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14:18, 20 October 2008
In Azerbaijan, colony warders beat satirist Mirza Sakit
In Azerbaijan, satirist Mirza Sakit, journalist of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom), who is serving his term at Penitentiary Establishment No. 14, was beaten.
14:14, 20 October 2008
Investigation of shipwrecks in the Kerch Strait suspended
Inspectors have suspended the investigation of the case about accidents in the Kerch Strait, where on November 11 last year several ships sunk in the strongest storm.
14:06, 20 October 2008
Kabardino-Balkaria sets up commission to investigate bus accident in Krasnodar Territory
In Kabardino-Balkaria, an interdepartmental commission has been set up to investigate the reasons of the accident of the Moscow-Nalchik passenger bus that took place on the Kavkaz Federal Highway last Sunday, on October 19.
13:54, 20 October 2008
International experts monitor human rights in Abkhazia
In the context of the appeal of the OSCE Chairman to the Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR), a group of experts was sent to Abkhazia with a mission to assess the situation with human rights in the conflict zones; the group will work from October 11 to October 25.
23:32, 18 October 2008
South Ossetia's militia ordered to open return fire on Georgians
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia has ordered its watching stations (posts) to respond with return aimed fire, in case they are attacked by aimed fire from Georgian positions.
22:25, 18 October 2008
Another counterterrorist operation underway in Ingushetia
The FSB Department for the Republic Ingushetia has announced that today the area of dwelling settlements Muzhichi and Galashki in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia has become a counterterrorist operation zone.
19:17, 18 October 2008
South Ossetia accuses Georgians of kidnapping three Ossetians
On Saturday, October 18, the Ministry of Defence of South Ossetia stated that on October 17 Georgians kidnapped three persons from the South-Ossetian village of Artsev.
17:09, 18 October 2008
Rally of Ingush opposition relocated to Moscow
The Ingush opposition will hold their protest rally against the biased, in their opinion, investigation into the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", in Moscow.
14:21, 18 October 2008
Volgograd Region: entrepreneurs punished for advertising drugs among children
The prosecutor's inspection held in a clothing marketplace in the Volgograd Region has detected products intended for children, bearing an image of a hemp (cannabis) leaf. Those guilty will pay a fine.
11:15, 18 October 2008
Russian bards to hold charitable concerts in North and South Ossetia
On October 18, Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, and on October 19, Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, will host charitable concerts of participants and laureates of traditional and widely known Valery Grushin All-Russian Festivals of Bards' Songs.
19:48, 17 October 2008
In Dagestan, Afghan war veterans suspend hunger strike
The participants of the hunger strike initiated by the so-called "Afghan veterans" on October 6 in Makhachkala made a decision, after meeting Shamil Zainalov, Chairman of the Government of Dagestan, to suspend their protest action.
19:11, 17 October 2008
Moscow-Tbilisi TV conference: Georgian refugees' problems need urgent solution
While politicians quarrel, the problems of Georgian refugees should be promptly addressed, and cooperation of Russian and Georgian civil societies should be promoted - this is the conclusion reached, according to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, by the participants of the television conference between Moscow and Tbilisi on the topic "Are peoples of Georgia and Russia able to strike hands?" held at the press centre of the RIA "Novosti" on October 16.
19:05, 17 October 2008
Book "South Ossetia - Chronicle of Customized Murder" published
The book-album named "South Ossetia - Chronicle of Customized Murder", which was in early October presented to PACE delegates and at the OSCE conference on human dimension in Warsaw, has caused public resonance. On October 16, representatives of public organizations held a press conference on the topic.
19:02, 17 October 2008
Independent monitoring fixes gross violations at Azerbaijani election
A group of regular voters has promulgated preliminary monitoring results of the October 15 presidential election in Azerbaijan. The press release that was disseminated today runs that the report, which was drafted on the basis of inputs from 1500 registered observers, has registered gross violations.
18:55, 17 October 2008
In Azerbaijan, "Reporters without Borders" give money to families of arrested journalists
The "Reporters without Borders", an international organization in defence of the freedom of press, has rendered financial aid to the families of three imprisoned journalists: Sakit Zakhidov, Ganimat Zakhidov and Mushfig Guseinov.
18:49, 17 October 2008
Physically impaired passenger adjudges 50,000 roubles from airline
The Cheryomushki District Court of Moscow has satisfied the claim of Natalia Prisetskaya against the S7 Airline; on June 30, the claimant was not admitted on board of the Moscow-Vladikavkaz aircraft, since she could move only in a wheelchair and got registered for the flight without an accompanying person.
18:44, 17 October 2008
Ingushetia: two persons kidnapped by armed men in masks
Two persons have been kidnapped by unidentified armed people in different dwelling settlements of Ingushetia.
22:13, 16 October 2008
Administration of Makhachkala is ready to give land plots to soldiers-internationalists
Said Amirov, head of the administration of Makhachkala, has addressed the Afghan war veterans, who are on hunger strike now, called them to stop their protest action and said that the city administration is ready to grant land plots for summer cottages to soldiers-internationalists and families of perished servicemen, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
22:04, 16 October 2008
Chechnya's CEC recognizes the outcomes of October 12 elections
The elections of deputies of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic, held last Sunday, October 12, in the territory of Chechnya, with the voter turnover "traditional" for the Republic and exceeding 95 percent, have been recognized valid.
21:27, 16 October 2008
Georgia is happy with UN Court's decision, Russia doubts its competence
Tina Burdzaliani, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, has stated that the decision on provisional measures in defence of the rights of the population of Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia passed by the International Court is just what Georgia had wanted, when filed its claim to the major judicial body of the United Nations. Russia asserts that this Court has no jurisdiction to pass decisions on this claim.
News
Azerbaijani politicians called on Iran to explain itself after the drone attack.

A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

Peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia have led to a lull on the border between the two countries.

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.