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20:40, 14 June 2017
Reuters: two gays from Chechnya report about detentions and torture
Two young people from Chechnya have reported about torture and beatings to which they were subjected in the republic because of their homosexual orientation. One of them reported that he was tortured with electric current, and the second man managed to escape from the house, where his relatives planned to kill him.
Lom-Ali Gaitukaev. Photo http://www.1news.az
19:37, 14 June 2017
Gaitukaev's funeral in Chechnya attended by about a thousand
Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, who was convicted for the murder of Anna Politkovskaya and died in a Vologda colony, was buried into the cemetery of Achkhoy-Martan village, his relatives have reported. In Achkhoy-Martan, they do not believe that Gaitukaev was the organizer of Politkovskaya's murder, said a local woman.
Fikret Faramazoglu. Photo: http://haqqin.az/news/74306
18:54, 14 June 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Faramazoglu sentenced to seven years in prison
In Baku, the court has found journalist Fikret Faramazoglu guilty of extortion. He was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment with the prohibition to be engaged in journalistic activities for two years after his release. He himself claimed being tortured after his arrest. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict.
18:04, 14 June 2017
Organizer of anticorruption rally detained in Makhachkala
Nurmagomed Gazimagomedov has claimed that he was detained in the Makhachkala Park named after the 50th anniversary of October, where he planned to read out his appeal to the Russian President.
Movsum Samedov. Photo: screenshot of a video by the user Qurtulush MrQurtulush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VahPh_qj-c
17:58, 14 June 2017
Punishment of Samedov, leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, toughened
Movsum Samedov has been transferred to the Gobustan closed prison for three years, said his advocate Yalchin Imanov.
A law enforcer. Photo www.riadagestan.ru
17:14, 14 June 2017
Dagestani resident disappears after his detention by law enforcers, his relatives claim
In the Dagestani village of Chervlyonnye Buruny, law enforcers detained Rashid Abdurakhmanov, and his whereabouts is unknown. This was reported by his family members. According to them, Rashid Abdurakhmanov disappeared on the eve of the Nogai People's Congress.
Ramazan Djalaldinov's wife and daughter interviewed. May 13, 2016. Screenshot of a video by the user gazetachernovik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-A7HQLVTws
15:43, 14 June 2017
Relatives of Ramazan Djalaldinov ask Vladimir Putin to return him home
Family members of Ramazan Djalaldinov, who complained against actions of Chechen officials, asked the Russian President to help him return home.
A poster of one of the participants of the rally in support of Afghan Mukhtarly in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for "Caucasian Knot"
14:55, 14 June 2017
Azerbaijani border guards refuse to give checkpoint video to Mukhtarly's defence
The Azerbaijani State Border Service has rejected the defence's request to study the details of Afghan Mukhtarly's detention on the Georgian border. According to the defence, this indicates the authorities' unwillingness to consider the journalist's version of his kidnapping in Tbilisi.
At the site of an armed attack on a checkpoint of the road-and-patrols service (known as DPS) in Ingushetia. May 12, 2017. Photo nac.gov.ru
13:13, 14 June 2017
Whereabouts of men wounded in shootout in Ingushetia remains unknown
Officials from the Investigating Department for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) have stated that they are not aware of an investigation into an assassination attempt on two relatives of suspected militant Magomed Bekbuzarov. The condition and whereabouts of the wounded men are also unknown.
Billboard at the stadium in the village of Terekli-Mekteb of the Nogai District of Dagestan. Photo by Zair Abdurakhmanov https://chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey/nogayskiy-narod-trebuet-u-pravitelstva-dagestana-ne-lishat-ih-zemel
12:18, 14 June 2017
Participants of Nogai People's Congress report about land conflict in Dagestan
Today, the Nogai People's Congress has been opened in the village of Terekli-Mekteb. It has gathered about 6000 delegates from different regions of the Russian Federation. Participants of the Congress believe that the federal centre can help to solve the land conflict in the Nogai District of Dagestan.
Rizvan Ibragimov. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.kavkazr.com/a/28529802.html
10:33, 14 June 2017
Investigator fails to specify charge in publicist Rizvan Ibragimov's case
On June 13, at the trial in the Rizvan Ibragimov's case, the court questioned an investigator in charge for the case against the publicist accused of extremism. The witness could not clarify the essence of the charge.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo: a fragment of a leaflet #Freedom to AfghanMukhtarly https://www.irfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/afgan-mukhtarli.jpg
10:10, 14 June 2017
Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office rejects version of Afghan Mukhtarly's detention in Tbilisi
The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has rejected the allegations that journalist Afghan Mukhtarly was detained in Tbilisi with involvement of the Georgian law enforcers. According to the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office, the journalist was detained at the border of the countries.
Lom-Ali Gaitukaev at the court hearing the case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder. Photo: "Prestupnaya Rossiya" (Crime Russia), https://crimerussia.com/contractkillings/69706-prokuratura-potrebovala-pozhiznennogo-zaklyucheniya-dlya-organizatora-ubijstva-politkovskoj/
04:39, 14 June 2017
Lom-Ali Gaitukaev's closest relatives to become his successors at ECtHR
Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, who died in a penal colony in the Vologda Region and who was sentenced in the case of the Anna Politkovskaya's murder, filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about violations committed during the trial in his case.
Zhirair Sefilyan. Photo: RFE/RL
04:08, 14 June 2017
Defence claims biased court's attitude towards defendants in Zhirair Sefilyan's case
The trial in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the Armenian movement "100th anniversary without regime", and six other defendants has been started in a tense situation.
A part of the roof collapsed over the stairwell of apartment house No. 44 in Panfyorov Street in Volgograd. Photo http://bloknot-volgograd.ru/news/v-volgograde-obrushilsya-cherdak-avariynogo-obshch-853549
03:10, 14 June 2017
Volgograd house collapse is eighth since 2011
For almost six and a half years, Volgograd saw eight collapses of apartment houses. Three of them were results of gas explosions. In total, as a result of these accidents, since January 2011, 12 persons were killed and 26 others were injured.
A billboard "Navalny 2018". Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for "Caucasian Knot"
02:26, 14 June 2017
In Yeisk, supporter of Alexei Navalny arrested for 10 days
By a court decision, Alexander Safronov, one of the participants in the action held by supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who was detained in the city of Yeisk, was arrested for 10 days.
Players of the "Akhmat" FC ("Terek"). Photo http://fc-terek.ru/page/8575
00:25, 14 June 2017
Rights defenders: opponents of "Terek" FC's renaming to "Akhmat" too scared to report their contacts
The proposal of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to hold an explanatory conversation with opponents of renaming the "Terek" FC to the "Akhmat" FC sounds like a threat. This opinion was expressed by Igor Kalyapin. At present, there will be most likely no critics to the renaming of the "Terek" FC, as well as no gays, in the republic, Alexander Cherkasov believes.
20:23, 13 June 2017
CTO legal regime cancelled in two districts of Dagestan
Law enforcers have completed special operations in six villages of the Buynaksk and Karabudakhkent Districts of Dagestan, reports the operational headquarters for Dagestan of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
A yellow duck is a popular symbol at the rallies of Navalny's supporters. June 12, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"
20:02, 13 June 2017
Stavropol police reports no detained Navalny's supporters
None of the participants of the rally held on June 12 was brought to Stavropol police stations, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). However, eyewitnesses said that policemen took away two persons from the venue of the rally.
The Mi-24 helicopter. Photo: https://militaryarms.ru/voennaya-texnika/aviaciya/mi-24/
19:33, 13 June 2017
About 5000 servicemen participate in Azerbaijani-Turkish exercises in NAR
The Azerbaijani-Turkish exercises in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) are large-scale and indicated deepening of the two countries' military cooperation, military experts said.
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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.