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23:50, 18 September 2009
In Armenia, court rejects petition on changing restraint of human rights activist Arshaluis Akopyan
The chair of the trial on the case of Arshaluis Akopyan, and employee of the Helsinki Association, accused of applying violence to policemen, has rejected the petition lodged by advocate Gayane Khachatryan on changing the restraint of her client.
23:30, 18 September 2009
Sappers of Russian MfA come to Chechnya to demine farmland
Yesterday, on September 17, a united detachment of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfA) of Russia came to Chechnya for demining the territory of the republic's state farm "Zarya" (Dawn). 31 specialists from the "Leader" Centre for Special-Risk Operations will work for six weeks in the Grozny District.
23:10, 18 September 2009
Krasnodar Territory: repeated court session appointed on NCHR case
On September 17, a court sitting on suspension of the activity of Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR) was held in the Krasnodar Territory. A repeated session was appointed. A number of Russian cities have launched solidarity campaigns with the NCHR.
23:00, 18 September 2009
Adelkhanov: problem of resettling Meskhetian Turks to Georgia will remain unsolved for long
So far, no preparation of the Georgian government to resettlement of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia is seen, as stated by Emil Adelkhanov, a representative of the "Caucasian Institute of Georgia".
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/blodgett
22:20, 18 September 2009
In Baku, at trial of bloggers victim and witnesses give evidences
Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Araz Guseinov, continued judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and infliction of bodily injuries. Evidences were presented by the victim and witnesses.
22:00, 18 September 2009
Deputy of European Parliament: national minorities are discriminated in Georgia
The European Union is concerned of the situation of national minorities in Georgia, which "are exposed to language, social and religious discrimination." This is the topic of the letter sent by the Deputy of the European Parliament Silvie Guillaume to Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner on External Relations.
Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/angela_toidze, Angela Toidze
21:10, 18 September 2009
March of BEBP to Moscow to start on October 4
The Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP) has defined the date of holding the march of Balkar people. The action intended to draw attention to the problems of the Balkar people will take place on October 4.
21:00, 18 September 2009
Ukrainian military experts serviced Georgian air defence systems during conflict with South Ossetia
A year ago Ukrainian experts were busy in the territory of Georgia during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict servicing the "Buk-M1" antiaircraft-missile complexes, which had been earlier sold to this country. These are, under unofficial information, the conclusions of the audit held by the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.
19:00, 18 September 2009
Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan checks disappearance of Nariman Mamedyarov
The Prosecutor's Office of the Leninskiy District of Makhachkala is holding a pre-inquiry check of the application filed by relatives of Nariman Mamedyarov, in which they report that on September 10, Mamedyarov, who had been earlier kidnapped by power agents and released from custody under recognizance not to leave after interference of human rights activists, disappeared again.
European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/beanbiscuit
18:00, 18 September 2009
Strasbourg Court fines Russia on claims of Chechen and Ingush residents
Russia has lost three cases at the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg initiated under claims of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia: now it is obliged to pay 210,000 euros for disappearances and deaths of their relatives.
23:40, 17 September 2009
Ingush President convokes emergency meeting of power bosses after Aushev's failed kidnapping
After the former leader of the opposition of Ingushetia Maksharip Aushev made a report about the failed attempt of his kidnapping to President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the latter convoked an emergency meeting of his power top managers and initiated investigatory actions on the fact of the incident. Mr Aushev himself said about it to the "Caucasian Knot".
23:10, 17 September 2009
Armenia finds police actions during dispersal of rally on March 1, 2008, proportional
The final report of the interim parliamentary commission on studying the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, published today, concludes that the actions of the police, who dispersed the actions of the opposition during those days, were, as a whole, proportional and within the Law "On Police". The commission included no members representing the opposition.
23:00, 17 September 2009
Maksharip Aushev: my escape from kidnapping was a miracle
Maksharip Aushev, a member of the Expert's Council of the office of Russian Ombudsman, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the details of the attempt of his kidnapping, undertaken on September 15 in Ingushetia.
22:10, 17 September 2009
Moslems of North Ossetia regard ammunition found in unfinished mosque in Beslan as provocation
The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of North Ossetia has disseminated a statement running that the ammunition found in the Beslan mosque in the days of sacred Moslem month of Ramadan is a provocation.
22:00, 17 September 2009
Aigunov: electric shockers were used against participants of non-sanctioned rally in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, in the course of dispersal by militia of a non-authorized rally, convoked in protest against changing custody conditions of two convicted citizens, special means were applied - electric shockers. As a result, a woman was taken away by an ambulance. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Gasan Aigunov, chairman of the public observation commission of Dagestan under the Public Chamber of Russia.
21:00, 17 September 2009
ECtHR demands from Russia information on investigation into kidnapping of Dagestan resident
The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has addressed the authorities of the Russian Federation asking them to present, before September 21, 2009, information about details of the inquiry into the kidnapping of Sirazhudin Minatulaevich Shafiev, a resident of Dagestan.
20:00, 17 September 2009
Chechnya: woman-suicide bomber not identified yet
So far, the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have not managed to identify the woman who blew her up yesterday, on September 16, in the morning in central Grozny near an RPS patrol car of the MIA of Chechnya. According to latest data, there are no casualties, eight persons were wounded: two militiamen - heavily.
19:00, 17 September 2009
Kemerovo militiamen wounded by two explosions in Ingushetia
Today at night in Ingushetia, as a result of explosions of two unidentified bombs planted near a militia patrol car, two militiamen, sent to this republic from the city of Kemerovo, received minor injuries.
18:00, 17 September 2009
No video records available from the place of Aushev's failed kidnapping in Ingushetia
Maksharip Aushev, a member of the Expert's Council of the office of Russian Ombudsman, whom, according to his version, unidentified power agents tried to kidnap in Ingushetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today together with law enforcers he took part in withdrawal of video records from the outdoor surveillance cameras, located in the place of the incident; however, it turned out that non of them had recorded his failed kidnapping.
23:50, 16 September 2009
Human rights activists state increase of kidnappings in Northern Caucasus
Chechnya sees more and more kidnappings, as reported by the HRC "Memorial". The "Mashr" human rights organization, in its turn, reports that the count of kidnappings has decreased, but the number of murders is on the rise. This is the conclusion of experts, based on the data as of end of August 2009.
News
Detention center. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.Ru. Natives of the Caucasus declared a hunger strike in a Taganrog pretrial detention center.

Political scientists have named the most pro-Russian parties ahead of the Armenian parliamentary elections.

Analysts assessed the development prospects of the Middle Corridor

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.