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Conor McGregor. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
08:45, 26 October 2019
Hundreds besiege McGregor's hotel after his words about Dagestanis
A Moscow hotel was taken under guard after several hundred people, outraged by the words of the Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor about Dagestanis, tried to reach him.
Believers praying. Photo: REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
08:34, 26 October 2019
MIA explains raid at mosque in Makhachkala by care about public order
A check of documents after the Friday namaz (prayer) at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala passed without detentions. Three mobile posts with dozens of law enforcers were deployed in the mosque area.
Abu Gadjiev. Photo: Lom-Ali Lorsanov, IA 'Grozny-Inform'
08:25, 26 October 2019
Figurant of Crimea brawl apologizes after Kadyrov's words about youth control
On October 25, the "Grozny" TV Channel posted a video on the Instagram social network about a native of Chechnya who hit a journalist of the "Krym 24" TV Channel in Simferopol for a remark made by him. A resident of Chechnya, Abu Gadjiev, "is already at home, admits his wrongdoing and regrets of what he had done," the author of the report said off screen.
EU Monitoring Mission detained at South Ossetia-Georgia border. Screenshot of Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=965080070517846&set=pcb.458555624758201&type=3&theater&ifg=1
22:02, 25 October 2019
EU mission condemns detention of its observers on Georgian-South Ossetian border
On October 24, a patrol of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) was detained for some time by agents of the KGB of South Ossetia on a disputable section of the border with Georgia. The European External Action Service (EEAS) called the situation a "serious incident" and stated it would achieve diplomatic response.
Islam Kadyrov talking with locals. Screenshot from 'Grozny' TV Company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpjWCGHbJ6E&feature=youtu.be
21:51, 25 October 2019
Social network users call on to punish Islam Kadyrov and his subordinates
A video about the brutality of Islam Kadyrov, the former Mayor of Grozny, also describes the methods applied by other Chechen officials, some users of social networks believe. They expressed their astonishment by the fact that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is not going to punish accomplices of the former Mayor.
Train arriving at Yerevan station. Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0/Vicuna R https://www.flickr.com/photos/144510328@N03/
18:26, 25 October 2019
Armenian railway workers stop striking
The train traffic along the South Caucasus Railway has been resumed after its managers made concessions to the locomotive drivers on strike.
Magomed Daudov (centre). Photo: press service of the United Russia Party, https://chechen.er.ru/news/2018/12/8/magomed-daudov-izbran-v-sostav-generalnogo-soveta-partii-edinaya-rossiya/
18:09, 25 October 2019
Magomed Daudov leads "United Russia" branch after criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov
On October 24, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has become one of five officials in the regions of Southern Russia, appointed acting secretaries of regional branches of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party. Ramzan Kadyrov, who had earlier criticized Magomed Daudov, approved his appointment.
Islam Kadyrov voicing out threats to a woman. Screenshot from video posted by the "Grozny" ChGTRK, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BpjWCGHbJ6E
14:32, 25 October 2019
Police interested in video about Islam Kadyrov's brutality
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched a check after the publication of the images, in which Islam Kadyrov, a former Mayor of Grozny, threatens local residents with execution and uses an electric shocker. The information released on October 24 had earlier become the reason for the dismissal of the official, the authorities of Chechnya have explained.
Former school principal Sevinj Abbasova. Photo: "The First Time" https://www.1news.az/mobile/news/otec-eliny-gadzhievoy-direktor-shkoly-sevindzh-abbasova-smeyalas-vo-vremya-interv-yu
14:17, 25 October 2019
Family of schoolgirl who perished in Baku find sentence to teacher too soft
A court in Baku has sentenced Sevinj Abbasova, a former school principal, to restriction of liberty, finding her guilty under the case of an eighth-grader's death. Relatives of the casualty decided to seek imprisonment for the former school principal.
Fighters of the military police unit stationed in Chechnya arrive on the Syrian-Turkish border. Screenshot from TV story presented by 'Zvezda' TV Channel: https://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/20191025429-pglRb.html
14:05, 25 October 2019
About 300 militaries from Chechnya arrive in Syria
Fighters of the military police unit stationed in Chechnya have arrived on the Syrian-Turkish border to ensure security of the population in the warfare zone.
At the site of shootout in the Rostov Region. Screenshot from video posted by TV Company 'Zvezda'
10:48, 25 October 2019
Residents of Chechnya warned of possible blood feud after conflict in Rostov Region
The conflict of two Chechen families of farmers in the Rostov Region, in which five persons perished, will lead to blood feud, the residents of Chechnya interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" suggest.
Speaker of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov. Photo: press service of the Chechen Administration, http://chechnya.gov.ru
10:35, 25 October 2019
Kadyrov's criticism is alarming signal for Daudov
The resignation from the post of the curator of the territorial sector has not reduced the influence of Magomed Daudov; however, the first public criticism from Ramzan Kadyrov is a bad sign for him, Ruslan Kutaev, an activist, and Ruslan Gereev, a publicist, believe.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (left) and Conor McGregor. Photo: ESPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGWb1DRo_mo&feature=youtu.be
10:23, 25 October 2019
McGregor blames Khabib for non-patriotism
The Dagestani MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't fight for Russia, because he goes out without the Russian flag, said his rival Conor McGregor. According to Conor, his revenge fight with Khabib is inevitable.
Law enforcers detain rally participant, Baku, October 19, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:32, 25 October 2019
Rights defenders call on Azerbaijani authorities to release detainees
The actions of law enforcers in Baku on October 19 and 20 violated the right of Azerbaijani citizens to peaceful assembly. After two protests, 34 people were arrested' and the country's authorities should immediately release them, the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) has stated.
Video blogger Artem Plato. Screenshot of Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CuTUGhfLb/
08:21, 25 October 2019
North-Ossetian MNR achieves examination of travel blogger's video clips about Vladikavkaz and Ingushes
The Ministry of National Relations (MNR) of North Ossetia is seeking to criminally prosecute Artyom Plato, a video blogger, who called the right-hand bank of Vladikavkaz the Ingush one.
Arsen Babayan. Photo: Arsen Babayan’s Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1151607101715744&set=pb.100005993958171.-2207520000.15719284412.&type=3&theatre
21:58, 24 October 2019
Arsen Babayan arrested in case on usurpation of power
A court pronounced a decision to arrest Arsen Babayan, the former deputy chief of the administration of the Armenian parliament, in a case on changing the chair of the Constitutional Court.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from Radio Europe Libera – Moldova video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s2uZT2jIVE
21:44, 24 October 2019
Tumso Abdurakhmanov's followers find his criticism of Sufi rites inappropriate
Criticism of the Sufism will be a pretext for a new attack of the authorities on blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, believe some participants of discussions in social networks. Other Internet users noted that earlier, no people professing Sufism had been among the blogger's audience anyway.
South Ossetia-Georgia border area. Photo: Facebook page of KGB of South Ossetia, http://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnocti.southossetia/photos/a.802454996593522/11810219118736826/?type=3&_tn_=-R
18:32, 24 October 2019
Georgia and South Ossetia exchange accusations of provocation
By hiding information from the Georgian society, the Georgian secret services pose a threat of open armed conflict on the border, states the KGB of South Ossetia. Today, the Georgian secret services have called the South-Ossetian KGB's statement an attempt to justify provocations from the South-Ossetian side.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: Muslim Betsiev, http://www.instagram.com/p/BUPw36KliyH/
18:16, 24 October 2019
Chechen authorities explain personnel changes by Magomed Daudov's intensive activities
Sources from the administration of Ramzan Kadyrov mentioned an engagement in different tasks and challenges as the reason for the release of Magomed Daudov from his duties of a supervisor of two Chechen districts. Meanwhile, the sources also pointed to a nervous atmosphere among subordinates of the leader of Chechnya.
Arab. Sketch by painter Alexander Golovin. Screenshot from Sergei Podstanitsky’s Facebook post: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3048332615193950&set=pcb.667404877079015&type=3&theatre&ifg=1
18:06, 24 October 2019
Tretyakov Gallery to return to Chechnya a painting lost during war
An Alexander Golovin's painting is removed from an exhibition and will be returned to the museum in Grozny, the Tretyakov Gallery reports.
News
Special Operation. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Authorities have acknowledged that at least 9,300 soldiers from southern Russia were killed in Ukraine.

Three fighters from Derbent were killed in a military operation.

A gas station queue. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Shchukin's promise to solve the problem with gasoline prices has caused skepticism among residents of Dagestan.

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.