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18:15, 28 June 2008
USA calls on Azerbaijani authorities to ensure democratic elections
At the regular round of American-Azerbaijani democracy dialogue that was held on June 27 in Baku, David Kramer, assistant of the US State Secretary on democracy and human rights, called the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure democratic character of the forthcoming presidential election.
17:10, 28 June 2008
Ruslan Yamadaev: authorities of Chechnya unfold campaign against "Vostok" commander
The government of Chechnya has launched a PR-campaign against Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion with the aim to conceal their own crimes. This was stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ruslan Yamadaev, Sulim Yamadaev's relative.
14:07, 28 June 2008
Irakliy Okruashvili's advocate asks France to shelter her son
Eka Beseliya, Secretary General of the Party "For United Georgia" and advocate of Irakliy Okruashvili, Party leader, is going to address the French Embassy for providing political asylum to her son Rati Milorava who is 15.
13:58, 28 June 2008
New rallies against kidnappings possible in Dagestan
According to Gyulnara Rustamova, an activist of the public movement "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", new protest actions organized by relatives of missing or murdered persons cannot be excluded.
12:53, 28 June 2008
In Azerbaijan, journalist Ismailoglu fears arrest on false charges
The well-known Azerbaijani journalist Makhal Ismailoglu, who was detained on June 27 and then released after many hours of interrogation by the police of the Apsheronsk District of Baku, is convinced that the authorities want to arrest him on false charges for his critical publications.
12:48, 28 June 2008
Bagapsh: Abkhazia will never be part of Georgia again
According to Abkhazian President Sergey Bagapsh, whatever the balance of political forces in the international arena may be, Abkhazia will never be a part of Georgia again.
10:43, 28 June 2008
MPs of Chechnya vote for their self-dissolution
On June 27, at their joint session, deputies of both chambers of Chechen parliament have voted for their self-dissolution. The work of the first convocation of the parliament will continue till the election of new deputies to take place, possibly, this October.
12:49, 27 June 2008
CPJ claims lack of independent TV news in Georgia
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has disseminated a statement related to the stop of information broadcasting by the "Mze" Independent TV Channel.
12:45, 27 June 2008
Residents of six Dagestan villages demand compensation of damage caused by construction of Irganay HPP
Residents of six villages of Dagestan, whose land estates are gradually flooded as the reservoir of the Irganay Hydroelectric Power Plant (IHPP) is formed, demand compensation for their loss of land and houses. Additionally, the population complains of being intimidated by the authorities, who try to hide the problem from the public.
12:11, 27 June 2008
Defender of Azerbaijanis' rights assassinated in Iran
Afshin Irfan Khosroshakhi, a human rights activist who was engaged in defending the rights of Azerbaijanis living in Iran, was found murdered in his own office.
12:08, 27 June 2008
Relatives of missing people rallying at prosecutor's office of Dagestan
In Makhachkala, near the building of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, relatives of two young men, who had been kidnapped, as they assert, by employees of law enforcement bodies, have organized a spontaneous rally and blocked the traffic in the Yaragskiy Avenue.
11:56, 27 June 2008
Azerbaijani democrats state absence of conditions for free elections
The democratic forces of Azerbaijan believe that the country has no conditions for free elections. This was stated today during the Civil Forum held in the Baku-based Hotel "Europe" under the motto "On Situation with Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Azerbaijan before Presidential Election".
11:53, 27 June 2008
Another oppositional journalist detained in Azerbaijan
Today, in the capital of Azerbaijan, the police have detained the well-known journalist Makhal Ismailoglu. According to certain data, his article in the newspaper was the cause of his arrest.
11:43, 27 June 2008
Rally in support of arrested MP held in the capital of Armenia
The court has ruled to extend for two more months the custody term of Akop Akopyan, Deputy of Armenian Parliament, who had supported the leader of the opposition Levon Ter-Petrosyan and was deprived of his deputy's immunity after the March 1 events. A protest action in support of Akopyan was held in Yerevan.
14:10, 26 June 2008
Moscow Mayoralty informs parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria on measures of fighting xenophobia
The parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria has received an answer to their request to the Moscow Municipal Duma on the facts of attacks and murders in Moscow of natives of Kabardino-Balkaria committed in January-March of this year.
14:04, 26 June 2008
Kidnappers of Moscow resident detained in Chechnya
Employees of law enforcement bodies have detained a group of local residents suspected of kidnapping a lady-resident of Moscow in the Grozny District of Chechnya. A source in the interior bodies has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
13:57, 26 June 2008
Former militant from Salman Raduev's group surrenders in Chechnya
A local resident, 37, who for some time had been a fighter of the regiment of field commander Salman Raduev, has surrendered to employees of law enforcement bodies in the Oktiabrskiy District of the capital of Chechnya.
13:51, 26 June 2008
Hammerberg insists on Azerbaijan's obeying to PACE's guidelines
Thomas Hammerberg, Higher Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights, plans to visit Azerbaijan after the presidential election. Mr Hammerberg told about it in his conversation with a group of Azerbaijani journalists in Strasbourg.
13:47, 26 June 2008
HRC "Memorial" to present another chronicle of violence in Chechnya
On June 27, at a press conference in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" will present the fourth part of the violence chronicle in Chechnya entitled "People Live Here", dedicated to the period from July to September 2001.
13:44, 26 June 2008
PACE gives time to Armenia to fulfil all requirements of Resolution No. 1609
The PACE's Monitoring Commission has supported with its 24 votes the document on the progress in fulfilling the requirements of PACE's Resolution No. 1609. According to the new document, Armenia will have time till January 2009 to cope with all the requirements.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi. Photo: Publika Protesters in Tbilisi supported the demands of parents of children with Duchenne syndrome.

The body of a Georgian soldier has been delivered to Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika's photo from April 26, 2026. The participation of Georgian fighters in fighting in Ukraine has raised questions about their motivations.

Three candidates for the post of Catholicos of Georgia have been identified.

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.