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A protest action of the "Volny Aul" residents. Nalchik, October 31, 2017. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
07:32, 16 December 2017
The Branch for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appealed to the republic's Supreme Court (SC) with a demand to recognize the public organization "Volny Aul" (Free Village) as extremist and to liquidate it. The leaders of the organization held unsanctioned actions on the land issue, the MoJ asserts.
03:39, 16 December 2017
Two special troop's fighters received contusions during the armed clash in the Urvan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where a militant was killed, a law enforcement source has stated.
The mosque in Omarov Street in Makhachkala. Photo from the official website of the mosque https://www.facebook.com/masjid.Tangim/photos/a.308561295979016.1073741827.304761999692279/764104840424657/?type=3&theater
23:47, 15 December 2017
Policemen examined the parishioners of the mosque in Omarov Street in Makhachkala, who gathered for their Friday prayers, eyewitnesses report. They detained two or three persons, who later were released, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
21:49, 15 December 2017
Relatives believe that law enforcers were involved in disappearance of a Chechen teenager, whose brother went to Syria. Social groups associated with the police report that the teenager is involved in preparing terror acts.
20:45, 15 December 2017
Policemen have killed a man who opened fire on them, a law enforcement source of Kabardino-Balkaria has reported.
Mosul. Photo: European Commission DG ECHO https://www.flickr.com
13:31, 15 December 2017
Aza Bataeva, a singer from Chechnya, who has presumably perished in Iraq, wanted to return to her homeland, her acquaintance has told.
Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:42, 15 December 2017
The judge refused to grant the motion of the defence of the former Makhachkala Mayor to release him from colony for health reasons.
An Armenian soldier in combat position. Photo: © Sputnik/ David Galstyan
09:55, 15 December 2017
On December 14-15, Armenian servicemen used large-calibre machine guns during shelling, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
A special operation. Photo by the Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru
08:27, 15 December 2017
More than 200 artillerymen took part in combat firing on conditional terrorists in the mountainous part of Dagestan.
Ksenia Sobchak. Photo: Grigory Bakunin (RFE/RL)
05:14, 15 December 2017
The opening of election officers in Dagestan and Ingushetia has not taken place and is not planned, the Moscow's office of Ksenia Sobchak has reported. No information about any plans to open offices in these republics has been received, said Anastasia Shevchenko, the head of the Sobchak's office in Rostov-on-Don.
The defendants Murad Aliev (on the left) and Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:45, 15 December 2017
Prison doctors have concluded that Said Amirov can stay in colony, his advocate Vladimir Postanyuk reports. On the eve of the fateful judgment for Amirov, the "Caucasian Knot" has audited his former empire.
A fragment of the Comedy Club show about an escort girl from Ingushetia. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsp1PEOAuU
21:55, 14 December 2017
Top performers of the TNT TV Channel have recorded a video, in which they apologize to Ingush people for the fourth time for their sketch in the Comedy Woman programme.
Big annual press conference of Vladimir Putin. December 17, 2017. Photo by the press service of the Russian President http://kremlin.ru
20:45, 14 December 2017
The head of Chechnya should continue working towards returning Russian women and children from Syria, said Vladimir Putin. The authorities of Chechnya plan to return 150 Russian citizens more from Syria and Iraq.
Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:32, 14 December 2017
The Sol-Iletsk District Court has dismissed the motion on releasing Said Amirov from the colony for health reasons.
Suleiman Kerimov. Photo: Hlebushek https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:46, 14 December 2017
Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, has unsuccessfully invested up to 200 million US dollars into the Snapchat messenger, the Bell Company reports citing top managers of investment funds and businessman's acquaintances.
Big annual press conference of Vladimir Putin. December 14, 2017. Photo by the press service of the Russian President http://kremlin.ru
15:41, 14 December 2017
Natives of Northern Caucasus would arouse confidence in residents of Syria, both as Russian militaries, and as Sunnis, Vladimir Putin suggested at his press conference.
A killed wolf. Photo http://mprdag.ru/index.php/novosti/3482-na-territoriyakh-neskolkikh-rajonov-respubliki-proveden-otstrel-volkov
10:33, 14 December 2017
In the Tarumovka, Kizlyar and Lak Districts of Dagestan, shooting of wolves is underway after mass complaints of farmers.
A woman dancing in a hijab. Photo: screenshot of the video by the user tut.dagestan.ru https://www.instagram.com/p/BciGPVIH593/?taken-by=tut.dagestan.ru
09:41, 14 December 2017
The publication of a video with a young woman dancing in a hijab has provoked sharp critical posts of social network users.
A special operation to detain militants from Kabardino-Balkaria in Saint Petersburg. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKHG3JRbso
09:00, 14 December 2017
In Saint Petersburg, the court has awarded a local woman with compensation for damage in the amount of 50,000 roubles. Her apartment was damaged during a special operation to detain militants from Kabardino-Balkaria. The plaintiff asked to pay her 325,967 roubles.
The building of the XIXth century in the village Tyak of the Gudrut Region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:43, 14 December 2017
The number of foreign tourists who have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in 2017 went up by 40% against 2016, making over 20,000.
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.