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Dispersal of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. March 1, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Hayk Badalyan/Photolure
15:29, 22 March 2018
Armenian authorities refuse to condemn brutal dispersal of protest after election
As a result of the clashes, 10 people were killed and more than 250 others were injured. Out of 73 participants in the Armenian Parliament's meeting, only 10 voted in favour of the draft statement condemning the killing of demonstrators in Yerevan in 2008. The authorities will not benefit from any investigation into those events. This opinion was voiced by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by the press service of the Communist Party of Russia https://kprf.ru/activity/elections/136414.html
14:13, 22 March 2018
Details of attack on policeman in Grozny disclosed
In Grozny, a policeman was wounded after he had tried to verify an ID of a local resident, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.
Military vehicles on the crossroad of streets during CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-rostovskoy-oblasti-provedeny.html
09:26, 22 March 2018
Law enforcers disclose names of men killed in special operation in Chechnya
In the course of a special operation, Aslambek Aleroev, Khavazh-Bagauddin Kottoev and Akhmed Medov, natives of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, as well as Dagestani native Nazim Taibov were killed in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.
Military vehicles of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=21985
09:19, 22 March 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its forces in six villages
On March 21 and at night on March 22, the Armenian armed forces 98 times violated the ceasefire on the border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.
The Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180321/239756959/Gruzija-sozdaet-svoj-sankcionnyj-spisok.html
08:33, 22 March 2018
Georgia wants to use sanctions as punishment for crimes against citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
On March 21, members of the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution with the demand to introduce sanctions against persons accused of crimes against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document was adopted in connection with the death of Georgia citizen Archil Tatunashvuili.
Celebration of the New Year in Adygea. Photo: Nadezhda Guseva, http://gorets-media.ru/v-adygee-otprazdnujut-novyj-god-po-mestnym-tradicijam
08:15, 22 March 2018
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Circassian New Year fails to become a popular family holiday in Adygea
In the capital of Adygea, people celebrated the Circassian New Year with festivities on Square of Unity and Harmony. Some families celebrated the holiday from times when public institutions did not pay attention to it. However, the Circassian New Year did not become widely celebrated as a family holiday.
A mass brawl of the villagers of Chuni and Tsukhta. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn6Vihx4psc
00:24, 22 March 2018
Villagers name perpetrators of water conflict in Dagestan (+video)
Officials failed to settle the dispute over the water spring; and the residents of the village of Chuni intend to seek their village's exit from the Levashi District, Talkhat Khaibulaev, the head of Chuni, has stated. The authorities refused to admit their mistake made when delineating the territory; and villagers of Tsukhta intend to go to court, Abdulkhalik Abdulkhalikov, the head of the village, has stated.
Leaders of the "Elk" bloc Edmon Marukyan, Aram Sarkisyan and Nikol Pashinyan (from left to right) at pre-election march in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
20:59, 21 March 2018
"Elk" bloc is on verge of split due to disagreements on protest methods
The political forces making up the "Elk" bloc have failed to draft any unified strategy against a possible nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the head of the "Elk" faction in the Parliament and the leader of the "Civil Agreement" Party, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Law enforcer, Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
19:28, 21 March 2018
IS* claims responsibility for attack on policeman in Grozny
Today, the NGO SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the activity of terrorist groupings on the Internet, has referred to an agency affiliated with militants and published on its website the information that the "Islamic State" (IS)* claims responsibility for an attack on a policeman in the capital of Chechnya.
Protest action with the demand to release political prisoners, Yerevan, March 21, 2018. Photo by Armine Martirosyan.
14:35, 21 March 2018
In Yerevan, protesters demand freedom for political prisoners
Today, in Yerevan, six persons have come out to a protest action with the demand to release political prisoners and to remove Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan from power. Their protest has been provoked by the verdict pronounced by the court to Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100 years without regime".
"Grozny-City", Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot.
14:26, 21 March 2018
Chechen law enforcers banned to disclose any data about the murder in "Grozny-City"
Ii is forbidden to disclose information about the shootout in the "Grozny-City" complex, which occurred on March 18, in order not to scare away tourists, a source told the "Caucasian Knot".
Special operation. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru
12:10, 21 March 2018
Law enforcers identify those killed in Chechen CTO
During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan were killed, the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported today.
Gunnery drills of Azerbaijan's Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=21985
09:36, 21 March 2018
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun attacks from Armenian side
During a day, the Armenian armed forces 101 times violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and used large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.
Weapons and ammunition from a hideout. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kbr-obnaruzhen-krupnyy-taynik-s-oruzhiem-i.html
08:38, 21 March 2018
Weapons found at place of shootout in Chechnya
Law enforcers discovered weapons and ammunition at the place of a special operation conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, where four men were killed.
Baku celebrates Novruz Bayram. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
06:00, 21 March 2018
Residents of Azerbaijan welcome Novruz Bayram
In the evening on March 20, when the spring equinox came, Azerbaijanis saw the Novruz Bayram holiday in; its history has more than three thousand years.
01:19, 21 March 2018
Four people killed in CTO in Chechnya
Four armed men were blocked and killed during a counterterrorist operation conducted in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, law enforcers have reported.
Man in camouflage drops three ballots into the election box at a polling station in Argun. Screenshot from video twitter.com/Press_Focusnik/status/975311003201228801
00:43, 21 March 2018
In Chechnya, ballot stuffing and "carousels" recorded on video
In Chechnya, ballot stuffing took place during the voting at the Russian presidential election and after the closure of polling stations, and in the village of Bachi-Yurt, voters voted several times at a polling station, report the messages on the "Map of Election Violations" prepared by the movement "Golos" (Vote).
00:05, 21 March 2018
Law enforcers report one casualty of shootout in Grozny
The attacker wounded a policeman and was killed by a return fire, the Chechnya's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
At the border of South Ossetia and Georgia. Photo: © Sputnik / Ада Багиан https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20161013/3158517.html
21:21, 20 March 2018
Tatunashvili's body handed over to Georgia
South Ossetia has handed, through the Red Cross mission, the body of Archil Tatunashvili, who died in Tskhinvali after his arrest, over to Georgia.
Microphone and camera of 'Rustavi-2' filming team. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/reviews/20170722/236727499/Pochemu-TV-Rustavi-2-ne-platit-nalogi.html
21:06, 20 March 2018
Journalist and cameraman beaten up in Tbilisi
Nino Lorkhoshvili, a female journalist, and a cameraman of the "Objective" TV Company were attacked and received traumas in the office of one of Tbilisi construction companies after they asked to show a construction permit.
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Kadyrov secured Putin's support ahead of the next Chechen presidential election.

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.