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Mothers of the deceased soldiers at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/nikol.pashinyan/videos/562113981214484/
23:48, 18 October 2019
Mothers of deceased soldiers call on Nikol Pashinyan to advance compensation payments
At a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, female relatives of the soldiers who deceased in peacetime demanded to pay them the same compensation as victims of the 2008 riots. According to the Prime Minister, payments are scheduled to be started in a few months.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=mqr7XSn8omk
19:39, 18 October 2019
Chechen residents treat Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about journalist as unethical
Ramzan Kadyrov suggested that criticism of the Chechen authorities in articles by Elena Milashina was dictated by an author's bitterness at Chechen men. While trying to refute the article about clean-ups in Chechnya, the leader of the republic violated the rules of decency, local residents note.
A poster in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:43, 18 October 2019
Human rights defenders detect signs of fraud in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case
Natalia Prilutskaya, a specialist for Russia at the "Amnesty International" (AI), believes the case against journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev was fabricated. The statement released by the human rights organization can have a positive effect on the Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case, his advocate believes.
15:36, 18 October 2019
Opposition reports about detention of activists before rally in Baku
In Baku, law enforcers conducted mass detentions of activists, including organizers of a rally scheduled for October 19, the opposition reports. The police threatened with sanctions for holding an unsanctioned rally.
The United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: Ludovic Courtès, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45464991
11:52, 18 October 2019
Armenia joins UN HRC
The election of Armenia to the United Nations Human Rights Council was approved by 144 countries.
Prison trucks. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:50, 18 October 2019
Defence equates transportation of Ingush protest leaders in prison trucks to torture
The seven arrested leaders of Ingush protests will be taken to the psychiatric hospital in Stavropol for examination. Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Barakhoev and Zarifa Sautieva are badly tolerating long travels in prison trucks (paddy wagons) because of their health problems.
The building of the European Court of Human Rights. Photo REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
11:47, 18 October 2019
Two Ingush activists complain to the ECtHR about persecutions because of protests
Isropil Nalgiev and Bagaudin Gagiev, Ingush activists, have submitted complaints to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about searches, arrests and fines for their participation in a rally.
11:45, 18 October 2019
Forcing teacher to publicly apology outrages Georgian activists
Residents of the Gardaban District of Georgia forced the teacher Gamid Sadykov to make a public apology after he condemned the bride's abduction. Activists organized a campaign in his support in social networks.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by Abdulmumin Gadjiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA8ROP2JTno
23:52, 17 October 2019
AI associates Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case with authorities' attack on freedom of speech
The ongoing criminal prosecution of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev is part of a consolidated campaign by the authorities to suppress the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), the "Amnesty International" (AI) declares. The human rights organization considers the charges brought against Abdulmumin Gadjiev as far-fetched.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
23:48, 17 October 2019
ECtHR supports refusal of Azerbaijani Jehovah's Witnesses* to serve in army
Azerbaijani courts violated the principle of freedom of conscience by sentencing to imprisonment five Jehovah's Witnesses* who refused to serve in the army, announced the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The Azerbaijani authorities are obliged to pay the complainants the compensation of more than 38,000 euros and develop a law on alternative service.
Russian passports. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:59, 17 October 2019
Azerbaijan voices entry conditions for Russian citizens with Armenian surnames
Russian citizens of Armenian descent or with Armenian surnames may not be afraid of refusal to visit Azerbaijan if they warn the Embassy of their visit, announces the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
A refugee camp in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Erik De Castro
18:54, 17 October 2019
Natives of Caucasus ask Russia to evacuate them from conflict zone in Syria
Female natives of Northern Caucasus with children who stayed in a camp in Syria fear for their lives because of the Turkish military operation and ask Russia to evacuate them, says a relative of one of the women. Audio appeals to the Russian authorities state that there are also female natives of Dagestan and Chechnya in the camp.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
15:21, 17 October 2019
LGBT Network appeals to ECtHR on behalf of assassinated Chechen resident
A complaint on behalf of Arbi Altemirov, a resident of Chechnya, who was detained on suspicion of homosexuality and died after torture, has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
The residence of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:17, 17 October 2019
OSCE Minsk Group discusses humanitarian issues in Stepanakert
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have discussed issues of journalists' visits and improvement of prisoners' situation.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video with Ramzan Kadyrov talking about criticism and his aim https://rutube.ru/video/69a41e4d4a482afc84bab44a2c8dc4e3/?ref=logo&bmstart=68
15:06, 17 October 2019
Kadyrov treats reports about cleansings within his entourage as rumours
Ramzan Kadyrov has declared the information of the "Novaya Gazeta" about detentions and torture of Chechen officials to be false. Amid reports about an attempt to poison him, the head of Chechnya has specified that he is on a sick leave.
Fuad Gakhramanly. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.meydan.tv/az/article/fuad-qehremanlinin-sikayeti-temin-edilmedi/?/ref=redirect
11:30, 17 October 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionist Gakhramanly accused of domestic violence
A criminal case has been opened against Fuad Gakhramanly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), about him beating up his wife and two daughters. Political opponents have used a family conflict for their own purposes, Gakhramanly himself has stated; his wife said that she has no claims to the husband.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the Rossiya (Russia) TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=118&v=nLJeWt8rJ70"
11:23, 17 October 2019
Kadyrov disowns his claims for federal post
Ramzan Kadyrov has assured that he doesn't want to work outside of Chechnya and has no claims for any federal-level post.
Military vehicles near the road signpost on the outskirts of Kizlyar. June 12, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:59, 17 October 2019
Chechnya loses land dispute with Kizlyar at Dagestani SC
On the website of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan, Rasul Kadiev, a Dagestani lawyer, has found a decision on a lawsuit on the lands of the Borozdinovskaya Forestry. The court ruled that the disputed lands belong to Dagestan, but Chechnya still claims to them.
08:55, 17 October 2019
Ingushetia: convict in "Ordzhonikidze Jamaat" case complains of torture
Bagaudin Opiev, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted for helping militants, has sent a video to the "Caucasian Knot", in which he told about torture after his detention and during the investigation within the case of the "Ordzhonikidze Jamaat".
Tamara Mearakishvili. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDZ-8EhtQ0
23:59, 16 October 2019
Tskhinvali City Court: activist Tamara Mearakishvili not guilty
The Tskhinvali City Court has fully acquitted Tamara Mearakishvili. The activist intends to seek her rehabilitation and punishment of law enforcers for prosecuting her unlawfully.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

An arrested teenager. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT. During the week from December 22 to 28, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia.

Elections. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" with the help of AI in the Copilot program Single Voting Day 2025 in the South of Russia

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.