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21:00, 23 July 2009
Ingush FSB: Albakov's kidnapping was staged by his accomplices
The kidnapping of the resident of Ingushetia Batyr Albakov, who was then killed on July 21 during special operation in Sunzha District of the republic, was imitated by his accomplices with the aim to conceal the fact of his departure to militants. This is the opinion of the Department of FSB for Ingushetia.
Chechnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
20:00, 23 July 2009
Chechen MoE plans to form special teams for land demining
In the nearest ten days, the Chechen Republic is planning to set up special groups for demining farmlands. The respective decision was passed upon agreement with the Ministry of Emergencies (MoE) of Russia.
19:00, 23 July 2009
Sabail Court of Baku rejects bloggers' appeal against police
Today, the Sabail District Court of the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, under the chairmanship of Famil Nasibov, rejected the complaint submitted by young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli against the actions of the Sabail District Police.
19:00, 23 July 2009
In Armenia, Ombudsman is anxious about state of health of convicted journalist Babadzhanyan
Armen Arutyunyan, Armenian Ombudsman, has addressed Gevork Danielyan, Minister of Justice, with a request to help in organizing medical examination of Arman Babadzhanyan, now imprisoned editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Zhamanak" (Time), whose health condition has sharply worsened.
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18:00, 23 July 2009
Gannushkina: version that they killed Estemirova to do harm to Kadyrov fails
The version of Natalia Estemirova's murder for the sake of causing harm to President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov can be excluded from consideration in view of the circumstances of the murder. This was stated by Svetlana Gannushkina, chair of the public charitable organization for helping refugees and forced migrants "Civil Assistance", head of the network "Migration and Law" of the HRC "Memorial".
23:30, 22 July 2009
Azerbaijan: arrested bloggers sue the police
The arrested bloggers and youth activists Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli have lodged a suit against the Sabail District Police Department. It will be considered on July 23 by the Sabail District Court of Baku under the chairmanship of Famil Nasibov.
23:00, 22 July 2009
Federation of Circassian Hases of Turkey demand to punish Natalia Estemirova's killers
The Federation of Circassian Hases of Turkey (KAFFED), which unites representatives of all Caucasian nations, condoles with Natalia Estemirova's relatives and friends and condemns the customers and executors of her murder.
23:00, 22 July 2009
Rostov: prosecutor's office ready to check threats addressed to leader of "Young Europe"
Konstantin Baranov, leader of the Rostov-on-Don branch of the all-Russian organization "Young Europe", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was summoned to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in the context of his statements that appeared in media about threats, which he receives from neo-Nazis.
22:30, 22 July 2009
Video surveillance will help maintaining order in Chechen capital
In the nearest two weeks, all the administrative buildings, commercial sites and other throngs of citizens in Grozny will be equipped with video surveillance cameras.
22:10, 22 July 2009
In Ingushetia, a shop selling alcohol was blown up
In Ingushetia, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, today, at about 3:00 a.m., a shop that was selling alcohol beverages among other things was blown up. There were no victims, but the building was strongly damaged.
22:00, 22 July 2009
Circle of suspects of Natalia Estemirova's murder established
A high-ranking source in power agencies of the Southern Federal District has reported that the investigation had defined a circle of suspects of murdering Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial".
21:10, 22 July 2009
Sochi: local residents demand to punish Moscow officer for abusing them
Residents of Sochi Nuriet and Zarema Achmizova have lodged a complaint to the military public prosecutor of the Sochi garrison against Roman Nistratov who had humiliated, in their opinion, the national dignity of local residents of Golovinka settlement and members of Sochi national minority - Shapsugs (Adygs).
21:00, 22 July 2009
FIDH: absence of "Memorial" means a failure in defence of human rights in Chechnya
The International Federation of Human Rights (French abbreviation - FIDH) expresses its concern about the departure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" from the Chechen Republic. The leaders of the Federation believe that the absence of "Memorial" in the republic will create a failure in defence of human rights.
19:00, 22 July 2009
UN: by consent to international investigation of Estemirova's murder, Russian authorities will show their intention to find gunmen
Rashid Aluash, adviser of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Russian Federation, believes that by consenting to hold an independent international investigation into Natalia Estemirova's murder, Russian leaders will manifest their commitment to reveal the culprits.
18:00, 22 July 2009
Khazbiev: Batyr Albakov was killed in Ingushetia for the sake of statistics
Batyr Albakov, who was kidnapped and later found dead and who was labelled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia as a militant, was killed for the sake of statistics. This opinion was stated by Magomed Khazbiev leader of Ingush opposition. Human rights defenders note many strange things in this murder. Arsen Sakalov, director of the Nazran-based fund "Legal Initiative" said that as a whole, it happens extremely seldom that the kidnapped person is presented as militant.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/docody
23:40, 21 July 2009
Azerbaijani human rights activists are indignant with judgement on bloggers
Members of Azerbaijani NGOs have resolutely condemned the decision of the Baku Appeal Court to uphold the ruling of the Sabail District Court to arrest youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade for the period of two months.
23:10, 21 July 2009
Mikail Ezhiev calls Natalia Estemirova's murder a provocation
According to Mikail Ezhiev, leader of the NGO "Human Rights Centre of the Chechen Republic", members of local NGOs treat the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova as a provocation. In their opinion, its aim was to kindle a military conflict between Chechnya and Ingushetia.
23:00, 21 July 2009
In Georgia, two oppositionists are sentenced to 13-day custody
The Tbilisi City Court has ruled to punish Meloru Vachnadze and Henri Bibileishvili, activists of the youth movement named "Join!" and participants of the action at the entrance to the building of Parliament, with a 13-day imprisonment.
22:30, 21 July 2009
Three witnesses established in Estemirova's murder case, the fourth one is searched
The law enforcement bodies engaged in investigating the circumstances of kidnapping and subsequent murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial", are searching two cars and the young woman, who was in immediate proximity from the place of the incident at the moment of kidnapping.
22:10, 21 July 2009
Deportee from Egypt Maskhud Abdullaev is in Grozny
Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Chechen field commander Supyan Abdullaev, who was deported from Egypt, is now in Grozny and plans to leave for Baku on July 24 to his mother. He told about it to Svetlana Gannushkina, chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance" in a telephone conversation.
News
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran has resumed operations.

Afghan Sadigov. Photo: https://www.massa.az/news/ru/15090/sostoyanie-jurnalista-obyavivshego-golodovku-v-tyurme-ostaetsya-tyajelym Journalist Sadygov was denied a passport after being deported.

Aitaj Tapdig (Akhmedova). Photo: Fatima Movlamly / JAMnews https://jam-news.net/ru The Penitentiary Service has denied allegations of violence against a Meydan TV journalist.

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.