×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   News
Protesters demand a meeting with the Ministry spokepersons to discuss introduction of a new school subject. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for "Caucasian Knot"
16:01, 11 July 2017
Georgian authorities deny introduction of school lessons in sex education
In Georgia, after protests against innovations in the school curriculum, the Ministry for Education and Science reported that no topics on sexual education or mentioning of the LGBT community were planned to be included in school textbooks on the subject "Me and Society".
The Supreme Court of Adygea. Photo http://circassiatimesrussian.blogspot.com/2015/12/blog-post_22.html
15:09, 11 July 2017
SC upholds foreign agent status for "EcoWatch"
The Supreme Court (SC) of Adygea has upheld the decision pronounced by the Maikop City Court to recognize the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" as a foreign agent.
Olga Vyatkina, the head of the animal rights organization "Zoolife". Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
13:37, 11 July 2017
Animal rights defenders claim new wave of violence against animals in Dagestan
In Khasavyurt, activists from the animal rights organization "Zoohelp" have reported that dogs of which they care were attacked. The attackers broke open all the doors in a pen, killed one dog and beat up six others. This was reported by the animal rights defenders.
12:21, 11 July 2017
In Chechnya, relatives of detainees trust journalists' reports about executions
Relatives and friends of the suspected militants detained in December 2016-January 2017 trust the information released by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" about extrajudicial execution in Chechnya.
The building of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Photo http://pulsar.ru/our-clients/1879/
10:39, 11 July 2017
RAS Institute of African Studies releases a book on radical Islamic movements in Caucasus
Authors of the second part of the multivolume monograph "Radical Islamist movements on the political map of the modern world" have explored the specifics of Muslim radicalization in Northern and Southern Caucasus.
Ilya Pyanzin, a citizen of Kazakhstan. Photo: https://rus.azattyq.org/a/28607513.html
09:07, 11 July 2017
Man sentenced for plotting assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin appeals to Russian President for pardoning
Ilya Pyanzin, a citizen of Kazakhstan, who since 2013 is serving his sentence in a penal colony in the Samara Region for plotting an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin, has addressed the Russian President with an appeal to pardon him.
The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala. Photo: https://yandex.ru/images/search?text=Советский%20районный%20суд%20Махачкалы
07:28, 11 July 2017
Father of girl killed by dogs: Makhachkala Mayoralty to pay 50 million roubles
The father of a schoolgirl, who died of dog bites, has filed to the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala a lawsuit against the City Mayoralty and the city housing and communal services administration. The man claims compensation in the amount of 50 million roubles for moral suffering.
Members of the local Chechen community talking to Magomed Daudov near the village of Leninkent. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZCf8FnZmH4
00:28, 11 July 2017
Eyewitnesses treat law enforcers responsible for conflict on border between Dagestan and Chechnya
A domestic conflict near the village of Leninaul almost turned into an ethnic conflict because of the wrong actions of law enforcers. This opinion was voiced by users of social networks. Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, spoke about complaints of members of the Chechen community against the law enforcers.
23:07, 10 July 2017
AI demands investigation of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
The information on the killing of 27 people in Chechnya has been released by a reliable source and looks plausible by virtue of the specific situation in the republic. This is the opinion of Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director of the Amnesty International (AI) for Europe and Central Asia.
A helmet of a soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army. Photo https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20170710/7899001/armyanskij-voennosluzhashchij-pogib-v-karabahe.html
20:09, 10 July 2017
Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
Vazgen Pogosyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, born in 1997, was killed as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
19:00, 10 July 2017
HRC "Memorial": law enforcers ignore fates of missing people in Grozny
For six months already, the Chechen law enforcement agencies have been skirting answering questions about the fates of Askhab Yusupov, Ismali Bergoev, and Madina Shakhbieva, detained during the December armed clashes in Grozny. This was reported by the "Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Fizuli Guseinov. Photo http://gozetci.az/article/index/5316?l=en_US
16:08, 10 July 2017
PFPA member Fizuli Guseinov arrested in Azerbaijan
Fizuli Guseinov has been sentenced to 10 days of arrest for failure to obey to the police. This was reported by the Sabail District Court. Fizuli Guseinov is being persecuted for political reasons, since he tried to hold a picket in support of Giyas Ibragimov, claimed Ilham Gusein, the leader of the youth committee for the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
Giyas Ibragimov. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exrYJAVm5Fs
14:09, 10 July 2017
Defence demands to investigate information on Giyas Ibragimov's torture at colony
An advocate of activist Giyas Ibragimov has appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan and to the Ombudsman with complaints about torture reported by his client.
Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the Russian President. Photo: http://president-sovet.ru/presscenter/news/read/3464/
13:34, 10 July 2017
HRC gets law enforcers' answers to request about gays in Chechnya
The Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) has received from the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) the answers to their complaints about the persecution of LGBT community members in Chechnya. This was reported by Mikhail Fedotov, the chair of the Presidential HRC.
The conflict involving members of the local Chechen community in the Kazbek District of Dagestan. Photo https://chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey/kak-razvivalsya-konflikt-v-leninaule
11:40, 10 July 2017
Chechens from Leninaul report to Ramzan Kadyrov about village conflict
At a meeting with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechens-Akkins have mentioned the conflicts involving members of the local Chechen community in the Kazbek District of Dagestan. Thanks to the intervention of the authorities and law enforcement agencies, it became possible to resolve the conflict near the village of Leninkent, where on July 7, hundreds of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia moved to support Chechens-Akkins.
09:00, 10 July 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 3-9
Conflict at elections in Nogay District of Dagestan; Rostov miners go on protest hunger strike; Armenian Parliament decides on increasing water intake from Lake Sevan; head of Sberbank Branch in Chechnya announced wanted; death of civilians in Karabakh conflict zone as a result of shelling, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 3-9, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A borderline. Photo © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20170630/4399781.html
08:29, 10 July 2017
Georgia students hold two-day protest on South-Ossetian border
A protest action held by students of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University against the transfer of the borderline with South Ossetia lasted two days. It ended without incidents.
Harutyun Khachatryan, film director and the founder of the "Golden Apricot" film festival. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for "Caucasian Knot"
01:24, 10 July 2017
Yerevan opens "Golden Apricot-2017" film festival
In the Armenian capital, the 14th International "Golden Apricot" film festival has been opened with the traditional ceremony of consecration of apricots at the St. Anne's Church. This year, the festival contest programmes list 47 films.
The participants of the performance of the national dance of simd around the grove of Khetag. Vladikavkaz, July 9, 2017. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for "Caucasian Knot"
00:11, 10 July 2017
More than 5000 people perform national dance in North Ossetia
Today, in North Ossetia, more than 5000 people have taken part in the performance of the national dance of simd around the grove of Khetag. In total, more than 20,000 people visited the grove during the day. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia.
The village of Leninaul, Dagestan. Photo by Karamudin Ataev, http://ленинаул.рф/fotogalereya.html
20:30, 9 July 2017
After Magomed Daudov's visit, Dagestani leader comes to Chechen border
After the conflict in the border Kazbek District involving members of the local Chechen community, in which Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament intervened, Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov arrived at the place. He promised to restore the Aukh District and refuse to include the villages of Leninaul and Kalininaul into it, local residents report.
News
Restrictions for tourists at the Elbrus resort have been lifted.

A serviceman in a courtroom. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI program Copilot. A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of evading military service.

A lawsuit regarding the destruction of burial mounds in Kabardino-Balkaria has reached court.

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.