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New apartments in Grozny. Photo: http://mgkhs.ru/
06:51, 1 July 2013
Chechnya plans to resettle residents of 76 emergency and dilapidated houses
Till the end of this year, Chechnya will resettle residents of 76 houses, recognized as emergency and dilapidated ones; later, 160 other multi-family houses will also be resettled, said the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services of Chechnya.
16:58, 30 June 2013
Convict for blowing up "Neva-Express" Train dies in Ekaterinburg colony
Tarkhan Kartoev, a resident of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, convicted on charges of blowing up the "Neva-Express" Train, has died in Penal Colony No. 2 (IK-2) of Ekaterinburg. "The telegram was signed by Major V. Mikheev. My son had stayed in the IK-2 for just a week. Today, with my nephew we fly to Ekaterinburg, where my son had been convoyed," Umatgiri Kartoev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
16:34, 30 June 2013
Circassian organizations protest against Abkhaz conference held by European Parliament
According to activists of a number of Circassian organizations, on 28 June in Brussels for the fault of the Abkhaz delegation, the Day of Circassian Culture at the European Parliament was disrupted. According to their story, instead of that Day, another event – the conference "Abkhazia and Europe – Ways to Mutual Understanding and Rapprochement" – was held.
Participants of the project "Strengthening of Women's Capacity for Building Peace in Southern Caucasus" completed by the human rights organization "Centre of Civil Initiatives" in Nagorno-Karabakh. From left to right: the head of the Stepanakert rehabilitation center Vardan Tadevosyan; the chief of the target group in Shushi Anait Tovmasyan; the head of the "Centre of Civil Initiatives" Albert Voskanyan. Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, June 29, 2013. Photo by Marta Altunyan, http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/blogs/929/posts/15113
12:35, 30 June 2013
"Centre of Civil Initiatives" completes project on strengthening peacemaking role of women in Southern Caucasus
On June 30, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the human rights organization "Centre of Civil Initiatives" completed a three-year inter-regional project "Strengthening of Women's Capacity for Building Peace in Southern Caucasus" which was launched in March 2010 under the auspices of the Caucasian representative office of the international organization named CARE.
Participants in the rally "Derbent is Russia's southern outpost!" held in Moscow, June 29, 2013. Photo http://flnka.ru/
06:46, 30 June 2013
Participants in the rally "Derbent is Russia's southern outpost!" in Moscow demand to cancel renaming Sovietskaya Street
On June 29 in Moscow, about 300 participants of the rally "Derbent is Russia's southern outpost!" passed a resolution demanding from the administration of the city of Derbent to cancel the decision of the assembly of deputies of the city to rename Sovietskaya Street into Geidar Aliev Street.
02:58, 30 June 2013
Sochi: advocate of builder Demerchyan complains to the court about investigator's inaction
The advocate of the builder Mardiros Demerchyan, who claimed that he had been tortured by the police in Sochi, has filed a complaint against inaction of the investigator, who is examining the incident. The investigator Artyom Semenets, in his turn, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that all his actions were in compliance with the law.
Moscow, June 29, 2013. "Derbent is Russia's Southern Outpost" rally at the Yauzsky Vorota square. Photo: https://twitter.com/FLNKARU
22:11, 29 June 2013
Pickets within the campaign "Derbent is Russia's Southern Outpost" held in cities of Russia
On June 29, Dagestan hosted, within the campaign "Derbent is Russia's Southern Outpost", solo pickets against renaming Sovietskaya Street in the city of Derbent into Geidar Aliev Street. Within the campaign, a 500-person-strong rally took place in Moscow.
21:42, 29 June 2013
In Yerevan, public activists commemorate military doctor Vage Avetyan
On June 29, several dozens activists of the social movement "Vage Avetyan" gathered in front of the restaurant "Harsnaqar" in Yerevan, where on June 17, 2012, an incident occurred between the restaurant staff and visitors, resulting in the death of a military doctor Vage Avetyan.
20:46, 29 June 2013
Residents of TAC "Promzhilbaza" in Ingushetia ready to go on hunger strike on July 1
The forced migrants from Chechnya who live in Ingushetia have declared their readiness to start a hunger strike in protest against the unfair, in their opinion, distribution of certificates for purchase of housing.
20:23, 29 June 2013
Sochi police demand to bring builder Demerchyan to liability for slander
The Sochi police have sent an application to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) asking to bring the builder Mardiros Demerchyan, who had claimed being tortured at the police station of the village of Blinovo, to liability for slander.
19:19, 29 June 2013
Boris Nemtsov: increased cost of Sochi Olympics is a result of corruption and theft of budget funds
The reasons for the increased cost of Olympic facilities and the rising expenses for the Olympics-2014 are in the corruption and Olympic-scale of fund embezzlement, said Boris Nemtsov, a co-chairman of the Party "RPR-Parnas", who presented in Sochi his report "Winter Olympics in Subtropics".
16:58, 29 June 2013
Magomedov, ex-MP of Dagestan put in custody on suspicion of helping militants
The court has granted the petition of the investigation and put the former Dagestani parliamentarian from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party Magomed Magomedov, who was detained on suspicion of organizing mass riots with the aim of helping militants during a special operation. in custody.
Yadigar Sadygov. Photo: http://minval.az
15:59, 29 June 2013
Azerbaijan: adviser to the head of "Musavat" Party Yadigar Sadygov arrested for two months
On June 29, the Lankaran District Court of Azerbaijan ruled to restrict the freedom of Yadigar Sadygov, an advisor to the head of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, who is accused of hooliganism, by a two-month-long arrest. His defence intends to appeal against the ruling at the appeal instance.
12:39, 29 June 2013
Mayor of Karachaevsk put on federal wanted list
Soltan Semyonov, the incumbent Mayor of Karachaevsk, was put on the wanted list, Sergey Shuvaev, Senior Assistant to the Head of the Investigating Department for Karachay-Cherkessia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
11:27, 29 June 2013
Businessman's house blown up in Khasavyurt
At night on June 29, in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt, four unidentified masked men armed with submachine guns blew up the house of a businessman; nobody suffered in the incident, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reports.
Foundation stone of the future monument to fallen journalists. Makhachkala, July 2012. Photo by Aida Magamedova for the “Caucasian Knot”.
03:32, 29 June 2013
Dagestan announces contest on design of monument to perished journalists
The Union of Journalists of Dagestan has announced an international contest on the design of a monument to fallen journalists.
00:56, 29 June 2013
31 educators to be sacked in Dagestan for USE violations
As stated on June 28 by Evgeniy Semchenko, the head of the department for assessing the education quality of the "Rosobrnadzor" (Russian Federal Supervisory Service in Education and Sciences), more than 30 officials from education bodies and schools of Dagestan will be dismissed for violations during the unified state examination (USE).
19:39, 28 June 2013
Participants of rally in front of Armenia's GPO demand release of convicted ANC activists
On June 28, 40 persons took part in a protest action held in front of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia demanding immediate release and acquittal of the four young activists of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), now kept in custody.
MP Levan Bezhashvili, the "United National Movement" party. Photo http://www.heretifm.com/
14:16, 28 June 2013
Georgia: parliamentary minority declares political boycott
The parliamentary faction of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party in Georgia stops its work in the supreme legislative body of the country and starts its political boycott in protest against the detention of senior officials of Tbilisi Mayoralty, said the MP Levan Bezhashvili.
Checkpoint at Abkhazia and South Ossetia border in Nabakia village, May 15, 2013. Photo by Angela Kuchuberia for the “Caucasian Knot”.
11:18, 28 June 2013
Lortkipanidze: disruption of Geneva discussions was caused by attempt of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to change format
In the course of the talks in Geneva on security in Southern Caucasus, delegates of the conflict regions made an attempt to leave one working group and continue working in another one. The co-chairs banned the precedent and stopped the security working group, said the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, explaining the disruption of the talks.
News
Azerbaijani journalists publish names of those involved in AZAL plane crash

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Journalist Eva Merkachyova was excluded from the Public Council under the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h_2y9NuEFE Composition of Public Council under FSIN changed after discussion of torture of Caucasian natives

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.