×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
A law enforcer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/files/8289.jpg
11:10, 12 December 2014
Five people killed in special operation in Dagestan
Five militants have been killed today during a special operation in the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, said the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
The employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) at work. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/files/6944.jpg
10:41, 12 December 2014
Families of power agents killed in attack on Grozny exempt from utility payments
The employees of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who were lost in a special operation in Grozny on December 4, are presented to state awards. Their families will receive help, and, inter alia, since January 1 they will receive all the municipal utilities free of charge.
A police car in Georgia. Photo by Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA http://www.newsgeorgia.ru/society/20110315/213789382.html
07:30, 12 December 2014
Beating up Akhalkalaki residents by policemen not confirmed, Georgian MP asserts
The residents of the city of Akhalkalaki, who had reported about beatings by the police after their arrest on December 3, did not file a complaint, said the Ombudsman's Office of Georgia. The statements of the victims and their relatives were not confirmed, Samvel Petrosyan, an MP from Akhalkalaki, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Activists of the fund. Photo: http://fond05.ru/images/stories/buttons/fond2980.jpg
05:21, 12 December 2014
Vremenny residents receive help from Charity Fund "Chistoe Serdtse" (Pure Heart)
Activists of the Charity Fund "Chistoe Serdtse" have visited the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny to deliver humanitarian help to its residents. Locals received warm clothes and food packages.
04:57, 12 December 2014
Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus nominated for "To Women for Courage"
The Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus, placed in custody on charges of treason, has been nominated for the International Award "To Women for Courage".
Arslan Khasavov. Photo http://www.khasavov.ru/#!2013/zoom/cuzi/image1ex0
02:35, 12 December 2014
Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov receives "Debut" Literary Award
The Chechen writer Arslan Khasavov is the winner in the nomination "Essays" of the 15th Independent Literary Award "Debut" for his collection of works "Conquering the Space". The ceremony took place on December 11 in Moscow.
00:52, 12 December 2014
Magomed Aliev, treated in intensive care unit in Stavropol, driven out of coma
The health condition of Magomed Aliev, who was detained on suspicion of aiding terrorism and taken to hospital from SIZO (pre-trial prison) with severe mutilations, has become better, said his relatives. Doctors have driven him out of the artificial coma; and on December 15 they will decide on his further stay under intensive.
Empty cartridge case at the site of the counterterrorist operation in Grozny, December 4, 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:34, 11 December 2014
All militants killed in attack on Grozny identified as residents of Chechnya
Militants, who attacked Grozny at night of December 4, were members of the armed grouping led by field commander Aslan Byutukaev, and they were residents of Chechnya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed today by a source in the Chechen law enforcement bodies.
Khadija Ismailova. Photo: http://rus.azattyq.org/
15:52, 11 December 2014
In Azerbaijan, BCA leaves journalist Khadija Ismaiylova in custody
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BAC) has dismissed the complaint filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova about the pre-trial restriction measure against her in the form of arrest. The BCA left the journalist in custody.
Trolleybus advertising "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala" radio station. Photo: http://05pr.ru/novosty/reklama_na_radio_eho_moskvi_eto_k_nam
14:32, 11 December 2014
Dagestan suspends operation of radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala"
The radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala" suspends its broadcasts in the territory of Dagestan at the request of the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media).
Law enforcement officers in Nalchik streets. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
14:09, 11 December 2014
Nalchik CTO increases number of victims to armed incidents in Kabardino-Balkaria since beginning of 2014 up to 46 persons
The today's counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik has become the 23rd armed clash in Kabardino-Balkaria and the 2nd case of the introduction of CTO regime in the Kabardino-Balkarian capital since the beginning of 2014.
Special operation in Nalchik. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/12/boevaya-chast-spetsoperatsii-v-nalchike-zavershena-neitralizovano-chetvero-ban.html
14:05, 11 December 2014
NAC: militants killed in Nalchik were plotting terror act in territory of Border Guard Service Department
Militants, who have been killed today in Nalchik, were plotting a terror act in the territory of Kabardino-Balkarian Department of the Border Guard Service. This was reported by the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Police footage. Nalchik, December 10, 2014. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/11/v-makhachkale-neitralizovan-glavar-makhachkalinskoi-bandgruppy-po-klichke-usma.html
12:20, 11 December 2014
In Dagestan, killed men identified as members of Makhachkala armed grouping
In the evening of December 10, two men were killed when law enforcers were searching their car. The killed men were identified as members of the "Makhachkala" armed grouping. Law enforcers managed to find them after Ruslan Darsamov named Usman, the leader of the armed grouping, was killed.
Weapons. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/content/4688.html
10:55, 11 December 2014
Four persons killed in CTO in Nalchik
Today, as a result of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the territory of Nalchik, four suspected militants have been killed in a blocked five-storey building.
Chechen resident in praying, January 1995. Photo by Michael Evstafiev, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Evstafiev-chechnya-prayer3.jpg/640px-Evstafiev-chechnya-prayer3.jpg
08:22, 11 December 2014
First Chechen War could have been prevented, Chechen experts and residents assert
Witnesses and participants of the First Chechen War, which began exactly 20 years ago, on December 11, 1994, believe that the tragedy could have been avoided. The Moscow officials and the authorities of the self-proclaimed Ichkeria could have started dialogue, claims Akhmed Yarlykapov.
Rally in support of human rights in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:18, 11 December 2014
In Yerevan, opposition holds rally in support of human rights
In Yerevan, three non-ruling parties organized a rally on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. Participants of the rally have named social policy, high taxes, and the level of poverty as main problems in Armenia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
01:24, 11 December 2014
Ninth convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Donbas arrives in Rostov Region
On December 10, the ninth convoy carrying humanitarian aid from the Moscow Region to residents of the eastern regions of Ukraine arrived in the Rostov Region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed the Ukrainian side had been formally notified that the convoy would leave Russia on December 12.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Igor Kalyapin (right). Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’, Government.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:55, 10 December 2014
Head of Chechnya demands to check Kalyapin for funding the attack on Grozny
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated the need to check a man named Kalyapin for involvement in organizing the attack on Grozny on December 4, 2014.
House burned down by law enforcers in the village of Yandi, Achkhoi-Martan District, December 7 2014. Photo provided by the HRC "Memorial" press-service.
19:43, 10 December 2014
Rights defenders condemn practice of burning down houses of militants' relatives after attack on Grozny
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has demanded from the Russian authorities to punish those responsible for burning down houses belonging to the relatives of militants killed during the attack on Grozny. Russian authorities should immediately investigate the facts of burning down houses in Chechnya, the AI has stated today.
Rasul Jafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:21, 10 December 2014
Azerbaijani court refuses to transfer rights defender Jafarov to home arrest
On December 10, the Nasimi District Court of Baku considered the petition asking to transfer the rights defender Rasul Jafarov from custody to home arrest. The court rejected the petition; and his defence intends to appeal against the decision.
News
Support for children with Duchenne syndrome was on the agenda of the protests on Rustaveli Avenue.

Security forces detained in Georgia for beating protesters in 2024

From left to right: Irakli Nadiradze, Paata Manzhgaladze, Paata Burchuladze, Murtaz Zodelava, Lasha Beridze at the rally 04.10.25. Screenshot of photo "Interpressnews" https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/174819-po-delu-4-oktiabria-paata-burchuladze-murtaz-zodelava-iraklii-nadiradze-lasha-beridze-i-paata-ma ndzhgaladze-prigovoreny-k-7-tornike-mchedlishvili-nika-gventsadze-iraklii-chkhvirkiia-k-5-a-iraklii-shaishmelashvili-k-2-godam-lisheniia-svobody. The defense called the verdict in the case of the storming of the presidential palace in Georgia illegal.

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.