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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
23:50, 7 September 2009
Russian militaries let off four Georgians detained for trespassing South-Ossetian border
Today at night after interrogation, Russian militaries have released four residents of Sakorintlo village, Kaspsk District, bordering on South Ossetia. According to the detainees, Russian soldiers detained them, when they crossed the conventional border while pasturing their cattle.
23:10, 7 September 2009
Stavropol: bomb found in children's playground neutralized
Tonight, a bomb in a wooden box was found in a children's playground in a dwelling district of the city of Stavropol. The bomb was neutralized by a robot-sapper.
23:00, 7 September 2009
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 31 - September 6
Liquidation of the "al-Qaeda" coordinator in Dagestan; self-explosion of a suicide bomber and political consequences of the resonant terror act in Ingushetia; opening of a micro-district in Tskhinvali, built by Moscow and vision by South-Ossetian President Kokoity of the future of his republic; "exit to sea" of the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict at the background of detention of ships in the Abkhazian sea zone; agreement on movement towards open Armenian-Turkish border - look up these and other events in the review of the week of August 31 - September 6 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 7 September 2009
Russian version of GQ magazine has no article about investigation of explosions of apartment houses in Moscow and Buinaksk
The Russian version of the GQ magazine was published without the article "Vladimir Putin - Obscure Ascent to Power", which is present in its American version. The article by Scott Anderson deals with the investigation of terror acts in Russia in the end of 1990s and is based on the interview with Mikhail Trepashkin, a former agent of Russian special services, who told the American journalist about involvement of the FSB in the explosions of apartment houses in Moscow and Buinaksk.
22:50, 7 September 2009
In Armenia, the parliamentary commission for studying March 1, 2008, events plans to visit military warehouse
The interim parliamentary commission, which was set up for studying the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan has made a decision to visit one of the warehouses of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the aim to check the facts presented in the report of the Fact-Finding Group about the events that on that the army warehouse was issuing military uniform to oligarchs' bodyguards.
22:40, 7 September 2009
Moslems of Azerbaijan criticize demolition of "Fatmai-Zakhra"
"Ruined Mosques" - this was the topic of the roundtable held on September 7 at the Baku Media Centre on the initiative of the Centre in Defence of the Freedom of Worship and Religion (DEVAMM.) Demolition of three mosques, while in 2009 Baku was proclaimed the capital of the Islamic culture, is discrediting Azerbaijan before the Muslim world - this was the leitmotif of the roundtable.
22:10, 7 September 2009
In Armenia, young oppositionist goes on termless hunger strike
Oppositionist Tigran Arakelyan, 18, kept in custody since July 5, has announced today that he refuses from medical held, and starting September 10 will go on termless dry hunger strike.
22:00, 7 September 2009
In Chechnya, human rights activists wait to meet CE Commissioner
Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe (CE) for Human Rights, arrives in Grozny. Leaders of human rights organizations of the republic hope to discuss at their meeting with Mr Hammarberg a lot of serious issues, including the problem of safety of the NGO employees who work in the region.
20:00, 7 September 2009
Georgian Ombudsman and opposition voice against early relief of policemen-murderers
The Georgian Ombudsman Sozar Subari and leaders of oppositional parties of Georgia are against early relief of the four police officers, who had been sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment each for murdering a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani in early 2006.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru, Ramazan Gutsyev
19:00, 7 September 2009
New school uniform introduced in Chechnya
In Chechnya, the issue of the new uniform for Grozny schools is still very hot. Pupils' parents assert that the new uniform is imposed by bureaucrats and express their extreme discontent with the quality and cost of the schoolchildren's clothes.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/verbatim, Allie Verbovetskaya
18:00, 7 September 2009
Kamalov: authors of leaflets with "execution list" know Dagestan specificities
The dissemination in Makhachkala of leaflets with the threat of blood feud against members of "Dagestan illegal armed formations (IAFs)" was done by the persons who know the situation in Dagestan quite well. This was stated by Gadjimurad Kamalov, publisher of the Dagestan weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint) and director general of the LLC "Freedom of Speech" (Makhachkala).
23:00, 5 September 2009
In Moscow, unknown persons gather information about "Memorial" employees
On September 3, certain strangers, who presented themselves as tax inspectors, came to the registration addresses of Oleg Orlov, chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and Alexander Cherkasov, a member of Board, and tried to find out details of their life.
23:00, 5 September 2009
UN: Georgia has over 293 thousand displaced persons
The report of the Secretary General of the United Nations "Situation with Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia in Georgia" states that now Georgia keeps over 293 thousand IDPs (internally displaced persons).
20:00, 5 September 2009
Georgia releases Azerbaijanis from detained "Buket" tanker
Georgia has received fines from the company – owner of the ship "Buket", which was detained in the neutral waters, and released the citizens of Azerbaijan who were onboard.
19:00, 5 September 2009
Article 19, HRW and IPC call to stop suppressing the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan
The heads of three international organizations – Article 19, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and International Pen Committee (IPC) – have addressed their open letter to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev, asking him to ensure the supremacy of law at the trial of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, and calling him to stop suppression of the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.
News
Three suspected militants from Basayev's group have been arrested.

Relatives of prisoners in the Taganrog pretrial detention center fear for their health.

Detention center. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.Ru. Natives of the Caucasus declared a hunger strike in a Taganrog pretrial detention center.

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.