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The FSB officers. Photo: RFE/RL
13:55, 2 October 2017
Law enforcers prevent attempt on a preacher in Ingushetia
The FSB reported the detention of two militants who planned to use a powerful bomb to blow up a religious figure in Ingushetia.
Recruits from Chechnya. Photo http://www.parlamentchr.ru/press-centre/fotoreportazhi/2679-500-prizyvnikov-iz-chechni-otpravilis-na-sluzhbu-v-ryady-vs-rossii
13:50, 2 October 2017
MoD requests 500 recruits from Chechnya
Out of the more than 80,000 Chechen residents of conscription age, 500 people will be selected within the autumn draft campaign which began on October 1. Local residents are attracted by military service with the opportunity to build a career.
Detention. Photo http://moscow-baku.ru/upload/iblock/e37/e37d222697d7b9f3a1d1c0679f63a12d.jpg
12:21, 2 October 2017
Caucasians detained near Moscow for preparing terror acts
Members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia, who planned to commit transport terror acts in September, have been detained near Moscow, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) reports. There are natives of Northern Caucasus among the detainees.
The car of the alleged militants. Photo https://05.мвд.рф/
12:13, 2 October 2017
Policeman wounded during CTO in Dagestan
A policeman was wounded in a shootout with alleged militants that broke out in the Babayurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-gorode-kyzyle-provedeno-antiterroristicheskoe-0.html
11:19, 2 October 2017
Alleged militants killed in Dagestan identified
The men killed at night in Dagestan have been identified – they are suspected of killing a policeman in the Kizlyar District, a source said. Today, it has also become known about the murder of another policeman in the Babayurt District.
The remains of soldiers perished in in the Great Patriotic War were reburied. Photo http://presslife.ru/content/view/3932
10:20, 2 October 2017
Remains of 86 soldiers buried in Chechnya
On October 1, in the Naur District of Chechnya, the remains of Soviet soldiers, who perished in 1942, including at least 14 Armenian natives, were reburied. The Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia took part in the ceremony.
The police officers. Photo: RFE/RL
08:04, 2 October 2017
Two persons killed in CTO area in Dagestan
This night, two militants involved in a murder of a district police inspector have been shot dead near the village of Kachalai in the Babayurt District of Dagestan.
The FSB officer during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-prigorode-mahachkaly-prohodit-aktivnaya-faza.html
01:08, 2 October 2017
On September 25-October 1, 2017, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of September 25-October 1, 2017, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Awarding of the winners of the Culture and Sport Festival of Caucasian Nations. Vladikavkaz, October 1. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for "Caucasian Knot"
23:39, 1 October 2017
North Ossetia wins Culture and Sport Festival of Caucasian Nations
Athletes from North Ossetia have won the first place in the team event at the Culture and Sport Festival of Caucasian Nations. The second place went to Dagestan and the third to Ingushetia.
Women are wearing headbands with the name of Zeyneb, Imam Husayn's sister, whose death is honored by Shiite Muslims on Ashura Day. Baku, October 1, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for "Caucasian Knot"
17:53, 1 October 2017
In Baku, 2500 people donate blood on occasion of Ashura (+video)
The Council of Kadis of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO) has urged believers to donate blood instead of self-torture on Ashura Day. In Baku, at least 2500 people responded to the call.
Traders at the "Berkat" market gathered near the burnt pavilion. September 28, 2017, Grozny. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXXjTpabqQ
13:50, 1 October 2017
"Berkat" market fire victims denied compensation
Entrepreneurs who suffered losses in the fire at the "Berkat" market in Grozny on September 27 complained of a refusal of compensation. Workers cleared the site for the construction of a new pavilion in place of the burnt.
Flag of Azerbaijan and Rainbow flag at rally in Hamburg. Photo: Nefes LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance
23:28, 30 September 2017
61 LGBT activists arrested after raids in Baku
About 150 homosexuals and transgenders were detained in Baku during police raids conducted in mid-September. Over a third of them were arrested for up to 30 days, the rest were fined.
Ramazan Abdulatipov at the meeting with Vladimir Putin, August 15, 2013. Photo from the Kremlin website.
22:52, 30 September 2017
Kremlin suspends Abdulatipov’s successor in waiting line of governor's resignations
The Kremlin is dosing its decisions on replacing governors, and has not yet decided on the successor to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the editors-in-chief of the Dagestani media, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have suggested.
Roundtable on violations of requirements for accessibility of buildings for disabled people, Volgograd, September 29, 2017.
22:41, 30 September 2017
Monitoring shows Volgograd’s infrastructure inaccessible for invalids
Staircases of apartment buildings, underground passages and a number of trade pavilions in Volgograd and the region are not fit for people with disabilities and baby carts, the public monitors assert. They are sure that the funds allocated for making the urban infrastructure better are spent inefficiently.
16:53, 30 September 2017
Law enforcers find car of policeman killed in Dagestan
A service police car of a district police inspector, who had been found dead in the Kizlyar District, was discovered burned down in a neighbouring district.
15:01, 30 September 2017
District police inspector killed in Dagestan
This morning, a body of a policeman with signs of violent death has been found in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan.
Azerbaijani LGBT activists in Cologne. Photo: Nefes LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance
14:35, 30 September 2017
LGBT activists: 50 gays tortured in Baku
Last week, in Baku, more than 50 homosexuals and transgender people were detained and subjected to violence, including torture with electric current. Some of them were arrested for 30 days. This was reported by advocate Samed Rakhimli and activist Javid Nabiev.
Baksan elders. Screenshot of video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKaLaWvHqI
12:23, 30 September 2017
Baksan elders condemn prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev
In a published video appeal, the elders of Baksan request to protect the rights of Black Sea Shapsugs and, in particular, Ruslan Gvashev in the Krasnodar Territory. The prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev for a moleben at the Tulip Tree is a discrimination against the minorities, the Baksan elders noted.
Participants of rally in memory of to Holocaust victims, Cherkessk, September 28, 2017. Photo by Vladimir Drevinsky.
12:21, 30 September 2017
In Cherkessk, activists accuse authorities of ignoring memory of Holocaust victims
In Cherkessk, more than 30 people have gathered at the monument to Holocaust victims. The participants of the action have claimed the republic authorities silence down the history of extermination of Jews.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo from his personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1490670140965192&set=pb.100000666619845.-2207520000.1499500952.&type=3&theater
10:30, 30 September 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly granted Pavel Sheremet Award
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has announced that Afghan Mukhtarly, an imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist, became a laureate of the Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2017.
News
Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 7-13, 2022

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 1-7, 2021

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.