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23:00, 6 March 2012
In South Ossetia, three presidential candidates sign statement of fair elections
Today in the evening, in the state TV Channel air, three out of four candidates for presidency of South Ossetia signed a joint statement on holding free and fair presidential election.
22:00, 6 March 2012
Stavropol Territory: association "Golos" claims election falsifications
The Stavropol Regional Branch of the association "Golos" (Vote) does not recognize the results of the presidential election because of numerous violations identified in the region. The Regional Election Commission denies the allegations.
21:00, 6 March 2012
Basmanny Court of Moscow extends arrest of defendant accused of Anna Politkovskaya's murder
Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the arrest of Rustam Makhmudov, accused of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", till May 31.
Magomed Idrisov (on the right), Chairman of the Precinct Election Commission (PEC) No. 1147, with some unidentified person, who accused observers from the "Novaya Gazeta" of illegal agitation, Dagestan, Makhachkala, March 4, 2012. Photo by Gurizada Kamalova, http://gurizada.livejournal.com/
20:00, 6 March 2012
Dagestani bloggers report on violations at voting during Russian presidential election
In their blogs on the Internet, Dagestani residents report on violations in the course of the voting during the Russian presidential election held on March 4. Among those violations, they mention voting of the same persons at different electoral precincts; besides, some Dagestani residents report that their votes had not been counted at the voting.
19:00, 6 March 2012
In "Domodedovo" Airport explosion case, natives of Ingushetia face final charges
Four natives of Ingushetia Yandiev brothers, Akhmed Evloev, and Bashir Khamkhoev were filed final charges in the case of the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
18:00, 6 March 2012
Elena Isinbaeva on top of list of most successful Russian women-athletes
Elena Isinbaeva, the Olympic Champion in the pole vault, the native of the city of Volgograd, heads the top 20 in the ranking of the most successful operating Russian women-athletes, compiled by the Russian media.
17:00, 6 March 2012
Three suspected militants liquidated in Dagestan identified
On March 5, during the fire-fight in Dagestan, three suspected militants were killed; at present, all of them are identified. This was reported by the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
15:00, 6 March 2012
In Azerbaijan, Commission on Combating Corruption holds public hearings on new proposals
Azerbaijan has prepared new proposals to strengthen the fight against corruption. They are included in the draft of the Plan of actions to increase transparency and combat corruption.
09:00, 6 March 2012
Seven persons out of the list of political prisoners did not get into “Medvedev’s list”
The names of seven persons initially included by the opposition into the list of political prisoners are absent among those concerning whom President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev ordered to verify legitimation of their verdicts.
08:00, 6 March 2012
Aigunov: hunger strike in the investigative isolation ward of Makhachkala is over
Gasan Aigunov, Chairman of Public monitoring commission (PMC) in Dagestan, visited investigative isolation ward (IIW) No 1 of Makhachkala where the convicts had been on a hunger strike. According to Aigunov, the hunger strike had been stopped by the moment but all the facts reported by the convicts would be thoroughly verified.
23:00, 5 March 2012
Flash mob performers detained in Krasnodar
Four participants of a flash mob against falsifications at the Russian presidential election were taken to the local UVD (Interior Department).
22:00, 5 March 2012
Kabardino-Balkaria: body of deceased woman-climber from Ukraine found
On Mount Elbrus, at an altitude of 4700 meters above sea level, the rescuers found the body of Ukrainian climber Maria Khitrikova. This was reported by Murat Apazhikhov, Spokesman of the Chief Directorate of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) in Kabardino-Balkaria. Maria Khitrikova was 21 years old.
21:00, 5 March 2012
North Ossetia starts trial against suspect of committing terror act on Vladikavkaz marketplace
On Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia began the trial on the criminal case against Suleiman Khashagulgov, the suspected member of the criminal group that organized the terror act on the central market in Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010.
20:00, 5 March 2012
"Golos" states violations at presidential election in Chechnya, Dagestan and Astrakhan
At the press conference in the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" devoted to the presidential election held on March 4, Lilia Shibanova, Executive Director of the movement "Golos" (Vote) reported on violations during the voting in Chechnya, Dagestan and in Astrakhan.
19:00, 5 March 2012
During week of February 27-March 4, 18 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
At least 18 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period from February 27 to March 4: 17 persons were killed and 1 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on their own materials and information from other public sources.
18:00, 5 March 2012
Defendant in Anna Politkovskaya's murder case to stay in custody till July 7
The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to change the pre-trial restriction for Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officer of the Moscow GUVD (Chief Interior Department), accused of involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", to the house arrest. According to the court's decision, the period of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov's arrest has been extended till July 7.
16:00, 5 March 2012
Azerbaijan and EU hold first round of negotiations on visa facilitation
On March 1 and 2, Baku hosted the first round of negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission between Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU).
16:00, 5 March 2012
Dmitry Medvedev instructs Russia's GPO to look into verdicts against political prisoners
Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Russian Federation to analyze the justification of sentences of prisoners from the list prepared by the opposition. This was reported by the official website of the Russian President.
14:00, 5 March 2012
Putin polled over 90 per cent of the electors’ votes in Abkhazia
74 135 residents of Abkhazia having Russian citizenship took part in the election of President of the Russian Federation. According to the information from the Russian Embassy, 67 424 or 90,94 per cent out of them voted for Vladimir Putin.
13:00, 5 March 2012
In two SFD regions Gennady Zyuganov wins more votes at presidential election than country's average
According to the results of processing of nearly 100 percent of the ballots in the Southern Federal District (SFD), Vladimir Putin is in the lead at the election of Russian President. He has won the highest percentage of 70.24 of the votes – in Kalmykia. Gennady Zyuganov has shown the best result in Adygea and the Rostov Region, where more than 20 percent of voters had cast their ballots for him.
News
A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district due to landslides.

The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

Residents reported on the condition of homes and infrastructure in Dagestan villages after landslides.

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.