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00:59, 17 September 2016
KChR's State Duma candidates criticize organization of debates
A number of candidates for Russian MPs from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) assert that there were no obstacles to their campaigning; however, the candidate Inna Nasheva argues that she was under pressure.
Sazhid Sazhidov meets with constituents. Photo from Sazhidov's Facebook account, facebook.com/sazhidov
23:21, 16 September 2016
Reporters link Sazhidov's refusal to participate in elections with pressure on him
Most of the Dagestani candidates for State Duma, who are outside the plans of those in power, subjected to pressure, the editors-in-chief of Dagestani media told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. This is their explanation of the decision of Sazhid Sazhidov, a coach of the Dagestani wrestling team, to withdraw his candidacy from the elections.
Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/018942.shtml
17:53, 16 September 2016
Gannushkina focuses her campaign on abuses committed by Chechen authorities
In Chechnya, the judicial system is under the executive branch of power; and money is spent not on recovery of villages, but on elite unnecessary projects, like "Argun City", said Svetlana Gannushkina, a candidate for the State Duma from the republic's branch of the "Yabloko" Party.
Participant of hearings held at the US Congress Committee. Still image from video posted by user TomLantosHumanRights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SquEOX7JjI
16:44, 16 September 2016
Hearings at Commission of US Congress call on sanctions against Azeri officials
Azerbaijan is seeing a rise of repressions on the eve of the constitutional referendum, said the participants of hearings held at the Human Rights Committee of the US Congress. They called on Western countries to respond tougher to human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
Movsum Samedov. Still image from video posted by user Qurtulush MrQurtulush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VahPh_qj-c
14:40, 16 September 2016
Azerbaijan: oppositionist Movsum Samedov stops his hunger strike
The imprisoned Movsum Samedov, the leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), has stopped his hunger strike on the 18 day thereof. According to his advocate Yalchin Imanov, Samedov spent 15 days of his action in the dungeon and without any doctor's care.
13:36, 16 September 2016
Circassian activist Adnan Khuade released from custody
Today, the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic of Adygea has pronounced the decision to change the pre-trial restriction measure against Adnan Khuade from detention in custody to house arrest.
Kuban farmers. Photo: http://www.krestianin.ru/articles/57841-osobo-opasnye-fermery
12:45, 16 September 2016
Kuban farmers to meet Vladimir Putin on September 23
According to Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers", on September 15, he got a call from the presidential administration of Russia and was informed that their meeting with Vladimir Putin had been scheduled for September 23.
Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). Photo: http://bloknot.ru/chp/varvara-karaulova-soznatel-no-hotela-uchastvovat-v-operatsiyah-igil-419855.html
12:17, 16 September 2016
Varvara Karaulova's case sent to court
The Prosecutor's Office has confirmed the indictment in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). The case on the student's attempt to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by court is brought to the Moscow District Military Court. This was reported by Sergey Badamshin, an advocate of the defendant.
11:40, 16 September 2016
Chechen policeman dismissed from MIA for opening fire at wedding party
In Chechnya, a staff member of a private security division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has been dismissed for opening fire from a submachine gun at a wedding party.
Participants of the International Islamic Conference. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/multimedia/photos/76235/
10:11, 16 September 2016
Local residents treat fatwa of Grozny conference as outdated for Chechnya
The international Islamic Conference held in Grozny has remained almost unnoticed in Chechnya. This was stated by local residents. They treat the theses of the final declaration as outdated for at least ten years.
Syrian Circassians, Kabardino-Balkaria, July 2016. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
00:17, 16 September 2016
On eve of Eid al-Adha, 42 families receive help from NGOs in Kabardino-Balkaria
More than 113,000 roubles were raised by members of the organizations "Ochag" (Hearth) and "Circassian Renaissance" to be spent on the holiday of Eid al-Adha for help to the people in need and repatriates from Syria, residing in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. In total, according to the NGOs, members of 42 families have received aid.
22:11, 15 September 2016
Aram Manukyan left in custody by court judgement
The court has rejected the defence's motion to release Aram Manukyan, a son of one of the members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, on bail. Manukyan needs special care after being wounded and undergoing surgery, his advocate asserts.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo from the journalist's Facebook account.
19:23, 15 September 2016
RWB and Freedom House treat verdict to Geriev as punishment for journalism
The case of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Zhalaudi Geriev is another example of suppression of independent journalism and prosecution of critics of the Chechen authorities, says the joint statement of the human rights organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) and the Freedom House.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
19:19, 15 September 2016
CTO regime lifted in four districts of Dagestan
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been cancelled in the Derbent, Tabasaran, Khiv and Magaramkent Districts of Dagestan, said a source from the republic's operative headquarters of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Rally of the "Musavat" Party. The banner says: 'Freedom'. Baku, October 25, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
15:05, 15 September 2016
Baku Mayoralty sanctions two rallies against amendments to Constitution
The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the oppositional "Musavat" Party, which stand for the abolition of the referendum on amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution, have agreed to support each other's actions, sanctioned by the Baku authorities.
Imam of the Moscow mosque Makhmud Velitov. Photo: http://islam-today.ru/novosti/2016/07/21/sud-opredelit-zakonnost-domasnego-aresta-imama-moskovskoj-meceti-ardam/
14:57, 15 September 2016
MCC leaves Imam Velitov under house arrest
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has ruled that the extension of house arrest of Makhmud Velitov, an Imam of the Moscow mosque, accused for his words about the cleric, assassinated in Kizlyar, of justifying terrorism, should not be revised.
Karen Karapetyan. Photo: http://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20160914/4881894/premyer-Karapetyan-vistuplenie.html
12:50, 15 September 2016
Armenian Prime Minister demands to reduce tariffs for gas and electricity
Today, Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, has instructed the specialized agencies to develop a programme for maximum reduction of tariffs for gas and electricity for the population at the expense of other consumers.
Misha Aloyan. Still image from video posted by user BoxTV, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9WFgrFLraY
11:18, 15 September 2016
WADA launches investigation into positive doping test of Misha Aloyan
The doping test of Russian boxer Misha Aloyan, who had won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, appeared to be positive. This information is published by the hacking group "Fancy Bear", which has earlier hacked the databases of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will carry out an investigation into the positive doping sample of the Russian boxer.
Oleg Melnikov. Photo: s1.riadagestan.ru
10:29, 15 September 2016
In Dagestan, Oleg Melnikov becomes a "people's deputy to State Duma"
Almost 66,000 residents of Dagestan took part in the questioning about their attitudes toward candidates to the State Duma. Oleg Melnikov, the leader of the movement against slavery "Alternative", gained 42.23% of votes. Among the political parties, residents of the republic have preferred the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).
Ella Kesaeva, leader of the organization "Voice of Beslan". Photo: RFE/RL
09:48, 15 September 2016
"Novaya Gazeta": men involved in attack on Ella Kesaeva visit her at home
Ella Kesaeva, the leader of the organization "Voice of Beslan", intends to file a complaint to top-ranking officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for North Ossetia about the visit of a group of policemen and participants of the attack on the journalists in Beslan, who demanded from the woman to come out of the house.
News
Vardanyan's wife asked Pashinyan to help in visiting prisoners in Baku.

Participants in a social media discussion placed the "We Are Our Mountains" monument in the context of the Baku-Yerevan peace talks.

A photograph used by users to claim that Azerbaijani forces are using construction equipment to destroy the "We Are Our Mountains" monument. Photo: https://civilnet.am/hy/news/1012657 Armenian political scientists have identified those behind the publication of a fake story about the destruction of a Karabakh symbol.

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.