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23:00, 10 June 2011
Blogger who posted video on corruption in Pension Fund of Kabardino-Balkaria complains of threats
Blogger Boris Sarakuev, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who has posted a video on the Internet about corruption in the State Department of the Russian Pension Fund for the KBR, receives demands to remove the video, accompanied by threats of execution. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Sarakuev himself.
22:00, 10 June 2011
The Appelate court of Armenia rejected the complaint of "Aikakan Zhamanak" newspaper
On June, 9, the Appelate court of Armenia on civil cases rejected the complaint of "Aikakan Zhamanak" newspaper. It brought a standing judgment on the verdict of the court of general jurisdiction. The newspaper will have to offset harm to three deputies of the ruling Republican party of Armenia.
20:00, 10 June 2011
Participants of Video Web Conference Moscow - Kazan: the reason for Maksud Sadykov's murder might have been his endevour for a dialogue with moderate Salafis
A video web conference Moscow - Kazan: "Murder of Maksud Sadykov: will the murderers be found?" passed off on June, 9, in RIA "Novosti", Moscow. The participants honoured the victim's memory and discussed possible reasons for the attempt at the scientist.
19:00, 10 June 2011
A workgroup of the Public Chamber for the affairs of the Caucasus reported violations of the rights of the Moslems detained in North Osetia
A press conference of members of a workgroup of the Public Chamber for the affairs of the Caucasus "From Nalchik to Vladikavkaz: a border between justice and reality" was held on June, 8, in the Press center of RIA "Novosti". Human rights activists and journalists spoke about violations of the rights of members of Moslem community detained in Vladikavkaz.
18:00, 10 June 2011
A lawyer in Makhachkala reports an attempt of his kidnapping and beating up
A resident of Makhachkala who works as a lawyer submitted a statement to the standby unit of the Department of Interior Affairs of the town reporting that at night of June, 9, three unknown persons inflicted injuries on him and tried to kidnap him, Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported.
23:40, 9 June 2011
Reznik: sentence of acquittal on "Kadyrov vs. Orlov" case would stop abuse by prosecutor's office
During nine month of litigation, the guilt of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", accused of libel against the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, was never proved; and an acquittal could stop "abuses of the prosecutor's office," said Genry Reznik, Orlov's advocate, at the debate session on June 9.
23:20, 9 June 2011
Colonies of Krasnodar Territory to set up "Glasnost Rooms"
By this August all the penal colonies of the Krasnodar Territory will open special rooms, where prisoners will be able to express their complaints and wishes to prison bosses, said Yuri Kulik, the head of the Russian UFSIN for the region.
23:00, 9 June 2011
Opposition activist Sargis Atspanyan set free in Armenia
Today, Sargis Atspanyan, an active opposition figure, a French citizen and a veteran of the Karabakh War, was released from the penal institution "Vardashen" in Armenia.
22:50, 9 June 2011
In Georgia, women to hold protest against illegal detentions
On June 14, a peaceful action will be held in front of the building of the parliament in central Tbilisi under the slogan "Women - for Life and Country's Dignity". One of the women's demands is "to release innocent detainees".
22:40, 9 June 2011
North Ossetia: father of supposed killer of poet Dzhigkaev refused from his son
Today, Georgiy Murashev, father of David Murashev, who was killed during a special operation in Vladikavkaz and who was suspected of murdering poet Shamil Dzhigkaev, decided to refuse from his son.
Building of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Moscow. Photo from www.mosgid.ru
22:30, 9 June 2011
Islamic Cultural Centre to challenge court's ruling to liquidate it
The All-Russia Islamic Cultural Centre will appeal to the supreme Russia's, and then - to European justice. This was stated by Abdul-Vakhed Niyazov, head of the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC), who gave his comments on satisfaction by the Russian Supreme Court of the lawsuit of the Russian Ministry of Justice asking to close the Centre. According to Anvar Khadjiev, the Centre's representative in Kabardino-Balkaria, the work of the ICC was helpful for the Muslims of Northern Caucasus, as the Centre was explaining the essence of Islam as the religion of peace.
22:00, 9 June 2011
Newspaper "Krestyanin" ("Peasant") in Rostov region estimated its damage from closure of the print shop to one million rubles
Material damage from suspension of the work of the print shop of "Krestyanin" newspaper makes about one million rubles, Irina Samokhina, Director General of "Krestyanin" publishing house told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
21:00, 9 June 2011
A Georgian oppositionist went on a hunger strike in an isolation ward
A representative of the Conservative Party of Georgia Lasha Chkhartishvili who was detained on June, 5, for an attempt of organizing an action of protest in the center of Tbilisi went on a hunger strike.
20:00, 9 June 2011
During the trial "Kadyrov vs Orlov" Public prosecutor demanded to fine Head of HRC "Memorial" to a sum of 150 thousand rubles
In Khamovnichecky court of Moscow Public prosecutor appealed to the court to fine Head of "Memorial" Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to a sum of 150 thousand rubles. In the opinion of Public prosecutor, Orlov's guilt of committing the crime stipulated by clause "Slander" was completely proven.
19:00, 9 June 2011
Svetlana Gannushkina will become Holder of the Order of the Legion of Honour
Svetlana Gannushkina, member of "Memorial" Human Rights Center, Chairperson of the Committee "Civil Support", member of the Presidential Council of Assistance to Development of the Institutions of Civil Society and Human Rights, whose activities is to a great extent connected with North-Caucasian republics will become Holder of the Order of the Legion of Honour today.
18:00, 9 June 2011
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia denied presence of residents of the republic on the list of "potential suicide bombers"
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia denied the information that on the list of names of 52 people called potential suicide bombers allegedly published by security services the majority were natives of Ingushetia. The Ministry called for the residents of the republic to report all the facts of obscure disappearance of citizens to law enforcement bodies.
23:50, 8 June 2011
Authorities of Grozny resume large-scale subbotniks
The capital of Chechnya has resumed the practice of mass voluntary work of citizens (the so-called "subbotniks"), who clean up city streets of trash, ill weeds and other wastes. Employees of state-run institutions and public offices are involved in this free-of-charge labour. Some residents of Grozny believe that local authorities abuse their powers.
23:40, 8 June 2011
Investigators believe Rector Sadikov's fight against extremism in Islam was main reason of his murder
The investigatory bodies have announced their main version of the murder of Maksud Sadikov, the Rector of the Makhachkala Institute of Theology, who was shot dead on June 7. It was, according to the investigators, in his professional and social activities, where he actively opposed radical Islamic groupings.
23:30, 8 June 2011
Office of HRCCR Republic closed
At present, the office of the Human Rights Centre of the Chechen Republic (HRCCR) in Grozny is not functioning; and its head Minkail Ezhiev is looking for a new premise for his organization. This was reported by Kheda Saratova, head of the "Objective" Information-Analytical Centre.
23:20, 8 June 2011
Chechnya: power agents refuse to give Shamil Omarov's body to parents, relatives assert
The OVD (Interior Division) of the city of Gudermes (Chechen Republic) refuses to give out the body of Shamil Omarov, a resident of Dagestan, without a certificate about the composition of his family and a document from the Investigatory Committee that he was not a militant, his father told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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Russian passports. A screenshot photo by https://rkomi.ru/news/3024. Procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia simplified

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.