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Solo picketer in Nazran, November 4, 2018. Photo by Magomed Mutsolgov for the Caucasian Knot
11:42, 5 November 2018
Opponents of border agreement criticize pro-governmental rally in Nazran
On November 4, in Nazran, the Ingush authorities organized a rally on the occasion of the National Unity Day, obliging, well in advance, the heads of state-run agencies and structures to ensure the attendance. Opponents of the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border also came to the same square. They decided to declare their demands by means of solo pickets.
Azerbaijani law enforcers. Photo: press service of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan http://www.dtx.gov.az/en/
11:32, 5 November 2018
Two persons killed in CTO in Ganja
Two members of the grouping that was preparing terror acts were shot dead in Ganja, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has reported.
Soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, http://www.nkrmil.am/news/view/2308
11:21, 5 November 2018
NKR claims 100 shelling attacks by Azerbaijan
During the past week, The Azerbaijani militaries carried out 100 attacks on the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
09:43, 4 November 2018
Armenian President signs amnesty law
Armen Sargsyan has signed the amnesty law that covers more than 600 people and was adopted by the Parliament.
A still of the cartoon serial "Masters' Aul" https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpk1-szlVZ3/
09:38, 4 November 2018
Animated serial about life of mountain villages presented in Dagestan
A presentation of the first three episodes of the cartoon serial "Masters' Aul" about the adventures of a city teenager in a mountainous aul (village) took place in Makhachkala. The authors have promised to organize shows in Dagestani cinemas.
Murad Adilov. Photo by Natig Adilov https://iwpr.net
09:35, 4 November 2018
Azerbaijani oppositionist complains of pressure from colony employee
A colony warden is exerting psychological pressure and claims bribes, Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), told his relatives.
A member of the Nalgiev family (from the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov near the mosque in Grozny. Screenshot of the Grozny TV Channel report on November 2, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRTXdrqXMw
09:30, 4 November 2018
Member of Ingush clan shows reconciliation with Kadyrov
After the meeting of the head of Chechnya with the elder Mukhazhir Nalgiev in Ingushetia and their mutual apologies, a member of the Nalgiev family visited Grozny and thanked Kadyrov for his rendered respect.
17:33, 3 November 2018
Seven religious activists convicted in Azerbaijan
Firudin Zeinalov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, and six other persons detained after clashes with the police at the sanctuary in Ganja, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from a year and four months to three years.
The building of the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia. Photo http://ks-ri.ru/?p=3295
17:28, 3 November 2018
Lawyers point to possible revision of decision of Ingush CC
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia may issue a different verdict on the Chechen-Ingush border than the Ingush CC; and it couldn't be reconsidered, lawyers say. They have noted that the decision taken by the Ingush CC is mandatory for execution by the regional authorities.
Military exercise of the Azerbaijani Army. October 2018. Photo by the press service of the Azeri Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az//images/gallery/bb83aca6cb287115cf643d7c2b4e46e8.jpg
17:23, 3 November 2018
Azerbaijan fixed no shelling from Armenian positions
Within the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times from machine guns from the territories near the "occupied villages," the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Residents of Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:20, 3 November 2018
Residents of Grozny report enforcing to attend rally
Employees of budgetary institutions and students of Grozny have told that they were obliged to come to the rally on November 4 on the occasion of the National Unity Day. It is planned that the rally will be 20,000 strong, the city Mayoralty has stated.
12:45, 3 November 2018
Arrested Buynaksk residents complain of torture
Samat Tatarkhanov and Daniyal Zagirov, residents of Buynaksk, who had been detained on charges of possessing weapons, have stated that they had been tortured with electric current, and their testimonies about links with militants were falsified.
An LGBT flag. Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero
12:41, 3 November 2018
OSCE decision responds to silencing human rights problems in Chechnya
The work of the Moscow Mechanism in Chechnya depends on Russia's consent to cooperate with the international mission of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), since authorities are no longer able to hide information about human rights violations in the region and escape uneasy questions.
Ramzan Kadyrov talks about "provocateurs" on the Chechen-Ingush border. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAE72FCnegE
08:49, 3 November 2018
Rights defenders treat activists and journalists as addressees of Kadyrov's threats
Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about "provocateurs" on the Chechen-Ingush border is a threat to the activists, who had filmed the construction equipment in the "Erzi" Nature Reserve, as well as the journalists, who would visit the pre-border area, human rights defenders have stated.
08:46, 3 November 2018
MoJ decides to close fund of organizer of "Putin's Detachments"
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Krasnodar Territory has initiated the liquidation of the "Social Justice" Charity Fund, created by Marat Dinaev, the head of the "Putin Detachments" movement.
A participant of the rally carrying a photograph of a political prisoner. Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:59, 2 November 2018
Union in support of political prisoners established in Azerbaijan
Human rights defenders, namely, the editor-in-chief editor of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" and the head of the Union of Azerbaijani Intellectuals have announced the creation of the organization "For the Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan".
Posters of the protesters against the law on the border with Chechnya at the rally in Magas. Photo by Umar Yavloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:57, 2 November 2018
Legalized border with Chechnya is Evkurov's Pyrrhic victory
The transfer of the dispute about the Ingush-Chechen border into the legal plane with the tacit Kremlin's support of Evkurov is a Pyrrhic victory of the head of Ingushetia over the opponents of his agreement with Kadyrov. The opposition will not give up its demands; while relations of the two nations are clouded with the mutual discontent, believe Ali Magomadov, a political analyst, and Akhmed Gisaev, the head of the Human Rights Analysis Centre.
The flag of Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
18:28, 2 November 2018
Georgia's Govt abandons idea of cultivating marijuana
The Georgian Government has decided to recall the draft law on the cultivation of marijuana from the Parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the Parliament, has stated.
"Chaborz" vehicles. Photo: Andrei Tsitsinov https://zvezdaweekly.ru/news/t/20186131049-b0UNC.html
18:25, 2 November 2018
Chechen authorities report on development of military tourism
The first group of foreign tourists has arrived in Chechnya within the "MilitaryTour" programme. The Committee on Tourism of the Chechen Government has prepared a two-week programme for them, noting the nice prospects of this type of tourism.
Rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:25, 2 November 2018
Political analysts explain Kremlin's position on Ingush-Chechen border
The authorities of the Russian Federation have not distanced off from the conflict around the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, but took a wait-and-see attitude due to the lack of compromise solutions, political analysts believe.
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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.

Special operation. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" with the help of AI in the Copilot program. Authorities have recognized at least 9450 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

Four regions in southern Russia have crossed the 100 rubles per liter mark for AI-95.

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.