All news

Homepage / All news

15:31, 21 April 2008

Armenian Parliament cancels recent amendments to the law on assemblies

The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Venetian Commission of the Council of Europe have welcomed the decision of National Assembly of Armenia to make changes in the Law "On Rallies, Marches and Demonstrations".

15:27, 21 April 2008

In Kabardino-Balkaria, prosecutors try to deprive Larissa Dorogova of the lawyer's status

On April 16, 2008, Khatu Zhigunov, President of the Bar of Kabardino-Balkaria, initiated disciplinary proceedings on termination of the lawyer's status of Larissa Dorogova.

15:20, 21 April 2008

NGO "Kartlosi" Friendship Bridge calls people to help the girl arrested in South Ossetia

The NGO "Kartlosi" Friendship Bridge is concerned that the authorities of South Ossetia are holding for five days in Tskhinvali in custody a girl of 20 named Yana Bestaeva-Kandelaki.

10:09, 19 April 2008

European Union calls Russia to give up supporting Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The European Union expresses serious concern because of Russia's intention to launch legal relations with non-recognized Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and calls Moscow not to undertake any steps in this direction. This is the topic of the statement of Slovenia, which is currently presiding in the EU.

10:07, 19 April 2008

Yamadaev's utterances about militia provoke Chechen MIA's indignation

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya is revolted with the statements about the Chechen militia, made yesterday, on April 18, by Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion.

10:04, 19 April 2008

Experts: Armenia waits for CE's help in solving legal problems

On April 17 the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a report on the situation in democratic institutes of Armenia.

09:59, 19 April 2008

HRC "Memorial": violations of human rights in Northern Caucasus continue

Northern Caucasus remains one of the poorest Russian regions from the viewpoint of respect of human rights. This is the conclusion of the report entitled "Situation in Northern Caucasus. Autumn 2007 - Spring 2008" of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", prepared for the regular round of EU-Russia consultations on human rights that took place on April 16 in Ljubljana.

14:02, 18 April 2008

Ali Babaev: situation with Azerbaijanis in Georgia is grave

The region named Kvemo-Kartli, inhabited by most of the Azerbaijanis living in Georgia, is in a very grave situation - both economically and morally. For this reason many residents are forced to leave Georgia.

13:59, 18 April 2008

Jury in the case on Kondopoga disorders acquits militiaman Vysokikh

Today, the jury has acquitted Victor Vysokikh, deputy head of the Public Security Militia of Karelia, accused of professional negligence in relation to mass disorders in Kondopoga in 2006.

13:57, 18 April 2008

In Azerbaijan, political scientist sentenced to four years of imprisonment

Rovshan Novruzoglu, an Azerbaijani political scientist and Director of the Centre for Fighting Corruption and International Terrorism, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment with serving the punishment in a general custody colony.

13:55, 18 April 2008

Putin orders to lift all visa restrictions for Georgian citizens

Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, has instructed the government to start consultations on admission of Georgian goods to the Russian market and on cancelling visa restrictions for citizens of Georgia.

13:49, 18 April 2008

HRC "Memorial": Chechnya's authorities under-fulfil what they had promised to human rights activists

The cooperation of the authorities of the Chechen Republic with human rights activists is not thus efficient as could be expected after the meeting on February 22 of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with representatives of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".

13:39, 18 April 2008

Ecologists ask to change the agenda of UNESCO mission to Krasnodar Territory and Adygea

Local ecologists think that the agenda of the Mission of the UNESCO's Centre of World Heritage and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in Krasnodar Territory and Adygea should be amended.

13:15, 18 April 2008

Armenia: GALA TV Company looks for place to install its antenna

In Armenia, the GALA TV Company looks for alternatives to restart broadcasting. Vaan Khachatryan, owner of the TV Company, has assured that GALA will surely find a new place for its sending antenna.

13:51, 17 April 2008

People in Kabardino-Balkaria approve Putin's instructions to support Abkhazia and South Ossetia

The public of Kabardino-Balkaria is positive towards the orders issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin on rendering subject support to Russian citizens living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

13:36, 17 April 2008

Parliament of Chechnya asks Russian MoD to disband "Vostok" battalion

Parliamentarians of the Chechen Republic ask Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian Minister of Defence, to disband the "Vostok" (East) special purpose battalion, or to replace its commander Sulim Yamadaev.

12:51, 17 April 2008

USA would not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state

The US State Department has reiterated that it does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh to be an independent state, but will continue its efforts towards peaceful settlement of the conflict.

12:48, 17 April 2008

In Azerbaijan, journalist Fatullaev is still in dungeon

Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, will remain in prison's dungeon till April 20.

12:45, 17 April 2008

GALA oppositional Armenian TV Channel stops broadcasting

In Armenia, the broadcasting of the oppositional GALA TV Company is stopped. On April 16, the court marshals dismantled its broadcasting equipment - they performed the decision of the Cassation Court of Armenia.

12:41, 17 April 2008

Dagestan prosecutors refuse to initiate criminal case against founder of "Nastoyascheye Vremya" newspaper

The Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for Dagestan has failed to find any crime elements in the actions of Rizvan Rizvanov, the founder of the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), and decided not to open a criminal case against him.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 3043 3044 3045 … 3384 3385

Next article ⟶

News

A paraglider was injured in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have cancelled mass events on May 9.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

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

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

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

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.