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15:14, 2 March 2009
Musaev: complaint of the General Prosecutor's Office cannot cancel the verdict on Ploitkovskaya's case
The cassation complaint lodged by the Russian General Prosecutor's Office on cancellation of the "not guilty" verdict passed on the murder case of Anna Ploitkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", has today become available to the participants of the process. Murad Musaev, advocate of one of the acquitted persons, saw no grounds for cancelling the verdict in the complaint.
14:00, 2 March 2009
Kardanov's mother asserts that her son could not take part in attack on Nalchik
Mother of Murat Kardanov, who was first registered as a perished attacker on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, and then detained on December 30, 2008, in Zolukokoazhe village, asserts that her son could not be among the participants of the attack, since he was very sick and hid at home.
13:47, 2 March 2009
Head of Azerbaijani MIA recalls his claim against Leila Yunus
Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov has recalled his claim against Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD).
08:00, 2 March 2009
In Sochi, 144 families are rejected their housing rights
Residents of a 144-apartment block in Sochi can found themselves in the street overnight. While the authorities refuse registering their rights for real estate, referring to the fact that the house has not been commissioned, the apartments are registered to other people.
07:00, 2 March 2009
Ingushetia: grenade thrown into the yard of Public Prosecutor's assistant
In Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons threw a grenade into the yard of the household belonging to Hussein Sakalov, assistant pf the Public Prosecutor of the Republic.
23:11, 1 March 2009
Dozens of thousands came to opposition rally in Armenia
Today, the capital of Armenia hosted a rally of the opposition dated to the first anniversary of the tragic events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, when at dispersal of a peaceful demonstration 10 persons were lost. By different estimates, the rally brought together from 50 to 60 thousand persons.
21:00, 28 February 2009
Editor-in-Chief of "Chernovik": Aliev detained in Dagestan was tortured
An advocate is still not admitted to Ahmed Aliev, detained on February 21 in the course of a special operation conducted in the capital of Dagestan. Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint), asserts that it is done deliberately, to hide the fact of torturing him.
20:10, 28 February 2009
Mayor of Kalmykia's capital is left at large on bail
The Elista City Court has rejected the petition of the inquiry to extend the custody of Radiy Burulov, Mayor of the capital of Kalmykia, and left him at large on bail.
17:00, 28 February 2009
Three persons wounded in attempt on militia head in Ingushetia
Today in the morning, at an attempt on Magomed Evloev, head of the criminal militia of Sunzha ROVD of Ingushetia, three persons suffered: Evloev himself, a ROVD employee Rashid Evloev and driver Dzangiev. The latter is in a grave condition, as reported the press service of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia.
15:00, 28 February 2009
Ferry line "Kavkaz-Varna" commissioned
Today, the railway ferry line between the Russian port "Kavkaz" and Bulgarian port "Varna" was opened. The railway ferry named "Vanguard" carrying 40 tank-cars filled with industrial oil left the Russian port in the morning and shaped its course to Bulgaria.
13:00, 28 February 2009
Abkhazia is interested in accommodating Russian military bases
In the near future, an agreement will be signed defining the mandate of the Russian military base in Abkhazia, as Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, having emphasized the interest of the Abkhazian party.
12:00, 28 February 2009
Georgia accuses South Ossetia of kidnapping four persons
Four residents of Georgia were kidnapped today by an armed criminal grouping in the Karel District of Georgia near the administrative border with South Ossetia. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia, while its South-Ossetian counterpart, in its turn, has refuted this information.
10:00, 28 February 2009
Azerbaijani reaction to DoS' report: human rights activists confirm, authorities refute
The report of the US Department of State (DoS) on the situation with human rights has caused an ambiguous reaction in Azerbaijan. The human rights activists, polled by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, have agreed with the report's estimates, while the authorities refute the DoS' data.
05:00, 28 February 2009
Azerbaijan doubles its military contingent in Afghanistan
On February 27, additional staff of 45 Azerbaijani military peacemakers left for Afghanistan. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Eldar Sabiroglu, head of the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan.
03:00, 28 February 2009
Co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE Group to negotiate in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
The visit to the region of the Karabakh conflict of co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE Group Yuri Merzlyakov, Bernard Fussier and Matthew Brayza will continue, after their meetings in Baku, with negotiations in Yerevan and Stepanakert.
23:00, 27 February 2009
Abkhazia denies categorically deportation of Georgians out of Gali District
Abkhazia refutes the news about eviction of 50 Georgian families out of the Gali District, which was promulgated by the Georgian MIA.
"Neva-Express" train (source: http://poezd-kupe.ru)
22:00, 27 February 2009
Investigation of explosion of "Neva-Express" train over: nobody found guilty
The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) has finished its inquiry into the case of blowing up, in August 2007, of the "Neva-Express" train. The materials of the case have been sent to the General Prosecutor's Office for approval of the bill of particulars, as Alexander Bastrykin, head of the ICPO, told to the Collegium of the General Prosecutor's Office on February 25.
21:00, 27 February 2009
Georgian police disperses rally in Tbilisi
Today, the Georgian police have dispersed a rally of the youth political movement named "November 7", whose members tried to block traffic in Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
20:00, 27 February 2009
Moscow: over 60 persons hold picket in Markelov's and Baburova's memory
In central Moscow, in Prechistenskie Vorota Square, about sixty picketers are holding their action in memory of advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova, murdered by a gunman on January 19 just several metres off the place of today's action. Today is 40 days after the murder.
19:00, 27 February 2009
Armenian police has no fears about the rally forthcoming on March 1
There are no concerns with the police as to the rally to be held on March 1; the law enforcement bodies are sure that "people will calmly come to the rally and pay tribute to last year's casualties." This was stated by Alik Sarkisyan, Chief of the Police of the Republic of Armenia, in a press conference on February 27.
News
A court in Kaspiysk confiscated a local resident's car.

An ambulance doctor is under investigation after the death of a child in Makhachkala.

Flooding in the village of Adilyotar. March 30, 2026. Photo: Dagestan Central Control Center https://t.me/israfilof2_0/613 Villagers in Dagestan demanded that the banks of the Aktash River be reinforced.

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.