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22:30, 9 July 2012
Azerbaijan suspends investigation into case against Avaz Zeinalov accused of tax evasion
In Azerbaijan, criminal proceedings against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", accused of tax evasion, were suspended.
Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk, July 9, 2012; a volunteer talks to locals. Photo by Nikita Serebryannikov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 9 July 2012
Krymsk residents fear re-flooding
At present, staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), police and volunteers try to reassure residents of the city of Krymsk, where today the information on impeding of the second wave of flooding appeared.
22:00, 9 July 2012
Administration of Krasnodar Territory: only head of Krymsk District dismissed from office
Vasily Krutko, the head of the Krymsk District, was dismissed from his position, and Vladimir Ulanovsky, Mayor of the city of Krymsk, continues to perform his duties. This was reported by the press service of the Administration of Krasnodar Territory.
21:00, 9 July 2012
ICRF: 146 persons perished in Krymsk Region of Krasnodar Territory
According to recent information, the death toll in the flooding in the city of Krymsk and Krymsk District reached 146 persons, including 44 men and 102 women. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory.
20:00, 9 July 2012
Vladimir Puchkov: alert system failed to warn population of flood threat in Krasnodar Territory
According to Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Emergencies of the Russian Federation, population of the Krasnodar Territory was not duly notified about the threat of flooding, since the warning system failed to work properly. Heads of the Division of Civil Defence and Emergencies of the Krymsk District Administration, responsible for notifying the population, claim that residents of the district had been notified of impending flooding by sirens, SMS-messages, loudspeakers, and by carrying out house visiting.
19:00, 9 July 2012
A woman got injured as a result of an explosion in Dagestan
A local woman was wounded in the settlement of Majalis, Kaitag district of Dagestan, as a result of a grenade explosion.
18:00, 9 July 2012
The Ministry of Interior Affairs: bodies of 20 victims in Krasnodar region still remain unidentified
Twenty persons out of over 170 who perished during the flood in Krasnodar region still remain unidentified, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation reports. Data about injured and lost people in Crimea district is being clarified promptly.
23:00, 7 July 2012
Armenia starts its "Golden Apricot" Film Festival
The Ninth International "Golden Apricot" Film Festival will open in Yerevan on July 8 with screening of the Amo Beknazaryan's film "Shor and Shorshor". This year, the festival received a record number of applications – 1250; of them, 150 films from 44 countries were selected.
Sitting of the Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation, Dagestan, Makhachkala, July 7, 2012. Photo by Ruslan Gereev
22:00, 7 July 2012
Kumyks ask Putin to add their representative to the Council on Interethnic Relations
The Board of Elders of the Kumyk Nation asks to include their representative into the Council of Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation. A respective appeal to President Vladimir Putin was adopted at the sitting of the Board on July 7 in Makhachkala.
Implications of the flood in Krymsk, July 7, 2012. Photo by Ekaterina Mischenko, www.yugopolis.ru
21:00, 7 July 2012
Social networks start gathering aid for flood victims in Krymsk
A resident of Krasnodar Uliana Kononovich has announced through social networks a start of the campaign to collect donations for flood victims in the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory. More than twenty persons have already reacted.
20:00, 7 July 2012
Over 30 children got poisoned in camp near Astrakhan
Today, more than 30 children, who were taking their rest in the Astrakhan children's camp "Chudotvory", asked for medical help with symptoms of food poisoning. 14 of them were hospitalized.
Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk, July 7, 2012; after the flood. Photo by Ekaterina Mischenko, www.yugopolis.ru
18:00, 7 July 2012
Residents of Krymsk are sure that they were flooded due to gateway opening
At night on July 7, in the Krymsk District of the Krasnodar Territory water went up by four meters. The locals are convinced that the cause of flooding was the opening of floodgates of the Neverdjayev storage reservoir.
Fans of "Anji" FC at a rally against the ban to play Europa League matches in Dagestan, Makhachkala, July 7, 2012. Photo by Timur Isaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 7 July 2012
More than 5000 protest against the ban on "Anji" to play UEFA Europa League matches in Dagestan
Today, in Makhachkala, the "Dynamo" Stadium has hosted a rally in support of the local "Anji" Football Club (FC), which was banned by the UEFA to hold Europa League in Dagestan for security reason. The protesters adopted a resolution calling the UEFA to set up and send a commission of independent experts to Makhachkala to make an objective decision.
16:00, 7 July 2012
Inmates of Makhachkala SIZO go on hunger strike against custody conditions
A relative of one of the protesting inmates told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that some 40-60 persons kept in Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), dissatisfied with their custody conditions, went on a hunger strike.
13:00, 7 July 2012
Azerbaijani President approves amendments to the Law "On Receipt of Information"
On July 6, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev signed a law on amending the Law "On Receipt of Information". Public activists were against the amendments, as they saw a restriction on the freedom of information and press in these innovations.
12:00, 7 July 2012
Armenia sends 35 peacemakers to Kosovo
On July 6, a unit of 35 Armenia's peacemakers left for Kosovo.
Lake Sevan, Armenia. Photo by Nicholas Lan, http://www.flickr.com/photos/theasarya/6953899187
23:50, 6 July 2012
Armenian ecologists oppose the bill on increasing water intake from Lake Sevan
More than 50 organizations of the "Public Environmental Alliance" have sent a letter to Ovik Abramyan, Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, and Samvel Balasanyan, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Agriculture and Environment, asking to nullify the decision to take out water from Lake Sevan. 20 public organizations of the Gegharkunik region have addressed Ovik Abramyan with the same request.
23:20, 6 July 2012
In Sochi, Board of Veterans speaks against demolition of polyclinic
The Board of Veterans of War, Labour, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Bodies have spoken against demolition of Polyclinic No. 1 in Konstitutsii Street, which is servicing about one hundred thousand people living in the Central and Khosta Districts of Sochi. According to the administration of the polyclinic, no demolition is planned; the staff will just move to another building for the time of repairs.
23:00, 6 July 2012
Bosses of "Dagestani Airlines" suspected of abuse of power
Mirza Omariev, the former Director General of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Dagestani Airlines", and the current company boss Zhabir Abakarov are suspected of abusing their service power by the amount of more than 230 million roubles, according to the website of the Chief Department of the MIA of the NCFD.
22:30, 6 July 2012
State Duma partially deprives Vladimir Bessonov of his immunity
The Russian State Duma has stripped immunity from Vladimir Bessonov and consented to instituting a criminal case against the MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who is accuses the consequence of resisting police during an election event in Rostov-on-Don on December 2, 2011.
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Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

Karapetyan's associate Artur Avanesyan ended his hunger strike.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

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.