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Echmiadzin Mayor Karen Grigoryan. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayanthttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180617/12711052/akcii-protesta-v-echmiadzin-syn-manvel-grigoryan-vstretilsya-s-gubernatorom.html
02:12, 18 June 2018
Echmiadzin Mayor resigns after citizens' protests
Karen Grigoryan, a son of the Armenian MP Manvel Grigoryan, who was detained on suspicion of illegally storing weapons, resigned from his post of the Mayor of Echmiadzin.
Rufat Bakhshibeili. Photo by provided to the 'Caucasian Knot' by Mustafa Gadjibeili, editor-in-chief of the "Bastainfo".
00:48, 18 June 2018
Azerbaijani activist released after detention
Azerbaijani opposition activist Rufat Bakhshibeili, detained in Baku, has been released. Law enforcers demanded from him to remove his critical posts in the social network.
Skirmish of the villagers of Nizhnee Mulebki with "Rosgvardia" servicemen. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2Ug0DrBdI
17:11, 17 June 2018
Conflict of protesters with law enforcers occurred in Dagestan
At the protest action of the villagers of Nizhnee Mulebki of the Sergokalin District, several persons were detained after a skirmish with "Rosgvardia" servicemen, local residents have reported.
13:15, 17 June 2018
"Musavat" activist detained in Azerbaijan
Rufat Bakhshibeili, an activist of the opposition "Musavat" Party, was detained after a search in his apartment near Baku; the whereabouts of the oppositionist is unknown, his party comrades have reported.
Grozny resident at a food market on the eve of Eid al-Fitr. Screenshot of 'Grozny' TV Channel footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39ZdVcGX0I
12:30, 17 June 2018
Chechen Prosecutor accuses traders of inflating prices ahead of Eid al-Fitr
More than 100 cases of increasing foodstuff prices on the eve of the Uraza-Bayram holiday were revealed by the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.
11:28, 17 June 2018
Manvel Grigoryan's supporters block street in Yerevan
Activists of the "Yerkrap" Union of Veterans have blocked traffic outside the building of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, demanding to release Manvel Grigoryan.
"Surb Vardanank" church in the city of Chartar. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
06:18, 17 June 2018
New church opened in Nagorno-Karabakh for philanthropists' money
The consecration ceremony of the new church "Surb Vardanank", built for the funds of the charitable foundation "Development of Armenian Villages" took place in the city of Chartar, Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took part in the ceremony.
Namaz in Maikop under the open sky. June 15, 2018. Photo courtesy of Eldar Cheuzh
20:53, 16 June 2018
Outdoor namaz in Maykop attracts tourists
In Maykop, the capital of Adygea, at least 2000 believers attended an open-air collective namaz (prayer) on the occasion of Uraza-Bayram, said Eldar Cheuzh, one of the organizers of the event. Tourists could not only watch the festive prayer, but also take part in it.
17:30, 16 June 2018
Three million rouble on stake at races in Cherkessk
The prize fund at equestrian races held in Cherkessk, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia, dedicated to the Day of Russia, the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Uraza-Bayram holiday, amounted to 3 million roubles.
An explosion. Photo by the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence http://www.nkrmil.am/gallery/photos/view/18
12:32, 16 June 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 250 bombardments during a week
On June 10-16, Azerbaijani militaries fired 2500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Military exercises of the Azerbaijani Army held near the troops contact line. June 15, 2018. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/uspeshno-zavershilis-ucheniya-armejskogo-obedineniya-video-23066.html
08:06, 16 June 2018
Azerbaijan holds exercises in frontline zone
Exercises involving tanks and artillery were held near the troops contact line. 2000 militaries successfully countered the attack of conventional enemy, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Armenian drams. Photo: Aram Nersesyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180502/11813250/pensii-i-zarplaty-vyplachivayutsya-v-srok-minfin-armenii.html
07:10, 16 June 2018
Pension reform in Armenia may cause future problems
In the opinion of Tevan Pogosyan, a political analyst, the start of the accumulation pension system in Armenia, under which citizens will contribute their own funds into their future pensions, will degrade authorities' rating. This duty violates the citizens' ownership rights, Anahit Beglaryan, a lawyer, believes.
The US State Department. Photo AgnosticPreachersKid - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Государственный_департамент_США
04:10, 16 June 2018
State Department warns US citizens against visiting Northern Caucasus
The US State Department has warned American tourists about the terrorist threat that exists in the regions of Northern Caucasus and the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup.
00:33, 16 June 2018
Georgian law enforcers tell about mother with children detained in South Ossetia
Russian militaries have detained a woman with two young children near the village of Atotsi on the border with South Ossetia.
Screenshot of a video on the YouTube channel of Meydan TV. https://youtu.be/0Co0pd5d-FE
23:58, 15 June 2018
At action in Baku, police detain political prisoners' relatives
Today, in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, policemen detained protesters who demanded freedom for political prisoners. Soon, the detainees were released.
21:32, 15 June 2018
Azerbaijani woman wounded at Armenian border
A resident of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan was wounded in her leg, when she pastured cattle at the border, near positions of the Armenian Army.
19:56, 15 June 2018
Kadyrov portraits provoke conflict in Pankisi
During the conflict of residents of the Pankisi Gorge with passengers of the cars decorated with portraits of Akhmat Kadyrov, no one was hurt, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
A march with the flag of LGBT. Photo: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
16:32, 15 June 2018
ECtHR registers a complaint about ban of LGBT action in Nalchik
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has registered complaints filed by LGBT activists from the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria and six other Russian cities about a refusal to hold LGBT actions. This was reported by Nikolai Alekseev, a rights defender and an LGBT activist.
The items of historical and cultural value seized at the customs checkpoint in North Ossetia. Photo by the press service of the customs of North Ossetia
16:16, 15 June 2018
Customs officers hand over seized antiques to National Museum of North Ossetia
Books and silverware from pre-revolutionary Russia confiscated by customs officers of North Ossetia who prevented an attempt to export the rarities from Russia were accepted by the National Museum of North Ossetia.
Believers during a prayer. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:16, 15 June 2018
Residents of Dagestan associate celebration of Eid al-Fitr with people's income
In Dagestan, hundreds of thousands of believers made festive prayers, reported the Muftiate. On the eve of the holiday, Makhachkala residents complained about the increase in food prices.
News
Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

Participants of the Special Military Operations Team. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

The verdict in the Crocus City terrorist attack case. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from March 9 to 22.

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.