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Martin Kochesoko. Screenshot of Martin Kochesoko's post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsh4ROQFRbL/
11:27, 15 June 2019
After detention of Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", his hands were sprinkled with marijuana; he was threatened with murder; therefore, the activist was forced to confess to drug possession, a source has stated.
11:25, 15 June 2019
In Northern Caucasus, there was no tradition to perpetuate rulers in names; therefore, the "Akhmatization" of Chechnya is akin to the cults of Lenin and Stalin, Orientalists have commented on the renaming of the Chechen cycling club "Gorets" (Highlander) into "Akhmat".
11:24, 15 June 2019
In France, courts have cancelled four friendship declarations signed by French and Karabakh cities. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has welcomed the statements of the Mayors of the French cities of Valence, Bourg-les-Valence, Bourg-de-Péage and Arnaville about the intention to maintain friendly relations with their twin cities.
11:22, 15 June 2019
On June 14, a Baku court ruled to place journalist, Polad Aslanov, accused of high treason, in custody.
Screenshot of the video of the detention of a gay parade opponent in Tbilisi. June 14, 2019, http://www.rustavi2.ge/en/news/135982
08:37, 15 June 2019
LGBT activists have gathered outside the government building in Tbilisi, protesting against the statement of the Patriarchate about the unacceptability of the gay parade. Eight of the participants in the counteraction were detained for disobeying the police.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: screenshot of the video https://rus.azatutyun.am/a/29430377.html
08:35, 15 June 2019
One of the supporters and one of the opponents of the second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, who gathered outside the courthouse in Yerevan, were detained for violating the order. The judge, who is considering Kocharyan's case, refused to self-disqualify.
Military vehicles near the signpost installed on the Chechen-Dagestani border. June 12, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:00, 15 June 2019
The Chechen signposts on the border with the Tarumovka District of Dagestan are under the guard of armed law enforcers. Residents of this district had no territorial disputes with Chechnya, said local villagers.
A participant of the LGBT action in Tbilisi. May 2017. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
21:47, 14 June 2019
The Georgian Patriarchate and the leader of the "Georgian March" movement have called on the authorities not to admit the LGBT march in Tbilisi, which, in their opinion, will cause a "broad popular unrest." However, the organizers of the "Tbilisi Pride" March have assured that the action will take place.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Public Health. Photo by the press service of Vladtime.ru https://www.vladtime.ru/proish/635869
21:39, 14 June 2019
Ogtai Shiraliev, the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has given up his lawsuit against the journalist, Teimur Kerimov. The journalist believes that public opinion has affected this decision.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by Abdulmumin Gadjiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi3sehVgyls
21:35, 14 June 2019
During the first hour after posting, the petition demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the edition "Chernovik" (Draft), gained more than 100 signatures. According to some information, apart from Gadjiev, two other persons were detained within the case of financing terrorism.
Margarita Kaverina during a solo picket. June 14, 2019. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:29, 14 June 2019
Tatiana Stepanenko and Margarita Kaverina have held solo pickets in Volgograd, declaring the innocence of their convicted husbands and calling on the authorities to release them.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by Abdulmumin Gadjiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA8ROP2JTno
20:25, 14 June 2019
Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the editor-in-chief of one of the sections of the Dagestani "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, detained today, refuses to plead guilty of financing terrorism, his advocate has stated.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by Studio ISTIQAMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrp9akmBNI
14:29, 14 June 2019
Law enforcers have searched the home of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an employee of the "Chernovik" daily, his friends have informed. The detained journalist is suspected of financing extremism, a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan has added.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: screenshot of the video by BBC News Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp65fNM4Mj8
11:17, 14 June 2019
The second incident with a damaged road signpost on the Dagestani border of is a reaction of republic's residents to the threats voiced out by Ramzan Kadyrov and the arrival of Magomed Daudov with a detachment of armed law enforcers, analysts believe.
Martin Kochesoko. Screenshot of the post on Kochesoko's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BrNoduOHzis/
11:11, 14 June 2019
Martin Kochesoko, the head of the Circassian NGO named "Khabze", arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria, has confessed to possessing a large stock of drugs, the police assert.
A road sign on the Chechen-Dagestani border. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:06, 14 June 2019
The road signs knocked down by a truck driver on the Chechen-Dagestani border have been restored, the Chechen administration has stated. After the threats voiced out by Magomed Daudov, the driver should fear not only a fine, human rights defenders believe.
10:48, 14 June 2019
Polad Aslanov, the editor-in-chief of two Azerbaijani editions, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, the State Security Service (SSS) has announced. The journalist's wife has linked her husband's detention with his professional activities.
10:42, 14 June 2019
On June 13, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has died as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR has informed.
Martin Kochesoko © Photo from Martin Kochesoko's page www.facebook.com/martin.kochesoko
23:55, 13 June 2019
The detention of Martin Kochesoko, a Circassian activist, failed to trigger the same resonance as the case of the Moscow journalist Ivan Golunov, because Russians are accustomed to human rights violations in Northern Caucasus, experts assert.
A video appeal of Dagestani activists. Denga Khalidov is in the center. Screenshot of Shamil Khadulaev's page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dagrsva/posts/2299226956812051
23:52, 13 June 2019
Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Coordinating Council of Non-Commercial Organizations (NCOs) of Dagestan, has called on Dagestanis and Chechens to reach mutual understanding. Facebook users criticized the sluggish reaction to the harsh statements of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of Chechen Parliament speaker at the site where a road sign in the outskirt of Kizlyar was dismantled.
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.