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Many of Timur Mutsuraev's songs are dedicated to Chechen war. Photo of Russian IFV destroyed in Grozny, January 1995 made by Mikhail Yevstafiev, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Первая_чеченская_война
08:23, 26 March 2018
Since 2016, 11 residents of Chechnya fined for disseminating Timur Mutsuraev's songs
In 2016-2018, in Chechnya, at least 11 people were brought to administrative responsibility for dissemination of banned songs of Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot".
Khamzat Chumakov. Screenshot from Khamzat Chumakov's Youtube channel
02:31, 26 March 2018
Believers of Nasyr-Kort mosque ask Khamzat Chumakov not to leave his Imam position
In Ingushetia, Khamzat Chumakov, Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque, has announced his resignation. Believers of the mosque have not agreed with the Khamzat Chumakov's decision and asked him to take leave and then return to work.
Special operation in Botlikh District of Dagestan. Screenshot from video posted by Investigating Committee of Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7XNxZeHTM
00:57, 26 March 2018
On March 19-25, 2018, six persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of March 19-25, 2018, at least seven persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six were killed and one was injured. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Special operation in Botlikh District of Dagestan. Screenshot from video posted by Investigating Committee of Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7XNxZeHTM
18:25, 25 March 2018
Law enforcers report details of Dagestani CTO
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has published a video from the venue of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Botlikh District of Dagestan, in which one man was killed.
16:50, 25 March 2018
Relatives of Syrian Circassian woman reject money raised for her treatment
Circassian activists from Kabardino-Balkaria and other Russian regions have raised money for treatment of Dina Tamukh, a Syrian resident, in Russia, but her transportation became impossible due to the deterioration of her health condition.
15:34, 25 March 2018
CTO regime lifted in Dagestani Andi village
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the village of Andi, Botlikh District of Dagestan, where a militant was killed on March 24, has been cancelled, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.
Batumi. Photo by Yulia Kasheta for the Caucasian Knot.
14:52, 25 March 2018
Detained manager of "Leogrand" Hotel denies accusations
Giorgi Mikeladze, detained within the case of the "Leogrand" Hotel, has stated that he had been unreasonably persecuted. According to his advocate, Mikeladze had no relation to the boiler room, where the fire broke out and killed 11 persons.
07:54, 25 March 2018
Ukrainian citizen tells Consul about torture in Rostov-on-Don
Alexei Sizonovich, a citizen of Ukraine, convicted on charges of plotting a terror act in the Rostov Region, told the Ukrainian Consul about the torture he was subjected to in Rostov-on-Don.
Screenshot of the video with Magomed Khambiev (first on the left) and Shaa Turlaev (third from right to left), posted by Ramzan Kadyrov on his page on the "VKontakte" social network
23:16, 24 March 2018
Ramzan Kadyrov shows live on air the wanted Chechen separatist
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has publicized a video from the village of Benoi showing Shaa Turlaev, announced wanted on suspicion of high-profile murders and murder attempts. Kadyrov has treated Turlaev as "the best of the best."
20:17, 24 March 2018
An armed militant killed in Dagestan
In Dagestan, in the course of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Botlikh District, law enforcers killed a militant from the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia.
19:50, 24 March 2018
Archil Tatunashvili buried in Georgia
Archil Tatunashvili, a citizen of Georgia, who died after being detained in South Ossetia, was buried on Saturday with military honours into the Brotherly Cemetery in Tbilisi.
16:40, 24 March 2018
Rights defenders question law enforcers' version of special operation in Chechnya
It is very difficult to verify whether four natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan killed in Chechens were militants. The former cases of disinformation question the version, stated members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Trainers in a gym. Photo by the press service of the administration of Karabulak, http://www.mokarabulak.ru/
10:42, 24 March 2018
In Grozny, drug control service massively seizes muscle pills from pharmacies and shops
In Grozny, agents of drug control service have seized 14,000 packages of potent anabolic drugs from pharmacies, sports nutrition stores and gyms, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya reported.
A militant who attacked the police officer in Grozny has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State banned in Russia. Screenshot of a video https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@directorate4
09:26, 24 March 2018
Political situation in Northern Caucasus strengthens sympathy for IS
The involvement of young Muslims in the ranks of terrorists is a consequence of the internal political conflict in Northern Caucasus and political discrimination of Muslims. No blocking of information resources will solve this problem, experts believe.
The Days of Russian Word in Nagorno-Karabakh. Meeting the guests. March 20, 2018. Photo by Albert Voskanyan http://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/929/posts/32349
05:05, 24 March 2018
Days of Russian Word held in Nagorno-Karabakh
Within the framework of the Days of Russian Word, under the motto "Russian without accent", the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has held contests, poetry parties and seminars for teachers.
Journalist Ayk Khalatyan. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:28, 23 March 2018
Scientists reveal reasons for radicalization of South-Caucasian youth
Young Georgian Muslims are leaving for war in Syria and Iraq because of social injustice and religious stereotypes, the participants of the forum in Moscow "Youth Against Extremism and Radicalism" told on March 22. The speech of an Azerbaijani presenter was interrupted by a squabble with an Armenian journalist.
A retired Colonel Volodya Avetisyan declared a sitdown strike with his supporters. March 21, 2018. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:20, 23 March 2018
Yerevan: rally participants demand to seize power from Sargsyan
Armen Ovannisyan, an activist of the front named "For the Sake of State of Armenia", speaking to a rally held in Yerevan, called to fight for the removal of Serzh Sargsyan, who is intending to assume the post of prime minister, from power. The rally was about 150 people strong.
A session of the Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180323/239786512/Deputaty-sochli-pereborom-50-zhenshhin-v-parlamente-Gruzii.html
20:03, 23 March 2018
Georgian Parliament completes constitutional reform
The reform of the Constitution of Georgia has culminated in the adoption of amendments thereto. They were supported by 115 MPs out of 150, that is, the parliamentary majority.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Dzhulietta Kozaty https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20150525/126276.html
19:19, 23 March 2018
Two residents of Georgia released in Tskhinvali
Authorities of South Ossetia have released David Gerkeuli and Ivane Gundishvili after they paid fines for breaking the border.
Coloured precipitation fell in the Krasnodar Territory. Sochi, March 23, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:25, 23 March 2018
Residents of Southern Russia frightened by yellow snow and rain
Coloured precipitation fell today in Southern Russia, users of social networks and residents of Sochi have reported. A sandstorm in Africa and an accident at some factory were named among the versions of the strange natural phenomenon. However, meteorologists have assured that the precipitations that fell down in the Krasnodar the Stavropol Territories pose no threat to people.
News
Adam Kadyrov received a medal to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sever Regiment.

Mintsayeva's arrest highlighted the problem of security forces interfering in family disputes.

Chechen residents have submitted over 15,000 applications for flood-related payments.

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.