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13:46, 4 March 2015
Volgograd: Youth Consulting and Training Centre fined for working without registration as "foreign agent"
The Magistrate Court of the Krasnooktyabrskiy District of Volgograd has fined the Youth Consulting and Training Centre by 300,000 roubles for its activities without getting registered as a "foreign agent". Activists of the non-profit organization (NPO) intend to appeal against the imposed fine.
CTO, Dagestan, Sogratl village. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/content/4281.html
13:07, 4 March 2015
More and more Russian Muslims among North-Caucasian militants
The fact of identification of Oleg Shalyapin among those killed in a special operation in Dagestani Kizilyurt District indicates a growing number of Slavs among militants in Northern Caucasus, said the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
09:59, 4 March 2015
Adygea's Govt allocates 3.6 million roubles to purchase housing for victims of political repressions
The 2015 budget of the Republic of Adygea will allocate over 3.6 million roubles to buy housing for the persons, rehabilitated and recognized as victims of political repressions.
Professor Nikolai Kulikov. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:20, 4 March 2015
Sochi scientists awarded by Russian Govt for water purification method
On March 3, Sochi residents, Professor Nikolai Kulikov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and Mikhail Zubov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, received documents on being awarded the title of laureates of the 2014 Award of the Russian Government in the field of science and technology. They were awarded for the development of a wastewater treatment method. The scientists hope that their development will be applied in their hometown.
02:48, 4 March 2015
Surgery appointed to Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov, accused of treason
Members of the Krasnodar Territorial Public Oversight Commission (POC) under the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation have visited a Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept under suspicion of high treason. As a result, they managed to solve the problem of a surgery that Parpulov needs. During the visit, they also revealed violations of custody conditions at the SIZO.
Jivan Simonyan, salesman at the market, during the poll. Gyumri, March 2015. Screenshot from the video of the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
22:13, 3 March 2015
Poll in Gyumri: locals are not against Russian base (+video)
Despite all the tragic events, associated with the presence of Russian troops in Gyumri, city residents are in no hurry to change their attitude, and most of them are not against the Russian military presence on their land. This was confirmed by a poll, conducted by the "Caucasian Knot".
Boris Nemtsov’s memorial service, Moscow, March 1, 2015. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
17:39, 3 March 2015
Boris Nemtsov buried in Moscow
Today, the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov was buried in Moscow. The participants in the funeral service, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, criticized the investigators' version about involvement in his murder of Chechen militants or supporters of radical Islam.
15:35, 3 March 2015
Russia's GPO refuses to give Permyakov out to Armenia
The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has rejected the appeal of the Armenian MP Zarui Postanjyan to extradite the Russian regular soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, to the Armenian party.
13:51, 3 March 2015
Man kidnapped in Makhachkala is son of editor of STRC "Dagestan"
In Makhachkala, on March 2, unidentified kidnappers pushed Artyom Alkhasov, a son of Gadjikurban Alkhasov, an editor of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Dagestan", into a car and took away to some unknown place. According to the father, Artyom's whereabouts is still unknown.
Mikhail Savva. Photo: Olga Zazulya, http://www.svoboda.org/
12:26, 3 March 2015
Mikhail Savva sentenced to three years in colony-settlement
The court in Krasnodar has replaced the conditional imprisonment imposed on Professor Mikhail Savva, who is now on the federal wanted list, by three years in a colony-settlement for violating the regime of serving his conditional punishment.
Law enforcer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
11:42, 3 March 2015
Semender residents claim mass detentions in their settlement
There are mass detentions in the settlement of Semender, in the Kirov District of Makhachkala, said an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), citing local residents.
Weapons confiscated from militants during the special operation in Dagestan, February 2015. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/02/28/v-dagestane-neitralizovany-shestero-banditov-aktivnaya-faza-kto-prodolzhaetsya.html
10:06, 3 March 2015
Four casualties of CTO in Dagestani Kizilyurt District identified
Four out of seven casualties of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, have been pre-identified. Among them, there are the persons wanted for the murder of Colonel Salimgereev. Four other suspected militants managed to escape.
Soon after the terror acts at Boston Marathon finish line. April 15, 2013. Photo by Aaron ‘tango’ Tang, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahatango/8652857375/in/set-72157633252445135
09:32, 3 March 2015
Ibragim Todashev's family to sue FBI in connection with his death
The father of Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, who was killed by an FBI agent during his questioning about the terror act during the Boston Marathon, said that he was preparing a lawsuit against the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the amount of 30 million US dollars in connection with his son's murder.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov holding Republic Visiting day. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/IMG_7421.JPG
07:17, 3 March 2015
Head of Ingushetia demands to check students' complaints about ban to wear hijabs
The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has instructed the republic's Security Council to check the complaints of female-students of the medical college in Nazran, who complained that some teachers forbid them to wear hijabs.
Anatoly Boltykhov. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
03:45, 3 March 2015
Organizer of "Vesna" March in Volgograd reports threats received by his mother
The mother of Anatoly Boltykhov, the organizer of the failed "Vesna" (Spring) March in Volgograd, was threatened by law enforcers, said Anatoly, adding that he was also afraid of possible provocations.
00:21, 3 March 2015
Man kidnapped in Makhachkala
Artyom Alkhasov, a resident of Makhachkala, was kidnapped in the evening on March 2 in the centre of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, his relatives report. The police have confirmed that they received an application about the kidnapping.
23:32, 2 March 2015
Two men detained in Elin-Yurt after dam explosion at reservoir, local reports
Two residents of the village of Elin-Yurt (Gvardeiskoe) were detained in Chechnya after the explosion at the dam of the Chernorechensk Reservoir. The whereabouts of the detainees is unknown, said a local resident.
Nadezhda Kireeva, a mother of seven children. Photo: http://bloknot-volgograd.ru/upload/medialibrary/2da/dsc00538.jpg
14:50, 2 March 2015
Volgograd: four parents of many children go on rotating hunger strike
On March 1, four parents of many children went in Volgograd on the so-called rotating hunger strike, demanding solution of their housing problems.
Banner held by participant of the rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, March 1, 2015, Moscow. Photo by Vyacheslav Feraposhkin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:49, 2 March 2015
Inquiry into Nemtsov's murder is headed by general, who solved Markelov's murder
The investigator, who earlier was in charge of the inquiry into the 2009 murder of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, has been appointed to head the group of investigators to run the inquiry into the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov.
Policemen pushing protesters away from the construction site of high-rise apartment blocks. Photo by Timur Isaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:37, 2 March 2015
Makhachkala policemen push protesters away from construction site (+video)
Digging a pit for new apartment blocks has begun today near No. 59 inGamidov Avenue in Makhachkala. Local residents tried to block the process, but they were hustled off by policemen.
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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.