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The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: press service of the South-Ossetian KGB
17:57, 20 October 2017
Tbilisi resident fined in South Ossetia
Georgian citizen Shota Karkuzashvili was released after he had paid a fine for breaking the border, reported the South-Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security).
A police car in Georgia. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20171020/237815983/Strelba-u-ofisa-Gruzinskoj-mechty-v-regione-chetyre-cheloveka-raneno.html
09:47, 20 October 2017
Five persons wounded in attack on "Georgian Dream" office
Two out of five persons wounded in an armed attack on the party's election office in the Marneuli District of Georgia are in grave condition.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
09:26, 20 October 2017
Azerbaijan accused Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh of 143 bombardments
On October 19-20, the ceasefire regime was violated on the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone with the use of heavy machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Symbols of the elections in Georgia. Photo: Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20171019/237815266/Kto-stanet-mjerom-Tbilisi-mnenija-jekspertov.html"
05:59, 20 October 2017
NGOs: pre-election campaign in Georgia passes without criticism in media
In Georgia, NGOs have released the data on monitoring carried out by the media, which covered the pre-election campaign. TV Channels showed only a small number of critical discussions, reported Nana Dzvelishvili, a member of the "Charter of Journalistic Ethics".
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
04:07, 20 October 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov reports on 15 Russian citizens rescued from Syria
Four women and 11 children were taken away from Syrian "hot spots" into the government-controlled territory, the leader of Chechnya has reported.
A polling station in Chechnya. Photo https://chechen.er.ru/news/2016/9/18/turpal-ali-ibragimov-vybory-dolzhny-kosnutsya-kazhdogo-zhitelya-chechenskoj-respubliki/
22:58, 19 October 2017
Kremlin's position promises no return of direct elections in Northern Caucasus
Since the start of 2017, in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), direct elections have been held only of the heads of 75 villages; almost all – in North Ossetia. The remaining heads of North-Caucasian municipalities were elected by local deputies.
On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo https://sputnik-georgia.ru
19:49, 19 October 2017
A soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh
Tigran Khachatryan, a soldier of the Karabakh army, was killed by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
A policeman. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
19:19, 19 October 2017
Ingushetia: attacker on policemen identified
The man killed during his attack on GIBDD (traffic police) inspectors, committed in the village of Yandare, has been identified as Magomed Miziev, a 20-year-old resident of the city of Karabulak, a law enforcement source reports.
A road police officer. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
19:12, 19 October 2017
Ingushetia: three policemen wounded in attack
A driver hit a policeman with a car and injured two other policemen with a knife at a road police (known as GIBDD) checkpoint in the Yandare village, and after that he was killed.
The Kabir village of the Kurakh District of Dagestan. Photo: Emil Mirzoev http://www.odnoselchane.ru
18:11, 19 October 2017
Dagestani resident accused of causing girl's death from electric current
A criminal case against a resident of Dagestan who installed electricity supply to premises at a rural public spring shortly before the death of a six-year-old child was brought to court.
Law enforcers. Photo http://kbrria.ru
16:28, 19 October 2017
KBR’s law enforcers report 11 cases of financing terrorism in 2017
Since 2013, power agents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have established 53 cases of financing terrorists; 11 of them – in 2017, local law enforcers report.
Mikhail Benidze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
16:15, 19 October 2017
Georgian observers report pre-election pressure on opposition
Georgia has fixed facts of intimidation of oppositionists and dismissals of them for political reasons, reports the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED). In their turn, authorities announce "an unprecedentedly calm" election campaign.
Arsen Bairambekov. Photo https://www.znak.com/2017-03-02/zachem_byvshiy_milicioner_bayrambekov_prinosil_chelovecheskie_zhertvy_u_monastyrya_pod_ekaterinburgo
14:42, 19 October 2017
Verdict to Dagestani law enforcer for ritual murders upheld
The appellate instance has denied four complaints against the verdict passed to a former policeman in Dagestan convicted under the case of customized and ritual murders.
Zelimkhan Bakaev. Photo http://healtherbal.ru/news/zelimhan-bakaev-pohishhen-poslednie-novosti-glavnye-novosti.html
11:50, 19 October 2017
Chechen prosecutor's office demands to verify information about Bakaev's disappearance
The law enforcement agencies have failed to question those who may know about the disappearance of Zelimkhan Bakaev. Besides, the information about the singer's possible departure from the country has been also not checked. This has been reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya.
Vienna. Austria. Photo by the user Alexander Russy https://www.flickr.com/
10:36, 19 October 2017
In Austria, officials take children away from a Chechen family
The Austrian authorities placed to a social centre seven children of a Chechen woman, who had to leave them at home alone.
A general session of the Council of Ingush People Teips. Photo http://ingushetia.tv/news/019708/
09:30, 19 October 2017
Ingush Teips support idea to return direct elections in Caucasus
On October 18, the Council of Ingush People Teips responded to an initiative of the Karachay Elders with a proposal to create an independent council of elders to protect the rights of the peoples of Northern Caucasus, violated by the abolition of direct elections in the regions.
Sellers and shoppers at the Sheep Wool market in Nalchik. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLwj5-d8ldE
00:24, 19 October 2017
Balkar women protest at Sheep Wool market in Nalchik (+video)
Women, selling handmade products at the Goat Market in Nalchik, protest against the demands of the owner of the market to pay for the construction of a covered pavilion.
A law enforcer. Photo: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV
19:30, 18 October 2017
Chechen law enforcers point to impunity of commanders for mass cases of extortion
Law enforcers have complained that in Chechnya, commanders of law enforcement units regularly and with impunity withhold some money from salaries of their subordinates. Law enforcers should file complaints to the Prosecutor's Office and do not remain silent during inspections. This has been emphasized by advocate Anton Scherbak.
A ground-breaking ceremony of an automobile bridge across the Samur River at the Russian-Azerbaijani border. October 18, 2017. Photo https://riaderbent.ru
17:14, 18 October 2017
Construction of bridge on Russian-Azerbaijani border launched
Today, the works have been started to construct an automobile bridge across the Samur River at the Russian-Azerbaijani border.
Ruslan Gvashev (on the right). Photo: RFE/RL
16:31, 18 October 2017
Ruslan Gvashev refuses to pay his fine for prayer voluntarily
Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has declared he is willing to pay a fine for praying at the Tulip Tree only if it is required for filing a complaint to the European Court of Human Right (ECtHR). The refusal to pay a fine can lead to the arrest of the activist, believes his advocates.
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A resident of Urus-Martan was publicly condemned for occultism.

Strict refueling limits remain in Chechnya amid rising fuel prices.

Three parties decided to compete for seats in the Chechen parliament.

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.