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Positions of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
15:23, 1 November 2018
Azerbaijan registers 30 cases of shelling in conflict zone over a day
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani complained about shelling of its positions in the Karabakh conflict zone after the monitoring held by OSCE observers.
Damage caused by flooding in Khosta (Krasnodar Territory). Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:10, 1 November 2018
Sochi residents complain about no help after flooding
Residents of Sochi who lost property because of flooding and who lived without registration, as well as those people who recently bought houses, did not get any assistance. The people left without compensation believe it has no sense to seek money through the courts.
A law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-3.html
13:09, 1 November 2018
Scientists discuss methods to resist radical Islam in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
In Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, violence on religious grounds is associated with the destruction of traditional hierarchies, increased individualism, and urbanization, believes Irina Starodubrovskaya, an author of the report on religiously-motivated violence.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:17, 1 November 2018
Court postpones decision on CER of Geriev, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has postponed the decision on the appeal for the conditional early relief (CER) of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, until November 8.
Akhmed Barakhoev, a representative of the organizing committee of the rally, tells about the activists' plans after the end of the protest action. Screenshot of the video by Ilez Pliev on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeTkWnqw04
08:15, 1 November 2018
Refusal from street action splits Ingush opposition
The decision of the organizing committee to stop the rally in Magas has nullified the two weeks of protest of Ingush activists; none of the demands have been fulfilled, the co-chairs of the "Mekhk Khel" movement have stated.
Rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:52, 31 October 2018
Diaspora members opposed the Ingush-Chechen border agreement
At the Congress of the Ingush People, delegates from foreign Ingush Diasporas expressed their disagreement with the transfer of land to Chechnya and opposed the Ingush-Chechen border agreement. Residents of Chechnya pointed to the negative consequences of the decisions of the congress.
The "Erzi" Natural Reserve. Photo: Natalya zvereva https://ru.wikipedia.org
21:51, 31 October 2018
Media: agreement on Chechen-Ingush border threatens "Erzi" Reserve
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation is studying the issue of changing the territory of the "Erzi" Natural Reserve in connection with the border agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border, the "Kommersant" reports. Environmentalists fear that the reserve will lose the land that was passed over to Chechnya.
Map of a new border between Chechnya and Ingushetia. Photo by the press service of the government of the Republic of Ingushetia
18:18, 31 October 2018
Kremlin distances itself from problem of border between Ingushetia and Chechnya
Lawyers are engaged in studying the agreement on the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia, said Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov when answering a question about the Moscow's intervention in the situation.
A remand centre. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexei Filippov https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180906/14287406/reformy-v-tyurmah-armenia-za-kachestvom-pitania-zaklyuchennyh-budut-strogo-sledit.html
18:16, 31 October 2018
Armenian parliament approves amnesty law amid protests
Armenian MPs adopted the law on amnesty in the first reading. The pardon will affect more than 6500 people, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reported. The hearing was held against the background of a protest held by relatives of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment who demanded that the amnesty should be extended to them.
The OSCE mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:15, 31 October 2018
OSCE monitoring reveals no violations in Karabakh conflict zone
While monitoring the contact line of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, OSCE observers did not reveal any violations of the ceasefire regime.
Rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo by Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:11, 31 October 2018
Organizers call on people to finish rally in Magas
In Magas, an action against the change in the border with Chechnya was finished earlier than planned, and protesters expressed their intention to act in a legal way, stated protest organizers. The co-chairs of the NGO "Mekhk Khel" did not agree with the decision.
The Ingush Constitutional Court pronounces the decision on the law on the border with Chechnya. Photo http://ks-ri.ru/?p=3350
14:58, 31 October 2018
Lawyers argue about significance of decision pronounced by Ingush Constitutional Court
Ibragim Doskiev, the deputy chairman of the Ingush Constitutional Court, has stated that the Court's decision declaring the law on the border with Chechnya unconstitutional is final and takes effect from the moment it is pronounced.
Sochi residents laid flowers to the monument to victims of repression. October 30, 2018. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:53, 31 October 2018
Sochi residents pay tribute to victims of political repression
Sochi residents laid flowers to the monument to victims of repression and paid tribute to their memory by lighting candles. The people voiced the stories of their repressed relatives and called on their compatriots to remember the past to prevent it from happening again.
Ruslan Mutsolgov. Photo: screenshot of the video by YABLOKO TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3AxNdzLTY
12:09, 31 October 2018
Ingush SC recognizes a search at activist Ruslan Mutsolgov's house as illegal
The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has cancelled the decision of the Magas District Court, which recognized a search at the Ruslan Mutsolgov's house as lawful, advocate Magomed Gagiev reported.
12:09, 31 October 2018
Azerbaijani journalist complains about torture after detention
In Baku, law enforcers kept journalist Ismail Islamoglu for three days and did not recognize the fact of detention, an advocate reported. Ismail Islamoglu himself complained that he had been tortured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the journalist was not brought to a police station until his bride filed a complaint about his disappearance.
The first boulder was placed into foundation of the monument to repressed people in Karachay-Cherkessia. Photo from the official website of the republic's head and government http://kchr.ru/news/detailed/48154/
08:59, 31 October 2018
Boulder placed into foundation of monument to repressed people in KChR
The monument, into foundation of which the first boulder was placed today, will be erected in the village of Bavuko of the Khabez District. The construction was initiated by a local resident who himself fell victim to political repressions.
Yerevan. Photo: DavitEG https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:58, 31 October 2018
Armenia: experts associate economic decline with political situation
In the opinion of Bagrat Asatryan, an economist, one of the reasons for a significant decline in economic activity in the country is the Armenia's political uncertainty. Artak Manukyan, an advisor to the Acting Premier Nikol Pashinyan on economic issues, has acknowledged that the structure of the economy should be radically revised.
Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 30 October 2018
Zaza Saralidze, father of schoolboy killed in Georgia, discharged from hospital
Zaza Saralidze spent four days in hospital, and, after being discharged, joined the protest action held outside the building of the Georgian Parliament. He expressed his mistrust in the Prosecutor's Office, which runs the case of his beating up a policeman.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo © Yelena Sineok. YUGA.ru
23:58, 30 October 2018
Evkurov doubts decision of Ingush CC on border with Chechnya
The decision of the Ingush Constitutional Court (CC) does not cancel the border agreement with Chechnya, as it has entered into force, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has stated. In his opinion the CC of Russia should settle the issue.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
22:56, 30 October 2018
Resident of Dagestan complains about torture to ECtHR
After the detention of Abutalip Shakhruev, a resident of Makhachkala, law enforcers forced him by torture to defame himself. Shakhruev has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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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.