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Sergey Mitrokhin. Photo http://www.yabloko.ru/content/mitrokhin_sergei_sergeevich
13:18, 17 March 2017
Sergey Mitrokhin: law enforcers plant drugs on activist of Stavropol "Yabloko" Party
Today, a solo picket with the demand to release Kirill Bobro, the leader of the Stavropol branch of the "Youth Yabloko" Party, will be held in Moscow. This was announced by Sergey Mitrokhin, a member of the "Yabloko" Party's political council. Sergey Mitrokhin believes that the drugs were planted to Kirill Bobro.
Entrance to Malgobek. Photo Teboyev http://www.panoramio.com/photo/78690070
11:16, 17 March 2017
In Malgobek, shelling of FSB building becomes third armed incident since start of year
The attack on the building of the Malgobek Department of the Russian FSB Department for Ingushetia has become the third case of the use of firearms against law enforcers in the territory of Malgobek since early 2017. Two other cases occurred in January.
A dugout with ammunition. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-neytralizovan-glavar-bandy.html
11:15, 17 March 2017
Resident of Grozny arrested on charge of possessing ammunition
Ayub Anaev, a resident of the Chechen capital, has been arrested under the court's decision after law enforcers had seized from him ammunition for firearms and hand grenades.
Stele at the entrance to Urus-Martan. Photo http://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/63075/
08:43, 17 March 2017
In Chechnya, kidnapped resident of Urus-Martan released
Apti Edaev, a resident of the Chechen city of Urus-Martan, kidnapped by people in uniform, has been released. This was reported by relatives of the kidnapped man.
A view of the "Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain" Park. Photo: http://www.volganet.ru/index.php/component/k2/item/download/news/2498/news/2522/news/1871/news/2809/?SHOWALL_1=1
03:22, 17 March 2017
Unorganized tourism mentioned among key problems of "Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain" Park
The main problems of the "Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain" Park include the lack of clearly defined borders of villages, dacha and horticultural societies, the unorganized flow of tourists and the need to develop tourist attraction. This was announced by participants of the roundtable in Volgograd.
The burnt car of Batal Aiba. Photo © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Incidents/20170316/1020628988/Vozgoranie-avtomobilya-kandidata-v-deputaty-Batala-Ajba-proizoshlo-v-Suhume.html
01:26, 17 March 2017
Electoral office of candidate for Abkhazian MP reports arson of his car
In Sukhumi, the car of Batal Aiba, a candidate for the MP, caught fire. A staff member of his electoral office said that it was arson.
A plate at the entrance to the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala where Gasanov's claim was brought. Screenshot of a video posted on the YouTube channel of "Caucasian Knot", youtube.com/watch?v=8bO54WZcrD0
23:55, 16 March 2017
Makhachkala resident seeks in court removal from prophylactic registry
Arsen Gasanov, who was detained by Makhachkala power agents during his Friday namaz (prayer), demands to remove him from the so-called “prophylactic registry”, treating law enforcers’ actions as lawlessness. Today, his advocate has refuted the assertions of the lawyer of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) that the order on the rules of putting people on prophylactic registry is a secret document.
Anatoly Bibilov is making a speech at at a rally in Tskhinvali. March 16, 2017. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva, RFE/RL
22:04, 16 March 2017
Anatoly Bibilov refuses to interfere in conflict between Eduard Kokoity and President of South Ossetia
Anatoly Bibilov said that the presidential candidates of South Ossetia "should not sling mud at each other." Anatoly Bibilov does not interfere in the conflict of Leonid Tibilov and Eduard Kokoity. This opinion was voiced by local journalists Alan Parastaev and Zhanna Tarkhanova.
A march of city residents on protest after the death of activist Arthur Sargsyan in Yerevan. March 16, 2017. Photo: Sputnik/Asatur Yesayants
21:19, 16 March 2017
In Yerevan, activists demand resignations of Ministers of Justice and Public Health
In Yerevan, a march of city residents on protest after the death of activist Arthur Sargsyan has finished with appeals to punish the heads of departments that contributed to his long stay in custody.
Makhachkala residents at the rally against the merchants' actions. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
20:44, 16 March 2017
Makhachkala residents demand to remove shopping pavilion from adjacent house territory
During the action held by 20 tenants of the house in Imam Shamil Avenue, protestors voiced a demand against merchants to remove a shopping pavilion. Entrepreneurs claim that the pavilion has been built legally.
Andrei Sabinin, a member of the Human Rights Organization named "Agora", Leyla Arkelova, and Yuliya Danilina, the Russian Ombudsman's Office representative. Cherkessk, March 16, 2017. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:06, 16 March 2017
KChR’s SC cancels verdict to Arkelova
By the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), Leyla Arkelova, a mother of many children from Cherkessk, has been granted the right to rehabilitation. The SC has found that the actions of Arkelova, accused of slander, contained no crime elements.
Kirill Bobro at a picket. Photo: http://www.yabloko.ru/regnews/Stavropol/2017/02/28
14:33, 16 March 2017
In Stavropol, "Yabloko" activist detained after search
After the search of the apartment of Kirill Bobro, the leader of the Stavropol branch of the "Youth Yabloko" Party, law enforcers took him away to some unknown destination. Since then, his whereabouts is unknown. This has been announced by an advocate.
Alexei Mandrigelya. Photo: http://ewnc.org/node/13365
13:51, 16 March 2017
In Krasnodar, court finds arrest of activist Alexei Mandrigelya lawful
The court of appeal upheld the verdict against Alexei Mandrigelya, a Krasnodar activist, who was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for a publication in a social network. This was announced by his advocate.
Zaur Dadaev (to the left) and an advocate Shamsudin Tsakaev in the courtroom. Moscow, November 23, 2015. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for "Caucasian Knot"
12:59, 16 March 2017
Dadaev’s defence sees no proofs of his involvement in buying car for shadowing
According to the printout of telephone conversations of Zaur Dadaev, on the day of buying the car in Moscow, which, according to investigators, was used by defendants, he was in Grozny, a Dadaev's advocate has stated at the today’s session.
Loading of the military equipment on a plane. Photo http://syria.mil.ru/news/more.htm?id=12105595@egNews
10:48, 16 March 2017
Prompt return of Chechen militaries from Syria announced
The servicemen of the battalion of military police, who have been carrying out their combat mission in Syria since December 2016, will return to Chechnya in the coming days, said the spokesman of the Military Commandant's Office of the republic. Militaries’ relatives have confirmed this information.
An unsafe building of the boarding house where forced migrants have been living since 1993. Baku, March 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for "Caucasian Knot"
02:11, 16 March 2017
Refugees living in emergency housing in Baku receive promises to accelerate resettlement again
In Baku, forced migrants demand from the Azerbaijani authorities to solve their housing problems. The authorities admit that 340,000 settlers, who reside in the country, need improvement of their living conditions, and once again have promised to speed up the process.
A plate on the wall "The North-Caucasian District Military Court". Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for "Caucasian Knot"
01:50, 16 March 2017
Abdurakhman Usmanov reports "backdating" signing of interrogation protocol
In Rostov-on-Don, during an interrogation at the trial, Abdurakhman Usmanov, a native of Dagestan, accused of aiding and abetting militants in Syria, claimed that he had signed the protocol with his confession dated with a back date as a result of torture and threats.
23:48, 15 March 2017
Adygea’s SC summons witnesses in "EcoWatch" case
The court session on contesting the fine for the absence of the “foreign agent” label in press releases of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) was postponed until March 29 because of the summoning of additional witnesses, said Andrei Rudomakha, the coordinator of the “EcoWatch”.
23:02, 15 March 2017
After meeting Bastrykin, Krasnodar farmers state pressure on shareholders
The participants of the today's meeting of farmers with Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), have learned that the shareholders from the Caucasian region, who had testified in favour of the activists Nikolai Borodin and Elena Petrova, are being brought en masse to investigators, who force them to refuse from their testimonies.
A dilapidated house No. 9 in Lenina street in Derbent. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:47, 15 March 2017
Derbent residents oppose participation of Moscow company in building houses for resettlement
Houses for participants of the resettlement programme in Derbent should be built by local companies, without the Moscow's LLC “Granit”, said the tenants of the emergency houses. Officials assured them that they trust “Granit”, while subcontractors have warned that until they see specific sum of payment for their work in their contracts, they would not start the construction.
News
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.

Aishat Baimuradova's killers threatened her acquaintance, a native of Dagestan.

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.