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Azerbaijani police. Photo: http://minval.az/news/84405
13:55, 19 July 2017
Azerbaijani law enforcers report detention of six spies
In Azerbaijan, six local residents were detained on the charge of handing secret information concerning the country's security over to foreign secret services. This was reported by the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS).
Iraqi soldiers demonstrate a Chechen boy captured by them during the battles for the city of Mosul. Still picture, video posted by user Vladislav Bulakhin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQI4SywSBQ Tumso Abdurakhmanov does not disclose
12:22, 19 July 2017
Chechen woman appeals to Prosecutor's Office to help return her child from Iraq
A mother of a four-year-old boy, captured in the Iraqi city of Mosul, has appealed to the Chechen Prosecutor's Office with a request for help in returning the child home. This was reported by a source from the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov. Photo: http://minval.az/news/123705126
11:50, 19 July 2017
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov does not disclose place of his detention
Blogger Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, has informed journalist Zviad Mchedlishvili that he was detained in one of the countries he went to from Georgia.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karphukhin
10:41, 19 July 2017
Kadyrov accuses human defenders of inflating rumours about gays in Chechnya
In his interview to a US TV Channel, Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that the information about the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya is being disseminated by human rights organizations which are counting on making money on that.
10:33, 19 July 2017
"Death group" admin to be jailed for inciting 15-year-old Astrakhan girl to commit suicide
Philip Budeikin, an administrator of a "death group" in the social network "VKontakte", also known under the pseudonym of Philip Lis, has been sentenced by court to three years and four months of imprisonment in the case on inciting to commit suicide.
Iraqi soldiers demonstrate a Chechen boy captured by them during the battles for the city of Mosul. Still picture, video posted by user Vladislav Bulakhin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQI4SywSBQ
06:04, 19 July 2017
A child kidnapped by his father in Chechnya found in Iraq
Starting from the evening on July 16, in Chechnya, a video record is being actively disseminated among users of social networks, in which Iraqi soldiers demonstrate a Chechen boy captured by them during the battles for the city of Mosul.
Car dealer. Photo: www.riadagestan.ru
05:43, 19 July 2017
State Duma MP complains to Central Bank about loan discrimination of Caucasus
Shamsail Saraliev, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, has sent an appeal to Elvira Nabiullina, the chief of the Russian Central Bank, with complaints about discrimination against residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) by Russian banks. The Shamsail Saraliev's appeal was supported by deputies of the State Duma from other Russian regions.
Ruslan Gvashev. Photo: Anzor NIBO, http://adygi.ru/index.php?newsid=11811
22:48, 18 July 2017
Ruslan Gvashev hospitalized with suspected heart attack
Ruslan Gvashev, a former chairman of the Board of Elders of Circassians-Shapsugs was hospitalized on the eve of the consideration of his complaint by the Krasnodar Territorial Court, his advocate Marina Dubrovina reports.
Penal colony in Tskhinvali. Photo: Sputnik/Natalia Airi
17:20, 18 July 2017
In Tskhinvali, hunger-strikers complain about deterioration of their health state
In Tskhinvali, prisoners of a penal colony continue their hunger strike for the eighth day already. One of the prisoners has made a decision to stop his hunger strike because of deterioration of his health state.
Varvara Karaulova. Photo: http://ru.wikipedia.org
17:10, 18 July 2017
ECtHR accepts Varvara Karaulova's complaint for consideration
The complaint filed by Varvara Karaulova and communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) states numerous violations committed during the preliminary investigation and claims an unreasonably cruel verdict. This was reported by an advocate of Varvara Karaulova.
Tevan Pogosyan. Photo: Sputnik/Asatur Yesayants
15:42, 18 July 2017
Armenia not to accept Russian as official language, local politicians and residents assert
On July 17, at a meeting with Ara Babloyan, the chair of the National Assembly of Armenia, Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker for the Russian State Duma, suggested to accept the Russian language in Armenia as an official to secure the possibility for citizens of the country to work in Russia with driver's licences issued in Armenia.
13:00, 18 July 2017
Court to involve Dagestani authorities in case on schoolgirl's death
The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has granted the request, filed by representatives of the mother of the schoolgirl who died after an attack of stray dogs, to involve in the case the Dagestani Veterinary Committee and the Dagestani Ministry of Finance as co-defendants.
Milrad Fatullaev. Still picture of video posted by user RIA Derbent, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c58f2Kv9gYc
11:57, 18 July 2017
Dagestani journalists support inspection of social networks because of conflict in Leninaul
The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has initiated an inspection of social networks in connection with the conflict in the village of Leninaul. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Prosecutor's Office. "At present, there are no materials available, since the inspection began recently," said the official.
10:54, 18 July 2017
Judge Elena Khakhaleva treats scandal with her daughter's wedding party as ordered
Elena Khakhaleva, a judge from Krasnodar, treats as ordered the resonance caused by reports of multimillion-dollar expenses for her daughter's wedding party. The judge associates the scandal with her refusal to pronounce an unlawful judgment.
Grozny, Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
09:59, 18 July 2017
Chechen authorities decide to improve republic's image
The Chechen Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information has concluded a cooperation agreement with the "VisitCaucasus" Foundation to form a positive public opinion on Chechnya.
07:27, 18 July 2017
One of rarest Buddhist stupas found in Kalmykia
In the Tselinny District of Kalmykia, a rare Buddhist monument has been opened. It is the Kalachakra Stupa. In total, there are about ten such stupas in the world.
Gezyal Bairamly (in the centre). Photo: https://haqqin.az/news/63454
01:48, 18 July 2017
Advocate states deterioration of Bairamly's health
Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is kept under arrest at SIZO (pre-trial prison) on charges of smuggling, is hardly walking around, because of an aggravation of her chronic illness. She does not receive the necessary treatment, said her advocate.
00:01, 18 July 2017
HRC "Memorial": head of municipal enterprise reports being tortured in Grozny
Lom-Ali Elbiev, a former director of the Grozny Municipal Unitary Enterprise told rights defenders that he was tortured after being accused of embezzling budget funds. Rights defenders have asked the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the man's statement; however, so far, law enforcement bodies have not responded to the appeal.
20:04, 17 July 2017
Russia's SC finds liquidation of "Jehovah's Witnesses" legal
At today's session, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has ruled to reject the appeal complaint of "Jehovah's Witnesses". The decision to liquidate all the organization thereof has came into force.
Laying of flowers to the tombstone of Elmar Guseinov, Baku, March 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
19:18, 17 July 2017
Azerbaijani activists commemorate journalist Guseinov murdered in Baku
Today, Baku has hosted an action in memory of Elmar Guseinov, the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Monitor", timed to his 50th birthday. According to participants of the action, the Azerbaijani authorities have left unpunished the killers and the persons who ordered the Elmar Guseinov's murder.
News
Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A picketer holds signs. Screenshot from RusNews photo from May 2, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/84132. Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

Armenian politicians began their campaign for votes before the start of their campaign.

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.