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21:00, 1 January 2011
Three young men kidnapped in Ingushetia, one is not found yet, a local says
In the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, three young men have been kidnapped supposedly by power agents. Two of them came back home with bruises - results of beatings, while the fate of the third one is still unknown, runs the statement of Musa Khamkhoev, his father, addressed to the Ombudsman of Ingushetia and human rights activists.
19:00, 1 January 2011
Owners of "near-Olympic" housing facilities in Sochi will not be able to use them during the Games
The owners of the apartments in the city-resort of Sochi, located near the future Olympic objects, will be restricted in their rights to use their real estate property during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. In January-March 2014, their apartments will be handed over to the Sochi-2014 Organizing Committee.
18:00, 1 January 2011
Head of Maikop Forestry to face trial in Adygea
The Prosecutor's Office of Adygea has approved the indictment against Madzhit Khatukai, head of the Maikop Forestry. He is accused of negligence entailing damage to the state caused during the works in the territory of the Nature Monument "Upstream Sections of Pshekha and Pshekhashkha Rivers".
17:00, 1 January 2011
Five SFD ports to be put on sale in February and March
The "Rosimuschestvo" (Federal Property Management Agency) has announced auctions on a number of ports and shipping companies, including those located in the Southern Federal District (SFD): in Rostov-on-Don, Azov (Rostov Region), Tuapse and Eysk (Krasnodar Territory) and Volgograd.
Frame from the video appeal of a female resident of the Krasnodar Territory to Dmitri Medvedev. Screenshot of a clip from the website www.youtube.com
16:00, 1 January 2011
Residents of Krasnodar Territory make series of video appeals to Medvedev
On the eve of the New Year, in the evening on December 31, a total of 38 video appeals of residents of the Krasnodar Territory to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev under the title "Kuban - to Russian President" were posted on the Internet.
15:00, 1 January 2011
Student from Dagestan is M-1 World Champion
Movlid Khaibulaev, a 3rd year student of the North-Caucasian Branch of the Russian Law Academy under the Russian Ministry of Justice, located in Makhachkala, has become World Champion in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, or M-1) among adults in the 64 kg weight category.
14:00, 1 January 2011
Director General of "Maestro" Georgian TV Company resigns
Kakha Bekauri has left the post of Director General of the "Maestro" TV Company. According to his version, he took this decision to allow the founders to find some easier solution in their critical financial situation.
13:00, 1 January 2011
Head of Criminal Search of Untsukul ROVD shot dead in Dagestan
On the New Year night, an identified person shot dead from automatic firearms the Acting Head of the Criminal Search of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) of Dagestan.
23:00, 31 December 2010
Shein: errors due to which court in Astrakhan returned the case on beating journalists to prosecutor are favourable for defendant
The procedural errors in the criminal case on the attack of Rifkat Shabanov, Deputy of the Astrakhan Regional Duma, on journalists during the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan on October 11, 2009, could have been made deliberately by inspectors of the Russian ICPO for the Astrakhan Region. This was stated by Oleg Shein, Russian State Duma Deputy. In his opinion, any protraction is beneficial for the defendant.
22:10, 31 December 2010
In Sochi, human rights activist Basmanov to hold solo picket at the Administration
After the city administration refused to sanction the human rights defenders' "March of Dissent" within the Movement "Strategy-31", Sergey Basmanov, director of the organization to protect constitutional rights of citizens, said that at 6:00-8:00 p.m. he would hold a solo picket.
22:00, 31 December 2010
Azerbaijan: rewarding Ilham Aliev with "Journalists' Friend" Prize perceived differently
On December 29 in Baku, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev was decorated with the Prize "Journalists' Friend" for 2010, awarded by the Committee to Protect Journalists "RUH". It was ambiguously perceived by the journalistic community, politicians and civil society activists, who believe it illogical to reward the president, when the country has serious problems with the freedom of the press, and where pressure on media people.
21:00, 31 December 2010
Explosion in Ingushetia wounds shop owner
Today, in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, an explosion occurred near the wine and vodka shop; one person suffered.
20:00, 31 December 2010
Militiaman who tried to detain a suspect was heavily wounded in Ingushetia
On December 30, an operative agent from a special-purpose militia unit, deployed near Moscow, received serious traumas at detention of an offender in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia; this was reported by a source from local law enforcement bodies.
19:00, 31 December 2010
Mikhail Saakashvili pardons over 400 prisoners
By the New Year, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned 407 prisoners. This was stated at today's briefing by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, local Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Aid.
18:00, 31 December 2010
MfE believes "Narodnaya Gazeta" office in Sochi was set on fire
As reported by Vadim Ramazanov, deputy head for international activities of the city's department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the supposed reason of today's morning fire in the premises of "Narodnaya Gazeta" (People's Newspaper) in Sochi was arson; according to latest data, there were no casualties or victims.
Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, in the Garadag District Court of Baku, April 28, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 30 December 2010
Pardon decree has not solved problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, rights defenders assert
The decree to pardon 92 persons, signed by President of Azerbaijan, has not solved the problem of political prisoners in the country, local human rights activists believe. At the same time, Saida Godzhamanly, head of the Bureau of Human Rights and Law Defence, has positively assessed the decree from the standpoint of humanism.
23:00, 30 December 2010
Seven persons lost in road accident in Azerbaijan
Today, around 10:00 a.m., a heavy traffic accident happened in the Baku-Shamakhi Highway in Azerbaijan. Seven persons were killed and one person was injured.
22:50, 30 December 2010
Tsivas: closed trial on Kusaite's case is caused by reluctance to disclose links of Lithuanian secret services with Russian FSB
In the opinion of journalist Thomas Tsivas, who has been monitoring the case of the Lithuanian girl Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing terror act in Russia, from the very beginning, the decision of the court to hold sessions behind closed doors has to do with the fact that the state security agency of Lithuania does not want to reveal its relationships with the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) and uncover Lithuanian special agents.
22:40, 30 December 2010
Musa Pliev: authorities won't ensure security of Ingushes-migrants
The programme of resettling residents of Northern Caucasus reached Penza. Within the resettlement programme of labour-excessive population the region will receive several hundreds of Dagestanis and Ingushes.
Crater in the place of explosion of the suicide bomber's car near the Central Marketplace of Vladikavkaz, September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 30 December 2010
Inspectors break the rights of Daurbekov, suspected of Vladikavkaz terror act, advocate asserts
Khizar Daurbekov, a suspect of complicity in the explosion on September 9 in the marketplace of Vladikavkaz, where several dozens were lost, is still kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. His relatives and defender insist on his complete innocence and state gross violations of his rights in the course of investigatory actions.
News
The prosecution has requested a 12-year sentence for Yakub Belkhoroev in the embezzlement case.

The case of an Ingushetia resident accused of involvement in Gurazhev's group has reached court.

Two soldiers from Ingushetia were killed in the SVO zone.

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.