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    Man killed in the course of a special operation conducted in the area between the city of Baksan and the village of Dugulubgey. KBR, July 14, 2015. Photo nac.gov.ru
    04:26, 16 July 2015
    Bodies of members of "Imarat Kavkaz" killed in KBR given out to relatives
    None of the three persons killed in Baksan on July 14 was on the federal wanted list, said a law enforcement source from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
    Dates, a popular fast-breaking meal. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    23:46, 15 July 2015
    Residents of Chechnya complain about forcing to participate in collective fast-breaking
    Collective breaking of the fasting for believers in connection with the forthcoming end of the Ramadan was held in the mosques of Chechnya. Civil servants said that their participation in the event was not voluntary.
    20:59, 15 July 2015
    CaT asks MIA about additional check
    The Committee against Torture (CaT) disagrees with the answer received from Alexander Savenkov, a deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia, who saw no inaction of the police during the attack on the office of rights defenders.
    Alexander Cherkasov, Oleg Orlov, Svetlana Gannushkina (from left to the right) at the opening of the exhibition "The Never-Ending Story: Violence and Impunity in Northern Caucasus". Moscow, July 15, 2015. Photo by Karina Gadzhieva for the "Caucasian Knot"
    18:46, 15 July 2015
    Rights defenders open exhibition of unpunished violence in Northern Caucasus
    Today, the exhibition "The Never-Ending Story: Violence and Impunity in Northern Caucasus" was opened in Moscow today on the sixth anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova.
    Maikop, Adygea. Photo: Kesoff https://ru.wikipedia.org
    17:16, 15 July 2015
    Maikop ecologists complain to HRC members about authorities' pressure
    The main environmental problem in Adygea is contamination of soil and rivers by agricultural producers, said members of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) in the city Maikop. Local ecologists and journalists told them about the pressure exerted on them by local authorities.
    16:47, 15 July 2015
    Sergey Kaziev refuses to stop hunger strike until the end of Ramadan
    Magazali Endreev, the head of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has visited in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Nalchik a convict Sergey Kaziev, who is holding his hunger strike for more than a month.
    16:41, 15 July 2015
    Jehovah's Witnesses in Cherkessk report believer's beating by police
    Power agents of Cherkessk subjected to hours-long interrogation and beat up a 53-year-old Jehovah's Witness Vladimir Mirzoyan, said Ivan Belenko, the spokesman of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Believers associate this situation with the conflict around the land plot, on which their liturgical building is built.
    Firing from the jet system of volley fire. Phot: Yuri Kuchinsky https://ru.wikipedia.org
    13:14, 15 July 2015
    Over 1500 artillerists start exercising in Northern Caucasus and South Ossetia
    About 300 units of missile and artillery weapons are involved in the exercise, which started on military ranges in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan and North Ossetia, and on a military base in South Ossetia, said the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD).
    Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement "For Human Rights". Photo: RFE/RL http://www.svoboda.org/
    13:03, 15 July 2015
    KBR's branch of movement "For Human Rights" announces self-liquidation
    Members of the public Human Rights Centre (HRC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) decided to close their organization because of the "refusal of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to remove the all-Russian movement 'For Human Rights' from the register of foreign agents."
    Protesters against the increase of the electricity tariff. Yerevan, July 1, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
    12:47, 15 July 2015
    Yerevan protesters to continue acts of civil disobedience
    Yerevan activists, who are protesting against the increase of the electricity tariff, have announced a new series of rallies and marches. Today, they intend to organize a protest action at the president's residence.
    10:55, 15 July 2015
    About thousand rally against terrorism in Urus-Martan
    On July 14, in the city of Urus-Martan, a rally against terrorism and extremism under the motto "We are united and steadfast" was attended by more than a thousand people, said the city authorities. However, residents of Urus-Martan note that the rally, organized by city authorities, was attended mainly by employees of budget-funded organizations; and the event was formal.
    Ammunition confiscated in the course of the special operation in the Baksan District. July 14, 2015. Photo nac.gov.ru
    08:58, 15 July 2015
    Casualties of special operation in KBR were residents of Baksan District
    The persons killed on July 14 in a special operation in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have been identified as local residents.
    Firearms, ammunition. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
    07:13, 15 July 2015
    Resident of Dagestan convicted for involvement in armed underground
    The court has sentenced a resident of the Tsuntin District of Dagestan to six years of imprisonment for involvement in an illegal armed formation (IAF).
    A high mountain village. Georgia. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    06:02, 15 July 2015
    Crisis in Greece affects budgets of 150,000 Georgian families
    Because of the financial crisis in Greece, money transfers to Georgia have dropped by 15-16 million US dollars. Many migrants, who had left for Greece to earn money, have their revenues reduced, and now think about return to Georgia.
    04:13, 15 July 2015
    HRW calls on Armenian authorities to punish those responsible for violent dispersal of protesters
    The international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has urged the authorities of Armenia to punish those responsible for the use of force to disperse demonstrators in Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan on June 23. Rights defenders have called the police to conduct a transparent investigation into the incident.
    21:39, 14 July 2015
    Yerevan marchers demand to "clear the ranks of the police"
    Protesters in Yerevan have handed over an application to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), demanding to punish the policemen, who used force at dispersal of the demonstration on June 23.
    Salafi mosque in Buynaksk. Dagestan. Photo http://www.memo.ru/d/235062.html
    19:15, 14 July 2015
    Minimum Zakat of 25-380 roubles fixed in Southern Russia
    The minimum amount of the religious tax Zakat-ul-Fitr (poor-due), which should be paid to needy Muslims before the holiday of Eid al-Adha, was defined by religious leaders of Southern Russia. The highest Zakat of 380 roubles was fixed for parishioners of Salafi mosques of Dagestan.
    Musa Tairov. Krasnodar, July 12, 2015. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
    17:17, 14 July 2015
    Musa Tairov discharged from hospital
    As stated by Musa Tairov's relatives, power agents prevented his discharge from a hospital in Krasnodar, where he was taken from a police station. On July 15, Tairov's questioning as a witness is scheduled, said his advocate.
    Police car. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
    15:57, 14 July 2015
    Jury renders guilty verdict to Goryachev
    The jury has found Ilya Goryachev, the supposed organizer of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN), guilty on all indictment points. The defendant deserves no leniency, said the jurymen.
    Plate on the wall of the The North-Caucasian District Military Court. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    15:10, 14 July 2015
    Organizers of terror act in Pyatigorsk sentenced to long prison terms
    The North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced six defendants in the case of the terror act committed in front of the GIBDD (traffic police) building in Pyatigorsk in 2013. The defendants have been sentenced to terms ranging from 17 years to life imprisonment.
    News
    Iqbal Abilov's relatives reported his torture in the pre-trial detention center.

    Mass poisoning occurred in Azerbaijan

    Circassian flag. Screenshot from the administration of the Koshkhabl settlement https://ok.ru/mokoshekha/topic/156988923631829. Analysts pointed to the political motives behind the discussion of the Circassian issue in Shusha.

    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.