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Hearings about the attack on power structures in Kabardino-Balkaria on 19 March 2009 (photo of CK correspondent Luiza Orazaeva)
22:00, 19 March 2009
Defendants in Nalchik attack case challenge the head of prosecution group
Today, at the hearings about the attack on power structures in Kabardino-Balkaria, the defendants have petitioned challenge to Olga Chibinyova, head of the prosecution group, under the motive that this employee of the prosecutor's office "did everything to protract the trial not to admit formation of the board of jurymen."
21:10, 19 March 2009
North Ossetia commemorates victims of 1999 terror act
Today, people in North Ossetia paid tribute to the victims of the explosion in the Central Marketplace of Vladikavkaz in 1999. Then, as a result of a terror act, 54 persons were lost, more than 80 were wounded.
21:00, 19 March 2009
CEM&DT head: Azerbaijani referendum cannot be regarded democratic
Anar Mamedli, head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), told journalists today that violations and deficiencies in the course of the referendum held on March 18 in Azerbaijan evidence it failed to meet European practice and cannot be regarded free and democratic.
20:00, 19 March 2009
In Ingushetia, human rights activists give different estimates to militants' amnesty
Ingush human rights activists find the intention of Ingushetia's authorities to hold peaceful dialogue with militants' helpers to be a stabilizing factor and think that the amnesty is necessary. At the same time, they assess the system of "pardoning", offered by the authorities, as difficult to implement and inefficient.
19:00, 19 March 2009
Alekseeva: although roundtable in Dagestan was a "lumpy pancake" the dialogue should be continued
The meeting of the head of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev with Russian human rights defenders and members of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations and Freedom of Conscience on March 10, as well as subsequent public hearings, was not senseless; the time will define the effect thereof. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Liudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
18:00, 19 March 2009
Gulashvili: Georgian Times to restart soon
The Georgian Times newspaper suspended by journalists because of pressure exerted by Georgian authorities will soon be restarted. Its owner Malkhaz Gulashvili has promised to go on criticizing the incumbent authorities in the pages of his media.
23:30, 18 March 2009
In Armenia, opposition discusses putting political prisoners on electoral list
The Armenian National Congress (ANC) is discussing the issue of participation of political prisoners in elections of deputies of the Yerevan City Council. Armand Musinyan, press secretary of the ANC, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
23:00, 18 March 2009
Georgia gives refugee status to Sergeant Glukhov
Alexander Glukhov, Junior Sergeant of the Russian Army, who ran away from his unit deployed in South Ossetia, was awarded in Georgia a refugee status and all the privileges as stipulated by the Georgian legislation. This was stated by Shota Utiashvili, official spokesman of Georgia's MIA.
22:30, 18 March 2009
Parliament of Armenia gives legal interpretation of the term "mass disorders"
On March 18, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted, by overwhelming majority of votes, in the second reading, amendments to Articles of the Criminal Code No. 225 "On Mass Disorders" and No. 300 "On Power Usurpation".
22:10, 18 March 2009
Gachechiladze: cement factories in Abkhazia will result in ecological catastrophe
The construction of cement factories in Abkhazia, announced this February will have catastrophic consequences for the Abkhazian coastal line. This was reported by Georgiy Gachechiladze, leader of the Green Party of Georgia, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:00, 18 March 2009
Charges dropped from Georgians detained in South Ossetia
The authorities of South Ossetia have dismissed all the charges from the citizens of Georgia, detained in Tskhinvali by the Republic's law enforcement bodies in late February for illegal crossing the border.
21:00, 18 March 2009
Oppositional paper closed in Georgia
After a search of the son of Malkhaz Gulashvili, owner of the oppositional newspaper Georgian Times, published in the Georgian language, which was treated by the publisher as "psychological terror" by Georgian authorities, the edition was stopped.
20:00, 18 March 2009
Azerbaijani opposition challenges voter turnout at referendum
Ali Akhmedov, executive secretary of the party in power "New Azerbaijan", has stated that the high voter turnout at the referendum on amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan is an evidence of people's support of the amendments.
19:00, 18 March 2009
Incident of kidnapping in Chechnya was a feign
The information about kidnapping of the resident of the Grozny District of Chechnya, who had earlier worked as inspector, was not confirmed. It was found out that the incident was staged (feigned) with the aim to conceal a woman's murder.
Nalchik. Source: http://www.nalnet.ru
18:00, 18 March 2009
At the trial on Nalchik attack, defendants challenge the court
Today, the defendants in the criminal case on the attack on power agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, 2005, have challenged the court. The court retired to the consultation room. The decision on the claimed challenge will be announced tomorrow.
23:10, 17 March 2009
Venetian Commission: amendments to Constitution of Azerbaijan contradict European standards
On March 16, the Venetian Commission of the Council of Europe (CE) promulgated its multi-page document with a legal examination of the amendments to the Constitution of Azerbaijan offered for the referendum to be held on March 18.
23:00, 17 March 2009
In Chechnya, a sapper blows himself up
Yesterday, on March 16, in the Kurchaloy District of the Chechen Republic, a contracted soldier from the engineering-sapper subdivision of the Internal Troops of Russian MIA was lost. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about the incident by the Republic's Military Commandant's Office.
Photo from site http://kavkaz.geopolitika.ru
22:00, 17 March 2009
Azerbaijani Avars ask Ilham Aliev to tackle their problems
A group of residents of Zakatal District of Azerbaijan have addressed today their written application to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev. Shamil Kurbanov, one of the signatories, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the address was caused by the unwillingness of Baku officials to register the Avars' National-Cultural Centre "Dir Vartan" (My Homeland).
Mekhriban Alieva. Source: http://open.az
21:00, 17 March 2009
Azerbaijan announces amnesty
Today, the Parliament of Azerbaijan has adopted the Amnesty Act, which was submitted as a legislative initiative by MP Mekhriban Alieva, wife of President Ilham Aliev. The amnesty is dated to the spring holiday of Novruz. Meanwhile, human rights activists believe that this is no solution to the problem of political prisoners.
Tbilisi. Source: http://iverieli.narod.ru
21:00, 17 March 2009
Sergeant Glukhov asks political asylum in Georgia
Russian Army Sergeant Alexander Glukhov who ran away from his military unit in South Ossetia has asked for political asylum in Georgia, as Shota Utiashvili, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, has stated.
News
Samira Gasimli. Photo from Samira Gasimli's personal archive, published by Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ The wife of an Azerbaijani government critic faces libel charges.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Russian analysts assessed the potential of the Trans-Caspian Corridor amid the war in Iran.

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.