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Krasnodar, March 17, 2012; a solo picket in support of Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko, activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", and their lawyer Victor Dutlov. Photo by Natalia Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 17 March 2012
Actions in support of Gazaryan, Vitishko and Dutlov held in Krasnodar and Sochi
The Krasnodar Territory has hosted actions in support of Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko, activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", and their lawyer Victor Dutlov. Twelve solo pickets took place in Krasnodar; and the picket in Sochi was about 50 persons strong.
Participants of the rally of oppositional youth organizations in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 17, 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov to the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 17 March 2012
Youth rally held in Baku
About 1500 people came to the rally of oppositional youth organizations held in the capital of Azerbaijan.
20:00, 17 March 2012
In Dagestan, mother of four fire casualties is in intensive care unit
The health condition of Ilaishat Alieva, a resident of the village of Tukita of the Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who lost her four children in a fire, is assessed as extremely grave by doctors.
19:00, 17 March 2012
Military equipment is brought to Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, local residents report
People see a large accumulation of military machinery and servicemen in the Karabudakhkent District, Valimagomed Iziev, a resident of the village of Karabudakhkent, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
19:00, 17 March 2012
Restart of ammunition disposal at "Ashuluk" raises concerns with MfE and ecologists
The houses of residents of the Astrakhan Region, located near the "Ashuluk" military testing ground are not seismically resistant, said the spokesman of the Chief Department for the Astrakhan region of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
17:00, 17 March 2012
Hunger-strikers in Astrakhan are now 12 in number
In Astrakhan, the termless hunger strike in protest against the outcomes of the March 4 presidential election, started on March 15, continues. The number of the participants of the protest action is now 12.
16:00, 17 March 2012
Organizers of photo exhibition in Yerevan dedicate it to struggle for better social conditions
The struggle to improve social conditions of Armenians is the topic of the exhibition of documentary photos "Great Expectations", which opened in Yerevan on March 16.
15:00, 17 March 2012
In Georgia, students demand to depoliticize students' self-government
On March 16 in Tbilisi, students from various universities held a protest action, demanding the de-politicization of the bodies of students' self-government and reduction of tuition fees.
14:13, 17 March 2012
"Caucasian Knot" correspondent attacked in Sochi
In Sochi, Svetlana Kravchenko, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", was attacked during performance of her professional duties. The culprits took away her video camera.
14:00, 17 March 2012
Gudauri opens the longest Caucasian ropeway
The city of Gudauri has commissioned the longest and the fastest gondola-type ropeway in the Caucasus. Its first passengers were the President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, the country's First Lady Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs and the Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava.
12:00, 17 March 2012
Azerbaijan: after riots in Guba four journalists were arrested
According to unofficial sources, within the last three days four more persons have been arrested in the context with the events in the city of Guba, where the unrest burst out on March 1 with a demand of resignation of the head of the Guba District. Local law enforcement bodies neither confirm nor deny this information.
11:00, 17 March 2012
New commission is set up in Lermontov for repeated elections
On March 16, a decision was made at the sitting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Stavropol Territory to form a temporary city election commission in Lermontov. The new commission will organize the repeated elections to the City Council.
23:00, 16 March 2012
Public group in defence of journalist Ismailova set up in Azerbaijan
A public coordination group for protecting the rights of Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Liberty, was founded in Azerbaijan. Besides, a journalistic preventive response group was set up, led by the well-known columnist Shakhveled Chobanoglu, which will start its own investigation into the crimes committed against Ismailova.
Rally in support of the demand to cancel the elections of the City Council in the city of Lermontov, Stavropol Territory, February 26, 2012. Photo: асысоев.рф
22:19, 16 March 2012
"Caucasian Knot" sums up its contest for best Facebook posts about Russian presidential election
The contest of stories and comments hosted on the social network Facebook on the topic "The Choice of the Caucasus" held among its readers by the Internet medium "Caucasian Knot" is over. As a result, most of the votes were cast for the comments posted by the reader with the nickname Abu Hurayra, and by Isa Musaev and Yulia Alyatina.
Polling Station No. 307 in the city of Chegem, Kabardino-Balkaria, March 4, 2012; the monitor for displaying the voting data from the software/hardware complex is stored in a fireproof safe. Photo by Grigory Shvedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 16 March 2012
"Caucasian Knot" defines winners of contest of comments to materials on Russian presidential election
The contest of comments to the materials of the "Caucasian Knot" on the Russian presidential election – "The Choice of the Caucasus" – is over. On March 7-15, readers voted for the messages pre-selected by the editorial board. As a result, most votes were cast by the comments made by users with nicknames "Musulmanin", "Povolzhie" and nart82, who will receive prizes.
20:00, 16 March 2012
About 20 persons picket representative office of Krasnodar Territory in Moscow
Several solo pickets were held in front of the representative office of the Krasnodar Territory in Moscow. As reported by Alexei Todorenko, the applicant of the action and the chairman of the NGO "For Krasnodar", in total 20 persons by replacing each other took part in the picket.
19:00, 16 March 2012
Grozny starts raids aimed to reveal utility debtors
Since March 14 on, employees of the "Chechkommunenergo" Company began large-scale raids aimed to identify malicious utility bill debtors. Local residents find their actions illegitimate.
18:00, 16 March 2012
Human rights organization stops its office in Georgia for lack of funds
The Kakheti regional branch of the NGO "Human Rights Centre", located in Gurjaani, Georgia, was closed because of termination of funding, said its director Ucha Nanuashvili.
16:00, 16 March 2012
In Ingushetia, relatives of Leila Kholukhoeva complain about power agents' pressure
Relatives of Leila Kholukhoeva, a resident of the Nasyr-Kort District of Nazran, who had stated the persecution of her family by employees of the GOVD of Nazran and Malgobek ROVD (City and District Interior Divisions, respectively), fear for their safety. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Ms Kholukhoeva's relatives themselves.
15:00, 16 March 2012
Charity campaign in Chechnya gathered thousands of books for prisoners
In Chechnya, several thousand books were gathered within a charity campaign to help prisoners. The books will be sent to correctional institutions of the republic, said a source from the Committee for Youth Matters of the Chechen Government.
News
The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

The resumption of sea passenger service between Sochi and Sukhumi has been announced.

Khasan Tumgoev. Photo screenshot: https://t.me/MAKalimatovvv/12021. A lieutenant colonel from Ingushetia was killed in the SVO zone.

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.