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22:00, 24 November 2009
Militiaman and his daughter of 11 assassinated in Ingushetia
Today in the morning, in Barsuki village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons shelled the car of Hadjibikar Buzurtanov, an employee of the convoy service of the MIA. The militiaman and his small daughter, who was with him in the car, were shot dead.
21:00, 24 November 2009
Rally demanding to demine Chechen territory held in Grozny
In the afternoon on November 23, the Chechen capital hosted a many-thousand-strong protest action, where participants demanded prompt measures to demine the territory of the republic.
20:00, 24 November 2009
Georgia transfers three detainees to Russia
Georgia has sent the three citizens detained in the border with South Ossetia back to Russia.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by http://en.wikipedia.org
19:00, 24 November 2009
Treatment in prison hospital gives no relief to journalist Mushvig Guseinov
In Azerbaijan, health condition of imprisoned Mushvig Guseinov, journalist of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, continues to worsen. In spite of his placement in mid-October from the colony to the specialized medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service for TB patients, his disease is progressing to the worse.
Dagestan, Botlikhsky district. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 24 November 2009
Dagestan: witnesses are interrogated on "execution list"
Today, Svetlana Isaeva, chair of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", a figurant in the so-called "execution list" disseminated in the form of leaflets in early September in Dagestan, was summoned to the local prosecutor's office for interrogation.
23:50, 23 November 2009
Journalists removed from courtroom during witness' evidence at Nalchik attack trial
At the process on the events on October 13, 2005, one of today's witnesses has petitioned to the court about his interrogation at a closed judicial session. He said that he is a working militiaman. The prosecution party has supported his petition referring to the law on state protection of witnesses. The defence was against.
23:30, 23 November 2009
Pamfilova: Dymovskiy's syndrome is the diagnosis to the whole Russian law-enforcement system
Modernization of the Russian law-enforcement system is a must. This was stated by Ella Pamfilova, head of the Council for Promotion of Civil Society Institutes under Russian President at Dmitri Medvedev's meeting with the Council members. In her statement, the human rights defender mentioned the recent scandal caused by the resonant video appeal of Militia Major from Novorossisk of Alexei Dymovskiy.
Victoria Radochinskaya, the citizen of Rostov-on-Don, the winner of “Mrs of the World - 2009”. Vung Tau, November 22, 2009. Photo by www.peru.com
23:20, 23 November 2009
Lady from Rostov Region becomes "Missis of the World-2009"
Victoria Radochinskaya, 31, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, is the winner of the prestigious international contest "Missis of the World-2009", which was held in the evening on November 22 in the southern Vietnamese city of Vungtau. She was awarded a white-gold crown decorated with 63 rubies worth about 100,000 US dollars.
Yael Ioffe, the leader of the Jewish community in Volgograd, speaks at the seminar “Effective counteraction against extremism and xenophobia”. November 23, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 23 November 2009
Ioffe: memorial boulder in place of Jews' massacre in Volgograd desecrated
Vandals continue desecrating the memorial boulder installed in the place of mass executions of Jews by fascists. This statement was made by Ms Yael Ioffe, leader of the Jewish community of Volgograd, in her welcoming speech at the opening of the information-methodical seminar "Efficient Counteraction to Extremism and Xenophobia".
Chechnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 23 November 2009
Chechnya has no conditions for rehabilitating children-invalids
Children-invalids from this republic have no chances to receive due treatment - for more than 40,000 such children Chechnya has only one rehabilitation centre.
Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 23 November 2009
In Dagestan, advocate accused of insulting inspector is tried
Today, the court precinct No. 106 of Khasavyurt began preliminary hearings on the criminal case against lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who is accused by Arslankhan Arslankhanov, an inspector for especially important cases of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, of insulting him with swear words. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Salimat Kadyrova, an advocate of the Kizilyurt Inter-District Bar, who is defending Magomedova.
20:00, 23 November 2009
Schools suspended in Chechnya for swine flu threat
Starting Monday, November 23, schoolchildren of Chechnya will go to additional vacations in the context of possible swine flu epidemic. The pupils' forced rest will last for at least ten days.
19:00, 23 November 2009
North Ossetia: prosecutor's office reveals drugstores selling overpriced drugs
As a result of revising drugstores in Vladikavkaz, employees of the republic's prosecutor's office revealed facts of setting extra charges on 20 vital and major medicines in four city drugstores.
18:00, 23 November 2009
Russian human rights activists establish Public Commission on Chechnya for defending its residents' rights
Activists of ten NGOs from different regions of Russia have announced establishment of the Public Commission on Chechnya, which will have its main tasks in defending victims of torture and inhuman treatment and bringing those guilty of rough violations of human rights or of failure to take the necessary measures to prevent such violations and punish for them to responsibility.
23:00, 21 November 2009
Militia post shelled in Ingushetia, one person wounded
An unidentified culprit used a grenade launcher to shell a stationary militia post in Nazran, the capital of Ingushetia; one employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has suffered.
22:00, 21 November 2009
Kamalov: Kremlin doubts with candidates for Dagestan President
Hadjimurad Kamalov, a Dagestan political scientist and director of the LLC "Freedom of Speech", said in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Moscow had not decided yet whom to support at the presidential election in Dagestan.
21:00, 21 November 2009
Gas line "White Stream" to be jointly designed by Georgia and Ukraine
As reported by Andrei Goncharuk, deputy head of the secretariat of the President of Ukraine, in designing the gas line "White Stream", Georgia will rely on the potential of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.
19:00, 21 November 2009
Minasyan: militant speeches of Azerbaijani President threaten stability in Southern Caucasus
As reported by Armen Minasyan, chair of the Yerevan-based "Democracy and Peace Centre", the statement of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, about possible force solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a threat to regional stability.
18:00, 21 November 2009
Mukhu Aliev in the lead to be the next President of Dagestan, experts believe
Opinions differ in Dagestan as to the chances of the five candidates for presidency, approved on November 19.
17:00, 21 November 2009
Armenian clergy accuses Georgia of indifference to Armenian relics
In the context of the recent collapse of the Church Surb Gevorg in Tbilisi, erected in 1356, the Supreme See of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has accused the authorities of Georgia of indifference to preservation of the Armenian relics located in this country.
News
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Activists reported mass arrests in Chechnya.

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.