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Ali Kerimli. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:29, 28 June 2019
Opposition leader Ali Kerimli detained in Baku
Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was taken to a police station after participating in the "Marathon of Solidarity", reports Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the PFPA.
Bridge across the Inguri river between Georgia and Abkhazia. Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons
13:35, 28 June 2019
Amid protests, Abkhazia restricts crossing the border with Georgia
In the context of mass protests in Georgia, citizens of Abkhazia are temporarily prohibited to enter Georgia, the Abkhaz State Security Service (SSS) announced on June 27.
Acting head of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: press service of Ingushetia head
13:22, 28 June 2019
Opposition formulates main tasks for new head of Ingushetia
The acting head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, needs to eliminate tension in the society and restore trust in the authorities; his main task is to cancel the border agreement with Chechnya, the Ingush protest activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
When the crowd of protesters approached the Ivanishvili's house, they showed a "yellow card" to Bidzina Ivanishvili. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
12:20, 28 June 2019
Opposition shows "yellow card" to Ivanishvili
A protest action has ended at the residence of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader and founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party. The protesters again demanded resignation of Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); they showed a "yellow card" to Ivanishvili as a sign of warning, and promised to continue their action on June 28.
Boris Nemtsov. Photo: Dhārmikatva https://ru.wikipedia.org
12:09, 28 June 2019
PACE demanded to reconsider inquiry outcomes into Nemtsov's murder
The Russian investigators' inquiry into the murder of the opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, was conducted with violations, says the resolution adopted on June 27 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The Russia's delegation did not participate in the voting and criticized the report presented to the PACE as politicized.
Fuad Abbasov at the airport after deportation from Russia. Screenshot from video posted by AzadliqRadiosu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KLyR0D6yo
11:50, 28 June 2019
Fuad Abbasov voices out political reasons for his deportation
The Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, associates his persecution and deportation from Russia with political forces interested in the deterioration of Russian-Azerbaijani and Russian-Turkish relations.
01:02, 28 June 2019
Law enforcers and Tumso tell about detentions of Barzaev's acquaintances
Several people were detained in Chechnya because they communicated with Akhmed Barzaev, who was killed during the attack on law enforcers in Grozny. Tumso Abdurakhmanov named the detainees with reference to his own sources.
Tent set up by hunger-strikers in front of the Georgian Parliament with US and EU flags, Tbilisi, June 27, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
00:48, 28 June 2019
New protesters join hunger strike in Tbilisi
Two out of five hunger strikers at the building of Georgian Parliament were hospitalized; instead, the lawyer, Beka Basilaya, and the doctor, Vakhtang Sikharulidze, have joined the protest action with a demand of resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
23:29, 27 June 2019
ECtHR awards Dagestani resident compensation for his complaint against law enforcers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) approved the settlement agreement between the Russian authorities and Taigib Zalbegov, a resident of Dagestan, who filed a complaint against law enforcers. The Strasbourg Court obliged the Russian authorities to pay to the complainant 10,000 euros of compensation provided for by the above settlement agreement.
Dispersal of protest rally at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, June 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
23:18, 27 June 2019
In Tbilisi, hunger-strikers call on authorities to meet their last demand
In Georgia, participants of the protest action in front of the parliament building have already achieved the resignation of the speaker of the Parliament, the ruling party's initiative to reform the electoral system, and they will not leave the place of the protest until their demand for the resignation of the Georgian Interior Minister is met, the participants of the hunger strike report on the fourth day of their protest action.
Abu Umar Sasitlinsky (right) and Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Ya Rabbi http://ru.wikipedia.org, screenshot from Twitter video
23:10, 27 June 2019
Abu Umar Sasitlinsky denies investigators' version in Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case
Dagestani preacher Israil Akhmednabiev, also known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, told blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov that despite the investigators' version, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the editor of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), never transferred him money.
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: Kremlin press service, http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60833/photos/59710
17:02, 27 June 2019
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov to refrain from personnel changes in Ingush government
At the today's meeting of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, Alexander Matovnikov, Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), introduced to Ingush MPs Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the acting leader of Ingushetia. Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the resigning leader of Ingushetia, took part in the introduction ceremony, the "Ekho Moskvy" reports on its website.
North-Caucasian District Military Court, May 2019. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
16:53, 27 June 2019
Defence to challenge Timur Tumgoev's sentence
The court's verdict in the case against Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, sentenced on the charge of participation in Syrian militant groupings, is unfair, while his guilt has not been proven, an advocate believes.
Vadim Klyuvgant. Photo: press service of Moscow City Duma, http://duma.mos.ru/ru/37/news/novosti/stolishnyie-advocatyi-zaschityat-prava-moskvichey-v-hode-programmyi-renovatsii
14:31, 27 June 2019
Defence complain about non-admission to Ingush activists
The staff of the Vladikavkaz SIZO (pre-trial prison) refused to let new advocates to Malsag Uzhakhov and Akhmed Barakhoev, Vadim Klyuvgant, an advocate, said on June 26. In his opinion, this violates the activists' constitutional rights.
Vladimir Putin (left) and Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: Kremlin press service, http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60833
14:22, 27 June 2019
Social network users are optimistic about Kalimatov's appointment
When being Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov was in conflict with the then Ingush president Murat Zyazikov, despite their family relations. Kalimatov's family members are respected in the republic, social network users note.
Mikhail Savostin at a court session of Mineralnye Vody City court, June 2018. Photo courtesy of advocate Vitaly Zubenko
11:04, 27 June 2019
Rights defenders criticize Savostin's conviction
The court was to acquit Mikhail Savostin, the head of the "People's Veche (Council) of Mineralnye Vody", since no proofs of his guilt were presented; the conviction was politically motivated, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
Nika Meliya (centre) during discussion of government programme, Tbilisi, December 20, 2017. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot
10:51, 27 June 2019
Parliament allows court to arrest oppositional MP Nika Meliya
Georgian MPs have satisfied the motion of the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Nika Meliya, an MP from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, accused under the case of organizing group violence at a protest action in Tbilisi.
Head of the Committee against Torture's branch Sergei Romanov holds solo picket in the centre of Anapa. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
08:06, 27 June 2019
Picketers recall torture of four Anapa residents
Relatives of the Anapa residents, tortured after being detained by law enforcers, and lawyers of the Committee against Torture (CaT) have held a series of solo pickets in the city centre.
Vladimir Putin and Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: Kremlin press service, http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60833
07:45, 27 June 2019
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov appointed acting head of Ingushetia
On June 26, President Putin accepted resignation of the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and appointed Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov as acting head of Ingushetia.
Ammunition, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
22:26, 26 June 2019
Conscript soldier dies in Armenia
Investigators have begun checking the version of driving a soldier to suicide in Armenia.
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.

Yakub Belkhoroev. Video frame from the ingushetiya tv channel https://youtu.be/mr8TUmtIFVM The defense declined to appeal Belkhoroev's sentence.

The prosecution has requested a 12-year sentence for Yakub Belkhoroev in the embezzlement case.

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.