×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
22:40, 23 November 2010
Saakashvili urges EU countries to recognize occupation of Georgia
Speaking to the session of European Parliament, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has stated that his country will no longer try returning Abkhazia and South Ossetia by using military force, and asked the European Union (EU) to recognize occupation of his country by Russia.
22:30, 23 November 2010
In Armenia, ecologists want to judicially ban mining uranium
In near future, ecological organizations plan to go to court in order to challenge the decision of Armenian government about exploration of uranium ore in the Syunik Region. Now they gather the necessary documents for filing a collective lawsuit.
22:20, 23 November 2010
Inquiry into 12 earlier crimes reopened in Kuschevskaya
In the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, a special office for investigating grave and especially grave crimes has resumed inquiry of 12 criminal cases of past years. The Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia reports that the inquiry has already reached positive results.
20:00, 23 November 2010
Residents of Chechnya state that extermination of ammunition in Stavropol district has an impact upon them
A military range located to Kurs district of Stavropol region where an active process of utilization of ammunition has been going on latterly causes serious problems for the residents of Nadterechny and Naur districts of Chechen Republic. Residents of these districts have already submitted the respective statement to the authorities of the republic. A delegation of the republican Parliament has visited these districts to familiarize with the situation.
19:00, 23 November 2010
An elderly man died in Chechnya after an argument with militiamen about tinting of his car
A resident of Grozny died on November, 22, from a heart attack after a quarrel with the personnel of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate who ordered the elderly man to remove the tinting from his car glasses immediately. This news came from a non-governmental organization UNO (Union of Non-governmental Organizations) of Chechen Republic.
18:00, 23 November 2010
European Court of Human Rights communicated Zara Murtazaliyeva's case
European Court of Human Rights has put two questions to the Russian Federation on the case of Zara Murtazaliyeva, native of Chechnya sentenced to 8,5 years of custody and serving her penalty in a prison camp of Mordovia, concerning observation of clause 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This news was reported by Kirill Koroteyev, Zara Murtazaliyeva's attorney.
23:50, 22 November 2010
Church shelled in Ingushetia
At night of November 22, an unidentified person made a grenade launcher shot at the roof of the church in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia.
23:40, 22 November 2010
Second picket in support of Balkars held in Moscow
On November 21, in Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, the second pre-planned picket was held in support of the Balkars, who continue their protest action for many days already in Manezh Square.
23:30, 22 November 2010
Head of FSB Department wounded by explosion dies in hospital in Dagestan
Said Magomedov, head of the FSB Department for the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, who was wounded this morning in an explosion, died in hospital without regaining consciousness. The inquiry bodies of the Republic of Dagestan have initiated a criminal case on the fact.
Maquette of satellite-city "Lazurny Bereg". Courtesy of http://vzmore.info
23:20, 22 November 2010
In Dagestan, locals fear of encroachment on their rights in construction of "Lazurny Bereg"
Residents of Dagestan express their concern that their houses and shops may be demolished in the process of construction of the resort town-satellite "Lazurny Bereg" (Cote d'Azur) near Makhachkala.
23:10, 22 November 2010
Chechnya: father of "Zapad" special GRU battalion fighter detained, rights defenders report
A resident of Grozny, father of one of the participants of the armed clash, which burst out at night on November 14 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, where a Chechen militia officer was shot dead, was captured by militiamen and kept in custody for about 24 hours.
23:00, 22 November 2010
Two more suspects of massacre in Kuban declared into search
Two more suspects have appeared in the murder case of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory. They have been put on the international wanted list. Let us remind you that at the moment the number of arrested suspects is eight.
22:50, 22 November 2010
Beating of Khasavyurt resident by power agents is investigated in Dagestan
On the fact of violent beating on November 8 by employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) of Murtazali Adukhov, a resident of Khasavyurt, a criminal case was initiated and is now investigated. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it today by Shamil Adukhov, Murtazali's brother.
22:40, 22 November 2010
Lawyer from Kabardino-Balkaria reports torture of detainees by law enforcers
The two local residents of the republic suspected of illegal possession of ammunition and explosives, the butcher-seller Mohammed Shakov and his master Islam Beshkurov, were detained with numerous procedural violations and tortured. This was stated by lawyer Magamed Abubakarov.
Einullah Fatullaev (on the left), editor-in chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, and his advocate Isakhan Ashurov at the Garadag District Court of Baku. April 28, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucsian Knot"
22:40, 22 November 2010
In Baku, trial of journalist Fatullaev postponed indefinitely
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) refused to change the journalist Fatullaev's freedom restriction measure - arrest - for release on bail or home arrest.
22:30, 22 November 2010
Editor-in-chief of "Serdalo" wounded in Ingushetia
Tonight in Nazran unidentified criminal opened automatic fire on the car of Khusen Shadiev, editor-in-chief of the nationwide newspaper Ingushetia "Serdalo".
22:20, 22 November 2010
Moscow: residents of Krasnodar Territory state violations of human rights by territorial authorities
Today, the Independent Press Centre in Moscow hosted a press conference "Kuban, venue of 2014 Olympics, is the area of systemic human rights violations: raiders' attacks, corruption and falsification of criminal cases" with participation of residents of the Krasnodar Territory. After the press conference, activists held a picket with a demand of resignation of the leaders of the Krasnodar Territory.
22:10, 22 November 2010
The danger at Nubarashen mortuary of pesticides near Yerevan will increase in spring
In spite of the measures taken Nubarashen mortuary of pesticides in Armenia is a great threat for the residents and the environment. The danger will get even more severe in spring, first of all because of the fact that the mortuary is located in a landslide zone, the experts of the Word Bank declared.
22:00, 22 November 2010
Georgian trade unions started fund-raising to pay off the ransom for the Georgian sailors
Georgian trade unions decided to start fund-raising to pay off the ransom for the Georgian sailors captured by Somali pirates, Irakly Petriashvili, Chairman of the Association of Trade Unions of Georgia, reported.
20:00, 22 November 2010
A tanker from Novorosiisk attacked in Nigeria
A tanker of a Russian company "Novoship/Sovkomflot" NS Spirit (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar region) which was in the roads of Lagos sea-port in Nigeria was attacked this night, one of the sailors got wounded.
News
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.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

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.