Caucasian Knot

Homepage / News

18:50, 16 August 2004

Editors to inform Europe of pressure on opposition press

Several editors of Azerbaijan newspapers are likely to go to Strasbourg to inform the Council of Europe of the campaign of pressure on the press.

18:34, 16 August 2004

Casualty reports from conflict zone differ

Both the sides sustained losses in a skirmish on the night of August 15-16: three injured people were taken to the republican hospital in Tskhinvali, two people are said to have been killed and several people are said to have been injured on the Georgian side.

23:27, 13 August 2004

Japan company writes report about Azerbaijan's power system

The task of TEPCO's mission is to show the real situation in the country's power system, to determine the reform rate in the field, and to reveal sectors that are in urgent need of investment. This will help the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to determine its position concerning directions of further joint work with Azerbaijan.

22:37, 13 August 2004

Presidential candidates dissatisfied with activity of PR specialists

The dissatisfaction of the 2 out of 7 contenders for the post of head of the republic was caused by results of the survey conducted on the territory of the republic from 4 to 8 August, which were published by the information and analytical department of the Chechen Ministry for Nationalities, Information and External Relations recently.

22:33, 13 August 2004

Armenian side 'not inclined to resume hostilities'

"I think it's not realistic to talk about the resumption of hostilities in Karabakh in the foreseeable future. But nothing can be excluded," Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian said to journalists after command and staff exercises of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.

19:27, 12 August 2004

Oil rises in price, Azerbaijan budget's receipts increase

It is planned to fix the oil price in the 2005 state budget within the bounds of $20-22 per barrel, the Ministry of Finance has announced.

19:22, 12 August 2004

Gunmen in masks abduct local resident

According to available information, four people arrived at the village of Paraboch in two Zhiguli cars without number plates, smashed the front door and rushed into the house on Terskaya Street which Dzhayruddin Nazhuyev lived in.

19:20, 12 August 2004

Georgia masses troops on South Osetian border

It may well be that the Georgian side will try to storm Tskhinvali and nearby settlements already today.

19:10, 11 August 2004

Authorities prevent opposition newspaper from working

The authorities found the owners of rented rooms, put pressure on them, and achieved the eviction of the editors.

19:07, 11 August 2004

Share of small and middle business in Armenia's GDP comes to 40%

Over 4,700 new subjects with almost 11 thousand workplaces were registered in the field of small and middle business in the first six months of 2004.

19:05, 11 August 2004

Two thirds of applicants in Shatoy district wait for compensation

Many people assert they had to give local functionaries from 30 to 50 percent of the compensation so that to receive the rest of the sum.

19:10, 10 August 2004

People in Gali district wait for presidential election with hope

Providing security of the population and central authorities' paying attention to the residents of the district will contribute to the greater integration of the Gali district into the economy of Abkhazia, Chairman of the Gali District Assembly Otar Latsuzbaya holds.

19:05, 10 August 2004

NGO plans to build housing for IDPs

A meeting of internally displaced persons (IDPs) arranged by the non-governmental organization Aist (Stork) took place in Stavropol on August 8.

19:02, 10 August 2004

Car with Russian policemen blown up in Grozny

Senior Sergeant Aleksey Vaynalovich died on the scene. Two other policemen, Dmitry Kotelnikov and Aleksandr Maslovsky, received severe injuries and were taken to a military hospital.

19:36, 9 August 2004

Human Rights Summer School opens in Baku

Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of diplomatic institutions acting in Azerbaijan, journalists, and NGO activists are expected to attend the opening ceremony.

19:33, 9 August 2004

Ingushetia to have local governing bodies

President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov has issued a decree the other day to set up the Working Group to Implement Regulations of the Federal Law on General Principles of Organizing Local Government.

19:31, 9 August 2004

President of Chechnya to be elected in 20 days

20 days prior to Election Day, only one candidate, Alu Alkhanov, is active in his election campaign.

22:08, 6 August 2004

ACPC welcomes Akhmadov asylum decision

"The fact that the US government did not oppose the immigration decision, which had rejected unsubstantiated allegations by the Russian government, is a strong affirmation of the long held position of the opposition government that a peaceful solution is in the best interests of all parties in this long-standing dispute," said ACPC Executive Director Glen Howard.

18:49, 6 August 2004

United Abkhazia holds conference, nominates presidential candidate

Beslan Kubrava, a board member of the movement, gave a report about main directions of the movement's activity. According to him, the movement will pay special attention to the group of social issues, problems of demography and repatriation. "Our strategic task is to improve the people's well-being," Mr Kubrava said.

18:47, 6 August 2004

Tense situation in Armenia caused by rigged elections, MP says

In Arshak Sadoian's opinion, a wrong structure of the ruling system has been created, which gives too much power to the authorities.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 3101 3102 3103 … 3246 3247

Next article ⟶

News

Four airports in southern Russia have been closed due to security threats

The second warning system test in three days was conducted in Chechnya

Moskalkova sided with Alaudinov in the conflict with bloggers

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

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

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

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.