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Fragment of the map of the freedom of the Internet in 2012, borrowed from the website of the human rights organization Freedom House: http://www.freedomhouse.org
23:40, 25 September 2012
"Freedom House": Russia and Azerbaijan are countries with partial freedom of Internet
Russia and Azerbaijan are countries that are only partially free on the Internet. Georgia is free on the Internet. This was stated by authors of the report on the freedom of the Internet for 2012, which was disseminated by the human rights organization "Freedom House" on September 24.
23:30, 25 September 2012
Court fines "Free Georgia" Party for demonstration of xenophobia in pre-election video clip
The Tbilisi City Court fined 2000 laris (about 1140 US dollars) the "Free Georgia" Party for xenophobic appeals in pre-election video clip.
23:20, 25 September 2012
Kabardino-Balkarian resident claims disappearance of her husband Azamat Abazov
Azamat Abazov, a resident of the town of Baksan in Kabardino-Balkaria, was invited to law enforcement agencies for a conversation and then disappeared. This was claimed by his wife Raisa Abazova, who contacted the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
23:10, 25 September 2012
NCFD General Prosecutor's Office asks Ministry of Justice to check NCOs in Chechnya and Ingushetia for extremism
Alexei Tsukanov, Chief of the Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), urged the Russian Ministry of Justice to check, how non-commercial organizations (NCOs) in Chechnya and Ingushetia spent money received from abroad. Representatives of the NCOs in Chechnya and Ingushetia state that they do not fear of inspections of supervisory agencies.
22:40, 25 September 2012
Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe starts considering issue of Russia's failure to execute ECtHR's decisions in case of civilians' mass deaths in Katyr-Yurt
The session the Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe, which was opened on September 24 in Strasbourg, will consider the issue on returning to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the case of the mass deaths of people during the bombing of the village of Katyr-Yurt (Chechen Republic) in February 2000.
22:30, 25 September 2012
On September 17-23, 2012, at least 35 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
Last week, on September 17-23, 2012, at least 35 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 23 persons were killed and 12 wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.
22:10, 25 September 2012
Chechnya included five thousand hectares land in Sunzha district into its territory
Within the framework of settling the question of demarcation of the administrative border of Chechnya 15 hectares land were included into the territory of the republic, among them five thousand hectares in Sunzha district arguable with Ingushetia, the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Chechnya reported.
22:00, 25 September 2012
A local resident in Dagestan reports her daughter's disappearance
Resident of the settlement of Khasanai, Babayurt district of Dagestan, Ziyarat Arabova reports disappearance of her daughter Salihat Arabova.
21:00, 25 September 2012
About 200 people in Makhachkala protested against rental tariff escalation in "Dagelectromash" market
About 200 renters of trade pavilions in the market of "Dagelectromash" limited company held an action of protest against rental tariff escalation. The action was not authorized by the authorities, Press Service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia in Dagestan reported.
20:00, 25 September 2012
The Georgian students demanded resignation of the Minister of Defense of Georgia
Thousands of students in Tbilisi gathered near the building of the University and moved in the direction of the Ministry of Defense protesting against torture in the prisons. The protesters demanded resignation of the Minister of Defense of Georgia.
19:00, 25 September 2012
The Alibekov's family in Khasavyurt went on a hunger strike of protest against young people's joining the gunmen
On September, 24, residents of Khasavyurt Zainudin and Sapiat Alibekova went on an open-ended hunger strike in this way trying to return their son who joined the gunmen to peaceful life, Press Service of the municipal Administration reports.
18:00, 25 September 2012
Residents of Dugulubey, Kabardino-Balkaria, blocked the highway expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of roads in the settlement
On September, 24, residents of the settlement of Dugulubey, Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, blocked the "Caucasus" federal highway in the direction from Nalchik to Pyatigorsk expressing protest against poor quality of the roads.
Protest actions in connection with the facts of torture in prisons. Tbilisi, September 24, 2012. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 24 September 2012
Tbilisi hosts rallies demanding to release detained participants of protest actions
In Tbilisi, today is the third day of the protest action, demanding to release four prisoners Lasha Meskhiya, David Patsatsiya, Dachi Tsaguriya, and Bekar Aladashvili. In the capital of Georgia, protest actions and hunger strikes in connection with the facts of torture in prisons are underway.
Rally against torture un prisons, Tbilisi, September 24, 2012. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 24 September 2012
Georgia: prisoners of Ksani colony complain about torture and humiliating treatment
Today, inmates of the Ksani colony No. 15, one more Georgian penitentiary institution, announced that they had been beaten and tortured.
Rally in support of Syrian Circassians. Istanbul, Turkey, September 23, 2012. Photo from http://cherkessia.net
23:00, 24 September 2012
In Turkey, more than 300 persons attend rally and pickets in support of Syrian Circassians
In Turkish cities of Ankara, Istanbul and Antalya, rallies and pickets in support of Syrian Circassians were attended by more than 300 persons. This was reported by the organizing committee for the World Campaign in Solidarity with Syrian Circassians, held on September 23.
22:50, 24 September 2012
Dagestani Supreme Court refuses to change sentence imposed for beating teenager
Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the decision of the Shamil District Court, under which defendant Magomed Magomedov was convicted for beating a 14-year-old teenager.
22:40, 24 September 2012
Chief architect of Sochi suspected of abuse of power
In Sochi, Oleg Sheveiko, Director of the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Redevelopment of the city administration, became a defendant in two criminal cases, related to the issuance of construction permits in the area of international hospitality.
The building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, Tbilisi. Courtesy of the press service of the MIA of Georgia
22:40, 24 September 2012
In Georgia, four persons detained on charges of bribing public officials
In Georgia, four persons were detained on the fact of bribing public officials. One of those cases involves Aleko Tabatadze, a candidate for MP from the "Georgian Dream", the block of Bidzina Ivanishvili. This was stated by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia.
22:30, 24 September 2012
In Azerbaijan, arrest of oppositionist Nigyar Yagublu is of political nature, her lawyers assert
In Azerbaijan, the investigation into the case against Nigyar Yagublu, an activist of the youth organization of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, is being conducted with procedural violations, and the arrest of the oppositionist is of political nature. This was stated on September 24 by lawyers of Nigyar Yagublu at the "roundtable", held in the media centre of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).
22:10, 24 September 2012
Russian Supreme Court returns case on undermining "Neva-Express" Train to first instance court
Today, the Judicial Panel for Criminal Cases of the Russian Supreme Court granted a lawyer's motion to restore the right to defence of Tarkhan Kartoev, convicted in case on undermining the "Neva-Express" Train. The case will be sent to the first instance court for translation into Ingush, the lawyer Tatiana Okushko said.
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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.