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19:59, 22 October 2017
Azerbaijani military killed at shelling
An Azerbaijani serviceman has died today from the wounds sustained as a result of shelling by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Alexei Navalny at rally in Astrakhan. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
19:03, 22 October 2017
Navalny voices out his programme to supporters in Astrakhan (+video)
Today, Alexei Navalny, immediately after his release from custody, has flown to Astrakhan to speak to his supporters at a rally. He said that being the president, he would cut military spending, direct funds to the medicine and collect foreign debts to Russia.
At a polling station in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot.
17:58, 22 October 2017
Opposition refuses to recognize Georgian election outcomes
The "Leaders' Council", consisting of the heads of 16 non-parliamentary oppositional parties of Georgia, has announced a complete distrust in the outcomes of the elections and treats them as illegitimate.
Kakha Kaladze. Photo: © FB / Kakha Kaladze
15:35, 22 October 2017
Former football star wins Tbilisi mayoral elections
Kakha Kaladze, a former Georgia's Energy Minister and football star, has been elected Tbilisi Mayor; four parties were elected to the City Council (Sakrebulo); the majority belongs to the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has informed.
Dagestani pensioners Akhmed and Patimat recognize their grandson in a video from Baghdad orphanage. Screenshot: https://russian.rt.com/russia/video/441847-eto-nash-vnuk-rt-razyskal-rodstvennikov-zaida
13:29, 22 October 2017
Dagestani pensioners recognize their grandson in video from Iraq
The spouses Akhmed and Patimat from Dagestan have asked the authorities to help to return their grandson from Iraq; they recognized the boy in a video from a Baghdad orphanage.
Advocate Elchin Sadygov. Photo: Haqqin.az
01:13, 22 October 2017
Advocate Sadygov states violation of his rights by SIZO staff
On October 21, advocate Elchin Sadygov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that at Baku SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison), some investigative actions had been carried out on the case of the journalist Afghan Mukhtarly.
Voters leave the polling stations No. 23 and 24 in the school No. 113 in Tbilisi. October 21, 2017. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:01, 21 October 2017
Georgia CEC received 204 complaints on the voting day
The cities of Marneuli and Kutaisi, and the Tbilisi Districts of Vake and Nadzaladevi became record holders in the number of complaints about violations at voting. Overall, the elections passed with the voter turnout of 45.64%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has reported.
20:26, 21 October 2017
Women returned to Chechnya from Syria offered to avoid criminal liability
Seven women, who have returned from Syria to Grozny, will be offered to surrender, thus, avoiding the criminal liability for participating in illegal armed formations (IAFs), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
17:24, 21 October 2017
Fourteen children and seven women brought to Chechnya from Syria
They arrived from the Syria warfare zone in Grozny, where they were met by their relatives.
Levon Airapetyan's photo with a funeral ribbon was put up in the central square of the village of Vank during the mourning rally in his memory. October 21, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:42, 21 October 2017
Over 500 Nagorno-Karabakh residents rally in memory of Airapetyan
Residents of the village of Vank, Martakert District, have held a mourning rally in memory of Levon Airapetyan and attended a memorial service at the Gandzasar Monastery.
Fikret Guseinli. Photo: Fikret Huseynli / Facebook
14:38, 21 October 2017
PACE's Special Rapporteur concerned over arrest of Azerbaijani journalist in Ukraine
The Interpol system cannot be used to prosecute oppositionists abroad. This was stated by Bernd Fabricius, a Special Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in his comment on the arrest of the Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Guseinli in Ukraine.
13:53, 21 October 2017
Two soldiers die in Nagorno-Karabakh
On October 20, two soldiers of the Defence Army got fatal wounds because of improper handling of weapons, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
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.
News
A resident of Kuban convicted for calls to violence has decided to challenge the sentence.

The court refused to recognize the contracts for the disposal of sand contaminated with fuel oil in Anapa as fictitious.

Authorities clarified the number of damaged houses after the UAV attack in Yeisk.

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.