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Military exercise of the Azerbaijani Army. October 2018. Photo by the press service of the Azeri Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az//images/gallery/bb83aca6cb287115cf643d7c2b4e46e8.jpg
17:23, 3 November 2018
Azerbaijan fixed no shelling from Armenian positions
Within the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times from machine guns from the territories near the "occupied villages," the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Residents of Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:20, 3 November 2018
Residents of Grozny report enforcing to attend rally
Employees of budgetary institutions and students of Grozny have told that they were obliged to come to the rally on November 4 on the occasion of the National Unity Day. It is planned that the rally will be 20,000 strong, the city Mayoralty has stated.
12:45, 3 November 2018
Arrested Buynaksk residents complain of torture
Samat Tatarkhanov and Daniyal Zagirov, residents of Buynaksk, who had been detained on charges of possessing weapons, have stated that they had been tortured with electric current, and their testimonies about links with militants were falsified.
An LGBT flag. Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero
12:41, 3 November 2018
OSCE decision responds to silencing human rights problems in Chechnya
The work of the Moscow Mechanism in Chechnya depends on Russia's consent to cooperate with the international mission of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), since authorities are no longer able to hide information about human rights violations in the region and escape uneasy questions.
Ramzan Kadyrov talks about "provocateurs" on the Chechen-Ingush border. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAE72FCnegE
08:49, 3 November 2018
Rights defenders treat activists and journalists as addressees of Kadyrov's threats
Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about "provocateurs" on the Chechen-Ingush border is a threat to the activists, who had filmed the construction equipment in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, as well as the journalists, who would visit the pre-border area, human rights defenders have stated.
08:46, 3 November 2018
MoJ decides to close fund of organizer of "Putin's Detachments"
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Krasnodar Territory has initiated the liquidation of the "Social Justice" Charity Fund, created by Marat Dinaev, the head of the "Putin Detachments" movement.
A participant of the rally carrying a photograph of a political prisoner. Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:59, 2 November 2018
Union in support of political prisoners established in Azerbaijan
Human rights defenders, namely, the editor-in-chief editor of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" and the head of the Union of Azerbaijani Intellectuals have announced the creation of the organization "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan".
Posters of the protesters against the law on the border with Chechnya at the rally in Magas. Photo by Umar Yavloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:57, 2 November 2018
Legalized border with Chechnya is Evkurov's Pyrrhic victory
The transfer of the dispute about the Ingush-Chechen border into the legal plane with the tacit Kremlin's support of Evkurov is a Pyrrhic victory of the head of Ingushetia over the opponents of his agreement with Kadyrov. The opposition will not give up its demands; while relations of the two nations are clouded with the mutual discontent, believe Ali Magomadov, a political analyst, and Akhmed Gisaev, the head of the Human Rights Analysis Centre.
The flag of Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
18:28, 2 November 2018
Georgia's Govt abandons idea of cultivating marijuana
The Georgian Government has decided to recall the draft law on the cultivation of marijuana from the Parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament, has stated.
"Chaborz" vehicles. Photo: Andrei Tsitsinov https://zvezdaweekly.ru/news/t/20186131049-b0UNC.html
18:25, 2 November 2018
Chechen authorities report on development of military tourism
The first group of foreign tourists has arrived in Chechnya within the "MilitaryTour" programme. The Committee on Tourism of the Chechen Government has prepared a two-week programme for them, noting the nice prospects of this type of tourism.
Rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:25, 2 November 2018
Political analysts explain Kremlin's position on Ingush-Chechen border
The authorities of the Russian Federation have not distanced off from the conflict around the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, but took a wait-and-see attitude due to the lack of compromise solutions, political analysts believe.
Сonstruction equipment and law enforcers in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:24, 2 November 2018
Ingush activists tell about tree felling in "Erzi" Reserve
The Construction of the road on the Chechen-Ingush border began in August with tree felling in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, and the result of this construction will be the destruction of monuments, historians and activists assert.
14:23, 2 November 2018
KChR residents commemorate deportation victims
On November 2, the city of Karachaevsk will held a march, at which the participants will help posters with names and photos of their relatives, who perished during the deportation of Karachay nationals in 1943. The photos will be placed on the Memory Wall in the Karachay-Cherkessian State University.
A sign on the door of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:22, 2 November 2018
Rights defenders achieve inquiry into torture of Krasnodar resident
The decision of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to close the criminal case on the kidnapping and torture of Aram Gambaryan, a resident of Krasnodar, was cancelled by the Prosecutor's Office. The case has been returned for additional investigation.
Armen Sargsyan, the President of Armenia. Photo Sputnik / Aram Nersesyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181101/15449433/Armen-Sarkisyan-podpisal-ukaz-o-rospuske-parlamenta-Armenii-i-novykh-vyborakh.html
10:36, 2 November 2018
President dissolves Armenian Parliament
Armen Sargsyan, the President of Armenia has signed a decree on the dissolution of the National Assembly (Parliament), and scheduled extraordinary parliamentary elections for December 9.
The border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. Photo: Yandex maps
10:33, 2 November 2018
Two residents of Ingushetia disappear in Chechnya
Moussa Tsechoev and his relative Ibragim Gutsariev left Ingushetia for Chechnya and did not return.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: fotograf_095 https://ru.wikipedia.org/
09:34, 2 November 2018
Speaker Daudov inspects lands near Ingush border
On the instruction of Ramzan Kadyrov, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has travelled to the border with Ingushetia and reported on plans for improving these territories. He has inspected the construction of the road, which had caused the border dispute.
An actio in support of Oyub Titiev and Oleg Sentsov held at a conference of the OSCE. September 10, 2018. Photo from the Telegram Channel of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@hrcmemorial
09:33, 2 November 2018
OSCE launches Moscow Mechanism because of human rights violations in Chechnya
Russia has failed to essentially answer the questions asked by the countries of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) about violations of LGBTs' rights and extrajudicial executions in Chechnya. Sixteen countries have called to send an emergency mission to investigate these crimes in connection with Russia's violation of its OSCE commitments.
09:33, 2 November 2018
ECtHR accepts complaint of Dagestani resident on torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted the complaint of a Dagestan Biyarslan Akaev, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of aiding militants. Akaev has stated in his complaint that he had slandered himself under torture.
Posters of the participants of a rally. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:33, 2 November 2018
Ingush activists argue about CC's decision
Opponents of the border agreement with Chechnya stopped their protest rally in Magas after the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Ingushetia; but they are ready to resume it, said its organizers. The CC's decision will not lead to cancellation of the border law, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has stated.
News
Mzia Amaglobeli in court. June 2025. Photo from TV Pirveli. A third complaint about the violation of Mzia Amaglobeli's rights has been filed with the ECHR.

The Supreme Court of Georgia refused to review Amaglobeli's sentence.

Beaches of Bobokvati. Photo: tourister.ru Bobokvati residents demand a report from authorities on the fate of land plots

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.