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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Fighters of the military police unit stationed in Chechnya arrive on the Syrian-Turkish border. Screenshot from TV story presented by 'Zvezda' TV Channel: https://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/20191025429-pglRb.html
14:05, 25 October 2019
Fighters of the military police unit stationed in Chechnya have arrived on the Syrian-Turkish border to ensure security of the population in the warfare zone.
At the site of shootout in the Rostov Region. Screenshot from video posted by TV Company 'Zvezda'
10:48, 25 October 2019
The conflict of two Chechen families of farmers in the Rostov Region, in which five persons perished, will lead to blood feud, the residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" suggest.
Speaker of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov. Photo: press service of the Chechen Administration, http://chechnya.gov.ru
10:35, 25 October 2019
The resignation from the post of the curator of the territorial sector has not reduced the influence of Magomed Daudov; however, the first public criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov is a bad sign for him, Ruslan Kutaev, an activist, and Ruslan Gereev, a publicist, believe.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (left) and Conor McGregor. Photo: ESPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGWb1DRo_mo&feature=youtu.be
10:23, 25 October 2019
The Dagestani MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't fight for Russia, because he goes out without the Russian flag, said his rival Conor McGregor. According to Conor, his revenge fight with Khabib is inevitable.
Law enforcers detain rally participant, Baku, October 19, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:32, 25 October 2019
The actions of law enforcers in Baku on October 19 and 20 violated the right of Azerbaijani citizens to peaceful assembly. After two protests, 34 people were arrested' and the country's authorities should immediately release them, the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) has stated.
Video blogger Artem Plato. Screenshot of Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CuTUGhfLb/
08:21, 25 October 2019
The Ministry of National Relations (MNR) of North Ossetia is seeking to criminally prosecute Artyom Plato, a video blogger, who called the right-hand bank of Vladikavkaz the Ingush one.
Arsen Babayan. Photo: Arsen Babayan’s Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1151607101715744&set=pb.100005993958171.-2207520000.15719284412.&type=3&theatre
21:58, 24 October 2019
A court pronounced a decision to arrest Arsen Babayan, the former deputy chief of the administration of the Armenian parliament, in a case on changing the chair of the Constitutional Court.
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.