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Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo: RFE/RL
19:09, 23 October 2017
Court leaves Afghan Mukhtarly in custody
In Azerbaijan, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the complaint filed by journalist Afghan Mukhtarly about extension of his arrest.
Tatiana Felgengauer. Still picture from video posted by user ProGorod12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plIc1sdcCHE
15:42, 23 October 2017
Critic of Kremlin's policy in the Caucasus wounded at "Echo Moskvy"
Tatiana Felgengauer, a presenter of the "Echo Moskvy" Radio, who has been hospitalized with a wound in the neck, has become another victim of an attack on journalists in Russia. Felgengauer has been often broadcasting on sensitive topics related to Northern Caucasus. In particular, she discussed the links of Nemtsov's murder with Chechnya and the Kremlin's patronage of Ramzan Kadyrov.
Law enforcers. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
15:16, 23 October 2017
CTO regime lifted in two districts of Dagestan
Today, power agents have completed the search for militants in the Babayurt and Kizilyurt Districts of Dagestan, launched on October 1.
Portrait of woman killed in Dubrovka terror act, Moscow, October 26, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Grigory Tambulov
13:50, 23 October 2017
Causes of deaths of Dubrovka terror act victims remain unknown for 15 years
Today, people mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy when the Dubrovka Theatre Centre was captured by militants. Despite the requests voiced by the victims, a lot of details surrounding the circumstances of the tragedy have not yet been made public.
Law enforcers. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/organami-fsb-i-mvd-presechena-deyatelnost.html
10:55, 23 October 2017
On October 16-22, four people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from October 16 to October 22, 2017, four persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; one of them was killed and three were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
"Akhmat" FC team. Photo: http://fc-akhmat.ru/gallery
10:27, 23 October 2017
Students report threats of being dismissed for failure to attend match of "Akhmat" FC
Football fans have expressed their disappointment with the performance of football players from the Grozny FC in the visiting match with the "Ural" FC team. On October 22, the match ended with the defeat of the "Akhmat" FC team. Under the threat to dismiss rectors of higher education institutions and kick out students, the authorities of Chechnya ordered to ensure a 100% turnout of football fans for the next match of the "Akhmat" FC team to be held in Grozny.
Burnt down house in Rostov-on-Don, August 23, 2017. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.
07:59, 23 October 2017
Rostov fire victims not allowed restoring their houses
No permits will be issued for restoration of houses burnt as a result of a fire which occurred in Rostov-on-Don in August, and land plots will be purchased under the "voluntarily and compulsory" procedure. This has been stated by City Mayor Vitaly Kushnaryov at a meeting with the fire victims.
02:11, 23 October 2017
Activists vote for a "sheep" at election of Telavi Mayor
In the city of Telavi in the Kakheti region, civil activists have spoiled ballots in protest against the deprivation of the town of its self-government status. The activists wrote a word "sheep" on the ballots.
19:59, 22 October 2017
Azerbaijani military killed at shelling
An Azerbaijani serviceman has died today from the wounds sustained as a result of shelling by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Alexei Navalny at rally in Astrakhan. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
19:03, 22 October 2017
Navalny voices out his programme to supporters in Astrakhan (+video)
Today, Alexei Navalny, immediately after his release from custody, has flown to Astrakhan to speak to his supporters at a rally. He said that being the president, he would cut military spending, direct funds to the medicine and collect foreign debts to Russia.
At a polling station in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot.
17:58, 22 October 2017
Opposition refuses to recognize Georgian election outcomes
The "Leaders' Council", consisting of the heads of 16 non-parliamentary oppositional parties of Georgia, has announced a complete distrust in the outcomes of the elections and treats them as illegitimate.
Kakha Kaladze. Photo: © FB / Kakha Kaladze
15:35, 22 October 2017
Former football star wins Tbilisi mayoral elections
Kakha Kaladze, a former Georgia's Energy Minister and football star, has been elected Tbilisi Mayor; four parties were elected to the City Council (Sakrebulo); the majority belongs to the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has informed.
Dagestani pensioners Akhmed and Patimat recognize their grandson in a video from Baghdad orphanage. Screenshot: https://russian.rt.com/russia/video/441847-eto-nash-vnuk-rt-razyskal-rodstvennikov-zaida
13:29, 22 October 2017
Dagestani pensioners recognize their grandson in video from Iraq
The spouses Akhmed and Patimat from Dagestan have asked the authorities to help to return their grandson from Iraq; they recognized the boy in a video from a Baghdad orphanage.
Advocate Elchin Sadygov. Photo: Haqqin.az
01:13, 22 October 2017
Advocate Sadygov states violation of his rights by SIZO staff
On October 21, advocate Elchin Sadygov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that at Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison), some investigative actions had been carried out on the case of the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly.
Voters leave the polling stations No. 23 and 24 in the school No. 113 in Tbilisi. October 21, 2017. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:01, 21 October 2017
Georgia CEC received 204 complaints on the voting day
The cities of Marneuli and Kutaisi, and the Tbilisi Districts of Vake and Nadzaladevi became record holders in the number of complaints about violations at voting. Overall, the elections passed with the voter turnout of 45.64%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has reported.
20:26, 21 October 2017
Women returned to Chechnya from Syria offered to avoid criminal liability
Seven women, who have returned from Syria to Grozny, will be offered to surrender, thus, avoiding the criminal liability for participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
17:24, 21 October 2017
Fourteen children and seven women brought to Chechnya from Syria
They arrived from the Syria warfare zone in Grozny, where they were met by their relatives.
Levon Airapetyan's photo with a funeral ribbon was put up in the central square of the village of Vank during the mourning rally in his memory. October 21, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:42, 21 October 2017
Over 500 Nagorno-Karabakh residents rally in memory of Airapetyan
Residents of the village of Vank, Martakert District, have held a mourning rally in memory of Levon Airapetyan and attended a memorial service at the Gandzasar Monastery.
Fikret Guseinli. Photo: Fikret Huseynli / Facebook
14:38, 21 October 2017
PACE's Special Rapporteur concerned over arrest of Azerbaijani journalist in Ukraine
The Interpol system cannot be used to prosecute oppositionists abroad. This was stated by Bernd Fabricius, a Special Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in his comment on the arrest of the Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Guseinli in Ukraine.
13:53, 21 October 2017
Two soldiers die in Nagorno-Karabakh
On October 20, two soldiers of the Defence Army got fatal wounds because of improper handling of weapons, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and Dagestan.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

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.