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08:00, 12 September 2009
Russian human rights activists state pressure on them in Abkhazian border
Anastasia Denisova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in the Krasnodar Territory, and journalist Yuri Ivaschenko were subjected to interrogation by Russian customs officers and frontier guards at their entrance to and departure from Abkhazia. All their personal belongings were carefully examined.
06:00, 12 September 2009
Kabardino-Balkaria to present seven projects to investment forum in Sochi
Seven investment projects to the total value of 66.8 billion roubles will be presented by Kabardino-Balkaria at the 8th International Investment Forum "Sochi-2009" to be held on September 17-20. This was reported by official sources in the government of the republic.
03:00, 12 September 2009
Young man disappears in Makhachkala, family suspects kidnapping
Zhanna Shamsudinova, a resident of Makhachkala, has stated disappearance of her husband Magomed Sheikhov under strange circumstances. Magomed's relatives suspect that he was kidnapped by power agents.
23:50, 11 September 2009
CTO regime introduced in two villages of Ingushetia
In Ingushetia, in the vicinity of the villages of Ekazhevo and Gazi-Yurt of the Nazran District of the republic, today the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was announced at 10:00 a.m. because of a threat of a terrorist attack.
23:30, 11 September 2009
Four persons killed in skirmish in Dagestan
Today early in the morning, in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, a combat clash burst out, as a result of which four suspected militants were liquidated.
23:00, 11 September 2009
Bag with explosive and detonators found in a building site in Beslan
In the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, militiamen have found a package with ammunition and explosive. This was reported by local law enforcement bodies.
22:10, 11 September 2009
Five persons wounded in terror act in Nazran
The Nazran Republic's Hospital keeps five persons, wounded by the explosion at the post of the Road-Patrol Service (RPS) at the "Kavkaz" Federal Highway.
22:00, 11 September 2009
President of Dagestan treats statement of HRC "Memorial" about extrajudicial executions as provocation
President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev called a provocation the statement of the HRC "Memorial" that the republic has illegal prisons and practices extrajudicial executions.
21:40, 11 September 2009
Head of Abkhazian MFA: return of refugees from Georgia will lead to war
Return of refugees to Abkhazia can lead to new conflicts and bloodshed, and, as a consequence, to a new war both within the republic and between Sukhumi and Tbilisi. This was stated by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia in his comments on the resolution draft on situation of the refugees from Abkhazia and to South Ossetia, offered by Georgia and approved by the United Nations.
20:00, 11 September 2009
Karastelyov: examination of the slogan of Novorossisk human rights activists is nonobjective
The state examination, which has recognized the slogan "Freedom is not given - it is taken" to be an extremist one and "undermining the moral principles of the society", and the conclusions of this examination see complete absence of objectivity and numerous rough violations, accompanied by anti-American formulations of the cold-war times," said Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the "Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights" (NCHR).
19:00, 11 September 2009
HRW: Chechen President's suit to "Memorial" distracts from investigating Estemirova's murder
The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes that the suit of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", distracts attention from real investigation of Natalia Estemirova's murder.
18:00, 11 September 2009
Relatives of the convict for blowing up a bus in Nevinnomyssk want to appeal against his verdict
Relatives of Ruslan Kostoev who was sentenced for blowing up a bus in the city of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, object to the court verdict and are going to appeal against it, as Ruslan's mother - Tamara Kostoeva - said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:30, 10 September 2009
Chechen television showed former militant calling his comrades to come back home
On September 9, one of the republic's TV Channels showed a report with participation of a former member of an illegal armed formation (IAF). The ex-militant told about the panic reigning among the members of the armed underground and called his former comrades-in-arms to come back home.
23:10, 10 September 2009
Criminal case opened in Armenia against newspaper for insulting a deputy
Under the claim of Zarui Postandzhyan, an MP from the oppositional faction "Heritage" of the National Assembly of Armenia, the police has initiated a criminal case against the newspaper "Free Thinking" under the article of "insulting and compromising a person". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Stepan Safaryan, another deputy from the same faction.
An advertising panel at the crossroads of Stavropolskaya and Starokubanskaya streets in Krasnodar. The inscription says "Think about your child and pay alimony". September, 10, 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 10 September 2009
Ads appear in streets of Krasnodar urging to pay alimonies
The Krasnodar Territorial Department of the Federal Service of Court Marshals (DFSCM) has decided to fight against dishonest parents by using social advertisements. Banners calling to pay the alimonies appeared in the streets of the territorial capital.
22:40, 10 September 2009
President Evkurov is going to make up Ingushes and Ossetians
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov intends, with a complete support of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, to repair Ossetian-Ingush relations; according to his version, this should start with addressing the issue of human rights violations. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that Mr Evkurov spoke about it on September 8 at the roundtable in Ingushetia, where a delegation from North Ossetia also took part.
Miklos Harasti at the press conference in Baku, on the 10th of September, 2009. Photo by www.echo-az.com, Samir Aliyev
22:00, 10 September 2009
Harasti: Azerbaijan should stop persecuting journalists on forged accusations
Young Azerbaijan bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade will not be imprisoned, as stated by Miklos Harasti, special representative of the OSCE on freedom of the media, after his meeting with Ali Gasanov, head of the public-political division of the Administration of the President of Azerbaijan. According to Mr Harasti, Azerbaijan should stop its widespread practice of persecuting oppositional journalists on forged charges.
22:00, 10 September 2009
Over thousand set free by amnesty in Armenia
Under the amnesty act, passed this June under the initiative of President Serzh Sargsyan, the authorities of Armenia have released 1208 persons from custody in the country's criminal-corrective establishments. This was reported by Alina Engoyan, press secretary of the Cassation Court of Armenia.
21:00, 10 September 2009
Guseinova: figurants of "execution list" in Dagestan dealt with Wahhabite cases
The "execution list" compiled by the grouping of "relatives of lost militiamen", which is disseminating leaflets in Dagestan, contains the lawyers involved in the trials on so-called "Wahhabite cases" and the journalists, who covered the problems connected with kidnappings and torture of people, said advocate Bakanai Guseinova.
20:00, 10 September 2009
Shamba: recognition of Abkhazia by Venezuela is a significant event
Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, has named the recognition by Venezuela of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be a significant decision, since it will push, in his opinion, a lot of other countries to similar decisions, as Venezuela is the leader in the Bolivarian Union, which includes several states.
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A frame of former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with Bidzina Ivanishvili. Photo: Georgia 24 / Telegram channel Former Prime Minister of Georgia Garibashvili has been charged with a new accusation.

Frame protesters at the rally in Tbilisi marked Ukraine's Independence Day. Photo: MO SE / Facebook Protesters in Tbilisi marked Ukraine's Independence Day with a march.

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.