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The "Druzhba" Children's Camp. Photo by www.restsochi.com
23:10, 15 October 2009
Krasnodar court rejects cassation of victims in Sochi OMON case
The Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the decision of the Lazarevskoe District Court of Sochi on compensation to the citizens who had suffered from the actions of Sochi OMON (Special-Purpose Militia) fighters in the territory of the "Druzhba" Children's Camp.
23:00, 15 October 2009
Azerbaijan: advocate demands reconsideration of Zakhid's case
Elchin Sadygov, advocate of Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Azadlyg", who is serving his term in Azerbaijan, has addressed the Supreme Court of his country with a petition on reconsideration of his client's case in the context of the recent arrest of Sevgilada Gulieva, 34, on whose complaint Zakhidov was sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
Krasnodar. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:00, 15 October 2009
Computers confiscated from human rights activist during search
On Monday, October 12, the room, rented by Anastasia Denisova, a member of Coordination Board of the Youth Human Rights Movement, head of the organization "ETnIKA", active member of the "GROZA" (Thunderstorm) Movement and employee of the HRC "Memorial", was searched.
21:20, 15 October 2009
Christian Democrats of Georgia: "Patriot's Act" is legalization of special agencies' lawlessness
Georgian MP Giya Tortladze has moved an initiative to adopt the "Patriot's Act". The document assumes to expand the rights of Georgian special agencies, organization of monitoring of air, sea and overland freights, financial transfers and borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and reinforcement of the emigration control.
21:00, 15 October 2009
Kadyrov challenges sums of compensation under his claim against HRC "Memorial"
Ramzan Kadyrov's advocate has appealed against the decision of the Tver Court of Moscow to partially satisfy Kadyrov's claim against Oleg Orlov, head of the HRC "Memorial".
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 October 2009
Biyakai Magomedov: Kaziakhmedov remains Mayor of Derbent
The ban of the Derbent City Court on summing up the Mayor election totals because of numerous violations will not result in losing this post by Felix Kaziakhmedov, as lawyer Biyakai Magomedov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Moscow, Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park. Rally in memory of assassinated human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova. The inscription on the placard says: "Politkovskaya, Markelov, Estemirova. Who's next?" July 16, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 15 October 2009
Three months after Natalia Estemirova's murder, culprits are still at large
Today is three months after the day, when Natalia Estemirova, a well-known Chechen human rights defender and employee of the Grozny office of the HRC "Memorial", was kidnapped in Chechnya and then found murdered in Ingushetia. Until now, the investigation is unaware either of the murderers or the customers of this crime.
Murat Zyazikov. Photo by www.ingushetia.org
18:00, 15 October 2009
Driver of REN TV film crew was beaten by relative of former Ingush President
Threats began to reach journalists of REN TV after the group started videoing, within their film about Ingushetia, the house of the family of Murat Zyazikov, former President of the republic in Barsuki village. One of the journalists - Leonid Kanfer, who has already returned to Moscow, told about it.
23:50, 14 October 2009
Bill "On Defamation" brought into Azerbaijani parliament
The law draft "On Defamation", assuming cancellation of criminal punishment for slander, has been registered by the Secretariat of the National Assembly (NA) of Azerbaijan.
23:40, 14 October 2009
Court appoints linguistic examination of Igor Averkiev's article about the Caucasus
On October 13, the Leninskiy Court of Perm made a decision to suspend proceedings on the claim of the Prosecutor's Office of the Perm Territory to recognize the article about the Caucasus, written by Igor Averkiev, Chairman of the Perm Civil Chamber, to be an extremist one.
23:20, 14 October 2009
"Memorial" files cassation on court ruling on Chechen President's claim
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has appealed against the ruling of the Tver Court of Moscow, which had partially satisfied the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the head of the Centre Oleg Orlov.
23:00, 14 October 2009
Korovin: journalists' non-admission to elections in Astrakhan was illegal
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Igor Korovin, chairman of the Astrakhan regional electoral commission, that journalists were not admitted to polling stations in the Astrakhan Region because the workers of local commissions were against "strangers' eyes."
22:10, 14 October 2009
Isa Yamadaev: Sulim needs urgent surgery
Marina Volodina, deputy head of the press service of REN TV, reports, with reference to Isa Yamadaev, brother of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" battalion, that Sulim needs an urgent surgery.
22:00, 14 October 2009
REN TV film crew leaves Ingushetia because of threats
The film crew of the REN TV Channel, which was subjected to threats in Ingushetia, managed to safely leave the republic owing to the help of the units of President Yunus-Bek Evkurov and oppositionist Maksharip Aushev.
21:10, 14 October 2009
Khabarovsk Territory: suicide of soldier from Volgograd Region investigated
The spokesman of the Khabarovsk Garrison Court reports about arrest of a serviceman suspected of non-statutory relations, which entailed a suicide on October 10 of a recruit from the Volgograd Region.
21:00, 14 October 2009
Sochi residents indignant with the road that will come across their households
In Sochi, residents of the Aviatsionnaya Street were greatly surprised to learn that a new motorway built for the Winter Olympiad-2014 will run right across their houses and kitchen gardens. According to the project, supports of the overpass will be installed right in kitchen gardens, and one of them will be erected in the place of an apartment house.
20:00, 14 October 2009
Several dozens illegally detained workers liberated in Makhachkala
In the capital of Dagestan, 30 persons, who were illegally kept at two brick-works, are now free.
19:00, 14 October 2009
Militiamen of Kabardino-Balkaria go to court for overtime bonuses
Servicemen of the patrol-sentry regiment of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria, who have addressed judicial bodies because of non-payment of their due bonuses for overtime work, work on weekends and holidays, are subjected to prosecution by their bosses. They told about it to journalists.
18:00, 14 October 2009
ICPO: organizer of attempt on Ingush President hides in the Caucasus
Alexander Tikhomirov, also known as Said Buryatskiy, the supposed organizer of the failed attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and another accomplice named Magomed Tsokiev have been announced into federal search, as reported by Vladimir Markin, official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by the "Caucasia Knot"
23:30, 13 October 2009
Dagestan: court recognizes violations in election of Derbent Mayor
Khanakhmed Khanakhmedov, head of the support office of Imam Yaraliev, a candidate for Derbent Mayor, said today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Federal Judge of the city of Derbent Dzhambulat Gadjiev has found reasonable claims of individual voters who asked to nullify the totals of the election of the head of Derbent.
News
The movement of heavy trucks on the Georgian Military Highway is prohibited.

Participants of the Special Military Operations Team. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

A serviceman at home. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. The case of a contract soldier from Vladikavkaz highlighted the problem of violations of the rights of military personnel.

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.