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Pre-trial prison. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:33, 27 October 2019
ICRF gets interested in traumas of inmate of Khasavyurt SIZO
A resident of the Kizlyar District, kept in custody at the Khasavyurt SIZO (pre-trial prison), was hospitalized with a craniocerebral trauma; investigators opened a case about the intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm.
Picket of miners in Gukovo, October 26, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
11:19, 27 October 2019
Gukovo miners demand report of bankruptcy manager
On October 26, at a picket in Gukovo, former employees of the "Kingcoal" Company adopted an appeal to the prosecutor asking to oblige Roman Kopets, the bankruptcy manager of the "Zamchalovsky Anthracite", to report weekly on the progress of tendering the underground workings.
Photos of victims of the terror act at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre. Photo: Life News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4f6HuICe0
11:07, 27 October 2019
Muscovites paid tribute to Dubrovka terror act victims
About 200 people gathered in Moscow for the mourning ceremony on the anniversary of the terror act at the Theatrical Centre. Only 60 victims out of a thousand received compensations from the authorities; it's too late for others to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Igor Trunov, a lawyer, has stated.
17:46, 26 October 2019
NKR reports 170 shelling attacks during the last week
On October 20-26, Azerbaijani soldiers fired 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported today.
17:19, 26 October 2019
Parents of convicts in "Ganja case" hold protest action
Parents protested against the arrest of their children. According to the protesters, those accused of unrests didn't commit any unlawful actions; and they were tortured after arrest.
Islam Kadyrov. Screenshot from the "Grozny" ChGTRK video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BpjWCGHbJ6E
17:05, 26 October 2019
Islam Kadyrov's video is a link in cleansing Chechen leader's encirclement
The screening by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) of a video showing the cruelty of Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, is explained by the cleansing of Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue conducted upon his permit, Alexei Malashenko and Sergey Zhavoronkov, political analysts, believe.
Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az
16:50, 26 October 2019
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 20 shelling attacks
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were subjected to shelling from machine guns and sniper rifles, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
Khalid Omarov holds solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Makhachkala, October 25, 2019. Photo by Ilias Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
13:05, 26 October 2019
Activists hold series of solo pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev
On October 25, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft), held a series of solo pickets in central Makhachkala near the complex of buildings of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB.
12:46, 26 October 2019
BBC: Caucasian women disappear in conflict zone in Syria
The women-natives of Northern Caucasus, who had turned to Russian authorities asking to evacuate them from the conflict zone in Syria, has stopped communicating with their relatives.
Screenshot of Malika Djikaeva's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/B39v_CWob8h/
12:32, 26 October 2019
Orientalists urge Muslims to ignore Djikaeva's epatage
The video clips by Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, can be painfully perceived by Muslims; however, they contain no direct desecration of Islam, the Islamic experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Hunger-striker in the DOSAAF Makhachkala micro-district, October 25, 2019. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
12:19, 26 October 2019
Kumyk activists demand return of historical lands
Two activists are hunger-striking near Makhachkala for the fifth day, demanding to return historical lands to residents of the Kumyk villages of Alburikent, Kyakhulai and Tarki. One more protester felt bad; and he is in hospital.
Conor McGregor. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
08:45, 26 October 2019
Hundreds besiege McGregor's hotel after his words about Dagestanis
A Moscow hotel was taken under guard after several hundred people, outraged by the words of the Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor about Dagestanis, tried to reach him.
Believers praying. Photo: REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
08:34, 26 October 2019
MIA explains raid at mosque in Makhachkala by care about public order
A check of documents after the Friday namaz (prayer) at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala passed without detentions. Three mobile posts with dozens of law enforcers were deployed in the mosque area.
Abu Gadjiev. Photo: Lom-Ali Lorsanov, IA 'Grozny-Inform'
08:25, 26 October 2019
Figurant of Crimea brawl apologizes after Kadyrov's words about youth control
On October 25, the "Grozny" TV Channel posted a video on the Instagram social network about a native of Chechnya who hit a journalist of the "Krym 24" TV Channel in Simferopol for a remark made by him. A resident of Chechnya, Abu Gadjiev, "is already at home, admits his wrongdoing and regrets of what he had done," the author of the report said off screen.
EU Monitoring Mission detained at South Ossetia-Georgia border. Screenshot of Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=965080070517846&set=pcb.458555624758201&type=3&theater&ifg=1
22:02, 25 October 2019
EU mission condemns detention of its observers on Georgian-South Ossetian border
On October 24, a patrol of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) was detained for some time by agents of the KGB of South Ossetia on a disputable section of the border with Georgia. The European External Action Service (EEAS) called the situation a "serious incident" and stated it would achieve diplomatic response.
Islam Kadyrov talking with locals. Screenshot from 'Grozny' TV Company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpjWCGHbJ6E&feature=youtu.be
21:51, 25 October 2019
Social network users call on to punish Islam Kadyrov and his subordinates
A video about the brutality of Islam Kadyrov, the former Mayor of Grozny, also describes the methods applied by other Chechen officials, some users of social networks believe. They expressed their astonishment by the fact that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is not going to punish accomplices of the former Mayor.
Train arriving at Yerevan station. Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0/Vicuna R https://www.flickr.com/photos/144510328@N03/
18:26, 25 October 2019
Armenian railway workers stop striking
The train traffic along the South Caucasus Railway has been resumed after its managers made concessions to the locomotive drivers on strike.
Magomed Daudov (centre). Photo: press service of the United Russia Party, https://chechen.er.ru/news/2018/12/8/magomed-daudov-izbran-v-sostav-generalnogo-soveta-partii-edinaya-rossiya/
18:09, 25 October 2019
Magomed Daudov leads "United Russia" branch after criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov
On October 24, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has become one of five officials in the regions of Southern Russia, appointed acting secretaries of regional branches of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party. Ramzan Kadyrov, who had earlier criticized Magomed Daudov, approved his appointment.
Islam Kadyrov voicing out threats to a woman. Screenshot from video posted by the "Grozny" ChGTRK, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BpjWCGHbJ6E
14:32, 25 October 2019
Police interested in video about Islam Kadyrov's brutality
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched a check after the publication of the images, in which Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, threatens local residents with execution and uses an electric shocker. The information released on October 24 had earlier become the reason for the dismissal of the official, the authorities of Chechnya have explained.
Former school principal Sevinj Abbasova. Photo: "The First Time" https://www.1news.az/mobile/news/otec-eliny-gadzhievoy-direktor-shkoly-sevindzh-abbasova-smeyalas-vo-vremya-interv-yu
14:17, 25 October 2019
Family of schoolgirl who perished in Baku find sentence to teacher too soft
A court in Baku has sentenced Sevinj Abbasova, a former school principal, to restriction of liberty, finding her guilty under the case of an eighth-grader's death. Relatives of the casualty decided to seek imprisonment for the former school principal.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Maria Smelaya. Still frame from a video from the YouTube channel "Ostorozhno Media" from April 10, 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjbgxxzYoY Maria Smelaya's case highlights mothers' vulnerability in custody disputes.

Maria Smelaya was forced to give up custody of her child to the father.

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.