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Vadim Karastelev, the expert of Human rights committee of Novorossisk, the inscriprion on the poster says: "Freedom is not someting to give, it is something to take". Photo by Human rights committee of Novorossisk
23:00, 15 September 2009
Several NGOs stand in defence of NCHR in Krasnodar Territory
After the news appeared that the Prosecutor's Office of Novorossisk had sent a petition to the court on suspension of the activity of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights (NCHR), a number of Russian NGO voiced in defence of human rights defenders: AGORA, YURIX, MHG (Moscow Helsinki Group) and Foundation "Public Verdict". The Movement "For Human Rights" has made a statement; and another statement is prepared, which will be soon open for signing-in. This was reported by Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the NCHR.
Ingushetia, Nazran. Photo by http://venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich
22:40, 15 September 2009
Pavlov: war on corruption in Ingushetia should start with opening access to information
On the opinion of advocate and human rights defender Ivan Pavlov, director of the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), the war on corruption in Ingushetia should start with ensuring citizens' free access to about the operation of state bodies.
22:10, 15 September 2009
"Russian Newsweek": report of European commission on war in South Ossetia can be made secret
The special European commission set up for investigating into the circumstances of the last year's August conflict in the Caucasus plans to disclose the results of its studies quite soon. However, now, 9 months later, during which the commission has spent 1.6 million euros, there is a probability that the report will be made classified, the "Russian Newsweek" writes with reference to "well-informed sources."
22:00, 15 September 2009
Preliminary investigation on Estemirova's murder case extended
The preliminary investigation on the murder case of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova has been prolonged. According to the official version, there was no enough time to conduct all the pre-planned investigatory-operative actions, since "quite many problems have appeared."
21:00, 15 September 2009
Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation: Grozny suicide bomber identified
The terrorist-suicide bomber who committed the terror act on September 12 at the school building near the Bilimkhanov Stadium in Grozny has been identified. He was Aslanbek Dzhabrailov, born in 1986, a native of Elistanzhi village, Vedeno District of Chechnya. This was reported by Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.
Moscow, Independent press centre. From left to right: the coordinator of Europe and Middle Asia CPJ program - Nina Ognyanova, the member of the board of Children protection committee - Katie Marton (the 3d to the left) and Jean-Paul Martoze. September 15, 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 September 2009
CPJ: Northern Caucasus is a hazardous area and potentially dangerous topic for independent journalists
Today, the report of the international Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) "Anatomy of Impunity: Unsolved Murders of Journalists in Russia" was made public in Moscow; mostly, the report is on Northern Caucasus.
Abkhazia, Sukhum. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/photophoca, Vladimir Sokolov
19:00, 15 September 2009
Venezuela has officially recognized Abkhazia's independence
An official note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Venezuela about recognition of independence of the Republic of Abkhazia was served to the Abkhazian delegation, which is on its official visit to Venezuela. This was reported today by the press service of the MFA of Abkhazia.
18:00, 15 September 2009
City Court resumes litigation on mutiny in Mukhrovani military base
Yesterday, on September 14, the Tbilisi City Court considered the case on the so-called "Mukhrovani mutiny". 34 defendants have admitted their guilt of disobedience to the order of the commander of Mukhrovani battalion, when they refused to go out for preparing for the Georgia's Independence Day. Disobedience to the commander's order is punished under part 2, Article 316 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
23:40, 14 September 2009
Number of victims of human trafficking on the rise in Azerbaijan
Last year, the number of registered facts of trafficking in people in Azerbaijan was 394, and in the first six months of this year already 250 such cases were recorded. This was reported by Araz Babaev, senior operative officer of the MIA, at a seminar on the problems of trafficking in humans.
23:20, 14 September 2009
Flow of refugees from Georgia falls on Poland
Plenty of refugees from Georgia seek asylum in Poland. According to the Polish Department for Foreigners' Matters, every day about 100 citizens of Georgia apply for granting a refuge; they try to enter the country through the Polish-Belarus border check point in Terespol, a railway junction on the Polish side near Brest.
23:10, 14 September 2009
Residents of Ingushetia report kidnapping of two persons
Kidnappings continue in Ingushetia. On September 5, employees of some unknown power agencies kidnapped Magomed Oziev, 23, a resident of Nesterovskaya village, Sunzha District; and on September 11, Muhammad Syuleimanov, 36, a resident of the city of Malgobek, disappeared. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by relatives of the missing persons.
23:00, 14 September 2009
In Dagestan, RFSDTC officer accused of attempt on local MP
Lieutenant Colonel Mukhtar Agaev, an officer of the Dagestan Department of the Russian Federal Service for Drug Trafficking Control (RFSDTC) is accused of organizing an illegal armed formation (IAF) and attempt on the life of Shamil Isaev, a Deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan.
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by http://venividi.ru/user/183, Artem Rusakovich
22:10, 14 September 2009
Isaeva: kidnappings in Dagestan are made to assess potentials of Muslim communities
Kidnappings in Dagestan are committed not so much with the aim to liquidate some particular person, but sooner to assess the readiness of the respective Muslim community to resolute actions after disappearance of its member, and to further aggravate the situation in the republic. This is the opinion of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik".
22:00, 14 September 2009
Kishmariya: restart of Tbilisi-Sukhumi bus communication still at a distant date
The issue of opening the Tbilisi-Sukhumi bus route is not considered by Abkhazia and will hardly be considered in the immediate perspective. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Ruslan Kishmariya, plenipotentiary representative of Abkhazian President in the Gali District, who made his comments on Georgia's intention to offer Abkhazia to start such bus route.
21:00, 14 September 2009
Isaeva: murders of human rights activists in Chechnya and "execution list" in Dagestan stem from different roots
The so-called "execution list", recently disseminated in Dagestan, hardly has anything to do with the recent murders of human rights defenders. This is the opinion of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik", who is also on the list.
20:00, 14 September 2009
Chechen MIA tries to identify the recent suicide bomber
The law enforcement bodies have not managed yet to identify the terrorist-suicide bomber who blew himself up in the morning on September 12 in central Grozny and heavily wounded three local militiamen.
19:00, 14 September 2009
Residents of ruined houses in Kvaisa, South Ossetia, have to live in tents
After the earthquake at night on September 8, six 5-storied apartment blocks in the city of Kvaisa, Dzhava District of South Ossetia, are in unsafe condition. Ten private cottages are also unfit for residence. People have to live in tents.
Abkhazia, Sukhum, Mayor's Office. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/photophoca, Vladimir Sokolov
18:00, 14 September 2009
Russian experts: Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's accession to Russia is hardly probable
In the opinion of leading Russian political scientists, accession of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Russia is the least probable scenario of developments.
22:00, 12 September 2009
MIA inspector shot dead in Ingushetia
In Ingushetia, in the city of Nazran, in the district "Tsentr-Kamaz", unidentified persons assassinated Azamat Bersanov, an inspector of the Investigatory Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.echo-az.com, Samir Aliyev
21:00, 12 September 2009
Azerbaijan: IPD director calls judge to be objective in bloggers' case
Leila Yunus, director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), has addressed Araz Guseinov, a judge of the Sabail District Court of Baku, with an appeal to objectively consider the case of bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade and to become "the first fair Azerbaijani judge."
News
Mudflow in the Kodori Gorge. Photo: https://uks-ra.ru/novosti/item/77-v-kodorskom-ushchele-soshel-sel-dvizhenie-ogranicheno Access to the Kodori Gorge is restricted after a mudslide.

The resumption of sea passenger service between Sochi and Sukhumi has been announced.

A repatriate from Russia appealed in court the denial of an Abkhaz passport.

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.