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03:46, 5 September 2015
Deputy of Nogai District Soviet beaten up in KChR
Ualit Mizhev, a Deputy of the Nogai District Soviet, was beaten up in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). He was hospitalized in the status of moderate gravity.
21:48, 4 September 2015
Two soldiers lost in Karabakh conflict zone
Two soldiers – Marat Khachanyan and Arman Stepanyan – have died from the received gunshot wounds in the Karabakh conflict zone, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
19:32, 4 September 2015
Over 50 persons come out to protest in Yerevan
A new protest action of the movement "Arise, Armenia!" was held in Republic Square. Activists of the "Constituent Parliament" came to support the protesters.
18:08, 4 September 2015
"Musavat", ReAl and "Nida" agree to cooperate at elections in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani opposition "Musavat" Party and the civil movements "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) and "Nida" (Outcry) will cooperate at the parliamentary elections to be held on November 1. They have committed not to agitate against each other and, as far as possible, to support united candidates.
Stray dog. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:17, 4 September 2015
Residents of Astrakhan complain about mass extermination of stray dogs
Residents of Astrakhan have reported ill-treatment of stray animals in the territory of the city. In early September, in the district "South-East-2" several dogs got poisoned. The prosecutor's office recommends lodging respective applications to them.
14:01, 4 September 2015
Rauf Mirkadyrov's custody extended until November 16
The new judge (the previous one was challenged by the defence) has extended the custody of the Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, despite the assurance of his advocates that he would not hide from investigators.
12:32, 4 September 2015
HRC "Memorial" fined by 300,000 roubles
The court has ruled that the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has broken the law by publishing some material without labelling it that the publisher is a foreign agent. The lawyer of the HRC said that the Centre had nothing to do with the material in question and was fined because of a bureaucratic error.
Oleg Sentsov. Photo: RFE/RL
12:24, 4 September 2015
Sentsov's defence appeals against his verdict
The defence of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of preparing terror acts in the Crimea, has appealed against the verdict, said the advocate Dmitry Dinze.
"Fischt" Olympic Stadium. Photo: Ivanaivanova, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фишт_(стадион)#/media/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%82.JPG
07:24, 4 September 2015
Experts criticize idea to change name of "Fischt" Stadium in Sochi, because of Circassians' negative reaction
In April this year, information appeared that the organizing committee of the 2018 Football World Cup had pre-approved the renaming of "Fischt" Stadium into the Olympic Stadium. Sulieta Kusova-Chukho, Director of the Centre of Ethnic-Confessional Problems of Mass Media, has treated the initiative as "an attempt to completely erase people's historical memory."
Rescuers in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Photo: http://www.mchsmedia.ru/newsline/item/6466849/
06:52, 4 September 2015
Large number of accidents in KBR's mountains caused by inflow of tourists
In June-August 2015, rescuers had to go for 50 times to help alpinists in distress in the mountains of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Employees of the Elbrus Rescue Team said that such a large number of accidents in the mountains have to do with an inflow of tourists.
Ashot Egiazaryan. Photo: http://www.panorama.am/g_image.php?id=343617&t=b
04:19, 4 September 2015
Armenian experts assert that country's status worsened after accession to EAEU
The Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has brought no positive fruits to the country, and hampers its progress, Armenian experts said. They believe that Armenia should leave the EAEU and get back to the issue of association with the European Union (EU).
Participants of the mourning events in Beslan, September 3, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
03:40, 4 September 2015
Victims of Beslan terror act still need psychological help
The commemoration events of the victims of the Beslan terror act should be a reminder to the authorities on their duty to ensure citizens' security, relatives of the victims have stated. Now, 11 years later, the victims of the terror act are still in urgent need of help, said the committee "Mothers of Beslan".
22:25, 3 September 2015
Murat Borlakov's relatives claim compensation for moral harm and material damage
The suffered party in the case of the death of the detainee Murat Borlakov at the police station has evaluated its moral harm, funeral costs and advocate's fees as 5.5 million roubles.
At the mourning events in memory of Beslan terror act victims, September 3, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
22:14, 3 September 2015
"Crimean syndrome" stops affected Russians' attitude to 1999-2005 terror acts
The increase of the number of Russians who are convinced that special services had known about the terror acts committed in 1999-2005, indicates that the population is no longer under the effect of the "Crimean syndrome", associated with the growth of confidence in the actions of the authorities, said the experts of the "Levada Centre". According to their version, there is a return to a "more pragmatic approach.
Magaramkent village in Dagestan. Photo: Amin Magomedov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
20:22, 3 September 2015
Residents of Dagestan refute IS' statement about successful special operation
Local law enforcement sources and residents do not confirm the information about the successful attack of militants of the "Islamic State" on Russian military barracks in Southern Dagestan. There are no military units in the district, locals have noted.
Participants of the rally "Beslan-Volgograd: pain and sorrow of entire planet", Volgograd, September 3, 2015. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:24, 3 September 2015
Volgograd: mourning rallies of terror act victims attended by 300 people
The rallies "Beslan-Volgograd: pain and sorrow of entire planet" have been held today at the building of the train station and near the worship cross installed on the site of the terror act in the Krasnoarmeiskiy District of Volgograd. City temples held funeral dirges.
Participants of the mourning events in Beslan, September 1, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:47, 3 September 2015
"Voice of Beslan" states attempts to erase memory about terror act
Throughout the 11 years since the terror act in Beslan, the authorities are attempting to conceal information about the real circumstances of the tragedy, assert the members of the public organization "Voice of Beslan".
At Beslan School №1, September 1, 2015. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:31, 3 September 2015
Relatives of Beslan victims tell at Memory Watch about echo of tragedy
On September 3, the third Day of the Memory Watch for the victims of the terror act in Beslan began with a liturgy in the destroyed school. This year marks 11 years since the terror act in Beslan; and the city is hosting mourning ceremonies.
Boris Batyj. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org/media/video/25015927.html
07:55, 3 September 2015
Rostov activist of "December 5 Party" asks political asylum in Germany
Boris Batyj, a member of the federal political council of the "December 5 Party" and the coordinator of the movement "Solidarity" in Rostov-on-Don, has left Russia because of a threat of arrest, and turned to German authorities for political asylum.
Shooting targets at the bottom of the sand quarry near Gumrak settlement of Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:42, 3 September 2015
Residents of Volgograd state combat fire inside the city
In Volgograd, near the settlements of Gumrak and Kamenny Buerak, unidentified persons in military uniform are periodically holding combat exercises in the improvised unfenced range, local residents report.
News
A case of embezzlement during the construction of a gymnastics academy in Sochi has reached court.

Pollution on Primorsky Beach in Tuapse. Screenshot from the Telegram channel "My Tuapse" from May 7, 2026, https://t.me/my_tuapse/35084 Calls for Tuapse residents to become more actively involved in beach cleanups are being made on social media.

Krasnodar political prisoner Vladimir Yarotsky was found dead in a prison colony.

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.