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18:00, 11 June 2012
Collection of signatures for construction of a memorial to a victim of road accident with the participation of ex-deputy Ostrovenko is going in Rostov-on-Don
On June, 10, organizers of a picket in memory of student Igor Verbenko who perished in a road accident with the participation of Deputy of the city Duma Ostrovenko in Rostov-on-Don collected about 400 signatures.
23:00, 9 June 2012
Defendants in case on torture at Ingush MIA to demand new handwriting examination
Nazir Guliev and Ilez Nalgiev, employees of the MIA of Ingushetia, accused of torturing their detainees, demand a repeated commission examination of the handwriting of the three witnesses who refused from their signatures to the evidences given during the investigation, said Magomed Magomadov, their advocate.
22:00, 9 June 2012
Three suspects of attacking policemen, who investigate the fight at "Evropeiskiy" TC, detained
As reported by Vladimir Markin, the official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), three alleged attackers on the policemen, who came to fulfil an order of the investigator, who is investigating the fight in Moscow between the fans of the "Spartak" FC and natives of Northern Caucasus, were detained.
21:00, 9 June 2012
Six persons run for the post of City Manager of Elista
On June 9, the Contest Commission for the election of Elista Mayor (City Manager) considered applications of six candidates and ruled that all of them are eligible, the press service of the Mayoralty of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, reports.
20:00, 9 June 2012
HRW: authorities should compensate Sochi family for demolition of their house for Olympic construction
The Russian government must suspend the demolition of the house of the Khlystov family in Sochi, which is planned in order to clear the space for Olympic construction, until the family is provided compensatory housing in another district, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated.
19:00, 9 June 2012
Inspectors would not associate Magomed Cherkesov's murder with his son's case
The murder of Magomed Cherkesov, 68, the father of Aslan Cherkesov, who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering the football fan Yegor Sviridov, was committed on selfish motives, and in no way related to the case of his son, said a source from investigatory authorities.
18:00, 9 June 2012
33 investment agreements signed on the first day of the Dagestani Economic Forum
On June 8, the Dagestani Economic Forum was attended by about 1500 participants, including those from abroad, who signed 33 agreements. The main topic of the event is the development of an efficient economy of the region, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
17:00, 9 June 2012
At Geneva debates, South-Ossetian delegation raises issue of mass burials of Ossetians in Georgia
At the 20th round of Geneva debates on security in the Caucasus, the South-Ossetian delegation raised the issue of revitalization of searches for the citizens of their republic, who went missing in 1989-1992 and 2008. Members of the delegation said that reports are available on existence in Georgian of mass burials of assassinated Ossetians.
15:00, 9 June 2012
Azerbaijan: activist who defended rights of flood victims detained
Ilham Amiraslanov, a local activist of the civil society, was detained in the Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan detained. The office of the civil society "Kura" and human rights activists treat the detention as pressure on the people who try to protect their rights.
14:00, 9 June 2012
In Adygea, 30 children with disabilities participate in charity action "Volunteers to Children"
The Republic of Adygea has completed the charity event "Volunteers to Children", which was attended by 30 children with disabilities aged 3-15 from all over the republic. This was reported by Galimet Beshkok, the head of the department for rehabilitation of children with disabilities of the Maikop Social Rehabilitation Centre for Minors.
12:00, 9 June 2012
Director General of "Rostov" FC resigns after fans' rally
Director General of the "Rostov" Football Club (FC) resigned after the rally of the fans, who demanded from the leadership of the Rostov Region to terminate the contract with Yuri Belous.
11:00, 9 June 2012
South Ossetia presents literary almanac of South-Caucasian writers
On June 8, the city of Tskhinvali hosted a presentation of the second issue of the literary and publicist almanac of the writers of Southern Caucasus.
23:00, 8 June 2012
Human Rights Council under Russian President: 27 out of 40 members remaining
This week, Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council on Development of Civil Society and Human Rights received two applications from the council members who decided to quit it. Thus, 27 out of 40 initially approved members continue to be its members.
22:00, 8 June 2012
Project coordinator for resettling Boers to Georgia detained
Georgian law enforcers have detained Djuba Maruashvili, the coordinator of the project for resettling South African Boers to Georgia.
21:00, 8 June 2012
Power agents name casualties of special operation in Dagestan
The spokesman of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has disclosed the names of all those killed today during the special operation in Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, including Rustam Gasanov, the leader of the Kizlyar grouping, his wife, three suspected militants and the owner of the apartment, in which all the six were shot dead.
20:00, 8 June 2012
Georgia's opposition appeals against the Law "On Political Association of Citizens"
A number of Georgian opposition parties have addressed the Constitutional Court against the new rules of financing political actors in Georgia under the Law "On Political Association of Citizens". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Nata Tsereteli, the head of the press service of the "Free Georgia".
19:00, 8 June 2012
Moscow: 18 classmates of the detainee after the fight at "Evropeiskiy" TC detained
At an attempt to bring witnesses of the fight at the "Evropeiskiy" Trade Centre (TC) to the investigator, policemen detained 18 students of the Maimonides State Classical Academy. Its Rector states that the students were beaten, while policemen behaved illegally.
18:00, 8 June 2012
Aslan Cherkesov's father killed in KBR
Magomed Cherkesov, the father of Aslan Cherkesov, convicted for the murder of a Moscow "Spartak" football fan, was killed in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The suspect of the murder has been detained, said a source from the Baksan Inter-District Investigatory Division of the Investigatory Department for the KBR of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
17:00, 8 June 2012
Armenian TV refutes information that Jehovah's Witness killed his parents
Following the court ruling, on June 5, the Public Television of Armenia (PTA) refuted in the news programme live on air the false information about the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses. The believers of this community welcomed both the ruling and the action of the television.
15:00, 8 June 2012
In Sochi, locals stop machinery from entering site of Kudepsta TPP
Today in Sochi, local residents have once again stopped heavy construction equipment, which, as stated by the city authorities, is needed to carry out geological surveys in the place of the planned construction of the thermal power plant (TPP) on the Kudepsta River. Today, the protestors were addressed by Alexander Zvyagin, a Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory, who was unsuccessfully trying to convince them of the need to build the TPP.
News
In January 2026, three people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.

Four airports in southern Russia are closed to aircraft.

Two people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the fourth quarter of 2025.

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.