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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 30 to February 5
Rallies within the all-Russian campaign "For Fair Elections" in the cities of Southern Russia; hunger strike of women-prisoners in Georgia; proposal to rename Azerbaijan; approval of Sergey Bozhenov as Governor of Volgograd Region; arrest of Igor Bestuzhij, Stavropol City Manager; Dokku Umarov orders militants to stop attacking civilian targets, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 30-February 5, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
North Osetia - Alania, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Rostov region, Krasnodar region, Kalmykia, Astrakhan region, South Caucasus, Georgia, Russia, North Caucasus, Chechnya, Stavropol region, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Federal District, Volgograd region
Politics, Conflicts, Human rights, Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus, Crime, Economics, Society
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 23 to 29
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Summit of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Sochi on Karabakh settlement; presentation in Moscow of the Human Rights Watch report on human rights violations; end of inquiry into terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport; decision of the Russian Supreme Court on Sviridov's murder in Moscow; adaptation commission for militants set up in Kabardino-Balkaria, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 23-29, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Georgia, South Caucasus, Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 16-22
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Hackers' attacks on websites of Azerbaijan state agencies; resignation of Anatoly Brovko, Governor of Volgograd Region; termination of criminal case against human rights defender Oleg Orlov accused of slandering Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov; first nominations for re-election of President of South Ossetia; start of election campaign for Abkhazian parliament; investigation into deaths of several babies at the Republic's Hospital in Nalchik, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 16-22, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Kabardino-Balkaria, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, Volgograd region, South Caucasus, South Osetia, South Federal District, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 9-15 January
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Fifteen Georgian seamen back at home after Somalia captivity; Aslan Tkhakushinov re-enters presidency of Adygea; appointment of oppositionist as State Adviser to President of South Ossetia; re-qualification of indictment to Dagestan athlete, whose punch led to death of Moscow student; commissioning of cottage settlement in Ingushetia for resettlers from landslide area; investigation in the Rostov Region into the death of a child attacked by dogs, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 9-15, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Rostov region, South Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Adygeia, Georgia, Russia, Ingushetia, South Osetia, South Caucasus
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 2-8
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Human rights defenders criticize the Georgian Code of Administrative Offences; protest action of Vladikavkaz residents against operation of "Electrozink" Factory; Orthodox believers of the Caucasus celebrate Christmas; complaint of Azerbaijani UN representative against violations of ceasefire in Karabakh conflict zone; first in the new year skirmish in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria with casualties and victims, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of January 2-8, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, South Federal District, Chechnya, Georgia, Krasnodar region, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, North Osetia - Alania, Rostov region, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 26-January 1
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About 200 Circassians from Syria, where riots are on since March 2011, appeal to Russian leadership and government of Adygea asking for help in their resettlement to Russia; Governor of Stavropol Territory takes control over situation in the city of Lermontov, where the mayor and city manager are in open conflict; first sentence on mass slaughter in Kuschevskaya; exchange of prisoners between Georgia and South Ossetia; actions in defence of political prisoners, supported in Southern Russia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 26, 2011, to January 1, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Adygeia, Russia, South Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol region, Krasnodar region, Georgia, South Caucasus, Azerbaijan, North-Caucasian Federal District, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, South Osetia
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 19-25
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Preliminary agreement on exchange of detainees between Georgia and South Ossetia; statement of Azerbaijani MFA about recognition by Mexican parliament of Khojaly events as genocide, which was refuted by Armenian press; rallies for fair elections in Russia, including in the south of Russia, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 19-25, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
North Osetia - Alania, Stavropol region, Kabardino-Balkaria, South Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Kalmykia, Krasnodar region, Volgograd region, Armenia, Adygeia, Rostov region, South Osetia, Georgia, Russia, Astrakhan region, Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 12-18
| Approval by the State Council – Khase of Adygea – of Aslan Tkhakushinov as the republic's leader; Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia; resonant killing in Dagestan of journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov; fire at chemical plant in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory, which was extinguished only two days later, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 12-18, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". |
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 5-11
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Mass protests against rigged elections to Russian Duma held in Moscow, St Petersburg and cities of Southern Russia; resignation of South-Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity on agreement with the opposition; mass poisoning of Nalchik residents; start of trial in Krasnodar Territory of figurants in massacre of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya; promulgation of amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 5-11, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Astrakhan region, North-Caucasian Federal District, Krasnodar region, Dagestan, Georgia, Russia, Rostov region, Stavropol region, Volgograd region, South Osetia, South Caucasus, South Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria
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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 28 to December 4
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Voting at elections to the sixth-convocation State Duma of the Russian Federation, and regional elections held in some southern regions; song contest "Junior Eurovision-2011" in Yerevan, won Georgian company; nomination of candidates for the post of the head of Adygea; municipal elections in Azerbaijan; confrontation in South Ossetia after the second round of presidential election, where Russia is involved, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 28-December 4, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District, Stavropol region, North Osetia - Alania, Krasnodar region, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Kalmykia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Volgograd region, Astrakhan region, Azerbaijan, Ingushetia, Rostov region, South Osetia, South Caucasus, Adygeia, South Federal District, Russia, Georgia, Armenia
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All news
- An "extremist" case of an Jehovah's Witness in Astrakhan region referred to court
- Ecologists from Kislovodsk ask the President of the Russian Federation to help them maintain the health resort
- Mother of a resident of Ingushetia reports beating him up by the police personnel
Announcements
- FIDH to hold its 37th Congress in Armenia
- Kadyrov's claim to head of HRC "Memorial" to continue on October 6
- "Caucasian Knot" suffers regular DDoS-attacks
Articles
- Rules for users' behaviour on the "Caucasian Knot" interactive services
- Do you want to support
The Caucasian Knot? - National Reconciliation in South Ossetia
Reports
- Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) North Caucasus
- Russia chapter 2011 by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Remarks by Barak Obama at the New Economic School Graduation
Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Guide
Personalities
Books
- Authors
- Social Marketing in Rostov: Student's Rights
- Social Marketing in Ryazan: Costs of the War in Chechnya
Legal texts
- Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Divided Europe Reunited: promoting human rights and civil liberties in the OSCE region in the 21st century
- The Current Situation in Georgia and Implications for U.S. Policy
NGO Documents
- Open letter of residents of Novosasitli village Khasavyurt District of Dagestan
- Open Appeal to Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) Alexander Bastrykin of residents of the Krasnodar Territory
- DECLARATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONHOOD OF THE AUTONOMUS AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS CIRCASSIAN PEOPLES: A NATION IN EXILE
