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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.
17:16, 17 July 2017
Krasnodar judge denies spending on her daughter's wedding
All the expenses for the daughter's wedding were born by her father, the former husband of Elena Khakhaleva, a judge of the Krasnodar Territorial Court, the judge herself has stated in response to reports of the mismatch of her incomes with the costs of the wedding celebrations.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: RFE/RL
17:14, 17 July 2017
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov reports his detention in Georgia
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the federal wanted list, has reported about his detention in Tbilisi. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has not confirmed the information.
Ballot box, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot'.
11:58, 17 July 2017
Baku protests against presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh
Khikmet Gadjiev, the official spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has called the presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh scheduled for July 19 one more political provocation. According to Khikmet Gadjiev, the Baku authorities treat the above election in Nagorno-Karabakh as a violation of norms and principles of the international law.
Berlin. Photo by user Matúš Benian https://www.flickr.com
11:24, 17 July 2017
German police detain Chechen woman suspected of IS involvement
Aminat Akueva, a resident of Chechnya, who left for Syria several years ago and was put on the international wanted list, was detained by Interpol. She stays in Berlin, and the Chechen law enforcement agencies expect her to be extradited. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. Relatives of the detained woman deny her involvement in militants' ranks.
Relatives of the murdered tourist. Photo: Cabinet of Ministers of Abkhazia
11:20, 17 July 2017
Abkhazian Prosecutor's Office discloses names of suspects in Russian tourist's murder case
Today, the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia has reported that as a result of the operational and search activities, law enforcers have identified the persons who committed a robbery attack on tourists in the Primorskoe village in the Gudauta District on July 11. The names of the suspects have been disclosed.
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Azerbaijan has declared three propagandists from Russia wanted.

The head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of flights from Baku to Grozny.

Ingush natives sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Moscow terror attack case

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.