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Protest action of the workers of the "Nairit" Factory. Inscriptions on the transparencies: "We don't want to be emigrants" (to the left), "Don't torture laws of the Republic of Armenia!" (to the right). Yerevan, March 5, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:37, 14 March 2015
"Nairit" employees come out to new protest in Yerevan
The workers of the "Nairit" Factory found their meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources useless, and went out to a new protest action with a demand to pay their salary debts.
The Narimanov District Court of Baku. Photo: http://courts.gov.az/
14:05, 14 March 2015
Azerbaijani court rules to arrest suspected recruiters of militants
The Narimanov District Court of Baku has ruled to arrest for two months four Azerbaijani citizens suspected of recruiting people to war in Syria. They were charged not of recruiting mercenaries, but of illegal possession of weapons, said their advocate.
Military uniform. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:34, 14 March 2015
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 52 bombardments per day
Azerbaijani position in the area of the Karabakh conflict have been shelled for 52 times within the last 24 hours, said this country's Ministry of Defence (MoD).
08:28, 14 March 2015
Bomb goes off in unfinished house in Khasavyurt
The explosion occurred in one of the apartments of multi-story building that is being constructed in Khasavyurt. Nobody has suffered in the accident.
Port "Kavkaz". Seaport buildings. Photo by Ilyas Bogatyryov for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:36, 14 March 2015
UTD resumes single-ticket travels to Crimea
The United Transport Directorate (UTD) has decided to resume, since April 30, transportation of passengers from the Krasnodar Territory to the Crimea under the so-called "single ticket".
23:24, 13 March 2015
Russian MoJ to complain against ECtHR's decision on the claim of Dadaev's relative
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), obliging Russia to pay 120,000 euros to relatives of Zaur Dadaev, a former power agent from Chechnya, who is now accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, will be appealed against before April 15, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Russia.
19:17, 13 March 2015
Defence of Patimat Nasibova finds verdict too severe
The verdict to Patimat Nasibova, a resident of Dagestan, who was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of aiding militants, is too strict, and her defence intends to appeal against it, said her advocate.
Parnavaz Chkadua (to the left) at the mourning ceremony in memory of the victims near Volnovakha. Tbilisi, January 14, 2015. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:17, 13 March 2015
Court acquits "Free Zone" activist, detained in Tbilisi
Today, the Tbilisi City Court has acquitted Parnavaz Chkadua, an activist of the NGO "Free Zone", who had been detained by the patrol police during a mass brawl in front of the Parliament of Georgia.
15:48, 13 March 2015
Three "Caucasian Knot" correspondents receive diplomas of contest in memory of Akhmednabiyev
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondents Svetlana Kravchenko, Fayik Medjid and Magomed Tuaev have been awarded with special diplomas of the contest held in honour of the Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Court room. Photo: CherryX https://ru.wikipedia.org
14:32, 13 March 2015
Dadaev's aunt was claimant in kidnapping case in Chechnya
The applicant in the case "Dadaeva at al vs. Russia" was the aunt (mother's sister) mother of Zaur Dadaev, now accused in killing Boris Nemtsov, the newspaper "Kommersant" reports. This information is in line with earlier materials of the "Caucasian Knot" about the case won by Dadaev and Shavanov families at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
13:19, 13 March 2015
Relatives of two residents of Balakhani state their detention by power agents
Brothers Magomed and Sagid Gadjiev were detained on Friday morning in the village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan, their relatives have reported.
Territory under control of the "Islamic State" (grey colour), as of February 23, 2015. Photo: Haghal Jagul https://ru.wikipedia.org"
12:34, 13 March 2015
Threat of return of IS militants to increase violence in Northern Caucasus
The statement of Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, about the threat of return to Russia of the militants of the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) suggests that Northern Caucasus will see tighter police methods, the experts, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.
Elena Milashina. Photo: Yury Timofeyev, RFE/RL http://gdb.rferl.org/9CCE7421-35B4-48F3-ACAB-EECB3F4C73C9_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy4_cw0.jpg
12:29, 13 March 2015
Elena Milashina wins contest in memory of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev (+video)
The first place in the contest in memory of the Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev was awarded to Elena Milashina, a correspondent of the "Novaya Gazeta". The awarding ceremony was held on Friday, March 13, in the House of Journalists.
Press conference of Levon Ovsepyan, a Turkologist. Photo: PanARMENIAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan, http://www.panarmenian.net/rus/photoset/1502/10922
07:59, 13 March 2015
Armenian experts doubt efficiency of EP's calls for recognition of Genocide
The call of the European Parliament (EP) to EU member-states to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is no lever of influence on Turkey, said Levon Ovsepyan, a Turkologist.
05:10, 13 March 2015
Dagestani Aishat Dalgatova disappears with her child
Aishat Dalgatova, a resident of Makhachkala, has disappeared in the capital of Dagestan along with her year-old baby. Her relatives believe that they were kidnapped, said a source from the Dagestan Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).
21:07, 12 March 2015
Two men convicted in Chechnya for taking part in attack on Chervlyonnaya
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has sentenced two men, after finding them guilty of the assault in 1999 on the village of Chervlyonnaya, Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya, to 8 years in prison each. The attack was headed by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab.
Nine days after Boris Nemtsov's murder near the monument to the victims of political repression in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:39, 12 March 2015
AI calls to investigate reports of torture of those accused of killing Nemtsov
The reports on torture and ill-treatment by power agents of figurants in Boris Nemtsov's murder case should be investigated as soon as possible, said the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).
Flags of the EU. Photo: http://i.haqqin.az/63616_src.jpg
16:49, 12 March 2015
European Parliament calls for international investigation into Nemtsov's killing
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have adopted a resolution stating the need for an independent international investigation into the assassination of the Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.
View of Pyatigorsk. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CF%FF%F2%E8%E3%EE%F0%F1%EA
15:57, 12 March 2015
Consideration of terror act case in Pyatigorsk on the merits scheduled for March 24
Following the outcomes of the preliminary hearing of the criminal case on the terror act in Pyatigorsk in 2013, the first session on the merits will take place on March 24.
Zaur Dadaev in the court room. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:53, 12 March 2015
Advocates appeal against arrest of Zaur Dadaev
The complaint of Zaur Dadaev, accused of involvement in the murder of Nemtsov, against his arrest arrived on Thursday in the Moscow Basmanny Court, said a court source.
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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.