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A car wreckage after the explosion in Nazran. Photo: Elise.com.ua
13:06, 12 March 2016
Owner of car blown up in Nazran established
The car blown up near the mosque in Nasyr-Kort belonged to a native of Dagestan, but in recent time it was used by proxy by another person, said a law enforcement source from Ingushetia.
Marem Alieva. Photo: Srji.org
10:08, 12 March 2016
Advocates: investigators failed to take steps to find Marem Alieva
Vitaly Zubenko, an advocate of Elizaveta Alieva, has filed a complaint against the investigators' refusal to inform about the progress of the inquiry into the case initiated after the disappearance of her sister Marem in Ingushetia.
Khadjimurat Gatsalov. Photo: Dumrf.ru
05:55, 12 March 2016
Gatsalov is the only candidate for Mufti of North Ossetia
Election of the Mufti of North Ossetia is scheduled for March 16. During the 6 years that the republic's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) is headed Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Muftiate failed to establish due relationships with power agents, said the Mufti.
The neighbourhood Maly Akhun, in the park area where locals could walk, now has a building fence and a security station, and the road for general use is blocked. Sochi, March 12, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:17, 12 March 2016
Sochi residents complain to ICRF about development of Maly Akhun
Residents of the neighbourhood Maly Akhun have complained to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the construction within specially protected area of recreational purpose.
Alexander Cherkasov. Photo: RFE/RL
00:37, 12 March 2016
Court ignores Cherkasov's evidence about errors in case of Karpyuk and Klykh
At the court session on the case of Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh in Chechnya, which the journalists attacked in Ingushetia were going to cover, Alexander Cherkasov, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was questioned.
A car explosion near the mosque in Nasyr Kort. Screenshot of a video "An explosion near Chumakov's mosque" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvG_HF3YUc
00:26, 12 March 2016
Mosque-goers tell about provocations before attempt on Chumakov (+video)
Prior to attempt on Imam Khamzat Chumakov, some stranger, unknown to his supporters, twice tried to provoke him. On the day of the attempt, he called Chumakov and mosque-goers to go to the place where later a car was exploded.
22:40, 11 March 2016
Political analysts: attack on journalists discredits authorities of Northern Caucasus
An attack on journalists and human rights defenders on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya has hurt the reputations of the leaders of both republics and the Russian special services, involved in the region. This opinion was expressed by political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
20:25, 11 March 2016
Two militants killed in Dagestan, NAC confirms
Two members of the armed underground have been killed during the special operation carried out in the Khunzakh District, and law enforcers are searching for their accomplices. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Bagaudin Khautiev, Chairman of the Council of youth organizations of Ingushetia. Screenshot of a video by the user Musa Nalghiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7P3tYkC4E
18:44, 11 March 2016
Rights defenders see no links of attempt on Khamzat Chumakov with beaten journalists
According to human rights defenders and public figures, an attempt on Khamzat Chumakov has been committed amid the statements of criticism voiced against him by Ramzan Kadyrov; the attempt was prepared in advance and was not connected with his condemnation of attacks on journalists in Ingushetia.
Katya Vanslov, an employee of JMG (to the right). Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia
15:52, 11 March 2016
Foreign journalists discharged from hospital in Ingushetia
Today, journalists from Sweden and Norway, hospitalized after the attack in Ingushetia, have been discharged from the hospital for outpatient treatment.
Valery Permyakov in the courtroom. Photo: Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants, http://www.sputnikarmenia.ru/armenia/20160118/1667264.html
14:35, 11 March 2016
Russian military officials do not come to trial in Valery Permyakov's case
The whereabouts of seven Russian soldiers, involved as witnesses in the case of the murder of the Avetisyan family members in Gyumri are unknown. This was reported to the court in Armenia by officers of the Russian military base.
A view of the villages of Kharakhi and Orota from the Kharik area. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1318&com=photogallery
13:36, 11 March 2016
Resident of Khunzakh District talks about power agents' checks in Orota
In the Khunzakh District of Dagestan, within the CTO regime, power agents are carrying out house-by-house checks in the village of Orota, local residents report. The village is full of military equipment; the kindergarten and the school are closed.
Sergey Melikov. Photo: http://www.rdpress.ru/
12:51, 11 March 2016
Sergey Melikov takes control over attack on journalists on Chechen-Ingush border
According to the Kremlin press service, Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his subordinates to find out all the circumstances of the incident on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as a result of which human rights defenders and journalists had been injured.
Bakhargan Mountain, the village of Andi, Dagestan. Photo: http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=306&pg=4&com=photogallery
12:17, 11 March 2016
CTO in Andi preceded introduction of CTO regime in mountain districts of Dagestan
The special operation, begun today, by power agents in two mountain districts of Dagestan, was the second one this year in the Botlikh District, and the first in almost 1.5 years in the Khunzakh District.
Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:52, 11 March 2016
Amirov speaks again about torturing defendants
In the course of the inquiry into the criminal case against the former Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, the defendants' rights had been violated; and advocates' arguments were ignored – this was declared at the yesterday's court session. Amirov himself said about facts of applying torture to figurants of the case.
Gevorg Safaryan. Photo http://tarmnews.com/gevorg-safaryan-yavlyaetsya-politzaklyuchennym-pravozashhitnik/
10:45, 11 March 2016
Armenian court leaves Gevorg Safaryan behind bars
In Armenia, the Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision to arrest the activist Gevorg Safaryan, who is accused of using violence against an authority.
Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of North Ossetia. Photo: the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of North Ossetia
09:49, 11 March 2016
Mufti of North Ossetia writes a book "Russia and Islam: On Attack Spearhead"
The Caucasian Geopolitical Club (CGC) has presented a collection of analytical articles and interviews of Khadjimurat Gatsalov, the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of North Ossetia. In the opinion of Yana Amelina, the editor, the book pictures the Mufti as one of the leading Russian statesmen.
The Botlikh District of Dagestan. Photo: Yunus Zulpukarov http://odnoselchane.ru/
07:39, 11 March 2016
Two mountain districts of Dagestan put under CTO regime
Power agents have begun searching for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and their helpers in the Botlikh and Khunzakh Districts of Dagestan, said the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters.
Swedish journalist Maria Persson Löfgren in the hospital. March 10, 2016. Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia
06:29, 11 March 2016
Beaten journalists gathered materials on kidnappings and torture in Chechnya
The journalists, who suffered in the attack on the minivan of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG), were on their way to Grozny to collect facts about kidnappings and torture in the republic. In particular, they were interested in the circumstances of the deaths of the two natives of Chechnya, deported from Norway, said the sources of the "Caucasian Knot".
Burnt car of the members of the "Committee against Torture" (CAT). March 10, 2016. Photo courtesy of Djambulat Ozdoev, Ombudsman of Ingushetia
03:50, 11 March 2016
Driver: attackers on JMG van spoke Russian with accent
The minivan of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in Ingushetia was followed from Karabulak, in the outskirt of which the JMG office is located, said the driver of the minivan. According to his story, after the forced stop, he was the first to take the attackers' blow, when he refused to open the door of his minivan.
News
Mansur Movlaev. Screenshot of a photo from Instagram (the activities of the company Meta, which owns the social network, are banned in Russia) by lawyer Murat Adam from 10.06.25, https://www.instagram.com/p/DKuWX__Coew/?img_index=1 Mansur Movlaev's extradition arrest in Kazakhstan has been extended.

Alexey Kardashov. Photo from his personal page on the social network "VKontakte" The defendants in the Kardashov murder case refused to answer questions from the victim's side.

The authorities' report on the suppression of the witch's activities caused irony among the residents of Chechnya.

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.