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18:00, 10 October 2009
Funeral of composer Alexander Basilaya took place in Tbilisi
Today, on October 10, Georgia said farewell to its well-known composer, artistic director of the popular vocal company "Iveria" Alexander Basilaya, who died on October 3 in Germany from lung cancer.
17:00, 10 October 2009
TV reporters attacked in Derbent, Dagestan
Today, a filming crew of the REN TV Channel was attacked by unidentified persons in Derbent (Dagestan).
16:00, 10 October 2009
Father Alexander: Christians in Azerbaijan have no problems
The Azerbaijani citizens who profess Christianity experience no inconveniences. This was stated on October 9 by Father Alexander, Bishop of Baku and Pre-Caspian region, at the press conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of revival of the Baku-Pre-Caspian Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.
14:00, 10 October 2009
Turkish company to build stadium in the capital of South Ossetia
Without permit of Georgian authorities, a Turkish building company starts rebuilding the destroyed stadium in Tskhinvali. The works are funded by the Alisher Usmanov's Foundation.
12:00, 10 October 2009
Business forum: economic development will bring Abkhazia to the world market
The participants of the Abkhazian Business Forum, held on October 9 in Sukhumi, made a conclusion that Abkhazia moves along the road of building an efficient state capable in the long run successfully competing in the world market.
11:00, 10 October 2009
15 persons suffer from explosion in Chechnya
The spokesman of the Investigatory Department for the Chechen Republic of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has reported that one person was lost and 14 more were wounded as a result of explosion in the evening on October 9 in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny.
October 7, 2009, Moscow. In front of No. 8 Lesnaya Street, where Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", lived and was assassinated. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
10:00, 10 October 2009
Meeting in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held in Ingushetia
On October 7, the office of the human rights organization "Mashr" of the Republic of Ingushetia hosted a meeting in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed right three years ago, on October 7, 2006.
09:00, 10 October 2009
Dagestan: explosion of gas pipeline in Khasavyurt
In the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, after the explosion that happened at 9:45 p.m. Moscow time on Friday, October 9, on the city gas pipeline, gas supply to the nearby settlements was stopped.
23:50, 9 October 2009
In Pyatigorsk, schoolboy dies when making a bomb
In the city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory, in the house of a jobless local resident, her son, a schoolboy, died today in an explosion, as reported by a source in law enforcement bodies.
23:30, 9 October 2009
Georgian opposition hopes for the West in releasing political prisoners
The leaders of the Conservative Party of Georgia have drafted and delivered to western diplomats a list of political prisoners kept in Georgian prisons.
23:10, 9 October 2009
Azerbaijan: two journalists convicted for slander
On October 8, Sardar Alibeili, editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper "Nota", and Faramaz Allakhverdiev, an employee of this edition (also known under pseudonym Faramaz Novruzoglu), were sentenced to three months of imprisonment each on charges of slander and insult.
23:00, 9 October 2009
Three Azerbaijani journalists temporarily detained by the police
On October 9, the office of the Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) hosted a press conference on the fact of detention on October 8 of Shakhin Agabeili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Milli Yol" (National Way) and Information Agency "Poligon" (pia.az), and his deputy Radil Mamedov, and confiscation of photo and video cameras from the employees of the IRFS.
22:00, 9 October 2009
In Azerbaijan, at trial on the fight in "Lebanon" Restaurant, bloggers evidenced
Today, the Sabail District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Araz Guseinov, continued the judicial hearings on the case of young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, accused of hooliganism and causing physical injuries.
Eduard Khidirov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 9 October 2009
Khidirov: rough violations in election campaign in Dagestan
Preparation for local elections in Dagestan, appointed on October 11, is accompanied by administrative pressure and rough violations of the law. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Eduard Khidirov, deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan and head of the regional branch of the Party "Patriots of Russia".
Commemoration rally of Anna Politkovskaya, assassinated journalist of "Novaya Gazeta". Moscow, Chistoprudny Boulevard, October 7, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:10, 9 October 2009
Solution Anna Politkovskaya's murder depends on the will of Russian authorities, her daughter believes
The family of Anna Politkovskaya, who perished three years ago, is gradually losing hope that the whole chain of criminals involved in the journalist's murder will ever be revealed and the culprits will ever be punished. This was stated by Vera Politkovskaya, Anna's daughter. In her opinion, "the political will of country leaders can be the key factor in this context."
19:00, 9 October 2009
At Moscow forum, public figures and politicians criticize authorities of South Ossetia
Currently, Moscow hosts the first Russian-South-Ossetian of the public and political organizations, which brought together over 200 representatives of different organizations from South Ossetia; many of them came to Moscow intentionally to take part in the forum.
Armenia, Yerevan. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/notginger, Greg Gerrard
18:00, 9 October 2009
Armenia: Arakelyan released under recognizance not to leave
On October 8, Tigran Arakelyan, a young activist of the Armenian opposition, accused of applying violence to policeman, was released from custody under recognizance not to leave.
23:30, 8 October 2009
In Azerbaijan, members of "Musavat" suffer from physical pressure
Today in the afternoon, activists of the opposition party "Musavat" were subjected to physical pressure in the city of Barda, 300 kilometres off the capital of Azerbaijan. The MP Ikram Israfil, Arif Gadjily, head of the central office and electoral headquarters of the "Musavat", and journalist Mustafa Gadjibeili came there to meet local party activists in connection with preparation for municipal elections.
23:10, 8 October 2009
No actions in Anna Politkovskaya's memory held in Chechnya
The recent anniversary of the death of Anna Politkovskaya, who had in due time written a lot about violations of human rights in Chechnya, remained unmarked by local NGOs. The authorities of the republic organized grandiose horse races on that very day, on October 7, in the honour of the 57th birthday of the chairman of Russian government Vladimir Putin.
23:00, 8 October 2009
"Black Hawks" receive 4-7 years of imprisonment
The Dorogomilovo District Court of Moscow has passed its decision on the case of "Black Hawks". The figurants in the case, accused of attacking two students in Moscow, were found guilty of nationalism-instigated hooliganism. Arutyunov was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment, Guseinov - to 6 years, and Mamedov - to 5 years. The remaining three defendants were sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment each with serving their terms in a minimum security colony.
News
Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 523 days in a row.

March in Tbilisi. Screenshot of Mo Se's photo from May 3, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4297407353907337&set=pcb.4297408117240594 A march demanding medical treatment for children took place in Tbilisi.

Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded freedom of the 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.