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07:00, 29 March 2012
The number of Iranian tourists in Armenia decreased
The tour operators explain decrease of the traditional stream of Iranian tourists coming to celebrate Novruz in Armenia by inflation in Iran, high prices in Armenia and rivalry of Georgia.
23:00, 28 March 2012
Karachay-Cherkessia sets up commission for adaptation of militants to civilian life
Rashid Temrezov, the leader of Karachay-Cherkessia, signed the decree to establish the Commission to assist in adapting to civilian life those persons, who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities in the territory of the republic.
22:00, 28 March 2012
Residents of Azerbaijan go on hunger strike to demand dismissal of head of Masalli District
On March 27, in the Masalli District, located in the south of Azerbaijan, in 250 km from Baku, a group of local residents went on a hunger strike to express their dissatisfaction with the activity of the local administration.
21:00, 28 March 2012
In Armenia, DEC refuses to register oppositional representative Khachatur Sukiasyan as candidate for deputy
The District Election Commission (DEC) No. 10 refused to register Khachatur Sukiasyan, an entrepreneur, a representative of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), as a candidate for MP.
20:00, 28 March 2012
BECN demands to dismiss Senator Vyacheslav Derev
In Karachay-Cherkessia, public representatives of the Adyge-Khabl and the Khabez Municipal Districts and the Board of Elders of Circassian Nation (BECN) urged the authorities to terminate the powers of Vyacheslav Derev, the member of the Council of Federation. In case, if their demands are not satisfied, the representatives of the Circassian community intend to hold on March 30 a rally in the central square of the city of Cherkessk.
19:00, 28 March 2012
Investigators in Novosibirsk ask relatives of disappeared native of Kabardino-Balkaria to contact them
The investigatory agencies of the Novosibirsk Region do not deny the fact that Anzor Kunashev, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, who disappeared in the Novosibirsk Region, had been detained by regional power agents, and they promised to provide information on the issue only to the family member of the detainee.
18:00, 28 March 2012
Woman-resident of Azerbaijan commits suicide because of inaction in investigation into murder of her mother, her relatives assert
This morning, in Azerbaijan, Tarana Gabibova, a resident of the town of Khachmaz, jumped from the fifth floor. According to her relatives, Tarana Gabibova committed suicide because of the fact that law enforcement agents did not investigate the murder of her mother Nadjima Babaeva, who was the owner of the major shopping centre "Arzu" in Khachmaz. The family members believe that the murder of Nadjima Babaeva was backed by the local authorities.
15:00, 28 March 2012
Nalchik resident complains to human rights defenders of torture in SIZO
Islam Kurmanov, a student from the city of Nalchik of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), has appealed to human rights defenders with a complaint of torture and enforcement to testify about the crimes, which he had not committed.
10:00, 28 March 2012
Upon a judgment of European Court of Human Rights, Moscow has to pay 220 thousand euros to residents of Chechnya
On March, 27, the Court in Strasbourg brought judgments on the cases of ten-years standing concerning murders and kidnapping of residents of Chechnya and obliged Russia to pay compensations to a total sum of 220 thousand euros and 8500 euros legal costs.
09:00, 28 March 2012
Two new medical centers put into operation in Dagestan
On March, 27, opening of neurology and neurosurgery unit of Republican hospital No 2 and a new line of orthopedic and traumatology center equipped with techniques of the latest generation was held.
23:00, 27 March 2012
In Astrakhan, two hunger-strikers feel worse
Evgeniy Bukrimov and Igor Astafiev – participants of the termless political hunger strike in Astrakhan – have health problems: they were rendered medical aid.
22:00, 27 March 2012
Georgia's Parliament approves amendments on racial and religious intolerance
Today, the Georgian MPs have approved – in the third and final reading – amendments to several legislative acts, according to which the racial, language, religious, national or ethnic intolerance becomes an aggravating circumstance of a crime.
21:00, 27 March 2012
17 Circassians come to Kabardino-Balkaria from Syria
A group of 17 Circassians has arrived from Syria to Kabardino-Balkaria, as reported by Beslan Khagazheev (Khagazhei), a board member of the public organization "Peryt" engaged in assisting compatriots to come back and settle in their homeland.
20:00, 27 March 2012
Suspect of killing Aslan Zhukov acquitted in Karachay-Cherkessia
The City Court of Cherkessk has acquitted Rasul Adjiev, 35, who was accused of murdering one of the activists of the youth movement "Adyge-Khase" Aslan Zhukov, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a source from the City Court.
19:00, 27 March 2012
Ingush authorities offer to examine all those who enter into marriage for HIV
The authorities of Ingushetia have offered to introduce mandatory testing for HIV-infection for all young people of the republic wishing to enter into marriage.
18:13, 27 March 2012
Aslan Cherkesov’s mother asks the human rights activists to help her find out his location
Aslan Cherkesov convicted for murder of Moscow football fan Yegor Sviridov was not found in colony No 17 of Krasnoyarsk region where he was convoyed from investigative isolation ward No 1 of Krasnoyarsk, his mother Sonya Cherkesova states.
17:00, 27 March 2012
Power agents detain resident of Nalchik, who leased his house to Alim Zankishiev
As reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Nalchik law enforcers have detained an accomplice of Alim Zankishiev, the leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants who was killed today in a special operation.
15:00, 27 March 2012
Participants of mass brawl in Tuapse sanatorium "Don" sentenced to probation
The Tuapse District Court has sentenced the participants of the mass brawl in the territory of the resort complex "Don".
11:00, 27 March 2012
CEC of South Ossetia announced the results of the first round of the presidential election
Central Election Committee of South Ossetia signed the final protocol of the results of the first round of re-run of presidential election according to which Leonid Tibilov was acknowledged leader.
The third Circassian folk game in Adygea, Maikop, March 24, 2012; a student from Syria Umaf Meshvez, the game facilitator, holds the rod named "Dazhue Besch" which means "a stick with a hazelnut". Photo by Oleg Chaly for the "Caucasian Knot".
10:00, 27 March 2012
Circassian folk games for the youth are being recreated in Adygea
Young Circassians who came to study in the institute of higher education of Adygea from Syria initiated Circassian folk games among the youth which had not been held in the republic till autumn, 2011. On March, 24, the third game passed off on Maikop. The number of the participants is growing. In the young people’s opinion, the games integrate the youth, let them get acquainted with one another and come to know their history.
News
March in Tbilisi. Screenshot of Mo Se's photo from May 3, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4297407353907337&set=pcb.4297408117240594 A march demanding medical treatment for children took place in Tbilisi.

Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded freedom of the media.

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded that children be provided with medicine and food.

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.