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Wedding party in Grozny. Chechnya, 2009. Photo from www.flickr.com/photos/ninecitiesgrozny by Oksana Yushko
18:00, 29 October 2010
The first case of violating prohibition of kidnapping brides registered in Chechnya
The prohibition of kidnapping brides recently established in Chechnya has been violated. On October, 28, a nineteen-year-old young man kidnapped a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl for marriage. The kidnapper may be sentenced to imprisonment and his family will possibly be fined for one million rubles. Commenting on the incident local residents express an opinion that the custom of kidnapping brides will hardly be eradicated in the republic.
18:00, 29 October 2010
HRC "Memorial": residents of Ingushetia disappear in Rostov and Voronezh Region
Relatives of two residents of Ingushetia worry about absence of information about whereabouts of their relatives, who disappeared in Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh Region on October 27. This is stated in the message of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" that arrived to the office of the "Caucasian Knot".
23:50, 28 October 2010
Journalists who wrote about Chechens' deportation and accused of extremism defend themselves
The Buryat journalists Tatiana Stetsura and Nadezhda Nizovkina, who had written about the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes and later were accused of extremism, rejected their appointed advocates and decided to self-defend at the trial, According to Nadir Fatov, a rights defender from Moscow, the case against the journalists is an experiment, in which the FSB refers any criticism of the authorities to Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred against a social group).
23:40, 28 October 2010
Two persons killed in Armenia proved to be Russian border guards
At the disposition of Russian frontier troops in Yerevan, two guards from Russia were found dead. Earlier, the press service of the Armenian Police had mistakenly treated them as contract servicemen from the Russian military base stationed in Armenia.
23:20, 28 October 2010
During attack on Parliament in Grozny more than 20 power agents were lost, a source says
The data about the casualties among power agents during the attack of three suicide bombers on the parliament building in Grozny on October 19 were significantly understated, said a source from local law enforcement bodies. According to his version, there were more than 40 wounded and 20 lost law enforcers.
23:10, 28 October 2010
Chechen MIA: report of Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General on militants' actions is non-objective
Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic refute the data presented yesterday by Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, about the activities of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the region. According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), not a single terror act was committed in the first nine months of this year in the territory of the republic.
Temporary isolation facility (known as IVS). Photo by http://mt6561.livejournal.com
23:00, 28 October 2010
In Dagestan, POC members state obstacles in access to IVSs
On October 27, the local Public Chamber hosted a meeting of the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Public Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court and NGO activists with the members of the Public Observatory Commission (POC) over the places of detention and custody.
22:50, 28 October 2010
"White Wolves" leader sentenced to life imprisonment
Vasily Krivets, 22, leader of the criminal grouping named "Belye Volki" (White Wolves), found guilty of 15 ethnically motivated murders on ethnic grounds, was sentenced by the Moscow City Court to life imprisonment. The second figurant of the case - Dmitri Ufimtsev, who confessed of five murders, was sentenced to 22 years of high security colony.
Body fragment of the suicide bomber's car near the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz, September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 28 October 2010
Khashagulgov faces charges: no Vladikavkaz terror act included
Issa Khashagulgov, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of organizing the terror act in the central marketplace in Vladikavkaz, is charged under two Articles of the Russian Criminal Code - Article 208 (organization of an illegal armed formation) and Article 222 (firearm storage). No charges of organizing the terror act were presented, said Musa Pliev, Mr Khashagulgov's advocate.
Irina Kolesnikova sets up her tent near the Administration of the Krasnodar territory. October 27, 2010. Photo by Yulia Yakovleva for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:30, 28 October 2010
Krasnodar: hunger-striker Irina Kolesnikova hospitalized
Today in the evening Irina Kolesnikova, wife of the businessman Sergey Kolesnikov, a figurant in the resonant case of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Promautomatika-Invest", who held her protest action in front of the territorial administration, was hospitalized. Her husband is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) for more than ten months already.
22:10, 28 October 2010
Litigation on beating Caucasian schoolchildren starts in St Petersburg
On October 28, the Kalinin District Court of St Petersburg started considering on the merits the case on beaten school children - natives from the Caucasus.
20:00, 28 October 2010
A Committee of European Parliament approved the agreement on simplification of visa system with Georgia
At its session on October, 27, the European Committee of Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs approved an agreement between European Union and Georgia on simplification of the procedure of issuing visas for the citizens of the republic signed by the parties on June, 17.
19:00, 28 October 2010
A Fund of persons desiring to return to Abkhazia established in Georgia
Georgian Ministry of Justice has registered a Fund of persons desiring to return to Abkhazia.
18:00, 28 October 2010
A detained businessman's wife in Krasnodar started a hunger strike in front of the office of regional Administration
In Krasnodar Irina Kolesnikova, the wife of Sergey Kolesnikov, one of the defendants on the case of limited company "Promavtomatika-Invest", declared a hunger strike in front of the office of Krasnodar regional Administration demanding to release her husband from custody.
Yevgeny Konovalov after being released from SIZO, Krasnodar, October 27, 2010. Photo by Yulia Yakovleva for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 27 October 2010
In Krasnodar, businessman Yevgeny Konovalov released from SIZO on arrival of anti-corruption commission
In the evening on October 26, businessman Yevgeny Konovalov, one of the defendants in the resonant case of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Promautomatika Invest" was released from the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison) on recognizance not to leave.
23:20, 27 October 2010
Azerbaijan and Armenia to exchange captives
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev and Serzh Sargsyan agreed to exchange prisoners of war, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference after a tripartite meeting with the heads of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
23:10, 27 October 2010
Hackers' leader detained in Armenia
On October 26, a supposed leader of a criminal grouping involved in spread of computer viruses was detained in Armenia. He coordinated the work of one of the world's largest bot-nets named "Bredolab".
23:00, 27 October 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 18-24
Northern Caucasus is staggered by explosions; Southern Caucasus is shocked by earthquakes; Kalmykia gets used to new leadership; residents of Southern Russia undergo census, - look these and other events in the review of the week of October 18-24, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 27 October 2010
Krasnodar journalist complains to ECtHR that customs officers broke his privacy
Yuri Ivaschenko, a photo journalist from Krasnodar, has turned to the Strasbourg Court (European Court of Human Rights - ECtHR) with a complaint that Russia had broken the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), when Sochi customs officer broke his privacy of correspondence.
22:50, 27 October 2010
In Grozny, protesters against terror burn down portraits of militants' leaders
On October 26 in Grozny, activists of Chechen youth organizations held a mass rally against terror. Several hundreds of young people marched along the main street of the Chechen capital - Putin Avenue - and on the bank of the Sunzha River burnt down portraits of the leaders of the armed underground: Umarov, Zakaev Vadalov and Gakaev.
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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.