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Trampled down ballot papers at the polling station in the village of Gotsatl. Screenshot of a video from the "Dagestan Online" community on Facebook, facebook.com/groups/dagonline
09:08, 19 September 2016
Rights defenders turn to police about fight at elections in Dagestan
The association for the defence of electoral rights "Civilian Control" has sent an appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) demanding to investigate the fight that broke out on the voting day at a polling station in Dagestan.
08:31, 19 September 2016
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 12-18
Single voting day at elections in southern regions of Russia; election of leaders of North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia; celebrations of Eid al-Adha; detention of Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kabardino-Balkaria on suspicion of bribe-giving; appointment of a new prime minister in Armenia; jurors' verdict in Sergey Zirinov's case; death in Chechnya of Yuri Torshin, a former commander of the special group "Alpha", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 12-18, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A residential neighbourhood Ariavan in the Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh. September 3, 2016. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:02, 19 September 2016
25 families receive keys to cottages in NKR's Ariavan District
As reported by the Ministry of Urban Development of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), by the end of the year, some 50 families will live in new cottages, built in a new residential neighbourhood named Ariavan and located in the Kashatag District of the NKR.
03:26, 19 September 2016
On September 12-18, 2016, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of September 12-18, 2016, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
A broken ballot box and torn and trampled down ballot papers at the polling station in the village of Gotsatl. Screenshot of a video from the "Dagestan Online" community on Facebook, facebook.com/groups/dagonline
22:10, 18 September 2016
Polling station destroyed in Dagestan
A ballot box at the polling station in the village of Gotsatl was broken by a group of young people, who supported the pro-regime candidate and rushed into the station, a local resident told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Social media have posted photos from the station, where torn down ballots can be seen.
Polling Station No. 455, Volgograd, September 18, 2016. Photo by Grigory Shvedov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
20:00, 18 September 2016
Conflict of interests at Volgograd Polling Station No. 455 - REC member (+video)
Polling Station No. 455 in Volgograd, where on September 18 a lot of people voted by means of the so-called "absentee voting certificates", is located in the hospital, where Nina Cherniaeva, a candidate for the State Duma from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, is the Chief Physician
18:03, 18 September 2016
"Chernovik": voting in Dagestan held with massive violations
Residents of Dagestan have reported on falsifications at polling stations, campaigning for the ruling party on the day of voting, and other violations to the Centre to monitor violations during the elections, created under the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft)".
Anatoly Polunin shows lock on the door of PARNAS office in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
19:13, 17 September 2016
Volgograd: on the eve of elections, PARNAS deprived access to its office
This morning, the office, which the regional branch of the PARNAS Party is renting in Volgograd, was locked without the knowledge of party activists. Nobody explains the reasons, said Anatoly Polunin, a party member.
Detention of rally participants in Baku, September 17, 2016. Photo: RFE/RL
18:35, 17 September 2016
At least 20 participants of oppositional rally detained in Baku
Today, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan has held a rally at a Baku stadium against the amendments to the constitution, which broaden the powers of the president.
Idris Yusupov. Photo from the journalist's Facebook account, Facebook.com/idris.yusupov
16:43, 17 September 2016
Putting journalist Idris Yusupov on preventive registration list caused resonance in social networks
During his trip to Moscow, Idris Yusupov, a Dagestani journalist of the edition "Novoye Delo", was three times stopped by power agents at check posts, and learned from them that now he is on the so-called "prophylactic record" (preventive registration list). Users of social networks expressed their support to the journalist and criticized the practice of putting natives of the Caucasus into this record.
Murad Ragimov after detention. Photo: Change.org
15:33, 17 September 2016
Complaint on placing student Ragimov into custody lodged to MCC
The family of the student Murad Ragimov, who was detained in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the Syrian rebel groupings, but later accused of drug possession, gained the support of another advocate, who has already entered the case. An appeal has been lodged against placing Ragimov into custody, which will be considered by the court on September 22.
Zheleznovodsk. Photo: Pupsoid, Wikipedia.org
14:41, 17 September 2016
Candidate to Stavropol Territorial Duma withdraws
Because of the administrative pressure, it is impossible to campaign in Zheleznovodsk, said Alexei Grischenko, who has decided to remove his candidacy from elections to the Stavropol Territorial Duma.
Employees of Chechen communication company 'Vainakh-Telecom' take part in flashmob #I'llgotothepolls, instagram.com/vtk995
11:06, 17 September 2016
Observers note desire of Chechen authorities to increase voter turnout
The Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has staged a flashmob on the Instagram aimed to attract voters to the polls; on the voting day, a series of entertainment events is scheduled in the republic. The voter turnout is treated by the authorities as an indicator of the support of the ruling course, observers say.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo from the journalist's Facebook account, facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003823334397
06:14, 17 September 2016
Reporters treat Geriev as victim to war on dissent in Chechnya
The sentence to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Zhalaudi Geriev indicates that in Chechnya it is in fact impossible to work for journalists of the mass media not subordinated to the authorities, said the journalists Nikita Sologub, Irina Gordienko and Ilya Azar.
Policemen accompany Magomed Guchigov to the court hearings. Screenshot of video coverage by NTV channel, Ntv.ru/video
03:40, 17 September 2016
Court refuses to arrest Magomed Guchigov
The Nagatino District Court of Moscow has dismissed the petition asking to detain Magomed Guchigov, an assistant to a Chechen prosecutor, who is suspected of shooting from the car of the wedding cortege.
03:14, 17 September 2016
Sochi CEC states use of children in campaigning
The constituent election commission (CEC) has lodged an application to the Prosecutor's Office about attraction of children to campaigning during a party rally.
00:59, 17 September 2016
KChR's State Duma candidates criticize organization of debates
A number of candidates for Russian MPs from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) assert that there were no obstacles to their campaigning; however, the candidate Inna Nasheva argues that she was under pressure.
Sazhid Sazhidov meets with constituents. Photo from Sazhidov's Facebook account, facebook.com/sazhidov
23:21, 16 September 2016
Reporters link Sazhidov's refusal to participate in elections with pressure on him
Most of the Dagestani candidates for State Duma, who are outside the plans of those in power, subjected to pressure, the editors-in-chief of Dagestani media told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. This is their explanation of the decision of Sazhid Sazhidov, a coach of the Dagestani wrestling team, to withdraw his candidacy from the elections.
Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/018942.shtml
17:53, 16 September 2016
Gannushkina focuses her campaign on abuses committed by Chechen authorities
In Chechnya, the judicial system is under the executive branch of power; and money is spent not on recovery of villages, but on elite unnecessary projects, like "Argun City", said Svetlana Gannushkina, a candidate for the State Duma from the republic's branch of the "Yabloko" Party.
Participant of hearings held at the US Congress Committee. Still image from video posted by user TomLantosHumanRights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SquEOX7JjI
16:44, 16 September 2016
Hearings at Commission of US Congress call on sanctions against Azeri officials
Azerbaijan is seeing a rise of repressions on the eve of the constitutional referendum, said the participants of hearings held at the Human Rights Committee of the US Congress. They called on Western countries to respond tougher to human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
News
Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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.