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12:26, 7 October 2008
Russia to start withdrawal of its peacekeepers out of safety zone near South Ossetia on October 8
On October 8, Russia will start withdrawing its peacekeeping posts from the southern border of South-Ossetian safety zone. The process will take about 24 hours, as General-Major Marat Kulakhmetov, commander of peacekeeping forces, said today.
12:23, 7 October 2008
Abkhazian authorities deny their involvement in explosions in Georgia
On the night of October 6, five explosions took place in Pakhulani village, Tsalendzhikh District of Georgia. The authorities of Abkhazia have rejected the messages of Georgian media about their involvement in these incidents.
12:19, 7 October 2008
St-Petersburg to hold action in memory of Politkovskaya despite authorities' ban
A picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya will take place today in St-Petersburg, despite the prohibition of city authorities, assert the organizers of the action - members of the Petersburg branch of the "Yabloko" Party.
12:14, 7 October 2008
European Court received about two thousand complaints filed by residents of South Ossetia against Georgian authorities
The European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) is literally swamped with complaints from residents of South Ossetia, which deal with the lawlessness of Georgian authorities towards them, said Jean-Paul Costa, Chairman of the ECtHR.
11:21, 7 October 2008
Opposition in Georgia demands freedom of mass media
A group of opposition parties of Georgia has passed a joint memorandum on work of mass media. Among other things, the opposition demands holding debates live on air.
18:40, 6 October 2008
Ecologists assert that Gazprom tries to distort the truth
The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus believes that Gazprom, while trying to whitewash "the honest name of the company", is confusing the public. In the opinion of ecologists, "Gazprom is illegally building Olympic object 'Refuge No. 1' in the Psekhako Site" in the territory of the Sochi National Park.
18:28, 6 October 2008
In Azerbaijan, court defeats claim of "Abu-Bekr" community against State Committee for Work with Religious Formations
Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan has considered the claim of the "Abu-Bekr" religious community lodged against the State Committee for Work with Religious Formations with a demand to cancel the decision to close the Mosque. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by community's advocate Dzhavanshir Suleimanov.
18:25, 6 October 2008
In Kabardino-Balkaria, court on the case about attack on Nalchik will continue selecting jurymen
The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has rejected the petition of the prosecution asking to change the territorial jurisdiction of the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by advocate Elizabeth Shak.
18:22, 6 October 2008
Two cars shelled in Ingushetia, one person killed
In the city of Nazran, Ingushetia, unidentified persons have shelled the car with Anzor Zyazikov, legal adviser of the factory of antenna-mast structures, and his passenger. Mr Zyazikov did not suffer, but the passenger was shot dead.
18:19, 6 October 2008
Four persons are suspected as customers of Politkovskaya's murder
Petros Garibyan, leading inspector in the case, senior inspector for especially important cases of the Investigatory Committee at the Russian Prosecutor's Office, has stated that from two to four persons are suspected as customers of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
18:16, 6 October 2008
This year, 108 persons, including Caucasian natives, became victims of racism in Russia
The Moscow Human Rights Bureau has disseminated a report according to which this year xenophobia has killed 108 persons, natives from the Caucasus among them.
18:13, 6 October 2008
Investigatory Committee: death of oppositionist Evloev in Ingushetia was occasional
The Chief Administration of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office for the Southern Federal District has come to conclusion that the reason of the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" (now "Ingushetia.Org") was an unintentional shot from a pistol made by one of the militiamen who escorted Evloev.
18:10, 6 October 2008
Woman-human rights defender from Chechnya nominated to Nobel Peace Prize
One of the main candidates for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize is Russian human rights activist Lydia Yusupova who worked in Chechnya and till 2006 headed the branch of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" in Grozny.
18:02, 6 October 2008
Gagloeva: this year, seven cars exploded in South Ossetia
From the beginning of 2008, in South Ossetia, seven terror acts were committed, for which automobiles brought in from territory of Georgia were used. Irina Gagloeva, head of the Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, told about it.
23:25, 4 October 2008
Rally against Olympic construction to be held in Imereti Valley
The rally will be directed mainly against construction of a cargo port in the Imereti Valley. In the opinion of the organizers, the construction is illegal.
22:15, 4 October 2008
Nagorno-Karabakh to do no concessions to Armenia for the sake of Turkey
The Karabakh politicians are afraid that Armenia, in exchange for unblocking the border by Turkey, will be ready to concede the territories around the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District, nowadays under the jurisdiction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR); but they are not going to give up the idea of independence of NKR.
20:09, 4 October 2008
In Azerbaijan, "Abu-Bekr" Mosque litigates with authorities
On October 3, the Nariman Court of Baku accepted to proceedings the claim of Gammet Suleimanov, Imam of "Abu-Bekr" Mosque, lodged against the Police Department of the Nariman District of the capital of Azerbaijan.
19:03, 4 October 2008
Chechnya to celebrate the 420th anniversary of relations with Russia till the end of the year
The events dedicated to the 420th anniversary of neighbourhood relations between the peoples of Russia and Chechnya will continue in the Chechen Republic till the end of the year.
18:59, 4 October 2008
Ingushetia holds counterterrorist operation
Today in the morning, a counterterrorist operation was announced in Ingushetia, in the Gamursiev Municipal District of the city of Nazran. The militia has stated that they looked for militants.
15:36, 4 October 2008
Chief of peacekeepers' staff killed by explosion in South Ossetia
On October 3, as a result of a powerful explosion in Tskhinvali, Colonel Ivan Petrik, chief of the united staff of peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone, was lost. He was killed by splinters in his study; the car exploded right under his window.
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A fighter from Stavropol was killed in a military operation.

An anti-corruption lawsuit against Ruslan Tsalikov has been filed in court.

A fighter from Stavropol Krai was killed in Ukraine.

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.