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Crypts discovered during excavations in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
05:19, 10 October 2017
Workers discover several crypts of 17-18th centuries in central Volgograd
In the Tsentralny District of Volgograd, several crypts of the 17-18th centuries were opened during the excavations in the protected cultural heritage area. Workers discovered the burials during the works on laying water pipes held on October 4.
Miners' rally near the office of the "Kingcoal" Company, Gukovo, October 9, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
03:05, 10 October 2017
Over 100 miners go to protest in Gukovo
In Gukovo, participants of the miners' protest have decided to prolong their protest until March 20, 2018, due to the lack of noticeable improvements with the payment of wage arrears.
02:13, 10 October 2017
Magomedov brothers released from police in Makhachkala
Murad Magomedov and Ramazan Magomedov, who were detained in Makhachkala after they had reported discovery of a bomb, were released from the police station.
Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-tambovskoy-oblasti-2.html
01:16, 10 October 2017
CTO legal regime introduced in Dagestan
Today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the Shamil District of Dagestan. According to the law enforcement agencies, the search is underway in the region to identify members of the armed underground and their accomplices.
22:38, 9 October 2017
Activist Polyudova stops communicating with her relatives
The activist Darya Polyudova, who is serving her sentence in a colony-settlement in Novorossiysk, has not been in contact with her relatives for two weeks, her mother said.
Zaurbek Sadakhanov. Screenshot of video posted by user Kavkazskaya Politika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZpPaKATFE
21:05, 9 October 2017
Advocate Zaurbek Sadakhanov leaves Russia because of threats
The advocate, who represented the interests of Khamzat Bakhaev, a convict in Boris Nemtsov’s murder case, has left Russia for personal security reasons before the consideration of the appeal against the verdict.
Still picture from the video showing captivity of the Cossack Roman Zabolotniy in Syria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QkDaZNGxsY
18:34, 9 October 2017
Video of Cossack Zabolotniy’s captivity in Syria posted
Today, a video has been posted on the YouTube showing an interrogation of the Cossack Roman Zabolotniy by militants immediately after his capture. Zabolotniy tried to speak Russian with one of the militants and said that he had "information about weapons."
Cossack Yevgeny Panchuk. Screenshot of video provided by Navalny's campaign office in Krasnodar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7-Sza5Wn4
16:48, 9 October 2017
A Cossack who supports Alexei Navalny sentenced to compulsory community service
After being detained at a rally in Krasnodar, Cossack Yevgeny Panchuk, who supported Alexei Navalny, has been sentenced to 20 hours of compulsory community service.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Erik De Castro
16:15, 9 October 2017
Insiders report thousands of Russian mercenaries in Syria
According to participants of the hostilities in Syria, the number of mercenaries from the private military company "Wagner's PMC" killed in September battles may be "much higher" than 12 people whose dead bodies were delivered to Rostov-on-Don on September 28, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.
Road conflict between staff members of the "E" Centre and inspectors of the patrol-and-post service in Makhachkala, October 7, 2017. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVbDOpWw_oA
13:29, 9 October 2017
MIA starts investigation into policemen’s fight in Makhachkala
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan has confirmed a claim of an eyewitness that staff members of the "E" Centre were involved in a conflict with inspectors of the patrol-and-post service (known as PPS) in Makhachkala.
Special forces’ vehicles. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-tomskoy-oblasti-provedeno.html
09:40, 9 October 2017
On October 2-8, 2017, seven persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of October 2-8, 2017, seven persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, six were killed and another 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.
09:00, 9 October 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 2-8
Appointment of new Dagestani leader; execution of a Rostov Cossack in Syria; special operation in Dagestan announced after attacks on policemen, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 2-8, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Policeman. Photo: http://nnm.me/blogs/Supertramp1720/policeyskie-i-borcy-s-ekstremizmom-ustroili-potasovku-so-strelboy-v-mahachkale/
08:39, 9 October 2017
Eyewitness reports fight of law enforcers in Makhachkala
In the capital of Dagestan, policemen opened fire as a result of a conflict with staff members of the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE). This was reported on October 8 by an eyewitness of the incident.
A young woman wearing Georgian costume at Tbilisoba Festival. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
05:08, 9 October 2017
Moscow residents make wine at Tbilisoba Festival
On October 7, the Tbilisoba Festival (Tbilisi City Day) was celebrated in the Moscow Hermitage Garden for the seventh time, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Sultan Belkhoroev. Photo: http://bakdar.org
02:57, 9 October 2017
Over 3000 people attend Sultan Belkhoroev’s funeral
In Ingushetia, Sultan Belkhoroev, an elder of the religious concept (Wird) for followers of Batal-Khadji Belkhoroev, died after a short illness and was buried.
00:48, 9 October 2017
In Telavi, office of "European Georgia" Party attacked
In the city of Telavi, a man attacked an office of the "European Georgia" Party and threatened to use weapons. After his detention, it turned out that his pistol was a model of combat weapon.
Dmitry Titkov. Photo from Facebook personal account
18:45, 8 October 2017
Dmitry Titkov, Navalny’s supporter released from Sochi police
Today, Dmitry Titkov's advocate managed to release the activist from the police, where Titkov was brought in the previous evening from his solo picket in support of Alexei Navalny. The activist said that he had spent 16 hours in the dungeon (punishment cell) without food, water and chance to go to the toilet.
Anti-corruption rally in Baku, October 7, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucaisian Knot.
16:42, 8 October 2017
Six opposition activists arrested in Baku
The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has treated the arrests of its activists, detained on the eve of the rally held in Baku on October 7, as politically motivated.
Photo of one of the house blown up by power agents on October 1, 2017, Kizlyar District of Dagestan. Photo taken from 'Memorial' website.
15:26, 8 October 2017
Dagestan resident complains of power agents’ threats to blow up his house
Power agents planted drugs on Dinmagomed Magomedov, a resident of Dagestan, and demanded to confess of keeping them, threatening to blow up the family's house, his father said. The court ruled to arrest Magomedov.
Rainbow flags. Photo: https://www.svoboda.org/a/28496059.html
13:26, 8 October 2017
Activists raise 300,000 euros for gays’ evacuation from Chechnya
Since April 2017, they managed to raise 300,000 euros to evacuate gays from Chechnya and to render psychological aid to them, the Russian LGBT Network reports.
News
Three soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

The Russian Investigative Committee's work at the scene of the attack on a medical worker in Makhachkala. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan/Teegram The doctor injured in the attack in Makhachkala has been discharged from the hospital.

Sergey Melikov. Photo: Administration of the Head and Government of the Republic of Dagestan The flood in Dagestan was the "last straw" before Melikov's resignation.

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.