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10:56, 26 March 2019
Ex-inmate adjudges 50,000 roubles for torture in Elista colony
The Elista City Court has reduced the amount of compensation for moral harm in favour of the Akhmed Saliev, a former prisoner, from 2 million to 50,000 roubles, the "Zone of Law" has informed.
08:33, 26 March 2019
In Northern Caucasus, week of March 18-24 did without victims of armed conflict
During the week of March 18-24, 2019, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded. There were no reports about casualties or wounded persons.
Law enforcers near a checkpoint where a woman blew herself up, November 17, 2018. Screenshot from video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyeRYr9UAQ
08:28, 26 March 2019
Supposed accomplices to suicide bomber Spiridonova detained in Dagestan
At least three people have been detained in the Khasavyurt District on suspicion of complicity with Karina Spiridonova, who, according to the Chechen authorities, committed a suicide bombing in November 2018 at a checkpoint in Grozny, said a law enforcement source.
At a polling station. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
08:18, 26 March 2019
"Golos" defines overstatement scale of voter turnout in Northern Caucasus
The disposal of documents on the 2018 Russian presidential election, which should be held today in the country's regions, is essential for investigating violations, said Roman Udot, a board member of the "Golos" (Vote) Movement in Defence of Voters' Rights, after the vigorous analysis of video records from polling stations.
Participants of rally in Magas, October 6, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
21:30, 25 March 2019
Ingush activist accuses law enforcers of Internet blackouts during rallies
Activist Murad Khazbiev requested the court to assess the legality of the Internet and mobile communication blackouts during protest actions against the border agreement between Ingushetia and Chechnya. Activists learned from the "Roskomnadzor" that the blackouts took place because of the instructions issued by the law enforcement bodies, reported Andrei Sabinin, an advocate of Murad Khazbiev.
Pavel Grib. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
21:14, 25 March 2019
Pavel Grib declares going on hunger strike
A hunger strike of Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, sentenced to six years of imprisonment on the charge of incitement to a terror act, will be held in a separate cell with video surveillance, reports today the chairman of the Public Oversight Commission for the Rostov Region.
Social worker. Photo: CC BY 2.0 / Peter Moons / Hugging nanny https://sputnik-georgia.ru/society/20190321/244734189/Sotsrabotniki-Gruzii-anonsirovali-zabastovku.html
19:27, 25 March 2019
Social workers go on strike in Georgia
Today, in five cities of Georgia, employees of the Social Security Agency have refused to go to work. They demand from the Ministry for Public Health to improve their working conditions. Human rights defenders have called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to verify the information about the threats of dismissal for social workers on strike.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
19:17, 25 March 2019
Azerbaijan reports 22 shelling attacks in conflict zone
Positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in a border village, has been shelled 22 times a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Commemorative event dedicated to the anniversary of the terror act committed the Central Marketplace in Minvody in 2001. Photo: press service of the Administration of the city of Mineralnye Vody, http://www.min-vodi.ru/arhiv/item/3028-177754378.html
13:49, 25 March 2019
Minvody residents commemorate victims of 2001 terror act
The commemorative events were held on March 24 in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) on the anniversary of the terror act committed in 2001.
13:40, 25 March 2019
Brother and advocate claim torture of resident of Ingushetia
A brother of Said Barkinkhoev, a 27-year-old resident of Ingushetia, detained on suspicion of robbery, claimed he had been tortured. Visit Tsoroev, an advocate of the detainee, said that he had fixed traces of torture on his client.
Prison facility. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the Caucasian Knot
11:01, 25 March 2019
Relatives report traces of beatings on Tuntuev's body
Ayub Tuntuev, a former security of the Chechen leader, who was found dead in a colony, has been buried into the clan cemetery. Relatives found bruises on his body, while examination established the absence of kidneys and a lung in Tuntuev's body.
10:48, 25 March 2019
Pavel Grib demands due quality of medical examination
The Ukrainian citizen Pavel Grib, convicted for incitement to a terror act in a Sochi school, demanded to undergo a medical examination in the presence of independent experts and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson, Leonid Petrashis, the head of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Rostov Region, who has visited Grib at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), has announced.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
10:09, 25 March 2019
Grozny students state enforcement to march on Constitution Day
In Grozny, about 4000 people took part in the march on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the Chechen Constitution, the city authorities have announced. However, the marchers themselves complained about their forced participation in the event.
Rally participant in Baku demand to release political prisoners. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
09:56, 25 March 2019
Rights defenders count 87 political prisoners in Azerbaijan
After the pardoning, Azerbaijani jails still keep 87 political prisoners, the study of the Union "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan" asserts. Rights defenders have called on the authorities to release political prisoners and stop the practice of criminal prosecution of citizens on politically motivated charges.
Pavel Grib. Photo: Maria Tomak / Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1781782718522118&set=pb.100000712204251.-2207520000.1511256161.&type=3&theater
10:37, 24 March 2019
European diplomats criticize verdict to Pavel Grib
Pavel Grib, convicted on charges of incitement to terror act, should be released, the external relations service of the European Union has stated. Jeremy Hunt, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has pointed to the political background of the persecution of the Ukrainian citizen.
10:32, 24 March 2019
Defence of Robert Kocharyan, ex-President of Armenia, files fifth lawsuit to ECtHR
The appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerns the fact that the complaint against the refusal to release Robert Kocharyan from December 2018 has not been accepted yet, the advocate, Ayk Alumyan, has stated. According to his story, this is the fifth complaint submitted to the ECtHR.
A law enforcer. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee
10:28, 24 March 2019
Analysts point to threat of solo terror acts in Dagestan
Despite the decrease of the terrorist threat, the likelihood of new attacks undertaken by single terrorists persists in Dagestan, journalists and political analysts have stated.
10:24, 24 March 2019
Yerevan activists oppose paid car parks
In a street of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, seven activists of the initiative "In Name of Justice" repainted red marking lines of a car park into purple in protesting against toll car parks in the city.
19:41, 23 March 2019
Turkey extradites religious activist to Azerbaijan
Anar Djabbarov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM), detained in Turkey, was brought to Baku. Rights defenders associate the persecution of Djabbarov with the conflict in Nardaran.
Sandra Roelofs. Photo: screenshot of the video by the ZIK TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=q1gl_uIoo3o
19:34, 23 March 2019
Opposition nominates Saakashvili's wife as Zugdidi Mayor
Sandra Roelofs, the wife of the third Georgian president, will run for the Mayor of the city of Zugdidi at the interim election on May 19. Ms Roelofs has great chances to win, although the struggle at the Zugdidi election will be tough, political analysts believe.
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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.