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23:40, 21 October 2010
Activation of Chechen underground may lead to new violence outbreak in the country, observers say
The attack on the building of the Chechen Parliament in Grozny on October 19 and the militants' attack committed in the end of August this year on Tsentoroi - the family village of the Chechen President - indicate serious changes in tactics and strategy of the Chechen underground, some local experts believe. In their opinion, activation of the underground may lead to a new outbreak of violence in the country.
23:30, 21 October 2010
Observation mission of OSCE/ODIHR gives first assessment of election campaign in Azerbaijan
The forthcoming elections to the National Assembly of Azerbaijan are prepared in the environment characterized by lack of dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition, runs the primary report released today by the Observation Mission of the Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the status of the pre-election situation in Azerbaijan.
Participants of the Conference "European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: Results and Prospects", Moscow, October 20, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 21 October 2010
Rights activists list Caucasians as group with highest risk of rights violations
Moscow hosts a scientific-practical conference "European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR): Outcomes and Prospects". Among other issues, lawyers, human rights and NGO activists raised the issue of protecting natives of the Caucasus in Moscow and other Russian cities, where they get into the most vulnerable group of population.
23:10, 21 October 2010
Resident of Yaroslavl claims rejection of his right to protection because of nationality
Yuri Petrosyan, a resident of the city of Yaroslavl, asks Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to help in fair investigation of the incident, in which he and his son-in-law, a Chechen by nationality, received gunshot wounds.
23:00, 21 October 2010
Four locals found in a mine in Kabardino-Balkaria in special operation
In the city of Tyrnyauz, where a special operation to search militants is conducted, four local residents were found in one of the mines: they were gathering scrap metal there.
22:50, 21 October 2010
Count of flood victims in Krasnodar Territory reaches 16
As reported by the head of the investigatory division for the city of Tuapse, Krasnodar Territory, his employees found the body of 16th casualty of the flood.
22:50, 21 October 2010
Two persons disappear in Ingushetia
In the evening on October 20, on their way back home from the Republic of Dagestan, two residents of Ingushetia - Khutiev, Mohamed Aslanbekovich, and Khashagulgov, Aslan Yakhyaevich (a nephew of Issa Khashagulgov, earlier arrested on suspicion of committing the terror act in Vladikavkaz). According to relatives of the missing persons, Mohamed and Aslan are employees of the Ministry of Construction of Ingushetia.
22:40, 21 October 2010
Three men disappear in Kabardino-Balkaria
On October 18, three residents of Elborus, workers of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Ropeways of Elborus" Asker Tavkeshev, Mohamed Alchagirov and Anatoly Mammeev left their homes in Kabardino-Balkaria and disappeared.
22:40, 21 October 2010
Twelve persons dancing lezginka in the street arrested in Stavropol
Twelve men who danced lezginka in the streets and verbally abused passers-by, received ten days in jail for breaking public order, said Victoria Baigulova, head of the press service of the Stavropol administration.
22:30, 21 October 2010
Defendants in Nalchik attack case ask to summon ex-Interior Minister
Today, at the trial on the events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), defendant Azamat Akhkubekov filed a motion to summon Khachim Shogenov, former Minister of Internal Affairs, as a witness.
19:00, 21 October 2010
Ex-chief of investigation unit of Department of Interior Affairs detained in Stavropol district for suspicion of bribetaking
Roman Tolstikov, ex-chief of investigation unit of Department of Interior Affairs was detained in Stavropol for suspicion of an attempt of taking a bribe of one million rubles.
18:00, 21 October 2010
Five people injured during the act of terror in Vladikavkaz are still in Moscow hospitals
Five people injured during the act of terror in the capital of North Osetia on September, 9, are still staying in Moscow hospitals. This news came from the Permanent Mission of the republic under the President of the Russian Federation.
Place of terror act at central marketplace in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 20 October 2010
Twelve suicide explosions in 10 months in Northern Caucasus
From the start of 2010, the Northern Caucasus saw 10 attacks committed by 12 suicide bombers, in which 49 persons were lost, apart from the bombers, and 308 persons more suffered. Two more such terror acts, according to law enforcers, were prevented.
23:40, 20 October 2010
Two persons killed in special operation in Dagestan
In the course of a special operation conducted in the wooded area in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, two suspected militants were liquidated, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
23:30, 20 October 2010
CTO regime introduced in Kabardino-Balkaria
The city of Tyrnyauz of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.
23:20, 20 October 2010
South Ossetia: roundtable discusses the law on teenagers
The roundtable held on October 19 considered the idea of the law on the rights and duties of adolescents. It is planned that an entire chapter in it will be on parents and inadmissibility of breaking children's rights.
23:20, 20 October 2010
Former MP assassinated in Dagestan
Businessman Marat Ramazanov, a former deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan, was murdered tonight in Makhachkala, said the press service of the local MIA.
Veronika Skutina, heroine of the film "...Nika...". Sochi, October 16, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 20 October 2010
Fifth International Festival "Cinema without Barriers" is over in Sochi
The resort city of Sochi has closed the Fifth International Festival "Cinema without Barriers", dedicated to life of people with disabilities. The jury marked a total of 13 films in different categories. Prizes were granted to filmmakers from Germany, USA, Sweden, Great Britain, France and Russia.
23:00, 20 October 2010
Rights defenders tell CE Secretary about human rights violations in Armenia
Human rights activists from Armenia sent a letter to Torbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE), whose visit to Armenia will take place in the coming days. In the letter members of several public organizations draw Mr Jagland's attention to systematic human rights violations in their country.
22:50, 20 October 2010
Militiaman killed in Ingushetia
Yesterday, on October 19, in the Ingush city of Malgobek, unidentified assailants killed a militia senior lieutenant, an operative agent of the local GOVD (City Interior Department), said a source from law enforcement agencies.
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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....

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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.