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13:33, 29 November 2008
The seventh killed woman identified in Chechnya
In Chechnya, inspectors have established the person of the young woman murdered today near the village of Enginoy.
13:29, 29 November 2008
Kadyrov: no traditions are excuse for women's murderers
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that no traditions can exculpate the murderers of six women in Chechnya.
12:06, 28 November 2008
Old woman kidnapped in Abkhazia
Irina Meboniya, born in 1926, a resident of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia, was kidnapped on the night of November 26 from her own house. The information about kidnapping arrived from her neighbours only today.
12:02, 28 November 2008
Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continues recruiting jurymen for trial on Nalchik attack
Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continued preliminary hearing on the case about the events on October 13, 2005. In the course of the sitting, the court was presented with motivated challenges of jury candidates lodged by accusation and defence. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Liza Shak, a defendants' advocate.
11:58, 28 November 2008
Western diplomats visit journalist Einullah Fatullaev in Azerbaijani prison
Today, a group of employees from the Western diplomatic missions in Baku made a visit to Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, located in Gyuzdek village, to meet Einullah Fatullaev, founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan".
11:56, 28 November 2008
Saakashvili: in August Georgia tried to set control over South Ossetia
President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has confirmed his decision to launch the warfare aimed at establishment of control over Tskhinvali. He told this today to the ad hoc parliamentary commission in charge of investigating into the August events.
11:53, 28 November 2008
Russian GPO: trial on Evloev's murder in Ingushetia cannot be impartial
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) suggests to transfer the consideration of the murder case of Magomed Evloev, former owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru", who was killed after detention by law enforcers, to some other region, since the future local trial cannot be fair. The respective petition has already been lodged.
11:49, 28 November 2008
Investigation: lynch law is the main version of women's murder in Chechnya
The six young women, whose bodies were found in the morning on November 26 in Grozny and Grozny District of Chechnya could be killed as punishment for their immoral behaviour, the investigation assumes.
18:48, 27 November 2008
Prosecutor's Office of Armenia: one of attackers on journalist Edik Bagdasaryan pleads guilty
On November 27, certain Karen Arutyunyan appeared at law enforcement bodies of Armenia and pled guilty of taking part in the attack on the well-known journalist Edik Bagdasaryan. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Sona Truzyan, press secretary of the General Public Prosecutor.
18:44, 27 November 2008
Armenia's GPP dissatisfied with Hammarberg's statements
Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor (GPP) of Armenia, has expressed severe criticism of the statements made by Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, about the course of investigation and court decisions made in relation to the events of March 1.
18:41, 27 November 2008
Lokshina: people are still leaving South Ossetia for Georgia
The population of the Akhalgori (Leningori) District of South Ossetia, frightened by Ossetian civil guardsmen, continues leaving for Georgia, while the enclave Georgian villages are completely burnt down. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tatiana Lokshina, representative of the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
12:35, 27 November 2008
President of Ingushetia meets human rights activists
On November 25, in the city of Magas, President of the Republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov held a meeting with representatives of a number of NGOs, namely, the "Mashr" Human Rights Organization, Regional Public Movement "Chechen Committee of National Salvation", regional representative office of the HRC "Memorial" and the Associations of Ingushetian Students.
12:21, 27 November 2008
Five of six women killed in Chechnya identified
The law enforcement bodies of Chechnya have established the persons of five young women, whose bodies were found on November 26 in Grozny and Grozny District of the Republic. One killed woman is not identified yet. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from a source in the Republic's law enforcement bodies.
11:53, 27 November 2008
In Abkhazia, kidnappers release an elderly resident of Gali District
Today, Goneri Badzagua, 70, a resident of the village of Nabakevi, Gali District of Abkhazia, who was kidnapped on November 22, was set free. Under preliminary information, the kidnappers extorted money from Mr Badzagua.
11:51, 27 November 2008
"Ossetian Jama'at" claims responsible for killing Vladikavkaz Mayor
An organization named "Ossetian Jama'at Kataib al Khoul" has proclaimed itself to execute the murder of Vitaly Karaev, Mayor of the city of Vladikavkaz. A respective statement appeared in one of Chechen separatists' websites.
11:44, 27 November 2008
Beslan terror act victims refuse to leave court building
About 60 residents of Beslan refuse to leave the building of the Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz until the chair at the trial meets them. The reason is in the permanent postponement of the court sessions. Today's one has also failed.
11:38, 27 November 2008
Musaev: big political boss is a figure in Politkovskaya's case
Yesterday, on November 26, ahead of the sitting of the Moscow Regional Military Court, where the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper Anna Politkovskaya is now considered, Murad Musaev, advocate of one of the defendants, had stated that some big Russian politician is a figurant in the case.
14:28, 26 November 2008
Armenian opposition insists on sending the audio record of March 1 events to examination
The Armenian National Congress (ANC) possesses an audio record from the place of tragic events on March 1 in Yerevan. According to some evidences, one can hear in the record not only machine-gun shots, but also fire from other weapons. In the opinion of the opposition of Armenia, the record should be sent to audio examination.
14:25, 26 November 2008
Sokiryanskaya: Russian soldiers in South Ossetia are in rigour
Russian soldiers, whom human rights activists met in their visit to the Leningor District of South Ossetia, complained of heavy conditions of their service. For a long time they had to sleep in entrenchments under clear sky and sometimes even to starve. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".
14:20, 26 November 2008
Kitsmarishvili: for four years Saakashvili wished to drag Georgia into war
Today, ex-ambassador of Georgia Erosi Kitsmarishvili has re-confirmed his assertions made earlier. As he said, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had long lusted and strived for war.
News
Mansur Movlaev. Photo: Orda.kz https://orda.kz/chechenskogo-oppozicionera-otpravili-pod-arest-v-almaty-401794/ The extension of Movlaev's arrest has been appealed amid international outcry.

Human rights activists have launched a fundraising campaign for Zarema Musaeva.

The court refused to request testimony from a security officer in the Kardashov murder case.

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.