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15:00, 14 July 2009
Sochi General Plan adopted, despite protests of ecologists and Russia's "Minprirody"
Today, the session of City Assembly of Sochi has adopted the General Plan of civil development. According to city's Chief Architect Oleg Sheveiko, the overall objective of the Plan is in further development of Sochi and its transformation into the world-level tourist centre.
13:00, 14 July 2009
National Mortgage Company launched in Armenia
As reported by Arthur Dzhavadyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, a universal credit organization named "The National Mortgage Company" was founded and started in Armenia with the aim to develop and stimulate the local mortgage market.
12:00, 14 July 2009
Militants' Amir killed in Dagestan
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, today at night, in the Karabudakhken District of the republic, the following suspected militants were liquidated: Amir Magomedmurad Osmanov with radio call sign 'Zubair" and a militant Magomed Batyrbekov with call sign "Ibragim". The person of the third casualty is now established.
11:00, 14 July 2009
Downpour in Pyatigorsk brings 30-million-worth damage
Experts have computed the damage caused by storm rains on July 10 to the economy of the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the information department of the City Duma of Pyatigorsk that under a tentative estimate, the overall damage has made more than 30 million roubles.
09:00, 14 July 2009
Terek Cossacks want to restore Terek Region
On July 7, at the Terek Cossack Circle (Assembly) in Vladikavkaz, Cossack Atamans raised the idea to restore the enlarged North-Caucasian Region in the form of the Terek Region that existed in the tsarist Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mikhail Inkavtsov, Ataman of the Terek Cossack Army.
23:00, 13 July 2009
Estemirova: power agents order relatives of the girl assassinated in Grozny to bury her "without noise"
Representatives of power agencies have burnt down the house of relatives of Madina Yunusova, 20, the wife of Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov, who was killed in the course of a special operation on July 2, and gave out her body to relatives on July 5, having ordered to bury the girl "without noise". This was reported by Natalia Estemirova, representative of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
22:00, 13 July 2009
Georgia finds Russian President's visit to South Ossetia to be a provocation
As stated by Temur Yakobashvili, Vice-Premier and State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia, the today's Dmitri Medvedev's visit to South Ossetia is a provocation.
20:00, 13 July 2009
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev makes his first visit to South Ossetia
Today, the first visit of Russian President to South Ossetia, after Russia had recognized its independence, took place. In the course of the visit, which was a surprise not only for residents of the republic, but also for Ossetian officials, Dmitri Medvedev has reiterated that Russia will help South Ossetia in restoring its economy and social sphere.
18:00, 13 July 2009
Nabucco treaty signed in Turkey
Heads of the governments of Turkey, Austria and Hungary, and of energy companies from Bulgaria and Romania have initialled the intergovernmental treaty on the Nabucco Project.
17:00, 13 July 2009
Doctors do not exclude Evkurov's transfer to ordinary ward
A source from the Vishnevskiy Surgery Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences has reported that President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was heavily wounded in an attempt on June 22, is still is the resuscitation ward; however, he is much better now and can be removed to an ordinary ward.
16:00, 13 July 2009
CTO regime cancelled in Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria
Today, from 6 a.m. on, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was lifted in the Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the press service of the CTO Operative Headquarters.
14:00, 13 July 2009
Five suspected militants killed in Chechnya
Today in the morning, in southwest and southeast of Chechnya, five persons, who rendered armed resistance to power agents, were liquidated. This was stated by law enforcement bodies of the republic. None of the power agents, who took part in these special operations, suffered, the militia asserts.
13:00, 13 July 2009
Suspects of attempt on Argishti Kiviryan arrested in Armenia
The National Security Service of Armenia has arrested two persons suspected of a murder attempt of Argishti Kiviryan, coordinator of the Internet edition "Armenia Today".
12:00, 13 July 2009
Chechnya: captured separatists' leader calls Doku Umarov to surrender
In the evening on July 12, one of Chechen TV Channels showed a video report with Rustam Makhauri, the militants' field commander captured in the end of last week by power agents in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia. He said that he had understood his misbehaviour and called the leader of separatists Doku Umarov to surrender to the authorities.
03:00, 13 July 2009
MIA: 12 militants liquidated in Chechnya in two days
On July 11-12, in several districts of the republic and in the capital Grozny, fighters of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya killed in total 12 suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who rendered armed resistance.
Georgian parliament. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 11 July 2009
Georgian parliament toughens rules on street actions
At their extraordinary session, Georgian MPs have passed in the first reading a legislative package, initiated by the party in power and aimed to toughen the rules on holding protest actions.
19:00, 11 July 2009
Ex-Russian ambassador to Georgia is now in Armenia
Vyacheslav Kovalenko, former ambassador of Russia to Georgia, has been appointed a new Russia's plenipotentiary in Armenia, as reported in the official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
18:00, 11 July 2009
Four suspected militants killed on Ingush-Chechen border
In the forest between the villages of Chemulga (Ingushetia) and Achkhoy-Martan (Chechnya), today in the course of a special operation conducted by the MIAs of these two republics, four suspected militants were liquidated.
17:00, 11 July 2009
More complaints on quantity and quality of potable water in Dagestan
The government of Dagestan has held a special sitting dedicated to the problems with drinking water in the republic and convoked because of an increased number of complaints from the population on deficit or poor quality of the water they have to use.
16:00, 11 July 2009
WorleyParsons to manage construction of a new NPP in Armenia
Armenia has signed a contract with the international consortium WorleyParsons to the sum of 500 million US dollars on organizing and managing the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The contract will be implemented in four stages, as reported by Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Energy of Armenia.
News
Mintsayeva's arrest highlighted the problem of security forces interfering in family disputes.

Chechen residents have submitted over 15,000 applications for flood-related payments.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

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.