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    Special operation in Derbent, October 16, 2014. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
    12:22, 18 October 2014
    Relatives of Elshan Salikhov, killed in Derbent, deny his involvement in militants' activities
    According to family members of Elshan Salikhov, killed during the special operation in Derbent, the victim was not a member of the armed underground and had no problems with the police.
    Street in Aleppo after fighting. Syria. Photo: Voice of America News: Scott Bobb reports from Aleppo, Syria https://ru.wikipedia.org
    11:44, 18 October 2014
    Shamil Gazaliev from Chechnya suspected of involvement in warfare in Syria
    Shamil Gazaliev, a resident of Grozny, who was regarded missing since the summer of 2014, is in Syria, taking part in the war for the anti-governmental forces, said the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. In case of his homecoming, Gazaliev will be detained.
    Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
    11:15, 18 October 2014
    Gimry resident reports detention of three suspected militants in Vremenny
    Today, a resident of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, has reported that three suspected members of the armed underground, blocked in the settlement of Vremenny by power agents on October 15, were detained and taken away from the settlement. The police has not been confirmed this information yet.
    Residents of Srednaya Akhtuba picket against expanded clay factories. Volgograd, October 17, 2014. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    07:37, 18 October 2014
    Volgograd: residents of Srednaya Akhtuba picket against expanded clay factories
    A picket demanding from the supervisory bodies to suspend the work expanded clay factories in the settlement of Srednaya Akhtuba until they are reorganized and create a sanitary protection zone in the settlement was held in Volgograd.
    04:21, 18 October 2014
    Grozny law enforcers search for two suspected suicide bombers, a police source reports
    On October 15, in the Lenin District of Grozny, law enforcers checked passports in connection with the search for suspected members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), who, according to the operative information, might be hiding in one of the districts of the city.
    02:01, 18 October 2014
    In Krasnodar, "Solidarity" activist stabbed because of his anti-Putin inscription
    In the Krasnodar Territory, Viktor Chirikov, an activist of the movement "Solidarity", was attacked and got a stab wound because of the inscription he made on the rear window of his car. The activist did not go to the police, he believes it has no sense, since his former complains about attacks did not bring any results.
    01:05, 18 October 2014
    Armenia: organizer of "Million Mask March" sentenced to six years of imprisonment
    In Yerevan, the court of first instance of the administrative districts of Kentron-Nork-Marash has sentenced Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, who organized the "Million Mask March", to six years of imprisonment. The other defendants were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment.
    01:02, 18 October 2014
    In Budyonnovsk, head of Committee of Soldiers' Mothers detained after search in NGO's office
    On October 17, the law enforcement bodies conducted a search in the office of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Mothers from Kuma River Area" in Budyonnovsk and the Budyonnovsk District of the Stavropol Territory. Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the 73-year-old head of the NGO, is detained for charge of fraud, the website of the project "RealArmy" reports.
    21:57, 17 October 2014
    23 believers taken to police after namaz in Makhachkala
    Today, after namaz (evening prayer) law enforcers have detained and took to the police 23 parishioners of the Salafi mosque in Makhachkala. All the detainees were registered and released, the congregation reported later.
    Law enforcement officers near the court building where the case of Nida activists is considered, Baku, November 5, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    20:04, 17 October 2014
    Four persons from the list of political prisoners pardoned in Azerbaijan
    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has signed a decree to pardon 84 people, including four persons earlier recognized as political prisoners. In his comment on the presidential decree Elshan Gasanov, the head of the Centre for Monitoring Political Prisoners, expressed his regret that the pardoning had failed to solve the problem of political prisoners.
    17:27, 17 October 2014
    In Dagestan, Patimat Nasibova's sister was held by police for an hour
    Today, Saiganat Nasibova, a sister of Patimat Nasibova, accused of helping militants, was detained by the police. An hour later, she was released from the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division), said Elena Denisenko, the advocate for Patimat Nasibova.
    15:43, 17 October 2014
    Woman from Chechnya sentenced to over 9 years in prison for beating her stepdaughter
    Today, in Chechnya, the Oktiabrsky District Court of Grozny has found Marina Baisultanova, a local resident, guilty of brutal beating her four-year-old stepdaughter and sentenced her to 9 years and 2 months of imprisonment in a general-security colony.
    15:26, 17 October 2014
    "EcoWatch" members report improvement of Vitishko's relations with colony bosses
    Evgeny Vitishko, a convicted ecologist from Krasnodar, has no claims to top managers of the colony-settlement, where he serves his term, said Dmitry Gutov and Elena Shmakova, members of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who have visited the ecologist.
    13:47, 17 October 2014
    Experts are skeptical about allegations on JAMWA's involvement in explosion in Grozny
    The allegations of involvement of the Islamist grouping of JAMWA (Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar) in the explosion in Grozny on October 5 cause doubts, because of the source of the information. This opinion was expressed by Akhmet Yarlykapov, researcher from the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, and Alexei Malashenko from the Moscow Carnegie Centre.
    Nadir Abu Khalid. Still frame from youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWLQRMVwPjY
    12:29, 17 October 2014
    Dagestani SC leaves Nadir Abu Khalid under home arrest
    Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has dismissed the prosecutors' request to take into custody Islamic preacher Nadir Abu Khalid, suspected of illegal possession of weapons. Thus, the court has upheld the decision of the Kirov District Court of Makhachkala on the detainee's home arrest.
    Special operation in Derbent, October 16, 2014. Photo: http://05.mvd.ru/upload/site9/document_news/7yexUHfZPn-400xx300.jpg
    08:33, 17 October 2014
    Salikhov killed in Dagestan had been detained before special operation, relative asserts
    In Dagestan, family members of Elshan Salikhov, one of the men killed on October 16 during a special operation in Derbent, report that he was detained by the law enforcers prior to the special operation. According to the source, it is still not clear whether the wife of the killed man intends to file a complaint to the police about the incident.
    08:27, 17 October 2014
    At conference in KBR, more than 40 scientists discuss Caucasian War
    On October 16, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) opened an international conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. More than 40 scientists from Northern Caucasus and Moscow take part in the conference. The special feature of the conference is a focus on specific problems related to the study of the history of the Caucasian War.
    05:09, 17 October 2014
    In Greece, court refuses to extradite Data Akhalaya to Georgia
    In Greece, the court has pronounced the decision to refuse extradition to Georgia of Data Akhalaya, the former Chief of the Department of Constitutional Security of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). This was reported on October 16 by advocate Irakli Zakareishvili.
    01:41, 17 October 2014
    Former residents of central Yerevan demand new flats from Armenian Government
    On October 16, in Yerevan, former residents of the central streets, namely: Yekmalyan, Byuzand, and Anrapetutyan Streets, blocked a street in the centre of the Armenian capital and demanded a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Ovik Abramyan. According to the protesters, the government is to provide them with housing facilities.
    20:22, 16 October 2014
    Deputy of Tabasaran District Assembly killed in special operation in Dagestan
    Ramis Mirzakhanov, a Deputy of the Tabasaran District Assembly of Dagestan, was killed during a special operation. According to investigators, he attacked a law enforcer with a knife. However, his brothers have reported today that OMON (riot police) agents opened fire at Mirzakhanov without a warning.
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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.