Сhronicles

Poor efforts in suppressing fires results in sacking high-ranking officials of the Volgograd Region; inspectors dealing with terror act in Buinaksk initiate a criminal case against commander of the army unit; a bomb found at the Irganai HPP in Dagestan; a resonant terror act was prevented in Ingushetia; and an explosion in Vladikavkaz took away dozens of human lives, - look these and other events in the review of the week of September 6-12, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Natural fires in the Volgograd Region capture dwelling settlements, taking eight human lives and leaving about a thousand persons without roof over their head; Russia and other countries hold mourning actions on the sixth anniversary of the terror act in Beslan; suicide bomber commits a terror act in Buinaksk killing five and wounding thirty persons, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 30-September 5, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Reappointment of President of Kabardino-Balkaria; reconciliation of the clans of Chechen President and the Yamadaevs; heat of pre-election situation in Dagestan; violation of refugees' rights in Georgia, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 23-29, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Thirty persons suffered in terror act in the resort city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Territory; terrorist-suicide bomber blows himself up in North-Ossetian-Ingush border, kills a militiaman and wounds three more persons; armed underground of Northern Caucasus loses several of its notable leaders, – look these and other news items in the review of the main events in the Caucasus on August 16-22, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Dokku Umarov takes responsibility for terror acts despite the split in "Imarat Kavkaz"; Russia deploys "S-300" antiaircraft complexes in Abkhazia; kidnappings are incessant in Northern Caucasus, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 9-15, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Dokku Umarov first retired and then returned to the post of the main Caucasian militant; fiery element attacks Russian and Southern Caucasus; analysts recalculate Russia's technical losses in August 2008; person guilty of oppositionist Evloev's death was killed, while the latter's Internet heritage was recognized as extremist, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 2-8, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Attacks on militiamen in Astrakhan; protests of Abkhazian refugees in Tbilisi; rallies in defence of the freedom of assembly in the cities of Russia's south, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 26-August 1, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Explosion at Baksan HPP; severe beating of oppositionist in South Ossetia; loud statements of Balkar hunger-strikers, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 19-25, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

One year after Natalia Estemirova's murder; forced eviction of Imereti residents from "Olympic" lands; start of ethnographic expedition of Russian bloggers to the Caucasus, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 12-18, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Trial on Ruslan Yamadaev's murder begins; members of the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) visit the Caucasus; rights defender Orlov is officially accused of slandering Chechen President; Ingush Imams rise ransoms for murder and bride kidnapping, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 5-11, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Beating of lawyers in Dagestan continues; the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh gets into focus of world community; another terror act committed by a suicide bomber in Chechnya, - look these and other events in the review of the week from June 28 to July 4, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Nature continues to inflict damage on the residents of North Caucasus; new unrest in the Karabakh conflict zone; new evidence in the case of murder of human rights activist Estemirova; Abkhazia walks out of Geneva discussions, South Ossetia threatens to follow suit - read all this in the "Caucasian Knot" review of main events in the Caucasus during the week of June 21 - 27, 2010.

President of Russia visits Chechnya; head of HRC "Memorial" Oleg Orlov interrogated under the case of Ramzan Kadyrov's claim; militiamen severely beat lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova in Dagestan, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of June 14-20, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Capture of militants' leader named Magas; hot debates on the role of the Russian language in Armenia, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of June 7-13, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Elections in Georgia and totals thereof; clashes of the opposition with police in Armenia and Azerbaijan; kidnappings in Northern Caucasus; murders in zones of Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zones; Jehova's Witnesses' complaint to the ECtHR; and outcomes of Circassians' Congress, - look these and other events in the review of the week from May 31 to June 6, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Aggravation of situation in Kabardino-Balkaria; resonant terror act in Stavropol; elections to local governments in Georgia, - look these and other events in the review of the week from May 24 to May 30, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh caused a resonance far abroad; human rights defenders meet President of Russia and tell him about the burning problems of Northern Caucasus, while people are still perishing and kidnapped in the region, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 17-23, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Human rights are still trampled on in the south of Russia and Southern Caucasus; Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists fail to reach information armistice; Georgia and Azerbaijan suffer from calamities; investigation reports establishment of organizers of Moscow metro terror acts; house restoration stopped in South Ossetia; co-chairs of Geneva debates visit the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian conflict zones, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 10-16, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

First resettlers from Imereti Lowland celebrate their housewarming parties in Nekrasovskoe village; Ingush mothers state power agents' arbitrariness towards their sons; in Azerbaijan the Kura River overflows its banks and floods houses; Georgian oppositionists suffer in fight with policemen, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 3-9, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

President of Chechnya is officially accused of involvement in murder of his former security; attempt committed in Kabardino-Balkaria on former and present state officials; journalists are again in authorities' disgrace, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of April 26-May 2, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".