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Aslan Khurai, organizer of pickets in support of Syrian Circassians. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the Caucasian Knot.
10:35, 27 March 2018
Till present, Circassians from Syria continue to come to Kabardino-Balkaria, and those of them who have already arrived need material support, local Circassian activists reported.
03:05, 27 March 2018
In Sochi, activist Valery Tuaev, detained during a solo picket at the city administration, was set free four hours later. According to him, a policeman did not explain to him the reason for his detention.
Yerevan City Mayoralty. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
02:05, 27 March 2018
On March 26, the Yerevan Press Centre "Article 3" held a discussion on the theme "Closed Doors: The Effects of Legislative Information Restriction" dedicated to legislative acts adopted by the Parliament on March 23 prohibiting journalists to attend meetings of the government and the Yerevan Council.
00:36, 27 March 2018
The Azerbaijani movement "Muslim Unity" has called on its supporters to boycott the upcoming presidential election in Azerbaijan.
Valery Tuaev holds solo picket in Sochi, March 26, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
20:34, 26 March 2018
Tonight, Valery Tuaev was detained during his solo picket with a poster in the square near the Sochi administration. The activist tried to draw attention to the unfair presidential election in Russia.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
19:47, 26 March 2018
After the video of Kadyrov with Shaa Turlaev, law enforcers should go to Chechnya, detain the latter and check the actions of the head of Chechnya himself, the lawyers Tumas Misakyan and Vadim Prokhorov have stated.
Coal for Gukovo miners, March 13, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
16:40, 26 March 2018
Today, in Gukovo, 74 miners have gathered for a new picket in front of the House of Culture for the "Rostovskaya" mine. They have announced that they have not yet got the coal promised by the local authorities and reported the problems with the purchase of food.
Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
16:18, 26 March 2018
In Grozny, law enforcers have resumed searching buyers of alcoholic drinks at exit from a single hypermarket, which legally sells alcohol beverages. An earlier break in searches can be explained by a conflict between the local and federal law enforcement bodies, local residents report.
Vladislav Ryazantsev at the court, October 12, 2017. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the Caucasian Knot
13:50, 26 March 2018
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the court has recognized four defendants guilty of involvement in the beating of Vladislav Ryazantsev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Two of them were sentenced to imprisonment, while the rest were sentenced to punishment not related to deprivation of liberty.
Soldiers of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia. Photo: press service of the Southern Military District.
11:11, 26 March 2018
Today, officials from the press service for the South Military District of Russia have reported that units of the military police are to be sent to the military base in Gyumri. Their task will be to maintain military discipline.
09:15, 26 March 2018
Vote tabulation at presidential election in Russia and reported violations; three special operations and six suspected militants killed in Chechnya and Dagestan; funeral in Georgia of Archil Tatunashvili, who died in Tskhinvali, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 19-25, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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."
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.