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00:58, 26 October 2016
Freedom House: verdict of guilty to Giyas Ibragimov demonstrates authorities' fear of society
The sentence pronounced against activist Giyas Ibragimov is based on the falsified charge, and it demonstrates the authorities' fear of any kind of dissent. This was stated by the human rights organization "Freedom House".
Protest action 'Tractor march'. Photo: RLE/RL
21:40, 25 October 2016
Kuban farmers state that power agents try to intimidate them by Chechen policemen
No threats from employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) were addressed to the participants of the "tractor march", said the Kuban farmers, refuting the information that Chechen power agents had forced them to abandon their protest actions.
Flowers and bottles of water on the floor of the gym of Beslan school No.1, September 3, 2016. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
20:05, 25 October 2016
Activists of "Voice of Beslan" treat court attitude to their case as biased
Today, the North-Ossetian Supreme Court has held another session on the complaint of activists of the "Voice of Beslan". The court has ruled to mitigate the punishment of Zhanna Tsirikhova, a participant of the action in Beslan, by reducing the fine imposed on her, since she was just a participant, not an organizer of the action.
18:14, 25 October 2016
Natives of Chechnya, detained in Germany, released
The police of Thuringia have failed to receive arrest warrants for 14 natives of Chechnya, detained today on suspicion of financing terrorist organizations; they were all released from the police station.
Activist Giyas Ibragimov. Photo: http://report.az/ru/proisshestviya/izbrana-mera-presecheniya-v-vide-aresta-v-o/
18:03, 25 October 2016
Azerbaijani activist Ibragimov sentenced to ten years in prison
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced the activist Giyas Ibragimov to 10 years in prison on charges of illegal drug dealing.
17:01, 25 October 2016
Karaulova reports her marriage to militant
Today, Varvara Karaulova said at the court session that her marriage by means of the Skype to a militant, who was then in the territory of Syria, was concluded in retaliation to the alleged recruiter Airat Samatov.
Sergey Reznik. Photo from journalist's personal page at Vk.com
16:19, 25 October 2016
Sergey Reznik back at large
Today is the end of the prison term of the Rostov journalist and blogger Sergey Reznik, who was sentenced to three years in colony.
13:56, 25 October 2016
Media report about detention of Chechen natives in Germany
The German law enforcement authorities have conducted several antiterrorist special operations in five federal states of Germany. 14 citizens of Russia, natives of Chechnya, are detained, the "Interfax" reports with reference to the local media without disclosing them.
13:12, 25 October 2016
Policemen charged in case of Vladimir Tskaev's death
The chief of the police unit and eight staff members of the criminal investigation department of the Vladikavkaz Police are charged with abuse of power and use of violence resulting in the death of a detainee. One of the defendants has concluded a pre-trial agreement on cooperation, reported investigators.
Yuri Bengardt, the advocate of Igor Nagavkin. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
13:10, 25 October 2016
Volgograd human rights defender Igor Nagavkin stops his hunger strike
Igor Nagavkin, the leader of the regional branch of the movement "For Human Rights", has begun eating at SIZO (pre-trial prison) after he had started to receive medical treatment. This was reported by his advocate, who visited the human rights defender.
08:30, 25 October 2016
During antiterrorist exercises, MIA by mistake mentions three Sakhalin residents as militants from Dagestan
Photos of three Sakhalin residents of Caucasian appearance were disseminated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) through social networks as part of wanted bulletins for alleged militants from Dagestan. The Sakhalin residents, who were named in the wanted bulletins for the suspects killed during a special operation in Izberbash and Makhachkala, filed complaints to the Prosecutor's Office.
Bidzina Ivanishvili. Photo: Michał Koziczyński, Wikimedia.org
05:05, 25 October 2016
Hague Court accepts lawsuit against Bidzina Ivanishvili
The opposition Georgian Labour Party has demanded to bring the former Georgian Prime Minister to criminal liability for involvement in illegal arms sales to Angola.
Magomednabi Magomedov. Photo: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-imama-magomednabi-magomedova
21:19, 24 October 2016
Defence of Imam Magomedov treats verdict as gift to militants
The Dagestani Imam Magomednabi Magomedov, convicted today by the North-Caucasian District Military Court, had received threats from militants, who demanded not to interfere with the departure of young people "to the forest," said Dagir Khasavov, the Imam's advocate.
Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
20:11, 24 October 2016
Chechen residents express concern about recorded beating of man for drug dealing (+video)
A video record, showing a group of unidentified persons beating up a man, accused of drug dealing, has been broadly disseminated over the Chechen segment of the WhatsApp messenger. The residents of the republic, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", fear that power agents, inspired by Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the need to severely punish drug dealers, may be involved in the beatings.
18:42, 24 October 2016
Azeri Govt offered to simplify NGO registration and receipt grants thereby
A package of proposals aimed to improve the legal environment for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has been lodged to the Government of Azerbaijan by a group of 29 civil society activists. They offer to cancel the earlier adopted amendments, which toughen the control over NGOs, to simplify registration of them and the procedure of issuance and receiving of grants.
Besik Kudukhov. Photo: http://wrestdag.ru
17:10, 24 October 2016
IOC refuses to deprive Besik Kudukhov of Games-2012 medal
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stopped an investigation against the wrestler Besik Kudukhov, a native of South Ossetia, suspected of using doping, who perished in a road accident.
16:21, 24 October 2016
Imam Magomedov sentenced to five years in prison
The North-Caucasian District Military Court has found the Dagestani Imam Magomednabi Magomedov guilty of inciting terrorism.
Flowers in the gym of Beslan school No.1. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:57, 24 October 2016
Court acquits participant of protest action in Beslan
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has cancelled the sentence to community service pronounced against Zemfira Tsirikhova, a resident of Beslan.
Fethullah Gülen. Photo: © EPA/FGULEN.COM
11:04, 24 October 2016
In Baku, houses of suspected supporters of Fethullah Gülen searched
In the villages of Sakhil and Lokbatan, during searches carried out in the houses of five supporters of preacher Fethullah Gülen, law enforcers discovered prohibited books. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.
Sign ‘Danger! Mines!’ Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:41, 24 October 2016
"HALO Trust" raises money to clear Karabakh village of mines
The international organization "HALO Trust" has organized raising of 30,000 US dollars for mine clearance of the village of Myurishen of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh.
News
Samira Gasimli. Photo from Samira Gasimli's personal archive, published by Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ The wife of an Azerbaijani government critic faces libel charges.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Russian analysts assessed the potential of the Trans-Caspian Corridor amid the war in Iran.

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.