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23:20, 11 March 2010
Opening of "Verkhni Lars" is no indication of improved Russian-Georgian relations, Georgia's ambassador to Armenia says
As stated at a press conference on March 11 by Grigol Tabatadze, ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, by having reopened the border check point "Verkhni Lars", Georgia sacrificed a lot and did it, first of all, to preserve good neighbourhood relations with Armenia.
23:10, 11 March 2010
In Sochi, militia refuses to investigate attack on building of Jehovah's Witnesses
Employees of the Tsentralny ROVD of Sochi returned the application lodged by the Sochi community of Jehovah's Witnesses on the fact of an attack on the hall for religious assemblies. They explained their refusal to open a case by the absence of data about material damage.
23:00, 11 March 2010
Worship cross desecrated in Adygea to be restored
The Orthodox worship cross installed in the memorial to the Cossacks who perished in the Civil War near Dakhovskaya village in Adygea, which was desecrated on March 5, will be restored. This was stated by the Maikop and Adygea Eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church. So far, law enforcement bodies try to find out the circumstances of the crime.
22:50, 11 March 2010
Chechnya: two locals convicted for murdering frontier guards
On March 10, two residents of the Chechen Republic, earlier members of armed separatists' groupings, were convicted to long imprisonment terms for murdering three federal soldiers in 2002.
22:40, 11 March 2010
MIA of Dagestan promises to check local resident's complaint against militiamen's actions
Khaibula Khaibulaev, a resident of Karat village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, has received a letter from the department of own safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia saying that the fact of his beating on August 16, 2009, was not properly investigated by Labazan Derbishev, head of the investigation search of the Botlikh District; therefore, "an additional check was entrusted to the department of own safety of the MIA of Dagestan.
21:40, 11 March 2010
Chechen President demands that churchmen fix namaz hours
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held a meeting in Grozny with Sultan Mirzaev, Chairman of the local Spiritual Department of Moslems, and Adam Shakhidov, Director of the Information-Publishing Centre "Puts" (Way) named after Ahmat Kadyrov. In the course of the meeting, Mr Kadyrov expressed his serious discontent that the call to pray (azan) is made in the mosques of the republic not at the same time, but with essential time gaps.
21:20, 11 March 2010
Georgian authorities want to bring body of refugee-suicide from Germany
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia is actively negotiating with respective bodies in Germany aiming to take home the body of citizen of Georgia David Mardiani, 17, who committed suicide on March 7 in a prison hospital in Germany.
20:00, 11 March 2010
President of Ingushetia bans rally of Plievo residents
Today, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov forbade the relatives of Mikail Pliev, 32, a resident of Plievo village, who was kidnapped on March 4 in Pyatigorsk, to continue their marathon rally with a demand to find Mikail's whereabouts. The relatives had been earlier invited to the President.
Magomed Mutsolgov (on the left), Ingush human rights defender and member of Expert's Board at the Office of Russian Ombudsman. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 11 March 2010
Residents of Ingushetia complain that their relatives are persecuted in the army
Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush human rights activist, a member of the Expert's Board at the Office of Russian Ombudsman, has stated that the cases of prejudiced attitude to natives from Northern Caucasus in army units have become more frequent recently. He told about two complaints lodged by residents of Ingushetia, who are concerned of the fates of their relatives.
18:00, 11 March 2010
Karastelyov: at confrontation attacker said that he wanted to help
The detainee, suspected of attacking Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights and representative of Alexei Dymovskiy, former Major of Novorossisk militia, asserts that he just tried to help, while the human rights activist beat him with a wooden block. According to Karastelyov, the suspect gave this evidence in the course of confrontation.
23:50, 10 March 2010
"Chernovik" case in Dagestan: court hears evidences
On March 9-10, the trial continued in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on the criminal case initiated against journalists of the local weekly named "Chernovik" (Blueprint), accused of kindling national, racial and religious enmity.
Father of detained Abdulmedzhid Manapov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 10 March 2010
Suspect of attempt on head of Dagestan MIA has no complaints of pressure, his lawyer says
Today, Adilgerei Omarov, advocate of Shamsullah Borziev, a resident of Rakhat village, Botlikh District, and a detainee as suspect of the murder attempt on Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, Interior Minister of Dagestan, said that he had visited his client at the temporary isolation facility (known as "IVS") of the MIA of North Ossetia.
23:10, 10 March 2010
Medrese teacher assassinated in Dagestan
The body of the teacher of the local Medrese with two gunshot wounds in his head was found in his own house in Yasnaya Polyana village in Dagestan.
23:00, 10 March 2010
Suspects of blowing up "Neva-Express" train, detained in Ingushetia, refuse to plead guilty
None of the detainees in the course of special operation conducted in Ekazhevo village in Ingushetia, suspected of taking part in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has pled guilty. All of them are arrested. According to the legislation, a charge of terrorism should be presented to them within 30 day after arrest.
22:50, 10 March 2010
Chechen Ombudsman accuses Big Encyclopaedia authors of slander
Ombudsman in Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev demands to bring the editor-in-chief of the Big Encyclopaedia to responsibility for the "anti-Chechen article" placed in the 58th volume of the edition.
22:30, 10 March 2010
Moscow City Court considers new case of skinheads Ryno and Skachevskiy
As reported by the press service of the Moscow City Court, the leaders of a grouping of skinheads Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy, earlier already sentenced to imprisonment for murders, have pled guilty of other nationalistic attacks.
22:10, 10 March 2010
Murat Kardanov, defendant in Nalchik attack case, transferred to home arrest
Under inspector's statement, Murat Kardanov, a defendant in the case dealing with the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, a resident of Zolukokoazhe village, was released to home arrest. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from duly informed circles. Now, Murat Kardanov is taking his treatment at the Republic's Anti-Tubercular Clinic.
Opening of the border check point "Dariali-Verkhni Lars", March 1, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 10 March 2010
Participants of Moscow-Tbilisi-Yerevan space bridge differ in assessing "Verkhni Lars" opening
In the course of the space bridge held on March 9 by the RIA "Novosti" between Armenian, Georgian and Russian experts, who discussed the opening of the surface border between Russia and Georgia at the check points "Darial" and "Verkhni Lars", it became clear that the experts viewed the event differently. Alexei Malashenko from the Carnegie Institute treated the fact positively, while Georgiy Khaindrava, one of the leaders of the non-parliamentary opposition, found incompatible such factors like "occupation of Georgian regions" and simultaneous restoration of communication between the two countries.
21:00, 10 March 2010
In Ingushetia, rally against kidnappings continues for the fifth day
So far, no news about the whereabouts of Mikail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia, kidnapped on March 4 in Pyatigorsk, arrived to his relatives, as his wife Makka reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Residents of Plievo village continue their protest near the local administration demanding to clear out Mikail Pliev's fate.
20:30, 10 March 2010
Suspect of attacking human rights activist Karastelyov released under recognizance not to leave
The person suspected of attacking Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee for Human Rights, who is representing the interests of disfavoured militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy, is at large.
News
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The resort season began amid the problem of pollution of the Tuapse region's coastline.

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.