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Police cars in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:52, 13 March 2017
"Novaya Gazeta": in Chechnya, children are detained en masse on suspicion of links with IS
Mass detentions of minors during power agents’ raids after the attacks on policemen in Grozny indicate that the "Syrian issue" is rapidly increasing its audience among young Chechens, the “Novaya Gazeta” reports.
Screenshot of the webpage on the “Change.org” platform. Photo: https://www.change.org/
09:24, 13 March 2017
Experts treat petition on renaming Ingushetia into Alania as provocation
The escalation of tension in the society, caused by the petition on renaming Ingushetia into Alania is of no need for federal or local authorities; but the situation may aggravate, believe the political analysts, a rights defender and a journalists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
08:30, 13 March 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on March 6-12
Parliamentary elections in Abkhazia; street disorders in Batumi; start of debates at the trial on terror act in Dubrovka; pardoning of woman from Sochi, earlier recognized to be a political prisoner; Azerbaijan's exit from "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative"; direction of case of deputy head of Cherkessk police to city court for the third time, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus on March 6-12, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
The meeting of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia (to the left), with Khamzat Chumakov (second to the left) in a mosque in the village of Nasyr-Kort. Photo sunja-edu https://onkavkaz.com/blogs/1970-sovet-imamov-ingushetii-potreboval-prekratit-davlenie-na-propovednikov-cechoeva-i-chumakova.html
03:28, 13 March 2017
Ingush Council of Imams demands to stop pressing Tsechoev and Chumakov
The Council of Imams of Ingushetia, which unites representatives of the 18 Muslim communities, which are not under the republic’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), has stated an aggravation of the situation in the region, because of the pressure on preachers Isa Tsechoev and Khamzat Chumakov.
CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/ukryvavshiysya-v-blokirovannom-dome-bandit.html
02:39, 13 March 2017
On March 6-12, one person suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from March 6 to March 12, 2017, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one person was injured; there was no information about any casualties. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Counting of the ballots at the elections in Abkhazia. Photo: Sputnik, Tomas Tkhaytsuk
22:14, 12 March 2017
Observers at elections in Abkhazia find violations, but treat them as insignificant
International observers, who monitored parliamentary elections of Abkhazia, highlighted such problems as inadaptability of polling stations for people with disabilities, illegal additional voters’ lists and finger-marking. At one of the polling stations in Sukhumi, two voters refused to vote after registration, being outraged by the need to mark fingers.
Oksana Sevastidi. Photo from the personal archive of Oksana Sevastidi Source: http://smiexpress.ru/news/russia/-50514-zashita-po-delu-o-gosizmene-projdet-proverku/
11:33, 12 March 2017
Oksana Sevastidi is back at large
Oksana Sevastidi, a resident of Sochi, who had been convicted for sending an SMS-message to Georgia about the transportation of military equipment, has been released from the Moscow SIZO (pre-trial prison) “Lefortovo”.
The police car turned upside down by the protesters. Photo: screenshot of a video on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREIJA6-SrI
10:45, 12 March 2017
33 persons suffered at disorders in Batumi
As a result of the disorders in Batumi, 18 protesters and 15 policemen suffered, the Minister of Public Health of Adjara has reported.
The participants of the rally in Sochi demanded to stop erecting a high-rise building. Sochi, March 11, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:37, 12 March 2017
Sochi residents demand to stop building 12-storey building in resort centre
A rally in Sochi has demanded to stop erecting a high-rise building on the place of a two-story one. A petition with a demand to preserve the favourable habitat was signed by 300 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
23:51, 11 March 2017
Policeman wounded at shelling in Dagestan
A police outfit was attacked in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan; one policeman was wounded and hospitalized.
20:08, 11 March 2017
OSCE Minsk Group urges Azerbaijan and Armenia to negotiate
The Karabakh conflict has no military solution; and its parties should mark the anniversary of the April 2016 battles not at the frontline, but at the negotiation table, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have stated at today’s press conference in Baku.
19:01, 11 March 2017
Azerbaijani soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
Today, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan perished because of shelling from the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
Triennial of Russian contemporary art in "Garage" museum, Moscow, March 11, 2017. Photo by Anna Gilyova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
17:27, 11 March 2017
3000 people visit triennial in Moscow
On the first day of the triennial, the "Garage" museum of contemporary art, where works of 68 painters, including from Southern of Russia, are presented, was visited by 3000 people.
17:01, 11 March 2017
Armenian opposition calls to revise relations with Russia
In their foreign policy pre-election programmes, the electoral blocs "Elk" and "Tsarukyan", as well as the "Free Democrats" Party, stress the need to quit the subordinate position in relations with Russia.
Oleg Esayan. Photo: Armbib.ru
08:37, 11 March 2017
Armenian political analysts link resignation of ambassador to Russia with aggravation of Karabakh conflict
On March 10, President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on releasing Oleg Esayan from the post of Armenia's extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Russia, a source from the presidential administration told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
06:04, 11 March 2017
Rights defenders announce press conference on murder of Gasanguseinov brothers
On March 14, the office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Dagestan plans a press conference on the case of the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers in the village of Goor-Khindakh.
Eduard Kokoity at press conference. Screenshot of video Ossetia News, Youtube.com/watch?v=m387Vr39eLQ
03:42, 11 March 2017
Kokoity's electoral office announces denial of protest rallies
Local journalists believe that Eduard Kokoity will not be able to cancel at court the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to reject his registration as a presidential candidate.
01:57, 11 March 2017
Safarov served his three-day punishment in dungeon
On March 10, the former investigator Rufat Safarov, who is serving his sentence on the bribe-taking case, told at the meeting with his mother that he had been again placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) on March 6-9.
Sapiyat Magomedova after being beaten at police station. Photo is provided by Human Rights Centre 'Memorial'.
00:58, 11 March 2017
Decision to close case against Sapiyat Magomedova cancelled
Prior to considering the lawsuit lodged by the Dagestani lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova with a demand to compensate the harm caused to her by illegal criminal prosecution, the prosecutor's office notified the court that the decision to stop Magomedova's case was cancelled.
20:49, 10 March 2017
Two persons killed in special operation in Azerbaijan
The persons killed during the today's special operation in Azerbaijan have been identified as Azer Guseinov and Ali Islamov; weapons and explosives were found on them, the State Security Service (SSS) has announced.
News
Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 12-18, 2022

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.