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Protesters in Tbilisi. June 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Marika Kochiashvili
10:56, 4 July 2019
Rights defenders treat "borderization" as major factor of anti-Russian protests in Georgia
The erection of fortifications on the demarcation lines with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is painfully perceived by the Georgian society and supports anti-Russian sentiments in it, as can be seen from the recent protests in Tbilisi, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated.
10:49, 4 July 2019
Analysts treat mass detentions after attacks in Chechnya as lawlessness
The practice of mass detentions of acquaintances of a suspected militant is not unique for Chechnya and Northern Caucasus; this is a common method of Russian law enforcers, said Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.
Ahmed Barakhoev. Photo: screenshot of the video by Fortanga.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmHRYIwW80
23:46, 3 July 2019
Court reduces Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev's arrest
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reduced the arrest of the Ingush elder, Ahmed Barakhoev, from three to two months.
Pavel Chikov, the head of the "Agora", wrote that the case of eight Dagestanis killed in Chechnya was sent to court. Screenshot https://t.me/pchikov/2369
23:43, 3 July 2019
Case of eight Dagestanis killed in Chechnya sent to court
The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has sent the case of eight residents of Dagestan, who, according to law enforcers, had prepared a terror act and were killed in a shootout, to the Supreme Court of Chechnya. The casualties' relatives insist on the trial to be held Dagestan, Andrei Sabinin, a lawyer of the "Agora" International Human Rights Group, has stated.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX1Rf2eZxdM
23:25, 3 July 2019
Court leaves Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev in custody
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan refused to transfer Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), to house arrest. The defence believes that the detention of Abdulmumin Gadjiev is not justified.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCoKuLbaULM
23:20, 3 July 2019
Ramzan Kadyrov requests to remove attacked police checkpoint in Chechnya
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov claims that the police checkpoint, where policemen were attacked, is of "no strategic" significance. The police checkpoint is located in the forest at a great distance from villages and towns, local residents report.
At a meeting with the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCoKuLbaULM
20:50, 3 July 2019
Chechen law enforcers: man killed in attack on policemen was a drug addict
Zelimkhan Musaev, who was killed while attacking a police checkpoint in Chechnya, was a drug addict, married to a woman whose relatives were militants who had left for Syria, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.
Police officers at a protest action in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:45, 3 July 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionist complains about police threats
Today, activist Sakhib Rustamli has been taken to a police station and warned for criticizing the authorities on social networks and issues of the online opposition TV channel. This has been reported by the activist himself. Members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) treat the detention of Sakhib Rustamli as a part of the campaign to persecute oppositionists.
Fuad Abbasov. Photo by Kyamal Ali for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:48, 3 July 2019
Azerbaijani journalist Fuad Abbasov refuses to return to Russia
Azerbaijani journalist Fuad Abbasov does not intend to return to Russia, even if the 50-year ban on entry into the country is lifted. He promised to protect the rights of Azerbaijanis in Russia through his online "Misra-TV" channel.
Participants of a rally in Magas. March 26, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:44, 3 July 2019
HRC "Memorial" reports examining Ingush oppositionists' cases
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" continues to examine cases of the activists arrested after the March rallies in Magas. The list of Ingush political prisoners will include the names of other oppositionists, if prosecutors do not have convincing evidence against them.
Border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: Jelger Groeneveld https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:South_Ossetia?uselang=ru#/media/File:Georgian_farmer_at_Khurvaleti_victim_of_borderization_by_Russian_and_South_Ossetian_troops.jpg
17:39, 3 July 2019
AI draws Russia's attention to violations of rights of Georgian border villagers
Restrictions on the crossing of the borders of Georgia with Abkhazia and South Ossetia violate the rights of residents of border villages who cannot run their farms and risk being detained for crossing the border, declares the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).
A meeting of the religious leaders of Ingushetia. Photo by the press service of the republic's Muftiate http://muftiyatri.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WhatsApp-Image-2019-01-14-at-18.08.00.jpeg
10:46, 3 July 2019
Ingush Imams urge Chaika to assess legitimacy of searching Muftiate
The Imams of Ingushetia have asked the Russia's Public Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, to check the lawfulness of the searches conducted at the republic's Muftiate and in the house of Mufti Isa Khamkhoev, and of many-hour-long interrogations of religious figures.
A hunger-strikers' tent with the flags of the EU and USA near the parliament building. Tbilisi, June 27, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:39, 3 July 2019
Tbilisi protesters complain about ignoring hunger-strikers
Outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, three persons continue their protest hunger strike demanding resignation of the head of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), but no one cares about them, protesters have stated. Meanwhile, the spokeswoman of the "Georgian Dream" Party said that there are no complaints about Minister Giorgi Gakhariya's actions during the dispersal of protesters' rally.
Ilham Aliev, the Azerbaijani President, at the opening ceremony for the Southern Gas Corridor. Photo: President.az https://ru.wikipedia.org/
10:36, 3 July 2019
Analysts call energy factor decisive in Azerbaijan-Europe relations
The political importance of Azerbaijan for Europe after the commissioning of the TANAP pipeline will grow, Azerbaijani economists believe, whose opinions regarding the profitability of gas transmission projects have divided. The West, because of its energy interests, sacrifices human rights in Azerbaijan, right defenders believe.
The site of the attack on the police post in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel http://newsvideo.su/video/10977463
10:29, 3 July 2019
Former law enforcers don't believe in IS' role in attacking policeman in Chechnya
The "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation by the court, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the police post in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya for the sake of self-promotion; and the incident itself was hardly a terror act, retired law enforcers believe.
10:24, 3 July 2019
Georgian NGOs criticize idea of lifting electoral barrier
The elimination of the electoral barrier, proposed by the "Georgian Dream" Party, will allow parties with dubious funding sources and created by ethnic minorities to enter the parliament, activists of Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have stated.
The detained suspects with bags over their heads in a helicopter. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZg1Npp3ds
10:19, 3 July 2019
Journalists criticize harsh detention of Dagestan officials
The video shows the detained employees of the "Directorate of the Unified State Customer-Developer" convoyed with bags over their heads. The demonstratively tough detention of suspects of committing economic crimes is a method for intimidating their potential accomplices, journalists and a political analyst believe.
10:13, 3 July 2019
IS posted first video oath of Azerbaijani militants
The "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, has posted a video of the oath taken by Azerbaijani militants to the leader of the IS. This is the first IS' video from Azerbaijan.
Law enforcers. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
23:40, 2 July 2019
Attacker on police post in Chechnya identified
Zelimkhan Musaev, a local resident, attacked the policemen in the Achkhoi-Martan District, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced.
Elena Barzukaeva during a solo picket. Derbent, June 2019. Photo by Murad Muradov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:33, 2 July 2019
Derbent women-hunger-strikers achieve Ombudsperson's attention
The Dagestani Ombudsperson has announced his readiness to help mothers of two detained residents of Derbent in protecting their rights. His meeting with detainees' relatives is scheduled for July 3.
News
Transport links with four villages in Dagestan have been disrupted.

561 people remain in temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan.

The number of requests for payments following the flood in Dagestan and Chechnya has exceeded 260,000.

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.