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Military drills in Azerbaijan, June 2017. Photo from website of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence
19:43, 22 July 2017
Parties to Karabakh conflict release shelling statistics since start of 2017
Overall, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fixed over 20,000 ceasefire violations on the contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone since the start of 2017. The statistics was announced by Vagif Dargyakhly, the spokesman of the Azerbaijani MoD.
15:56, 22 July 2017
Head of Armenian village reports shelling from Azeri side
Last night, during two hours, the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the village of Barekamavan in the Tavush Region of Armenia. No one was injured, the village head reported.
15:45, 22 July 2017
Magomed Aushev's relatives report deterioration of his health condition
Magomed Aushev, subjected to torture after his detention by law enforcers, suffers from persistent headaches, his vision has deteriorated sharply, and his family is short of money for his medical treatment in a specialized rehabilitation centre. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by relatives of Magomed Aushev.
15:30, 22 July 2017
Presidents Aliev and Putin hold unannounced meeting in Sochi
On July 21, the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan met in Sochi, where they reaffirmed the partnership relations between the two countries and, in particular, discussed the Karabakh conflict.
Entrance to Shali, Chechnya. Photo: http://ngrz.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/v_chechne_pojavitsja_odna_iz_krupnejshih_mechetej_v_mire.jpg
10:43, 22 July 2017
Chechen woman sentenced for inflicting burns to her stepdaughter left at large
The court has sentenced a woman from Shali to two years of imprisonment in a colony-settlement for injuring her husband's daughter on a thigh with a hot knife because of dislike. However, the execution of the sentence has been delayed.
06:27, 22 July 2017
Member of extremist organization "Muslim Brothers" detained in Abkhazia
In Sukhumi, agents of the State Security Service for Abkhazia have detained a native of Uzbekistan who confessed to be a member of the organization "Muslim Brothers", banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.
Zhirair Sefilyan in the courtroom. Photo: Panorama.am
05:03, 22 July 2017
In Zhirair Sefilyan's case, defendants waive appointed advocate
On July 21, the court hearing in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the opposition movement "100 Years Without Regime", was held in the absence of six defendants and several of their advocates, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
03:33, 22 July 2017
Maria Kuchina wins Monaco tournament with record
Maria Lasitskiene (Kuchina), a track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the "Diamond League" tournament in Monaco.
20:46, 21 July 2017
Experts treat Apple's Muslim emojis as social order
The information on the fact that the Apple Company, the manufacturer of the popular iPhone smartphone, has introduced a new set of emoji pictures used in electronic messages and web pages, namely, by girls in hijabs, arrived at the "Caucasian Knot" SMS-service on July 18.
Vienna, Austria. Photo: Alexander Russy https://www.flickr.com/
18:26, 21 July 2017
Austrian authorities decide to deport Chechen native to Russia
Today, in Vienna, the migration department of Austria has decided to deport 37-year-old Aslan, a Chechen refugee, who lived in the country for more than 7 years. This was reported by his advocate Andreas Lepsi.
Victor Dolidze, Georgia's State Minister for European Integration. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot.
17:56, 21 July 2017
Opposition criticizes Georgia's European Integration Ministry
On July 20, at a sitting of the parliamentary committees on European integration and international relations, Victor Dolidze, the Georgia's State Minister for European Integration, presented his report for the first half of 2017.
Protest rally in front of the "Kingcoal" Company's office, Gukovo, July 21,2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
17:34, 21 July 2017
Seven miners decide to join hunger strike in Gukovo
Today, 96 miners of the "Kingcoal" Company and miners from the "Vostochnaya" mine have come out to a picket in front of the "Kingcoal" Company's office, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Zhanna Nemtsova. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
15:54, 21 July 2017
Boris Nemtsov's daughter appeals against verdict in politician's murder case
In their cassation appeal, representatives of Zhanna Nemtsova have demanded to abolish the verdict against the defendants sentenced for the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and return of the case to the Prosecutor's Office. This was announced by advocate Olga Mikhailova.
14:30, 21 July 2017
Russian MoJ promises to initiate extradition of Alexander Lapshin at his request
The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is ready to initiate the extradition to Russia of blogger Alexander Lapshin, sentenced in Azerbaijan, if he files such a request. This was reported by the press service of the Russian MoJ.
Protest action in Nardaran village, November 26, 2016. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
13:40, 21 July 2017
Court upholds verdict in "Nardaran case"
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has upheld the verdict in the case of the riots in the village of Nardaran, which involves Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the movement "Muslim Unity", and 17 other people. The court has pronounced the decision in the absence of the advocate who treated that as a violation of the defendants' rights to defence.
Alexei Volkov. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot.
12:25, 21 July 2017
Coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office suspected of collage for "Motherland Calls!"
In the case on a photo of the monument "Motherland Calls!" poured with green paint, investigators have changed the status of Alexei Volkov, the coordinator of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny's office in Volgograd, from a witness to a suspect. Alexei Volkov is suspected of rehabilitating Nazism, and he had to sign recognizance not to leave the city.
Dismantling of old clothing market in Firdusi Street, Yerevan, July 20, 2017. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
09:22, 21 July 2017
In Yerevan, market in Firdusi Street dismantled (+video)
On July 20, the Yerevan authorities almost completely dismantled one of the old clothing markets located in Firdusi Street in the centre of Yerevan. This time, sellers did not resist officials of the Mayor's Office, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
05:25, 21 July 2017
ECtHR finds violations of five Azeri activists' rights
The compensations totalling more than 51,000 euros have been awarded to five applicants from Azerbaijan, who challenged the lawfulness of their detentions and administrative arrests for participation in peaceful protests.
Sculptor from Egypt Marwa Kendil, 5th international symposium named after Akop Gyurdjyan, Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, July 18, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.
04:05, 21 July 2017
Shushi sculpture museum granted 10 pieces by participants of international symposium
Ten sculptors from Poland, Serbia, Egypt, India, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have granted to the city of Shushi their sculptures created within the fifth international symposium named after Akop Gyurdjyan in Nagorno-Karabakh, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
00:15, 21 July 2017
Wife of Chechen native detained in Italy denied his involvement in IS
Maryam Kachmazova, a 49-year-old native of North Ossetia, who was deported from Italy, has stated that the charges of terrorism put forward against her and her husband, the 38-year-old Ali Bambataliev, had been fabricated.
News
Special operation. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" with the help of AI in the Copilot program. Authorities have recognized at least 9450 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

Four regions in southern Russia have crossed the 100 rubles per liter mark for AI-95.

The number of killed fighters in Ukraine from southern Russia has reached 9400.

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.