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20:09, 11 July 2015
Georgia accuses Russian border guards of capturing territory
On July 10, Russian border guards set up information banners on the border with South Ossetia, by capturing part of Georgian territory near the Baku-Supsa pipeline, says a statement by the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
Said Amirov (left) and Yusup Djaparov during court session. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
19:19, 11 July 2015
Advocate of figurant in Amirov's case doubts that criminal case on torture would be opened
On July 9, at the trial of the former Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, Abdulmajid Akhmedov, one of the defendants, said that he was tortured after detention and during the investigation.
18:39, 11 July 2015
Residents of Chechnya report detention of relative by law enforcers
Rasul M., born in 1970, a resident of the village of Novoe Solkusheno, Naur District of Chechnya, who was considered kidnapped, has returned home.
16:22, 11 July 2015
Residents of Chechnya pay tribute to Kunta-haji Kishiev
Chechnya is holding large-scale religious events to mark the birthday of Kunta-haji Kishiev, one of the most revered saints in the republic.
Dmitry Abrosimov. Photo: Election Commission for th Rostov Region, http://www.ikro.ru/photomat/photo_6968.html
15:24, 11 July 2015
Rostov political analysts state absence of intrigue at election of governor
The political experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe that Vasily Golubev, the current acting head of the region, is the undisputed leader at the upcoming election for governor of the Rostov Region.
12:49, 11 July 2015
Azerbaijani lawyer Khalid Bagirov excluded from Bar Association
On July 10, a court in Azerbaijan satisfied the petition of the Bar Association asking to exclude the lawyer Khalid Bagirov from the Bar. The lawyer himself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
11:50, 11 July 2015
At contest "Hero of Caucasus-2014", Artak Kirakosyan is chosen first among equals in Southern Caucasus
Readers of the "Caucasian Knot" have finished voting at the first stage of the contest "Hero of the Caucasus-2014" and elected the first among equals out of the candidates representing Southern Caucasus. The winner of the contest is the 47-year-old Artak Kirakosyan from Armenia, who held a study on security in the border villages, which are exposed to fire.
09:52, 11 July 2015
Resident of Chechnya arrested on suspicion of involvement in Syrian conflict
Chechen law enforcers have arrested a resident of the Chechen city of Urus-Martan, who deported from Turkey after being detained on the border with Syria. According to the spokesman of the Investigating Department for Chechnya, the arrested man was in the same group with the earlier detained Muslim Akhmaev.
Vladimir Kimaev. Photo: Ivan Karpenko, http://ewnc.org/node/17473
21:23, 10 July 2015
Ecologist Vladimir Kimaev released in Sochi
The ecologist Vladimir Kimaev, who was released today in Adler (district of Sochi) after his administrative arrest, has begun preparing, together with Anna Gritsevich, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a number of applications demanding to bring policemen to justice.
Israeli Embassy in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:26, 10 July 2015
In total, 72 persons were detained near Israeli Embassy in Baku
Today in Baku, a group of believers has attempted to hold an anti-Israeli protest, by dating it to the so-called "Quds Day". Police stopped the action and detained some of its participants.
Special operation in the Nasyr-Kort District of the city of Nazran, June 25, 2015. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
14:41, 10 July 2015
Ingush Prosecutor's Office sends application of Alievs' relative for check to MIA
The application of the brother of Ali Aliev, who was killed in Ingushetia together with his wife Leyla, was sent by the republic's Prosecutor's Office sent to the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for a check, the duration of which is prescribed as 30 days, that is, until August 7.
David Sanasaryan, member of Coordination Group, July 7, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:21, 10 July 2015
In Yerevan, activists claim being persecuted by police
On July 9, David Sanasaryan, who in the evening stopped his hunger strike at the request of his colleagues, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the police pursued members of the coordination group and their family members.
Mikhail Roschin. Photo: Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), http://www.svoboda.org/content/transcript/26672243.html
13:13, 10 July 2015
Experts forecast no massive return of militants from Syria after their oath to "Imarat Kavkaz" leader
Experts are sceptical about the possibility of the return of the militants from Northern Caucasus fighting in Syria to their homeland after their oath to the new leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz".
10:25, 10 July 2015
ECtHR recommends French authorities not to extradite Chechen resident to Russia
France will violate the rights of a resident of Chechnya, whom Russia requests to extradite, if it agrees to deport him to his homeland. This was stated by the decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
‘Vesely Babai’ restaurant. Photo: http://moscowbars.ru/moscow/restorany-moskvy/chajxona-veselyj-babaj
09:51, 10 July 2015
Law enforcers deny violations during raid to Chechen restaurant "Vesely Babai" in Moscow
The Moscow OMON (riot police) has conducted a raid to the restaurant "Vesely Babai". As a result, visitors of the restaurant, mostly natives of Chechnya, were detained. No charges were filed against anyone of them. Staff members of the restaurant complained about rude actions of the law enforcers. The OMON chiefs reject the accusations.
Flooded housed in the village of Mirny, Sochi, June 26, 2015. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:00, 10 July 2015
Sochi authorities decide to resettle residents of village most affected by flooding
15 families residing in the village of Kepsha of Sochi will be resettled in other localities. Over the past six months, Kepsha villagers were evacuated seven times because of introduction of emergency regime.
04:01, 10 July 2015
Witness in case of Murat Borlakov's death testifies against policemen
Murat Karaketov, the former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ust-Djeguta ROVD (District Interior Division), and two of his employees tried to "hush up" the case of causing grievous bodily harm to detained Murat Borlakov that resulted in his death. This was told at the court session by a friend of the victim.
Ali Taziev in the courtroom, May 2015. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:05, 10 July 2015
Court refuses to consider victims' claims in Ali Taziev's case
When pronouncing the sentence to Ali Taziev, also known as Magas, the North-Caucasian District Military Court left without consideration the civil claims filed by the victims to collect compensation from the convict.
Activists at the Freedom Square, Yerevan, July 7, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
21:15, 9 July 2015
David Sanasaryan stops his hunger strike
David Sanasaryan, one of Yerevan protesters, has stopped his hunger strike, saying that a lot of people asked him to do it.
Thomas Hughes, executive director of the human rights organization "Article 19". Photo provided by the press-service of Article 19.
18:54, 9 July 2015
Journalists treat Akhmednabiev's professional legacy as valuable
The murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" in Dagestan, which was committed two years ago, should not go unpunished, rights defenders and editors-in-chief of Dagestani editions have stated. Colleagues and readers pay credit to Akhmednabiev as a talented and principled journalist.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

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.