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09:00, 19 December 2009
Pilgrims from Kabardino-Balkaria are happy with organization of hadj
The pilgrims, who made their hadj to the sacred places in Saudi Arabia, have returned to Kabardino-Balkaria. Amerbi Gegraev, head of the group, which went to Mecca by bus, said that the hadj was held at a high level, practically without any problems.
Armenia, Yerevan. Edgar Mougnetsian for "Caucasian Knot"
08:00, 19 December 2009
Armenia has 90,000 poor people more
Along with the economic recession, Armenia sees a significant growth of poverty. The count of poor population in the country has increased by 90,000 persons, or by 3 percent as compared with last year. This was reported to journalists by Aristomene Varudakis, representative of the World Bank in Armenia.
04:00, 19 December 2009
Mukhu Aliev: 150 militants liquidated this year in Dagestan
As reported by President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev on December 17 in Makhachkala at the sitting dated to the Day of Security Services, marked on December 20, from the start of 2009 in Dagestan 150 militants were liquidated, including 5 foreign mercenaries. 108 members of the armed underground and their helpers were detained.
Utrish. Photo by www.save-utrish.ru
23:50, 18 December 2009
Ecologists of "Live Utrish" fight for preservation of "Abraus" nature reserve in Krasnodar Territory
The interregional public ecological organization "Live Utrish" sees no sense in the All-Russian protest action, planned on December 26-27, in defence of the "Bolshoi Utrish" nature reserve, announced by the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus. This was stated by Marina Korovina, coordinator of the "Live Utrish". According to her version, now the organization is worried with the state of affairs in another nature reserve - "Abraus".
23:40, 18 December 2009
Baranov: threats and discrediting of "Young Europe" continue in Rostov
The pressure on the regional branch of the all-Russian organization "Young Europe" in Rostov-on-Don gets stronger; now they try to add the "national issue" to persecution; and threats arrive on behalf of the Caucasian Diaspora. This was stated by the head of branch Konstantin Baranov.
Ingushetia. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:30, 18 December 2009
Investigation: car explosion in Ingushetia was aimed against Maksharip Aushev's widow
The aim of blowing up the car committed yesterday in Ingushetia was supposedly Fatima Dzhanieva, widow of the assassinated earlier Maksharip Aushev. This version was announced by the investigation.
23:20, 18 December 2009
In Poland, natives of Chechnya, who captured the train, threaten to commit suicide
The Polish police have addressed the court of the city of Zgorzelec for a sanction to arrest several natives of the Caucasus, who have captured the train Wroclaw-Dresden. Should a criminal case be initiated, three refugees will get under threat of up to three years of imprisonment.
23:00, 18 December 2009
Investigation believes that terror act in Nazran was revenge to power agents
Under the preliminary version of the investigation, Batyr Dzhaniev, 23, who blew up his car on December 17 at the road police sentry post in Nazran, took revenge on power agents for the death of his mother.
22:00, 18 December 2009
In Ingushetia, Maksharip Aushev's relatives assert that power agents are guilty of his widow's death
The relatives of Maksharip Aushev believe that the charges of the Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia of terrorism in relation to his family were caused by the desire to hide the circumstance of the deaths of the oppositionist and his wife.
21:00, 18 December 2009
European Parliament passes resolution "On Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan"
On December 16, the European Parliament passed the resolution entitled "On Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan" and giving a critical estimate to the situation in the country with the freedom of speech and self-expression.
20:00, 18 December 2009
Armenia: political prisoner Mikaelyan successfully operated on
On December 16, political prisoner Sasun Mikaelyan, who was transferred on the eve because of his poor health condition from the prison to the medical centre "Armenia", underwent a successful surgery. The danger that threatened his life is now some 80 percent less. Journalists were told about it by Avetik Minasyan, Mikaelyan's attending physician.
19:00, 18 December 2009
Expert from Armenia tells beginning bloggers of Nagorno-Karabakh about information wars
Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in information safety and a well-known blogger from Armenia, held a seminar in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh on the topic "Artsakh and Armenia in Information War: Blogs and Social Networks".
From left to right: a political scientist Alexander Kynev, a member of Carnegie Endowmwnt scientific counsil Nikolay Petrov, the Paronama centre expert Grigoriy Belonuchkin. Presentation of Alexander Kynev's book "Elections of Parliaments of Russian Regions in 2003-2009" in Moscow Carnegie Endowment. December 17, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 18 December 2009
Alexander Kynev and his book on election problems in Russian regions
Introduction of elections under party lists leads in Russian regions to a serious impingement of citizens' election rights. Ingushetia is in the lead in this aspect. This is the conclusion made by Alexander Kynev, a political scientist and expert of the association in defence of voters' rights named "Golos" (Vote), in his 500-page book "Elections of Parliaments of Russian Regions in 2003-2009".
23:50, 17 December 2009
KBR to introduce the post of Children's Ombudsman
By his decree of December 15, Arsen Kanokov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) founded the post of Children's Ombudsman in his republic.
23:40, 17 December 2009
In Nakhichevan, civil society activists state violation of their rights
In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, three activists of the civil society state encroachment on their right to fair trial, since local law enforcers refused to accept their complaint of beating.
23:20, 17 December 2009
Farmanyan: appeal of Armenian MPs is not enough to pardon Mikaelyan
The appeal of parliamentarians to President of Armenia asking him to pardon oppositionist Sasun Mikaelyan, sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment, is not a legal document. This was stated by Samvel Farmanyan, press secretary of the head of Armenia, in his comments on the MPs' open letter.
23:00, 17 December 2009
Former IC inspector for North Ossetia states corruption in the republic
Felix Tsokov, a former inspector of the Investigatory Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation for North Ossetia, has accuses the managers of the "Electrozink" of corruption. He did it in his video appeal, placed in the web site of Major Alexei Dymovskiy.
Saudi Arabia, the encampment for pilgrims in the territory of Mina. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 17 December 2009
Nazaraliev: hadj pilgrimage is deliberately overpriced in Russia
Islam Nazaraliev, deputy head of the Russian hadj-mission and attache of the General Consulate of Russia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2004-2008, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the prices on making for Russian Moslems are growing disproportionate to the objective economic conditions.
22:00, 17 December 2009
RSO: Georgian human rights activists visit their imprisoned fellow countrymen
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a group of Georgian human rights defenders - Paata Zakareishvili, Manana Mebuke and Vakhtang Komakhidze - arrived in the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO), where they met David Sanakoev, Ombudsman under the President of the RSO. Later, they were received by President Eduard Kokoity.
Sochi. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 17 December 2009
City Council at Sochi Mayor promises not to hurry with approval of RLUD
On December 16, after the public hearings held in four Sochi districts on the draft "Rules of Land Use and Development of Sochi" (RLUD), a meeting was organized of the members of the public entity named "Town-Planning Board of Sochi", headed by architect Olga Kozinskaya, with the counterpart - City Council at Sochi Mayor, headed by architect Ovanes Zadikyan.
News
Ingush natives sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Moscow terror attack case

A verdict has been handed down for those involved in the torture of Caucasian nationals in a Saratov prison hospital.

On the anniversary of the crash, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport confirmed external damage to the AZAL plane.

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.