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Grozny. Photo: http://gk170.ru/41/groznii-segodna-2014-19642.html
08:29, 25 October 2017
A woman from Grozny taken away by law enforcers returns home
In early September, Petimat Mamaeva, a resident of Grozny, was taken by law enforcers to some unknown destination. For a month and a half, relatives of the woman knew nothing about her whereabouts. Petimat Mamaeva returned home after the story of her disappearance got resonance in social networks.
Road in highland Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Shahperi Abbasovahttps://ru.sputnik.az/life/20171024/412460712/turizm-gah-ceny-azerbajdzhan.html
07:10, 25 October 2017
Azerbaijan starts building road to village with 6000 residents
The amount of almost five million manats (about 3 million US dollars) has been allocated for the construction of a road to connect the city of Sheki with the village of Kish. The road will connect the district centre with the village with a little more than 6000 residents.
Olesya Khristosenko near the courthouse, Sochi, October 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
02:18, 25 October 2017
Sochi activist arrested for making photo near Navalny's office
The court has recognized making a photo with a balloon as holding an unsanctioned picket and sentenced Olesya Khristosenko to eight days of administrative arrest.
01:17, 25 October 2017
Observers' car burned down in Georgia
In the Mtskheta-Mtianeti District, unidentified persons threw a Molotov cocktail bottle into the car of Makhare Sisauri and Ramaz Gvaladze, members of the NGO "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights".
Football fans in Grozny. Photo: https://www.sport.ru/ai/17x16000/262522/head_0.jpg
00:13, 25 October 2017
Chechen student reports about scholarships for active football fans
In Chechnya, students got increased scholarships for attending all football matches. However, most of the students came to the stadium only for fear of not passing an academic session. This has been reported by a former student from Chechnya.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
20:45, 24 October 2017
Ukraine expels 20 Saakashvili's supporters
The Migration Service has started the procedure of deporting 20 Mikhail Saakashvili's supporter, whom the former head of the Odessa Region had brought to Ukraine as figures of culture, a source from the Ukrainian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.
Konstantin Gudimov (right) and advocate Alexander Popkov. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
19:57, 24 October 2017
Sochi: Navalny's supporter responds with hunger strike to arrest
The court has sentenced Konstantin Gudimov, who pedalled his bicycle across Sochi with a balloon, to 12 days of arrest. In protest against police's actions and the court's judgement, the activist went on a hunger strike.
Women and children return from Syria to Chechnya, Grozny, October 21, 2017. Still picture of video posted by user Russia 24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-M3DuD-9I
19:18, 24 October 2017
Seven Chechen women from Syria released from criminal liability
Rights defenders have supported the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to release from criminal liability seven women who were brought from Syria to Chechnya.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
18:43, 24 October 2017
Mikhail Saakashvili refused asylum in Ukraine
The State Migration Service of Ukraine has denied Mikhail Saakashvili a refugee status, and therefore, there are no obstacles for his extradition any more. This was announced by the General Prosecutor of Ukraine. Mikhail Saakashvili himself claims he has not received a refusal.
Emblem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Photo: http://privet-rostov.ru/
17:25, 24 October 2017
IS* threatens to commit terror acts at 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS - banned in Russia by court's decision) have published two banners with threats to commit explosions during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the events of which will take place also in the cities of Southern Russia.
Folk festival dedicated to the 190th anniversary of Balkaria's accession to Russia. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
14:37, 24 October 2017
Kabardino-Balkaria marks 190th anniversary of accession to Russia
Stones from Balkarian villages, a horse made of straw, kitchen utensils and a record shashlik (shish kebab) were shown to residents of Kabardino-Balkaria at the folk festival dedicated to the 190th anniversary of Balkaria's accession to Russia.
Screenshot of the film "Matilda". Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYBquWXbvU
14:00, 24 October 2017
Cinemas in Yeisk and Chechnya refuse to screen "Matilda"
The Cinema Centre "Premier" of the city of Yeisk, Krasnodar Territory, will not screen "Matilda", its director has stated. Chechnya has also refused to screen the resonant movie.
Anthony Burden. Photo: WNYC New York Public Radio https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Бурден,_Энтони
11:53, 24 October 2017
CNN presenter put on Azerbaijani "black list"
Anthony Burden, a chef, who is running his show at the American CNN TV Channel, has been put on the undesirable persons' list for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, Khikmet Gadjiev, the spokesman of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated today.
Denis Khisamov. Photo: http://mvd.tj/index.php/ru/kriminalnye-novosti/15604-sha-rvandi-federatsiyai-rossiya-ba-di-ang-o-dar-suriya-bo-shinosnomai-albak-dar-to-ikiston-dastgir-shud-2
09:26, 24 October 2017
Father of Krasnodar resident explains his son's involvement in IS* by creditors' pressure
On October 23, it became known that Turkey had given Denis Khisamov, 33, a former Captain of the Russian Ministry of Defence, out to Tajikistan; Denis was detained in April after his return from Syria.
Mosque in the village of Shamkhal. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Мечеть-посёлка-Шамхал/988539047905750
07:29, 24 October 2017
Makhachkala opens Sheikh Chirkeisky Mosque
The mosque named after Sheikh Said-Afandi Chirkeisky, killed in 2012, has been opened in the village of Shamkhal in the Kirov District of Makhachkala. It is able to accommodate 300 people at once.
Leaders of oppositional parties in Sochi express solidarity with Navalny's supporters. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
07:23, 24 October 2017
In Sochi, leaders of oppositional parties express solidarity with Navalny's supporters
A trial against activists of the Navalny's office in Sochi is a political persecution. This was stated by Igor Vasiliev, the branch leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). People are being punished for a photo on the office porch and a walk with a balloon, declared Iren Ilienkova, the leader of the local "Yabloko" Party branch.
Samvel Babayan. Photo: http://ru.a1plus.am/1333392.html
03:53, 24 October 2017
In Samvel Babayan's case, witness confesses to ordering Igla missile system
At a trial, a witness has confessed to the court that he himself purchased the man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) "Igla" for the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh. Earlier, Samvel Babayan, the former Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, has been accused of importing the missile system.
Miners take part in picket in Gukovo, October 23, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
03:02, 24 October 2017
About 90 miners hold protest action in Gukovo
At a picket in Gukovo, miners have claimed no improvement with payment of wage arrears and said they would continue to hold protests every day.
Russian Military Base in Armenia. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
00:00, 24 October 2017
Two Russian soldiers die in "Alagyaz" Armenian training ground
In Armenia, a Russian serviceman has accidentally shot his colleague dead from a submachine gun, and then committed suicide, the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD) reports.
22:33, 23 October 2017
Chechen "Rosgvardia" fighters killed at point-blank by a native of Dagestan
In Chechnya, a serviceman of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) killed his colleagues after a conflict with them, the shots were fired "practically at point-blank," said a source from the Military Commandant's Office of Chechnya.
News
Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

A native of Chechnya, Zelimkhan Murtazov, was able to leave Kazakhstan.

A flood destroyed a house. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Chechen residents have submitted over 19,000 requests for compensation following the flood.

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.