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A bike in the embankment in Vladikavkaz. Photo by Ekaterina Gerasimova
16:35, 7 September 2019
Journalist's walk along embankment in North Ossetia ends in detention
A bike ride of Ekaterina Gerasimova, a journalist, along the embankment in Vladikavkaz seemed to local law enforcers like the behaviour of a drug hider. Ms Gerasimova complained about ill-treatment at detention. She missed her train, but law enforcers helped her to catch up with the train in a police car.
The village of Novosasitli. Screenshot of the video by Aytash TV channel https://youtu.be/hg8LHJAUpT8
16:29, 7 September 2019
Dagestani law enforcers set free detained local residents
Several dozens of people, who were kept in a division of a power structure in the Khasavyurt District, were released nine hours after detention, local residents have informed. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) claims that none of these people was detained.
The border territory between Georgia and South Ossetia near the new checkpoint. Photo by the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia https://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnosti.southossetia/
11:37, 7 September 2019
Georgia condemns erection of new border checkpoint in South Ossetia
Law enforcers have set up their checkpoint at a distance of less than two kilometres from the Georgian one, which became the subject of a border conflict. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has treated this as a compulsion to border demarcation. The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has supported Georgia by opposing the bordering process.
Women shout at the police officers who dispersed the protest action. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/aFypV9Rdm3E
11:34, 7 September 2019
Baku: law enforcers suppress action in support of convicts under "Terter case"
At their protest action held in Baku, relatives of those convicted within the "Terter case" have demanded to return the case back for preliminary investigation and to release their convicted relatives. The action was stopped after police intervention.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:32, 7 September 2019
Organization of madrasah in Dagestan village results in conflict with law enforcers
The Imam from the village of Novosasitli and local residents, dissatisfied with the decision to hand over the madrasah to the Muftiate, are being kept by law enforcers, sources report. They said that among the detainees, there is Rasul Asad, the author of a popular Telegram channel.
Rashid Maisigov. Screenshot of oc-media.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFaKrDs2PWw
11:30, 7 September 2019
Arrest of Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov extended
A Magas court has extended until October 12 the arrest of the Ingush journalist, Rashid Maisigov, accused of drug storage, his advocate has stated. The court session on the case of the Ingush activist, Zarifa Sautieva, has been postponed until September 9.
Ramzan Kadyrov (on the right) and Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
23:44, 6 September 2019
Putin's joke about birthrate in Chechnya and Dagestan raptures Kadyrov
In Chechnya and Dagestan, the birthrate is "three times higher than in Japan," said Russian President, Vladimir Putin, urging young people to "spend energy on creation." Ramzan Kadyrov expressed his confidence that this joke will get into a collection of aphorisms.
Mosque in the Hungarian fighters street, Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:33, 6 September 2019
Law enforcers' Friday raid at Makhachkala mosque passed without detentions
Employees of three Makhachkala police divisions were engaged in checking documents at the "Tangim" Mosque; nobody was detained. Law enforcers claimed that the raid had nothing to do with religion.
Rally in Kaspiysk against the adoption of a new general city plan. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:51, 6 September 2019
In Dagestan, activists hold rally against adoption of new general plan of Kaspiysk
Three activists of the public organization "Kaspiysk is Our City" went to solo pickets in Makhachkala. They claim that the general plan "will destroy the public territories of the city."
The courtroom at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo CherryX per Wikimedia Commons
19:47, 6 September 2019
Defence of Azerbaijani activists treats ECtHR's decision as fair
The administrative prosecution of Azerbaijani activists violated their rights, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) acknowledged that fact by awarding them compensation, believes advocate Asabali Mustafaev. Sagif Gurbanov, one of the complainants, also called the decision of the ECtHR fair.
Timur Khamkhoev in the Nalchik Military Court. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
15:27, 6 September 2019
In Ingushetia, victims in torture case oppose release of Timur Khamkhoev
The court postponed the consideration of an appeal concerning the conditional early relief (CER) of Timur Khamkhoev, who was sentenced in the case on torture used at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) in Ingushetia. The court pronounced a too lenient sentence for Timur Khamkhoev, and he should not be released earlier than his sentence expires, the victims say.
The Gerzelsky Bridge. August 19, 2019. Photo by Magomed Akhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:11, 6 September 2019
Investigators report their version of conflict on bridge between Chechens and Dagestanis
In Dagestan, a criminal case has been instituted on the use of violence against a policeman during a conflict at the "Gerzelsky Bridge" checkpoint near the border with Chechnya. The incident did not affect the relationship between the two peoples, the Chechens from the border regions with Dagestan believe.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
10:57, 6 September 2019
ECtHR awards compensation to Azerbaijani activists
Azerbaijani authorities should pay almost 80,000 euros to 12 activists, arrested and fined for participating in peaceful protests, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided.
Ikram Ragimov. Photo from his personal account on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=582039032132658&set=a.143389449330954&type=3&theater
10:40, 6 September 2019
Azerbaijani journalist stops hunger strike
Ikram Ragimov, an Azerbaijani journalist demanding to reconsider his verdict under the extortion case, has begun eating after 29 days of his hunger strike.
The site of the shooting incident in Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria. Screenshot of the account prohlad_no on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_fdsfoTZK/
10:33, 6 September 2019
Authors of "Chiki" movie tell details of shelling attack on film crew in KBR
After the shooting incident on September 4, in the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, the filming of the "Chiki" movie continued, the producer of the movie has informed. The attacker shouted insults at the film crew, and his bullet hit the car with important equipment, the film director has added.
Samat Tatarkhanov and Ramazan Zakaryaev. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" https://memohrc.org/
10:27, 6 September 2019
Experts treat oath of Dagestani residents to IS as manipulations
An examination of the video depicting the oath given by four residents of Buynaksk to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court), has shown that they were affected by an off-screen manipulator, the defendants' advocate has stated.
Ali Bakaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4lYmP-stkQ
23:58, 5 September 2019
Interpol's refusal to search for Chechen Bakaev raises issue of granting political asylum to him
The annulling by the Interpol of a circular on the search for Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, is an important victory of his advocates over Russian authorities, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.
Tyrnyauz, a town in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo by Anna Chernysh for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:55, 5 September 2019
Woman from KBR complains about ban on calls to her husband-inmate
Lola Shomakhova, the wife of Rustam Missirov, a convicted disabled resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated that she is unaware about her husband's condition because of the ban on calling him. She has asked the head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to transfer Rustam from the colony in the Omsk Region closer to the Caucasus.
Military have conducted exercises in Armenia. Photo: press office of the SMD https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/armenia/20190805/19944771/Armyanskie-i-rossiyskie-voennye-provodyat-ucheniya-armeyskoy-aviatsii-i-voysk-PVO.html
19:04, 5 September 2019
500 Russian soldiers and officers conduct military exercises in Armenia
In Armenia, artillerists of the Russian military base have conducted military exercises to destroy a manoeuvre enemy.
A woman. Photo pixabay.com
19:01, 5 September 2019
Activists highlight problem of women's social insecurity in Chechnya
In the Chechen society, there is a growing tendency to condemn dissent, which exacerbates the social disempowerment of women and the problem of domestic violence, report activists of public organizations. According to the activists, the number of complaints from victims of domestic violence in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Karachay-Cherkessia grows every year.
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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.