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07:00, 30 October 2012
355 prisoners to be released from Georgian prisons by November 1, Sozar Subari asserts
By November 1, about 355 prisoners will be released from penitentiary institutions of Georgia. This was reported on October 29 Sozar Subari, new Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance. At the same time, it became known that two parliamentary committees begin work on the draft law "On Amnesty."
04:00, 30 October 2012
About 50 "Mekhk-Kkhel" hunger-strikers detained by police in Ingushetia, Idris Abadiev reports
The police of Ingushetia detained about 50 participants of the hunger striker, held by the public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel." Four hunger-strikers are still kept at the Nazran OVD (Interior Division), and their lawyers are not allowed to visit them. One participant of the protest action was seriously injured during the detention. This was reported by Idris Abadiev, the head of the public organization.
23:00, 29 October 2012
Adygea and South Tyrol agree to jointly develop tourism and agriculture
Today, Aslan Tkhakushinov, the leader of Adygea, and Johann Berger, Vice-President of the Italian province of South Tyrol, Minister of Agriculture and Tourism, signed a letter of intent, which defined the priority for cooperation in tourism and agriculture.
Liquidation of flood consequences in Derbent, October 2012. Courtesy of http://derbent.ru
22:00, 29 October 2012
In Derbent, only centre cleared after flooding, local residents assert
Residents of the city of Derbent and volunteers state that only the central streets of the city have been cleaned after the flooding and that the outskirts are still "buried in the mud". The Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports that the works to clean the city, affected by the flooding, have been completed.
21:00, 29 October 2012
Magomed Kartashov: Eid al-Adha failed in Kizlyar Park because it was blocked by power agents
Celebration of the holiday of Eid al-Adha, scheduled for today in the park named after Peter I in the city of Kizlyar, was not held, since the recreation area was cordoned off by armed law enforcement agents. This was reported by Magomed Kartashov, the organizer of the event.
19:00, 29 October 2012
Azerbaijan: experts offer electoral reforms
Today, fifteen activists of the civil society of Azerbaijan presented to the public the "Memorandum on main directions of improvement of electoral legislation and guarantee of democracy at October 2013 presidential election". The authors of the document offer all the political forces of the country to discuss their proposals for development of joint measures to reform the electoral legislation.
18:19, 29 October 2012
Five policemen wounded in special operation in Khasavyurt
During the shooting that occurred during the special operation in Khasavyurt, held on October 28, five policemen were wounded. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.
18:00, 29 October 2012
Relatives of children, who drowned in Yeisk, urge State Duma to revise compensations for minors' deaths
Igor Trunov and Lyudmila Aivar, the lawyers of relatives of six Moscow schoolchildren, who drowned in the area of Yeisk Split of the Azov Sea in July 2010, have appealed to the State Duma of the Russian Federation with a proposal to amend the Article of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which determines the amount of compensation for the deaths of minors.
17:25, 29 October 2012
In Ingushetia, supporters of movement "Mekhk-Kkhel" go on termless hunger strike
On October 29, at 03:00 p.m., in Ingushetia, about 10 persons, supporters of the regional public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", began a hunger strike to demand the resignation of the republic's leaders.
13:17, 29 October 2012
Moscow city court reduced custody terms to defendants on the case of disturbances in Manezhnaya square
The panel of judges of Moscow city court reduced the sentence to Vitaly Vasin and Nicolay Dvoinyakov acknowledged guilty on the case of mass disturbances in Manezhnaya square in December of 2010, Press Service of the court informed.
10:00, 29 October 2012
All the committees of the Supreme Council of Adzharia were headed by representatives of the “Georgian Dream”
Five committees will be functioning in the Supreme Council (SC) of Adzharia elected recently. Their chairpersons were elected yesterday, October, 28, at a session of SC by secret ballot. It is also already known that there will be four fractions in the Parliament of Adzharia.
09:00, 29 October 2012
Kotiev: the wife of one the gunmen’s leaders came as self-reported criminal
Anastasia Alexeyeva (Ganieva), wife of one of the leaders of “Sunzha” paramilitary group Timur Khayauri, called to the telephone hotline for remorseful members of armed underground created in Ingushetia. She gave herself up, Secretary of Security Council of the republic Ahmed Kotiev reported.
07:00, 29 October 2012
The pilots of McLaren won the finals of City Challenge in Baku
Pilots of McLaren MP4 GT3 race car Frederick Makovievski and Steph Dusseldorf won the final competition of GT3 City Challenge going on in Baku.
23:00, 27 October 2012
Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismajlova receives award "For Courage in Journalism"
In New York, Khadija Ismajlova, an observer of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty was awarded the prize of the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) "For Courage in Journalism" for the year 2012.
22:00, 27 October 2012
Some Chiatura miners stop their strike
Some of the miners of the city of Chiatura have agreed to the offered 32-percent increase in wages and stopped their strike. Those who have decided to go on with their protest assert that the proposed salary increase will be made by reducing the premiums.
21:00, 27 October 2012
Karachay-Cherkessia receives 24 repatriates from Syria
As reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by Mukhamed Cherkesov, the chairman of the movement "Adyge Khase – Circassian Parliament" of Karachay-Cherkessia, as of today, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia has received a total of 24 Syrian Circassians.
20:00, 27 October 2012
Relatives of Yunus Didigov, detained resident of Ingushetia, cannot find his whereabouts
Relatives of Yunus Didigov, a resident of the village of Plievo, who was detained by special services of North Ossetia, know nothing about his whereabouts, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by his wife and father.
19:00, 27 October 2012
Volgograd: series of solo pickets held against nickel extraction near Khopyor River
About 25 Volgograd residents took part in a series of pickets held today against extraction of nickel in the area of the Khopyor River.
18:16, 27 October 2012
Delegates of Congress of Dagestani Nations held in Moscow offer general election of republic's head
The delegates of the Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations, held in Moscow on October 26, expressed distrust the current authorities of the republic, offered to dissolve the People's Assembly of Dagestan and hold a general election of the head of the republic.
16:00, 27 October 2012
Georgia: Borjomi factory stops striking
The employees of the Borjomi Factory No. 1 have stopped their strike; the production process is fully restored, says the statement of the "IDS Borjomi Georgia", the owning company of the factory, released on October 26.
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.