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Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 20 July 2009
"Memorial" closes up its work in Chechnya
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which is leaving Chechnya, plans to finish all the cases started in the in republic. According to Oleg Orlov, the chairman, the lawyers of "Memorial" will finalize all the cases filed by them to the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of residents of Chechnya.
21:00, 20 July 2009
Natalia Estemirova's body was found in the same place, where wounded Magomed Evloev was found
The body of assassinated Natalia Estemirova was found in the area, where last year the fatally wounded Ingush oppositionist Magomed Evloev was detected, who had been detained on the previous day by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia at Magas Airport. In the opinion of a source in law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, this circumstance and a number of others evidence that the kidnapping and murder of the renowned human rights activist were parts of a carefully devised action.
21:00, 20 July 2009
NGOs plan to independently investigate Estemirova's murder
An independent public commission is now set up in Russia for investigating the circumstances of the death of the well-known Chechen human rights defender, employee of the HRC "Memorial" Natalia Estemirova.
20:10, 20 July 2009
Moscow GUVD accepts application of Kadyrov's advocate on initiating a criminal case against Orlov
On July 20, the GUVD (City Interior Department) of Moscow accepted the application submitted by Andrei Krasnenkov, advocate of President of Chechnya, and requesting to open a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the HRC "Memorial".
Baku, Azerbaijan. Source: www.flickr.com/photos/begemot
20:00, 20 July 2009
Azerbaijan: Appeal Court rejects bloggers' complaints
On July 20, the Baku Appeal Court continued considering the appeal complaints lodged by bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, who challenged the decisions of the first instance court about their arrest for 2 months on accusation of hooliganism.
19:00, 20 July 2009
Court accepts claim of newspaper "Chernovik" against Public Prosecutor and "Rossvyazkomnadzor" of Dagestan
Today, a judicial session took place in Dagestan on the claim of "Rossvyazkomnadzor" (Federal Agency for Supervising Communications) to close the independent newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint), where the paper has lodged a counterclaim against Igor Tkachov, Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Dagestan and the territorial department of "Rossvyazkomnadzor" for Dagestan. The judge has accepted the counterclaim.
18:00, 20 July 2009
Mary Robinson: Estemirova's death is a tragic example of cold-blooded murder of a courageous human rights activist
The murder of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the HRC "Memorial" is another tragic example of a cold-blooded murder of a courageous human rights activist, runs a personal statement of Mary Robinson, President of the International Commission of Lawyers. According to Ms Robinson, Natalia Estemirova was one of the most courageous and inspiring human rights defenders she had ever met.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Source: www.chechnyafree.ru
23:00, 18 July 2009
Foreign media advise Medvedev to dismiss Kadyrov
The leading western media, while making comments on Natalia Estemirova's murder, express their concern that this not the first crime against human rights activists and critics of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and his Kremlin patrons.
22:00, 18 July 2009
Azerbaijan: killers of journalist Elmar Guseinov still unfound
On July 17, advocates of the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan commemorated Elmar Guseinov, editor-in-chief of the popular Azerbaijani "Monitor" magazine, who was shot dead by hired gunmen on March 2, 2005.
Georgia, Tbilisi. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 July 2009
Georgian Parliament toughens regulations on manifestations
On July 17, the Parliament of Georgia adopted three bills "On Assemblies and Manifestations", "On Police" and Code of Administrative Offences, which assume tougher regulations on holding manifestations and more severe punishments for beaching them.
20:00, 18 July 2009
"Memorial" leader Oleg Orlov is ready to face Ramzan Kadyrov in court
Oleg Orlov, Chair of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is ready to litigate with President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who is now preparing, via his advocate, his claims to the court and Moscow GUVD (City Interior Department) in the context of Mr Orlov's statements about Mr Kadyrov's responsibility for the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.
19:00, 18 July 2009
Chechen TV channels convince viewers that certain forces murdered Estemirova to blacken Kadyrov
In Chechnya, TV channels are quoting, in their news programmes, the authorities of the republic, who keep asserting that the murder of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova was backed by certain forces willing to blacken the peoples of Chechnya and Ingushetia and Ramzan Kadyrov personally.
18:00, 18 July 2009
HRC "Memorial" suspends its work in Chechnya
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" suspends its activity in Chechnya after the kidnapping and murder of its employee Natalia Estemirova.
Inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov, the city of Gudermes, April 2007. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
23:58, 17 July 2009
Russian human rights activists to support head of HRC "Memorial" in litigation against President of Chechnya
Russian human rights activists promise to support Oleg Orlov, leader of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", in litigation against President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. This was stated by Liudmila Alekseeva, Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Mr Kadyrov also has a supporter - Ombudsman in Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev.
23:00, 17 July 2009
Meeting in memory of Natalia Estemirova held in Paris
In the evening on July 17, about 150 persons came to St Michel Square in Paris to commemorate the perished human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
22:30, 17 July 2009
Employees of "Memorial" in Chechnya discuss expediency of further work in the republic
Employees of the Chechen branches of the HRC "Memorial" are gathering to a meeting aimed to discuss the expediency of their further work and presence in the Chechen Republic. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Lilia Yusupova, advocate and head of the Gudermes branch of the HRC "Memorial".
Armenia, Yerevan. Opposition Rally, Feb 16, 2008. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/totemik, Tatevik Hovhannisyan
22:00, 17 July 2009
Armenia: criminal case initiated against policemen who opened fire at opposition rally
The Special Investigatory Service (SIS) of Armenia has opened a criminal case against the policemen who used the special means named "Cheryomukha-7" during dispersal of peaceful oppositional rally on March 1 last year in Yerevan. Journalists were informed about it by Sona Truzyan, press secretary of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Armenia.
21:10, 17 July 2009
In Chechnya, during Estemirova's farewell ceremony unknown persons tried to stop the procession
In the course of the farewell ceremony with the well-known human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, killed on July 15, two men in civil clothes, one of them with firearms on him, tried to stop the column that moved along the Putin Avenue in Grozny ahead of the catafalque with Estemirova's body.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/25986852@N03
21:00, 17 July 2009
OSCE representative calls Azerbaijani authorities to release arrested bloggers
In the course of the meetings, held by the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut with officials of Azerbaijan during his visit to Baku on July, 15-17, the issue was raised about the bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, who were arrested last week.
21:00, 17 July 2009
"Berlin's German-Russian Exchange" is shocked by Estemirova's murder
The organization named "Berlin's German-Russian Exchange" (DRA) was shocked by the news about violent murder of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova and thinks that Russia is still far from "overcoming its legal nihilism."
News
Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

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.