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17:00, 5 March 2009
Suspects of blowing up "Neva-Express" train will remain in custody
The Novgorod Regional Court has extended the custody term for the residents of Ingushetia suspected of taking part in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in August 2007.
16:00, 5 March 2009
Crisis thins down migrants from Armenia to Russia
The world economic crisis will tell negatively on Armenia, first of all, in such areas like reduction of money transfers and return to Armenia of a part of seasonal construction labour force from Russia. This was stated to journalists by Gagik Eganyan, head of the Migratory Service at the Ministry for Territorial Management of Armenia.
15:00, 5 March 2009
Mutsolgov: murder of ex-head of Ali-Yurt village in Ingushetia is non-standard
The murder of Magomed Albogachiev, former head of Ali-Yurt village, Ingushetia, differs from other murders of officials, from time to time committed in the Republic. This was stated by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "Mashr"
14:00, 5 March 2009
Georgia accuses Russia of violating its air space
For the second day in a row, Russian helicopters are intruding into the Georgian air space and making photos of police posts in the territory of the Zugdidi District (Western Georgia), runs the statement of Georgian MIA disseminated today. However, the Command of the Russian Military Air Forces refutes this statement.
11:00, 5 March 2009
"Dagestan Airlines" in the lead in RF by number of delayed flights
The Federal Agency of Air Transport ("Rosaviatsiya") has published a list of national airlines, notable for their delayed flights in 2008. Among the leaders - the "Dagestan Airlines".
22:12, 4 March 2009
President of Ingushetia proclaims financial amnesty for corrupted officials
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced financial amnesty for those corrupted officials who will voluntarily return all the stolen assets back to the state. According to Mr Evkurov, all the remaining bureaucrats and their helpers criminated of corruption will be punished most severely.
21:00, 4 March 2009
EU commission and Abkhazian authorities exchange data on conflict in South Ossetia
Hydi Tagliavini, head of the International Mission of European Union (IMEU) for investigating the reasons of Georgia-South Ossetia conflict, has visited Abkhazia.
20:00, 4 March 2009
Advocates in the Nalchik attack case to appeal against cancellation of juries
A group of advocates who participate in the process on the attack on power structures of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, 2005, plan to appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation against the law adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation to cancel trials by jury on cases related to terrorism and other anti-state crimes.
19:23, 4 March 2009
Khazbiev: attacker on the house of ex-president of Ingushetia could be his blood avenger
The person who shelled last night the house of Murat Zyazikov, ex-president of Ingushetia, could be his blood avenger; this idea was expressed by local public figure Magomed Khazbiev.
18:30, 4 March 2009
In Armenia, at trial on "Case of Seven" defenders challenge the judge
At the trial on the "Case of Seven" that has resumed in Armenia after a week break the defence party has again lodged a petition on self-challenge of Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan who is presiding the trial.
18:00, 4 March 2009
Gas supply to capital of South Ossetia cut by 80 percent
The capital of South Ossetia, the city of Tskhinvali, was by 80 percent disconnected from gas supply, as Alan Gabaraev, Director of the "Energy" Association, has reported.
17:00, 4 March 2009
Moscow gives a billion to restore Tskhinvali
Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov has signed an order to allocate one billion roubles for rebuilding the city of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.
16:00, 4 March 2009
In Nagorno-Karabakh, foodstuff prices jump up
The decision of the Central Bank of Armenia to give up the policy of the fixed exchange rate of the dram has led to the fall of the dram rate against dollar also in Nagorno-Karabakh, where the dram is also the national currency. Essential foodstuffs have disappeared from groceries, and those on sale are now some 20-25 percent more expensive. US dollars are in deficit in banks and exchange booths.
10:00, 4 March 2009
Adygea: journalist charged with kindling ethnic enmity
In Adygea, Vladimir Karataev, former editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zakubanye", has been charged with fulfilment of actions aimed at kindling hatred and enmity, and at humiliating dignity of a group of persons on the basis of a nationality, accomplished with use of mass media.
02:00, 4 March 2009
Car explodes and a man dies near the house of former president of Ingushetia
On March 3, at about 8:45 p.m., in Nazran, at the house belonging to Murat Zyazikov, former president of Ingushetia, a car blew up, killing one person.
20:00, 3 March 2009
Yerevan: exchange booths stop selling dollars and euros
In the majority of currency exchange booths of the capital of Armenia dollars and euros are bought but not sold. Presently, foreign currencies can be bought in banks only. The main reason is the decision of the Central Bank to restrict its interventions into the currency exchange house and return to the policy of floating exchange rate.
18:00, 3 March 2009
Sochi starts electoral campaign of City Mayor
The city of Sochi (Krasnodar Territory) has launched its electoral campaign of the Mayor, towards the election to take place on April 26. The City Electoral Commission (CEC) will stop receiving documents from candidates for the Mayor of Sochi on March 26, as Yuri Rykov, chairman of the Commission has explained.
17:00, 3 March 2009
"Mashr" preparing a report on violations of human rights in Ingushetia
The NGO named "Mashr" has published a list of casualties in Ingushetia in 2008 and is going to present, till the end of this month, its report on violations of human rights and freedoms in the Republic in 2008. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the "Mashr".
17:00, 3 March 2009
Ingushetia: ex-head of Ali-Yurt village kidnapped and then found dead
The body of Magomed Albogachiev, former head of Ali-Yurt village, Ingushetia, kidnapped at night on March 3 in Nazran District, was found today in the morning in the highway Ali-Yurt - Surkhakhi. Now, the culprits who had kidnapped Albogachiev are searched.
15:00, 3 March 2009
"Reporters without Borders" call on Azerbaijani authorities to find journalist Guseinov's killers
The international journalists' organization "Reporters without Borders" (RwB) has made a statement in the context of the fourth anniversary from the date of murder of Elmar Guseinov. The document notes that during this whole time the killers of the well-known Azerbaijani journalist were not found, while the independent press is still persecuted in the country.
News
A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

Ingush activists in the courtroom. Photo: https://fortanga.org Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 24-30, 2023

Blockade of the Lachin Corridor. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot" Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 20-26, 2023

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.