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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.
12:34, 23 March 2019
Social networks users treat judgement on Zarifa Sautieva's case as fair
The court judgement to reinstate Zarifa Sautieva at work, after she was dismissed for taking part in protests against the agreement on Ingush-Chechen border, is fair, social network users believe. Zarifa, who associated her dismissal with political motives, plans to go to work on March 25.
12:29, 23 March 2019
Canadian MPs set up friendship group with NKR
Members of the Canadian Parliament have united into a friendship group with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) under the leadership of Rachel Harder, a member of the House of Commons of the Kingdom.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:06, 23 March 2019
On the eve of release, Geriev is punished by 15 days in dungeon
Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was placed for 15 days into the dungeon (punishment cell) of the colony, where he is serving his sentence. In this way, the bosses of the Chechen colony have punished Geriev for his refusal to go out of his cell due to health problems.
Zarifa Sautieva. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
23:56, 22 March 2019
Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva achieves reinstatement
The court reinstated Zarifa Sautieva, dismissed after participating in protests against the agreement on the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. The activist's dismissal is of political nature, notes Timur Akiev, the head of the of Human Rights Centre "Memorial" office in Ingushetia.
A maximum security correctional facility. Photo © Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:51, 22 March 2019
Officials to investigate injuries of Chechen prisoners in penal colony in Mordovia
The Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Mordovia began an inspection in a penal colony where prisoners injured themselves in protest. Former prisoners from Chechnya reported about the problems in the penal colony, while the chiefs of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) Department called the action an attempt of blackmail.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: screenshot of the video by ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI "My adventures in Poland and Kadyrov'men in Europe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSleiVK9diE
22:07, 22 March 2019
Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports threats from refugee from Chechnya
A native of Chechnya, who came to Germany in search of asylum, has offered help to the Speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, who had announced blood feud to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the blogger himself has stated.
22:04, 22 March 2019
Chechen state servants complain about forced subbotnik
Employees of state institutions of the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya have stated that participation in the subbotnik was compulsory for them: people went out to clean the streets, fearing to lose their jobs.
The courtroom at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Photo by the press service of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
21:56, 22 March 2019
Russia's SC takes side of terminally ill prisoner from Dagestan
A court in the Komi Republic that refused to release a fourth-degree cancer patient Magomedsaid Gazaliev, has incorrectly interpreted the norms of the law that govern the release of prisoners, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has stated.
19:56, 22 March 2019
Two Georgian scientists demand to exclude them from Ukraine's sanctions list
Two citizens of Georgia, Merab Khalvashi, Rector of the Batumi University, and Miranda Turmanidze, a scientific researcher at the Batumi Archaeological Museum, have been put on the sanctions list of Ukraine. They are outraged by the sanctions imposed on them.
The village of Surkhakhi. Photo by Adam Sagov https://ru-ru.facebook.com/people/Adam-Sagov/100007324956235, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46025706
19:53, 22 March 2019
Followers of Sheikh Batal-Khadji tell their version of Surkhakhi shootout
There was no shootout among followers of Sheikh Batal-Khadji in the Ingush village of Surkhakhi, and reports of a split in the Batalkhaji Vird are truthless, members of the Vird assert.
Pavel Grib. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:46, 22 March 2019
Ukrainian Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism, sentenced to six years in prison
The court has found Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, guilty of inciting his female acquaintance to commit a terror act in a Sochi school.
Russian military exercises held in Abkhazia. Photo by the press service of the Southern Military District
12:41, 22 March 2019
Russian military exercises held in Abkhazia
About 1500 Russian military servicemen of the Southern Military District (SMD) took part in the exercises held at Abkhaz training ranges, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
11:01, 22 March 2019
Chechen inmates of colony in Mordovia pierce their stomachs in protest
At least eight convicts, including residents of Chechnya, committed a mass self-mutilation in protest against the actions of the colony administration in Mordovia. The FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service) considers the protest to be unjustified.
News
A combatant from Stavropol was killed in combat.

Queue at the gas station. Frame from the video Krasnodar/Teletype from 22.07.26, https://t.me/tipichkras/81260 Residents of southern Russia deemed the rise in gasoline prices unjustified.

Drone attacks have created problems with fuel delivery to gas stations in Stavropol.

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.