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21:00, 27 August 2009
Defendant in Nalchik attack case petitions on returning the case to public prosecutor
Today, at the session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the criminal case about the events on October 13, 2005, the parties in the process discussed the petition filed by defendant Azamat Akhkubekov in favour of returning the criminal case to the public prosecutor, since, in his opinion, there are significant discrepancies between the indictment and the materials of the criminal case.
20:00, 27 August 2009
Armenia: court extends custody of oppositional editor
The court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan community Tsentr-Nork-Marash has passed a decision to extend by two month the pre-trial custody of Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak" and activist of the "Armenian National Congress" who voluntarily surrendered to law enforcers on July 1.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/verbatim, Allie Verbovetskaya
19:00, 27 August 2009
In Dagestan, NGOs ask Russian President to "pacify" power agents
Today an extraordinary session of the Union of NGOs "Homeland" was convoked to discuss actions in defence of constitutional rights of Dagestan citizens.
Ingushetia, Nazran. Photo by www.venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich
18:00, 27 August 2009
Khazbiev: militiamen-victims of Nazran terror act lack help
On August 26, in Ingushetia, local representative of Russian Ombudsman Magomed Khazbiev was approached by relatives of the Ingush militiamen injured by the terror act in Nazran on August 17 and sent to take their treatment to Rostov-on-Don. According to their story, the militiamen receive insufficient health care; and the conditions, in which they are treated, are "awful".
23:30, 26 August 2009
Member of Board of Elders of Balkar People was forced to the Prosecutor's Office of Nalchik
On August 25 in the morning, Tamara Gerieva, a member of the Board of Elders of Balkar People (BEBP), was violently delivered by militiamen to the Prosecutor's Office of Nalchik, where Anatoly Tkhagapsoev, public prosecutor of the city, offered her to sign a warning on inadmissibility of extremist activity. Ms Gerieva herself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:10, 26 August 2009
Chechen suicide bomber was convicted earlier as IAF member
Magomed Shakhidov who committed on August 25 a terror act in the Shali District of Chechnya, in 2004 was sentenced to imprisonment for taking part in illegal armed formations (IAFs).
23:00, 26 August 2009
South Ossetia marks its Independence Day
The concert under the motto "To Russia with love!" will be the final event of the Tskhinvali's meaningful day of the first anniversary of South Ossetia's independence. An "Open lesson of peace, friendship and arts" is another Russian-South-Ossetian action dedicated to one year after Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence.
22:30, 26 August 2009
Ingush MIA: hospital evacuation in Nazran was caused by threat of terror act
The republic's MIA has confirmed that the evacuation of the Ingushetian Republic's Clinical Hospital (IRCH) in Nazran was not an exercise, but a reaction of power agents to real information about a prepared explosion with participation of a woman-suicide bomber.
22:10, 26 August 2009
Dagestan resident complains of illegal actions of the militia
Abdulbadyr Abdulzhaparov, a resident of Rakhata village, Botlikh District Dagestan, has addressed his complaint against Labazan Derbishev, head of the criminal investigation division of the Botlikh ROVD, to Interior Ministers of Russia and Dagestan Rashid Nurgaliev and Ali Magomedov. Mr Abdulzhaparov believes that he has fallen victim of the militiaman's persecution because of aversion.
22:00, 26 August 2009
In the wake of Nazran terror act, Evkurov accuses his officials of criminal negligence
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has accused, in his video address to the Ingush people, his officials of negligence and irresponsibility, which led to the terror act at the Nazran ROVD building.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/44984019@N00
21:10, 26 August 2009
Human rights activists demand from Azerbaijani authorities to investigate Novruzali Mamedov's death
The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has sent appeals to the General Public Prosecutor and Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan, urging them to objectively investigate the death on August 17 in the prison hospital of Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh).
20:00, 26 August 2009
Ingush woman states extrajudicial execution of her son
Relatives of Shamil Makhloev, 21, a resident of Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, state another extrajudicial punishment by power agents.
19:00, 26 August 2009
In Azerbaijan, start of bloggers' trial appointed on September 4
The litigation on the hooliganism case initiated against young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli will start at the Sabail District Court of Baku on September 4 at 3:00 p.m. local time. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by advocate Isakhan Ashurov.
18:00, 26 August 2009
Terror act at Nazran ROVD could be committed by Said Buryatskiy
The terrorist-suicide bomber, who blew up the ROVD building in Nazran on August 17, could be Alexander Tikhomirov, 27, one of the main Wahhabites' ideologists in Northern Caucasus, also known as Sheikh Said Buryatskiy. In a video record that appeared in the Internet he declares his intention to commit a terror act.
23:50, 25 August 2009
Journalist Shalva Ramishvili to be released in Georgia
In Georgia, on August 26, after four years of imprisonment, journalist Shalva Ramishvili, owner of the TV Company "202", will be released.
23:20, 25 August 2009
Yuri Chaika: in the Caucasus, 78 murders were ascribed to innocents
On August 24, Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, said, after his working visit to Dagestan, that in Northern Caucasus 78 murders had been ascribed to the persons who never committed them.
23:10, 25 August 2009
In Azerbaijan, "Reporters without Borders" help family of convicted journalist
The "Reporters without Borders" (RwB), an international organization defending the freedom of press, has rendered financial help to the family of convicted journalist Mushvig Guseinov, an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way).
23:00, 25 August 2009
Chechen separatists sentence Ahmed Zakaev to death
Separatists of Chechnya have sentenced one of their emissaries Ahmed Zakaev to death. In their opinion, he betrayed Islam, having recognized the legitimacy of Ramzan Kadyrov's government.
22:40, 25 August 2009
Azerbaijan: SC to reconsider journalist's complaint against Nakhichevan police boss
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) (located in Azerbaijan) has considered the appeal complaint lodged by Khakimeldost Mekhtiev, a correspondent of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), against the decision of the Nakhichevan Court to reject Mr Mekhtiev's claim against Sabukhi Novruzov, boss of the city police.
22:00, 25 August 2009
In Krasnodar, cars with special license number plates are revealed as TRs infringers
Spot-checks are organized in this city by local UVD (Interior Department) together with the city-based road-guard regiment aimed to reveal infringers of Traffic Regulations (TRs) driving cars without number plates and with the so-called "special number series". However, local residents find these actions inefficient.
News
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Protesters in Tbilisi announced a march ahead of the Easter service.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue commemorated the victims of April 9.

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.