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People’s protest against illegal construction. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
23:46, 21 June 2015
Deputy Head of Khosta administration declared construction in the ornithology park illegal
Today in Khosta, local residents have blocked the construction of a high-rise building, which was launched by a private developer in the protected area. According to locals, the construction site has no passport and no markings. The action was attended by about 15 persons.
Kurman-Ali Baichorov at the court session, January 2015. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
22:07, 21 June 2015
Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov sues for defamation
A lawsuit on defence of his honour and dignity and compensation of moral harm was lodged to the Leninsky District Court of Stavropol by the Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov, who demands to attract as respondents the STRC (State TV and Radio Company) "Stavropolye" and Mark Tolchinskiy, the head of the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Protesters in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:52, 21 June 2015
Tbilisi protesters demand to close the zoo
Tbilisi has hosted a protest action under the motto "We Need No Zoo!" The organizers intend to demand from local authorities to close the zoo and open a refuge for savage animals instead.
Private house in Sochi slides into the pit dug for residential complex "Kurortny". Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:47, 21 June 2015
Private house in Sochi slides into the pit dug for residential complex "Kurortny"
On June 18, in the course of construction works, several dozens of cubic meters of soil slid into the pit, prepared for the construction of the residential complex "Kurortny". The collapsed soil was bearing the private house of the Vernichenko family. As of June 21, the house had entirely slipped into the pit.
Caspian Sea beach in the town of Kaispiysk. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:40, 21 June 2015
Cholera bacteria detected in Caspian Sea near coast of Dagestan
Specialists from the Dagestani "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) have established that the untreated sewage discharge into the Caspian Sea have caused the appearance of a cholera vibrio of the third pathogenicity group – a causative agent of acute intestinal diseases.
21:38, 20 June 2015
Yerevan marchers demand to cancel increase of energy tariffs
Protesters against the rise of electricity tariffs have marched along central streets of Yerevan.
Flowers in the mourning ceremony for Boris Nemtsov in Sochi, March 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:36, 20 June 2015
Sochi Mayoralty refuses to perpetuate Boris Nemtsov's memory
The members of the toponymic commission under the Sochi Mayoralty have decided not to install this year a memory plaque of Boris Nemtsov. However, they recommended the initiators of the perpetuation to raise the same issue after a year will have passed after the assassination of the politician.
Tengiz Kenchashvili, the Tsknetskaya Street resident, got caught in the flooding in the veranda of the house facing the Vere river bank. Tbilisi, June 18, 2015. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:55, 20 June 2015
Officials exclude any threat of epidemic outbreak in Tbilisi
There is no threat of any epidemic in Tbilisi after the flooding; however, the volunteers and civil servants involved in clearing obstructions may het vaccinated against stupor if they wish to.
Emin Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:06, 20 June 2015
Relatives of rights defender Emin Guseinov state deterioration of his health
The Azerbaijani rights defender Emin Guseinov, who has received temporary asylum in Switzerland, has serious health problems, his relatives assert. According to his brother Mekhman Guseinov, during Emin's stay in the Swiss Embassy, his "old diseases got aggravated."
The judges of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR. Photo: http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home
12:05, 20 June 2015
Residents of NKR criticize ECtHR's decision on Azerbaijani refugees' complaint against Armenia
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to recognize Armenia responsible for the human rights situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is a political one; and all the claims in this regard should be addressed to the government of the unrecognized republic, believe the locals interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
The participants of the "round table". Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:32, 20 June 2015
Volgograd ecologists announce establishment of independent environmental council
Representatives of public organizations and civil society activists, who held a roundtable in Volgograd, have decided to set up the Independent Environmental Council. They criticized the work of the regional environmental agencies in the region and accused bureaucrats of unwillingness to cooperate with NGOs.
Mayrbek Vachagaev. Photo: Radio Marsho, RFE/RL, http://golosichkerii.com/index.php/novosti/457-chechenskij-dissident-vostochnyj-ukraina-pervoj-proklyanet-putina
08:35, 20 June 2015
Chechnya receives large archive from France on Civil War history in Caucasus
Professor Mayrbek Vachagaev has handed over to the Archival Department of Chechnya 50,000 archival sheets on the history of the Caucasus. These earlier unknown documents are of great value, giving details about the events of 1917-1921 in the Caucasus, local scientists believe.
06:41, 20 June 2015
Ingush SC leaves Ruslan Tsurov in custody until July 7
The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the defence of Ruslan Tsurov, in which the advocate asked the court to cancel the decision of the district court to put his client into custody.
04:43, 20 June 2015
Militant's widow Fatima Kurbanova released from police in Makhachkala
A resident of Dagestan Fatima Kurbanova is back at large after their stay at the police, where she was forced to undergo the procedure of voice recording. The woman associates these law enforcers' actions with the fact that she is the widow of the militant killed in 2009.
02:45, 20 June 2015
Consideration of complaint against termination of case about beating Sapiyat Magomedova postponed until June 26
The court in Makhachkala, which is considering the complaint lodged by the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova against investigators' decision to stop the inquiry into her beating up in 2010, has requested the case materials from the investigators. The next court session is scheduled for June 26.
22:04, 19 June 2015
Woman from Makhachkala reports detention of militant's widow
Fatima Kurbanova, a widow of a member of the armed underground, was detained by power agents in Makhachkala, said a local woman, whose children are taught English by Kurbanova. The police have not confirmed this information.
15:51, 19 June 2015
Two KChR residents found guilty of recruiting people for war in Syria
The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Ruslan Ionov and Murad Nazirov, residents of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), to seven and three years of imprisonment, accordingly, for recruiting Russians to the war in Syria.
The Pankisi Gorge. Georgia. Photo by the user Valeri Elashvili https://www.flickr.com/
14:59, 19 June 2015
Borchashvili denied any involvement in recruiting Pankisi residents to war in Syria
Imam Ayuf Borchashvili, detained in Georgia on suspicion of recruiting residents of the Pankisi Gorge for participation in the war in Syria, refuses to plead guilty, said his advocate. His fellow villagers refused to hold a rally with a demand of his release and recollected the events of 2012, when special agents conducted the Lapankuri special operation.
The Federal Highway 'Kavkaz'. Ingushetia. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:29, 19 June 2015
Car of local resident shelled on highway in Ingushetia
As a result of shelling of his car, the driver – a resident of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia – was killed, while his passenger was hospitalized in grave condition.
Argun, Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:27, 19 June 2015
Large cache with weapons and ammunition liquidated in Chechnya
Power agents detected a cache in the vicinity of Argun and found there an antitank missile launcher, a Kalashnikov submachine gun, rounds for a grenade launcher, shells and bullets of various calibres.
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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.