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22:20, 24 October 2011
Contract soldier dies in Karachay-Cherkessia
The investigatory division of the Army Unit No. 10732 is studying the circumstances of the death of the soldier who took his service under contract to the mountain-rifle brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) deployed in the village of Zelenchukskaya in Karachay-Cherkessia.
22:10, 24 October 2011
Seven medics get poisoned in Kalmykia
Seven employees of the Oncology Dispensary of Kalmykia were hospitalized in Elista with symptoms of food poisoning.
Cover fragment of the "Polina Zherebtsova's Diary". Photo: http://hro.org/node/12142
22:00, 24 October 2011
Unique diary of Chechen War eyewitness presented in Moscow
The Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Centre has hosted a presentation of the book "Polina Zherebtsova's Diary", telling about the events of 1999-2002 in Grozny during the Second Chechen War, as seen by the teenager.
21:00, 24 October 2011
Public prosecutor's office of SMO: the military are not involved in delivery of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range as scrap metal
Public prosecutor's office of Southern Military Okrug (SMO) has established that the servicemen did not take part in collection and delivery of shells and fragments of ammunition from "Ashuluk" firing range in Astrakhan region to a receiving center of scrap metal, Press service of SMO reported.
20:00, 24 October 2011
Over one hundred people took part in a meeting against Olympic resettlement in Sochi
The tenth meeting of persons aggrieved by "Olympic" resettlement was held in Sochi on October, 23. Over one hundred people arrived to participate in the action from different districts of the city.
19:00, 24 October 2011
Unknown people in Dagestan set fire to a sauna and beat up its manager
Yesterday, October, 23, some strangers beat up a manager of a sauna in the town of Khasavyurt and set fire to the building, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reported today.
18:00, 24 October 2011
A resident of Grozny called Emir of Argun by members of the top brass arrested in Dagestan
Israil Yakhyaev, resident of Grozny who was detained on October, 19, and turned out to be one of the leaders of armed underground is arrested, Committee of Inquiry (CI) of Dagestan reported.
23:00, 22 October 2011
Railway blown up in Dagestan
Today, a freight train was blow up on the North-Caucasian Railways in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, as reported by district law enforcers.
22:00, 22 October 2011
Residents of two districts Dagestan rally in Makhachkala demanding compensation for flooded lands
Today at 1:00 p.m. in Makhachkala, near the Avar Theatre, residents of the Untsukul and Gergebil District held a rally. They demanded compensation for their lands flooded during construction of the Irganai HPP (Hydroelectric Power Plant).
21:00, 22 October 2011
Moscow hosts rally under the motto "Stop feeding Caucasus!"
Today in the afternoon, a rally is held in central Moscow, in Bolotnaya Square, within the campaign declared by nationalists "Stop feeding Caucasus!"
23:20, 21 October 2011
Residents of Rostov Region are accused of slave-trading
In the Rostov Region, a grouping engaged in human trafficking and using slave labour has been stopped, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) asserts.
23:00, 21 October 2011
About 50 militants liquidated in Chechnya since start of this year, power agents assert
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, during the first nine months of this year, power agents killed 47 members of the armed underground in the territory of the Chechen Republic, more than 150 militants and their accomplices were detained and persuaded to surrender. According to the "Caucasian Knot" information, based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources, only from the beginning of the year till September, 53 suspected militants were killed in Chechnya, 121 people were detained or came to surrender.
Reconciliation of blood feudists in the village of Aldy, Zavodskoy District of the Chechen Republic. April 23, 2011. Photo by the press service of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Chechen Republic, http://dumm.ru
22:30, 21 October 2011
Chechen authorities report elimination of 'blood feudists' in the republic, but set up new Reconciliation Commission under Muftiat
According to a number of local experts and observers, statements of the Chechen leadership about complete elimination of blood feud conflicts in the republic can be incorrect. At the same time, on the next day after Kadyrov announced abolition of the Commission on reconciliation of families who were in the state of blood feud, the National Reconciliation Commission was established under the Spiritual Administration of the Republic. In future, among other tasks, the Commission will be engaged in reconciliation of 'blood feudists' (blood feud avengers).
22:10, 21 October 2011
In Baku, relatives of convicted oppositionists stop their hunger strike
Today, the hunger strike in defence of rights of the oppositional activists convicted in connection with the rally of April 2, which was held at the headquarters of the "Musavat" Party in Baku, was stopped. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), that the decision to stop the hunger strike was made by the Committee of the convicts' family members.
A solo picket in defense of Aslan Cherkesov. Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik, October 21, 2011. Photo by Elena Khrustalyova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 21 October 2011
Pickets held in Nalchik against jury's decision on Sviridov's murder case
Today, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, relatives of Aslan Cherkesov, accused of murdering Yegor Sviridov, a football fan, held two sole pickets, demanding fair justice for Aslan Cherkesov. According to his relatives, the court "prejudges" him.
21:00, 21 October 2011
Regular soldier arrested in Nagorno-Karabakh on fact of his colleague's death
The regular soldier Martin Zakaryan was detained in Nagorno-Karabakh on the criminal case of the suicide of Corporal Vladimir Asatryan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia.
Azerbaijan, Baku, October 19, 2011, policemen confiscate property of the newspaper "Khural". Photo: Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, www.irfs.az
20:00, 21 October 2011
Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice rejects political background of confiscation of property of newspaper "Khural"
The property of the newspaper "Khural" was confiscated due to editors' failure to fulfil the court holdings on hip of judgments in civil lawsuits against the newspaper. This was declared by the official announcement of the Ministry of Justice, which was released today.
Dagestan, Buinaksk, October 21, 2011, rally in the central square, organized by relatives and friends of Salman Abakarov, city resident, who disappeared on October 11. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 21 October 2011
In Dagestan, about two hundred persons demand to find missing local resident
Today, the central square of the city of Buinaksk (Dagestan) hosted a rally organized by relatives and friends of Salman Abakarov, a father of six children, who disappeared on October 11. The rally was attended by about 200 persons; participants arrived from different regions of Dagestan, they demanded to intensify the search of the disappeared man.
18:00, 21 October 2011
In Dagestan, unidentified persons in camouflage and masks kidnap local resident
Yesterday, on October 20, near the tax inspection office in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni, Ramazan Pashaevich Ramazanov, a local resident, born in 1983, was kidnapped by people in camouflage and masks in the eyes of his mother. This was reported by Magomed Khanmagomedov, a special correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).
23:00, 20 October 2011
RWB: in Chechnya, journalists work in atmosphere of fear; in Dagestan, they are victims of social outbreak
Today, the international organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) has published its report on the investigation into the situation with the media in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Dagestan. The document notes that since their last visit to the republics, which took place two years ago, its activists found no changes for the better. The report provides estimates of journalists themselves, human rights activists and representatives of the republics' authorities, and the RWB's recommendations concerning the situation in the region.
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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.