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10:00, 1 October 2011
Delegation of Venice Commission to visit Georgia on October 26-28
On October 26-28, experts of the Venice Commission plan to visit Georgia with the aim to be acquainted with amendments to the Electoral Code. With their opinion in hand, the parliament will start considering the bill with amendments.
23:50, 30 September 2011
Hammarberg is concerned about pressure on civil society activists in Azerbaijan
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg has expressed his concern over the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. In his report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan during the past year, the Commissioner has noted with regret that most of his earlier recommendations were neglected. The authorities of the country, in their turn, find the report biased.
23:40, 30 September 2011
In Kalmykia, parents of children HIV-infected in 1988 recognized as victims
In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, nine persons, who suffered because of the mass HIV-infection of children in late 1988, have been officially recognized as victims.
23:30, 30 September 2011
Georgian Labourites hold protest in front of Tbilisi Mayoralty
The leaders and supporters of the Georgian Labour Party have held a protest action in front of Tbilisi Mayoralty demanding to cancel the new garbage collection tariff, which is calculated based on the amount of consumed electricity.
23:00, 30 September 2011
Azerbaijan states shelling of its positions in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
On September 28, units of the Armenian army two times shelled the Azerbaijani positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, said the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD).
22:40, 30 September 2011
South-Ossetian OMON stops people who broke into the government
The riot police (OMON) fighters have squeezed the crowd of supporters of one of the presidential candidates Djambolat Tedeev out and away from the building, where the government sits. This was stated by Vyacheslav Sedov, the head of the press service of the president and government of South Ossetia.
22:40, 30 September 2011
Suspects of using slave labour at "Artex-Agro" detained in Krasnodar Territory
In the Kuschevskaya District, Krasnodar Territory, two persons have been detained within the criminal investigation into the use of slave labour at the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Artex-Agro", which was headed by the mother of Sergey Tsapok, the alleged participant in the massacre committed in the village of Kuschevskaya, the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
22:30, 30 September 2011
Scuffle burst out in City Assembly of Derbent
On September 29, a sitting of the City Assembly of Derbent (Dagestan) turned into a scuffle between a Mayor's security and a deputy. The cause of the conflict was in the attempt of the security to remove media workers out of the hall, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Magomed Khanmagomedov, a journalist of the "Chernovik" newspaper.
22:20, 30 September 2011
South-Ossetian presidential candidate Alan Kochiev goes on hunger strike
The registered presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alan Kochiev, who is in custody, has gone on a hunger strike. This was reported by the human rights activist Inara Gabaraeva.
22:10, 30 September 2011
Singer Shakira not to take part in City Day in Grozny
The world-famous singer Shakira has refuted the information that she will perform on October 5 in the Chechen capital on celebrations of the City Day.
22:00, 30 September 2011
Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan to stay in tent camp at night
About a thousand protesters continue their action under the rain in Freedom Square. The opposition has set up a tent camp, where Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ex-president of Armenia and the leader of the ANC (Armenian National Congress) is going to stay over the night.
21:00, 30 September 2011
Azerbaijan: defendants speak at the trial of oppositionists detained on April 2
At the Sabail District Court in Baku, three out of four defendants, arrested for taking part in the meeting on 2 April, were given the floor for their last plea.
20:00, 30 September 2011
Ecologists in Tuapse report emission of petroleum products into the river by "Rosneft"
A spontaneous emission of petroleum products into the Tuapse river happened at one of the enterprises of "Rosneft" in the town, activists of "Environmental Watch on North Caucasus" report.
19:00, 30 September 2011
Explosives impounded from a locomotive driver in Kabardino-Balkaria
Police personnel in Nalchik detained a locomotive driver from whom four trotyl blocks of a total weight of 800 gram and seven electrical detonators were confiscated, a representative of Press service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria reported.
18:00, 30 September 2011
An official detained in Volgograd for suspicion of taking a bribe of one million rubles
Head of Kirovsky district of Volgograd Sergey Kapanadze was detained by the police within the framework of investigating a case of swindle in building a municipal physical training complex (PTC). Kapanadze is suspected of bribetaking and abuse of authority, Press service of Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Volgograd region reported.
23:30, 29 September 2011
In Volgograd, ex-chief physician of veterans' hospital accused of negligence
According to the investigators, the former chief physician of the Volgograd Regional Clinical Hospital of War Veterans inflicted a loss on the state in the amount of 1.2 million roubles.
23:20, 29 September 2011
Head of MNRE orders to check blogger's report on hazardous emission near Sochi
After receiving a complaint through Twitter, Yuri Trutnev, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) of the Russian Federation, has instructed the "Rosprirodnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Supervising the Nature) to identify and eliminate ecological violations in one of Sochi districts.
23:10, 29 September 2011
Car explosion in Dagestan was attempt on district head, investigators assert
Investigators believe that one of the main versions of the car explosion near the village of Tashkapur, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, was an attempt on Magomed Magomedov, the head of Gergebil District of Dagestan. This was reported by the spokesman of the Republic's department of the ICRF.
23:00, 29 September 2011
Head of MIA's Chief Department for Stavropol Territory suspected of abuse of power
Alexander Oldak, the head of the Chief Department (CD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Stavropol Territory, is suspected of committing a crime in the period when he headed the MIA's CD for the Altai Territory. This was reported on September 28 by Vladimir Markin, Spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF).
22:50, 29 September 2011
Witness fails to identify defendant at trial on Manege Square riots
At the court session, where the riots in Manege Square in Moscow in 2011 are considered, the witness Kambikov confirmed that defendant Berezyuk hit a policeman; however, he failed to identify the organizers of the riots among the defendants. Other victims also failed to identify the defendants.
News
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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.