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18:00, 23 March 2011
Georgia creates oppositional bloc "National Forum"
On March 22, the political parties named "People's Forum", "Union of Traditionalists" and "Women's Party" decided to unite in Georgia and named their bloc as the "National Forum". According to Girguli Maghradze, leader of the "Women's Party", this name has already become a sort of a political brand.
18:00, 23 March 2011
Resident of Dagestan states protraction of inquiry into murder of his pregnant daughter-in-law
The criminal investigation into the execution by militiamen in 2006 of pregnant Sapiyat Magomedova is deliberately protracted by the Investigatory Department of Dagestan. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mamatkhan Baisultanov, father-in-law of the casualty and a resident of Khasavyurt.
Housing construction in Grozny, 2005. Photo by chechnyafree.ru
17:00, 23 March 2011
Dwellers of a restored settlement in Grozny are afraid to live in new buildings
Local residents state that blocks of flats built in 2008 in the 20-th section of Oktyabrsky district of Grozny have become outworn and are literally tumbling down in front of their very eyes.
16:00, 23 March 2011
Organizing assemblage of Taiwanese make of Luxgen car is being planned in Karachaevo-Cherkessia
Taiwanese company Yulon and "Derways" factory located in Cherkessk (Karachaevo-Cherkessia) are negotiating on assemblage of Luxgen cars on the base of "Derways" factory.
15:00, 23 March 2011
A resident of Stavropol region reports impossibility of leaving the settlement of Gubden in Dagestan because of its blockade
This morning the settlement of Gubden, Karabudakhkent district, was totally blocked by law enforcement officers, entry and departure from the settlement are under complete ban. A reporter of “Caucasian Knot” received this news from Gaji Khalilibragimov, resident of Stavropol, who is in the blocked settlement at the moment.
14:00, 23 March 2011
Ombudsman subjected the methods of struggle against underground in Northern Caucasus to criticism
Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin submitted his annual report on the state of affairs in the sphere of human rights and freedoms to State Duma in which he subjected the methods of struggle against participants of paramilitary groups in Northern Caucasus to criticism.
23:00, 22 March 2011
Azerbaijani opposition supports attacks of international forces on Gaddafi's troops
Activists of the Azerbaijani oppositional forces support the actions of the international armed force aimed to enforce the Resolution of the UN Security Council on protection of the civilian population of Libya against attacks of the troops loyal to the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
22:00, 22 March 2011
Chechnya lacks pre-school institutions
88 percent of children in Chechnya have no opportunity to attend kindergartens and nurseries due to acute shortage of such institutions.
21:00, 22 March 2011
Wife of Issa Khashagulgov, suspected of organizing terror act in Vladikavkaz, demands meetings with her husband
Pyatimat Khashagulgova, the wife of Issa Khashagulgov, a suspect of committing a terror act in Vladikavkaz, kept in the Lefortovo SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Moscow and charged of illegal arms possession and participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs), complaints that she is not allowed to see her husband for six months already.
20:00, 22 March 2011
Armenian opposition leader intends to continue his hunger strike
Raffi Ovannisyan, leader of the oppositional "Heritage" Party, who went on hunger strike a week ago in Armenia, is going to continue his protest action, aimed at promoting the freedom principles as long as his health permits. He has stated it today at a press conference organized under the open sky in Freedom Square in Yerevan.
19:00, 22 March 2011
In Elbrus area after introduction of CTO regime tourist business suffers serious losses
In Kabardino-Balkaria, after introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Elbrus District region of the republic, tourism facilities in the Elbrus area are idling, namely, more than 30 private hotels and ministerial recreation bases and ski resorts. The losses of entrepreneurs are already in hundreds of millions roubles.
18:00, 22 March 2011
In Chechnya, clergymen to search missing soldiers recruited in Urals
The Muftiat of Chechnya will try to clarify the fates of the federal soldiers, who had been recruited from the Urals and then disappeared during the warfare in the territory of the republic. This was reported by the spokesman of the local Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM). According to an activist of a local NGO, these attempts are doomed to failure.
17:00, 22 March 2011
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia is searching for a woman resident of the republic supposing that she might be used as a suicide bomber
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia is searching for Malika Turazova, native of Chechnya, resident of the stanitsa of Nesterovskaya, born in 1987, who left home on March, 11, and it is unknown where she went. According to the information available, Turazova may be used as a suicide bomber.
16:00, 22 March 2011
A meeting with a demand of abrogation of the result of mayoral election passed off in Armavir
On March, 21, several hundred residents of Armavir, Armenia, blocked Yerevan – Armavir highway as a sign of protest against the results of election of Mayor of the town.
15:00, 22 March 2011
Representatives of the opposition in Georgia are picketing a firing ground near David Garegi monastery
The youth organization of the “Georgian Party” started an action of protest demanding to pull down the firing ground near the monastery complex “David Garegi”. Officials of the Georgian Ministry of Defense declared that the firing ground constituted no danger for the historical memorial.
14:00, 22 March 2011
Two people killed as a result of a special operation in Dagestan
As a result of a storm of a house in the settlement of Kani, Kuli district of Dagestan, where there were three supposed gunmen suspected of involvement in an assault at a bailiff committed on March, 21, two of them were killed.
22:00, 21 March 2011
Dagestan: Russian team wins World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling
At the tournament in Makhachkala, the Russian national team defeated their Iranian counterparts in the final and won the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling. The score of the final was 5:2 for Russian; the bronze medal went to Azerbaijan, which beat Uzbekistan 6:1.
21:00, 21 March 2011
Georgia plans to continue WTO negotiations with Russia
Georgia is ready to continue its constructive dialogue with Russia on its membership in the WTO, said Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, at a briefing. According to her story, the next round of talks will take place over the next six weeks.
20:00, 21 March 2011
Prosecutors fail to confirm that key witness in Markelov's and Baburova's murder refused to evidence
The party of the prosecution has no official information that the witness Ilya Goryachev, who had given evidences against the persons accused of murdering lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, refused from his words, as reported by Vladimir Zherebenkov, who is representing the parents of the deceased journalist.
19:00, 21 March 2011
Advocates are not allowed to study materials of investigation into the murder of human rights defender Estemirova
Rights defenders are not satisfied with the investigation into the murder of their colleague Natalia Estemirova. Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the initially taken direction in the inquiry – against top Chechen officials – later was frozen.
News
A fire in a dilapidated Nalchik dormitory has raised concerns among residents.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Skiers at the Elbrus resort. Photo: resort press service https://resort-elbrus.ru/ Two ski slopes are closed at the Elbrus resort.

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.