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Maria Kuchina at 2017 World Championship. Photo: RusAthletics website.
01:40, 2 September 2017
Maria Kuchina wins Diamond League final in Brussels
Maria Kuchina (Lasitskene), an athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has finished her season with a victory in the final stage of the "Diamond League" in Belgium.
00:36, 2 September 2017
Tatiana Moskalkova contacts relatives of Chechen gays mentioned by "Novaya Gazeta"
Tatiana Moskalkova, High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia (Ombudsperson), has got appeals from residents of Chechnya, whose surnames appeared in publications of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reporting extrajudicial executions in the republic and persecution of LGBT people.
Mosul, Iraq. Photo: ru.euronews.com/2017/04/12/fighting-rages-on-in-western-mosul
22:53, 1 September 2017
Three Chechen children brought back from Iraq
Four women and eight children have been brought to Russia from Iraq, including a resident of Chechnya with her three sons.
Participants of the hunger strike Ilya Lezhava and Vitaly Georgadze (right). Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot.
21:06, 1 September 2017
Tbilisi hunger-strikers stop their action
The employees of the Georgian Railways, who have been on their hunger strike for 18 days, can no longer put their health at risk, said Vitaly Giorgadze, the president of the new Trade Union of Georgian Railway Workers.
Weapons and military uniform, Nagorny Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Griroryan for the Caucasian Knot.
18:13, 1 September 2017
A soldier blown up on a mine in Nagorno-Karabakh
Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh has reported that 19-year-old Hayk Khachatryan got a fatal wound in a mine explosion.
Mudflow in the Elbrus Region. Photo is provided by press service of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic head.
15:22, 1 September 2017
7700 people blocked by mudflow in Elbrus Region
A mudflow which has occurred this night has cordoned off five villages, dozens of hotels and tourist centres of the Elbrus Region and cut them off the outside world. The number of cordoned off tourists reaches 1500. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source from the Elbrus Region close to the situation.
15:02, 1 September 2017
Sochi Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha in Hyde Park without sacrifices
In Sochi, 1500 Muslims celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Adha in the local "Hyde Park". The mass prayer in the park was sanctioned by the Mayor's Office.
Gelendzhik. Photo: Sergio Evsyukov https://ru.wikipedia.org
14:09, 1 September 2017
Salim Akhobekov asks to stop prosecuting him for dancing in Gelendzhik
Salim Akhobekov from Kabardino-Balkaria, who had served five days of arrest for dancing lezginka in Gelendzhik, addressed rights defenders with a complaint about the actions of the Cossacks and policemen. The lezginka dancer has asked the rights defenders to prevent institution of criminal proceedings against him.
Sheep in the market on Eid al-Adha holiday. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
13:11, 1 September 2017
Azerbaijani believers start celebrating Eid al-Adha
Today, Azerbaijan, like the whole Muslim world, has started the celebration of Eid al-Adha. Muslims of the country make sacrifices of small and large cattle. Mosques hold festive prayers. On the occasion of the holiday, four days in a row September 1-4 have been declared the days off in the country.
Zelimkhan Bakaev. Photo: https://www.kavkazr.com/a/28708251.html?nocache=1
13:10, 1 September 2017
Rights defenders organize action in defence of singer Zelimkhan Bakaev
Rights defenders and activists from Russia, the US, and the European countries have organized an action under hashtag #BringBakaevBack with the demand to find out the whereabouts of Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev. On their pages in Facebook, participants of the action declare they have no doubt that the singer was kidnapped.
Thousands of people line up to get to the Memorial complex in Beslan, September 1, 2017. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the Caucasian Knot.
12:54, 1 September 2017
North Ossetia starts Memory Watch to honour victims of terror act in Beslan
North Ossetia has started a three-day Memory Watch to honour the victims of the terror act in Beslan in 2004. Residents of the republic come to school No. 1, bring flowers and leave candles in the gym.
Women on the market in Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot.
09:31, 1 September 2017
Residents of Chechnya complain about rise in prices on eve of Eid al-Adha
Today, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of the main Islamic holidays. Chechen authorities informed that the republic rendered material assistance to 770 families in need. Meanwhile, the residents of Chechnya report on the increased prices for sacrificial animals.
Entrance to Taganrog. Photo: http://doctor-61.ru/kontakty/taganrog/
09:09, 1 September 2017
Taganrog residents suspected of selling a person for use of his human organs
Two residents of Taganrog were detained while they tried to sell for 1.5 million roubles a 26-year-old man for the use of his human organs. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office for the Rostov Region.
05:16, 1 September 2017
Advocates demand to suspend trial of 18 "Sasna Tsrer" members
On August 31, the Yerevan court continued the hearings on the second case against members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun). This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the trial.
Policemen questionsolo picketer Galina Tikhenko. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.
04:00, 1 September 2017
In Volgograd, solo picketers demand resignation of City Mayor
On August 31, in Volgograd, activists held three solo pickets within the All-Russia action "Strategy-31". The picketers came out in defence of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution and demanded the resignation of Mayor Vitaly Likhachov after the city administration refused to sanction pickets to be held in the city centre on August 31.
Pretrial detention facility. Photo: RFE/RL
21:38, 31 August 2017
Defence asks Kadyrov to study the case of Taramov and Tazbiev
Khava Akhmadova, an advocate for Magomed Taramov and Djamalai Tazbiev, residents of the village of Krasnaya Turbina, told the "Caucasian Knot" today that there are procedural violations in the case. At the court session on August 29, the advocate urged the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to take the case under his personal control.
At the memorial complex in Beslan, September 1, 2017. Photo by Alan Tshurbaev for the Caucasian Knot.
20:39, 31 August 2017
"Beslan Mothers" ask ECtHR not to review recovery of compensations from Russia
Today, members of "Beslan Mothers" have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with objections to the complaint lodged by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) concerning the recovery from Russia of more than three million euros in favour of relatives of those who perished and suffered from the terror attack on the Beslan School.
Russian infantry fighting vehicle destroyed in Grozny, January 1995. Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev, https://ru.wikipedia.org
19:05, 31 August 2017
21 years ago Khasavyurt agreements ended First Chechen War
Today it is exactly 21 years after signing the Khasavyurt agreements, which were treated by Alexander Lebed and Aslan Maskhadov as wise and long-lasting. These statements were overturned by both parties in conflict very quickly.
Mothers of missing residents of Dagestan hold protest action. Makhachkala, November 14, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot.
18:49, 31 August 2017
Mothers of missing Dagestanis ask Putin for help
Disappearances of men in Dagestan are not investigated for years; and the republic’s authorities give no relevance to the problem, the members of the "Mother's Heart" movement have stated on August 30 at the roundtable timed to the International Day of Missing Persons.
16:17, 31 August 2017
Power agents disclose results of Djabrailov’s drug test
On August 29, Umar Djabrailov, a former Senator (member of the Federation Council) from Chechnya, opened a pistol fire in a hotel room in the state of drug intoxication – these are the results of a medical examination. Law enforcement sources have conveyed this information to journalists.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Oksana Kobeleva. Photo: https://newdosh.media/ A Z-activist from Gelendzhik repented for her questions to Alaudinov.

A Z-activist from Gelendzhik repented for her questions to Alaudinov.

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.