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    Malakhat Nasibova in the Norwegian city of Bergen. Photo by www.azadliqradiosu.az
    10:00, 2 November 2009
    Azerbaijani journalist receives Rafto Prize
    On November 1, in the Norwegian city of Bergen, Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Malakhat Nasibova was decorated with the prestigious Rafto International Award in the field of human rights for 2009.
    09:00, 2 November 2009
    Drinking beer is forbidden at Sochi railway stations and airports
    Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov has banned sale and consumption of beer closer than 100 meters from entrances to railway stations, airports, sports objects and wholesale food markets. The statement came into force on October 27.
    The Black Sea. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    06:00, 2 November 2009
    Novorossisk human rights activists hold a picket on International Black Sea Day
    On October 31, human rights activists from Novorossisk held a picket dated to the Black Sea Day. The picket took place despite the ban of the city administration.
    02:00, 2 November 2009
    In Dagestan, Imam of rural mosque assassinated
    Tinamagomed Ramazanov, 34, Imam of a rural mosque, was shot dead in the evening on November 1 by unidentified persons in Bavtugai village, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan.
    20:00, 31 October 2009
    MIA reports liquidation of Emir of flatland Chechnya
    Ali Khasanov, Emir of flatland Chechnya and close ally of Chechen militants' leader Doku Umarov, was killed in Grozny. According to Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov, President Ramzan Kadyrov took his personal part in the special operation.
    19:00, 31 October 2009
    In Dagestan, Koran phrases appear on baby's body
    The phenomenon of the nine-month-old Ali Yakubov from the Dagestan village of Krasnooktiabrskoe, on whose body phrases from the Koran appear, are seriously discussed by local representatives of Muslim clergy and politicians. The house of the Yakubovs is visited by pilgrims who wish to see the wonderful child and touch him.
    18:00, 31 October 2009
    Four suspected militants liquidated in Dagestan
    In a special operation held in the Sergokalin District of Dagestan four members of illegal armed formations were killed, as reported by the local ROVD.
    16:00, 31 October 2009
    Karachai-Circassia sees high demand for winter rest in Dombai and Arkhyz
    Tourism was on decline in mid-season in Karachai-Circassia; however, demand for winter rest in Dombai and Arkhyz is already noticeable. Kazim Uzdenov, director general of the "Everest" travel company, told about it in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
    15:13, 31 October 2009
    On November 7, Georgian opposition to hold protest actions in several places of Tbilisi
    On October 30, the Georgian opposition notified the Tbilisi Mayoralty about the protest actions planned for November 7. The organizers hope to invoke hundreds of participants.
    13:00, 31 October 2009
    Five swine flu cases registered in Dagestan
    In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, five swine flu patients (virus А/Н1N1) have been revealed, one of them was hospitalized, as reported by the Republic's branch of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision).
    Abkhazia, Sukhumi, a sketch of the monument to victims of political repressions. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    12:11, 31 October 2009
    Abkhazia commemorates victims of Stalin repressions
    Every year on October 30, Abkhazia marks the memory of Stalin's victims. According to historians, in 1930-1940s a thousand persons were repressed in Abkhazia, first of all, intellectuals and the political elite.
    11:00, 31 October 2009
    Defence of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia appeals against his pre-trail custody
    Ketevan Bekauri, advocate of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, has appealed against the two-month pre-trial custody of her trial.
    Rally in defence of the politically persecuted in Russia. October 30, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    10:00, 31 October 2009
    Rally held in Moscow on the Day of Political Prisoners
    On October 30, the Day of Political Prisoners, Moscow held a rally in defence of victims of political prosecutions in Russia. Despite cold weather, over two hundred persons came to take part in the event. The protesters demanded to immediately release the "prisoners of conscience" and reconsider the cases of all political prisoners.
    09:00, 31 October 2009
    Participants of press conference in Moscow on situation in Ingushetia detect shadowing
    After the press conference of the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Liudmila Alekseeva, assistant of the President of Ingushetia Musa Pliev and the leader of the Ingush opposition Magomed Khazbiev on the current situation in Ingushetia in the context of the recent murder of Maksharip Aushev, its participants found that they were shadowed.
    23:50, 30 October 2009
    Georgian Ombudsman states violation of human rights and freedoms in his country
    Georgiy Tugushi, Ombudsman of Georgia, has characterized the situation in the sphere of human rights in the country as grave. This is stated in his first report, for the first half of 2009, placed in the web site of the Ombudsman.
    23:10, 30 October 2009
    UN criticizes work of law enforcement bodies in Northern Caucasus
    The situation with human rights and persecutions of journalists in Russia has deserved a special report, prepared by the respective profile committee of the United Nations. The results of the work of the experts of the UN Human Rights Committee were reported today in Geneva. Russian law enforcement bodies operating in the Chechen Republic and other subjects of Northern Caucasus were subjected to the sharpest criticism.
    23:00, 30 October 2009
    Protest action dated to the Day of Political Prisoners held in Yerevan
    Today in Yerevan, on the Day of Political Prisoners, which for the first time was marked in the former USSR 35 years ago, a protest action was held at the building of the State Public Prosecutor's Office with a demand to release the remaining 17 political prisoners.
    22:50, 30 October 2009
    Azerbaijani IRFS states pressure on NGOs
    Today, the Institute on Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has made a statement, which regards the sudden inspection of the Institute initiated by the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan to be a "start of a new campaign of frank pressure."
    Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    22:30, 30 October 2009
    In Dagestan, six-form pupil sent out of school for wearing hijab
    Rizvan Abusufyanov, a resident of Shamkhal-Station, Kirov District of Makhachkala, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his daughter Patimat Abusufyanova, a pupil of the sixth form, was sent away from school today because she is wearing an Islamic headscarf (hijab). Abusufyanov said that school director Patimat Magomedova was behind the incident.
    22:10, 30 October 2009
    Georgia: court refuses to release Tsotne Gamsakhurdia for the period of investigation
    Georgia: court refuses to release Tsotne Gamsakhurdia for the period of investigation
    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.