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Power agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
20:05, 21 June 2016
Eyewitness tells details of Ramazan Rashidov’s kidnapping
People in masks, who kidnapped Ramazan Rashidov, a resident of Kaspiysk, moved in three cars, there were about ten of them, an eyewitness of the incident, who responded to relatives’ appeal for help, told the "Caucasian Knot".
Rally against naming bridge after Kadyrov, Saint Petersburg, June 6, 2016. Photo: Tatyana Voltskaya (RFE/RL)
19:11, 21 June 2016
Saint Petersburg’s Election Committee rejects application for referendum on Kadyrov Bridge
The Election Committee of Saint Petersburg refused to register the initiative group, which stands for holding referendum on naming one of the city bridges after Akhmat Kadyrov. This was reported today by Boris Vishnevsky, a Deputy of the City Legislative Assembly, who added that the decision of the Committee is illegitimate and would be surely appealed against.
Volgograd activist Alexei Ulyanov holds picket against inaction of Prosecutor’s Office, Volgograd , June 21, 2016. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:55, 21 June 2016
Volgograd activist holds picket against inaction of prosecutor’s office (+video)
A solo picket was held today in Volgograd by Alexei Ulyanov, the chairman of the board of the regional organization "Public Independent Inspection", who stated that the local prosecutor’s office ignores his appeals.
Zhirair Sefilyan, head of the joint staff of the opposition, leader of the movement "100 years without regime". Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:09, 21 June 2016
In Armenia, human rights defender initiates investigation into Zhirair Sefilyan's arrest
Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan has requested from the law enforcement bodies to provide the explanation concerning the arrest of Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of movement "100 years without regime", suspected of organizing illegal transportation and storage of weapons, and sent a team to visit him.
Sergey Mitrokhin. Photo: http://fed.sibnovosti.ru/politics/205366-sergey-mitrohin-podderzhal-gudkova-v-razoblachenii-edinorossov?page=928
11:13, 21 June 2016
Sergey Mitrokhin demands to release scientist in Kuban
Sergey Mitrokhin, a member of the Federal Political Committee of the "Yabloko" Party, has appealed to the General Prosecutor of Russia and the Minister of Internal Affairs with the demand to release scientist Dmitry Golovin, who was sentenced in the Krasnodar territory to 10 days of administrative arrest on the charge of disobeying the police.
Law enforcer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis.
10:50, 21 June 2016
Badrudin Musaev taken under house arrest, Prosecutor's Office reports
Badrudin Musaev, a son of the Mayor of Makhachkala, involved in a traffic conflict, is charged, and he is being kept under house arrest. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.
09:32, 21 June 2016
Relatives of Rashidov and Ramazanov find witnesses of their kidnapping in Dagestan
Ramazan Rashidov and Shamil Ramazanov, who disappeared on June 16 and 17, were kidnapped by men in uniform. This was reported by relatives of the disappeared men. They managed to get a video record and find witnesses who saw how the men registered at the police station were detained, the "Chernovik" (Draft) reports.
07:44, 21 June 2016
On June 13-19, 2016, 20 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of June 13-19, 2016, 16 persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
03:46, 21 June 2016
Meeting of Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliev, and Serzh Sargsyan bears no fruit, Baku political analysts assert
Following the results of the meeting in Saint Petersburg, no statements on agreement to promote the political settlement of the Karabakh conflict have been voiced. This opinion was expressed by the Azerbaijani political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that the lack of progress in the political settlement of the Karabakh conflict increases the probability of resumption of the hostilities.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
19:53, 20 June 2016
Relatives state torture of resident of Ingushetia
Relatives of Lecha Gadamauri, a resident of the Sunzha District, have turned for help to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"; they claim that he was tortured and beaten up by power agents.
18:00, 20 June 2016
Investigators search house and office of Zhirair Sefilyan
They confiscated the computer equipment and various items during the searches conducted in the house and office of the arrested Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 years without the regime" and a member of the "Constituent Parliament", said his wife.
Relatives of Suleimanov and Musaev hold rally in Makhachkala, June 11, 2016. Screenshot of the ‘Caucasian Knot’ video. ‘
16:27, 20 June 2016
Magomed Suleimanov identified among those killed in CTO
Relatives of Magomed Suleimanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who disappeared on June 3, have stated distrust of the official version, according to which he was killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) near the village of Kasumkent.
Portrait of Boris Nemtsov at Moskvoretsky bridge. Photo: Ivan Trefilov, RFE/RL
16:02, 20 June 2016
ICRF completes inquiry into Boris Nemtsov’s murder
The investigation of the case against Zaur Dadaev, Shagid Gubashev, Anzor Gubashev, Temerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhaev, accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, is over. They are accused of committing the murder for hire in an organized grouping, and of illegal acquisition, carrying, transportation and storage of firearms (points "g and h", Part 2, Article 105, and Part 3, Article 222, of the Russian Criminal Code). The maximum penalty under these articles is life imprisonment.
Zhirair Sefilyan. Photo: http://minval.az/news/123583985
13:53, 20 June 2016
Zhirair Sefilyan arrested in Armenia
Zhirair Sefilyan, the head of the joint staff of the opposition and the leader of the movement "100 years without regime", was arrested on suspicion of illegal transportation and storage of weapons.
13:38, 20 June 2016
In Armenia, Volodya Avetisyan declares hunger strike
Today, Volodya Avetisyan, sentenced in Armenia for six years on the charge of fraud, has declared a hunger strike in connection with the dismissal of his motion for conditional early relief (CER) or commutation of his sentence.
Flooding in Sochi. Photo by Roman Chugunov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:14, 20 June 2016
Residents of Sochi settlements receive compensations for flood damage
46 families from the settlements of Maryino and Tatianovka and aul (village) of Tkhagapsh, whose houses were recognized as the most affected by the recent flooding in Sochi, have received payments from the Emergency Fund of the Krasnodar Territory.
Boris Nemtsov’s photo at the Memorial to victims of political repressions, Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:24, 20 June 2016
FSB: Boris Nemtsov shot dead from hand-assembled pistol
Boris Nemtsov was killed in the centre of Moscow with a pistol hand-assembled from foreign parts. This has been reported today by the press service of the Russian FSB.
Ilyas Alaev. Photo is provided to the ‘Caucasian Knot’ by Arsen Alaev.
05:17, 20 June 2016
Large amount of money stolen from advocate Ilyas Alaev's car, his relatives report
In the car, belonging to Moscow advocate Ilyas Alaev, a native of Chechnya, returned by law enforcers after the inspection, a large amount of money, which he carried with him, was missing; however, there was a medicine forbidden for free commercial sale. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by relatives of Ilyas Alaev. According to them, shortly before his death, the advocate was at the police station.
Participants of the action of laying flowers to the portrait of Colonel Yuri Budanov, Saint Petersburg, June 19, 2016. Photo: Vk.com/gragdanskoe_obshestvo
02:51, 20 June 2016
Opponents of Akhmat Kadyrov's bridge lay flowers to graffiti with Yuri Budanov's portrait
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 30, the Toponymy Commission of Saint Petersburg voiced an initiative to name an unnamed bridge over the Dudergof Channel after Akhmat Kadyrov. On June 16, it was officially announced that Georgy Poltavchenko, Governor of Saint Petersburg, signed a decree on naming of the bridge.
Maria Doronina, director of the "Cossack ethnic and cultural complex 'Heritage'. Photo is provided to the ‘Caucasian Knot’ by Maria Doronina.
16:25, 19 June 2016
Participants of festival in Volgograd Region study traditions of Don Cossacks
Today, the Volgograd Region holds the Cossack festival which involves 3000 people. According to the organizers of the festival, their purpose is to study the heritage of the Don Cossacks. Meanwhile, they do not believe in "complete revival of the Cossack culture".
News
Two fighters from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

A UAV in the sky. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Residents' homes in Rostov Oblast damaged by drone attack

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.

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.