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21:01, 21 July 2015
Law enforcers release Sayat Gadjimagomedova, Gotsatl villager
As reported by locals, Sayat Gadjimagomedova, a resident of the Dagestani village of Gotsatl and the wife of a suspected militant Magomed Gadjimagomedov, was released home by power agents on July 20.
General Prosecutor's Office of Russia. Photo: RIA Novosti archive https://ru.wikipedia.org
16:47, 21 July 2015
Savchenko's advocates appeal against transfer of her case to court of Rostov Region
A complaint against the decision to send the case of Nadezhda Savchenko to the Donetsk City Court in the Rostov Region was lodged by her defence to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia.
Nartan Kylych holding the Circassian flag in front of a monument to victims of the Caucasian War in Nalchik. Photo: Aslan Schakue, Fatima Tlisova and Olga Efendieva-Begret, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153411014089002&set=a.10150641558564002.436428.531449001&type=1&fref=nf&pnref=story
14:05, 21 July 2015
Student from Nalchik and his mother perish in terror act in Turkey
According to unconfirmed data, Nartan Kylych, a graduate of the State University of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed by the suicide bombing, committed in the Turkish city of Suruch, located on the border with Syria. His mother was killed with him, users of social networks report.
13:26, 21 July 2015
Filmmaker Sentsov refuses to plead guilty of plotting terror acts in Crimea
At the court session in Rostov-on-Don, the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, accused of creating a terrorist community and plotting terror acts in the Crimea, has declared his innocence and political motivation of the case against him.
12:25, 21 July 2015
Azerbaijani CoA upholds verdict to Intigam Aliev
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the verdict to rights defender Intigam Aliev in the case of his tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, and a large-scale misappropriation or embezzlement. The defence intends to appeal against the verdict.
11:44, 21 July 2015
Donald Tusk treats setting border signs by South Ossetia as provocation
The European Council treats the actions of the South-Ossetian party of installing border signs on the border with Georgia as an attempt to destabilize the situation in the region, Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council (EC), said at a press conference in Tbilisi. The EC does not recognize the independence of South Ossetia, he said.
Police officer escorts Zaur Dadaev along the Basmanny Court hallway, Moscow, March 8, 2015. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:50, 21 July 2015
Doctors find Zaur Dadaev sane
During his psychiatric examination, Zaur Dadaev, the main figurant in the Boris Nemtsov's murder case, told doctors that he had been contused during the militants' attack on Grozny. This was two months before the assassination of Nemtsov.
08:08, 21 July 2015
Constitutional reforms in Armenia lead to one-party rule
The constitutional reforms offered by the Commission for Constitutional Reforms in Armenia will create a one-party ruling system, which, in its turn, will contribute to reproduction of power. The absence of partisan competition will hinder democratic development, local experts said at a press conference in Yerevan on July 20.
Lyubov Berchanova and Vasily Zhuravlyov near the monument to corruption, Ordynka village, July 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:03, 21 July 2015
Sochi residents open monument to corruption in place of demolished house
About 30 Sochi residents came to the opening of the monument to corruption, which was built by the spouses Lyubov Berchanova and Vasily Zhuravlyov in the place of their house, demolished in 2013 in fulfilment of the court judgement.
00:56, 21 July 2015
Law enforcers identify person killed in shootout as member of Dagestani underground
According to investigators, the person shot dead in the shootout with policemen in the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, turned out to be Magomed Ismailov, a member of the armed underground.
Ganimat Zakhid. Photo: RFE/RL http://www.radioazadlyg.org/
23:19, 20 July 2015
Relatives of editor-in-chief of Azadlyg paper arrested in Azerbaijan
Rovshan Zakhidov and Tural Zakhidov, relatives of Ganimat Zakhid (Zakhidov), the editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg", have been sentenced to administrative arrests for 25 and 30 days, accordingly, in Azerbaijan.
22:15, 20 July 2015
Activist of "Left-Wing Front" in Krasnodar faces arrest for reposting caricatures
The administrative case against Yulia Usach, an activist of the "Left-Wing Front", has been sent to the Sovietskiy District Court of Krasnodar; she is accused of reposting caricatures depicting nazi swastika.
19:21, 20 July 2015
Defence of Ibadullo Nabotov decides not to challenge his verdict
Relatives and advocates of Ibadullo Nabotov, an employee of the mosque located in Hungarian Warriors Street of Makhachkala, convicted of illegal possession of weapons, report that they will not appeal against the verdict.
Grozny residents on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, July 16, 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
19:21, 20 July 2015
Residents of Chechnya state confusion with celebration of Eid al-Fitr
The republic's clergy have failed to timely inform the public about the first day of Eid al-Fitr, said residents of Chechnya. According to their story, they believed the information of the Muftiat that the first day will be July 18, not July 17.
18:45, 20 July 2015
Polyudova's advocate reports termination of criminal case on insulting Putin
The Department of the Russian FSB for the Krasnodar Territory has stopped the case about insulting the President of the Russian Federation, initiated against the Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova, said Andrei Sabinin, her advocate.
17:36, 20 July 2015
Gotsatl villagers report search of suspected militant's house
In the course of searching the house of a suspected militant, law enforcers detained Magomed Gadjimagomedov's wife, said residents of the village of Gotsatl, Khunzakh District of Dagestan.
Policemen at the Freedom Square in Yerevan, July 7, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:15, 20 July 2015
Movement "No to robbery!" rallies against Yerevan Police
Today, activists of the movement "No to robbery!" that is fighting against the increase of electricity tariff, have held a one-day action, during which they hang up photos of the law enforcers who were involved at night on June 23 in dispersing demonstrators. Rimma Sargsyan, a member of the group, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that policemen followed activists and tore off the photos.
"Veseloe-Psou" cottage village in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:59, 20 July 2015
Sochi Prosecutor's Office confirms violations in managing settlement for Olympic resettlers
For a long time, the land plots in the cottage settlement Vesyoloe-Psou are not duly documented; and houses there are not guarded, the city Prosecutor's Office has confirmed. However, according to Yuri Maryan, the leader of the anti-corruption coalition of Sochi, the Office has not offered any real measures to remedy the situation.
09:49, 20 July 2015
Resident of Derbent arrested after search of his house
Law enforcers have detained a resident of Dagestan, in whose house they found weapons and ammunition. He was arrested by the court.
Special operation in Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, July 14, 2015. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
06:43, 20 July 2015
On July 13-19, at least eight persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from July 13 to July 19, 2015, at least eight people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
News
The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district due to landslides.

The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

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.