Сhronicles

Signing of Russian-Abkhaz alliance and strategic partnership treaty; ECtHR's award of 15,000 euros of compensation to ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov; eighth delivery of humanitarian aid from Russia to Donbas; mass poisoning in Armenian kindergarten; license revocation "PrestizhKreditBank" of Derbent and cancellation of CTO regime in the Untsukul District of Dagestan; upholding by Russia's SC of verdict to natives of Ingushetia for terror act in "Domodedovo" Airport, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 24-30, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

End of drafting new Russian-Abkhaz cooperation treaty; funeral in Georgia of ex-Minister of Economy Kakha Bendukidze who died in London; hunger strike of Tarki villagers in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 17-23, 2014, prepared bythe "Caucasian Knot".

Incident with a military helicopter shot down in the Karabakh conflict zone; road traffic accident involving a motorcade of the Dagestani leader; law passed in the Astrakhan Region abolishing the direct election of the Mayor of Astrakhan; awarding Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to political prisoners of Azerbaijan; launch of the third power unit of Rostov NPP; attack on the Prime Minister of Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 10-16, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Split in the ruling coalition of Georgia after resignation of Defence Minister Irakli Alasaniya; festivities in Russia on National Unity Day; open festival "Kunaki" of documentaries and author's TV programmes of Northern Caucasus in Sukhumi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 3-9, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Hunger strike of several activists in Makhachkala demanding resignation of head of Dagestan; major power outage in Stavropol; meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris; protests of mothers of many children from Volgograd Region in Moscow; two convoys with Russian humanitarian aid to residents of Donetsk and Lugansk; decision of Chechen SC on Ruslan Kutaev's case, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 27-November 2, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Russian Supreme Court's decision on appeals lodged by convicts for massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory; verdicts of guilty against Bacho Akhalaya and Vano Merabishvili, Mikhail Saakashvili's close associates in Georgia; mass rally in Yerevan, demanding resignation of President Serzh Sargsyan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 20-26, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Public hearing at the ECtHR on human rights violations in the case on the terror act in Beslan in September 2007; changes in executive power of Volgograd Region; conviction of "Million Mask March" protesters in Yerevan; pardoning in Azerbaijan that affected four political prisoners; search for organizers of terror act in Chechnya; heavy rains in the Krasnodar Territory that caused flooding of some resort cities, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 13-19, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Election of the head of the KBR by its parliament; negotiations during Geneva debates; Armenia's accession to the EAEU, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 6-12, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Suicide bombing in Grozny; death of Minvody resident, beaten up in hospital, and public resonance in Stavropol Territory in this regard; meeting of "Caspian Five" leaders in Astrakhan; delivery of Vaclav Havel Award rights defender who was convicted in Azerbaijan Anar Mamedli; start of autumn recruitment into the Russian Army, where they plan to draw over 4000 conscripts from the republics of Northern Caucasus; election of a new Speaker of the City Assembly of Vladikavkaz - the head of the city, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 29-October 5, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Hurricane in Southern Russia, flooding hundreds of houses of local residents and killing several people; inauguration of new President of Abkhazia; conviction of key witness in one of cases against dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 22-28, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Voting in Southern Russia to elect heads of the four regions and legislative assemblies of three regions; closing TACs opened earlier for Ukrainian refugees in Rostov Region; adoption of the first reading of abolition of direct election of municipality heads in Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 8-14, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Mourning events to commemorate victims of the terror act in Beslan in 2004; Knowledge Day celebrated by children of Southern Russia together with children of Ukrainian refugees; Georgia's receipt of NATO package of "enhanced cooperation"; beginning of construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait in the Crimea; two aircraft accidents in the Krasnodar Territory; consideration of the claim filed by opponents of construction of a maternity hospital in a wooded area of Stavropol, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 1-7, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Reports of involvement of Russian militaries, including soldiers from southern regions of the country, in combat operations in the territory of Ukraine; recognition of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh by the US State of California; abolition of the direct election of the Makhachkala Mayor and withdrawal of the banking license of the Dagestani "Mesed" Bank; several false reports on bombs in public places of Stavropol, Volgograd, and Rostov-on-Don; music festival "KaZantip" in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 25-31, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Election of President of Abkhazia; Russian humanitarian convoy's week-long waiting at Ukrainian customs in Rostov Region; rights defender Ilgar Nasibov beaten up in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 18-24, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Murder of Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia; announcement of search of ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili; harassment of civil society activists in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 4-10, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Events to mark six years after the August 2008 warfare in South Ossetia; meeting of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Sochi; search of IRFS office and arrest of rights defender Intigam Aliev in Baku; fire that burnt down the marketplace in central Cherkessk; murder of deputy head of Makhachkala GIBDD; deadline for registration of candidates for the heads of the Stavropol Territory and Kalmykia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 4-10, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Death of public figure Timur Kuashev in KBR; escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone; arrest of human rights defenders Leyla Yunus and Rasul Jafarov in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 28-August 3, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Shuffling in government of Georgia that required approval of the parliament; withdrawal of license from Makhachkala "New Commercial Bank"; registration of first candidate for Governor of Astrakhan Region; burial of two militants' bodies in Nalchik; election of a new head of Volgograd; conviction of Igor Bestuzhy, former Stavropol City Manager, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 21-27, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" in Yerevan; murder of KChR's MP Mukhamed Kunizhev; accusation against journalist Mirkadirov of transferring military secrets to Armenian NGOs, announced byAzerbaijan special services, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 14-20, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Death of Eduard Shevardnadze and the second round of municipal elections in Georgia; death of Sergey Tsapok convicted for "Kuschevskaya massacre" in SIZO in Krasnodar; sentencing of Chechen activist who criticized Kadyrov; a guilty verdict in the case of Said Amirov, ex-Mayor of Makhachkala; echo of Ukrainian warfare in Rostov Region, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 7-13, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".