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20:00, 12 October 2009
Russian CEC can nullify election of Derbent Mayor
In Derbent, where at election of the city head only 22 polling stations out of 36 were open, repeated voting can be appointed.
19:00, 12 October 2009
Karachai-Circassia: electricians come to polling stations to replace bulbs
In the city of Karachaevsk, 20 minutes after closure of polling stations, messages from observers started to arrive that electricians suggested replacing illumination devices in the premises.
18:00, 12 October 2009
Murtazaliev: authors of Dagestan "execution lists" wanted to return journalists back to legal field
On October 12 in Makhachkala, Abulmuslim Murtazaliev, Chairman of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, said at the roundtable on the topic "On public-political broadcasting of Dagestan television that the authors of the so-called "execution lists" just wanted "to bring journalists back to the legal field."
23:52, 10 October 2009
Documents on normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations signed in Zurich
Today, at the Zurich University, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmet Davutoglu put their signatures under the documents on normalization of relations between these two countries - the "Protocol on Development of Mutual Relations" and "Protocol on Establishing Diplomatic Relations".
20:00, 10 October 2009
Signing of Armenian-Turkish Protocols postponed in Zurich
The ceremony of signing the Protocols "On Development of Mutual Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Turkish Republic" and "On Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Turkish Republic", planned for today in Zurich, has been postponed by unknown period of time, as a member of the American delegation told journalists.
19:10, 10 October 2009
Chair of local electoral committee kidnapped in Derbent
Murad Muradov, chairman of the precinct electoral commission No. 30 of the Dagestan city of Derbent, was beaten and kidnapped today in the afternoon by unidentified persons. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Nariman Abdulmutalibov, deputy head of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan.
18:00, 10 October 2009
Funeral of composer Alexander Basilaya took place in Tbilisi
Today, on October 10, Georgia said farewell to its well-known composer, artistic director of the popular vocal company "Iveria" Alexander Basilaya, who died on October 3 in Germany from lung cancer.
17:00, 10 October 2009
TV reporters attacked in Derbent, Dagestan
Today, a filming crew of the REN TV Channel was attacked by unidentified persons in Derbent (Dagestan).
16:00, 10 October 2009
Father Alexander: Christians in Azerbaijan have no problems
The Azerbaijani citizens who profess Christianity experience no inconveniences. This was stated on October 9 by Father Alexander, Bishop of Baku and Pre-Caspian region, at the press conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of revival of the Baku-Pre-Caspian Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.
14:00, 10 October 2009
Turkish company to build stadium in the capital of South Ossetia
Without permit of Georgian authorities, a Turkish building company starts rebuilding the destroyed stadium in Tskhinvali. The works are funded by the Alisher Usmanov's Foundation.
12:00, 10 October 2009
Business forum: economic development will bring Abkhazia to the world market
The participants of the Abkhazian Business Forum, held on October 9 in Sukhumi, made a conclusion that Abkhazia moves along the road of building an efficient state capable in the long run successfully competing in the world market.
11:00, 10 October 2009
15 persons suffer from explosion in Chechnya
The spokesman of the Investigatory Department for the Chechen Republic of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has reported that one person was lost and 14 more were wounded as a result of explosion in the evening on October 9 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny.
October 7, 2009, Moscow. In front of No. 8 Lesnaya Street, where Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", lived and was assassinated. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
10:00, 10 October 2009
Meeting in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held in Ingushetia
On October 7, the office of the human rights organization "Mashr" of the Republic of Ingushetia hosted a meeting in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed right three years ago, on October 7, 2006.
09:00, 10 October 2009
Dagestan: explosion of gas pipeline in Khasavyurt
In the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, after the explosion that happened at 9:45 p.m. Moscow time on Friday, October 9, on the city gas pipeline, gas supply to the nearby settlements was stopped.
23:50, 9 October 2009
In Pyatigorsk, schoolboy dies when making a bomb
In the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, in the house of a jobless local resident, her son, a schoolboy, died today in an explosion, as reported by a source in law enforcement bodies.
23:30, 9 October 2009
Georgian opposition hopes for the West in releasing political prisoners
The leaders of the Conservative Party of Georgia have drafted and delivered to western diplomats a list of political prisoners kept in Georgian prisons.
23:10, 9 October 2009
Azerbaijan: two journalists convicted for slander
On October 8, Sardar Alibeili, editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Nota", and Faramaz Allakhverdiev, an employee of this edition (also known under pseudonym Faramaz Novruzoglu), were sentenced to three months of imprisonment each on charges of slander and insult.
23:00, 9 October 2009
Three Azerbaijani journalists temporarily detained by the police
On October 9, the office of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) hosted a press conference on the fact of detention on October 8 of Shakhin Agabeili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Milli Yol" (National Way) and Information Agency "Poligon" (pia.az), and his deputy Radil Mamedov, and confiscation of photo and video cameras from the employees of the IRFS.
22:00, 9 October 2009
In Azerbaijan, at trial on the fight in "Lebanon" Restaurant, bloggers evidenced
Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Araz Guseinov, continued the judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and causing physical injuries.
Eduard Khidirov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 9 October 2009
Khidirov: rough violations in election campaign in Dagestan
Preparation for local elections in Dagestan, appointed on October 11, is accompanied by administrative pressure and rough violations of the law. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Eduard Khidirov, deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan and head of the regional branch of the Party "Patriots of Russia".
News
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 court in Nalchik has arrested a former military officer on charges of financing terrorism.

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of promoting terrorism.

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.