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Ramzan Kadyrov gives interview to HBO TV Channel. Still picture of HBO video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9YbuWBMxh0
15:20, 20 July 2017
US journalist shares his impressions from meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov
US journalist David Scott, an author of a release of the "Real Sports" show on the HBO TV Channel, dedicated to the development of martial arts in Chechnya, described his meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov in June 2017.
Alexander Lapshin in the courtroom. Photo: RFE/RL
13:21, 20 July 2017
Advocate does not rule out Lapshin's extradition to Russia or Ukraine
The decision to appeal against the verdict handed down in Baku to blogger Alexander Lapshin will depend on his personal will, said Eduard Chernin, his advocate. In his opinion, an appeal should be submitted for Lapshin's complete acquittal, and in case it is rejected, one may expect his extradition to Russia or Ukraine.
Elena Khakhaleva. Photo: http://jour-control.ru/news/zolotaya-sudya-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-elena-hahaleva.html
11:57, 20 July 2017
Commission finds no violations committed by Judge Khakhaleva at wedding party
The Commission of the Council of Judges for the Krasnodar Territory, engaged in the audit provoked by reports on expenses for a wedding party for a daughter of Judge Elena Khakhaleva, has got "almost all" documents from the organizers of the holiday.
Alexander Lapshin. Photo: RFE/RL
11:15, 20 July 2017
Court sentences Alexander Lapshin to three years of imprisonment (+video)
The Baku Court has found blogger Alexander Lapshin guilty of illegally crossing the Azerbaijani border and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.
Mourning events in memory of 10th anniversary of Beslan terror act, September 3, 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
10:51, 20 July 2017
Dmitry Medvedev orders to pay 309.6 million roubles to victims of Beslan terror act
Dmitry Medvedev, the chair of the Russian government, has signed a resolution to allocate money to North Ossetia for completion of the housing arrangement for the victims of the Beslan terror act.
Sharip Zaipullaev. Photo: http://www.gorodkovrov.ru/topic/events/sos-nashego-sharipa-pohitili-v-dagestane.html
08:13, 20 July 2017
Body of Kovrov resident found dead in Dagestan not given out to relatives
Family members of Sharip Zaipullaev, a resident of the Vladimir Region, who was kidnapped and then found dead in a blown-up car, were invited to re-take DNA sample tests. The body has not yet been given out for burial, the man's relatives reported.
Denis Matsuev. Photo: Yuga.ru
06:56, 20 July 2017
Denis Matsuev's "Crescendo" music festival opened in Sochi
On July 19, Sochi opened the 13th "Crescendo" International Music Festival organized by Denis Matsuev, People's Artist of Russia and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
03:20, 20 July 2017
Nine advocates boycott court hearing in "Sasna Tsrer" case
On July 19, the court hearing on the first case against the "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun) began with a delay. Court officials did not allow advocates Musheg Shushanyan and Araik Papikyan to enter the court building, since they refused to provide their briefcases for inspection, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Sellers protest against dismantling of Firdusi market, Yerevan, July 2017. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6OcYfCCGL0
02:08, 20 July 2017
Yerevan authorities supported by law enforcers dismantle part of Firdusi market
On July 19, the Yerevan Mayor's Office started dismantling a clothing market along Firdusi Street in the centre of the Armenian capital.
21:00, 19 July 2017
Activists come out to " Women's Solidarity March" in Tbilisi
Hundreds of people took part in the march for women's rights, organized in central Tbilisi in response to the "Georgians' March".
Petro Poroshenko at the border with South Ossetia. Photo: http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/mi-budemo-borotisya-shob-likviduvati-kolyuchi-droti-preziden-42510
18:06, 19 July 2017
Petro Poroshenko expresses support for Georgia at South-Ossetian border
During his visit to the villages located at the border with South Ossetia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the support of the Georgia's territorial integrity.
Blogger Alexander Lapshin. Photo: https://news.day.az/politics/901436.html
17:42, 19 July 2017
Alexander Lapshin repents of his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh
Today, the Baku Court for Grave Crimes has held the final hearing in the case against blogger Alexander Lapshin. In his final speech, Alexander Lapshin has reminded the court that he did not agree with the charges, but expressed his remorse for his trips to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
16:38, 19 July 2017
In Boris Nemtsov's murder case, defence appeals against verdict
Advocates of the sentenced men have appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia with a request to revoke the verdict and send the case for a new trial.
Participants of miners protest in Gukovo, July 19, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
16:17, 19 July 2017
Two persons join miners' hunger strike in Gukovo
Today, in Gukovo, miners have held another picket in front of the "Kingcoal" Company's office. According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, more than 100 gathered in the square in front of the office building.
Bako Sahakyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.
14:33, 19 July 2017
Bako Sahakyan elected President of Nagorno-Karabakh
In Nagorno-Karabakh, 28 out of 32 deputies of the National Assembly voted for the candidacy of Bako Sahakyan, the current leader of the country.
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.
News
Bakhtiyar Gasanov. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/ The head of the Azerbaijani autonomy in Moscow has been deported from Russia.

50 families of forced migrants returned to the Khojavend and Shusha districts.

Loading grain onto a ship. Screenshot from photo by RIA "Dagestan" https://riadagestan.ru/news/economy/rosselkhoznadzor_dagestana_prokontroliroval_eksportiruemoe_v_iran_zerno Agrarians in southern Russia have been forced to lower the selling prices of grain.

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.