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20:00, 30 June 2009
Maskhud Abdullaev, thought to be kidnapped, speaks on Chechen TV
Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Supyan Abdullaev, a close associate of leader of militants Doku Umarov, a student of the Al-Akhsar University, who was deported from Egypt, is nowadays in Chechnya.
18:00, 30 June 2009
Figurants in "Neva-Express" case state pressure and torture
Maksharip Khidriev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of taking part in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has stated that he was tortured by electroshock during inquiry, and "interrogations took place in the forest and a cellar."
17:00, 30 June 2009
"Corruption and Crime" to be continued after death of its editor-in-chief
The newspaper "Corruption and Crime", the editor-in-chief of which Vyacheslav Yaroshenko died on June 29 in Rostov-on-Don, will be continued, as stated by Sergey Sleptsov, its deputy editor-in-chief. According to his story, the paper materials are now published in other editions, but the paper as such will resume in autumn.
15:00, 30 June 2009
Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria is under CTO regime
Within the territory of nine settlements of the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria - Tyrnyauz, Kendelen, Bedyk, Bylym, Tegenekli, Terskol, Elborus, Neitrino and Verkhni Baksan - today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced.
14:08, 30 June 2009
Investigation: suicide bomber who blew up President of Ingushetia was a man
The Toyota car, which was used as a tool for undermining the cortege of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, was driven by a man, as reported by the spokesman of the investigation.
12:00, 30 June 2009
Aladashvili: no excuse in Russia to launch war on Georgia
Irakliy Aladashvili, editor-in-chief of the Georgian independent military-analytical magazine "Arsenali", believes that Mikhail Saakashvili's government is not as aggressive now as last August, and Russia has no pretext for war with Georgia.
10:00, 30 June 2009
Agreement on "Nabucco" under threat because of gas shortage in Azerbaijan
Today, Turkish media report that signing of the intergovernmental agreement on the "Nabucco" energy project, which had been planned for mid-July, can be postponed because of unsettled problem of filling in the trans-Caspian gas main with gas.
07:00, 30 June 2009
Parliament of Georgia wants to ban "opposition calls" on roads
The parliament of Georgia plans to officially forbid any use of special structures for blocking roads in the course of protest actions. Currently, the respective amendments are prepared to the Law "On Assemblies and Manifestations".
23:13, 29 June 2009
Withdrawal of UN mission from Abkhazia begins
On June 30, the first group of military observers of the United Nations Mission will leave Abkhazia. By July 15, this will be done by all the military observers and workers of the police component of the Mission. This was reported today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Edmond Mulet, Assistant to UN Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.
22:00, 29 June 2009
In Armenia, 215 amnestied prisoners are at large
As of today, under the amnesty law adopted by the Parliament of Armenia on June 19, 215 persons have been released.
21:23, 29 June 2009
Medvedev and Aliev agree on gas purchase by "Gazprom" from Azerbaijan
The talks of Dmitri Medvedev with Ilham Aliev, which took place during Russian President's visit to Baku, ended with signing of two joint statements and a range of other documents. During negotiations it was decided that since January 1, 2010, the "Gazprom" will start buying Azerbaijani gas in the volume of 500 million cubic metres.
21:00, 29 June 2009
Georgian film recognized as one of the best at Moscow Festival
The prize for the best film in the contest programme "Prospect" of the 31st Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF-31), which passed on June 19-28 in the Russian capital, was awarded to the Georgian film "Conflict Zone" filmed by Director Vano Burduli.
20:00, 29 June 2009
Missing Novaya Urada resident found murdered in Dagestan
The body of Gitikhma Dzhavatkhanov, a resident of Novaya Urada village, Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan, who was regarded as missing since June 27, was identified by his relatives in the Makhachkala morgue.
19:00, 29 June 2009
Abkhazia to take part in a new round of Geneva debates
The delegation of Abkhazia will take part in the sixth round of Geneva debates on safety in Transcaucasia, planned to start on July 1. Tomorrow, on June 30, the Abkhazian delegation takes off for Geneva.
Azerbaijan, Baku, panorama with 4 Mosques. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/9549670@N05
18:12, 29 June 2009
Trial on explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque starts in Baku
Today, the Court on Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan has held a preparatory session on the case of the explosion in "Abu-Bekr" Mosque on August 17, 2008, when a grenade was thrown into the mosque during the evening prayer, killing two and wounding 13 persons.
South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, august 2008. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/29485762@N05
18:00, 29 June 2009
Exercises "Kavkaz-2009" can be a prologue to new Russia's war on Georgia, experts think
Today, the southwest region of Russia starts operative-strategic exercises "Kavkaz-2009", treated already by western media as a prologue to a new war against Georgia; Russian experts also tend to think so.
17:00, 29 June 2009
Thrashed editor of "Corruption and Crime" dies in Rostov
Vyacheslav Yaroshenko, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Corruption and Crime", who was beaten by unknown persons in the end of April, has died in Rostov-on-Don.
16:00, 29 June 2009
Russian Army officer is on hunger strike in Sochi
In Sochi, Evgeniy Tsapko, an officer of the Russian Army, announced a hunger strike in protest against the criminal case, opened against him and his colleagues under the articles of "Desertion" and "Self-willed escape from service". The case against Mr Tsapko was initiated after he demanded to enforce a court judgement on providing housing to him.
15:00, 29 June 2009
President of Ingushetia Evkurov is still unconscious
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has not regained consciousness yet. Doctors find his health condition grave, but observe positive dynamics.
14:00, 29 June 2009
Chechnya: terror act against militiamen
Two Russian militiamen and an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya were wounded on June 28 in the evening in Gudermes, the second largest city of Chechnya, in a land mine explosion.
News
A Nalchik resident is suspected of financing an extremist organization.

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for repeatedly leaving his place of service.

Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria have joined the effort to raise funds for Dagestan.

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.