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Takhir Begeldiev. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauunxvbGtM
18:35, 24 April 2019
ICRF: two residents of Stavropol Territory involved in Shamil Basaev's raid on Dagestan
Takhir Begeldiev and Nariman Otepov, two residents of the Stavropol Territory, were involved in an attack on Dagestan led by Shamil Basaev and Emir Khattab in 1999, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Banner at the torchlight procession held in Stepanakert on April 23, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:43, 24 April 2019
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh demand compensation for Armenian Genocide
In Stepanakert, participants of a torchlight procession urged the international community to give the legal assessment of the Armenian Genocide and force the guilty party to pay compensation to the Armenian people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer. Photo: Paul Farley - http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060625-N-0780F-001.jpg, Общественное достояние, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4544703
15:31, 24 April 2019
NATO ship arrives for joint exercises with Georgian military personnel
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer has arrived in Batumi. The US ship will take part in joint exercises with two Georgian patrol boats, and then it will leave the territorial waters of Georgia on April 25.
Aslan Yandiev in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
15:20, 24 April 2019
Key witnesses testify in favour of Aslan Yandiev
Umar Khadziev and Ruslan Tsurov, sentenced in cases on terror acts committed in North Ossetia, deny the prosecutor's version in the Aslan Yandiev's case. Both witnesses state that they do not know Aslan Yandiev and that they confessed to the crimes under torture.
Participants of torchlight march in Yerevan. Photo: Facebook page of organizers of the torchlight march: https://www.facebook.com/events/325013381406396/permalink/325013398073061/
11:34, 24 April 2019
Armenian residents commemorate genocide victims with torchlight marches
Armenia has held torchlight marches in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. In the capital of the country, the event was held under the motto "Full and fair compensation".
11:22, 24 April 2019
Dagestan: detainee confesses to preparing attack on policemen
One of the five persons detained in Chechnya and Dagestan on suspicion of preparing terror acts, has told law enforcers their plan to attack policemen with the help of a quadcopter.
Torchlight march in Stepanakert, April 23, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:13, 24 April 2019
Over 2300 take part in torchlight march in Stepanakert (+video)
More than 2300 residents of Stepanakert have participated in the traditional torchlight march in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Apart from torches and candles, the marchers carried flags of the countries, which have recognized the Armenian Genocide.
Races at a hippodrome in Gudermes. Screenshot from video report by TV Company 'Grozny', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVRrAIhfkEc
01:27, 24 April 2019
Construction of hippodromes in Chechnya raises payback issues of Kadyrov's projects
The second hippodrome in Chechnya has been opened in Shali; the third one is being built in Grozny; it will be the largest in Northern Caucasus. Horse races in Chechnya are held very rarely, local residents said. To make a hippodrome profitable, it must have hundreds of races per year and take toto bets, said the branch workers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Sculpture "Exemplary Kaspiysk Resident". Screenshot from "golos.dagestana" Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwlrcr4n216/
01:07, 24 April 2019
Idea of installing sculpture in Kaspiysk sparks debates about garbage in social networks
A sculpture to a citizen who has brought garbage to a bin will be installed in Kaspiysk in order to draw attention to the problem of spontaneous dumps in the city. The initiative of one of the construction companies has caused a hot debate in social networks about the sources of garbage in the streets of Kaspiysk and other cities of Dagestan.
Rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:09, 23 April 2019
Third Ingush activist detained over the day
Rashid Aushev has become today, together with the activists detained earlier, Khasan Katsiev and Akhmed Nalgiev, the third suspect in the case of clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas, the advocates, Akhmed Kaloev and Magomed Bekov, have informed.
One of five people detained in Dagestan and Chechnya on charges of preparing terror attacks. Screenshot from post by Telegram Channel 'Oper slil' dated April 23, 2019. https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@operdrain
22:54, 23 April 2019
Five persons suspected of plotting terror acts in Chechnya and Dagestan
Five members of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, were preparing attacks on law enforcers in the cities of Kaspiysk and Grozny, the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has informed.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left). Screenshot from video by Abu-Saddam Shishani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfFPaXpqAo; Magomed Daudov, screenshot from video at http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o. Collage by the Caucasian Knot
22:33, 23 April 2019
Daudov and Abdurakhmanov dispute about Aslan Maskhadov's Russian passport
Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has entered a remote dispute with the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, and supported Ramzan Kadyrov's opinion.
Symbol of justice. Photo by Nina Tumonova for the Caucasian Knot
18:53, 23 April 2019
Activists treat decision on Tariq Topçu's case as positive signal for Circassian Diaspora
The verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia in favour of Tariq Topçu, deprived of his residence permit, will receive a positive response among members of the Circassian Diaspora, activists believe.
Cathedral Mosque in Maikop. Photo: Sergei Demeshkin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/160124708@N03/41485027484
18:34, 23 April 2019
Muslims voice problem with return of historic mosques to communities in Kuban and Adygea
The decision made by the Arbitration Court of Adygea on transferring the building of the first Maikop mosque from the property of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation to the property of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory is a historically important event, believes Asfar Myss, the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims for the Takhtamukai District.
Contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:01, 23 April 2019
Azerbaijan registers 25 shelling attacks in conflict zone
The truce in the Karabakh conflict zone was broken, and fire came from the side of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has reported today.
TV remote control. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:39, 23 April 2019
Officials suggest restricting foreign TV channels in Armenia
Foreign TV channels should be removed from the package of state TV channels and transferred to private digital TV channels, said Tigran Akopyan, the head of the Armenia's National Commission on TV and Radio.
11:16, 23 April 2019
Relatives demand to release those accused for riots in Ganja
At a rally in the city of Ganja, family members of those arrested in connection with the July 2018 events have demanded to release them.
Residents of Pankisi in front of police cordon. Screenshot from video by Public broadcaster of Georgia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=TpVeQeOK82g
11:07, 23 April 2019
Georgian activists support Pankisi residents
Three solidarity actions with the residents of the Pankisi Gorge, who are protesting against the construction of a chain of hydropower plants (HPPs), have been held in Tbilisi and Batumi. Activists called on the authorities to abandon the construction and punish the policemen for an excessive use of force.
Border of South Ossetia and Georgia. Photo: press service of KGB of South Ossetia
10:54, 23 April 2019
Georgia reports release of border villager
Gocha Fidiuri, a resident of the village of Medjvriskhevi, located on the border with South Ossetia, was released after paying a fine for violating the border and handed over to Georgian law enforcers.
Building of the Nazran Mayoralty. Photo: press service of the Nazran Mayoralty, https://nazrangrad.ru/2017/12/06/v-merii-nazrani-proshlo-soveshhanie-po-voprosam-soderzhaniya-ulic-i-dvorov/
10:43, 23 April 2019
Nazran Mayor reconciles with his son's offender
Aslanbek Tumgoev, the head of the city administration (Mayor) of the city of Nazran, has decided to forgive Isropil Barkinkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, who had wounded his son during an armed conflict. The reconciliation ceremony took place in the central mosque in the presence of about 200 people.
News
Arson of railway infrastructure. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The fight against diversions in southern Russia has turned the victims of recruitment into accused individuals under serious articles.

A participant in the rally on Rustaveli called for Movlaev not to be extradited to Russia.

Analysts explained the transfer of assets to Zakriev with the logic of loyalty.

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.