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Yuri Kokov. Photo http://www.president-kbr.ru/ru/kbr-events/news/ceremonies.html?start=11
12:32, 9 October 2014
Yuri Kokov elected head of the KBR
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), unanimously voted for the candidacy of Yuri Kokov, who was nominated for the presidency of the KBR. On the same day, Kokov took the office.
Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo http://www.donwomen.ru/category/1_news/
08:59, 9 October 2014
"Don Women" needs 6000 roubles to pay fine for refusal to get registered as "foreign agent"
The regional public organization "The Union of 'Don Women'" is to collect an additional amount of about 6000 roubles to pay the fine imposed by the decision of the Novocherkassk City Court for operation of the public association without being registered as a "foreign agent".
22:32, 8 October 2014
NGO IREX stops its activities in Azerbaijan
The American NGO IREX (Council for International Researches and Exchanges) has announced the termination of its activities in Azerbaijan, which was launched back in 1998, and the closure of its office in Baku.
Letters in support of Evgeny Vitishko and leaflets #freevitishko. Photo: personal page at Facebook https://www.facebook.com//photo.php?fbid=580951258693321&set=p.580951258693321&type=1&theater
21:50, 8 October 2014
Advocate Shaisipova: Vitishko will be transferred to general-security colony for three reprimands
In the Tambov Region, Evgeny Vitishko, a convicted ecologist from Krasnodar, will be transferred from his colony-settlement to a general-security colony for his admitted violations of the regime, said his advocate Valentina Shaisipova.
An Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid (Nadir Medetov). Photo: http://www.imanvideo.com/
21:03, 8 October 2014
Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid who disappeared in Makhachkala found at police station
A well-known Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid (Nadir Medetov), the kidnapping of whom was announced by his relatives on Wednesday, was found at the Kirov ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala. His relatives assert that firearms were planted on him.
A mass march on the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Grozny, October 7, 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:48, 8 October 2014
Grozny residents claim being forced to take part in march on Putin's birthday (+video)
On October 7, the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Grozny hosted a mass march, which, according to the authorities, was attended by about 100,000 people. Civil servants, teachers and students of educational institutions claim they were forced to take part in the event.
Andrei Rudomakha. Photo: Andrey Korolev (RFE/RL)
17:49, 8 October 2014
Andrei Rudomakha reports on possible transfer of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko to common-security penal colony
Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko sentenced in the case of damage to the fence around the so-called "Governor Tkachov's summer cottage" is being prepared for the transfer from a penal settlement-colony to a common-security penal colony. This was announced by Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch).
A dug-out at the cemetery where militants hid in the village of Psykhurei. KBR, October 8, 2014. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:25, 8 October 2014
Persons killed in Psykhurei village in KBR were strangers, local residents assert
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), residents of the village of Psykhurei, Baksan District, have held a gathering and declared the inadmissibility of desecration of the local cemetery, where two suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) were killed.
15:19, 8 October 2014
In Dagestan, residents of Vremenny claim violation of their rights by law enforcers
Residents of the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, where a large-scale special operation is underway, report that almost all civilians left the village. The villagers complain that law enforcers do not allow them to make video records of what is happening in the village and take their mobile phones away.
The village of Terekli-Mekteb of the Nogai District of Dagestan. Photo http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
13:53, 8 October 2014
Dagestan: Deputy Minister discloses policeman who shot Eradil Asanov dead
At a rally held in the village of Terekli-Mekteb of the Nogai District of Dagestan, Akhmed Bataliev, the Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan, has made public a name of the policeman, who shot and killed Eradil Asanov and promised to carry out the investigation into the incident.
Fire arms found at the place of the incident. http://05.mvd.ru/upload/site9/document_images/xG7XFXPsAU-800x600.jpg
12:09, 8 October 2014
NAC: men killed at police checkpoint in Dagestan took part in murders of religious leaders
Three suspected members of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who were shot dead by policemen at a checkpoint of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) near the village of Khebda of the Shamil District of Dagestan, were involved in the assassinations of prominent religious figures Sirazhutdin Khuriksky and Shamil Badaviev.
Anton Chablin. Photo: Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/achablin/media_set?set=a.170429536330716.32767.100000910125654&type=3
01:12, 8 October 2014
Conflict in Minvody was caused by problems in Stavropol Territory, experts assert
The incident in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), where a man died after a mass fight at the hospital and where his death was followed by mass protests, was the result of the complex problems in the Stavropol Territory. Meanwhile, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe the conflict should not be divided into interethnic and domestic sides.
Laying of flowers at the memorial plaque of Anna Politkovskaya. Moscow, October 7, 2014. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:50, 7 October 2014
Moscow: AI's protesters demand to find customers of Politkovskaya's murder
In Moscow, a memorial ceremony took place near the building of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". It was organized by the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI); its participants demanded to find those who had ordered the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
The village of Kharakhi of the Khunzakh District of Dagestan. Photo: Shamil Shangereev, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
16:37, 7 October 2014
Orota villagers in Dagestan feel no problems from CTO regime
In the villages of Kharakhi and Orota of the Khunzakh District of Dagestan, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced, a source from the enforcement bodies reports. Residents of the village of Orota state they have no problems associated with the regime.
Movsum Samedov. Photo: http://ru.salamnews.org/ru/news/read/95592
15:56, 7 October 2014
In Azerbaijan, leader of Islamic Party Movsum Samedov faces tightening of prison regime
In Azerbaijan, Movsum Samedov, the convicted leader of the Islamic Party, faces a threat of tightening of detention regime. The administration of the penal colony No. 12, where Movsum Samedov was transferred, has submitted to the court a request to place him in the Gobustan closed prison for the term of three years.
15:12, 7 October 2014
HRC "Memorial": relatives of kidnapped Ramazanov receive no law enforcers' answer
Till present, Zarkipli Ramazanov, who disappeared on September 16, has not yet been found. His family members have filed to the leader of Dagestan and the law enforcement bodies a complaint about his kidnapping; however, they did not receive any response neither from the administration of the Dagestani leader nor from the law enforcement bodies.
Law enforcers. Photo nac.gov.ru
14:08, 7 October 2014
Dagestan: relatives of Eradil Asanov killed at ROVD demand to punish those in charge
Eradil Asanov, a resident of the Nogai District of Dagestan, who was shot dead on October 6 at the ROVD (District Interior Division), never attacked policemen, his family members assert.
Sabina Abakarova during detention. Dagestan, summer 2013. Photo nac.gov.ru
13:33, 7 October 2014
Dagestani woman sentenced for "shakhid belt" appeals against her verdict
Sabina Abakarova, a resident of Makhachkala, was found guilty by the court of possession of a "shakhid belt", has appealed against the verdict. This was announced by her advocate Konstantin Mudunov.
The building of the Astrakhan Regional Court. Photo http://oblsud.ast.sudrf.ru/
09:24, 7 October 2014
In Astrakhan, defence of one of six convicts for recruiting militants appeals against verdict
The advocate of Murat Zakharyaev, who was convicted in Astrakhan along with five other figurants in the case related to recruitment of militants for taking part in warfare in Syria, Egypt and Northern Caucasus, has appealed against his client's verdict.
05:48, 7 October 2014
Bidzina Ivanishvili allocates two million laris for two projects of his NGO
In Georgia, the NGO "Citizen", founded by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has launched two projects. The minimum budget for each of them has reached one million laris, Bidzina Ivanishvili announces.
News
Hospital corridor. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has awarded compensation to the mother of a deceased patient.

Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

Restrictions for tourists at the Elbrus resort have been lifted.

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.