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Ziyavudin (right) and Magomed Magomedov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/ official website of Khunzakh District of Dagestan http://khunzakh.ru/personalii/5657/
22:18, 31 March 2018
Court arrests Magomedov brothers
Ziyavudin Magomedov, the chairman of the board of directors of the "Summa" Group of Companies and one of the richest Russia's businessmen, and his brother, ex-senator Magomed Magomedov, were arrested today by the Tver District Court of Moscow. The natives of Dagestan, Magomedov brothers are suspected of creating a criminal community and embezzling 2.5 billion roubles from the state budget.
Portraits of political prisoners at opposition rally in Baku, March 31, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
20:34, 31 March 2018
Rally in Baku supports boycott of presidential election
The rally held in Baku by opponents of the early presidential election in Azerbaijan criticized the authorities for the unresolved Karabakh conflict, corruption, human rights violations, and deterioration of the population's economic and social status.
Policemen in the Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don. Photo is provided to the Caucasian Knot by Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don
18:11, 31 March 2018
Police start inspecting Navalny's office in Rostov
In Rostov-on-Don, policemen requested staff members of the Navalny's office to produce a rental agreement and said that they would inspect the premises, reported a staff member of the Navalny's office.
17:00, 31 March 2018
Volcano erupts in capital of Azerbaijan
An eruption of the Ayrantoken mud volcano occurred in the territory of Garadag District of Baku, no one was injured, reported the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources for Azerbaijan.
Portraits of political prisoners at opposition rally in Baku, March 31, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
15:09, 31 March 2018
Opponents of early election go out to rally in Baku
Participants of the joint rally, organized by the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and the "Musavat" Party, have demanded to cancel the early presidential election and release all the political prisoners on Azerbaijan.
11:09, 31 March 2018
Suspect of attacking doctor in Makhachkala detained
Policemen have detained the man, who stabbed the deputy chief physician of the Republic's Orthopaedic and Traumatology Centre (ROTC) of Dagestan, a source has stated.
Banned Islamic religious literature. Screenshot from video posted by HalifatNews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmdSw7IEbc
10:05, 31 March 2018
Islamic shops inspected in Grozny
On March 30, in Grozny, officials from the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya together with religious figures and the police conducted large-scale inspections of shops selling Islamic goods and religious literature. No violations have been found out, reported an official from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.
Genocide Memorial Complex in Guba, Azerbaijan. Photo: official website of the President of Azerbaijan.
03:53, 31 March 2018
Azerbaijani Parliament demands to recognize events of March 1918 as genocide
On March 31, Azerbaijan marks the Day of Genocide. Residents of all regions of the country honour the memory of victims of religious and ethnic violence in March 1918.
00:23, 31 March 2018
Austrian court refuses to cancel Aslan Gagiev's extradition
The Supreme Court of Austria (OGH) has dismissed the motion filed by the defence of Aslan Gagiev, a native of North Ossetia, with a request to cancel the decision to extradite to Russia the man, suspected of organizing a series of resonant murders.
Policemen. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
00:05, 31 March 2018
Azerbaijani media community denies Rakhim Namazov's journalism
Rakhim Namazov, wounded on March 30 in France, had been never engaged in journalism in Azerbaijan, members of the Azerbaijani media community told the "Caucasian Knot". According to the French authorities, Namazov was persecuted in Azerbaijan for his journalistic activities.
Ziyavudin Magomedov. Photo: press service of "Summa" Group
22:05, 30 March 2018
Sources report interrogation of businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov
Today, Ziyavudin Magomedov, one of the richest Russia's businessmen, a native of Dagestan, had a talk with investigators, sources from his "Summa" Group have confirmed.
Medical stuff. Photo by Valentina Mischenko / Yugopolic
20:15, 30 March 2018
Deputy chief physician of Makhachkala hospital stabbed
A deputy chief physician of the Republic's Orthopaedic and Dermatological Centre of Dagestan was stabbed in a brawl between visitors and the staff, a source has reported.
Memorial Cemetery 'City of Angels'. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
19:09, 30 March 2018
Authorities transfer 3.5 million roubles to Beslan memorial due to resonance in Facebook
Today, the Ministry of Housing and Utilities of North Ossetia has reported the transfer of half of the annual amount to the account of the memorial to the victims of the terror act in Beslan after a cemetery attendant informed social network users about the termination of funding.
Oyub Titiev in the court, March 19, 2018. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial'
16:03, 30 March 2018
Rights defenders call on to appeal to President Putin about Oyub Titiev's case
The human rights organization "Committee Against Torture" has announced a campaign in support of Oyub Titiev and invited everyone to send an electronic appeal to Vladimir Putin with a request to transfer the Oyub Titiev's case to investigators outside Chechnya.
Delegation of Republic of Abkhazia. Photo by Dmitry Stateinov for the Caucasian Knot.
15:42, 30 March 2018
Abkhazian experts feel disappointed about Geneva Discussions
On March 28, participants of the 43rd round of the Geneva Discussions failed to approve the declaration on the non-use of force in Transcaucasia. The format of the Geneva Discussions was initially unsuitable for concluding an agreement on the non-use of force. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
15:31, 30 March 2018
Azerbaijani journalist wounded in France
Rakhim Namazov, a journalist, who was granted asylum in France after being persecuted in Azerbaijan, was seriously wounded today when his car was shelled.
Units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
09:00, 30 March 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun shelling
Within the last 24 hours, units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 95 times at different frontline sections, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.
Solo picket against corruption in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
04:13, 30 March 2018
Sochi court marshals disrupt activist Barkhatova's solo picket
A solo picket against corruption, held by Irina Barkhatova, a resident of Sochi, was stopped by court marshals, who detained the woman.
02:39, 30 March 2018
Georgian miners warn about strike
Negotiations of officials of the "Georgian Manganesi" Company with the miners, who demand to improve their working conditions, did not take place, as the company's special manager got to hospital. Miners promised to wait for ten days and then to go on strike.
00:30, 30 March 2018
HALO Trust sappers undergo surgeries in Stepanakert after mine explosion
The health condition of the two wounded sappers after they were operated on remains grave, one of them lost his legs, said the director of the Stepanakert medical centre.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

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.

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.