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Screenshot of Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2583779081652666&set=a.140491665981432&type=3
11:05, 9 September 2019
Dagestani women responded with flash mob to Khabib's words about wearing papakhas
The words of UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov that only men can wear papakhas (Caucasian wool hat), because they have the honour, have been criticized on the Facebook. Already at least 18 women took part in the flash mob by posting their photos in papakhas.
Voting at a polling station in Volgograd, September 8, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
10:48, 9 September 2019
Volgograd state servants tell about use of administrative resources before elections
Heads of some budget-funded organizations have demanded from their subordinates to vote for a particular candidate for the governor of the Volgograd Region, voters have informed.
Handcuffs. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:18, 9 September 2019
Krasnodar brawlers-shooters report details of their torture by law enforcers
Shamal Madaev and Khalid Khamidov, natives of Chechnya, arrested after a mass brawl with shooting, told rights defenders that they had been beaten up and tortured with electricity after detention.
Intigam Aliev attends presentation of his novel. Photo by Faik Medjid for the Caucasian Knot
09:57, 9 September 2019
Rights defenders and activists worry about children of Azerbaijani political prisoners
Baku hosted a presentation of the novel by Intigam Aliev, a well-known lawyer and rights defender, which was combined with a charity action. The event included gathering of school supplies and books for children from low-income families, including those of political prisoners.
A gun. Photo © Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
13:11, 8 September 2019
Paris Chechens demand to speed up inquiry into Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's murder
On Saturday, September 7, in Paris, a rally was held at the German Embassy demanding from German authorities to objectively investigate the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Pankisi native.
The village of Novosasitli. Screenshot of the video by Aytash TV channel https://youtu.be/hg8LHJAUpT8
13:08, 8 September 2019
Commentators define "Stockholm syndrome" in Dagestani blogger Rasul Asad
Social network users have noted that instead of complaining about the many-hours-long detention by law enforcers of Novosasitli villagers, the blogger, Rasul Asad, has emphasized law enforcers' politeness and the fact that villagers came to police voluntarily.
Cannons of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
12:58, 8 September 2019
NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 110 shelling attacks during week
During the first week of September, Azerbaijani military units fired more than 700 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.
Ramzan Kadyrov offered Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin to join the "Akhmat" FC on air of the "Grozny" TV Company. Screenshot of the video https://newsvideo.su/video/11401868
16:39, 7 September 2019
Kadyrov invited Moscow footballers, who left colony, to rehabilitate in "Akhmat" FC
The head of Chechnya has welcomed the decision on the conditional early relief (CER) of the football players of the "Krasnodar" and "Zenit" Football Clubs (FCs), Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin, and offered them to join the "Akhmat" FC in Grozny. Kokorin and Mamaev will not accept the invitation, Chechen football fans believe.
A bike in the embankment in Vladikavkaz. Photo by Ekaterina Gerasimova
16:35, 7 September 2019
Journalist's walk along embankment in North Ossetia ends in detention
A bike ride of Ekaterina Gerasimova, a journalist, along the embankment in Vladikavkaz seemed to local law enforcers like the behaviour of a drug hider. Ms Gerasimova complained about ill-treatment at detention. She missed her train, but law enforcers helped her to catch up with the train in a police car.
The village of Novosasitli. Screenshot of the video by Aytash TV channel https://youtu.be/hg8LHJAUpT8
16:29, 7 September 2019
Dagestani law enforcers set free detained local residents
Several dozens of people, who were kept in a division of a power structure in the Khasavyurt District, were released nine hours after detention, local residents have informed. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) claims that none of these people was detained.
The border territory between Georgia and South Ossetia near the new checkpoint. Photo by the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia https://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnosti.southossetia/
11:37, 7 September 2019
Georgia condemns erection of new border checkpoint in South Ossetia
Law enforcers have set up their checkpoint at a distance of less than two kilometres from the Georgian one, which became the subject of a border conflict. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has treated this as a compulsion to border demarcation. The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has supported Georgia by opposing the bordering process.
Women shout at the police officers who dispersed the protest action. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/aFypV9Rdm3E
11:34, 7 September 2019
Baku: law enforcers suppress action in support of convicts under "Terter case"
At their protest action held in Baku, relatives of those convicted within the "Terter case" have demanded to return the case back for preliminary investigation and to release their convicted relatives. The action was stopped after police intervention.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:32, 7 September 2019
Organization of madrasah in Dagestan village results in conflict with law enforcers
The Imam from the village of Novosasitli and local residents, dissatisfied with the decision to hand over the madrasah to the Muftiate, are being kept by law enforcers, sources report. They said that among the detainees, there is Rasul Asad, the author of a popular Telegram channel.
Rashid Maisigov. Screenshot of oc-media.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFaKrDs2PWw
11:30, 7 September 2019
Arrest of Ingush journalist Rashid Maisigov extended
A Magas court has extended until October 12 the arrest of the Ingush journalist, Rashid Maisigov, accused of drug storage, his advocate has stated. The court session on the case of the Ingush activist, Zarifa Sautieva, has been postponed until September 9.
Ramzan Kadyrov (on the right) and Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
23:44, 6 September 2019
Putin's joke about birthrate in Chechnya and Dagestan raptures Kadyrov
In Chechnya and Dagestan, the birthrate is "three times higher than in Japan," said Russian President, Vladimir Putin, urging young people to "spend energy on creation." Ramzan Kadyrov expressed his confidence that this joke will get into a collection of aphorisms.
Mosque in the Hungarian fighters street, Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:33, 6 September 2019
Law enforcers' Friday raid at Makhachkala mosque passed without detentions
Employees of three Makhachkala police divisions were engaged in checking documents at the "Tangim" Mosque; nobody was detained. Law enforcers claimed that the raid had nothing to do with religion.
Rally in Kaspiysk against the adoption of a new general city plan. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:51, 6 September 2019
In Dagestan, activists hold rally against adoption of new general plan of Kaspiysk
Three activists of the public organization "Kaspiysk is Our City" went to solo pickets in Makhachkala. They claim that the general plan "will destroy the public territories of the city."
The courtroom at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo CherryX per Wikimedia Commons
19:47, 6 September 2019
Defence of Azerbaijani activists treats ECtHR's decision as fair
The administrative prosecution of Azerbaijani activists violated their rights, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) acknowledged that fact by awarding them compensation, believes advocate Asabali Mustafaev. Sagif Gurbanov, one of the complainants, also called the decision of the ECtHR fair.
Timur Khamkhoev in the Nalchik Military Court. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
15:27, 6 September 2019
In Ingushetia, victims in torture case oppose release of Timur Khamkhoev
The court postponed the consideration of an appeal concerning the conditional early relief (CER) of Timur Khamkhoev, who was sentenced in the case on torture used at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) in Ingushetia. The court pronounced a too lenient sentence for Timur Khamkhoev, and he should not be released earlier than his sentence expires, the victims say.
The Gerzelsky Bridge. August 19, 2019. Photo by Magomed Akhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:11, 6 September 2019
Investigators report their version of conflict on bridge between Chechens and Dagestanis
In Dagestan, a criminal case has been instituted on the use of violence against a policeman during a conflict at the "Gerzelsky Bridge" checkpoint near the border with Chechnya. The incident did not affect the relationship between the two peoples, the Chechens from the border regions with Dagestan believe.
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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.