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23:00, 5 March 2010
Sappers to blow up mine-studded houses in the venue of special operation in Ingushetia
Two private houses in the special operation zone in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, had been mined with non-extractable mines, as reported by a source in power agencies. According to his story, these buildings will be blown up by sappers. The body of supposed Said Buryatskiy, found after examination of the operation venue, was already delivered to the Centre of Forensic-Medical Examination of the Ministry of Defence in Rostov-on-Don, where the genetic examination will be held to identify the casualty.
22:40, 5 March 2010
Thomas Hammarberg disappointed that murder of journalist Guseinov is still unsolved
The situation with the freedom of mass media, operation of the law-enforcement system of Azerbaijan and situation with NGOs were the main topics of debates in the course of the visit to the country on March 1-5 of Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner of the Council of Europe on Human Rights.
22:30, 5 March 2010
Over 700 villages in SFD and NCFD are under threat of flooding
In the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD), the forthcoming high water threatens to flood 731 dwelling settlements. This was stated on March 4 in Stavropol at the session of the Commission for Emergencies and Fire Safety.
22:10, 5 March 2010
Examination results of Denisova's PCs cause lawyers' doubts
Prior to start litigation on the case of Anastasia Denisova, head of the public organization "ETnIKA", accused of using counterfeit software in her home and office computers, the equipment, which was confiscated at search, was subjected to examination. The Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar entrusted the Inter-Regional Public Organization (IRPO) "Union of Criminalists" to make the examination.
22:00, 5 March 2010
Elmira Suleimanova re-elected as Azerbaijani Ombudsperson
At today's session of the Parliament, Elmira Suleimanova, 72, was re-elected to the post of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan for her second term of 7 years. The opposition and human rights activists differed in their opinions on this re-appointment.
21:00, 5 March 2010
Dagestan: residents are negative to overall fingerprinting
Activists of public and political circles of Dagestan have criticized the offer of Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia to take fingerprints of all residents of Northern Caucasus. In their opinion, the procedure would break the rights of residents of the region, which is a full-fledged part of Russia, not an enclave inhabited exclusively by criminals.
Ingushetia. Photo by www.flickr.com/people/photomans, Aleksey Myakishev
20:00, 5 March 2010
Residents of Ingushetia are afraid of terror acts after Said Buryatskiy's murder
Local residents are afraid that after the special operation conducted by Russian power agencies on March 3 in Ekazhevo village the republic will face new terror acts. During the operation militants suffered losses and in the near future, most likely, they will strike back. If the fact of liquidation of the ideologist of extremism Said Buryatskiy (Alexander Tikhomirov) is confirmed, their response may be even tougher.
19:00, 5 March 2010
Head of Novorossisk UVD sues human rights activist Karastelyov
Vladimir Chernositov, head of the UVD (Interior Department) of Novorossisk has lodged a suit on defence of his honour, dignity and business reputation against Vadim Karastelyov, head of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights, who represents the interests of ex-militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy.
18:00, 5 March 2010
In Dagestan, militia detains and releases human rights activist
Today, Rasul Magomedov, a resident of Balakhani village, Untsukul District, a teacher of the local secondary school and a member of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", has stated that he was kept till late at night by militiamen in one of the rooms of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan without any explanations.
23:50, 4 March 2010
Militant Said Buryatskiy liquidated in Ingushetia
As a result of a special operation conducted by FSB agents in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, one of militants' leaders - Said Buryatskiy (initial name - Alexander Tikhomirov) - was killed. Several sources in power agencies have reported about it today.
23:50, 4 March 2010
Igor Kuznetsov: Yazidis and Kurmanches in Krasnodar Territory receive Russian passports
The situation with the Yazidis and Kurmanches, living in the Krasnodar Territory, who were long refused by local authorities of any documents, is gradually becoming better. By today, only no more than 20 percent of them still have Soviet documents, and this figure goes down step by step. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from the interview he took from Igor Kuznetsov, associate professor of the division of archaeology, ethnology of ancient and medieval history of the Kuban State University and one of the founders of the Centre of Caucasian-Pontic Studies.
23:40, 4 March 2010
SDM of North Ossetia is revolted with Fatima Bagaeva's arrest
The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of North Ossetia has expressed its indignation with the arrest of Fatima Bagaeva, who, under official data, was detained on February 25 at the Chermen post with elements of explosives on her. The Department notes that the circumstances of her detention raise many questions.
South Ossetia, Tskhinvali. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 4 March 2010
Residents of South Ossetia state that they received no compensation
Many residents of South Ossetia complain that they received no compensations, due to them under the decision made after Russia had recognized independence of South Ossetia. The compensations were intended to the victims of the warfare in August 2008. Many of those who received the money assure that it was enough to reimburse only a small part of damage.
23:00, 4 March 2010
Krasnodar Territorial Prosecutor's Office takes the case of attack on Karastelyov under control
The criminal case about the attack committed on February 27 on human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, advocate of ex-militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy, was transferred to the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) for the Krasnodar Territory.
22:50, 4 March 2010
Georgia mourns for perished miners
Because of the explosion in a mine in the city of Tkibuli, Western Georgia, March 4 is announced a national mourning day.
22:30, 4 March 2010
Fatima Margieva's trial reappointed on March 11
Today, the Tskhinvali hall of judicial sessions hosted the hearing of the case of Fatima Margieva, a teacher of the South-Ossetian State University, accused of illegal purchase and keeping of firearms and explosives.
22:10, 4 March 2010
ICPO head offers to fingerprint all NCFD residents
Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation, has offered to make mandatory fingerprinting and DNA analysis of all the people living in the territory of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Magomed Khazbiev (to the left). Photo by www.ikd.ru
22:00, 4 March 2010
Ingush oppositionist Khazbiev summoned to interrogation on beating President's press secretary
Today, the case dealing with the attack on Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has received a new development after Akhilgov had addressed the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of Nazran with an application asking to attract oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev as an accused person of the recent attack on him.
18:00, 4 March 2010
Woman from Ingushetia states her brother was tortured in prison in Vladimir Region
Rizvan Elbiev, a native of Chechnya, is exposed to mockeries at Corrective Colony No. 4, located in Vyazniki, Vladimir Region. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by his sister - Saikhat Elmurzaeva, who lives in Ingushetia.
23:50, 3 March 2010
Czech authorities officially recognize their mistake with Pyatigorsk tourists
According to the information of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in the city of Brno and the Czech authorities, the issue of the stay of six Russian tourists in the country will be positively resolved within a couple of hours. Murat Temirov, official spokesman of the Pyatigorsk Linguistic University told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
News
A still from an electric car owner's protest in Batumi. Photo: Batumelebi / https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/news/615854/ Entrepreneurs have threatened the Batumi administration with round-the-clock protests.

Mzia Amaglobeli in court. June 2025. Photo from TV Pirveli. A third complaint about the violation of Mzia Amaglobeli's rights has been filed with the ECHR.

The Supreme Court of Georgia refused to review Amaglobeli's sentence.

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.