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22:40, 25 March 2011
Georgia sent million dollars to help calamity victims in Japan
The money was sent via the Japanese office of the International Red Cross. Besides, the Georgian authorities are still ready to send drinking water and a rescue to Japan.
22:30, 25 March 2011
Georgian police detains oppositional activists
In Georgia, the police have detained several oppositional activists who were holding a protest action in defence of prisoners' rights. Merab Chikashvili, an oppositional leader, and Giya Burdzhanadze, a member of the National Assembly, are among the detainees.
22:10, 25 March 2011
Residents of Imereti Lowland in Sochi smash the fence of Olympic construction
Today at night, in the Imereti Lowland of Sochi, in the territory of the "Rossiya" State Farm, in the area of the "Bolshevik" recreation base, a 40-meter-long metal fence was erected across the beach, local ecologists report.
22:00, 25 March 2011
AI demands from Russian authorities to thoroughly investigate Magomed Khazbiev's beating and detention in Ingushetia
The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) and Heidi Hautala, chair of the subcommittee on human rights of the European Parliament, express their concern about the beating and detention in Ingushetia of Magomed Khazbiev, a civil activist, and his two brothers, who were arrested on March 23 in Nazran shortly after dispersal of a spontaneous protest action against violent disappearances. The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov instructed his power agents to provide him with all the necessary information about the oppositionist's detention.
21:00, 25 March 2011
A shop exploded in Kizlyar district of Dagestan
Militia is searching for four men who committed powerful explosions in a food store in the settlement of Malaya Areshevka, Kizlyar district of Dagestan, on March, 24, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.
20:00, 25 March 2011
A Georgian sailor released from the pirates' prison
A MV HANNIBAL II tanker among whose crew there was one citizen of Georgia captured by Somali pirates has been released.
19:00, 25 March 2011
Experts on the Caucasus in Moscow discussed the "Сherkessian question"
On March, 24, experts on the Caucasus in Moscow discussed the historic past of the Сherkessians and their today's problems at a conference "The Сherkessian question": historic memory, historiographic discourse, political strategies".
18:00, 25 March 2011
Clients of close corporation "ITT" internet provider in Nazran have had no access to "Caucasian Knot" for a week
Uses of the services of close corporation "ITT" internet provider in Nazran (Ingushetia) have been out of access to online-media "Caucasian Knot" since March, 16. The provider's technical support staff cannot explain the reason.
23:30, 24 March 2011
Sochi: declaration on restoration of Mzymta River ecosystem signed
The actors of the Olympic construction in Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, have committed themselves to restore the basin ecosystem of the Mzymta River, where sports-and-tourism facilities and roads are built.
23:10, 24 March 2011
Armenian Ombudsman states police misconduct against Raffi Ovannisyan
The Human Rights Ombudsman of Armenia Karen Andreasyan has treated the police's ban to install a tent for Raffi Ovannisyan, Chairman of the "Heritage", who continues his hunger strike in Freedom Square in Yerevan, as a human rights violation.
23:00, 24 March 2011
Twelve persons lost their lives within a week in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week on March 14-20, the low intensity armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 12 lives and injured at least 10 persons. These are the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" made on the basis of its own sources and other open data outlets.
22:00, 24 March 2011
Oppositionist Khazbiev and his brother were not delivered to Nazran IVS
The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev and his brother Berd, who were sentenced today to ten days of administrative arrest, were again taken instead of the Nazran IVS (temporary detention facility) to some other unknown place. This was reported by their sister Khadi Khazbieva.
22:00, 24 March 2011
Investigation reveals suspect of murdering Chuvashov, judge of Moscow City Court
The Moscow Court has issued a warrant in absentia to arrest Alexei Korshunov, 28, a Muscovite and the alleged killer of Eduard Chuvashov, a Moscow City Court judge, in April 2010. According to the investigation the reason of the murder was the judge's participation in judicial processes on extremist crimes.
21:00, 24 March 2011
In Ingushetia, power agents search rights defender's house
Currently, policemen from the Sunzha ROVD (District Interior Division) from Ingushetia are searching the house of Zurab Tsechoev, an employee of the human rights organization "MASHR", located in the village of Troitskaya, Sunzha District. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush News Agency "Maximum".
19:00, 24 March 2011
Video from place of abduction of Ingush opposition leader Magomed Khazbiev shows his kidnappers
On the video record from the place of abduction of the opposition leader Magomed Khazbiev, which was committed on March 23 from his father's house in Nazran, the kidnappers are visible - there were about twenty of them. They were armed men dressed in camouflage; some of them were in masks, but there were also people in ordinary police uniform with open faces.
18:00, 24 March 2011
Magomed Gorchkhanov asks for help in searching his brother Ilez kidnapped in Ingushetia
On March 22, Magomed Gorchkhanov, a resident of the village of Plievo in Ingushetia, addressed his applications to the authorities of Ingushetia and human rights activists asking them to help in searching his kidnapped brother Ilez Gorchkhanov and protect his constitutional rights.
Blockade of construction works on Cape Vidny, Khosta District of Sochi. March 23, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 23 March 2011
In Sochi, ecologists block Olympic construction on Cape Vidny
Today in the morning, fifteen ecological activists have blocked the construction works in the territory of Cape Vidny, Khosta District of Sochi, where they are currently laying the railway track and building a new tunnel. Both objects are elements of the Olympic construction programme.
Dagestani journalist Gitinmagomed Gadjimagomedov kept in Krasnodar SIZO. Courtesy of detainee's family to the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 23 March 2011
Relatives of journalist kept in Krasnodar SIZO fear for his life
The defence and relatives of Gitinmagomed Gadjimagomedov, a Dagestani journalist, kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) as a murder suspect, state that he is tortured and pressed towards pleading guilty; they also fear for his life.
18:00, 23 March 2011
Georgia creates oppositional bloc "National Forum"
On March 22, the political parties named "People's Forum", "Union of Traditionalists" and "Women's Party" decided to unite in Georgia and named their bloc as the "National Forum". According to Girguli Maghradze, leader of the "Women's Party", this name has already become a sort of a political brand.
18:00, 23 March 2011
Resident of Dagestan states protraction of inquiry into murder of his pregnant daughter-in-law
The criminal investigation into the execution by militiamen in 2006 of pregnant Sapiyat Magomedova is deliberately protracted by the Investigatory Department of Dagestan. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Mamatkhan Baisultanov, father-in-law of the casualty and a resident of Khasavyurt.
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The publication in the messenger led to a fine for the Nalchik resident.

A fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in the military operation.

The serviceman was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for prolonged absence from service.

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.