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21:00, 17 June 2011
Dmitry Novikov restored in his judge status
On June 17, Dmitry Novikov, earlier accused of fraud and kept in custody for about a year, has been restored in the status of a judge at a sitting of the Disciplinary Judicial Bench in Moscow.
19:00, 17 June 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh tries murder case of four soldiers
Starting from June 16, a trial is on in Nagorno-Karabakh on the murder case of four soldiers who perished at one of the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in November 2010. The next court session is scheduled for June 29.
18:00, 17 June 2011
Dagestan hosts rallies demanding to open Gimry-Chirkata Tunnel
Today, several villages of Dagestan held rallies in support of the demand to open unimpeded automobile traffic through the above tunnel. The hunger strike in support of the demand was stopped, since it is planned that from July 21 the tunnel will operate for 10 hours a day.
17:00, 17 June 2011
Wife of defendant in Nalchik attack case states her husband's poor custody conditions
Elena Akhkubekova, wife of Azamat Akhkubekov, a defendant in the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria, told rights defenders about bad custody conditions in SIZO-1 of Nalchik.
16:00, 17 June 2011
Isaeva: Dagestani power agents resort to extrajudicial executions, when unable to prove detainees' guilt
This year, as compared with last one, Dagestan sees fewer kidnappings but more extrajudicial executions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Gulnara Rustamova, co-chair of the Dagestani human rights organization "Pravozaschita" (Rights Advocacy).
15:00, 17 June 2011
Kokoity asks people of South Ossetia to refrain from actions in his support
After the incident in the parliament of South Ossetia, where initiators of actions in support of extension of the presidential term tried to put pressure on local MPs, Eduard Kokoity made a statement, in which he urged people of South Ossetia to refrain from actions in his support.
14:00, 17 June 2011
Zemo Alvani village in Georgia protests against dismantling Stalin's bust
The bust of Joseph Stalin was demolished in the village of Zemo Alvani, Akhmet District (Eastern Georgia) because of the start of rehabilitation works in the park. However, even the temporary removal of the monument caused protests.
13:00, 17 June 2011
Krasnodar court finds killing stray dogs in place unlawful
The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has ruled to recognize the activities of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Bastille" of killing stray dogs to be illegal. The LLC specialists engaged in sanitary clearing activities were killing animals in the city and in the eyes of residents.
23:00, 16 June 2011
Journalists accused of kindling hatred in their article on deportation of Caucasian nations go on hunger strike in Chita IVS
Journalists from Buryatia Tatiana Stetsura and Nadezhda Nizovkina, accused of inciting hatred to law enforcers in their article about deportation of Caucasian nations, were detained for participating in an unsanctioned rally. While at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the city of Chita, the women went on hunger strike.
22:00, 16 June 2011
Azerbaijani Court starts considering Jabbar Savalan's appeal
Today, the Sumgait Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Lyatifa Mamedova, held a preparatory session on the case of Jabbar Savalan, a young activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
21:00, 16 June 2011
Construction of sugar factory in Nogai District of Dagestan cancelled because of locals' protests
Dagestani authorities are looking for new land plots for building a sugar-beet mill, since its construction in the Nogai District became impossible because of frequented protest actions of the population.
20:00, 16 June 2011
Kokoity gives 3 days to South-Ossetian GPO for investigating the incident in Parliament
Any illegal forms of influencing the deputy corps should be toughly suppressed, said South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity in his comment on the events of June 15 in the Republic's Parliament, which was attacked, right during the sitting, by supporters of extending Kokoity's presidency, who disrupted the course of the session.
19:00, 16 June 2011
Rallies in support of hunger-striking Gimry villagers to be held in Dagestan
Tomorrow, on June 17, a number of dwelling settlements of Dagestan will hold rallies in support of the people who hold their hunger strike in the vicinity of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District, who demand to open an unobstructed motor traffic through the Gimry-Chirkata Tunnel.
Resident of Baku protests against demolition of her house in Shamsi Badalbeili. June 13, 2011. Photo by "Turan" Information Agency
18:00, 16 June 2011
In Baku, tenants of another block of flats evicted
On June 11, the many-month-long confrontation between the construction company "Azinko" and the tenants of No. 61 in Neftyanikov Avenue in central Baku ended in a forced eviction and demolition of the building. The demolition was motivated by the improvement and expansion of the motor road.
Amanda Erickson. Photo from the journalist's personal page on Facebook.com
17:00, 16 June 2011
American journalist and British rights defender beaten in Baku
In the evening on June 15, unidentified assailants attacked the American journalist Amanda Erickson and British human rights activist Silja Davis. The young ladies were almost at home, when several young men of athletic body-build attacked them and began beating without explanations. Earlier the women felt that they were shadowed by the young men.
Ecological rally in defence of constitutional rights of citizens of Temryuk District to friendly environment, organized by the Association "Revival of Taman". Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, June 12, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot".
16:00, 16 June 2011
Residents of Temryuk District demand not to admit aggravation of ecological situation in the region
On June 12, the participants of the first ever in the Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory ecological rally demanded to suspend all the environmentally hazardous projects in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, as well as complete ecological safety of all the production facilities planned for launching in the territory of the Taman Peninsula.
15:00, 16 June 2011
In Argun, 62 families move into new houses
On June 15, the city of Argun, the third-largest city of Chechnya saw an opening of two new settlements for the residents of the city downtown, whose houses were demolished this winter in the course of the broad-scale reconstruction of the city. The keys to their new houses were solemnly handed over to 62 families.
14:00, 16 June 2011
Rights defender reports mass beatings of inmates in Elista SIZO
Vladimir Galitrov. an expert of the Kalmyk Branch of the Public Movement "For Human Rights", demands an inquiry into the mass beating of convicts kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Elista. This is stated in the message of Valery Badmaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Modern Kalmykia", that arrived to the "Caucasian Knot".
13:00, 16 June 2011
Local resident kidnapped and beaten in Chechnya, rights defenders say
According to eyewitnesses, on June 10 in Chechnya, on a road in the Kurchaloy District, unidentified armed persons kidnapped Aslambek Shataev, 30, a resident of Kurchaloy. Later, his relatives managed to find him in one of police stations. Now the man is at home, but, according to his relatives, he was severely beaten.
23:38, 15 June 2011
Kochiev: there was no putsch attempt in South Ossetia
There was no open confrontation with supporters of extension of Mr Kokoity's presidency, who broke today into the Parliament of South Ossetia; however, the MPs were under pressure. This was stated by the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev. In protest, some of the parliamentarians submitted their self-resignation applications.
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More than 40 houses were damaged in the Rostov region during drone attacks.

Krasnodar residents reported closed shelters during the drone attack.

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.