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12:00, 31 January 2009
Georgia: Zviad Gamsakhurdia's widow goes on hunger strike
Today, Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, widow of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, has announced a dry hunger strike in the reception room of the Republic's Hospitals in Tbilisi.
11:00, 31 January 2009
Stalingrad Battle damage counted up in Volgograd Region
The Volgograd Region has published a collection of documents evidencing the damage caused by the actions of fascist troops during the Volga Battle in 1942-1943.
09:12, 31 January 2009
In 2010, South Ossetia will count its residents
In 2010, for the first time in the last 20 years, South Ossetia will hold a national census. The decision was passed at the sitting of the presidium of the government of South Ossetia, where the respective bill was presented.
06:00, 31 January 2009
Azerbaijan to apply for holding 2020 Summer Olympiad
Azerbaijan will file an application for holding Olympic Games of 2020 in Baku. This statement was made by Azad Ragimov, Minister for Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan.
Wind power plant. Source: Skavkaz.ru
05:00, 31 January 2009
Kalmykia finishes erecting first wind power plant in the South of Russia
The Priyutnenskiy District of Kalmykia, 15 kilometres off the capital Elista, is finalizing the installation of wind power generators of the first wind power plant in the South of Russia. By 2010, they plan to commission the Republic's wind power yard consisting of 126 wind-driven generators for the aggregate power capacity of 150 megawatts.
23:00, 30 January 2009
In Chechnya, militiamen detained three local residents
Yesterday, on January 29, three residents of Chechnya, suspected of complicity with the armed underground groups, were detained in the Urus-Martan District by power agents. They assert that confiscated a grenade from one of the detainees.
23:00, 30 January 2009
Medvedev explains his silence on murders of Markelov and Baburova
On January 29, in the Kremlin, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev met Dmitri Muratov, editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta", and Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR and a co-owner of the newspaper.
22:00, 30 January 2009
In Rostov-on-Don, veterans of Afghan War hold picket in defence of their rights
In Rostov-on-Don, about 50 former soldiers, the so-called "Afghans", have gathered today in the morning for holding a picket with a demand to allot land plots to them for building of dwelling houses.
22:00, 30 January 2009
Armenia hosts rally in support of "Case of Seven" defendants
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that already before the start of today's session on the "Case of Seven" at least five hundred participants of the protest action have rallied near the building of the General Jurisdiction Court of the Shengavit community.
22:00, 30 January 2009
Militia of Dagestan report detention of two suspected militants
In Dagestan, militiamen have detained two persons suspected of taking part in illegal armed formations.
21:00, 30 January 2009
Supreme Court of Ingushetia finds Evloev's detention illegal
The decision of the court on illegality of detention in the airport of the city of Magas by law enforcement bodies of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", who later perished in the militia car last August, has come into its legal force.
20:00, 30 January 2009
Armenia: defendant in "Case of Seven" needs hospitalization
Ombudsman in Armenia Armen Arutyunyan has addressed Gevork Danielyan, Minister of Justice of Armenia, with a request to transfer Deputy Sasun Mikaelyan, accused under the "Case of Seven", who is suffering from cardiac insufficiency, into the prison hospital. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the press service of the oppositional Armenian National Congress.
19:00, 30 January 2009
Head of Azerbaijani NTRB: foreign broadcasting will not be resumed
The National Television and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan has made its decision: the legislation is against foreign broadcasting in national frequencies. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Nushiravan Magerramli, head of the Board, who made his comments on the statement of the US Embassy that the American party is waiting for proposals on restart of broadcasting of the radio stations Liberty and Voice of America.
18:00, 30 January 2009
Mutsolgov: Congress of Ingush People will be democratic
On January 31, Nazran will host the Congress of Ingush People, which will be the first for the last 6 years. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the Human Rights Organization "MAShR" and a delegate of the Congress.
23:00, 29 January 2009
Deputy joins hunger strike of miners-pensioners in Rostov Region
Yesterday, on January 28, Valery Dyakonov, Deputy of the Municipal Duma of the city of Zverevo, joined the hunger strike of the miners-pensioners who demand enforcement of court decisions on granting them privileges on residential heating.
22:00, 29 January 2009
Imprisoned Armenian MPs demand convoking a session with their participation
Deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia, accused on the "Case of Seven", namely - Akop Akopyan, Sasun Mikaelyan and Miasnik Malkhasyan - demand from the Parliament's speaker to convoke a session with their participation and the presence of the Public Prosecutor, so that the latter could present proofs of their guilt of organizing mass disorders on March 1 last year, which were accompanied by murders, and actions aimed at violent seizure of power.
21:00, 29 January 2009
Three persons detained in Chechnya within a day
In Chechnya, employees of power agencies continue detaining former participants of armed formations and their suspected helpers. Within the last 24 hours only, three local residents have been detained by law enforcers under suspicion of being militants.
20:00, 29 January 2009
Abkhazia refutes Georgia's information about murder of Nabakevi resident by Russian militaries
Adgur Kogoniya, Public Prosecutor of the Gali District of Abkhazia, has categorically refuted the information disseminated today by Georgian media about the murder by Russian militaries of Koba Meboniya, a resident of Nabakevi village.
19:00, 29 January 2009
Finland commemorates Markelov, Baburova and Stradymov
Yesterday, on January 28, in the evening, Finland hosted a rally in memory of advocate Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasiya Baburova assassinated in January in Moscow. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Salla Pyuyukkonen, one of the organizers of the action and coordinator of the Finnish branch of Amnesty International (AI).
19:00, 29 January 2009
European Court finds Georgia guilty of breaching rights of imprisoned journalists
The European Court on Human Rights has ordered Georgia to pay out 6000 euros to Shalva Ramishvili, founder of the TV Company named "202", and David Kokhreidze, Director of the Company, each as compensation of the non-pecuniary damage suffered by them as a result of their "inhuman and humiliating" custody conditions in January 2006. Additional 14,694 euros shall be paid to the journalists to reimburse their expenses. Georgia shall make the payments within three months.
News
A participant in the shootout between religious leaders in Ingushetia has been released from pretrial detention.

In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

A contract soldier from Ingushetia was killed in a military operation.

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.