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23:20, 16 September 2009
Russian MFA: case against journalist Besik Pipiya in Georgia is political
Initiation in Georgia of a criminal case against Russian citizen Besik Pipiya, head of the representative office of the RIA "Novosti" in Tbilisi, is politically motivated. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia.
Political meeting timed to the 40th day after Natalya Estemirova's murder, the 24th of August, Moscow. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 16 September 2009
Human rights defenders: inspectors know who killed Estemirova, but they are under pressure
Human rights activists assert that the process of inquiry into the murder of the well-known Chechen human rights defender Natalia Estemirova is under pressure. As reported today by Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", they had to take one of the witnesses - an employee of the "Memorial" - away from Chechnya for this reason.
Ingushetia. Photo by http://www.venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich
22:10, 16 September 2009
Maksharip Aushev reports his failed kidnapping in Ingushetia
Maksharip Aushev, a former leader of the opposition, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap him in Ingushetia.
22:00, 16 September 2009
Hearing of young bloggers' case starts in the capital of Azerbaijan
Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku has started judicial hearing on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and application of bodily injuries.
21:00, 16 September 2009
Ingushetia: defence in "Case of Twelve" to appeal against cancellation of jury
Magomed Gandarov, advocate of three figurants in the so-called "Case of Twelve", is going to appeal against the decision to cancel the court of jurymen on his clients to the supervisory instance of the Supreme Court of Russia. Mr Gandarov himself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
20:00, 16 September 2009
Moscow roundtable claims the need to counteract terrorism in Internet
On September 15, the Press Centre of the RIA "Novosti" in Moscow hosted a roundtable on the role of the civil society and mass media in confronting terrorism and prevention of extremism. However, its main topic was in fact the statement of the authorities' defeat on the front of media war on terrorism.
19:00, 16 September 2009
Data on victims of terror act in Chechnya is contradictory
The information about the terror committed today before afternoon in the centre of the capital of Chechnya remains contradictory. According to some sources, two militiamen were killed by the explosion, by other ones - some six-eight persons suffered.
Vissarion Apliaa. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 16 September 2009
Vissarion Apliaa: separation of Abkhazian Church from Georgian one is historically justified
Priest Vissarion Apliaa, leader of the Abkhazian Orthodox Church, believes that the decision on independence of the local church was historically motivated. "We just want to restore the historical justice; and nobody can challenge our decision. We've made a lawful canonical decision, and we've invented nothing," Father Vissarion said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:50, 15 September 2009
Medvedev is satisfied with the work of President of Chechnya
President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev is satisfied with how President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is working, and asked foreign political scientists not to depict him as a "bad boy".
23:10, 15 September 2009
Khattuni resident kidnapped in Chechnya during "zachistka"
Yesterday, on September 14, in Khattuni, a village of the mountainous Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic, as local residents assert, a broad-scale "zachistka" (mopping-up) was conducted, during which a local resident was kidnapped. The republic's power structures refuse to make any comments.
Vadim Karastelev, the expert of Human rights committee of Novorossisk, the inscriprion on the poster says: "Freedom is not someting to give, it is something to take". Photo by Human rights committee of Novorossisk
23:00, 15 September 2009
Several NGOs stand in defence of NCHR in Krasnodar Territory
After the news appeared that the Prosecutor's Office of Novorossisk had sent a petition to the court on suspension of the activity of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR), a number of Russian NGO voiced in defence of human rights defenders: AGORA, YURIX, MHG (Moscow Helsinki Group) and Foundation "Public Verdict". The Movement "For Human Rights" has made a statement; and another statement is prepared, which will be soon open for signing-in. This was reported by Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the NCHR.
Ingushetia, Nazran. Photo by http://venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich
22:40, 15 September 2009
Pavlov: war on corruption in Ingushetia should start with opening access to information
On the opinion of advocate and human rights defender Ivan Pavlov, director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), the war on corruption in Ingushetia should start with ensuring citizens' free access to about the operation of state bodies.
22:10, 15 September 2009
"Russian Newsweek": report of European commission on war in South Ossetia can be made secret
The special European commission set up for investigating into the circumstances of the last year's August conflict in the Caucasus plans to disclose the results of its studies quite soon. However, now, 9 months later, during which the commission has spent 1.6 million euros, there is a probability that the report will be made classified, the "Russian Newsweek" writes with reference to "well-informed sources."
22:00, 15 September 2009
Preliminary investigation on Estemirova's murder case extended
The preliminary investigation on the murder case of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova has been prolonged. According to the official version, there was no enough time to conduct all the pre-planned investigatory-operative actions, since "quite many problems have appeared."
21:00, 15 September 2009
Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation: Grozny suicide bomber identified
The terrorist-suicide bomber who committed the terror act on September 12 at the school building near the Bilimkhanov Stadium in Grozny has been identified. He was Aslanbek Dzhabrailov, born in 1986, a native of Elistanzhi village, Vedeno District of Chechnya. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.
Moscow, Independent press centre. From left to right: the coordinator of Europe and Middle Asia CPJ program - Nina Ognyanova, the member of the board of Children protection committee - Katie Marton (the 3d to the left) and Jean-Paul Martoze. September 15, 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 September 2009
CPJ: Northern Caucasus is a hazardous area and potentially dangerous topic for independent journalists
Today, the report of the international Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) "Anatomy of Impunity: Unsolved Murders of Journalists in Russia" was made public in Moscow; mostly, the report is on Northern Caucasus.
Abkhazia, Sukhum. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/photophoca, Vladimir Sokolov
19:00, 15 September 2009
Venezuela has officially recognized Abkhazia's independence
An official note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Venezuela about recognition of independence of the Republic of Abkhazia was served to the Abkhazian delegation, which is on its official visit to Venezuela. This was reported today by the press service of the MFA of Abkhazia.
18:00, 15 September 2009
City Court resumes litigation on mutiny in Mukhrovani military base
Yesterday, on September 14, the Tbilisi City Court considered the case on the so-called "Mukhrovani mutiny". 34 defendants have admitted their guilt of disobedience to the order of the commander of Mukhrovani battalion, when they refused to go out for preparing for the Georgia's Independence Day. Disobedience to the commander's order is punished under part 2, Article 316 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
23:40, 14 September 2009
Number of victims of human trafficking on the rise in Azerbaijan
Last year, the number of registered facts of trafficking in people in Azerbaijan was 394, and in the first six months of this year already 250 such cases were recorded. This was reported by Araz Babaev, senior operative officer of the MIA, at a seminar on the problems of trafficking in humans.
23:20, 14 September 2009
Flow of refugees from Georgia falls on Poland
Plenty of refugees from Georgia seek asylum in Poland. According to the Polish Department for Foreigners' Matters, every day about 100 citizens of Georgia apply for granting a refuge; they try to enter the country through the Polish-Belarus border check point in Terespol, a railway junction on the Polish side near Brest.
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.