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22:51, 2 September 2019
Azerbaijani journalist Ragimov complains about pressure in SIZO
The journalist, Ikram Ragimov, is on the 27th day of his hunger strike at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison). According to his relatives, he is pressed in custody to stop his protest action. However, the SIZO staff denies the pressure.
18:29, 2 September 2019
On August 26-September 1, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 26-September 1, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
The Akhmat-Arena stadium. Photo by Stanislav Gayduk https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Ahmat-arena1.jpg
18:20, 2 September 2019
In Chechnya, public sector employees describe ways to evade role of fans of "Akhmat" FC
Public sector employees, who were obliged to visit a match of the "Akhmat" FC on August 31, were able to leave the stadium before the match after registration by a supervisor. Some residents of Chechnya, indifferent to football, convinced their friends to go to the match instead of them.
The computer game about the fight of Ossetian-Ingush troops. Photo: screenshot of the game played by Fændag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0D_jTkWuqg
16:55, 2 September 2019
Ingush authorities call on people not to comment on PC game about war in Caucasus
A PC game about battles between Ossetian and Ingush troops can lead to a new round of ethnic hatred, believes Akhmet Yarlykapov, a researcher engaged in oriental studies.
A militant in Grozny. Photo by Mikhail Evstafyev, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evstafiev-chechnya-palace-gunman.jpg
16:51, 2 September 2019
Human rights defenders claim failure of Khasavyurt agreements
Human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed different opinions concerning who was to be blamed for the disruption of the Khasavyurt agreements signed in 1996 by Alexander Lebed and Aslan Maskhadov.
A participant of the rally holds the political prisoner's photo. Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:58, 2 September 2019
Rights defenders update list of Azerbaijani political prisoners
Now, the list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan includes 117 persons, including one human rights defender, six journalists and 55 believers, the "Union for the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" (UFPPA) has informed.
The anniversary of the terror act in Beslan. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:54, 2 September 2019
Heroization of law enforcers after Beslan terror act raises issue of historical memory
The authorities' desire to heroize the law enforcers who had stormed the school is unacceptable, Ella Kesaeva, the head of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee, is convinced.
Screenshot of the video appeal of Elvin Isaev's wife and son https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flw-vXUjmYk
10:47, 2 September 2019
Blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities deprived of Russian citizenship
Elvin Isaev, 39, a video blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities, has been stripped of Russian citizenship and will be deported from the country, a court in Saint Petersburg has ruled. His wife has urged Russian President Putin to interfere in the case.
Vladimir Putin at his meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov on August 31, 2019. Photo by the press service of the Russian President http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61415
11:43, 1 September 2019
Putin refuses to recognize the Shali mosque the most beautiful in the world
At his meeting with the head of Chechnya, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, disagreed with Ramzan Kadyrov's words that the new "Muslims' Pride" Mosque is the most beautiful in the world. Kadyrov did not argue.
The Chechen office of the Commission on Missing Persons and the NGO "General Lebed Peace Mission". Photo courtesy of Tamara Kagirova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:26, 1 September 2019
Rights defenders tell about identification of remains of missing residents of Northern Caucasus
The work of searching for the remains of the people who disappeared during the military campaigns in Chechnya is too slow, local residents said on the occasion of the Day of Missing People. Methods for identifying the remains are being improved, but there is no progress in investigating the deaths of these people and similar crimes in other regions of Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders have stated.
A pre-trial prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:19, 1 September 2019
Ombudsman confirms complaint of Chechen detainee about torture
A native of Chechnya, detained after a mass brawl with gunfire in Krasnodar, has complained to the territorial ombudsman about beatings and tortured with electric shock during detention. As stated by Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the "Assembly of Caucasian Nastions", an office has been set up to any further torture of the detainees within this case.
Screenshot of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs' video posted on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zDJHpC0HH/
23:42, 31 August 2019
Morality fighter's blackmailing Dagestani women causes disputes in social networks
A young man filmed Dagestani girls to the camera with angry comments about their wrong behaviour and blackmailed them by promising to post videos on the Internet, claiming money. Some social network users have supported the guy who "had been engaged in moral upbringing," while others condemned him.
An event dedicated to the 68th birthday of the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, August 23, 2019. Photo by the press service of the Grozny Suvorov School https://гсву.мвд.рф/Press-sluzhba/Novosti/item/18047103
23:34, 31 August 2019
Military School in Grozny named after Akhmat Kadyrov
The head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has ordered to name the Grozny Suvorov School after the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov. This was done in agreement with Ramzan Kadyrov, the incumbent head of the republic, said the school commander.
23:21, 31 August 2019
Social network users criticize Dagestani after his apology for inviting Kadyrov to duel
Instagram users have condemned the act of Gadjimurad Isabekov, a resident of Makhachkala, who had first invited Ramzan Kadyrov to a duel and then apologized to him.
The entrance to the mosque in Basovskaya Street in Moscow. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:19, 31 August 2019
Parishioners tell about the consequences of law enforcers' raid on Moscow mosque
There were fewer believers at the Friday prayer in the Moscow mosque after a raid with detentions undertaken by law enforcers, who detained also natives from Northern Caucasus. Many parishioners decided not to complain about the raid for security reasons.
13:15, 31 August 2019
Georgia refuses to remove checkpoint from South-Ossetian border
In its turn, South Ossetia will continue striving for fulfilment of its demand to liquidate the checkpoint, the presidential plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement has assured.
Ikram Ragimov. Photo from his personal account on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=582039032132658&set=a.143389449330954&type=3&theater
12:11, 31 August 2019
Doctors treat Ragimov's health condition as critical
Medical examination has confirmed the grave condition of the journalist, Ikram Ragimov, his cousin Galib Gasanov said.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Screenshot of the video by RTVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXdsheYI1bU
10:35, 31 August 2019
Journalists tell about Russian special services' trace in Khangoshvili's murder
The alleged killer of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, arrived in Germany by the passport to the name of Vadim Sokolov, a resident of Saint Petersburg, but there is no such person in the databases, the authors of an international journalistic investigation have stated.
A mosque in Omarova (Hungarian Fighters) Street in Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:27, 31 August 2019
Law enforcers copy drivers' data near mosque in Makhachkala
Today, on August 30, at least 50 law enforcers were engaged in stopping drivers who have visited their Friday namaz (prayer) in "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala. The drivers' data were copied, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has informed.
The "Pride of Muslims" Mosque in Shali. Photo: screenshot of the 1st TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6UGetj2HI
23:58, 30 August 2019
Shali mosque's scale provokes doubts about justification of its construction
The capacity of the "Pride of Muslims" Mosque in Shali twice exceeds the size of the local population, and that fact does not bring any economic benefits for the city, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov notes. The Chechen authorities need such construction projects to show their power, journalist Maxim Shevchenko believes.
News
In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

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.