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Albert Khamkhoev. Photo: Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
10:47, 20 July 2018
Arthur Khamkhoev's mother turns to head of Investigative Committee for help
Aza Khamkhoeva, a resident of the Ingush village of Yandare, has appealed to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), with a demand to investigate the torture that had been applied to her son.
Magomed Abdulkhabirov, initiator of the monument to abandoned mountain villages (with a raised hand), at the opening of the monument in the village of Nizhnee Gakvari, Tsumadin District, July 18. 2018. Photo by provided to the Caucasian Knot by Omar Gadzhiev.
10:35, 20 July 2018
Author of monument to abandoned villages urges Dagestanis to go back to mountains
The names of more than one hundred disappeared mountain villages are immortalized in a stone monument erected in the village of Nizhnee Gakvari, Tsumadin District, on July 18. The initiators of erecting the monument believe that these villages should be restored.
Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Photo: Nodar Tskhvirashvili (RFE/RL)
08:26, 20 July 2018
Suspect in two schoolboys' murder case detained in Tbilisi
A minor, who witnessed the murder of two schoolboys, is suspected of giving false testimony, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
08:20, 20 July 2018
Law enforcers refuse to explain detention of six Chechen residents to their relatives
Relatives know nothing about what the six detained residents of the village of Borozdinovskaya are accused of; and are afraid to comment on what happened, fearing "additional problems," said one of the villagers.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of HRC ‘Memorial’
23:26, 19 July 2018
In Oyub Titiev's case, six witnesses fail to describe his detention
At the today's hearing at the Shali City Court in the Oyub Titiev's case, the Court has questioned six policemen witnesses, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports, which has arranged text broadcast of the court hearing on its Telegram channel.
23:16, 19 July 2018
Two soldiers injured in an explosion not far from Volgograd
Soldiers were injured while clearing the bombs of World War II in the Gorodische District of the Volgograd Region.
23:07, 19 July 2018
Vladimir Vasiliev promises to continue personnel cleanups in Dagestan
Today, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan, has announced that an anti-corruption campaign among officials in the republic will be continued.
Emir Usein Kuku (left). Photo: Anton Naumlyk (RFE/RL)
23:02, 19 July 2018
Emir-Usein Kuku stops his hunger strike in Rostov SIZO
Political prisoner Emir-Usein Kuku, who is kept at the Rostov-on-Don SIZO (pre-trial prison) on the charge of involvement in the terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", banned in Russia, has stopped his hunger strike and began the process of restoration.
19:51, 19 July 2018
Abkhaz GPO announces demands of Russian businessman's kidnappers
Maxim Yakovlev, a shareholder of the Kirov Factory, kidnapped a month ago in Abkhazia, has delivered a note to his wife, stating that kidnappers demand a ransom of 200 million roubles for his release, the Abkhazian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has sated today.
Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: REUTERS / Paul Hanna
19:44, 19 July 2018
NATO Secretary General reminds Putin of Georgia's independence
Russia has no right to influence the Georgia's decision to become a member of the NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO's Secretary General, said on July 18 in response to the Russian president's promise of a tough reaction. The decision to join NATO is no threat to any other country, Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Georgia's Prime Minister, has assured.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of HRC ‘Memorial’
19:36, 19 July 2018
Titiev's trial launched despite advocate's absence
Today, the state prosecutor has persuaded the Shali City Court to start trying Oyub Titiev in the absence of Ilya Novikov, one of the defenders.
Policeman with handcuffs. Photo: Maksim Tishin / Yugopolis
14:38, 19 July 2018
Resident of Grozny sentenced for possessing ammunition
In Grozny, the court has found a local resident guilty of illegal acquisition, storage and carrying of ammunition and sentenced him to 1.5 years of imprisonment.
At a polling station in Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
14:29, 19 July 2018
OSCE observers criticize presidential election in Azerbaijan
During the presidential election in Azerbaijan, there were cases when public sector employees had been forced to participate in actions of the pre-election campaign. Violations committed on the day of voting on April 11 require an investigation, states the final report prepared by the election observation mission (EOM) of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
11:13, 19 July 2018
Dagestani student beaten in Moscow recovers from coma
Amir Abumuslimov, a student from Dagestan, on suspicion of beating whom, an MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter was detained, has recovered from coma. However, the young man is still in grave condition, his father reported.
Memorial plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: RFE/RL
11:02, 19 July 2018
AI: authorities fail to conduct full investigation into Anna Politkovskaya's murder
The decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in favour of relatives of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in 2006, confirms that the Russian authorities did not conduct a full effective investigation into the crime, announced the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).
10:46, 19 July 2018
Relatives of detained Chechen resident not aware of his fate for eight days
Since July 10, relatives of a 24-year-old resident of the Novye Atagi village are not aware of his whereabouts. Magomed-Emin Arsamirzaev was detained without explanations, and no official charges were filed against him, a relative of the disappeared man reported.
08:26, 19 July 2018
Appeal court confirms Saakashvili's three-year sentence
The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Tbilisi has upheld the verdict to the third Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the case of abuse of authority in pardoning convicts for the murder of Sandro Girgvliani.
Agents of Russia's FSB. Photo: RFE/RL
08:17, 19 July 2018
FSB confirms Yandiev's extradition to Russia
Aslan Yandiev, a native of Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, suspected of involvement in a series of resonant terror acts, has been extradited to Moscow from Slovakia, the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) reported on July 18.
Recount of votes at a polling station, March 18, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
23:59, 18 July 2018
"Golos" states fivefold overstating the voter turnout at election in NCFD
According to new analysis of video records made at polling stations during the Russian presidential election on March 18, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya occurred among the regions with the highest overstating of voter turnout, says the report of 'Golos' movement.
Russian serviceman talks to residents of Panik village, July 18, 2018. Screenshot from video: https://www.facebook.com/100002121814208/videos/vb.100002121814208/1770571256356918/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab
23:48, 18 July 2018
Russian militaries apologize for shooting in Armenian village
The exercises that Russian servicemen conducted in the Armenian village of Panik scared the locals. The deputy commander of the Russian military base in Gyumri confessed to the mistake made and promised to punish the perpetrators.
News
Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Otrakovsky's desire to help flood victims in Dagestan led to imprisonment

Three suspected militants from Basayev's group have been arrested.

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.