Сhronicles

Suicide bombing and killing of SC judge in Dagestan; investment forum in Sochi, held after emergency situation caused by bad weather; conviction of Hilal Mamedov, editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado", in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 23-29, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Suicide attacks in Chechnya and Ingushetia; start of presidential election campaign in Azerbaijan; statements about solving the murder of Russian diplomat in Sukhumi; recall of license of "Business Bank" in Dagestan; election of Speaker of Parliament and approval of Premier in Ingushetia; post-election rally of communists in Volgograd that caused legality doubts with the police, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 16-22, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Summing up the results of elections, held on September 8 in Southern Russia; killing at Sukhumi of Russian diplomat; investigators' statement about new criminal case against Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of September 9-15, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Voting at local elections in all regions of Southern Russia, except for KBR; election of heads of Ingushetia and Dagestan; mourning events in North Ossetia on the ninth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; termination of criminal prosecution of journalist Tsagoev in KBR; start of considering the terror act in the marketplace in Vladikavkaz; visit of Serzh Sargsyan to Russia that ended with declaration of Armenia's intent to join the Customs Union, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 26-September 1, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Scandal in Chechnya with mobile operators in connection of participation of Grozny Mosque in the all-Russian sights contest; killing in Ingushetia of Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Ingush Security Council; fifth anniversary of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 26-September 1, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Definition of candidates for the heads of Dagestan and Ingushetia to be elected by respective local parliaments on September 8; special operation in Buynaksk and unrest in Karaman in Dagestan; announced sentence to four officials for Krymsk flood; start of hearing in relation to 16 persons accused of links with militants in Karachay-Cherkessia; registration of the first presidential candidate and nomination by opposition of backup united candidate, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 19-25, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Azerbaijan; attempt on one of the defendants in Anna Politkovskaya's murder case in Moscow; Volgograd native Yelena Isinbayeva wins at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 12-18, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Five years after start of August 2008 events in South Ossetia; Muslims celebrate 'Id al-Fitr; arrest of Karachaevsk Mayor; death of militant leader of Kabardino-Balkaria; oral hearing at trial on flood in Krymsk; explosion at the police building in Volgograd; a major road accident with passenger bus in the Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 5-11, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Operation aimed to detain an alleged rapist in Moscow, which turned into "cleansing" of Moscow marketplaces and gathering places of natives from Northern Caucasus and Central Asia; another murder of theologian in Dagestan; appointment of voting date at presidential election in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 29-August 4, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Announcement of Georgian presidential candidate by the "United National Movement"; attack on rabbi and resignation of government in Dagestan; start of trial at the Moscow City Court of Anna Politkovskaya's murder case; protests in Yerevan against increase of public transport fares; hunger strike of doctors at Stavropol Children Hospital and reinstatement of its sacked chief physician; Jewish ethnographic expedition over cities of Southern Russia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 22-28, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Actions in support of opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny in cities of Southern Russia; death of a child from meningitis in North Ossetia; natural disaster in Georgia flooding 20 villages; nomination of incumbent heads of Ingushetia and Dagestan for the upcoming indirect elections; verdict in the case of the death of a tourist at "Zorb" entertainment in Karachay-Cherkessia; establishment of a new oppositional alliance in Azerbaijan in support of the National Council of Democratic Forces, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 15-21, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

Murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev in Dagestan; decision of Russia's Supreme Court to uphold ban on wearing hijabs in schools of Stavropol Territory; start of trial in Boston of Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing a terror act during marathon race; start of nominating presidential candidates in Georgia; a public hearing on the reconstruction project of Volgograd embankment; end of international film festival "Golden Apricot" in Armenia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 8-14, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

One year after the flood in the Krymsk District, Krasnodar Territory; pre-election resignation of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov; united opposition of Azerbaijan nominates its presidential candidate, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 1-70, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Fight of power agents with militants in the mountains of Chechnya, where two persons were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded; detention of a regional parliamentarian in Dagestan; shelling of the police and killing of a suspect at detention in the Stavropol Territory; a fruitless round of Geneva discussions on security issues in Southern Caucasus; the sentence for the murder of the head of the MIA of Dagestan Adilgerey Magomedtagirov; incident in the Volgograd Region, where the unloading dock – an object of cultural heritage – was burned down, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 24-30, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Riots occur on the border of the Voronezh and Volgograd Regions, organized by people unhappy with development of nickel deposits; meeting of officials of Georgia and South Ossetia, who discussed the situation in border areas; trial of Ali Taziev with participation of the head of Ingushetia, with an attempt on whom the defendant is charged, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 17-23, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Court removes Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov from office, and his suicide attempt in SIZO was reported; refusal of Russian government from building Kudepsta TPP in Sochi; start of hearing on the merits of the case of former city manager of Stavropol Igor Bestuzhy; strike of lawyers in Armenia against non-transparent methods of country Court of Cassation; sentence for hostage taking in Astrakhan by using mock firearm and bomb, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 10-16, 2013, prepared by the"Caucasian Knot".

Terror act in Afghanistan which took lives of six Georgian soldiers; infective episode in the kindergarten in Rostov-on-Don; recently adopted law establishing criminal penalties for defamation on the Internet and arrest of an opposition activist in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of June 3-9, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Russian school graduates start taking their USEs, during which a number of violations were fixed in South of Russia; Makhachkala Mayor detained on suspicion of organizing a murder in Dagestan; Georgia protests against Russia's demarcation actions on the border with South Ossetia; establishment of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan prior to the upcoming presidential election; women's hunger strike demanding more places in kindergartens of Volgograd, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 27-June 2, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Two terror acts in Makhachkala, one of which committed by female suicide bomber; arrest on corruption charges of former Premier of Georgia Vano Merabishvili; election of Maikop Mayor; success of the Dagestani "Anji" FC to win bronze medals in Russia's football championships, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 20-26, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.

Start of hearing in Rostov-on-Don of the case of Ali Taziev, a leader of North-Caucasian militants; trial of officials in connection with flood in Krymsk; death in Afghanistan of three Georgian servicemen and actions in defence and against sexual minorities in Tbilisi; self-explosion of a suspected militant in Ingushetia; pupils in Chechnya get poisoned with some unknown substance, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 13-19, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.