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22:10, 24 September 2010
People's Party of South Ossetia demands to extend passport exchange term till two years
The People's Party of South Ossetia is concerned about the statement of President Eduard Kokoity about the deadline set up for citizens of South Ossetia in changing their passports: it is planned to terminate the procedure next year, while the Party demands to prolong the term. The statement of the Party notes that the passport exchange campaign was conceived with the aim to deprive the citizens viewed as dangerous for the authorities of their citizenship and, accordingly, of their suffrage.
22:00, 24 September 2010
Lukin asks GPO to check data about attacks on women without headscarves in Chechnya
Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has addressed his letter to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) asking to investigate the facts of attacks on women, who appear in the streets without headscarves. The GPO says that they have not received Mr Lukin's letter yet, while Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman in Chechnya, rejects any attacks on women in his republic whatsoever.
21:00, 24 September 2010
Polish Public prosecutor's office appealed against Ahmed Zakaev's release
The Warsaw district Public prosecutor's office has appealed against the verdict of the court which had refused temporary arrest of Ahmed Zakaev, emissary of Chechen separatists, Monica Levandovskaya, press secretary of the office, reported on September, 23.
20:00, 24 September 2010
Director of a village school murdered in Dagestan
The Ministry of Interior Affairs reported that in the evening of September, 23, the director of the secondary school No 45 in the settlement of Shamkhal, Kirovsky district of Makhachkala, was killed.
19:00, 24 September 2010
The man who had attempted at Isa Yamadaev declared his innocence in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
On September, 23, Khawaji Yusupov, native of Chechnya, sentenced to eight and a half years of imprisonment for his attempt at Isa Yamadaev, brother of Ruslan Yamadaev, ex-deputy of State Duma, and Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of "Vostok" battalion, declared his innocence in court.
18:00, 24 September 2010
Four people killed during a special operation in Dagestan
The active stage of a special operation in the village of Kirovaul, Kizyl-Yurt district of Dagestan, where a group of armed people was blocked in a private house has been accomplished. According to preliminary information reported by our source in law enforcement bodies of the republic, four gunmen were killed, a woman among them.
23:50, 23 September 2010
IRFS calls Obama to discuss freedom of expression in Azerbaijan with Aliev
The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) of Azerbaijan sent a letter to US President Barack Obama in the context of his forthcoming meeting on September 24 with President Ilham Aliev at the 65th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
23:40, 23 September 2010
Volgograd doctors report decline in WNE cases
The Volgograd Region, which had registered most of the cases of the West Nile Encephalitis (WNE), sees a decline in morbidity. However, this year was especially complicated. According to the latest data, the total number of WNE patients in Russia has reached 480.
23:30, 23 September 2010
Former Armenian official is under threat of 5 years in prison for breaking US legislation
Akop Ovannisyan, former employee of Armenia's consulate in Los Angeles, arrested one year ago in the USA on charges of forging documents, has pled guilty at the trial. The US legislation stipulates up to 5 years of imprisonment for this crime.
23:20, 23 September 2010
Chechnya: UFSIN employee suspected of bribe-taking
The prosecutor's office of Chechnya has initiated a criminal case against the head of one of the divisions of the Department of the Federal Correction Service (known as UFSIN), detained for extorting bribes from conditional convicts.
23:10, 23 September 2010
Two militiamen killed in a skirmish in Dagestan
According to the latest data, when a car was shelled in the Kazbek District of Dagestan, two militiamen were lost, another one and a local resident were hospitalized.
23:00, 23 September 2010
SC of Kabardino-Balkaria rejects defence's arguments in favour of release of defendants in Nalchik attack case
The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, which has extended today by other three months the custody of 57 defendants in the case dealing with the militants' attack on Nalchik in October 2005, believes that the grounds to keep them behind bars have not changed.
Einullah Fatullaev. Photo by www.azadliq.org
22:30, 23 September 2010
Prosecutor's Office of Baku rejects reconciliation with journalist Fatullaev
Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku, chaired by Elnur Gasanov, held a preparatory session on the claim of the convicted journalist Einullah Fatullaev against the Baku City Prosecutor's Office.
22:10, 23 September 2010
Abkhazian public condemn attempt on Vice-President Alexander Ankvab
The political board of the political movement "Amtsakhara" of veterans of the 1992-1993 people's war of Abkhazia condemns the attempt on Vice-President Alexander Ankvab.
South Ossetia, Leningor. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:00, 23 September 2010
In near future, entrance to Leningor District, South Ossetia, will be paid
The migratory service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO) is preparing to introduce dues for crossing the Georgian-Ossetian border for foreign citizens. Militia Colonel Soslan Tigiev, head of the migratory control of the MIA of the RSO, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
21:00, 23 September 2010
SC upholds verdict to attempter on Isa Yamadaev
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has upheld the verdict to Khavazhi Yusupov, who was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for the attempt in May 2009 on Isa Yamadaev, a brother of assassinated ex-deputy of the State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev and ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev.
20:00, 23 September 2010
"Soldiers' Mothers of Petersburg" protest against dispatch of their sons to Dagestan for military service
In September the non-governmental organization "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" held a series of solitary piquets near the command headquarters of interior forces in Petersburg as a sign of their protest against mass dispatch of conscripts to Dagestan.
19:00, 23 September 2010
Attempt at Alexander Ankvab, Vice-president of Abkhazia, was committed
Alexander Ankvab, Vice-president of Abkhazia, got wounded as a result of an attempt at him tonight.
18:00, 23 September 2010
European Committee against tortures and inhuman or humiliating treatment (ECAT): treatment with persons detained by the police in Georgia has improved
European Committee against tortures and inhuman or humiliating treatment (ECAT) welcomes the drastic steps taken by Georgian authorities for avoidance of cruel treatment, as it is emphasized in the report of ECAT.
18:00, 23 September 2010
34 Sochi residents fined for protest action
As reported by Svetlana Danelyan, leader of the initiative group of Vardane villagers, the participants of the protest action, which was dispersed by OMON (special militia) fighters on September 3, are still persecuted by militia and judicial instances.
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The expulsion of Sochi residents from Abkhazia for filming with the Georgian flag sparked a debate on Facebook*.

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Georgian authorities have responded to the idea of ​​launching trains from Russia via Abkhazia.

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.