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23:30, 10 October 2011
Rostov Region starts "Memory Watch" campaign of excavating Soviet soldiers' remains
Today, the Matveev-Kurgan and Kuibyshev District of the Rostov Region have launched the "Memory Watch" campaign that assumes excavations of the remains of Soviet soldiers. According to the press service of the committee on youth policies of the region, the excavations will be carried out by young activists from the following six military-patriotic clubs: "Rys", "Dorogami Otsov" (Fathers' Roads), "Otechestvo" (Homeland), Regiment "Dolg" (Duty), "Yuzhny Front", "Poisk" (Search) and "Pamyats" (Memory).
23:10, 10 October 2011
Regular soldier commits suicide in Nagorno-Karabakh
On October 9, Vladimir Asatryan, 19, a regular soldier of one of the units of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, committed suicide by killing himself from a submachine gun.
23:00, 10 October 2011
Visitors of sushi bar in Rostov Region get infected with salmonellosis
Ten persons were hospitalized with diagnosis of salmonellosis and orivirus infection after eating at the Japanese cuisine facility in the city of Taganrog. A 7-year-old child and a sushi bar employee are among the victims.
22:40, 10 October 2011
Woman from Dagestan is suspected of false report about planted bomb
On October 9 in Dagestan, the police detained a 20-year-old resident of Kaspiisk, who is suspected of having called the police on duty unit and reported about an explosive device, allegedly planted in one of the trading houses located in I. Kazak Street of Makhachkala, the press service of the local MIA has reported.
22:30, 10 October 2011
Azerbaijan: investigation in relation to theologian Abgyul Suleimanov extended by 3 months
On October 8, the Sabail District Court of Baku held a session on the case of theologian Abgyul Suleimanov. The court decided to extend the investigatory until early 2012.
22:20, 10 October 2011
ICRF: in Kabardino-Balkaria, militants made about 20 shots at observatory employees
As reported by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation), the militants who killed the spouses - the employees of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of the Institute for Nuclear Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made at least 20 shots at the casualties.
Leaders of the "Otechestvo" (Homeland) Union of Public Organizations of Dagestan "Fatherland" Nelly Radjabova and Ruslan Rasulov at a press conference after the October 3 anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, October 7, 2011. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 10 October 2011
Organizers of anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala insist that it was legitimate
The leader of the Union of Dagestani NGOs named "Otechestvo" (Homeland), who was one of the organizers on October 3 of an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, has held a press conference, where he stated the legality of the protest action and violations of detainees' rights at the police station.
22:10, 10 October 2011
Director of training-sporting base was killed for non-payment of zakyat, said a source from Tyrnyauz
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by an unofficial source from the city of Tyrnyauz that Mukhtar Baizullaev, the director of the training-sporting base "Ushba" in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, was shot dead by Islamic radicals for his refusal to pay the zakyat (tax) of 500,000 roubles.
22:10, 10 October 2011
Khasavyurt court considers lawsuit of rights defender Nasurdin Rasulov on protection of his honour and dignity
Today, the Khasavyurt City Court is considered a civil lawsuit lodged by Nasurdin Rasulov, a human rights defender from Khasavyurt and the lawyer of the public organization named "Fighter for Justice" on protection of his honour and dignity.
22:00, 10 October 2011
Defence in case on Sochi explosions recalls petition on defendant's medical treatment
At today's court session, the advocate of the former militiaman Ilya Galkin, who is accused of committing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, and who suffers, according to the latest examination, from a mental disorder, has recalled his earlier petition asking to send his client to forced treatment at a mental hospital.
21:00, 10 October 2011
Trial on riots in Manege Square starts questioning the defendants
Today, the Tver District Court in Moscow has started questioning the defendants in the resonant case about disorders in Manege Square in Moscow in December 2010.
20:00, 10 October 2011
Detainee dies from beatings in investigatory division of Cherkessk
In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a 47-year-old local resident, detained for 10 days, has died in the investigatory division. According to preliminary results of the forensic examination, his death was a result of bodily injuries.
Action in support of Libyan people in Rostov-on-Don, October 9, 2011. Photo courtesy of the event organizers
19:00, 10 October 2011
Opposition in Rostov-on-Don held an action in support of the people of Libya
On October, 9, representatives of the "Left Front" movement held a picket of solidarity with the Libyan people in its struggle against NATO. The action was authorized by the Administration of Rostov-on-Don and passed off without any incidents, organizer of the action Vladislav Riazantsev reported.
Baku, April 2, 2011. Oppositional protests demanding democratic reforms. Photo: Information Agency "Turan"
18:00, 10 October 2011
The court in Azerbaijan sentenced four oppositionists to custody
Nasimi district court of Baku sentenced four oppositional activists arrested in connection with the meeting of April, 2, held in the center of the capital of Azerbaijan to custody terms of one and a half to three years.
Southern Federal University at the Second Festival of Sciences of Southern Russia. Rostov-on-Don, October 8, 2011. Photo by Natalia Bazhenova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 8 October 2011
Rostov-on-Don hosts Second Festival of Sciences of Southern Russia
Today, the Second Festival of Sciences of Southern Russia took its start in Rostov-on-Don. The event has brought together 20 universities of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) and 14 museums, whose expositions raise the topic of sciences and technology, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the Directorate of the Festival.
22:00, 8 October 2011
ECtHR accepts Dagestani's lawsuit against Zhirinovsky
The lawsuit submitted by Shamil Sheikhov, a resident of Makhachkala, on protection of honour, dignity and business reputation and collection from Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and Vice-Speaker of the Russian State Duma, and from the newspaper "LDPR" of compensation in the amount of 100 million roubles has been found eligible for consideration by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.
20:00, 8 October 2011
Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh recognized by 32 PACE delegates
Thirty-two delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have issued a joint declaration on Nagorno-Karabakh, which recognizes its independence. The document was signed by delegates from Armenia, France, Serbia, Belgium, Slovenia, Andorra, Austria, Britain, Spain, Italy, Malta and Luxembourg.
18:00, 8 October 2011
Residents of Dubovka District, Volgograd Region, demand to stop pressing students
In Dubovka, Volgograd Region, about 50 local activists held a rally in defence of students. The picketers accused the district administration of putting pressure on the students, who participated in protest actions.
Poster of the Ninth International Festival "Aifest". Borrowed from the website yerevan.ru
17:00, 8 October 2011
International Theatre Festival "Aifest" is over in Yerevan
On October 8, Yerevan completed its International Theatre Festival "Aifest". The forum attracted 30 theatrical companies from 18 countries, who presented 60 performances.
16:00, 8 October 2011
Karachay-Cherkessia: officials compile database of young entrepreneurs
On October 3-10, the leading educational institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hold a mass questioning: local state officials are compiling a database of young people who want to start their own businesses.
News
A stenciled inscription and a new plaque on Politkovskaya's house. Screenshot from RusNews photo from February 15, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/80458 The 15th temporary plaque has been installed on Politkovskaya's house.

The wall of the house where Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered. Photo from the RusNews Telegram channel https://t.me/rusnews/80446 The memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been destroyed for the 15th time.

The 14th temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house. Screenshot from the photo "A Word to the Defense" from February 14, 2026, https://t.me/endoflaw/2211?single Activists restored the plaque on Politkovskaya's house.

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.