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Picket in memory of separatists' leader of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov. Moscow, Chistye Prudy, March 11, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 12 March 2010
Picket in memory of Aslan Maskhadov held in Moscow
Today in Moscow, in Chistye Prudy, at the monument to Alexander Griboedov, a picket was held in memory of the leader of Chechen separatists Aslan Maskhadov.
22:20, 12 March 2010
Train in Dagestan was blown up by pressure-action mine
In Dagestan, experts have established the type and power of the bomb that was triggered in the evening on March 11 on the railway in Makhachkala. The power of the bomb was 2 kilos of trotyl equivalent.
22:00, 12 March 2010
In Dagestan, trial on "Chernovik" case postponed till certificates arrive
Today, another hearing was held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on the criminal case initiated against journalists of the local weekly "Chernovik", accused of kindling national, racial and religious enmity.
Sakinat Khanapieva – "the strongest grandmother in the world". Photo by Evgeniy Kostin
21:00, 12 March 2010
Three residents of Dagestan set records for the Guinness Book of World Records
Today, competitions were held in the Dagestan village of Khadzhalmakhi, where three persons have broken world records in lifting weights attacked to hair, pulling up on a horizontal bar on one hand and keeping a 24-kilo weight by one leg.
Building of the Constitutional Court in St Petersburg. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 12 March 2010
Russian CC not to return juries on terror cases, experts say
Lawyers do not believe, while waiting for the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation to consider the conformity to the Constitution of the amendments made by the State Duma in the end of 2008 in the Russian Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) and concerning the trial by jury for those accused of especially grave crimes, that the right to be tried by jurymen will be returned.
19:00, 12 March 2010
House of oppositionist Khazbiev searched in Ingushetia
In the afternoon on March 11, house No. 2 in the Tsoroev Street in Nazran, belonging to the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, was visited by Ibragim Aushev, an inspector of the GOVD (Chief Interior Department), with reinforcement of power agents. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Mr Khazbiev himself.
Inscription on the stand: "Sochi City Electoral Commission". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 12 March 2010
Sochi voters and media editors: freedom of choice impossible without freedom of media
Editors of mass media, ready to provide room to candidates for the Sochi City Assembly (SCA), and city dwellers gave their comments on the way the election campaign was covered. Both groups noted restriction of the freedom of speech and opinion in the course of campaigning.
Chechnya, Argun. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/15894789
23:50, 11 March 2010
Explosion wounds militiaman in Chechnya
In the city of Argun, Chechen Republic, Akhyad Musanigov, head of the territorial militia district, was wounded by an explosion. This was reported today by the Republic's Department of the ICPO.
23:30, 11 March 2010
Trial of Fatima Margieva postponed
The planned today's session on Fatima Margieva, a teacher of the South-Ossetian State University, accused of firearm and explosive illegal purchase and storage, has been postponed till March 18. The reason is in the problems with the stay in Tskhinvali of Margieva's lawyer, who is from Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia).
23:20, 11 March 2010
Opening of "Verkhni Lars" is no indication of improved Russian-Georgian relations, Georgia's ambassador to Armenia says
As stated at a press conference on March 11 by Grigol Tabatadze, ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, by having reopened the border check point "Verkhni Lars", Georgia sacrificed a lot and did it, first of all, to preserve good neighbourhood relations with Armenia.
23:10, 11 March 2010
In Sochi, militia refuses to investigate attack on building of Jehovah's Witnesses
Employees of the Tsentralny ROVD of Sochi returned the application lodged by the Sochi community of Jehovah's Witnesses on the fact of an attack on the hall for religious assemblies. They explained their refusal to open a case by the absence of data about material damage.
23:00, 11 March 2010
Worship cross desecrated in Adygea to be restored
The Orthodox worship cross installed in the memorial to the Cossacks who perished in the Civil War near Dakhovskaya village in Adygea, which was desecrated on March 5, will be restored. This was stated by the Maikop and Adygea Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church. So far, law enforcement bodies try to find out the circumstances of the crime.
22:50, 11 March 2010
Chechnya: two locals convicted for murdering frontier guards
On March 10, two residents of the Chechen Republic, earlier members of armed separatists' groupings, were convicted to long imprisonment terms for murdering three federal soldiers in 2002.
22:40, 11 March 2010
MIA of Dagestan promises to check local resident's complaint against militiamen's actions
Khaibula Khaibulaev, a resident of Karat village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, has received a letter from the department of own safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia saying that the fact of his beating on August 16, 2009, was not properly investigated by Labazan Derbishev, head of the investigation search of the Botlikh District; therefore, "an additional check was entrusted to the department of own safety of the MIA of Dagestan.
21:40, 11 March 2010
Chechen President demands that churchmen fix namaz hours
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held a meeting in Grozny with Sultan Mirzaev, Chairman of the local Spiritual Department of Moslems, and Adam Shakhidov, Director of the Information-Publishing Centre "Puts" (Way) named after Ahmat Kadyrov. In the course of the meeting, Mr Kadyrov expressed his serious discontent that the call to pray (azan) is made in the mosques of the republic not at the same time, but with essential time gaps.
21:20, 11 March 2010
Georgian authorities want to bring body of refugee-suicide from Germany
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia is actively negotiating with respective bodies in Germany aiming to take home the body of citizen of Georgia David Mardiani, 17, who committed suicide on March 7 in a prison hospital in Germany.
20:00, 11 March 2010
President of Ingushetia bans rally of Plievo residents
Today, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov forbade the relatives of Mikail Pliev, 32, a resident of Plievo village, who was kidnapped on March 4 in Pyatigorsk, to continue their marathon rally with a demand to find Mikail's whereabouts. The relatives had been earlier invited to the President.
Magomed Mutsolgov (on the left), Ingush human rights defender and member of Expert's Board at the Office of Russian Ombudsman. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 11 March 2010
Residents of Ingushetia complain that their relatives are persecuted in the army
Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush human rights activist, a member of the Expert's Board at the Office of Russian Ombudsman, has stated that the cases of prejudiced attitude to natives from Northern Caucasus in army units have become more frequent recently. He told about two complaints lodged by residents of Ingushetia, who are concerned of the fates of their relatives.
18:00, 11 March 2010
Karastelyov: at confrontation attacker said that he wanted to help
The detainee, suspected of attacking Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights and representative of Alexei Dymovskiy, former Major of Novorossisk militia, asserts that he just tried to help, while the human rights activist beat him with a wooden block. According to Karastelyov, the suspect gave this evidence in the course of confrontation.
23:50, 10 March 2010
"Chernovik" case in Dagestan: court hears evidences
On March 9-10, the trial continued in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on the criminal case initiated against journalists of the local weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint), accused of kindling national, racial and religious enmity.
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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.