia, have gone on hunger strike with a demand to address the problem on their deportation and create proper conditions for those who wait their deportation for long.
12:00, 4 November 2009
State Duma not to deprive Georgia's MFA head of Russian citizenship
The State Duma of the Russian Federation has refused to support the initiative of Semyon Bagdasarov, an MP from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" faction, to deprive Grigol Vashadze, Georgian Foreign Minister, of his Russian citizenship.
11:00, 4 November 2009
Sausoruko offered as symbol of Sochi Olympiad
The participants of the 4th All-Russian Forum of Young Parliamentarians, which was held on October 22-26 in Anapa, have addressed the Russian authorities and the Organizing Committee "Sochi-2014" with an offer to make the image of Sausoruko - the main hero of the Circassian epos "Narts" - the symbol of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games.
10:00, 4 November 2009
Volgograd: case of former FSB agent sent to court
In the Volgograd Region, inspectors have finalized the case of a group of racketeers, which was headed by a high-ranking officer of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB). Their victims were local businessmen, who were forced to pay for the right to peacefully run their businesses.
09:00, 4 November 2009
Armenia cannot exclude A/H1N1 threat
So far, no swine flu has been revealed in Armenia. However, the threat of virus penetration into the country cannot be excluded, as Armenia is surrounded by the countries, where infection cases have been already fixed. This was stated by Ara Asoyan, chief infection physician of Armenia.
Citizen of Karachayevsk, who remembers the deportation day. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
08:00, 4 November 2009
Anniversary of Karachai deportation: memoirs of repression victims
On November 2 and 3, Karachai-Circassia held actions dated to the 66th anniversary of deportation of the Karachai nationals. The residents of the republic, who were victims of political repressions in November 1943, have shared their recollections about the mass resettlement of Karachais to Central Asia with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
07:00, 4 November 2009
Georgia: strong hailstorm caused huge damage to Kakheti
Tonight, a strong hailstorm has damaged orchards in Eastern Georgia, in ten villages of the Kakheti Region.
23:00, 3 November 2009
Russian State Duma considers deprivation of Georgian Foreign Minister of Russian citizenship
Some deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation believe that that fact that Grigol Vashadze, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, has Russian citizenship allows him to be engaged in "anti-Russian activities."
22:00, 3 November 2009
Agreement reached on free transportation of patients from Abkhazia to Georgia
As reported by Shota Utiashvili, head of the information-analytical department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, on November 3, in the city of Gali, at a meeting under the mechanism of incident-prevention in the conflict zone, an agreement was reached on unobstructed transportation of patients across the Georgian-Abkhazian border to the hospitals located in the Tbilisi-controlled territory.
21:00, 3 November 2009
Special commission to supervise demining in Chechnya
It is planned to set up a special commission under the government of the Chechen Republic in charge of supervising the process of demining the territory of the republic. Officials and militaries have come to the conclusion that such body is a must.
News
Historians call for an end to the destruction of Armenian monuments in Karabakh

The return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/?lang=netherlands%3Fdevice%3DDesktop&page=232?device=Desktop Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.

A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

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.