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22:40, 10 September 2012
Nine-year-old orphan boy hangs himself in Karachay-Cherkessia
Investigating authorities of Karachay-Cherkessia have opened a criminal case on incitement to suicide of Andrei Altukhov, 9, a pupil of the republic's children's home for orphans and children left without parental care.
22:30, 10 September 2012
In Stavropol, Orthodox youth holds picket against abortions
Today, at the territorial consultative and diagnostic centre in Stavropol, a picket was held by the Orthodox youth movement "Soboryane" demanding legislative ban on abortions and encouraging large families.
Cleaning of Taman Forest within the all-Russian action "Blogger Against Garbage"; Stavropol, September 8, 2012. Photo by Ekaterina Sapogina, http://vk.com/event42576164
22:10, 10 September 2012
Stavropol: bloggers clean Taman Forest
A public subbotnik within the all-Russian campaign "Blogger Against Garbage" was held on September 8 in Stavropol. About 70 persons went out to clean the Taman Forest.
22:00, 10 September 2012
Tsotne Gamsakhurdiya goes on hunger strike in Georgia
Tsotne, the son of the first Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdiya, has again gone on hunger strike in prison demanding better custody conditions in prisons.
20:00, 10 September 2012
A resident of Dagestan protests against violation of his rights in a penal colony of Lipetsk region, his attorney reports
Convict from Dagestan Arthur Khanaliev who is serving his penalty in a colony of Lipetsk region declared his intention to go on a hunger strike on September, 9, as a sign of protest against groundless, in his opinion, being regularly placed in a lockup during several months, his attorney Abdurahman Abdurahmanov reports. The lawyer demands to call all those guilty to account.
International Chess Grandmaster Sergey Movsisyan, a member of the men's national team of Armenia, during the solemn meeting at the Zvartnots Airport, Yerevan, September 10, 2012
19:00, 10 September 2012
Combined team of Armenia became three-time Olympic champion in chess
On September, 9, men's combined team of Armenia won in the 40th Chess Olympics that finished in Istanbul. So, Armenia became three-time Olympic champion and won the first prize in the competition.
18:00, 10 September 2012
The court in Azerbaijan prolonged the term of arrest of two journalists of regional TV channel "KhaialTV"
On September, 8, Nasimi district court of Baku passed a judgment to prolong the term of arrest of Vugar Gonagov, Executive Director of regional TV channel "KhaialTV" broadcasting in Guba district of Azerbaijan, and Zaur Guliev, Editor-in-Chief of this channel, till December, 1, the journalists' attorney Elchin Sadygov reported.
23:16, 8 September 2012
Building of circus blown up in Yerevan
On September 8, a group of explosion experts and sappers blew up the circus building, located in central Yerevan.
23:00, 8 September 2012
Charity concert held in Moscow in memory of perished journalists
Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that about fifteen hundred came today to the charity concert to the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire to commemorate the journalists who perished in performance of their professional duties.
22:18, 8 September 2012
Four bodies found after wreck of Mi-35
A source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan has reported that four bodies were found at the place where a military helicopter Mi-35 crashed in a collision with a mountain; one of the casualties was not a crew member.
22:00, 8 September 2012
One person killed by collapse of hospital catering unit in Slavyansk-on-Kuban
As reported by the Southern Regional Centre of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), as a result of collapse of the roof of a detached building of the nutrition unit of the district hospital of the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in the Krasnodar Territory, one person was lost and six more injured.
20:00, 8 September 2012
Action "Blogger Against Garbage" in Volgograd involved more than 100 activists
Today in Volgograd the all-Russian action "Blogger Against Garbage" has brought together from 100 to 150 people, who cleaned the beach near the Museum-Reserve "Stalingrad Battle", said Ruslan Alekseev, one of the participants of the action and an activist of the movement "For Fair Elections".
18:00, 8 September 2012
Georgian MIA reports detention of militant from Northern Caucasus in Lopota Gorge
As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) a member of the armed grouping, which was exposed to a special operation in late August near the Dagestani section of the Georgian-Russian border, was detained in Georgia.
17:00, 8 September 2012
Two persons injured by explosion of house in Baku
Today, an explosion occurred in a dwelling house located in the Binagadi District of Baku, where two tenants suffered burns and were taken to hospital, said a spokesman for the Azerbaijan's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
15:00, 8 September 2012
Azerbaijani soldier wounded in Karabakh conflict zone in July dies
Rabbi Elsever oglu Jafarov, a soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, who was wounded in July in the Karabakh conflict zone, has died in the hospital. Armenia denies any involvement in the incident, where the soldier was wounded.
14:00, 8 September 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh inaugurates its president
On September 7 the city of Stepanakert hosted a special session of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh, where a ceremony of inauguration of President Bako Saakyan took place.
06:00, 8 September 2012
Participants of trilateral meeting in Ergneti agree to search people who disappeared in 1991-1992
On September 6, the Georgian village of Ergneti hosted a meeting of the Coordination Mechanism to address issues of missing persons. The participants from Georgia, Russia and South Ossetia agreed to include the persons who had disappeared in 1991-1992 into the search mechanism.
Traces of illegal logging at the site of Kudepsta TPP; Sochi, township Kudepsta, September 6, 2012. Photo by Tatiana Osipova, http://ewnc.org
23:50, 7 September 2012
Opponents of Kudepsta TPP in Sochi claim destruction of hectares of forest
In Sochi, residents of the village of Kudepsta registered forest cutting at the place of the construction of a Thermal Power Plant (TPP). According to the local residents, the destruction of forest was conducted illegally; meanwhile, the police failed to take any measures against violators.
Oleg Orlov at the booth "Human Rights" at the 25th Moscow International Book Fair; September 6, 2012. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 7 September 2012
Oleg Orlov: local authorities fail to reverse trend of violence in Dagestan
On September 6, on the anniversary 25th Moscow International Book Fair, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" presented two books, dedicated to the events that took place in Northern Caucasus in recent years.
23:40, 7 September 2012
Dagestani native accuses Consular Section of Embassy of Latvia of discrimination on national origin
A Dagestani native, who lives and works in Moscow, claimed that the Consular Section of the Embassy of Latvia in Russia refused to issue a visa for him because of his nationality. The Embassy of Latvia denies accusations of prejudice against natives of the Caucasus. Meanwhile, tourism companies confirm that the Schengen countries include the regions of the Caucasus in the list of unreliable areas.
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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.