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20:30, 28 June 2011
Gas explosion in Vladikavkaz was caused by improper use or defective equipment, experts say
Eyewitnesses of the blast that occurred at a wedding party in Vladikavkaz on June 25 say that the explosion was strong and totally unexpected. Experts believe that the cause of the incident could be in improper use or defective gas cylinder. The total number of victims of the blast is 55, including 6 children; the condition of 20 of them is grave.
20:00, 28 June 2011
In Dagestan, follower of Turkish theologian complains against his verdict
Associates of Ziyavdin Dapaev, one of the followers of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, who was found guilty in Dagestan of organizing an extremist organization named "Nurdzhular", wrote an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev asking for help. Dapaev himself filed an appeal complaint against his sentence.
19:00, 28 June 2011
Dagestan: mother of teenager beaten by policemen complains of pressure
The mother of the teenager, who was beaten in June 2009 by employees of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division) of Dagestan, said that she and her son were forced to sign papers that the suffered party had no claims to two out of the three defendants. The defendants themselves, who had lodged a cassation complaint against their sentence, deny the fact of pressure, insisting on their innocence on the case.
18:00, 28 June 2011
Natives of Chechnya accused of disorders in Zelenokumsk go on hunger strike
Three brothers and natives from Chechnya – Magomed, Issa and Ayub Gafurov, whose participation in the conflict with Cossacks in Zelenokumsk in November 2010 is considered by the court, went on hunger strike, Natalia Shamra, press-secretary of the Soviet District Court of the Stavropol Territory, reported today.
17:00, 28 June 2011
Another suspect of beating journalist and rights defender detained in Azerbaijan
So far, law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan refrain from comments on possible motives for the beating on June 15 in Baku of the American journalist Amanda Erickson and British human rights defender Celia Davis, despite detention of three suspects of committing this crime.
14:00, 28 June 2011
“The New Rights” and “Christian Democrats” in Georgia left the “oppositional octad”
Two parties in Georgia which insisted on joint negotiations with the ruling party on revision of Electoral code of the country left the “oppositional octad”. “Christian Democrats” and “The New Rights” decided to sign an agreement on electoral issues with the ruling party “United National Movement”.
13:00, 28 June 2011
Public Committee: Azamat Ahkumbekov’s prison conditions in the investigative isolation ward of Nalchik are fatal for his health
Prison conditions of Azamat Ahkumbekov, defendant on the case of an attack at Nalchik on October, 13, 2005, may be seriously be injurious to his health. This was a conclusion of Public Committee of Control over institutions of confinement in Kabardino-Balkaria after a visit to the investigative isolation ward of the capital of the republic.
08:00, 28 June 2011
The case of explosions in Volgograd in April referred to court
Investigation of the criminal case against a resident of Astrakhan accused of preparation and committing explosions near the buildings of State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and the Academy of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Volgograd this April “on the grounds of ideological hate” has been accomplished.
23:00, 27 June 2011
Rally of blondes to be held in Sochi on July 23
The first All-Russian rally of blondes will take place in Sochi on July 23. Its programme includes parade of blondes and laying a stone into foundation of the first Russian restaurant for blondes to be built there.
22:00, 27 June 2011
In Armenia, editor-in-chief of "Iravunk" finds MP Arzakantsyan's lawsuit groundless
The campaign unleashed against the media by the deputy from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Tigran Arzakantsyan is discrediting the understanding of the freedom of speech, said Ovannes Galadjyan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper named "Iravunk" (Law), who treated the MP's lawsuit as absurd and groundless.
21:30, 27 June 2011
Moscow: condition of gas explosion victims from Vladikavkaz is grave
As of 8 p.m. on June 27, Moscow clinics kept 12 victims of the explosion of the gas cylinder in Vladikavkaz. All of them with burn injuries were hospitalized to resuscitation wards of the clinics.
20:30, 27 June 2011
Georgian NGOs demand investigation of dispersal of oppositional rally on May 26
The Georgian NGOs "Priority of Human Rights" and "Network of Caucasian Women" have addressed their special statement to the Chief Public Prosecutor of Georgia, demanding to investigate the use of excessive force by the police in the course of the crackdown of the oppositional rally on May 26, 2011.
20:00, 27 June 2011
Dagestan hosts celebrations for orphans
Today, on the Day of Youth, festivities for orphans were organized in Makhachkala by the Public Movement "Dagestan without Orphans".
19:00, 27 June 2011
Russian MIA sets up 7000-strong unit to fight militants in Dagestan
As stated today by Rashid Nurgaliev, the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), at the operative meeting with the top managers of the Chief Department of his Ministry for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and for Dagestan, the local militants will be fought against by a special grouping of 7000 MIA employees.
18:00, 27 June 2011
Rostov Region: experts evidence at trial on recognition of publications of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist
The Salsk City Court in the Rostov Region has resumed the trial on recognizing of a number of materials of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist. The experts who spoke at the session believe that the defendants were promoting their religious exclusivity but add that it is common to all religions without exception.
17:00, 27 June 2011
150 houses flooded in Leningor District of South Ossetia
The value of losses caused by high water to the Leningor District of South Ossetia has not been calculated in monetary terms yet; however, according to preliminary data, the damage caused to flooded houses will make at least six million roubles. This figure was announced by Alan Dzhussoev, the head of the Leningor District.
16:00, 27 June 2011
Security Council of Ingushetia refutes data that Dokku Umarov is in local forests
The officials of the Security Council of the Republic of Ingushetia are categorically refuting the information that the leader of the North-Caucasian armed underground Dokku Umarov may be hiding in the Djeirakh District of the republic, as had been reported earlier by a source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya.
14:00, 27 June 2011
This year, Ingushetia to start building four factories
This year, Ingushetia plans to start construction of four enterprises, said the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov, in whose opinion Ingushetia is still subsidized by 90 percent from the federal budget.
13:00, 27 June 2011
About 40 people took part in a picket in protection of greenbelts of Krasnodar
On Saturday, June, 25, a picket in protection of greenbelts was held near municipal Concert hall of organ and chamber music of Krasnodar.
12:00, 27 June 2011
Members of the top bras believe Dokku Umarov is hiding himself in the mountains of Ingushetia
The power ministries of Chechnya consider that after undergoing a course of therapy in Turkey leader of North-Caucasian armed underground Dokku Umarov may be staying in the territory of Ingushetia.
News
Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Detention center. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.Ru. Natives of the Caucasus declared a hunger strike in a Taganrog pretrial detention center.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

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.