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The alleged members of a conspiratorial network which disseminated the ideas of Wahhabism, extremism and terrorism. Photo: screenshot of a video https://vk.com/ramzan?z=video279938622_171602852%2F38058b0ab37baf4cae%2Fpl_wall_279938622
11:40, 12 February 2016
Kadyrov keelhauls residents of Chechnya professing Salafism*
Chechnya has revealed a group, which made use of a conspiratorial network to disseminate the ideas of Wahhabism, extremism and terrorism, the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He has posted his talk with the detainees on the Instagram.
A meat seller in a Sochi market. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:50, 12 February 2016
NCFD residents note sharp rise in foodstuff prices since start of year
On the average, the foodstuff price growth in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) since the beginning of 2016 made no more than 20 percent, said officials from regional authorities and statistical bodies. But, according to their data, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Territory, the jump of prices was much higher.
CTO in Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/ukryvavshiysya-v-blokirovannom-dome-bandit.html
07:34, 12 February 2016
CTO regime introduced in Dagestan
In the territory of the Khasavyurt District, power agents began searching for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the spokesman of the operative headquarters of Dagestan.
A view of Derbent. Photo: http://flnka.ru/novosti/12345-bolee-300-chelovek-protestuyut-protiv-zaderzhaniya-imama-mecheti-v-derbente.html
04:31, 12 February 2016
Derbent mosque reopens after detention of Imam and mosque-goers' protests
In Derbent, some of the supporters of the Imam of the mosque located in the neighbourhood named "Airport", who were detained on February 10 during a protest action, are not at large yet, said local residents. A mosque employee said that the mosque works as usual.
Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk in the courtroom. Photo: facebook Oleg Mezencev, http://www.ekhokavkaza.com/content/article/27410239.html
19:13, 11 February 2016
Participant of combat action in Grozny testifies in case against Karpyuk and Klykh
In the case against Stanislav Klykh and Nikolai Karpyuk, a victim testified that during the assault of Grozny, he and his colleagues failed to reach the city centre. This was reported by advocate Marina Dubrovina.
Picket in support of the direct election of the leader of KchR, Moscow, February 11, 2016. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
17:47, 11 February 2016
Moscow protesters demand to hold referendum in KChR
Participants of action in Moscow and solo pickets in Cherkessk have voiced the demand to hold a referendum in order to return the direct election of the leader of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KchR). According to the organizers of the protest action, it was attended by 100 people, while officials deny the figure.
Talekh Khasmamedov. Photo: RFE/RL
16:04, 11 February 2016
Wife of Talekh Khasmamedov claims threat to his life in penal colony
Talekh Khasmamedov, who is serving his sentence in prison in Azerbaijan, needs serious medical treatment. This was reported by Fakhriya Khasmamedova, the wife of the human rights defender.
Leyla and Arif Yunus spouses. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:54, 11 February 2016
Court would not let Yunus spouses to leave Azerbaijan
A Baku court has refused to provide a permit to Leyla and Arif Yunus to leave the country for medical treatment abroad.
Derbent. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:06, 11 February 2016
68 residents of Derbent included in lists of flood victims
In Derbent, bailiffs have obliged the city authorities to include additional 68 persons in the waiting list for housing certificates. These people lost their houses as a result of the flood of 2012, and they are eligible for financial assistance.
Sergey Deviatov. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=11&PubID=65816&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
13:19, 11 February 2016
Head of ICRF Department for Chechnya dismissed
Sergey Deviatov has lost the post of the head of the Chechen Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) under a decree of Russian president. His term of office was two years.
The statistics of victims in Northern Caucasus presented by categories in six years according to the "Caucasian Knot"
11:59, 11 February 2016
Dagestan in the lead by number of victims of conflict in Northern Caucasus in six years
In the period from 2010 to 2015, a total of 6074 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; more than half of them – in Dagestan. The runner-up by the count of killed and wounded persons is Chechnya; the third place is occupied by Ingushetia.
The central entrance to the European Court of Human Rights. Photo: Rh-67, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Европейский_суд_по_правам_человека
10:20, 11 February 2016
ECtHR finds Russia guilty of disappearance of six residents of Chechnya
The decision to pay out compensations in the amount of 369,000 euros was issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in two cases, concerning disappearance and death of six natives of Chechnya in 2000-2002.
Different denomination of manat banknotes. Photo: © Sputnik/ Murad Orujov. http://sputnik.az/economy/20160128/403527074.html
06:55, 11 February 2016
Azeri experts state threat of new manat devaluation
Despite a relative stability of the currency exchange market of Azerbaijan, the country has a high risk of a new devaluation of the national currency – the manat, said Natig Jafarli, an economist. Gubad Ibadoglu, the head of the Economic Research Centre, believes that only support of the state can save the country's banking sector from collapse.
Vaccine against the H1N1 virus
04:59, 11 February 2016
In Dagestan, number of swine flu cases increases: 108 persons affected
In the period of from February 1 to February 7, Dagestan has registered 4770 cases of SARS and influenza. Of them, 69% are children. Since the beginning of the epidemiological season, the incidence rate in the republic did not exceed the epidemic threshold.
The apartment block in Volgograd destroyed by the explosion. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:41, 11 February 2016
Tenants of Volgograd block of flats: there is no document on building new house
In Volgograd, officials have guaranteed, at a meeting with tenants of the destroyed apartment block, to build a new house in Kosmonavtov Street, but there is no official decision on that so far, said Larisa Borodaeva, the leader of tenants-activists, adding that the issue of free legal aid to tenants ids still pending.
Two men who attacked Mikhail Kasyanov standing with a cake near the politician at a Moscow restaurant. Screenshot of a video of the attack on the site tv.mk.ru
23:10, 10 February 2016
Experts: attack on Kasyanov will go unpunished
Any irony about the incident with Mikhail Kasyanov is inappropriate; and nobody will be prosecuted for the attack, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Musail Alaudinov. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:40, 10 February 2016
Alaudinov's brother states his conflict with director of network of fuelling stations
Musail Alaudinov, a coach of the club "Gorets" (Highlander), was killed after beating up Murad Alibekov, the owner of the network of fuelling stations, said the brother of the athlete at the court session in Dagestan.
The tenants of the destroyed nine-story apartment house in Kosmonavtov Street. Volgograd, December 2015. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:36, 10 February 2016
Bocharov: new building in Kosmonavtov Street to be erected in one year
A new high-rise building will be built in place of the destroyed nine-story apartment house in Kosmonavtov Street in the Dzerzhinsky District of Volgograd in one year, said Andrei Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Region.
18:20, 10 February 2016
Imam of Derbent mosque suspected of unlawful confinement
The Imam, detained by the police, is suspected of unlawful confinement of a 27-year-old woman from Derbent and her four-year-old child, said Rasul Temirbekov, the spokesman of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
An observation platform. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:05, 10 February 2016
Police release protesters in Derbent
The protesters, detained during the action against the detention of Imam Gadjirasul, have been released from the police, said one of the employees of the mosque. According to his story, the Imam urged parishioners to disperse.
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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.