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13:25, 14 July 2008
Armenian human rights activists are happy with their meeting with Thomas Hammarberg
Representatives of nongovernmental and human rights organizations of Armenia are happy with their meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights.
13:09, 14 July 2008
Armenian opposition wants to deliver Robert Kocharyan's case to Hague Tribunal
Starting today, the oppositional Nationwide Movement will bag subscriptions for sending the case of Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
13:00, 14 July 2008
Inspector advises father of Dagestan native whose execution was shown in Internet to search criminals himself
Umakhan Udamanov, father of the Dagestanian, whose execution was filmed and placed in the Internet, has informed today that the Moscow inspector advised Umakhan Udamanov to undertake a search of the criminals and the body of his son.
12:53, 14 July 2008
Mikail Ezhiev not approved as head of Public Council under Grozny Mayoralty
Mikail Ezhiev, a well-known public figure of Chechnya and the Chairman of the Republic's Human Rights Centre, has refuted the information about his appointment to the position of the head of the Public Council under the administration of the city of Grozny.
19:39, 12 July 2008
Hammarberg to assess the investigation of post-election events in Armenia
On July 13, Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, will come for his three-day working visit to Yerevan. He wants to assess the progress made in investigating the March 1-2 events in Yerevan.
19:28, 12 July 2008
President of Georgia invites Black Sea countries to cooperation
Speaking at the international summit named "Yalta European Strategy" and held in the Crimea, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili called to development of the Black Sea cooperation.
19:23, 12 July 2008
Javier Solana condemns flights of Russian crafts over South Ossetia
Javier Solana, EU Foreign and Defence Policy High Commissioner, has shared the opinion of the authorities of Georgia concerning the flights of Russian war crafts over South Ossetia.
16:19, 12 July 2008
Kabardino-Balkaria celebrates 300th anniversary of victory over Crimean khan
Kabardino-Balkaria is holding celebrations dedicated to defeat of Crimeans in the valley of River Malka on Mount Kanzhal plateau.
13:14, 12 July 2008
Reporters without Borders: Azerbaijan stages a trial on attack on journalist
The international organization in defence of the press named "Reporters without Borders" has again criticized the trial on the case concerning the attack on Agil Halil, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, having called the trial to be a farce.
12:09, 12 July 2008
In Yerevan, scientists discuss Armenia's role in Middle-East space
The Caucasus Institute in Yerevan has hosted a roundtable on the topic "Armenia in Middle-East Space: Globalization of Infrastructures". Arabist David Ovannisyan, Professor of the Yerevan State University and former Armenian ambassador to Syria, shared his opinion on the topic of debate.
11:58, 12 July 2008
Experts: by opposing Georgia to Russia Saakashvili makes West sympathetic
Having opposed his small Georgia to great Russia, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili won expected sympathies in the West. This conclusion was made by the participants of the roundtable organized by the Abkhazian TV, namely, political scientists Liana Kvarcheliya and Arda Inal-Ipa, and Abkhazian MP Garik Samanba.
10:53, 12 July 2008
Foreign enterprise in Rostov Region to employ local workers
The managers of the company named AGC Flat Glass Europe, which will build a sheet glass factory in the Rostov Region near the city of Azov, has assured the city administration that it is interested to hire local people to the enterprise.
14:09, 11 July 2008
Ombudsman of Armenia: instruction to prosecute Ter-Petrosyan's supporters was illegal
The order issued by Andranik Mirzoyan, head of the Special Investigatory Service of the Republic of Armenia, and sent to Prosecutor of maraz (region) Vayots Dzor, instructing him to prosecute supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosyan after opposition rallies is a violation of the country's Code of Criminal Procedure.
14:06, 11 July 2008
Arbitration in Dagestan upholds decision to evict charitable hospital
The Arbitration Court of the city of Essentuki has ascertained that the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Dagestan on the claim lodged by the Republic's Ministry for Property is legally competent and shall remain without changes, therefore, the Charitable Women's Hospital shall "abandon the illegally occupied premises" in the centre of Makhachkala.
13:56, 11 July 2008
Picket of "Musavat" Party dispersed in the capital of Azerbaijan
Today, activists of the "Musavat" Party made an attempt to hold a picket in front of Baku Mayoralty with a demand to ensure the freedom of assembly. However, strengthened police units have stopped the protesters from getting close to the Mayoralty building.
13:37, 11 July 2008
Bus explosion case in Nevinnomyssk sent to the court
On July 10, the criminal case about explosion of a passenger bus in the city of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, as a result of which 27 persons suffered, has been sent to the Stavropol Territorial Court.
13:32, 11 July 2008
US authorities disappointed with long investigation of Khlebnikov's murder
The authorities of the USA are disappointed with too long investigation into the murder of the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes Magazine Paul Khlebnikov and call on the Russian government to speed up the process.
13:27, 11 July 2008
Abkhazia blames Georgian MIA of committing Gali terror act
The authorities of Abkhazia assert that high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia organized the terror act in the city of Gali on July 6, where four persons fell victim.
13:20, 11 July 2008
West trades Azerbaijani democracy for oil, experts say
The West is interested not so much in the progress of democracy in Azerbaijan, but rather in Azerbaijani oil. Experts made this conclusion, while assessing the Azerbaijan's role in international relations during the pre-election period, and in democracy issues.
13:09, 11 July 2008
Britain's officials criticize statement on special agencies' involvement in Litvinenko's murder
Today, British press published a statement of Gordon Brown, spokesman of the UK Prime Minister's Office, who criticizes recent utterances made by British counterspies on air of the BBC on involvement of Russian authorities in murdering ex-officer of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko.
News
Abkhazia and South Ossetia have ruled out rescinding Venezuela's recognition of their independence.

A film about Georgian refugees won a prize at the Amsterdam Film Festival.

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

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.