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23:50, 11 June 2009
In Azerbaijan, journalists file a complaint to the European Court on Human Rights
A collective complaint has been filed to the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of 15 Azerbaijani journalists.
Rustaveli avenue. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 11 June 2009
Georgia: authorities and opposition treat differently Saakashvili's meeting with Gachechiladze
The meeting of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili with Levan Gachechiladze, one of leaders of the opposition, was differently assessed by the authorities and the opposition.
23:00, 11 June 2009
Extrajudicial executions of two women are investigated in Chechnya
In the last four days in Chechnya, two young women were assassinated by unknown persons. Inspectors now try to establish the motives and find the killers.
22:10, 11 June 2009
Data about Umarov's death has no official confirmation
The information about possible liquidation of Doku Umarov, leader of Caucasian militants, who declared, in autumn 2007, creation of Imarate Kavkaz in the territory of Northern Caucasus and proclaimed himself to be Amir of Caucasian mujahads, was not officially confirmed yet. Moreover, assumptions now appear that he was only wounded.
22:00, 11 June 2009
Yamadaev brothers will be forced to Chechnya for interrogation
Brothers Isa and Musa of Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special battalion, will be brought by force, under respective court statements, to the city of Gudermes for interrogation under the case about disappearance in 2004 of soldier Alikhan Khaladov.
22:00, 11 June 2009
Georgia restores railway traffic to Zugdidi
The railway traffic in direction of Zugdidi interrupted today at night by a series of explosions is restored. During the whole night repair and sapper works went on at Zugdidi railway station.
Source: www.chechnyafree.ru
21:00, 11 June 2009
AI is concerned of further violent disappearances in Chechnya
It seemed in 2007 that the count of violent disappearances in Chechnya went down, but, nevertheless, neither in 2008 nor in 2009 they did not stop, but, according to some unofficial sources, these figures continue to grow. This is the topic of the memorandum addressed by the independent human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
19:00, 11 June 2009
Azerbaijan: amendments to Law on NGOs are assessed differently
Azerbaijan has drafted a bill of amendments to the Law "On Nongovernmental Associations (Foundations)", which caused serious criticism by representatives of the civil society. In the opinion of the public, adoption of the amendments will be a serious blow on democracy in the country.
18:00, 11 June 2009
Man who threatened to trigger a grenade detained in Vladikavkaz
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia reports that today a man who threatened to blow up a grenade was detained.
One of the mosques in Astrakhan. http://astrakhan-450.ru. Author: Vladimir Tiukaev
23:40, 10 June 2009
Astrakhan: Muslim leaders fined for too loud appeal to prayer
The Prosecutor's Office of the Astrakhan Region has established that the Mosque located in the Pobedy Street in Astrakhan is making use, when appealing Moslems to prayer at 4 a.m. and 11 p.m., of sound-amplifying equipment, which breaks the right of people to comfortable night rest.
23:10, 10 June 2009
In Kabardino-Balkaria, judge rebukes advocate for giving information to journalist
Judge of the Tersk District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has announced a rebuke to advocate Mukharbi Kardanov for his presenting information to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about a criminal case considered by this court. The figurant in the case is Askerbiy Khambazarov, a senior operative officer of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, accused under three articles of the Russian Criminal Code.
23:00, 10 June 2009
ICPO: Budanov was not involved in kidnappings of Chechen residents
The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has stated that involvement of former Russian Army colonel Yuri Budanov in disappearances of residents of Chechnya in 2000 was not confirmed. Budanov has evidenced that he could not physically be present at the block-post, where a group of local residents had disappeared without any traces.
22:30, 10 June 2009
Medvedev: power bodies in Northern Caucasus are inefficient and unpopular
President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has stated, at the sitting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation held on June 9 in Makhachkala, that the low efficiency of the authorities in some republics of Northern Caucasus is accompanied by the loss of trust in the authorities and loss of their respect by the population.
Sevan lake, 2006. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 10 June 2009
Armenian ecologists worry of fish stock drop in Lake Sevan
Akop Sanasaryan, chairman of the Greens, stated on June 8 that among Armenian most topical environmental problems are the continued build-up of the coast of Lake Sevan and catastrophic reduction of fish stocks in the Lake.
22:00, 10 June 2009
Chechnya: over 200 rescuers in search of two missing boys
In Chechnya, under decision of the head of the local Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), all the fire-fighting forces of Grozny are now involved in searching a boy of 7, who, probably, got drowned in Sunzha River on June 4, and another boy of 5, who got drowned on May 30. This was reported by Timur Taisumov, official representative of Russian MfE for Chechnya.
21:00, 10 June 2009
Russian human rights defenders demand release of Arshaluis Akopyan arrested in Armenia
Russian human rights activists express their indignation with political prosecutions in Armenia and demand that the authorities of the country immediately release Arshaluis Akopyan, a representative of the Helsinki Association.
20:00, 10 June 2009
Alik Le: new "Olympstroy" boss should start dialogue with Sochi residents
Alik Le, leader of the public organization "Union of Imereti Residents", believes that previous "Olympstroy" bosses tried solving their problems separately from the interests of Sochi residents. According to his story, Taimuraz Bolloev, the new head of this state corporation, has no time for getting into his mission - he should start acting, and his first step should be to start dialogue with the population.
18:00, 10 June 2009
Evkurov: suspects of murdering Deputy Chair of Supreme Court of Ingushetia established
Suspects of today morning's murder of Aza Gazgireyeva, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, are established, as reported by President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
Opposition, Rustaveli avenue, "Freedom square" metro station. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 9 June 2009
In Georgia, journalists demand ensuring freedom of mass media
On June 8, several dozens of Georgian journalists and members of NGOs held a protest action at the building of the National Commission for Communications with a demand to ensure the freedom of mass media.
23:30, 9 June 2009
Yuri Budanov interrogated on suspicion of murdering Chechen residents
Yuri Budanov, who served his term for murdering a Chechen girl, and released in the end of 2008, was interrogated as a suspect under a new criminal case. The ex-colonel is suspected of involvement to murdering three residents of Chechnya.
News
The Artsuyev case has demonstrated the risks of returning to Russia from "unfriendly countries."

The defense of a Chechen native has secured a review of the Moscow conflict case.

Flooding in Dagestan and Chechnya has been declared a federal emergency.

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.