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Dashgyn Melikov. Photo http://contact.az/
03:10, 8 June 2013
Trial of opposition activist Dashgyn Melikov begins in Azerbaijan
On June 7, the Sumgait City Court held a preliminary hearing on the case of Dashgyn Melikov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), chaired by Judge Agil Abbasov. The defence moved a number of motions. However, since the prosecutor was not ready to express his attitude to the motions, the trial was postponed till June 11.
02:40, 8 June 2013
Armenia to pay 193,000 US dollars to hail-affected villagers
The Armenian government has decided to pay lump-sum compensations to socially vulnerable residents of 23 villages of the Armavir Region, who were most affected by hail. The total amount of lump-sum payments makes 80 million drams, or about 193,000 US dollars.
02:20, 8 June 2013
Head of Kayakent District of Dagestan is accused of frauds with flats for orphans worth 1.5 million roubles
On June 7, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) presented to Ilmutdin Gamzaev, the head of the municipal formation "Kayakent District", an accusation under the "abuse of office" and "service forgery". Gamzaev's advocate claims that his client's actions contain no crime attributes.
00:08, 8 June 2013
In KBR, Beshkurov's defence challenges his arrest
On June 7, Buberd Maremov, the advocate of Islam Beshkurov, who was detained in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the KBR against the ruling of the District Court of Baksan to arrest his client for two months.
The lawyer Popkov and the journalist Nikolai Yarst (to the right). Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot".
23:12, 7 June 2013
Investigation of journalist Yarst's case completed in Sochi
The investigation of the criminal case opened against the journalist Nikolai Yarst, accused of illegal drug possession, is over and ready for approval by the public prosecutor and further sending to the court. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by the defendant's lawyer Alexander Popkov.
23:01, 7 June 2013
Diplomats studied the situation in Georgian villages, where the border on South Ossetia was shifted
During a one-day trip to the village of Didi, Khurvaleti, Gugutiantkari and Ditsi of the Shida Kartli Region of Georgia, organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MFA) of Georgia, members of the Parliament, diplomatic missions and international organizations got acquainted with the problems of the residents of the villages separated by the new border.
19:32, 7 June 2013
Court sends figurant of case on Sochi explosions to new forensic-psychiatric examination
The Krasnodar Regional Court has cancelled the decision on coercive measures of medical nature in regard to the ex-militiaman Ilya Galkin, accused of committing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, and sent the defendant to a new forensic-psychiatric examination, said a source from the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.
Meri Karapetyan, a villager from Mrgashat, where a huge hail killed the crops. Armavir Region, June 7, 2013. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:06, 7 June 2013
Compensations paid by Armenian authorities are not enough to cover the losses from hail, farmers assert
Villagers from Mrgashat, Armavir Region of Armenia, where on May 12 a huge hail killed the crops, said that the seeds provided by the authorities are not enough to compensate for the damages and pay back the loans.
Activists of the NGO "Free Zone" Georgy Rukhaya (to the right) and Irakly Kvirtskhiya in the demonstration against actions of Russian border guards on the border with South Ossetia. Tbilisi, June 7, 2013. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot".
16:32, 7 June 2013
Tbilisi court fines protesters against actions of Russian border guards
The Tbilisi City Court has fined two activists of the NGO "Free Zone" for their insulting cries about Russian president Vladimir Putin during a protest action against actions of Russian border guards on the border with South Ossetia.
11:55, 7 June 2013
North Ossetia: doctor accused of baby-selling placed under home arrest
Valentina Tedeeva, the chief physician of the maternity ward of the Republic's ClinicalHospital, accused of selling a child, was put from custody into home arrest because of her health problems, Eduard Gusov, an assistant to the head of the Investigating Department for North Ossetia.
08:27, 7 June 2013
Trial on fraud with Armenian Pension Fund money postponed due to illness of one of the defendants
The trial on the case of Vazgen Khachikyan, the former head of the welfare service, accused of a fraud with the money of the Pension Fund, has been rescheduled for June 13 due to the illness of one of the defendants – Ovannes Grigoryan, the former head of the division of payments of the above welfare service.
07:20, 7 June 2013
Over 100 lawyers to hold strike in Armenia against methods of CoC
On June 10 and 11, 117 Armenian lawyers are going to hold a two-day strike in protest against the working methods of the Court of Cassation (CoC), in particular, against the "arbitrariness in the application of a number of laws." The aim of the strike is to draw the attention of all the branches of power to the unacceptable practices of the Armenian CoC, including the use of "double standards".
Unidentified persons cut the power cable running to the the house of the Porfirievs in Amurskaya Street, 14. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot".
03:07, 7 June 2013
Regina Porfirieva: our house in Astrakhan left without electricity because of developer
In Astrakhan, power engineers failed to connect the house of the Porfiriev family, located at No. 14 in Amurskaya Street, because of the counteraction of the developer, said Regina Porfirieva. The developer did not allow laying the cable, a source from the "Astrakhanenergo" has confirmed.
A police officer tries to take away a poster saying "Democracy in Azerbaijan is surpressed" from a protestor. Baku, 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot".
02:35, 7 June 2013
Officials of CoE and OSCE express concern over introduction in Azerbaijan of criminal penalties for defamation on the Internet
On June 6, Nils Mujzhnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), and Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, issued a joint statement, in which they expressed their serious concern over the approval by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev of amendments to the legislation, spreading the criminal liability for defamation over the online environment.
Confiscation of the paper-leaflet "For Navalny" circulation. Krasnodar, June 6, 2013. Photo by Igor Kharchenko
00:19, 7 June 2013
Circulation of paper-leaflet "For Navalny" confiscated in Krasnodar
On June 6, in Krasnodar, the police confiscated 31,000 copies of the newspaper-leaflet "For Navalny" from activists of the regional branch of the "People's Alliance" Party. The police found that the texts of the edition are discrediting the country's top officials.
Fathers of infected children comunicate with their wives through the bars in the windows of the infection ward of the Central City Hospital of Rostov-on-Don; June 2013. Courtesy of the http://donnews.ru
23:02, 6 June 2013
Doctors failed to render adequate help to child who died in Rostov, investigators assert
The death of a child from meningoencephalitis in Rostov-on-Don could be a result of negligence of health workers, investigators believe. According to them, the parents of the perished child "were repeatedly visited by paediatricians": an ambulance came; however, only after a resolute request of the mother the child was hospitalized.
22:51, 6 June 2013
Three criminal cases against 21 Jehovah's Witnesses investigated in Taganrog
The Chief Department of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Southern Federal District (SFD) is investigating two more criminal cases against five Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog, suspected of extremism, the lawyer Anton Bogdanov, who is representing two of the believers, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The above Chief Department has confirmed this information.
18:30, 6 June 2013
Dagestan: relatives of resident of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk report his illegal detention
In the evening on June 5, Bagaudin Magomedov, a resident of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, was detained by employees of the GOVD (City Interior Division) and charged with illegal possession of explosives and firearms, said his relative Rasul Magomedov.
17:35, 6 June 2013
Baku Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against extension of arrest of "Nida" activist
Rashad Gasanov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout) will stay in custody under decision of the above court. He was arrested on March 14 and is charged under Article 228.3 (illegal possession of firearms, explosives and devices within an organized criminal grouping) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
Mustafa Gadjibeili (left). Photo from www.irfs.az
16:07, 6 June 2013
Azerbaijani court leaves opposition activist Gadjibeili behind bars
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal has considered the complaint of Mustafa Gadjibeili, an advisor to the head of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, against his administrative detention; eventually, the activist was left in custody, said his advocate Nemat Kerimli and added that his client was illegally involved in forced labour at the temporary detention facility (known as IVS).
News
The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.

J.D. Vance and Ilham Aliyev at the signing of the Charter. Screenshot from a photo by the press service of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, February 10, 2026, https://president.az/az/articles/view/71562 Vance's visit to Baku demonstrated the pragmatism of US interest in the South Caucasus

Bahruz Samedov ended his hunger strike in an Azerbaijani prison.

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.