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Intigam Aliev. Photo: Jan Kaiser (RFE/RL)
00:31, 2 November 2014
Azerbaijan: arrested rights defender Aliev has locomotor problems
The results are known of the medical examination of the rights defender Intigam Aliev, arrested in Azerbaijan, whose health deteriorated on October 24 during a court session, where the extension of his arrest was considered.
23:56, 1 November 2014
KBR resident killed in shootout buried in Dugulubgey
Islam Beshkurov, who was killed on October 30 in the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was buried in the village of Dugulubgey, his relatives told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
20:55, 1 November 2014
KBR's Public Chamber draws power agents' attention to corruption in municipalities
On October 31, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) hosted a scientific-practical conference to discuss the problem of corruption in the bodies of state power, organized by the Public Chamber of the KBR.
17:50, 1 November 2014
Lawyer Elena Denisenko complains of pressure in connection with Patimat Nasibova's case
At a checkpoint on the border of Dagestan and Stavropol Territory, power agents detained, for more than an hour, the bus, in which the lawyer Elena Denisenko was travelling. She was told, at inspection of her documents, that the FSB wanted to talk to her. Elena associates the incident with her defence of the rights of Patimat Nasibova, a resident of the village of Kirovaul.
14:57, 1 November 2014
Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine removes charges of plotting attempt on Putin from Osmaev
The Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has excluded two articles dealing with terrorism from the indictment of Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, accused of an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
12:19, 1 November 2014
NAC: Abdulkadi Guseinov killed in Makhachkala was involved in attack on policemen in Sogratl
Policemen shot dead a man in the capital of Dagestan. The killed man was a militant, and he tried to render armed resistance to the policemen, the law enforcement bodies report. According to a source in the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the policemen shot dead Abdulkadi Guseinov, a member of the "Sogratl" militant grouping.
09:38, 1 November 2014
Georgian President signs law banning wiretapping
The Georgian Parliament has finally adopted the law banning the secret services to wiretap. MPs have refused to override the veto of the President, who opposed postponing the introduction of the new rules. Thereafter, Georgy Margvelashvili has signed the law.
Collector coins-medals bearing the image of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: press-service of the head and government of the Republic of Chechnya, http://www.chechnya.gov.ru
07:13, 1 November 2014
Issue of collector coins with Kadyrov's portrait means personality cult, experts say
Stamping of collector silver coins-medals bearing the image of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has been launched in the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Region. Political analysts interviewed by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ say that this initiative is a typical manifestation of the personality cult.
Mosque in Kislodovsk. Photo by Kheda Saratova.
04:20, 1 November 2014
Congress of Karachay people decides to cancel rally in support of Imam of Kislovodsk
On October 30, the Congress of Karachay people sent a notification to the administration of the Malokarachay District of Karachay-Cherkessia of cancellation of the previously expected rally with 5000 participants against prosecution of Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov.
03:02, 1 November 2014
17 street children identified in Chechnya
In Chechnya, the authorities have initiated the preventive operation "Family". In the territory of the republic, 17 street children were identified. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya. According to the Chechen MIA, the majority of them are children of immigrants.
01:10, 1 November 2014
In Makhachkala, Magomed Guseinov stops his hunger strike because of health problems
On October 31, Magomed Guseinov, one of the hunger-strikers in Makhachkala, was sent for medical examination because of deterioration of his health state, and he had to stop the hunger strike. This was reported by Ruslan Rasulov, the head of the administration of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party in Dagestan.
Nadezhda Kireeva standing at the Lenin Mausoleum in a picket, Moscow, October 31, 2014. Photo by Ekaterina Maldon.
23:00, 31 October 2014
Mother of many children from Volgograd detained in Moscow during a solo picket
Today, Nadezhda Kireeva, a mother of many children from Volgograd, was detained in Moscow during a solo picket, Kireeva herself has reported.
Mosque in Hungarian Fighters Street was cordoned off by law enforcers trying to detain mosque-goers. Makhachkala, October 31, 2014. Screenshot from the video posted by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
20:31, 31 October 2014
Five mosque-goers detained in Makhachkala, eyewitnesses report (+video)
After a mass brawl of worshipers with policemen near a mosque in Makhachkala, five persons were detained, as reported by eyewitnesses of the incident. The police have confirmed the information about the detention.
Pyotr Zaikin. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:55, 31 October 2014
In Chechnya Ruslan Kutaev has his imprisonment reduced by two months
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has completed considering the complaint against the verdict to Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, and decided to reduce his prison term from 4 years down to 3 years and 10 months, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the SC.
Poster in support of Rostov journalist Alexander Tolmachov, Rostov-on-Don, March 10, 2013. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’
17:31, 31 October 2014
Rostov journalist Alexander Tolmachov appealed against his conviction
Alexander Tolmachov, who was sentenced by the Kuschevskaya District Court to nine years in a high security colony, has lodged an appeal complaint to the Krasnodar Territorial Court. Another appeal was also lodged by one of his advocates – Eduard Uskov. Other advocates are also preparing their complaints.
At the place of the terror act committed in a trolleybus, Volgograd, December 30, 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’
16:33, 31 October 2014
Volgograd: at trial on terror acts Dadaev again refuses to plead guilty
The defendant Alautdin Dadaev was questioned today at the trial on terror acts in Volgograd, said his advocate Selim Magomedov. The defendant confirmed his earlier evidence about his innocence.
Mukhammed Mirzali. Photo: http://haqqin.az
12:14, 31 October 2014
PFPA activist Mukhammed Mirzali arrested in Azerbaijan
Mukhammed Mirzali, an activist of the youth branch of the Goichay district organization of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest. The court found him guilty of disorderly conduct (minor hooliganism) and disobeying the police.
09:58, 31 October 2014
ECtHR asks Russia to clarify the case of inmate of Stavropol penal colony
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint filed by Sergey Butrin, an inmate of the Stavropol penal colony, who went blind and got several serious chronic diseases at penitentiary institutions. In his complaint to the ECtHR, Sergey Butrin indicates intolerable detention conditions during serving his sentence and complains about the courts' dismissal of his request for release because of his health state.
Mothers of large families Nadezhda Kireeva and Olga Stepanova. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:37, 31 October 2014
Volgograd mothers of large families see no reaction to their pickets in Moscow
Mothers of large families from the Volgograd Region held a series of solo pickets in Moscow. They demanded to fulfil social obligations of the state to them. According to the picketers, the authorities have hardly responded to their protest actions.
Ingushetia government discusses the issue of celebrations in connection with the 60th birthday of Ruslan Aushev. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/ZS1A6018.jpg
08:56, 31 October 2014
Ingushetia cancels celebration events for jubilee of its first President Ruslan Aushev
Ingushetia has cancelled the celebrations in connection with the 60th birthday of Ruslan Aushev, the first President of Ingushetia, at his request. This was reported by Shamsudin Bokov, the Press Secretary of the leader of Ingushetia.
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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.