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18:00, 3 November 2009
Five candidates nominated to the post of Abkhazian President
The nomination, which lasted from October 13 to November 2, of candidates to the post of the President of the republic is over. The candidates are the incumbent President Sergey Bagapsh - from the Party "Edinaya Abkhazia", Beslan Butba - from the "Party of Economic Development", Raul Khadzhimba, Zaur Ardzinba and Vitaly Bganba - from their initiative groups.
17:00, 3 November 2009
Head of HRC "Memorial" not to challenge criminal case opened against him
Advocate Genry Reznik, who is representing the interests of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", finds it senseless to appeal against the decision of the Moscow GUVD (City Interior Department) to initiate a criminal case against his client on slander under the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
16:00, 3 November 2009
Outflow of Russian-speaking population from Dagestan continues
In the last 20 years, the Russian-speaking population of Dagestan dropped by more than a third. This fact was announced at the session of the governmental commission on the problems of the Russian-speaking population held in Makhachkala.
15:00, 3 November 2009
Karaketov: if not for deportation, 400,000 Karachais would have lived in Russia today
If in the days of the USSR thousands of Karachais had not been deported, now the population of this nation in Russia would have made some 400-450 thousand persons, that is, twice as today. This was stated by Professor Murat Karaketov, Doctor of History.
14:00, 3 November 2009
The MIA of Chechnya: over 100 militants liquidated in half-year
From April till end of October, almost 150 persons were liquidated in Northern Caucasus, who were treated by power agents as militants. The figure was made public by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya at the sitting on November 2 in Grozny with participation of President Ramzan Kadyrov and bosses of power agencies.
Ingushetia. Photo by http://ingushetia.org
12:00, 3 November 2009
Sverdlovsk Region has difficulties preparing to receive migrants from Ingushetia
Officials from the Sverdlovsk Region, where resettlement is prepares, report that serious problems may arise with accommodation of Ingush migrants in the Urals Mountains, since practically nothing is ready.
11:00, 3 November 2009
Abkhazia extends Soviet passports
As reported by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, citizens of the republic can use their Soviet passports "until further notice" of the Russian government.
Georgia, Kakhetia. Photo by http://pohod.org.ua
10:00, 3 November 2009
Bad weather in Georgia: people lose homes and disappear
Because of downpours incessant in Georgia for two weeks already, thousands of hectares of farmland are under water. As a result of floods and snowfalls a number of regions of the country are cut off from the outer world; the calamity destroys houses, and several persons were registered as missing.
09:00, 3 November 2009
Moslems of Northern Caucasus are indignant with Imam's murder in Dagestan
The Coordination Centre of Moslems of Northern Caucasus has called to scale up the struggle against crime in Dagestan in the context of the murder of Tinamagomed Ramazanov, Imam of the mosque of Bavtugai village.
07:00, 3 November 2009
Georgian opposition getting ready to second anniversary of dispersal of rally in Tbilisi on November 7
In Georgia, activists of oppositional movements and NGOs get ready to mark the second anniversary of dispersal of the protest action of the opposition in Tbilisi on November 7, 2007. A new action and protest march will be held in central Tbilisi, as Dzhaba Dzhishkariani, leader of the "Movements of November 7", said to the press conference.
23:00, 2 November 2009
Protest action held in Kabardino-Balkaria after disappearance of three persons
Today, relatives of residents of Kabardino-Balkaria Timur Begidov from Kenzhe village, Ibragim Shogenov and Anzor Nagoev from Dugulubgei village, who on October 2 left for Ufa in a cold storage truck with fruits aiming to sell them there and disappeared, rallied in Nalchik in the square near the House of Government.
Azrbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/vusal
22:00, 2 November 2009
Azerbaijan: imprisoned journalist has his TB progressing
In Azerbaijan, the health condition of Mushvig Guseinov, convicted journalist from the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, who was placed two weeks ago in a specialized medical establishment for tuberculosis (TB) patients of the Penitentiary Service, has become still worse. This was stated by his brother Sarvar Guseinov.
21:00, 2 November 2009
Experts mark Russia's crucial role in settling Karabakh conflict
On November 2, Moscow hosted a roundtable dedicated to role of Russia in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian and European experts took part in the event - ten analysts in total.
20:00, 2 November 2009
Eyewitness of Maksharip Aushev's murder cannot testify yet
The health condition of Tauzela Dzeitova, the main witness of Maksharip Aushev's murder, who received wounds, when Aushev's car was shelled in Nalchik, remains grave. This was stated by Shamil Kudaev, deputy chief physician of the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Nalchik. The woman is still in resuscitation ward.
19:00, 2 November 2009
South Ossetia to suppress broadcasting of Radio Liberty in its territory
As stated by Georgiy Kabisov, Chairman of the State Committee for Information, Post and Mass Communications of South Ossetia, the broadcasting of Radio Liberty in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia is illegal and a sort of an information provocation.
18:00, 2 November 2009
President of Ingushetia: corrupt official should have chance of correction
A year after the start of his presidency, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is still adhering to rather lenient punishments to his corrupt officials. However, according to his version, the courts are all the time trying to acquit those who should be really punished.
17:00, 2 November 2009
Cars burnt down in plenty in Volgograd Region
In October, over 20 cars burnt down in Volgograd. Militiamen believe that half of the cases were deliberate arsons. In this way the companies, which claim debts from their borrowers, punish them, the militia think.
16:00, 2 November 2009
They tried to kill Isa Yamadaev again, his relatives assert
Relatives of Isa Yamadaev, who got on November 1 in a serious road accident in a Moscow suburb, do not exclude that it could be an attempt on him. In their opinion, only his armoured car saved his life.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 2 November 2009
Murad Salikhov kidnapped in Dagestan found dead
Zagra Kazimagomedova, wife of Murad Salikhov, 24, who was kidnapped in the capital of Dagestan on October 29, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband was identified among the bodies in the Makhachkala morgue.
11:00, 2 November 2009
In North Ossetia, group of citizens insists on closing "Electrozink"
In North Ossetia, a group named "Electrozink. What do we breathe in?" created in the social Internet-based network "Odnoklassniki.Ru" is not going to stop its activities and continues demanding to close the "Electrozink" factory, despite replacement of the enterprise bosses.
News
South Ossetia's losses in fighting in Ukraine have raised questions about the combatants' motives.

A student from South Ossetia has been arrested in Tbilisi on espionage charges.

The death of a South Ossetian soldier in the North Ossetian Military District sparked a debate on social media.

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.