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Azerbaijani police. Photo: http://minval.az/news/84405
17:35, 20 October 2018
Foreigner arrested in Azerbaijan on espionage suspicion
A court in Azerbaijan decided to arrest Bakhram Khasanzade, suspected of collecting military information and recruiting local residents.
Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with residents of the Ingush village of Surkhakhi. October 19, 2018. Photo: screenshot of the video CHECHEN WHATSAPP 3 on YouTube channel
16:32, 20 October 2018
Social network users treat Kadyrov's visit to Ingushetia as Evkurov's "tripping"
Ramzan Kadyrov came to the Ingush elder Mukhazhir Nalgiev, who had criticized the head of Chechnya at the rally in Magas, and called on the Ingushes to give up claiming him. Kadyrov laid all the responsibility for the border agreement on Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Ingushetia residents have noted in social networks.
Man in handcuffs. Photo: © Sputnik / Anar Mustafayev https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180220/414125415/byvshij-zek-avtomat-zaderzhan-baku.html
16:31, 20 October 2018
Azerbaijani oppositionist Gasanov denies confessions
The Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has left Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, accused of drug dealing, in custody. The oppositionist has stated that he had given his confessions at the police station under a threat of torture.
Residents of Ingushetia gathered before the Friday namaz (prayer). Photo https://www.facebook.com/zariffeli/posts/1953430038047640
16:30, 20 October 2018
Members of various Muslim communities forget disagreements for the sake of common namaz in Magas
The Friday namaz (prayer) held in the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, united both supporters of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), and communities whose Imams are not SAM members. Residents of the republic, who took part in the namaz, noted that such unity is an extremely rare case.
16:30, 20 October 2018
Chechen Muftiate joins World Islamic League
The accession of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM), or Muftiate, of Chechnya to the World Islamic League is another trump card in the hands of the Chechen leadership, which is positioning itself as a promoter of Islamic ideas in Russia, observers assert.
16:27, 20 October 2018
Sportive reporters welcome potential joining of Khabib's friend "Akhmat" Club
Zubair Tukhugov has not become a "superstar", but his performances for the "Akhmat" Club can be beneficial both for him and for the club, sports journalists assert. Although due to the scandal with the UFC, his situation is not the best, the "Akhmat" may benefit from his move.
The People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Photo from the official website of the Ingush parliament https://www.parlamentri.ru/
15:18, 19 October 2018
Ingush Constitutional Court to check law on border with Chechnya
On October 25, a case on verification of the constitutionality of the law on the Chechen-Ingush border will be considered at the request of MPs and residents of the republic. This was announced by the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia on Thursday.
Zubair Tukhugov (from the right) during his featherweight fight with Ernest Chavez of USA at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gala at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, October 4, 2014. Photo: REUTERS / Anders Wiklund
15:14, 19 October 2018
Ramzan Kadyrov invites Khabib Nurmagomedov's assistant to "Akhmat" Club
The leader of Chechnya supported his fellow villager Zubair Tukhugov, who was dismissed from a battle at the UFC tournament after slapping fighter Conor McGregor. Ramzan Kadyrov advised Zubair Tukhugov to beat his offenders more strongly next time and invited him to fight for the "Akhmat" Club.
Malsag Uzhakhov, a member of the organizing committee of the rally in Magas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP8DuZa47aQ
12:30, 19 October 2018
Ingush oppositionists report their plans to fight for lands (+video)
The resolution of the World Congress of the Ingush People on the border agreement will force the authorities of Ingushetia to listen to the protesters' demands, activists believe. There will be no active response to the Congress resolution, believes political analyst Alexei Malashenko.
Nikol Pashinyan delivering a speech at the square of Yerevan on October 2, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:26, 19 October 2018
Armenian parliament announces date of premier elections
In Armenia, the first round of voting in parliament for the election of the Prime Minister is scheduled for October 24. This is reported by the administration of the Armenian National Assembly.
MGIMO University in Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow. Photo: Victoria 959 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/МГИМО
11:54, 19 October 2018
Orientalists tell about Chechnya vs. Dagestan fight for leadership in Russian Ummah
New political and ideological trends in the Russian Muslim community was the topic of Orientalists' discussion at the seminar "Caucasus in the Past and Present" held in Moscow.
11:35, 19 October 2018
In Baku, Court confirms arrest of oppositionist Nemat Panakhly
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed a complaint filed by Nemat Panakhly, the chairman of the National Statehood Party of Azerbaijan, about his administrative arrest. The oppositionist associated his prosecution with the criticism of the authorities.
A memorial in Vladikavkaz dedicated to the victims to an attack at the Kerch Polytechnic College. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:40, 19 October 2018
Residents of Vladikavkaz pay tribute to memory of victims killed in Kerch
In the centre of Vladikavkaz, more than 50 people gathered to light candles in memory of the people who fell victim to an attack at the Kerch Polytechnic College.
10:40, 19 October 2018
ECtHR awards compensation to convicts in Armenian "March 1 case"
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered the Armenian authorities to pay Grigor Voskerchyan and Masis Aivazyan 7500 euros in total in compensation for their unjustified arrest in the case on disorders on March 1, 2008.
A penal colony. Photo: Yelena Sineok, YUGA.ru
18:18, 18 October 2018
A man sentenced for killing a football fan complains of violation of his rights in prison
After the complaint had been filed about torture in a penal colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, inspections were carried out in a formal way, and violations of prisoners' rights still take place, said Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, sentenced for killing football fan Yegor Sviridov.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Yelena Fitkulina (RUSSIA)
18:13, 18 October 2018
Ramzan Kadyrov describes his role in freeing businessman Maxim Yakovlev
Adam Delimkhanov, a member of the State Duma, helped to return Maxim Yakovlev, kidnapped in Abkhazia, to his relatives. This was announced by Ramzan Kadyrov ten days after the report on the release of the businessman.
An anti-aircraft missile system "Osa" in the positions of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
13:30, 18 October 2018
Azerbaijan counts 29 shelling attacks per day
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Armed Forces of Armenia violated the ceasefire regime for 29 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
The Iskander road mobile missile system. Photo Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/news/20180918/1025033639/iskandery-yuvo-likvidirovali-terroristov-unichtozhili-protivnika-gorax-abxazii.html
13:23, 18 October 2018
Over 500 militaries exercise in Abkhazia
At military exercises in Abkhazia, anti-aircraft gunners of the Russia's Southern Military District (SMD) repelled air strikes of a conditional enemy on important republic's facilities. The exercises involved more than 60 weapons and equipment units, the SMD has informed.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by the press service of the President of Armenia, http://www.president.am
11:06, 18 October 2018
Pashinyan retains control over situation in Armenia after resignation
Nikol Pashinyan has resigned, thereby initiating the procedure of early parliamentary elections, since he is confident in the predictability of outcomes thereof, political analysts believe.
11:00, 18 October 2018
South-Ossetian armrestler wins two gold medals at World Championships
Soslan Gassiev has won two gold medals in the weight category of 90 kg at the World Armwrestling Championships in Turkey. Athletes from South Ossetia have also won three silver medals.
News
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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.