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Albert Razin holding posters during a solo picket. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/B2TiGNVgqvI/
00:23, 17 September 2019
Udmurt scientist's suicide provokes disputes about learning native languages in Caucasus
In North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia, NGOs called for a revision of the law on the study of native languages after Albert Razin, a supporter of the preservation of the Udmurt language, had committed suicide in public. The languages of the peoples of Northern Caucasus are endangered, note users of social networks.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
00:16, 17 September 2019
Azerbaijan reports machine-gun attacks from Armenian side
The ceasefire in the conflict zone was violated 22 times within 24 hours, and the troops used large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
23:06, 16 September 2019
Relatives of people from Chechen "execution list" turn to ECtHR
The authorities of the Russian Federation have failed to conduct an efficient inquiry into extrajudicial executions of Chechen residents, their relatives complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Esimat Uspakhadjieva. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqDQDXXlETY
22:57, 16 September 2019
Chechen woman publicly repents of witchcraft
Esimat Uspakhadjieva has become at least the third in two months heroine of the plot of the "Grozny" TV channel, who repented of providing occult services. Following Ramzan Kadyrov's instruction, law enforcers are searching for people engaged in "fraudulent activities" in Chechnya, the police have explained.
The "Nizhny Zaramag" checkpoint in South Ossetia. Photo by the "South Ossetia Today" news agency
17:41, 16 September 2019
Residents of South Ossetia are against new rules of exporting cars to Russia
Car owners with South-Ossetian license number plates held a rally at the "Nizhny Zaramag" checkpoint, telling that because of the new rules of exporting cars, they have to go to Russia by taxi.
Georgia. Screenshot of the video "Georgia Pastoral Tourism Ecotourism in Georgia" by Matvey Mosiahin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMkU7NkpZkM
17:36, 16 September 2019
Amid Russian sanctions, Georgia reports increase of ecotourists
In January-August of 2019, the number of visitors to Georgian nature reserves increased by 8% compared to the same period of 2018, the Agency for Country's Protected Areas has informed.
Leyla Chemurzieva. Photo: screenshot of the video by Ayub Musiev on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2d79Jtuc4
17:26, 16 September 2019
Ingush woman complains about law enforcers' threats in colony
Law enforcers are putting pressure on Leyla Chemurzieva, accused of links with militants, demanding from her to testify against residents of Ingushetia unknown to her, her advocate has stated. One of the persons mentioned by law enforcers said that he had never heard of Chemurzieva.
13:39, 16 September 2019
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 9-15, 2019
Election results on unified voting day in Southern Russia; claim to court after summing up of the voting results at the presidential election in Abkhazia; closing of the border of South Ossetia with Georgia for an indefinite period; searches at offices and homes of Navalny's activists in Southern Russia; President Putin's trip to Dagestan on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the defeat of militants – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 9-15, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A member of the election commission in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:25, 16 September 2019
Karabakh activists upset with election outcomes to Stepanakert Council of Elders
Among the newly elected members of the Stepanakert Council of Elders there are no women. Rita Mnatsakanyan, an MP of the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has suggested ensuring the election of women to bodies of power at the legislative level. The society is scornfully treating women in politics are, NGO activists believe.
The Georgian-South-Ossetian border. Photo by the South-Ossetian State Security Committee (known as the KGB)
10:21, 16 September 2019
Co-Chairs of Geneva debates call to open Georgian-South-Ossetian border
The closure of checkpoints on the Georgian-South-Ossetian border creates difficulties for the local population and increases tension, the co-chairs of the Geneva international debates have stated.
A law enforcer during special operation. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/
10:17, 16 September 2019
On September 9-15, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from September 9 to September 15, 2019, one person perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there was no information about the wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
11:43, 15 September 2019
"Musavat" Party activist fined in Baku on drug case
A Baku court has imposed an administrative fine on Ilgar Makhmud, an activist of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, accused of drug use; the activist himself denied the charge.
Picket in Gukovo, September 14, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
11:30, 15 September 2019
Gukovo miners distrust promises to pay debts
The bankruptcy manager has assured that in October, after the sale of underground courses, money will appear to pay off the wage debts to former workers of the "Kingcoal" Company, Tatiana Avachova, a member of the protest group, said at a picket in Gukovo. The picketers noted that this was not the first such promise.
Explosion at firing ground in Chechnya. Photo: press service of the Department of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies for Chechnya, http://95.mchs.gov.ru/pressroom/news/item/8343385/
11:19, 15 September 2019
Death version of paratrooper in Chechnya raises doubts
The name of the paratrooper, Mikhail Bezelt, who, according to the official data, blew himself up on a mine in Chechnya, has appeared in the list of Donbass casualties. On the whole, the version of the contractor's death during exercises looks plausible, but it's strange that the exercise area had not been inspected by sappers, the law enforcers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
11:06, 15 September 2019
NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 95 shelling attacks during week
On September 7-14, Azerbaijani military servicemen fired more than 650 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has informed.
Sekinat Ibragimova, detained in Chechnya for rendering magical services. Screehshot from video reportage by 'Grozny' TV Company, https://youtu.be/1tVqbmcyll4
18:48, 14 September 2019
Social media users argue about actuality of fight against witchcraft in Chechnya
The detention of a witch in Chechnya and the report shown by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), where she was criticized by a doctor from the Centre for Islamic Medicine, was treated by some social networks commentators as a return to Middle Ages. Their opponents have supported the persecution of sorcerers in the republic.
18:33, 14 September 2019
Rights defenders tell Pasquier about political prisoners in Azerbaijan
After her two-day visit to Baku, Liliane Maury Pasquier, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called for an open dialogue and enhanced cooperation of the Council of Europe with Azerbaijan. The PACE's position can seriously affect the solution of the problem of political prisoners, human rights defenders believe.
Chechnya residents take part in subbotnik. Photo: press service of the 'United Russia' Part, https://chechen.er.ru/
18:19, 14 September 2019
Schoolchildren tell about forced subbotniks in Chechnya
Schoolchildren and employees of budget-funded organizations were enlisted in large numbers to take part in the environmental subbotnik (community works), held yesterday in the Shali and Gudermes Districts of Chechnya.
Activist Alexei Mandrigelya (left) and coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" Andrei Rudomakha. Screenshot from: https://youtu.be/QX82SXYqgxU and photo by Elena Sineok (Yuga.ru). Collage by the Caucasian Knot
18:08, 14 September 2019
Krasnodar activists complain about bank account arrests after law enforcers' raids over Navalny's offices
During searches in Krasnodar, law enforcers seized computers and telephones local activists have stated, adding that by a Moscow court judgement their bank accounts were blocked. Political analysts treat this law enforcers' reaction as a response to the "Smart Voting" system.
Screenshot of post made by the Children's Ombudsperson in Russia about return of four children from Syria, https://www.facebook.com/ombudswoman/posts/2812143255544089
11:49, 14 September 2019
Volunteers to help children-returnees from Syria to Dagestan
The adaptation to peaceful life of the children returned to Dagestan is undertaken not only by state bodies, but also by volunteers, who help to bring the returnees' knowledge up to the level of their peers.
News
One person was injured in a shootout in Ingushetia.

The arrest of 29 defendants in the case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has been extended.

A factory director in Ingushetia has been arrested for using slave labor.

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.