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21:46, 20 March 2015
"Medialogy": citation rating of "Caucasian Knot" went up in February
The "Caucasian Knot" has taken the 14th place among Russia’s "Top 30 Most Cited Internet Resources" , which was compiled by the research company "Medialogy" at the end of February, which is two positions higher than in January.
20:05, 20 March 2015
Derbent: historic buildings are demolished before city's jubilee
The buildings of the ancient mill and the hotel "Volna" have been unreasonably destroyed in Derbent at the background of preparing the city to celebrate its 2000th anniversary, said Professor Murtazali Gadjiev and journalist Svetlana Anokhina.
20:03, 20 March 2015
AI urges Baku to release all "prisoners of conscience"
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) believes that the recent act of clemency has failed to solve the problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; therefore, the AI urged the country's top authorities to release all "prisoners of conscience".
Candles in St.Nishan Church, Gyumri, January, 2015. Photo by Narek Tumasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:53, 20 March 2015
Results of examinations in case of family massacre in Gyumri announced
Today, Lusine Sahakyan, Erem Sarkisyan and Ervand Varosyan, the advocates of the successors of the Avetisyan family, assassinated in Gyumri, have presented the results of the examinations, carried out within the inquiry into the case.
Banner at the rally ‘We choose Europe’. Tbilisi, April 13, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:18, 20 March 2015
Opposition accused Georgian authorities of weakness in context of Russian-South Ossetian treaty
The Georgian authorities and the opposition have agreed in the negative assessment of the treaty signed by Russia and South Ossetia. At the same time, the opposition has once again accused the Georgian authorities of weakness.
Participant of the rotating hunger strike of parents with many children Olga Eschenko standing on her knees on the steps of the administration of the Volgograd Region. Volgograd, March 20, 2015. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:33, 20 March 2015
Volgograd: woman-hunger-striker continues protest kneeling in front of regional administration
Olga Eschenko, a mother of four children and a participant of the rotating hunger strike of parents with many children, is holding her "shift" today, standing on her knees on the steps of the administration of the Volgograd Region.
Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov. Photo: press-service of the Parliament of Chechnya, http://www.parlamentchr.ru/press-centre/fotoreportazhi/1711-2014-167
09:40, 20 March 2015
Transparency International: Chechen MPs violate anti-corruption laws
None of MPs of the Chechen Parliament has published his/her tax declaration for 2013. This was reported by the Centre of Anti-Corruption Research and Initiatives "Transparency International-Russia". In addition to Chechnya, the "Transparency International" (TI) found no declarations of a number of members of regional parliaments of 44 subjects of the Russian Federation.
Alexei Malashenko. Photo: http://carnegie.ru/experts/?fa=497
06:10, 20 March 2015
Experts doubt of existence of "Kadyrov's list"
Experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" were critical of the possible existence of "firing list" of Ramzan Kadyrov's enemies.
05:31, 20 March 2015
In Dagestan, teenager sentenced for extremism and arms trafficking
In Dagestan, the court has sentenced a 16-year-old resident of the village of Vitsyatli of the Tsuntin District to two years of conditional imprisonment. The teenager was found guilty of posting on the Internet texts of extremist content and arms trafficking.
Azerbaijani girls in national costumes. Photo: http://vzglyad.az/%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7_-16150-xeber.html#.VQu75eH19yV
03:55, 20 March 2015
Azerbaijan starts celebrating Novruz Bayram
Azerbaijan starts celebrating the holiday of Novruz Bayram, which symbolizes the coming of spring and the awakening of nature. Nine days, starting from March 20 till March 28, are announced as days off on the occasion of the holiday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B#/media/File:%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg
02:45, 20 March 2015
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be brought to trial for killing policeman
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon Race will soon be brought to trial also for the murder of a police officer. According to the jury's decision, there are sufficient reasons for that.
21:46, 19 March 2015
Up to 20 soldiers killed and wounded in Karabakh conflict zone
Today, up to 20 Armenian servicemen have been killed and wounded on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported.
19:40, 19 March 2015
Wounded policeman delivered to intensive care unit in Dagestan
Today, in the morning, in the settlement of Separatorny in Makhachkala, an armed attack was undertaken on a policeman, who was in a car. He was wounded, but also managed to wound one of the attackers by response fire. Then, the attackers disappeared.
Rally in support of Russia's incorporation of the Crimea, Grozny, March 18, 2015. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:45, 19 March 2015
Residents of Chechnya state being forced to take part in rally in support of accession of Crimea
The rally, held in Grozny on March 18 in support of Russia's incorporation of the Crimea, gathered more than 10,000 people, the city administration has reported. In their turn, residents of Grozny complained about their participation in the rally under compulsion.
16:04, 19 March 2015
HRC "Memorial" announces Sergey Titarenko from Krasnodar to be a political prisoner
The Krasnodar activist Sergey Titarenko, accused of extremism, is a political prisoner and should be released from criminal prosecution, says the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
15:21, 19 March 2015
Dalgatova, resident of Dagestan, returns home
Aishat Dalgatova, a resident of Makhachkala, and her one-year-old baby, whose disappearance was reported earlier, have been found; however, their relatives would not disclose the circumstances of their return.
Cemetery security at the funeral of Boris Nemtsov. Moscow, March 3, 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Feraposhkin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:55, 19 March 2015
"Kommersant": ICRF orders to find Ruslan Geremeev for questioning about Nemtsov's murder
The material by Nikolai Sergeev and Grigory Tumanov, published by the "Kommersant", asserts that operative agents are fulfilling the order of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to find Ruslan Geremeev, a former officer of the battalion "Sever" (North) of the Interior Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), for questioning as a witness in Boris Nemtsov murder case.
11:39, 19 March 2015
In Grozny, case of "honour killing" brought to court
A resident of the Chechen capital is suspected of killing his daughter. According to investigators, he strangled the young woman, when he suspected her of immoral behaviour.
Vladimir Putin (right) and Leonid Tibilov (left) signing Russian-South-Ossetian alliance and integration treaty.
10:41, 19 March 2015
New Russian-South-Ossetian treaty fixes their interrelations
A new treaty on strategic partnership and alliance has not become a document to secure the absorption of South Ossetia by Russia, and at present, it excludes the possibility of the "Crimean example." This opinion has been expressed by Russian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Politicians of North Ossetia believe that the both parties will benefit from the treaty.
Participants of the rally in Makhachkala, March 18, 2015. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:48, 19 March 2015
Makhachkala: 400 people attend rally on 1st anniversary of Crimea's accession to Russia
On March 18, Makhachkala hosted an All-Dagestani rally devoted to the 1st anniversary of the Crimea's joining to Russia. The event was also attended by delegations from Kaspiysk, Buynaksk, and Kizlyar. Most of the participants of the rally were students and staff members of the public institutions of Makhachkala.
News
Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

Activists reported the demolition of 25 monuments in Karabakh

Zamir Ramazanov. Photo: press service of the Khivsky District Administration of Dagestan. A soldier from Dagestan was killed in the Kursk region

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.