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    Ecological rally in defence of constitutional rights of citizens of Temryuk District to friendly environment, organized by the Association "Revival of Taman". Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, June 12, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot".
    16:00, 16 June 2011
    Residents of Temryuk District demand not to admit aggravation of ecological situation in the region
    On June 12, the participants of the first ever in the Temryuk District of the Krasnodar Territory ecological rally demanded to suspend all the environmentally hazardous projects in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, as well as complete ecological safety of all the production facilities planned for launching in the territory of the Taman Peninsula.
    15:00, 16 June 2011
    In Argun, 62 families move into new houses
    On June 15, the city of Argun, the third-largest city of Chechnya saw an opening of two new settlements for the residents of the city downtown, whose houses were demolished this winter in the course of the broad-scale reconstruction of the city. The keys to their new houses were solemnly handed over to 62 families.
    14:00, 16 June 2011
    Rights defender reports mass beatings of inmates in Elista SIZO
    Vladimir Galitrov. an expert of the Kalmyk Branch of the Public Movement "For Human Rights", demands an inquiry into the mass beating of convicts kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Elista. This is stated in the message of Valery Badmaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Modern Kalmykia", that arrived to the "Caucasian Knot".
    13:00, 16 June 2011
    Local resident kidnapped and beaten in Chechnya, rights defenders say
    According to eyewitnesses, on June 10 in Chechnya, on a road in the Kurchaloy District, unidentified armed persons kidnapped Aslambek Shataev, 30, a resident of Kurchaloy. Later, his relatives managed to find him in one of police stations. Now the man is at home, but, according to his relatives, he was severely beaten.
    23:38, 15 June 2011
    Kochiev: there was no putsch attempt in South Ossetia
    There was no open confrontation with supporters of extension of Mr Kokoity's presidency, who broke today into the Parliament of South Ossetia; however, the MPs were under pressure. This was stated by the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev. In protest, some of the parliamentarians submitted their self-resignation applications.
    23:00, 15 June 2011
    Journalist Fatullaev to restart "Real Azerbaijan" in July
    This July, the Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev, who had spent 4 years in prison, intends to resume his professional career as editor-in-chief of the Russian-language weekly "Real Azerbaijan". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Fatullaev himself.
    22:00, 15 June 2011
    Neighbouring villagers plan to join Gimry hunger-strikers
    Residents of other dwelling settlements of the mountainous parts of Dagestan are ready to join the protest hunger strike held near the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, with a demand to open free passage through the Chirkata-Gimry Tunnel, which connects nine mountain regions of the republic with the lowland.
    20:00, 15 June 2011
    Editions from Dagestan, Azerbaijan and Armenia receive Gerd Bucerius Prize
    The Nobel Institute in Oslo has hosted the awarding ceremony of the winners of the 2010 Gerd Bucerius Prize in the nominations of "Free Press of Russia" and "Free Press of Eastern Europe". The Caucasian region was represented by laureates from Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the Norwegian capital.
    19:00, 15 June 2011
    Georgian Parliament to consider bill on tougher measures against manifestations
    In Georgia, the MPs from the parliamentary majority have drafted a bill on amending the Law "On Assemblies and Manifestations". If adopted, it will empower the police with more freedom at dispersal of oppositional rallies and actions; while it will become much harder to get permits for holding such events.
    18:00, 15 June 2011
    On Buddha's birthday Kalmykia residents take sobriety oath
    Today, residents of Kalmykia celebrate a birthday, enlightenment and departure to nirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. From early morning the central Khurul of the republic "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" is holding celebrations, prayers and taking oaths of Makhayana.
    17:00, 15 June 2011
    Colonel Bogatyryov's murder in KBR was followed by mass detention of locals
    After the murder in the city of Baksan of Khasan Bogatyryov, Deputy Head of the Russian Centre for Combating Extremism at the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), mass detentions of local residents took place there. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by lawyers Magomed Abubakarov and Rustam Matsev.
    16:00, 15 June 2011
    Sergey Arakcheev rejects murdering Chechens in his video appeal to Putin
    Sergey Arakcheev, a former MIA officer, who was convicted in 2007 to 15 years of imprisonment for murdering Chechen residents, has recorded a video appeal to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, where he states his innocence, and asks the Premier to get into the circumstances of his case.
    15:00, 15 June 2011
    Alexei Dudko's advocate files cassation against court's decision
    On June 14, lawyer Abusupyan Gaitaev filed a brief cassation complaint against the decision of the Taganka District Court, which had sentenced the blogger Alexei Dudko to six years of colony imprisonment. Mr Gaitaev himself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
    23:00, 14 June 2011
    Dagestani "Chernovik" weekly to receive Bucerius Prize
    At the ceremony to be held on June 15 in Oslo, Norway, the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft) will be awarded the "Free Press of Eastern Europe" Prize named after Gerd Bucerius.
    22:00, 14 June 2011
    Rostov: local deputy involved in road accident excluded from "Edinaya Rossiya"
    Dmitry Ostrovenko, a deputy of the City Duma of Rostov-on-Don, accused of killing a student Igor Verbenko in a road accident, was expelled from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party on the following day, said Victor Deryabkin, the secretary of the regional political council of the party.
    21:19, 14 June 2011
    Tskhinvali rallies for extension of Kokoity's presidency
    Today, the initiative group, advocating for a referendum to decide on extension of the term in office of the incumbent South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, held an action in Tskhinvali in front of the building of the Supreme Court, which was to make its decision on the referendum.
    21:00, 14 June 2011
    In Chechnya, FC "Terek" cancels contract with Ruud Gullit
    The top managers of the Football Club (FC) "Terek" from Grozny FC Terek believe that head coach Ruud Gullit failed to cope with his duties.
    Vicinities of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, June 15, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    20:00, 14 June 2011
    In Dagestan, protesters demand to open Chirkata-Gimry Tunnel
    The village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, hosted a rally, which was attended, according to organizers, by about five thousand people. The participants adopted a resolution demanding to open the tunnel, which connects nine mountainous districts of the republic with its lowland part.
    Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial". Moscow, Khamovniki Court, June 14, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    19:00, 14 June 2011
    Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Kadyrov completely acquitted
    Today, the Khamovniki Court of Moscow has announced the verdict on the nine-month-long litigation, in which Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was accused of slandering the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
    19:00, 14 June 2011
    In Georgia, Media Holding "Palette" is under second stage of audit
    The Audit Service of the Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Georgia has started the second phase of the audit at the editorial board of the Media Holding "Palette". Earlier, the employees of the Service conducted an inventory, and are now start a financial inspection of the six enterprises, which form the Holding. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Diana Drapaidze, an editor of the Holding's information division.
    News
    The number of killed fighters in Ukraine from southern Russia has reached 9400.

    Analysts assessed the impact of scandals before the election campaign in southern Russia on the political landscape.

    The authorities have recognized at least 9350 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

    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.