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Mikhail Savva. Photo: http://mvsavva.ru/
13:35, 30 September 2014
Krasnodar Court dismisses Mikhail Savva's appeals against his sentence
Today, the Krasnodar Regional Court has upheld the verdict against Mikhail Savva, Professor of the Kuban State University, who was sentenced on charge of fraud. The Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the defence and by Mikhail Savva himself. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Marina Dubrovina.
Charity dinner organized within the project "Let's help the Russian-speaking elders in the Caucasus". Grozny, February 15, 2013. Photo by Yulia Orlova, http://planeta.ru/campaigns/8584
13:33, 30 September 2014
Within a month, activists raise 85,000 roubles to help Russian-speaking elders in Caucasus
Yulia Orlova and Natalia Nesterenko, staff members of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", have launched an independent project "Let's help the Russian-speaking elders in the Caucasus". The project is aimed at providing help to elderly people living alone in Chechnya, most of whom are representatives of minor ethnic group of the republic. The donations collected online will be spent for food, medicines, tickets to visit family members, improvement of welfare, and assistance of psychologists and lawyers.
12:56, 30 September 2014
In Krasnodar, activist Alexei Mandrigelya attacked
In the evening of September 29, Alexei Mandrigelya, a public activist, a member of the Public Council for the urban improvement of Krasnodar, was attacked by unidentified persons. Doctors diagnosed a fracture in an activist's rib and bruises on his body. Alexei Mandrigelya told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he got no serious injuries.
11:53, 30 September 2014
Vitishko's advocate: Evgeny managed to improve prisoners' conditions in his colony-settlement in Tambov Region
Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, sentenced in the case of damage to the fence around the "Governor Tkachov's summer cottage", has ensured that in the penal settlement-colony No. 2 of the Tambov Region, prisoners are provided with gloves for agricultural works and telephones in buildings of the penitentiary institution. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with reference to Valentina Shaisipova, an advocate of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko.
09:30, 30 September 2014
In Georgia, refugees plan to march from Poti to Tbilisi in protest
Refugees living in Poti have announced their intention to start a pedestrian march to Tbilisi to protest against the authorities' refusal to provide them with apartments in new buildings.
07:56, 30 September 2014
Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' cellmate demands to punish Leyla's advocate
In Azerbaijan, Nuriya Guseinova, a cellmate of rights defender Leyla Yunus, which is kept at the Baku SIZO No. 1 (pre-trial prison), has filed a claim of a private criminal charge against advocate Alaif Gasanov. The advocate himself believes the claim is unfounded.
Sergei Drobyshev, one of the residents of house №78 in Menzhinsky street, Astrakhan, whose apartment was destroyed by fire. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:04, 30 September 2014
Astrakhan fire victims demand compensations to be paid before winter
On September 29, in Astrakhan, 15 families of a multi-apartment building No. 78 in Menzhinsky Street, which was destroyed by fire, demanded from the municipal authorities to resolve the problem of compensation payments before the winter. Officials from the city administration have promised to conclude in the near future the agreements on redemption prices with the people affected by fire and pay monetary compensations. However, the officials refuse to indicate the exact date when the problem is solved.
19:09, 29 September 2014
Kizilyurt resident doomed kidnapped found in Dagestan
At night on September 27, Sakhratula Magomedov, a resident of Kizilyurt, who was reported missing since September 25, was found, a city source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. However, this information has not yet been officially confirmed.
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev at the protest action in the village of Gymry, Untsukul District, Dagestan, 2012. Photo by Gamzat Izudinov.
18:53, 29 September 2014
Dagestan: decision to suspend inquiry into Akhmednabiyev's murder cancelled
The decision to suspend the investigation into the murder of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev was cancelled by the Kirov District Prosecutor's Office of Makhachkala. As suggested by the lawyer Abdurashid Sheikhov, the cancellation was made retroactively.
Anar Mamedli. Photo: RFE/RL http://www.radioazadlyg.org/content/article/25365691.html
17:00, 29 September 2014
Azerbaijani rights defender Anar Mamedli receives Vaclav Havel Award
Anar Mamedli, an Azerbaijani rights defender and the head of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training (CMEDT) was awarded the Human Rights Award named after Vaclav Havel for 2014. This was announced today during the opening ceremony of the autumn session of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe). The Award was given to Anar's father, since the laureate himself is in prison, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
16:38, 29 September 2014
Vremenny residents reject power agents' offer to leave their houses
A local woman told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today that law enforcers offered the residents of the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, to leave their settlement. According to her story, residents refused to do it, fearing for their property.
Law enforcers’ car in Vremenny. Photo made by residents of the settlement of Vremenny, Untsukul District of Dagestan, September 24, 2014.
16:16, 29 September 2014
HRC "Memorial": power agents would not let rights defenders into blocked Vremenny
On September 26, representatives of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and Human Rights Watch (HRW) tried to visit the settlement of Vremenny to see what was happening there in terms of human rights, but the power agents at the checkpoint at the crossroads leading to Vremenny and the village of Gimry village refused to let rights defenders to move farther, says the HRC's release received today by the "Caucasian Knot".
13:16, 29 September 2014
PACE to hold side-event on "Unprecedented Repressions in Azerbaijan"
The PACE fall session opened on September 29 in Strasbourg is to hold so-called "side-event" titled "Unprecedented Repressions in Azerbaijan". This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Khadidja Ismailova, an Azerbaijani investigative journalist, who is to take part in the forthcoming discussions.
11:40, 29 September 2014
On September 22-28, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of September 22-28, 2014, at least two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. One person was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. The death toll includes one suspected member of the armed underground and one civilian, both of them in Dagestan.
Fence of the Central District Hospital in Minvody. Photo: http://minvody-crb.org.ru/
10:14, 29 September 2014
Minvody residents demand to investigate beating up of hospital patient
On September 28, the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) hosted a protest action, during which the protestors demanded to conduct a fair investigation into the fact of beating of a man at the Central District Hospital of the city. The protestors were informed by the local deputy police chief that two-thirds of the total number of the fighters had been detained.
09:00, 29 September 2014
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 22-28
Hurricane in Southern Russia, flooding hundreds of houses of local residents and killing several people; inauguration of new President of Abkhazia; conviction of key witness in one of cases against dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 22-28, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Picketer. Photo: http://savekhoper.ru/?p=4114
23:45, 28 September 2014
Southern Russia protests against mining nickel near Khopyor River
Today, the cities of the South Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Federation have held actions of nationwide solidarity for the preservation of the Central Black Earth Economic Region and against the decision on mining of nickel in the Khopyor River area.
Bus "Makhachkala-Moscow". Photo: http://taxi-geba.ru
09:35, 28 September 2014
Murmansk resident reports to police about spending 18 years in slavery in Dagestan
On September 26, in the Volgograd Region, policemen removed a 43-year-old man without any ID from the bus route "Makhachkala-Moscow". The detainee claims that he spent the past 18 years in slavery in Dagestan, where his passport was taken away from him. After the man gave his explanations to law enforcers, they released him, and he went to Moscow by hitchhiking. This was reported by the volunteer organization "Alternative".
Darya Polyudova. Photo: https://twitter.com/zk_rf/statuses/510019443540652032
06:48, 28 September 2014
"Rosfinmonitoring" puts three Krasnodar activists on terrorists and extremists list
The "Rosfinmonitoring" (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) has included Krasnodar oppositionists Darya Polyudova, Vyacheslav Martynov and Pyotr Lyubchenkov, who intended to hold a protest action against the Russia's policy towards Ukraine, in the official list of terrorists and extremists.
Excavator at the high-rise building construction site, residential area of Park and Constitution Streets, Sochi, September 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:49, 28 September 2014
Sochi residents claim violation of their rights builders of high-rise structure
On September 27, about 50 residents of buildings located in Park and Constitution Streets in Sochi held one more gathering with the demand to stop the construction of high-rise buildings in their residential area.
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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.