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10:00, 21 March 2009
Social poll: war is the most dreadful thing for Georgians
The greatest fear for the population of Georgia is the war. This is the result of the sociological study entitled "What is the topmost topic for Georgia?" conducted in the country by the "Gallup" American Company.
07:00, 21 March 2009
Strasbourg Court accepts Rostov miners' complaints to consideration
Over 30 miners from the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, received notifications from the European Court on Human Rights that their complaints related to privileges will be considered by the Court.
04:00, 21 March 2009
License on "Borzhomi" awarded to GG&MW Company
On March 20, the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia held an open auction for the general licence on extraction and bottling of the famous mineral water "Borzhomi". The license for the term of 25 years was awarded to the Georgian Glass and Mineral Water (GG&MW) Company.
Source: apsny.ge
02:00, 21 March 2009
Eleven candidates stand for Sochi Mayor
On March 20, the City Electoral Commission received notifications about intention to stand for the post of the Mayor of the city of Sochi from self-nominated candidates - entrepreneur Anatoly Parshin and unemployed resident of Sochi Yuri Danilevskiy. Thus, there are already 11 candidates to the post.
23:30, 20 March 2009
NGOs in Nagorno-Karabakh are dissatisfied with US DoS' formulations
A number of youth nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Nagorno-Karabakh made a joint statement on the report of the US Department of State (DoS) on respect of human rights in Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2008. The NGOs voice their protest against those points in the report, which, in their opinion, distort the essence of Karabakh conflict.
23:00, 20 March 2009
Four persons wounded in Grozny at attempt to arrest a suspected militant
Three law enforcers and a local resident were wounded in Grozny in an attempt of power agents to detain a suspected member of illegal armed formations (IAFs) yesterday, on March 19.
22:20, 20 March 2009
Advocate of Evloev, deceased owner of "Ingushetia.Ru", plans to complain to European Court
The advocate of the family of Magomed Evloev, deceased owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", will appeal against the decision of the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia, which had forbidden inquiring into the criminal case about his illegal arrest during which he was shot dead.
22:00, 20 March 2009
Resident of Dargo village kidnapped in Chechnya
On March 18, Lechi Mitkuev, a resident of mountain Dargo village, Vedeno District of Chechnya, was kidnapped by unidentified power agents. Local residents believe that the victim is kept in the base of one of subdivisions of local power agencies deployed in the neighbouring Nozhay-Yurt District.
21:10, 20 March 2009
At least 10 persons killed in armed clash in Dagestan
According to the latest data, in the armed clash with militants in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, four militaries were lost, three more wounded; at least six militants were liquidated. This was reported to journalists by Magomed Ismailov, Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan.
20:00, 20 March 2009
SC of Kabardino-Balkaria rejects the challenge of prosecutor in Nalchik attack case
Today, at the session of the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria on the criminal case on the events on October 13, 2005, the court has rejected the defendants' petition challenging Olga Chibinyova, head of the prosecution group, and a number of other public prosecutors. The court has extended the custody of all 58 defendants by three months more.
19:00, 20 March 2009
In Armenia, commander of internal troops dismissed because of March 1, 2008, events
A number of top officials responsible for the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan were dismissed from the law-enforcement system of Armenia. This was reported to the session of the National Assembly by Ovannes Unanyan, deputy commander of the Police of the Republic of Armenia. Among those who lost their post are also the commander of internal troops and his deputy.
18:00, 20 March 2009
Four suspects of preparing terror act killed in central Makhachkala
Today in Makhachkala special agents have shelled a car with, presumably, members of a subversive and terrorist group inside, who refused to surrender and opened fire on militiamen.
23:40, 19 March 2009
Bakradze: Tbilisi is ready to dialogue with Sukhumi and Tskhinvali
The official Tbilisi is ready to hold dialogue with the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This was stated by David Bakradze, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, at today's meeting with students and academia of the Iliya Chavchavadze State University.
23:30, 19 March 2009
Allocation of land plots temporarily stopped in Sochi
Acting Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, who is in this post from January 20, has announced a temporary moratorium on allocation of land plots for real estate construction, including dwelling houses, having accused bureaucrats of corruption.
23:10, 19 March 2009
Casualties of combat collision in Kabardino-Balkaria identified
The personalities of today's casualties of the combat collision in the city of Baksan, Kabardino-Balkaria, have been established. A criminal case was initiated on the fact of rendering armed resistance to militiamen under the articles of "Illegal storage of arms" and "Attempt on life of a law enforcer".
23:00, 19 March 2009
Moscow court satisfies two claims of Dubrovka victims
The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has ruled to pay out some 130,000 roubles under two claims lodged by the victims of the terror act in Dubrovka against plundering hostages' belongings. However, the defence was dissatisfied with the ruling and plans to appeal against it.
Hearings about the attack on power structures in Kabardino-Balkaria on 19 March 2009 (photo of CK correspondent Luiza Orazaeva)
22:00, 19 March 2009
Defendants in Nalchik attack case challenge the head of prosecution group
Today, at the hearings about the attack on power structures in Kabardino-Balkaria, the defendants have petitioned challenge to Olga Chibinyova, head of the prosecution group, under the motive that this employee of the prosecutor's office "did everything to protract the trial not to admit formation of the board of jurymen."
21:10, 19 March 2009
North Ossetia commemorates victims of 1999 terror act
Today, people in North Ossetia paid tribute to the victims of the explosion in the Central Marketplace of Vladikavkaz in 1999. Then, as a result of a terror act, 54 persons were lost, more than 80 were wounded.
21:00, 19 March 2009
CEM&DT head: Azerbaijani referendum cannot be regarded democratic
Anar Mamedli, head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT), told journalists today that violations and deficiencies in the course of the referendum held on March 18 in Azerbaijan evidence it failed to meet European practice and cannot be regarded free and democratic.
20:00, 19 March 2009
In Ingushetia, human rights activists give different estimates to militants' amnesty
Ingush human rights activists find the intention of Ingushetia's authorities to hold peaceful dialogue with militants' helpers to be a stabilizing factor and think that the amnesty is necessary. At the same time, they assess the system of "pardoning", offered by the authorities, as difficult to implement and inefficient.
News
Flowers laid at the memorial to fascism victims in Krasnodar. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel "Protokol Krasnodar" on February 16, 2024 https://t.me/protokol_band/3894 Political analysts voice meaning of actions in memory of Alexei Navalny* for Southern Russia and countries of Caucasus

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 2-8, 2022

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.