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21:00, 18 June 2012
In Ingushetia, three residents of Sunzha District disappeared
On June 11, in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, under unascertained mysterious circumstances, three residents of the village of Arshty Bai-Ali Makhauri, Bekkhan Zhukalaev, and Islam Bazgiev disappeared. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". On the next day, burnt body of Bekkhan Zhukalaev was found the on the outskirts of a village.
20:00, 18 June 2012
The Cossacks of Volgograd region set outposts as a sign of protest against the plans of developing deposits of nickel
The Cossack outposts with slogans "Down with nickel!", "We did not vote for nickel!" went on patrol along the sectors of Moscow highway, Novonicolaevsky and Novoanninsky districts of Volgograd region and Borisoglebsk district of Voronezh region.
Fence of the "Kingdom Palace" of Jehovah's Witnesses with inscription "Orthodoxy!!!" made by attackers; Rostov Region, Volgodonsk, June 10, 2012. Courtesy of the press service of the Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
19:00, 18 June 2012
Jehovah's Witnesses report assaults at their prayer houses in Volgodonsk and Sochi
Two assaults at prayer houses where representatives of religious community Jehovah's Witnesses hold their meetings were registered in the South of Russia, i.e. Sochi and Volgodonsk, Grigory Martynov, representative of Management Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Russian Federation, informed the "Caucasian Knot" today. There were no victims.
18:00, 18 June 2012
Relatives report disappearance of two residents of Dagestan
Relatives of two residents of Khasavyurt, Yusup Arsabiev and Zaur Khajiev, reported their disappearance to the police of Dagestan.
23:00, 16 June 2012
In Ingushetia, hurricane tears off the roof of district hospital
Tonight, in the village of Ordjonikidzevskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, strong wind de-roofed the cardiology unit of the district hospital; the patients were evacuated.
22:00, 16 June 2012
Bodies of casualties of special operation in Dagestan were given out to relatives against receipt that they have no claims to power agents
In Dagestan, Khaidarbek Magomedgadjiev, a resident of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, has stated that he was given a permit by employees of the Dagestani Investigatory Committee to take the body of his son Abdulaziz Magomedgadjiev, who was killed in a special operation on July 8, from the Makhachkala morgue only against a written certificate that the relatives have no claims against law enforcement bodies. According to the father, the bodies of three other casualties were given out to relatives on the same condition.
21:00, 16 June 2012
Rostov-on-Don sums up project on promoting tolerance among students
The project named "Academy of Young Citizen" was finalized by awarding the authors of best civil initiatives at the final conference.
20:00, 16 June 2012
Suspects of raping a minor to face trial in KBR
A criminal case of three suspects of raping a 14-year-old girl from the Kursk Region committed in the village of Nartan has been delivered to the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
19:00, 16 June 2012
Georgia: students demand to protect rights of veterans' children
On June 15, an initiative group of students held a protest action near the Ministry of Defence (MoD) demanding to protect the rights of veterans' children, namely, free education and better social conditions.
18:00, 16 June 2012
Armenia defines its films-participants of the "Golden Apricot" Festival
The Ninth International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" has received this year a record number of applications – 1250; of them, 150 films from 44 countries were selected," Mikael Stamboltsyan, Director of Festival Programmes, said at a press conference on June 15. The Film Festival "Golden Apricot" will take place in Yerevan on July 8-15.
16:00, 16 June 2012
Azerbaijan starts public campaign for defamation law
The Institute of Media Rights (IMR), engaged in defence of the freedom of the press and expression in Azerbaijan, has announced a start of the public campaign with the aim to adopt the defamation law, which cancels criminal responsibility for slander and insult.
23:30, 15 June 2012
OSCE Special Envoy on Freedom of Media calls on Azerbaijan to release arrested journalists
Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Special Envoy on Freedom of the Media, has expressed her concern in connection with the recent facts of the prosecution of journalists and restrictions of freedom of information in Azerbaijan.
March in defence of historical monuments, organized by the Union of Public Organizations ''Save Yerevan'', Yerevan, June 14, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 15 June 2012
In Armenia, march "Not to be destroyed" held
On June 14, in Yerevan, the union of NGOs "Save Yerevan" organized a rally to protect historical monuments. More than 100 participants of the rally under the slogan reading: "Not to be destroyed" marched along the streets of the Armenian capital of Armenia. The stopped near every historical monument, which had faced and continued to face a threat of destruction, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
22:30, 15 June 2012
Court fines assistant of former Stavropol City Manager for bribery
Leonid Kozlov, a former assistant of Igor Bestuzhy, the former head of the Stavropol administration, was found guilty of mediation in taking bribes and fined 100 million roubles. This was reported by the website of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
22:30, 15 June 2012
Vladikavkaz resident sentenced for calls to expel natives of South Caucasus from North Ossetia
The Lenin District Court of Vladikavkaz sentenced David Kachlaev, a local resident, who disseminated extremist materials on the Internet, to six months of correctional labour. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the 24-year-old man was charged of inciting hatred or enmity and humiliation of human dignity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
22:10, 15 June 2012
Policeman sentenced to two years of custodial restraint for shooting at drunken Krasnodar resident
The verdict against Andrei Scherba, the ex-staff member of the private security department of the Krasnodar UVD (Interior Department), who was found guilty of causing death by negligence because of improper execution of his professional duties (Part 2 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), has come into force. This was reported by Natalia Smyatskaya, Assistant Director of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Krasnodar Territory.
22:00, 15 June 2012
Kabardino-Balkaria: three officials charged of fraud
Today, three officials of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Vladimir Zhamborov, the head of the administration of the KBR's leader, Khabdulsalam Ligidov, ex-Minister of State Property and Land Relations, and Ruslan Zhamborov, his former deputy, were charged of committing fraud on a large scale with the use of their official positions. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
21:30, 15 June 2012
Oleg Shein is unaware of the motive for court's refusal on his lawsuit to cancel results of Astrakhan Mayor election
Olga Morozova, Judge of the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan, who pronounced the decision to refused Oleg Shein, the ex-candidate for the position of City Mayor, in granting his lawsuit to invalidate the outcome of the election of Astrakhan Mayor, held on March 4, read out only the findings of the court decision. Upon receipt of the reasoning of the court decision, Oleg Shein will begin preparation for appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Today, the court refused Oleg Shein to grant his lawsuit in full.
21:00, 15 June 2012
Sergey Khadjikurbanov's lawyer finds reason to close case against his client within investigation into Anna Politkovskaya's murder
In the framework of the investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", investigators conducted a confrontation of two defendants in the case Sergey Khadjikurbanov, and Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, ex-officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Following the results of that investigatory action, Sergey Khadjikurbanov' lawyer intends to appeal to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a motion to stop the criminal proceedings against his client.
19:00, 15 June 2012
Mother of a schoolboy detained by members of the top brass in Ingushetia went on a hunger strike
Members of power ministries in Ingushetia illegally detained Usman Albakov, pupil of school No 5 of the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya, for suspicion of storing ammunition, his mother Yakha Albakova reported. The woman went on a hunger strike on June, 8, demanding from District Department of Interior Affairs to execute the verdict of her son's release.
News
Gas stations. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The authorities' report on measures against rising fuel prices has caused skepticism among the residents of Ingushetia.

The court refused to release five defendants in the case of the brother of the head of Ingushetia under house arrest.

The authorities of Ingushetia acknowledged problems with fuel in the region.

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.