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Azerbaijani policemen detain protesters. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
05:00, 29 October 2016
Azerbaijan extends powers of law enforcers under pretext of combating extremism
On October 28, the National Assembly of Azerbaijan entitled law enforcers with additional powers in the area of special operations against religious extremists. The amendments have already caused criticism of civil society activists.
Alexander Zaldostanov and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: vk.com/ramzan
03:49, 29 October 2016
Kadyrov speaks out against Kremlin's press service in dispute over censorship in arts
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has supported Alexander Zaldostanov, also known as "The Surgeon", the leader of the Russian "Night Wolves" bikers' club, who refused to apologize for his remarks voiced towards Konstantin Raikin, the director of the "Satiricon" Theatre. Meanwhile, Dmitry Peskov, Spokesman for the Russian President, has called on the biker to apologize to Konstantin Raikin.
01:59, 29 October 2016
In Buynaksk, hunger-strikers stop their protest action
In Buynaksk, the hunger strike has been stopped in connection with the launch of the investigation into the violations committed at the elections in Buynaksk. This was reported by one of the organizers of the protest action.
Report on wanted Abubakar Udziev. Photo: 07.мвд.рф
22:05, 28 October 2016
Kabardino-Balkarian MIA wants Abubakar Udziev earlier declared killed
Today, Abubakar Udziev, called by law enforcers the leader of the militants from the Dagestan village of Gubden and announced killed on October 12, has been mentioned among the persons wanted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Kabardino-Balkaria. The MIA has promised to pay a reward for the information that would help detain him.
20:35, 28 October 2016
In Gukovo, miners claim shortage of coal for heating season
Today, in Gukovo, in front of the office of the bankrupt "Kingcoal" company, activists have held another action of a series of planned pickets, at which about 100 former workers of the company demanded to pay them 300 million roubles of wage arrears and give them 7000 tonnes of coal allowance for 2014-2016, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
19:44, 28 October 2016
Volgograd nationalist reports on provocation before "Russian March"
Anatoly Boltykhov, a coordinator of the "International Human Rights Alliance", argues that today, he and his wife have been invited to the police station, and during their absence, unidentified persons gained access to their apartment. Anatoly Boltykhov associates the incident with the preparation of the "Russian March", in which organization he is involved.
19:08, 28 October 2016
HRC "Memorial" reports on 13 political prisoners from Southern Russia
The lists of people, recognized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" as political prisoners, include 13 residents of the south of Russia and four other persons sentenced in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD). In total, those lists include 102 people.
Young man reading Koran. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
15:00, 28 October 2016
Azerbaijan establishes new penalties for religious extremism
The National Assembly of Azerbaijan has introduced the amendments to the Criminal Code of the country, establishing new types of responsibility for religious extremism and violation of the Law "On freedom of religion".
Law enforcers. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/
13:33, 28 October 2016
Law enforcers promise 10 million roubles for information about Byutukaev and Aselderov
Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya has reported that the MIA and the FSB will pay rewards of three-five million roubles for information about each of the nine militant leaders in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
10:08, 28 October 2016
Chechen leader sets up post of Vice-Premier for cooperation with law enforcers
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has introduced in the republic a position of the Vice Prime Minister for cooperation with the security agencies, law enforcement agencies and local authorities. Till present, no official has been appointed for the position.
Residents of village of Shushiya hold protest action, October 6, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
03:45, 28 October 2016
Road in Shushiya village restored after protest of local residents
Residents of the village of Shushiya, who have earlier dug up the road in protest against the delay in the allocation of land plots to them, have restored the road.
North-Caucasian District Military Court. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
02:22, 28 October 2016
Prosecution witness claims being pressed during investigation of "caliphate case"
At the trial in the case of an attempt to create a caliphate in Kabardino-Balkaria, Inna Urchukova, a prosecution witness, said she was not aware of the defendants' relationship with the armed underground. The prosecution witness has retracted her testimony given during the preliminary investigation.
Portraits of people perished in Beslan school No.1 gym, September 2, 2016. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
00:47, 28 October 2016
Video of protest in Beslan fails to convince Court of Emma Tagaeva's innocence
On October 27, the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia started the next court hearing in the case against female activists of the "Voice of Beslan" with viewing of a video record of the protest action of September 1, 2016, provided by the Department for the Pravoberezhny District of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
19:52, 27 October 2016
Suspect of killing judge in KChR detained
lyal Djatdoev, a 53-year-old resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), detained on suspicion of killing Judge Ruslan Botashev, called the judge's decision to reduce his pension to be the motive for the murder, investigators report.
18:07, 27 October 2016
Dagestani Press Ministry refutes data about control over journalists' activities in social networks
The Ministry has explained today that the demand of its boss to provide information about the accounts of the employees of its subordinate mass media was issued with the aim to find active Internet users among journalists and authorize them to run official pages in social networks.
Advocate Nikolai Polozov. Photo: RFE/RL
17:55, 27 October 2016
Khaiser Djemilev complains about Russia and Ukraine to the ECtHR
Khaiser Djemilev has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg Court about Russia and Ukraine, his advocate Nikolai Polozov said today.
Video conference of Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh (right) in the Supreme Court of Russia, October 26, 2016. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
17:22, 27 October 2016
AI calls on to check data on torture of Karpyuk and Klykh
The Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organization, has urged Russian authorities to investigate the statements of Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh (also written as Stanislaw Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk), citizens of Ukraine, convicted in Russia, about use of torture to them during the investigation.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
16:45, 27 October 2016
CTO in Magaramkent District is 13th in Southern Dagestan in 2016
The counterterrorist operation (CTO), cancelled today in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, was preceded by twelve other CTOs, announced in Southern Dagestan since the start of 2016. Five of them were conducted in the Magaramkent District.
14:36, 27 October 2016
ECtHR finds violation of rights of Azerbaijani opposition at 2010 elections
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the appeal filed by Azerbaijani oppositionist Aidyn Shukyurov about violation of his rights during the parliamentary elections held in 2010. The Strasbourg Court has obliged the Azerbaijani authorities to pay Aidyn Shukyurov compensation in the total amount of 11,000 euro.
14:02, 27 October 2016
Judge shot dead in Karachay-Cherkessia
In Karachay-Cherkessia, Ruslan Botashev, the acting chairman of the Malokarachay District Court, was shot dead in his own car in the village of Pervomaiskoe, reports the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
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A court in Krasnodar nationalized the assets of Vice Governor Minkova.

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Volunteers in the Temryuk district have collected over 6,000 tons of sand and fuel oil since the start of their work.

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.