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Parliament of Ingushetia vests Yunus-Bek Evkurov with the authority of republic's president. Nazran, 31.10.2008. Photo from the official website of the Republic of Ingushetia (http://www.ingushetia.ru)
22:40, 28 March 2011
"Dosh" magazine: in Ingushetia Evkurov is trusted less than Zyazikov was
The Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh" held a social poll in Ingushetia, asking the population about their attitude to the former and current heads of the republic. The question was worded as follows: "Who do you trust more: Ruslan Aushev, Murat Zyazikov or Yunus-Bek Evkurov?"
22:40, 28 March 2011
"Rosstat": according to 2010 census, NCFD has highest Russia's population growth
The regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) showed the greatest increase in population in the period from 2002 to 2010. As indicated in the preliminary results of Census-2010, published by the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal State Statistic Service), the number of residents here has increased up to 9.49 million, or by 6.3 percent under the overall decline of the population of the Russian Federation within this period by 1.6 percent (by 2.2 million).
22:30, 28 March 2011
Azerbaijan: GPO refused to open case on Bakhtiyar Gadjiev's beating
The preliminary investigation of the case of oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, who was arrested on March 4 in the city of Gandzha, is over. Although the investigation has accused the young man of evasion from military service, his lawyers and human rights activists believe that Bakhtiyar is persecuted for political reasons. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) refused to open a criminal investigation into his beating by the police.
22:20, 28 March 2011
Turkey fines writer who spoke about Armenians' massacres
The Nobel Prize Laureate, novelist Orhan Pamuk, who raised the issue of Armenians' genocide in his speeches, was found guilty of insulting the Turkish nation and will have to pay a serious fine.
22:10, 28 March 2011
Ingushetia: militants' base bombed, many casualties
According to preliminary estimates, 17 persons have been killed in an air attack on the militants' base in Ingushetia. As reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), after the operation power agents accused two detainees of preparing the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport.
21:00, 28 March 2011
Rally of People's Party held in Armenia
The People's Party of Armenia is striving to become an alternative oppositional political force, its chairman Tigran Karapetyan said today at a rally. The party leader again accused the Armenian authorities of their anti-people policy, which has led to mass migration.
20:00, 28 March 2011
Chechen authorities deny purchasing expensive cars for a special sub-unit
The authorities of Chechnya spread a statement denying having purchased Premium class cars for a recently formed sub-unit "Riot squad special battalion "Grozny". The fact of this purchase became public thanks to Rustem Adagamov (drugoi), one of the most well-known Russian bloggers, who posted photos of the cars in his LiveJournal.
19:00, 28 March 2011
A serviceman of Interior troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation killed in Dagestan
A contract duty serviceman of Interior troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation was killed tonight in his house in Kizlyar, Dagestan.
18:00, 28 March 2011
A court in Tbilisi sentenced seven detained oppositionists to fines and arrest
Three participants of an oppositional action in defense of the detainees' rights in the capital of Georgia have been sentenced by the court to an administrative arrest, four others will have to pay a fine to a sum of 400 lari (about 230 dollars).
23:00, 26 March 2011
Video made in Dagestan shows doctors' misbehaviour at surgery
A video was filmed in Dagestan showing a surgeon operating a woman under the general anaesthesia, who is dancing, laughing and quitting the room in the course of surgery.
22:00, 26 March 2011
Magomed Khazbiev released from custody in Ingushetia
The civil activist Magomed Khazbiev, who was arrested after dispersal of the protest action against violent disappearances in Nazran, is now back at large, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
21:00, 26 March 2011
Ex-head of Criminal Search of Armenia is under threat of 2-6 years of imprisonment
Major- General Ovannes Tamamyan, ex-head of the Chief Department of the Criminal Search of the Police of Armenia, is accused of abuse of power duties. The officer is under threat of imprisonment for the term of 2-6 years. On March 24, the Court of Yerevan ruled to arrest him for tow months.
House in Kurskaya Street of Astrakhan flooded by groundwater, March 20, 2011. Photo by Sergey Kozhanov
20:00, 26 March 2011
Astrakhan: ground water gets into townspeople's houses
In the central districts of Astrakhan, the ground water is flooding the yards and houses of local residents; the reason is in worn-out engineering utilities, absence of the storm water drainage system and location of ground water close to the surface.
19:00, 26 March 2011
Mudflow leaves Tskhinvali without water
As a result of an accident at the water main Edis-Tskhinvali, which was caused by a mudflow, the capital of South Ossetia remained without water.
18:00, 26 March 2011
Suspect of murdering a boxer in North Ossetia rejects his guilt
In Vladikavkaz, a charge was presented to Soslan Abaev, 30, detained on suspicion of murdering Khetag Kozaev, World Youth Champion in boxing. Abaev rejects his guilt and refuses to evidence.
17:00, 26 March 2011
Oppositional journalist abducted and beaten in Azerbaijan
Today at night, Seimur Khaziev, 29, an observer of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) and a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was kidnapped and beaten. Currently, he is back at large.
16:00, 26 March 2011
In North Ossetia, group of cyclists join "Earth Hour" action
Activists of the Mozdok branch of the All-Russian Bicycle Movement "Rusvelos" took part in the annual action "Earth Hour", held today by the World Wildlife Fund with the aim to promote a transition to more ecology friendly lifestyle.
15:00, 26 March 2011
At detention, resident of Kabardino-Balkaria threw a grenade at policemen
In the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, when law enforcers tried to stop his car, a local resident threw a grenade at them. The grenade blew up, but hurt nobody.
"Gloria" Children's Choreographic Ensemble, 2011. Photo by the Press Service of the President and Government of Karachay-Cherkessia: www.kchr.info
14:00, 26 March 2011
Ensemble from Karachay-Cherkessia wins international festival in Paris
The children's choreographic ensemble "Gloria" from Karachay-Cherkessia took the first place at the 4th International Festival in France "PARIS, JE T'AIME!" (I love you, Paris), the final round of which took place on March 24.
23:50, 25 March 2011
Authority officials and public activists prepare report on visiting Nalchik SIZO
Representatives of power bodies and power organizations, who reacted to complaints of the defendants figuring in the case on the attack on Nalchik in 2005 and visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison), located in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), are drafting a special report based on talks with detainees and examination of their custody conditions.
News
A Georgian citizen detained by security forces in South Ossetia has been released.

Valeria Kichigina. Screenshot from the Telegram account @valerafzlln. A Russian journalist has been convicted for reporting on the results of the Five-Day War.

The death of Ossetian combatants has attracted the attention of Georgian Facebook users*

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.