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17:00, 9 May 2009
Students from Vladimir who disappeared in Abkhazia found
The students from the city of Vladimir, who disappeared in the mountains of Abkhazia, have been found sound and healthy in a difficult to access place in Bzyb Gorge of Gagra District.
15:00, 9 May 2009
In Baku, youth activists demanding cancellation of Flowers Holiday are arrested
Youth activists who plan to hold a protest action on May 10 against the Flower Holiday traditionally held on this date in Baku are detained. The protesters find the holiday inappropriate in the context of the grief for the victims of the April 30 massacre at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy.
12:00, 9 May 2009
Police of Armenia: violence against journalists is one of major problems
Colonel Ovanes Tamanyan, Chief of the Criminal Search Department of the Police of the Republic of Armenia, has assured journalists that facts of violence against their colleagues are in the focus of attention of law enforcers. According to his story, this issue is one of the police's priorities.
11:00, 9 May 2009
Rescuers look for Russian students who disappeared in Abkhazia
On May 7, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia was addressed by parents of students from the Vladimir Polytechnic Institute, who had left for Abkhazia to make kayak rafting, but failed to leave the place back on due date.
10:00, 9 May 2009
In Georgia, 27 doctors arrested on charge of trafficking in children
On May 8, employees of Georgian MIA detained a group of 27 physicians and employees of gynaecologic clinics, who are accused of trafficking in newborns.
09:00, 9 May 2009
Azerbaijani authorities strengthen religion control
On May 8, the Parliament of Azerbaijan passed amendments to the law "On Freedom of Religion", which stipulated stronger control over the religion sphere. The amendments assume re-registration of all religion communities and specify the mechanisms of their registration cancellation.
07:00, 9 May 2009
Parliament of Israel decides not to consider Armenians' genocide issue
The Israeli Knesseth (Parliament) has rejected an official application on recognition of Armenians' genocide, submitted by the leader of the Left-Wing Party "Merez" Haim Oron, who suggested setting up a Knesseth group for discussing this issue.
05:00, 9 May 2009
Zakareishvili: negotiations of Georgian opposition with Parliament Speaker are senseless
Georgian political scientist Paata Zakareishvili believes that negotiations of the leaders of the opposition with David Bakradze, Speaker of the Parliament, are senseless, as in Georgia nothing depends on this person.
04:00, 9 May 2009
In Ingushetia, persons guilty of extrajudicial execution of local resident are searched
Law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia are looking for criminals, who murdered, at night on May 8, a local resident in one of pre-border villages of Sunzha District.
03:00, 9 May 2009
Armenian Transport Minister: country's transport system is ready to opening Turkish border
Gurgen Sarkisyan, Transport Minister, told journalists that the transport system of Armenia is ready to opening of the Armenian-Turkish border.
02:00, 9 May 2009
In Georgia, political scientist accused of espionage arrested
The City Court of Tbilisi has sentenced political scientist Vakhtang Maisaya, who was accused of espionage and arrested on May 5 by counter-intelligence agents, to two months of pre-trial detention.
01:00, 9 May 2009
In Stavropol, unidentified persons drew swastikas on house walls
In the city of Stavropol, unidentified persons covered walls of buildings with fascist swastikas and inscriptions. Linguistic examination has revealed that inscriptions contained extremist appeals.
23:30, 8 May 2009
CPJ calls Rostov authorities to investigate into attack on editor-in-chief of "Corruption and Criminality"
Authorities in Rostov-on-Don must launch a criminal investigation into a possible attack on the editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper, who was found unconscious with a head wound in the early morning of April 30, as stated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Volgograd. Source: http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:00, 8 May 2009
Court of Volgograd to consider cassation of convicted Chechen native
On May 12, the Volgograd Regional Court will have a cassation session on the case of Zubair Zubairaev, a convicted native of Chechnya, who is now serving his term in Colony LIU-15 (medical-corrective establishment) in Volgograd region.
22:00, 8 May 2009
Armenian Ombudsman to strengthen litigation control
With account of numerous complaints of the witnesses who figure in the former "Case of Seven" on application of torture and violence to them with the aim "to obtain evidences wanted by the investigation," Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, has made a decision to add personnel to his office with the aim to monitor the trials.
21:10, 8 May 2009
Ingushetia: investigation into two large corruption cases is over
Under the war on corruption announced the new head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov practically immediately after he took the office, investigation into two most resonant criminal cases is over. Former top managers of large Republic's enterprises are accused of plundering budgetary funds.
21:10, 8 May 2009
Former prisoner tells how Dagestan citizen was tortured in Kirov colony
The convicted resident of Dagestan Sultan Umashev is tortured in a colony of the Kirov Region and forced to confess of committing terror acts under orders of Zakaev and Berezovskiy; this was reported by a former prisoner, who served his term in this colony up to the end of 2008.
21:00, 8 May 2009
Congress of forced Chechen migrants in Ingushetia planned for June 1 cancelled
The congress of forced migrants from Chechnya living in Ingushetia to be held in Nazran on June 1 was cancelled. On May 7, this decision was announced by Aslambek Apaev, one of the organizers, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus and Chairman of the Committee in Defence of Forced Migrants' Rights.
19:00, 8 May 2009
In Saratov, case of militiamen accused of burning up an Armenian sent to court
The indictment against three operative agents of the Leninskiy RUVD (District Interior Department) of the city of Saratov, accused of murdering Armen Gasparyan, a citizen of Armenia, in October 2008, has been approved.
18:00, 8 May 2009
Ingushetia buries casualties of militiamen vs. civilians skirmish; Evkurov supervises investigation
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has taken the investigation into the fire-fight that resulted in loss of his security and a civilian under his personal control. On April 29, Mr Evkurov was present at the casualties' funerals.
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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.