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Public prosecutor Vladimir Vedernikov. http://www.mosproc.ru/m/rukovodstvo/zamestiteli-prokurora-g-moskvy/vedernykov-vladimir-viktorovich/
12:43, 21 July 2014
Prosecution demands 18 years of imprisonment for Zeinalov
Today, the prosecutor has asked the court to appoint 18 years in prison for Orkhan Zeinalov, a native of Azerbaijan, accused of killing Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Western Biryulyovo.
11:34, 21 July 2014
On July 14-20, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from July 14 to July 20, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least one human life. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:34, 21 July 2014
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 14-20
International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" in Yerevan; murder of KChR's MP Mukhamed Kunizhev; accusation against journalist Mirkadirov of transferring military secrets to Armenian NGOs, announced byAzerbaijan special services, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 14-20, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Lyuba Ozieva, Dali Kushtova, Khava Gorchkhanova, Roza Kartoeva and Alikhan Akhilgov, head of the NGO named "Help Foundation to Earlier Deported Nations" (from left to right). Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
10:30, 21 July 2014
Children of Ingush refugees leave for USA to spend three months in American families
On July 19, five young Ingush girls from families of forced migrants left for the USA, where they will spend three months in American families, said Alikhan Akhilgov, the head of the NGO named "Help Foundation to Earlier Deported Nations". During their stay in America, children will be taught English, computer skills, and taken to excursions.
10:03, 21 July 2014
Ukrainian authorities announce capturing 23 Russians, including natives of Chechnya, near Lugansk
In the evening on July 20, in the city of Lisichansk, Ukrainian militaries captured 23 Russian citizens, who defended the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), said the press service of the President of Ukraine; there are Chechen natives among the detainees.
15:00, 20 July 2014
Ex-deputy head of Cherkessk OVD complains to ICRF about investigators
Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy head of the OVD (Interior Division) of the city of Cherkessk, has sent applications to the Investigating Department calling to bring investigators to criminal responsibility. Rakhaev accuses investigators of deliberate concealing the traces of the crime, falsification of proofs, deliberate destruction of exhibits, and other violations of the law.
Meeting taking place in front of the Olympic park and Iceberg Palace. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent Svetlana Kravchenko.
11:24, 20 July 2014
Rally in Sochi blames officials for non-fulfilment of pre-Olympic promises
The participants of the citizens' rally, held on July 19 near the Olympic Park in Sochi, stated that officials failed to fulfil their promises given before the Olympic Games to residents of the Sochi settlement-micro-district Mirny. They said that because of the Olympic facilities built in the Imereti Lowland their houses are regularly flooded.
‘Moscow’ cinema, where most of festival films were presented, Yerevan, July 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:56, 20 July 2014
Grand Prix of "Golden Apricot" goes to Ukrainian "Plemya"
The Grand Prix of the 11th International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" in Yerevan was awarded to the film "Plemya" (Tribe) by the Ukrainian film director Miroslav Slaboshpitskiy, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the press centre of the Festival.
05:49, 20 July 2014
RWB condemns extension of Mirkadirov's arrest
The "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has expressed its outrage about the extension of the pre-trial arrest of journalist Rauf Mirkadirov. "By keeping Mirkadirov in custody, the politicized judicial system demonstrates that it was ordered to pursue the journalist," says Johann Beer, the RWB's head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov (on the right) visiting Sunzha and Dzheirakh Districts in Ingushetia in July 2013. Photo: official site of the Republic of Ingushetia, http://www.ingushetia.ru/photo/archives/019001.shtml
01:32, 20 July 2014
Evkurov: ready to petition even for Kebekov
Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, said in his interview to Grigory Shvedov, the editor-in-chief of the "Caucasian Knot", that the most complicated situation in the fight against the armed underground is now in the Sunzha District of the republic.
19:24, 19 July 2014
Nagorno-Karabakh: over 1000 sign for Airapetyan's freedom
Residents of the village of Vank in Nagorno-Karabakh have collected 1005 signatures to the petition demanding an immediate release from custody in Moscow of Levon Airapetyan, one of the most influential and wealthy members of the Armenian Diaspora in Russia.
Georgia, Kakheti region. A winegrower is reaping a harvest. Photo: Mzuriana https://www.flickr.com/photos/hailebet/9406241456/
17:35, 19 July 2014
Georgian farmers are not ready to benefit from Agreement with EU, experts say
In the opinion of some of the authors of the economic programme of the coalition "Georgian Dream" Demur Giorkhelidze and a co-chair of the NGO "Free Zone" Gela Vasadze, there are no grounds to expect a sharp rise in the Georgia's agricultural sector as a result of signing and ratifying the Agreement with the European Union (EU).
16:47, 19 July 2014
Sappers neutralize IED in Ingushetia
On Saturday, July 19, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found in central Karabulak; it was neutralized by sappers. Prior doing it, they evacuated residents of neighbouring houses, the Ingush MIA reports.
16:05, 19 July 2014
In Sochi, defendant Oksana Toropova succeeds in removing her electronic bracelet
On July 18, Oksana Toropova, a figurant in the case of beating a court marshal, forced the local UFSIN (Department of Russian Penitentiary Service) employees to take off her electronic bracelet.
13:35, 19 July 2014
Azerbaijan: activist of "Kura" Society reports attempted attack on him
In the city of Imishli, in south-western Azerbaijan, an attack was committed on Makhbub Zulfugarly, a local activist of the "Kura" Society.
Special operation in Dagestan. 2013. Photo by NAC, nac.gov.ru
09:50, 19 July 2014
HRC "Memorial": decrease of power agents' losses in Northern Caucasus is caused by departure of radical volunteers to Syria
During the spring of 2014, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, employees of law enforcement bodies suffered fewer losses than in the winter of 2013-2014, note authors of the quarterly information-analytical bulletin prepared by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
The Government House of Baku. Photo: Nick Taylor, https://www.flickr.com/photos/indigoprime/2429843671, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
06:00, 19 July 2014
Transparency Azerbaijan: only low and medium level officials are prosecution for corruption
Despite the Azerbaijan's stronger measures to combat corruption, it is necessary to take measures to increase the transparency of the bodies of power, says the report of the Transparency Azerbaijan "Evaluation of National Transparency System: Azerbaijan-2014", which was presented on July 18 in Baku.
05:06, 19 July 2014
Kadyrov places photo proof of Umarov's death in social network
The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has posted a photo of Doku Umarov's body, who was killed, according to various versions of power agents, in a special operation in the period from late 2013 – early 2014, in his profile on the Instagram social network.
A charitable action of distributing food parcels to motorists moving along the Federal Highway "Kavkaz" to break Ramadan fasting. Ingushetia, July 28, 2014. Photo by Timur Agirov exclusively for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:21, 19 July 2014
Ingushetia: GIBDD post distributes foodstuffs to drivers to break Ramadan fasting
A charitable action of distributing food parcels to motorists moving along the Federal Highway "Kavkaz" for breaking the fasting after the last days of Ramadan was launched on July 18 at the GIBDD (traffic police) post in Ingushetia, said Beslan Tsechoev, an advisor to the head of the republic.
The village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan, July 2014. Ayna Gamzatova, mother of the villager Magomed Payzulaev killed during the special operation on July 6, 2014, in the door of her house. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:08, 19 July 2014
Dagestan: seven Maidanskoe villagers put on wanted list on suspicion of aiding militants
Law enforcement bodies are searching for seven residents of the village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan. They are suspected of aiding IAF members, said Imamutdin Kamilov, the deputy village head.
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A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district due to landslides.

The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

Residents reported on the condition of homes and infrastructure in Dagestan villages after landslides.

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.