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18:00, 10 September 2009
Rostov Region: miners-pensioners prepare to picket Zverevo administration
The miners-pensioners detained yesterday by militiamen near Federal Highway No. 4 in the Rostov Region, are at large and plan to picket the building of the administration of the city of Zverevo. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Valery Dyakonov, a deputy of the municipal duma of Zverevo.
23:50, 9 September 2009
Names of would-be Moscow suicide bombers known
Two huge terror acts to be committed by terrorists-suicide bombers have been prevented in Moscow; now the names of their potential executers are known - cousins Bekkhan Ospanov, 29, and Islam Bataev, 30. It was planned to bring the explosive to the terror act venue not only in shahid belts, but also in jogging shoe soles.
Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/angela_toidze, Angela Toidze
23:40, 9 September 2009
BEBR organizes a march to Moscow
Today, the Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP) held a sitting of the organizing committee of the pedestrian march to Moscow.
23:30, 9 September 2009
Congress of Azerbaijanis of the World demands respect of national rights in Iran
On September 8, the Baku-based "Park Inn" Hotel hosted a conference "National Movement of South Azerbaijan", organizer by the Congress of Azerbaijanis of the World (CAW). The event was on the problem of ensuring national rights of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran.
23:10, 9 September 2009
Four residents of Roshni-Chu kidnapped in Chechnya
According to a local resident, in the end of last week, employees of unidentified power agencies kidnapped four residents of Roshni-Chu village, located in the foothill Urus-Martan District. The Chechen militia did not confirm the fact of kidnapping.
Moscow, the political meeting in the memory of Natalay Estemirova. The inscription on the poster (on the left) says: "Natalya Estemirova was fighting against kidnapping in Chechnya", the 24th of August, 2009. Photo by "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 9 September 2009
HRW urges Chechen President to recall his claim against head of "Memorial"
The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to withdraw his claim lodged against Oleg Orlov, head of the HRC "Memorial".
22:10, 9 September 2009
Right-wing ultras take responsibility for murdering figurant in "Black Hawks" case
The "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as "BORN") has disseminated the information that it takes the responsibility for a series of neo-Nazi crimes, committed in Moscow in 2008 and 2009, including the attack on two figurants in the case of the "Black Hawks" grouping, as a result of which Rasul Khalilov, a native of Azerbaijan, was assassinated.
22:00, 9 September 2009
Bodies of all casualties of terror act in Nazran identified
Experts have finished identification of the bodies of the casualties of the explosion at the ROVD building in Nazran. It was reported by a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Ingushetia.
20:00, 9 September 2009
Owners of wedding saloons in Grozny think to move business to neighbouring republics
Some of the local businessmen, who were selling wedding dresses in Grozny, now plan to leave Chechnya in order to sell their goods and payback the debts; and to close up their business in fear of repressions from local authorities.
19:00, 9 September 2009
Kadyrov assures Hammarberg that he does everything possible in Chechnya to find missing people
The Chechen leadership does everything possible for establishing the whereabouts of the people, who had disappeared or had been kidnapped in the course of counterterrorist operations (CTOs). This was stated by President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov during his meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights.
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/verbatim, Allie Verbovetskaya
18:00, 9 September 2009
Militia disperses residents of Dagestan protesting against abductions
On September 8, about two hundred residents of Derbent in Dagestan blocked the central street of the city. The reason of this protest was kidnapping of Sirazhudin Shafiev committed on that very day. As reported by Svetlana Isaeva, head of the organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", Shafiev's relatives suspect that he was kidnapped by power agents.
23:40, 8 September 2009
Isa Yamadaev states preparation of new attempt on him
Isa Yamadaev, brother of the Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the special battalion "Vostok", has stated that a sniper's attack on him is being prepared.
23:20, 8 September 2009
Kadyrov appeals against GUVD's refusal to initiate criminal case against head of "Memorial"
Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, has appealed against the refusal of the Moscow GUVD to open a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, chairman of the HRC "Memorial", to the Prosecutor's Office.
23:00, 8 September 2009
"Sova": "Black Hawks" is the first ethnic antinationalist grouping
Maria Rozalskaya, an expert of the Information Analytical Centre "Sova", believes that before the appearance of the "Black Hawks" - a grouping of Caucasian nationals who persecute Russian nationalists, there were no precedents of this sort, and comparing the "Hawks" with the well-known St Petersburg "Red Skinheads" is unreasonable.
22:10, 8 September 2009
"Memorial" reports another kidnapping in Dagestan
Today in the morning, in the city of Derbent, in the eyes of numerous witnesses, unidentified persons in camouflage and masks kidnapped Sirazhudin Shafiev, born in 1971, a resident of this city.
Source: www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 8 September 2009
Hammarberg is concerned of kidnappings in Chechnya
Chechnya shall solve the problem of searching kidnapped and missing persons. This was stated by Thomas Hammarberg, CE's Commissioner on Human Rights, and Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, who arrived in Chechnya on September 7.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/30735099@N03
21:00, 8 September 2009
Azerbaijani Public marks International Journalists' Solidarity Day
On September 8, on the occasion of the International Journalists' Solidarity Day, a group of independent Azerbaijani journalists laid flowers to the tombs of Elmar Guseinov, editor-in-chief of the "Monitor" magazine, who was assassinated on March 2, 2005, at the threshold of his apartment, and Nadzhaf Nadzhafov, the first editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper and the founder of modern Azerbaijani democratic press.
20:00, 8 September 2009
In Rostov Region, OMON hampers pensioners to block "Don" Highway
Militiamen and OMON (Special-Purpose Militia) fighters would not let miners-pensioners from the city of Zverevo, located in the Rostov Region, to block the Highway М-4 "Don". This was reported by one of the participants of the protest action.
19:00, 8 September 2009
Employees of HRC "Memorial" in Chechnya are ready to resume their work in the republic
The work of the HRC "Memorial" in the Chechen Republic can be resumed within the nearest weeks. On September 7, the employees of the Chechen branch of the HRC "Memorial" held a meeting and made a decision to restart their work in the republic.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/verbatim, Allie Verbovetskaya
18:00, 8 September 2009
Open address on threats to human rights defenders and journalists in Dagestan
News
Detention center. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.Ru. Natives of the Caucasus declared a hunger strike in a Taganrog pretrial detention center.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

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.