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Ibragim Eldjarkiev, Timur Khamkhoev. Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Ingushetia, https://06.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/; screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg3k7yVGBGA,
17:55, 4 November 2019
Replacement of Khamkhoev with Eldjarkiev fails to stop complaints against Ingush CCE
After Timur Khamkhoev, the former chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), was sentenced and replaced by Ibragim Eldjarkiev, who was killed in Moscow on November 2, reports of physical pressure on suspects at the CCE did not stop. In particular, Abdulmalik Albagachiev and Albert Khamkhoev complained about violence.
Warfare in Syria. Screenshot from the film "Deceived", YouTube channel of the newspaper "The Voice of the Steppe – Shiol Tavysy", https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1eZmwSkAqmLdZ7Qrs_2PSg
13:31, 4 November 2019
Dagestani journalist makes a film about departure of Nogai young people to Syria
Elmira Kozhaeva, the editor-in-chief of the Nogai-language newspaper "The Voice of the Steppe – Shiol Tavysy", has shot the film "Deceived" about residents of the village of Kumli who left for Syria to take part in the combat actions against the government forces of Syria.
Road sign in Georgia. Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3434877
13:18, 4 November 2019
Relatives of woman from Akhalgori request to treat her in Georgia
The authorities of South Ossetia forbade family members of local resident Tamar Gigauri, who was injured when falling into a well, to transport her to Tbilisi for medical treatment because of the closed administrative border.
Screenshot from TV interview of Islam Kadyrov given to Chingiz Akhmadov, https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/2473
11:31, 4 November 2019
Islam Kadyrov apologizes for bullying Grozny residents
Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, has admitted that his treatment of detained Grozny residents was "inadequate and inappropriate." However, he explained his actions by consequences of his grave traumas.
Photo exhibition "Contrary To", dedicated to the 76th anniversary of deportation of Karachay nationals, Karachayevsk, November 1, 2019. Screenshot of Instagram page of Karachayevsk Administration, https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ux247gPMO/?igshid=1b0rjq9jazjvt
11:20, 4 November 2019
Photo portraits of deported Karachays trigger interest of various generations
Within the photo exhibition "Contrary To", dedicated to the 76th anniversary of deportation of Karachay nationals, 260 portraits of residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) were presented.
Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko. Photo: website of 'Civil Initiative', http://www.grazhdan-in.ru/
11:04, 4 November 2019
Cases of Ingush activists and Shevchenko from Rostov are examples of political repression
The intensification of political repressions is noted throughout the country as a whole, and in Southern Russia, in particular, human rights defenders stated at a roundtable held in Moscow, citing the cases of Ingush activists and Anastasia Shevchenko from Rostov-on-Don as an example.
Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE). Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Ingushetia, https://06.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/
10:50, 4 November 2019
Blood feud version voiced out after Eldjarkiev's murder
The murder in Moscow of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), was committed amid his conflict with the followers of Sheikh Batal-Hadji, one of whose leaders was killed in 2018, sources inform.
Screenshot of the post on the Instagram page of the Congress of Karachay Nation with a message of the leader of the organization. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Wl8Eag6AE/
11:45, 3 November 2019
Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia pay tribute to deportation victims
Hundreds of residents of Karachay-Cherkessia have commemorated those who died in exile as a result of the deportation of the Karachay people in 1943.
Screenshot of the post about the picket in Hamburg on November 2, 2019. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4XDAsrHqZL/
11:40, 3 November 2019
Picket demanding to free Ingush activists held in Germany
On Saturday, November 2, the German city of Hamburg hosted a picket, held by members of the local Ingush Diaspora. They spoke about the tragic historical events in Russia related to Ingushes, as well as about the activists arrested in Ingushetia.
Screenshot of the post on the channel "Path" from the series of videos with a message to the younger generation https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=436321320407718
11:22, 3 November 2019
Dispute with Arab Sheikh's grandson forces Chechen authorities to self-justify
The lost dispute with the grandson of the Saudi Sheikh led to the fact that Adam Shakhidov had to explain Ramzan Kadyrov's threats addressed against Wahhabis. The head of Chechnya himself decided to strengthen religious work in the republic.
Screenshot of the report by the ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) about Islam Kadyrov, https://youtu.be/S7x6YP53qr4
20:03, 2 November 2019
Social network users ridicule TV story on Islam Kadyrov's interrogation
The report by the ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) about a visit of Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, to the investigator has been staged, commentators have stated in Chechen publics of the Instagram assert. Islam Kadyrov will evade punishment, Chechen residents believe.
The 102nd Russian military base in Armenia. Photo by the press service of the Southern Military District
19:48, 2 November 2019
Russian Embassy criticizes Armenian media for campaigning against Gyumri Base
Publications against the deployment of a Russian military contingent in Armenia threaten the interrelations of the two countries, the Russian Embassy to Armenia has stated. In their turn, Armenian journalists assert that there are no political forces and media in Armenia that would purposefully advocate a break with Moscow.
A memorial with the names of the victims of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict in Ingushetia. Photo: screenshot of the video by the ING VAI TOP channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSXHxne3_1w
11:14, 2 November 2019
Rights defenders warn of danger to mythologize Ossetian-Ingush conflict
The consequences of the conflict have not yet been eliminated; it is simply "frozen"; and such tragedies give rise to myths on both sides, human rights defenders believe.
Shamistan Khaziev. Photo: www.meydan.tv
11:11, 2 November 2019
Azerbaijani journalist Shamistan Khaziev arrested for 30 days
A Baku court has found the oppositionist, Shamistan Khaziev, guilty of "petty hooliganism"; however, his colleagues and activists have associated his arrest with his oppositional views.
11:08, 2 November 2019
Visit of NKR's official to USA causes Azerbaijan's protest
Earl Litzenberger, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan, was invited to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and served a note of protest against the visit to the USA of Masis Mailyan, a representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Magomed Akhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:16, 2 November 2019
Believers voice out details of policemen's raid at Makhachkala mosque
On Friday, November 1, during a raid at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, nobody was detained, the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. Believers have told that they drove across the adjacent yards to avoid contacts with law enforcers.
Islam Kadyrov threatens a woman. Photo: screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BpjWCGHbJ6E
10:07, 2 November 2019
Video with Islam Kadyrov and electric shocker reveals legal gaps
The use of special means, such as an electric shocker (stun gun), is allowed to law enforcers, but not to a city mayor. However, Russia has no precedents of criminal prosecution for the unlawful use of a stun gun, lawyers said in their comments to the scandalous video with Islam Kadyrov, a former Grozny Mayor.
Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV Channel "Vandals in Grozny have been brought to administrative liability" https://youtu.be/Dxa_ZG-HlKM
09:58, 2 November 2019
Bench broken by children turns into public scolding of Grozny residents
An Islamic judge has scolded, on air on TV, a couple from Grozny for the kids' vandalism. Some Instagram users have treated it as unnecessary humiliation.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot by the user ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTbsDJBZa0I Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
23:57, 1 November 2019
Chechen blogger demands to extend practice of public apologies to Islam Kadyrov
The Chechen authorities force people to apologize in public for petty violations and complaints to officials, while the former mayor of Grozny, caught when using an electric stunning device against a woman, avoided voicing the public apologies, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov noted.
Clashes of the residents of the Dagestani village of Meusisha with law enforcers. November 1, 2019. Screenshot by the user Dag.Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCfN3Fl1a3o&feature=youtu.be
23:54, 1 November 2019
In Dagestan, protesting villagers clash with law enforcers
Today, a resident of the Dagestani village of Meusisha has been injured in a clash with law enforcers. A video has been posted on the Internet in which law enforcers push protesters back.
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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.