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12:04, 24 November 2008
Court rejects convicted journalist's claim against Azerbaijani MFA head
Today, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, presided by Judge Fardy Mekhraliev, has rejected the claim filed by Einullah Fatullaev, imprisoned founder and editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan", against Elmar Mamedyarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.
21:23, 22 November 2008
Ingushetia: detainee's relatives complain that he is tortured
Residents of Ingushetia have informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that power agencies of the Republic are fabricating a criminal case against their relative Ruslan Terkakiev, 23, and subject him to torture.
19:17, 22 November 2008
A year ago Farid Babaev was assassinated in Dagestan
Saturday, November 21, 2008, is exactly one year after the murder of Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan Regional Branch of the "Yabloko" Party, a prominent public figure and human rights activist.
18:12, 22 November 2008
Armenia opens monument to the national currency
Today, an opening ceremony took place in the capital of Armenia - of the monument to the national currency - dram, which was officially accepted as the national payment unit on November 22, 1993. In the opinion of Armenian authorities, the monument is "a serious work of art", which will be interesting for foreign tourists.
16:07, 22 November 2008
HRC "Memorial": Chechen authorities fail with their housing guarantees
Former inhabitants of the Temporary Accommodation Centres in Chechnya, whom the Republic's authorities promised to provide housing in the first order, now have to pay for leased apartments or live with their relatives, reports the Human Rights Centre "Memorial".
15:03, 22 November 2008
In Georgia, Labourites again call for Saakashvili's resignation
The Labour Party of Georgia has offered all the political parties and organizations of the country to draft and sign a joint general declaration with a demand of immediate resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili.
14:00, 22 November 2008
Ingush pilgrims depart to Mecca from Sochi
On November 21, the first group of Russian pilgrims departed from the seaport of Sochi to Mecca. 200 believers, most of them are residents of Ingushetia, will initially cross the Black Sea by a ferry, and then continue their Hajj by land transport.
13:56, 22 November 2008
In North Ossetia, enterprises lay workers off because of crisis
North Ossetia is affected by the global financial crisis. Today, it is manifested, first of all, through cutting of jobs by the major local enterprises.
12:49, 22 November 2008
General Public Prosecutor of Armenia: none of the victims on March 1 was killed by sniper
According to the examination, none of the bullets extracted from the bodies of casualties and wounded persons of the events on March 1 in Yerevan was shot from a sniper's rifle, Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, told Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, who came to Yerevan.
11:20, 22 November 2008
Somali pirates set free six citizens of Georgia
Somali pirates received ransom and released tanker "Jenius", captured on September 27. Among the crew members there are six citizens of Georgia.
10:00, 22 November 2008
In Kabardino-Balkaria, people help to stop illegal gambling centres
The press service of the President of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported that residents helped law enforcement bodies to stop illegal gambling establishments.
13:27, 21 November 2008
Ella Kesaeva: Russian special agencies were involved in Beslan terror act
Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan", asserts that the so-called "Beslan terrorists", who seized the school in this North-Ossetian city four years ago, could be the agents of Russian special agencies - UBOP (Unit for Fighting Organized Crime) and FSB (Federal Security Bureau. This can be concluded, according to Kesaeva, from biography details of the attackers.
13:25, 21 November 2008
Nikoyan: firearms were used on March 1 in Yerevan
Samvel Nikoyan, Chairman of the ad hoc commission of the National Assembly of Armenia, which was set up to study the events on March 1 in Yerevan, has confirmed in his conversation with journalists the words that he addressed to a foreign correspondent that firearms were used and a sniper worked in the course of the said events.
13:20, 21 November 2008
Three defendants from Kabardino-Balkaria have their custody extended
Yesterday, on November 20, the court prolonged the term of custody for three residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, who are kept in Pyatigorsk SIZO, till January 11, 2009. According to advocate Magomed Abubakarov, in the course of investigation the suspects were exposed to violence.
13:12, 21 November 2008
In Ingushetia, detainees complain of torture by the militia
Four residents of Ingushetia have stated their illegal arrest and torture at militia units. According to their statement, they were forced into confession of the crime they never committed.
13:09, 21 November 2008
Judge in Politkovskaya's murder case can be brought to disciplinary responsibility
Judge Evgeniy Zubov can be brought to disciplinary responsibility, if it is proved that his decision to make the trial of Anna Politkovskaya's murder case closed was illegal.
13:06, 21 November 2008
Dagestan SC reopens trial of Farid Babaev's murder
The Supreme Court of Dagestan has made a decision to continue consideration of the murder case of Farid Babaev, leader of the regional branch of "Yabloko" Party in the open regime.
13:02, 21 November 2008
Trial on Nalchik attack: candidates for jurymen polled
Today, in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, at the proceedings on events of October 13, 2005, the prosecution asked questions to candidates for jurymen. A break was made in the trial till November 28, when the defence and prosecution should present their motivated challenges.
14:06, 20 November 2008
Kramer: USA wait for Azerbaijan to pardon convicted journalists
The States as a whole are satisfied with the progress in their relations with Azerbaijan, but Washington has some questions which are causing concern. Among them is the situation with the freedom of speech. This was discussed yesterday, on November 19, at the press conference in Baku, which was given by David Kramer, under Secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labour.
14:02, 20 November 2008
Rostov Military Court denies complaint of soldier's father against decision of NCMD Prosecutor
The Rostov Garrison Military Court has rejected the complaint of Valery Markaryan, father of a mandatory service soldier, against the decision of the Military Public Prosecutor of the North-Caucasian Military District (NCMD), who had reversed the inspector's decision to initiate a criminal case against officer Alexei Gvozdkov. The latter, according to Markaryan, incited him to bribery for making the verdict to his son more lenient.
News
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.

A native of Dagestan was convicted of murdering his wife and stepdaughter in Vladikavkaz.

Seven villages in Dagestan were left without transport links due to a road washout.

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.