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19:00, 9 March 2012
Dagestanis treat March 8 celebrations differently
Like throughout Russia, March 8 was announced a day-off in Dagestan; however, people treat this holiday differently: some celebrate it, others believe it is a routine day.
18:00, 9 March 2012
ICPJ condemns threats against journalists in Azerbaijan
The International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) has resolutely condemned the threats addressed to Khadidja Ismailova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty.
Protesters against installation of trade pavilions in the Mashtots Park, February 20, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 9 March 2012
Defenders of Yerevan Mashtots Park present ultimatum to government
In the Armenian capital, ecologists and public activists, campaigning in defence of the Mashtots Park against construction, have demanded from the Mayoralty and the government to make an immediate decision and start dismantling the kiosks installed in the park. Otherwise, they will intensify their protests.
12:00, 9 March 2012
Deputies of the Georgian Parliament suggest toughening liability for xenophobia-related crimes
Georgian authorities will toughen liability for crimes out of religious, race, lingual, national or ethnic intolerance. The respective amendments to the Criminal Code are planned. Deputies from the ruling party Kakhaber Anjaparidze and Zviyad Kukava became their originators and authors.
09:00, 9 March 2012
Amnesty International and Ingush NGOs demand to stop pressure on “MASHR”
International human rights organization Amnesty International expressed its concern about intimidation of members of human rights organization “MASHR” by the authorities of Ingushetia. Coordination Council of non-governmental organizations of Ingushetia also put forward a demand to stop persecution of the organization and its Head Magomed Multsogov.
Aznor Osmanovic Bittirov with his family in exile, Kirghiz SSR, 1944. Courtesy of the Memorial museum of Victims of Repressions and Genocide of the Balkar People in 1944-1957
06:00, 9 March 2012
The participants of a mourning meeting in Nalchik declared that the authorities ignored the “land question”
The participants of a meeting in Nalchik devoted to the 68th anniversary of deportation of the Balkar people stated that the officials of Kabardino-Balkaria ignored their demands. The participants of the action consider that the main problem of the Balkars is unsettled land question.
23:00, 8 March 2012
North Ossetia begins trying suspect of blowing up people at wedding
On March 5, the Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz held initial hearings on the case of explosion of a gas cylinder at a wedding in June 2011. The prisoners' dock keeps Vadim Vazagov, a resident of North Ossetia.
22:14, 8 March 2012
Tbilisi holds conference in memory of deportation of Balkars
Today, in Tbilisi, in the building of the Sukhumi State University, the NGO "Free Caucasus" and the teachers of the university held a conference in memory of the deportation of the Balkar people.
22:00, 8 March 2012
In Adygea, liturgical building of Jehovah's Witnesses attacked
In Adygea, an act of vandalism against the liturgical building of the Jehovah's Witnesses was committed.
20:00, 8 March 2012
Armenia not to vote at song contest "Eurovision-2012"
Refusal of Armenian performers' participation in the international song contest "Eurovision-2012", which will be held in Baku in May, will result in the impossibility for voting for participants. Yerevan has explained the reasons for the boycott of the song contest by the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
19:00, 8 March 2012
Father of perished student from Georgia to attend trial against Anders Breivik
The father of Tamta Liparteliani, the student from Georgia perished in the terror act committed at the youth camp in Norway, will attend the trial against Anders Breivik accused of commitment of terror act and massacre of 77 persons.
18:00, 8 March 2012
Grozny residents report on serious problems with water supply
For several weeks, there is no water supply in two villages of the Staropromyslovsky District of the Chechen capital. According to local residents, the city authorities and the community services of the city, show complete indifference to the problem.
16:00, 8 March 2012
Two Dagestani wrestlers win European championship
At the European Championships in freestyle wrestling, held in the Serbian capital Belgrade, three athletes from Dagestan have already top places, including two gold medals.
12:00, 8 March 2012
A boy from a family group in Volgograd taken to hospital with traumas recovered consciousness
On March, 7, a six-years-old boy taken to resuscitation unit two weeks before emerged out of a coma. According to the investigators, he was beaten up by a teacher of a family group.
11:00, 8 March 2012
16 persons injured in an explosion in “Bellagio” café are still in hospitals of Volgograd
One more person injured in an explosion in “Bellagio” café left hospital in Volgograd. So, 16 injured persons are still staying in hospitals of Moscow, Volgograd and Cologne (Germany).
09:00, 8 March 2012
Journalist Khadija Ismailova in Azerbaijan reports that she is receiving threats
Unidentified people in Azerbaijan threaten a well-known journalist Khadija Ismailova, correspondent of Azerbaijani service of “Radio Freedom”. This was reported by Ismailova herself. She associates the threats with her journalist’s activities.
23:00, 7 March 2012
Editor-in-chief of Islamazeri.az sentenced in Azerbaijan
Today, in Azerbaijan, the Absheron District Court concluded the trial against Ramin Bairamov, the editor-in-chief of the website Islamazeri.az. The Court found him guilty of illegal purchase and possession of weapons and drugs and sentenced him to 1.5 years of imprisonment.
Zalina Elkhoroeva, a resident of the Republic of Ingushetia, kidnapped on December 22, 2010. Courtesy of the www.mashr.org
22:00, 7 March 2012
Participants of conference "Enough to crackdown Caucasus" report on continuing disappearances of people
During the press conference "Enough to crackdown Caucasus" held in Moscow, human rights defenders from different regions of Northern Caucasus have discussed the problems of election fraud, continuing kidnappings of people, and the situation with natives of the Caucasus serving their sentences in prisons in Russia.
21:00, 7 March 2012
In Vilnius, trial on case against Egle Kusaite reads testimony of prosecution's witness
Today, the Vilnius Regional Court, which considers the case against Egle Kusaite, accused of terrorism, announced the testimony of the Russian citizen Hasan Arsigiraev. According to the witness for the prosecution, Egle Kusaite wished to become a member of jihad, the holy war.
20:00, 7 March 2012
Kabardino-Balkarian Minister of Public Health dismissed from her position after incident with death of infants
In Kabardino-Balkaria, the Minister of Health, who until present was in a forced "vacation" for about two months after the scandal at the Nalchik Children's Hospital, has been finally dismissed from her position.
News
A resident of Stavropol is accused of transferring money to a banned organization.

Stavropol Z-blogger Guzenko has been arrested under the article on extremism.

Semyon Slepakov* has been declared wanted.

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.