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23:00, 20 October 2012
South Ossetian authorities restore village infrastructure on border with Georgia
The dwelling settlement of Sinagur of the Dzau District of South Ossetia, which is located on the border with Georgia and which is a home for mixed Georgian-Ossetian population, has restored the general education school, built a bridge and a medical centre, which were absent there since the end of the 1992 war.
22:00, 20 October 2012
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh report on shelling in conflict zone
On October 19-20, units of the Armenian Armed Forces shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The representative of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire regime and shelling positions.
21:00, 20 October 2012
In Dagestan, sister of policeman reports his disappearance
Raisat Nurukhalaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, tries to locate the whereabouts of her brother, a 24-year-old Alikhan Nurukhalaev, a staff member of the patrol-and-post service (PPS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, a student of the 5th year of the Legal Department of the Dagestan State University.
Azerbaijan, Baku, October 20, 2012, police detaining young protesters. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 20 October 2012
Baku: participants of youth protest action detained
In Baku, the police prevented holding of the protest action of young activists, who demanded the dissolution of the Parliament. Organizers and participants of the protest action are being detained.
18:00, 20 October 2012
"PIK" TV Channel stops broadcasting in Georgia
The "PIK", the only Russian-language TV Channel in Georgia, stops broadcasting because of disagreements with the customer, the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
17:00, 20 October 2012
In Krasnodar, Opposition Election Committee reports DDOS-attacks on its website
The Krasnodar Election Committee had faced problems with the website for election to the Opposition Coordination Council. The website suffered from two DDOS-attacks. This was reported by Leonid Malyavin, Chairman of the Committee.
15:00, 20 October 2012
In Armenia, "Armavia" pays million US dollars of its debt to "Zvartnots" Airport
The "Armavia" Airline, the Armenia's national air carrier, paid to the "Zvartnots" International Airport 1 million US dollars for repayment of the debt for servicing its flights.
14:00, 20 October 2012
Women-prisoners of women's penal colony go on hunger strike in Georgia
In Georgia, 30 inmates of the penal colony No. 5 for women in the city of Rustavi, went on a hunger strike, demanding objective consideration of their cases by the Commission on early relief.
13:00, 20 October 2012
In Rostov Region, representatives of opposition file lawsuit to ECtHR
In the Rostov Region, Vladislav Ryazantsev and Pavel Nagibin, two representatives of the opposition, filed a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). In their lawsuit, they claim unlawful administrative detention, violation of the right to freedom of assembly and the right to freedom of expression, committed by the authorities.
12:00, 20 October 2012
"Civilitas" Foundation: 13,000 signatures collected in support of Vardan Oskanyan
13,000 signatures from 65 countries were collected in support of Vardan Oskanyan, the founder of the "Civilitas" Foundation, ex-Foreign Minister of Armenia. This was reported by representatives of the Foundation at the march, held on October 19 in Yerevan.
11:00, 20 October 2012
Yunus-Bek Evkurov: I promise to everyone, who comes with peace to surrender, to protect his rights
Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, again called on members of the armed underground to come to surrender and promised "to provide everyone, who would come with peace to surrender, with all conditions and to protect his rights." He left his mobile phone number in his blog for those persons, who would like to contact him after his offer.
23:50, 19 October 2012
In Volzhsky, ensign opens fire from rifle in cafe
In one of the cafes of the city of Volzhsky, a visitor in a state of alcoholic intoxication opened fire from a hunting rifle. This was reported by the Private Security Department at the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Volgograd Region.
23:40, 19 October 2012
In Rostov-on-Don, second suspect of organizing explosion at apartment of staff member of educational division, arrested
In Rostov-on-Don, the court pronounced a pre-trial restriction measure in the form of detention in custody to a 58-year-old suspect of organizing an explosion at apartment of a staff member of the educational division, in which her 63-year-old mother was killed and she and her son were injured.
23:20, 19 October 2012
Despite development of Azerbaijani penitentiary system, there are problems with rights of prisoners, participants of "roundtable" assert
Important steps for compliance of Azerbaijani SIZOs (pre-trial prisons) and penitentiary institutions with the requirements of the Prison Rules of the Council of Europe have been taken. This was reported today by Mekhman Sadygov, Chief of the Public Relations Division of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, at the conference "Prisons by our eyes: results of monitoring of penitentiary institutions in Azerbaijan". Meanwhile, according to the other participants of the conference, treatment of prisoners in the prisons has undergone little changes, and they are still deprived of rights.
23:10, 19 October 2012
Resident of Ingushetia claims disappearance of her son
In Ingushetia, a 28-year-old Orts Almurziev disappeared. This was reported by his mother Raishat Kokurkhoeva. According to the woman, her son disappeared on October 18 after he left his home for work.
23:00, 19 October 2012
Former head of Voznesenskaya village in Ingushetia detained on suspicion of involvement in fraud for one billion rubles
Akhmed Chergizov, the former head of the village of Voznesenskaya of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, was detained within the investigation into the criminal case on embezzling 1 billion roubles from the budget. According to investigators, he was a member of a criminal grouping of 12 persons, and he was involved in a fraud to obtain certificates, allocated to the republic's residents, affected by disaster.
22:30, 19 October 2012
Court fines leader of The Other Russia in Rostov 1500 roubles for disseminating extremist materials
In Novocherkassk, the magistrate judge fined Sergey Cherepovsky, the leader of The Other Russia in Rostov-on-Don, 1500 roubles for disseminating extremist materials and demonstration of Nazi symbols at his personal page on the social network "VKontakte". Sergey Cherepovsky has stated that he did not agree with the verdict of the court and that he intends to challenge it.
22:20, 19 October 2012
In Chechnya, Dagestani resident, wanted for kidnapping of person, detained
In the city of Grozny, law enforcement officers detained a 40-year old native of Dagestan, who was on the federal wanted list on suspicion of involvement in kidnapping of a person.
22:10, 19 October 2012
In Ingushetia, court arrested oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev for 15 days
Today, the Nazran District Court held a session to consider the case against Magomed Khazbiev, an Ingush oppositionist. According to the court, Magomed Khazbiev was arrested for 15 days for an administrative offense.
22:00, 19 October 2012
Striking miners in Georgia accused the management of the enterprise of double-dealing
The participants of a strike of miners and workers in the town of Chiatura in the West of Georgia accused the management of the company of double-dealing and improper expenditure of the money collected on construction of a temple. They submitted the respective statement to Public Prosecutor's office.
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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.