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18:00, 16 March 2009
Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Public Health sent back from prison hospital to colony
Today, Ali Insanov, former Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan, was transferred from the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service back to Colony No. 13, where he serves his 11 years of imprisonment after being sentenced for committing economic crimes.
21:00, 14 March 2009
Son of Chechen human rights activist detained in Lithuania
On February 27, Utsmi Banzhaev, 17, son of the human rights activist from Chechnya Vakha Banzhaev, who tried, together with his cousin Bislan Abubakarov, 24, to illegally cross the Lithuanian-Russian border, was detained in Lithuania for the term of one month.
19:00, 14 March 2009
Refugees from Abkhazia hold congress in the capital of Georgia
Today in Georgia, under the initiative of the political association "Our Abkhazia" and a group of refugees from Abkhazia, a congress of refugees took place. It was attended by about 1500 refugees who left Abkhazia in early 1990s and now live in different areas of Georgia.
18:00, 14 March 2009
Authorities of Georgia allow advertisement of strong drinks
The parliament of Georgia has approved the bill on amendments to the Law "On Advertisement Business", according to which advertising of strong alcohol drinks in any kind is allowed in the country until January 1, 2011.
17:00, 14 March 2009
The only airport in Nagorno-Karabakh restarts operation
Currently, the Armenian Airline "Armavia" negotiates organization of flights between the capitals of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by Norair Belluyan, Director General of the Airline, at the opening of the Yerevan-Tbilisi flight on March 13.
16:00, 14 March 2009
DFSB for Dagestan reports detention of militiamen-bribe-takers
Employees of the Dagestan Department of the FSB (DFSB) have conducted an operation aimed to detain those militiamen who extorted bribes from residents of Makhachkala under a threat of criminal prosecution.
15:00, 14 March 2009
Azerbaijani baklava claims for Guinness Book of Records
Administration of the city of Gyandzha, Azerbaijan, plans to bake a huge baklava (a sort of oriental candy) for the Novruz Bairam holiday, which by its size will claim to be included into the Guinness Book of Records.
12:00, 14 March 2009
Kidnapped resident of Chechnya found dead
The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya report that near the Roshni-Chu village, Urus-Martan District, the body of earlier kidnapped local resident was found.
11:00, 14 March 2009
Georgia to officially quit CIS structures after August 18
Georgia will officially quit the CIS after August 18, as stated on March 13 by Alexander Nalbandov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. According to his story, one year will expire on that day - the mandatory term stipulated for all the procedures related to exit from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
10:00, 14 March 2009
Action-concert for Saakashvili's resignation held in Georgia
Several thousands rallied on March 13 in Tbilisi to a concert given by singer and musician Giorgiy Gachechiladze, brother of Levon Gachechiladze, leader of the United Opposition of Georgia. The protest event of the opposition in the form of action-concert came to an end without any incidents.
08:00, 14 March 2009
Armenia: all "Case of Seven" figurants removed from hearings
On March 13, Mnatsakan Martirosyan, Judge in the "Case of Seven", removed away from the courtroom for the period of 10 days Grigor Voskerchyan, the only defendant who was allowed to be present at judicial hearings. The others were removed on March 9.
23:40, 13 March 2009
Oppositional Georgian MPs quit the Pardon Commission
The oppositional MPs of Georgia Georgiy Tsagareishvili and Roman Mersagishvili have quitted the Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia, having stated that they were revolted by Saakashvili's decision to pardon the four policemen guilty of death of Sandro Girgvliani, a bank employee.
23:00, 13 March 2009
Animal advocates: homeless animals are brutally treated in Sochi
In Sochi, the service for catching homeless animals has sped up its work, which contradicts the Russian legislation, runs the application sent to the prosecutor's office of the city by animal advocates.
22:30, 13 March 2009
Centre to inspect religious training institutions started in Ingushetia
The main goal of the analytical centre, now created in Ingushetia with the aim to check the institutions of religious training, is the work with youth. The employees of the centre will visit mosques on a weekly basis and hold meetings with villagers of Ingushetia. Azit Gudanilov, an employee of the centre, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:00, 13 March 2009
Arakcheev, convicted for murdering residents of Chechnya, signs-in his appeal to Medvedev
Sergey Arakcheev, a former officer of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation, convicted for murdering three peaceful residents of Chechnya, is now calling Russians, in the pages of his Internet website, to sign his appeal to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev. As of today, the letter has been signed by 1284 persons.
21:00, 13 March 2009
In Chechnya, mine explosion kills a youngster of 19
Mezhid Alkhazurov, 19, blew himself up by a land mine in a high-mountain village of Dargo, Vedeno District of Chechnya.
20:00, 13 March 2009
Svanidze: public hearings in Dagestan failed to start a dialogue
On March 10, Dagestan hosted a meeting of Republic's leader Mukhu Aliev with the members of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations and Freedom of Conscience and a group of well-known Russian human rights activists. The delegation held a session of public hearings in the Republic, however, in the opinion of Nikolai Svanidze, Chairman of the Commission, the parties failed to start a dialogue.
19:00, 13 March 2009
In Armenia, university guards beat a well-known photographer
Today, at about 1 p.m. local time, Gagik Shamshyan, press photographer of the dailies "Aravot" (Morning) and "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" (Fourth Power), was violently beaten by the securities of the Valery Bryusov Yerevan Linguistic University right in the lobby of this higher school.
18:00, 13 March 2009
Rostov Region: wages held back of 16,000 workers
According to "Rostovstat" (Regional Statistics Authority), as of March 12, 2009, 32 enterprises of the Rostov Region were holding back wages of 16,000 workers. Four enterprises of the city of Taganrog owe 78.5 million roubles to more than six thousand workers, and three enterprises of the Aksay District owe 25.882 million roubles. The Region has also debts to its budget-paid employees: as of March 12, they make 931,000 roubles.
23:30, 12 March 2009
NAGA President detained in Azerbaijan
On Tuesday, March 10, Dashgyn Gyulmamedov, President of the National Assembly of Georgian Azerbaijanis (NAGA) was arrested in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
News
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Chechen residents have submitted over 15,000 applications for flood-related payments.

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.