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14:08, 15 October 2008
In Sochi, OMON fighters sentenced to 3-5 years in colony for beating teenagers
In Sochi today, a sentence was passed to eight OMON (Special Militia) fighters, accused of mass beating tourists in the children's boarding house "Druzhba" (Friendship). They will have to spend from three to five years in a colony.
15:03, 14 October 2008
Protests held in the capital of Dagestan against electricity breaks
On October 13, in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, city residents twice blocked the traffic in the Ahmet-Khan Sultan Avenue demanding to resume electricity supply to their houses.
14:58, 14 October 2008
Kabardino-Balkaria: another BEBP member beaten
Today, about two o'clock in the afternoon, at an entrance of the house, where the office of the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) is located, an attack was made on Dalkhat Baidaev, a member of the Board, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
14:54, 14 October 2008
"Reporters without Borders": Azerbaijani media are not objective in informing about presidential candidates
The mass media funded from the state budget do not allow Azerbaijani voters to have a complete idea about presidential candidates and make a proper choice when voting. This is the main conclusion made on October 15 after a month-long monitoring of three TV-channels and four newspapers by the international organization in defence of the press named "Reporters without Borders".
14:49, 14 October 2008
Advocate in Politkovskaya's case reports an attempt to poison her
Karina Moskalenko, advocate in the case of assassinated journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, says that somebody tried to poison her in Strasbourg. According to the lawyer, pretty much "substance looking like mercury" was found in her car.
14:44, 14 October 2008
Earthquake in Chechnya caused more damage than announced earlier
As a result of the earthquake on October 11 in the territory of the Chechen Republic several thousands of buildings and private households suffered. The statistics of the damage caused by the calamity is updated as additional information arrives from the regions.
14:37, 14 October 2008
Sochi townspeople plan rallying against corruption
Residents of Sochi plan to hold a rally "In defence of Sochi dwellers who fell victims of lawlessness, arbitrariness and corruption of city bureaucrats". The action will take place on October 25, on the All-Russian Day of People's Anger - a number of Russian regions plan to hold actions of social protest on this day.
14:03, 14 October 2008
Georgian MFA: Russia has twice intruded into Georgian air space
In the evening on October 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has disseminated its official statement that on the previous day the country's air space was twice broken by Russian military aircrafts.
15:31, 13 October 2008
In Kalmykia, "Elistinskaya Panorama" newspaper is still away from parliament
Journalists of "Elistinskaya Panorama" are still not admitted to the Parliament of Kalmykia - National Hural, referring to the absence of the necessary accreditation.
15:27, 13 October 2008
In Azerbaijan, imprisoned journalist Fatullaev put into dungeon
On Sunday, October 12, advocate Isakhan Ashurov visited his client, Einullah Fatullaev, former editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, who is serving his term in colonies No. 12 situated in Gyuzdek village. The visit was caused by the fact that on October 10 Mr Fatullaev was placed into a punishment cell (dungeon).
15:20, 13 October 2008
Mankiev: alternative Ingush parliament will fight against kidnappings committed by power agents
Bamatgirey Mankiev, former deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia of the previous convocation, who now heads the "alternative" Ingush parliament, has stated that the new structure will raise the problems of kidnappings committed by members of power structures.
15:14, 13 October 2008
Georgian and Russian NGOs call Geneva summit to take care of the rights of Caucasian residents
Public organizations of Georgia and Russia and international human rights bodies urge the parties of the Geneva summit to be held on October 15, 2008, on the conflict in South Caucasus to make human rights a priority within international efforts aimed at settling the conflict.
15:08, 13 October 2008
In Kabardino-Balkaria, parents of perished attackers on Nalchik want to know the story of their sons' bodies
Today, Kabardino-Balkaria marks the third anniversary of tragic events on October 13, 2005, when armed people made an attack on Nalchik. Parents of the casualties want to know where their sons were buried.
15:02, 13 October 2008
Independent observers: elections in Chechnya were predictable
In Chechnya, early elections of deputies of national parliament of the second convocation are over. In the opinion of independent observers, the results of the "nation's will show" are no surprise.
22:44, 11 October 2008
Caucasus suffers from earthquake
On October 11, a wave of an earthquake rolled over a number of regions in North and South Caucasus. The underground shocks were felt in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, South and North Ossetia and in the Stavropol krai, as well as in Armenia and Georgia. The epicenter was in Chechnya, its magnitude was 8 points. The biggest damage was inflicted on Chechnya.
19:58, 11 October 2008
12 persons killed in Chechnya as a result of the earthquake
The underground quakes which have occurred in waves today across North Caucasus killed 12 persons in Chechnya. These are the data from the republic's Ministry of Health. No casualties are reported from the other regions.
18:24, 11 October 2008
Afghanistan war veterans in Dagestan continue hunger strike
The Afghanistan war veterans who entered their sixth day of hunger strike in the Dagestan capital do not intend to drop their demands, despite the death of one of the participants and hospitalization of another one.
16:13, 11 October 2008
Armenia insists on determining the status of Nagorny Karabakh
The key issue in settling the Karabakh conflict is the status of Nagorny Karabakh, which must be resolved by a free declaration of will of the Karabakh people, states Eduard Nalbandian, Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
15:09, 11 October 2008
Azeri opposition calls on the population to ignore elections
Today, the forum of opposition parties has called on Azeri voters to ignore the October 15 presidential election. The opposition already considers the election undemocratic.
13:50, 11 October 2008
A shop selling alcohol exploded in Ingushetia
On October 10 around midnight, unknown persons exploded the shop "Baltika" selling alcoholic beverage in the village of Ordzhonikidze, Sunzhensk district, Ingushetia. No one suffered.
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A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

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.