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Levon Airapetyan. Photo from the website nyut.am
12:58, 21 October 2017
Political analysts: Armenia avoids worsening relations with Russia because of Airapetyan
The Armenian authorities did not try to seek the release of businessman Levon Airapetyan because of fear to worsen relations with Russia. Political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe the Levon Airapetyan's death in a Mordovian penal colony will also not affect the Armenia-Russia relations.
10:08, 21 October 2017
Chechen law enforcers detain father of fled National Guard regiment commander
The detention of the father of a regiment commander from the National Guard of Russia (aka as "Natsgvardia") in Chechnya, dismissed for withholding money from his subordinates' salaries, may be a way to put pressure on the escapee. This was stated by a family friend.
06:58, 21 October 2017
Nagorno-Karabakh holds mourning events in memory of Levon Airapetyan
In Stepanakert, students held a march in memory of philanthropist Levon Airapetyan. Today, a mourning rally is planned to be held in the village of Vank, where Levon Airapetyan was born, and the Gandzasar Monastery will hold a memorial service in his memory, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Professor Alexei Gunya. Photo: screenshot of the video on the YouTube channel of the Department of Social Sciences of PSTGU
03:53, 21 October 2017
Scientists argue about Caucasus borders
Historians, sociologists, geographers, economists, and ethnographers have not yet determined where the borders of the Caucasus pass. The United States and the EU politically distinguish the Caucasus, including also as a territory for the transit of energy resources from Central Asia. This was noted by participants of a seminar held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO).
Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the "Civic Assistance Committee". Photo from the website of the "Civic Assistance Committee" (refugee.ru)
01:14, 21 October 2017
Rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina denies claim of defamation against Chechen MIA
The NGO "Civic Assistance Committee" cannot be a defendant in the claim for protecting business reputation filed after the Svetlana Gannushkina's post in Facebook, state lawyers of the NGO. They filed an appeal against the decision pronounced by the Shatoi District Court of Chechnya.
21:38, 20 October 2017
"Russia's Revival" Party suggests referendum on direct elections in KChR
The regional party's branch has submitted an application to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to register its initiative group for holding a referendum on direct election of the head of the republic.
The burial service for Levon Airapetyan in Moscow. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:52, 20 October 2017
Over 1000 people come to funeral of Armenian philanthropist Levon Airapetyan in Moscow
Today, the burial service for Armenian philanthropist Levon Airapetyan, who died in a Mordovian penal colony, has been held in the Cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Moscow.
A jail cell in the detention center. Photo: Sputnik/Aleksey Filippov
18:26, 20 October 2017
Azerbaijani oppositionist Guseinov arrested for 10 days
Radjab Guseinov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained on October 18, was placed under administrative arrest, his advocate has found out.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: press service of the South-Ossetian KGB
17:57, 20 October 2017
Tbilisi resident fined in South Ossetia
Georgian citizen Shota Karkuzashvili was released after he had paid a fine for breaking the border, reported the South-Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security).
A police car in Georgia. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20171020/237815983/Strelba-u-ofisa-Gruzinskoj-mechty-v-regione-chetyre-cheloveka-raneno.html
09:47, 20 October 2017
Five persons wounded in attack on "Georgian Dream" office
Two out of five persons wounded in an armed attack on the party's election office in the Marneuli District of Georgia are in grave condition.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
09:26, 20 October 2017
Azerbaijan accused Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh of 143 bombardments
On October 19-20, the ceasefire regime was violated on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Symbols of the elections in Georgia. Photo: Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20171019/237815266/Kto-stanet-mjerom-Tbilisi-mnenija-jekspertov.html"
05:59, 20 October 2017
NGOs: pre-election campaign in Georgia passes without criticism in media
In Georgia, NGOs have released the data on monitoring carried out by the media, which covered the pre-election campaign. TV Channels showed only a small number of critical discussions, reported Nana Dzvelishvili, a member of the "Charter of Journalistic Ethics".
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
04:07, 20 October 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov reports on 15 Russian citizens rescued from Syria
Four women and 11 children were taken away from Syrian "hot spots" into the government-controlled territory, the leader of Chechnya has reported.
A polling station in Chechnya. Photo https://chechen.er.ru/news/2016/9/18/turpal-ali-ibragimov-vybory-dolzhny-kosnutsya-kazhdogo-zhitelya-chechenskoj-respubliki/
22:58, 19 October 2017
Kremlin's position promises no return of direct elections in Northern Caucasus
Since the start of 2017, in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), direct elections have been held only of the heads of 75 villages; almost all – in North Ossetia. The remaining heads of North-Caucasian municipalities were elected by local deputies.
On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo https://sputnik-georgia.ru
19:49, 19 October 2017
A soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh
Tigran Khachatryan, a soldier of the Karabakh army, was killed by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
A policeman. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
19:19, 19 October 2017
Ingushetia: attacker on policemen identified
The man killed during his attack on GIBDD (traffic police) inspectors, committed in the village of Yandare, has been identified as Magomed Miziev, a 20-year-old resident of the city of Karabulak, a law enforcement source reports.
A road police officer. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
19:12, 19 October 2017
Ingushetia: three policemen wounded in attack
A driver hit a policeman with a car and injured two other policemen with a knife at a road police (known as GIBDD) checkpoint in the Yandare village, and after that he was killed.
The Kabir village of the Kurakh District of Dagestan. Photo: Emil Mirzoev http://www.odnoselchane.ru
18:11, 19 October 2017
Dagestani resident accused of causing girl's death from electric current
A criminal case against a resident of Dagestan who installed electricity supply to premises at a rural public spring shortly before the death of a six-year-old child was brought to court.
Law enforcers. Photo http://kbrria.ru
16:28, 19 October 2017
KBR’s law enforcers report 11 cases of financing terrorism in 2017
Since 2013, power agents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have established 53 cases of financing terrorists; 11 of them – in 2017, local law enforcers report.
Mikhail Benidze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
16:15, 19 October 2017
Georgian observers report pre-election pressure on opposition
Georgia has fixed facts of intimidation of oppositionists and dismissals of them for political reasons, reports the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED). In their turn, authorities announce "an unprecedentedly calm" election campaign.
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A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for repeatedly leaving his place of service.

A court in Nalchik has arrested a former military officer on charges of financing terrorism.

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....

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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.