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22:24, 8 October 2016
In Dagestan, in the village of Andi, during operative-search activities, a member of the local grouping of militants was killed, said a regional law enforcement source.
Voting at the polling station No. 36 in the Chugureti electoral district of Tbilisi. October 8, 2016. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:48, 8 October 2016
Despite violations, the voting at the elections to the Parliament of Georgia takes place in an organized environment, observers say.
A view of Makhachkala. Photo: Wikimedia.org
14:15, 8 October 2016
Water supply was absent in Makhachkala since October 6; and now the authorities have warned about a 13-day-long water outage in the Kirov District of the city. The prosecutor's office stated the illegality of water outages for more than eight hours per month. Users of social networks demanded to stop water outages.
Screenshot of a report by the "Grozny" TV Channel during the audio record of the interview with Takhir Murdalov, YouTube.com
11:26, 8 October 2016
Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament and Ramzan Kadyrov's confidant, did not beat up Takhir Murdalov, the Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. This was reported by the judge himself and confirmed by his colleagues on air of the Chechen television.
Ashot Grigoryan, the head of the Holding "EU-Asia Business Finance Centre". Screenshot of the interview by GALA TV, www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8LfB2QPAWY
06:23, 8 October 2016
The Armenian government would not take steps to produce caoutchouc (unvulcanized rubber) in the country, representatives of the European Holding "EU-Asia Business Finance Centre" said at a press conference in Yerevan.
Magomed Khozhakhmedovich Daudov. Photo: screenshot of a video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o
05:22, 8 October 2016
For his refusal to resign, Takhir Murdalov, the Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, was beaten up by Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the local Parliament, the "Kavkaz.Realii" (Realities of the Caucasus) reports; the information was confirmed by sources of the "Novaya Gazeta".
Atsamaz Khadikov held a picket  against "Electrozink" in Sochi. October 7, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:24, 8 October 2016
A solo picket was held by Atsamaz Khadikov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch).
01:27, 8 October 2016
On October 7, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP and Ramzan Kadyrov's cousin, has deleted a record in social networks with unflattering remarks against Fyodor Emelianenko, who had earlier condemned children fights organized in Grozny.
Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo: RFE/RL
00:27, 8 October 2016
Valentina Cherevatenko, the head of the human rights organization "Women of the Don", who received Anna Politkovskaya Award on the 10th anniversary of the journalist's murder, told the "Caucasian Knot" that the work of her organization is largely associated with Anna's activities.
Discussion of the performance "A journalist. Whole life in a second". Moscow, October 7, 2016. Photo: Anna Gileva for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 7 October 2016
Today, in Moscow, the performance "A journalist. Whole life in a second", based on interviews and publications of Yuri Schekochikhin and Anna Politkovskaya, correspondents of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", has completed in discussion held in the format of "open mike".
The action in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in Lermontov Square in Moscow, October 7, 2016. Photo: Anna Kirey
21:36, 7 October 2016
The participants of the action in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, the slain journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", have brought to the monument of Lermontov in Moscow puppets in black bags, symbolizing six journalists assassinated in Russia, namely: Anna Politkovskaya, Mikhail Beketov, Magomed Evloev, Anastasia Baburova, Natalia Estemirova and Gadjimurad Kamalov, and read out fragments of journalists' writings.
Ramzan Kadyrov at the tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) Grand Prix Akhmat-2016 in Grozny. Photo http://grozny-inform.ru/multimedia/photos/72803/Ajn
19:18, 7 October 2016
Zamrat Shevkhuzhev, the father of a 10-year-old fighter from Sochi, says that his son feels well after the fighting tournament in Grozny.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: Fargana Novruzova http://ann.az/ru/arasdirmaci-jurnalist-xedice-ismayil-evinde-fotolar-rusca/#.V_ex44-LSJA
17:00, 7 October 2016
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the petition lodged by Khadija Ismayilova and asking to remove illegal entrepreneurship from her accusations. Her defence now intends to appeal against the dismissal at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.
The residents of the village of Shushiya dig up the road to the land in dispute. October 7, 2016. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:43, 7 October 2016
Today, in Dagestan, residents of the village of Shushiya of the Novolaksky District have continued their protest action with the demand to return their land plots, allocated to them after their resettlement.
The building where the office of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" is located. Photo by Grigory Shvedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:39, 7 October 2016
The murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya cannot be treated as solved, unless the customer of the murder is identified. This was reported by Sergey Sokolov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". He has also noted that sooner or later, the newspaper will report the name of the customer of the journalist's murder.
Agricultural equipment. Photo: RFE/RL
13:28, 7 October 2016
The Association of Peasant Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives (known as the ACCOR) is collecting signatures of farmers of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the major river) to the appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the actions of the organizers of the "tractor march" are treated as an attempt to defend their mercantile interests.
Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo https://new.vk.com/id203232190
12:10, 7 October 2016
The international NGO "RAW in War" has awarded Valentina Cherevatenko, the chair of the organization "Women of the Don", the Anna Politkovskaya Award for support of victims of armed conflicts.
Fyodor Emelianenko. Photo: © Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich http://ru.sputnik.kg/sport/20161006/1029594889/emelyanenko-v-otvet-oskorbili-deputat-i-sportsmeny.html
12:07, 7 October 2016
The criticism by the famous fighter Fyodor Emelianenko of children fights organized in Grozny provoked a harsh reaction of Ramzan Kadyrov and his relative Adam Delimkhanov, a Stat Duma MP, who demanded apologies from Fyodor. Emelianenko will not apologize to Kadyrov, Stanislav Belkovsky, a political consultant, is sure. Users of social networks support Emelianenko.
A law enforcer during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovany-troe-0.html
11:21, 7 October 2016
In the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in Nazran and the village of Gazi-Yurt, six militants were killed, including a member of the terrorist organization "Islamic State", banned in Russia. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
A street in the village of Gazi-Yurt. Photo: http://www.galga.ru/news/2011-12-07-1331
10:41, 7 October 2016
The two persons killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the village of Gazi-Yurt, in Ingushetia, were spouses, a law enforcement source has reported.
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.