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Saigidpasha Umakhanov. Photo: http://nkaa.ru/7-avarcev-spaset-avtonomiya-umahanov-o-bolevyh-tochkah-dagestana.html
16:08, 11 March 2015
The attempted murder of the Mayor of Khasavyurt Saigidpasha Umakhanov was ordered by people close to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, said a source from special services of Dagestan, citing the testimonies of the residents of Chechnya, convicted in this case.
Anzor Gubashev is led through the corridor of the Basmanny Court of Moscow. March 8. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
15:52, 11 March 2015
The newspaper writes that investigators believe that the murder of Boris Nemtsov was organized by a close relative of a high-ranking Chechen power agent.
Media representatives at the entrance to the Basmanny Court of Moscow. March 8, 2015. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
14:57, 11 March 2015
Members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison) "Lefortovo" and found no traces of beatings in the three detainees for the murder of Boris Nemtsov, said Anton Tsvetkov, the head of the Moscow POC. Rights defenders have also rejected the claims of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) that they intervene into the investigation of the crime.
Zaur Dadaev is led through the corridor of the Basmanny Court of Moscow. March 8, 2015. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"correspondent
13:49, 11 March 2015
Zaur Dadaev, accused of killing the politician Boris Nemtsov, was dismissed from the battalion "Sever" on February 28. In the battalion, he took the post of Deputy Regiment Commander; and his former colleagues refuse to believe in his involvement in the murder, a source from power structures of Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo by The "Caucasian Knot"
12:16, 11 March 2015
Zaur Dadaev has confirmed the data, earlier published by the "Caucasian Knot" that his friend Ruslan Yusupov was detained together with him. According to his version, the power agents demanded his confession of killing Nemtsov in exchange for Yusupov's release.
Anzor Gubashev shut his face from TV cameras and press photographers in the Basmanny Court room, March 8, 2015. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:59, 11 March 2015
The advocate of Anzor Gubashev, who is accused of involvement in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has filed a complaint against his arrest. In total, to date, the court has received three appeals on the case – from the advocates of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, Anzor Gubashev and Khamzat Bakhaev.
CTO in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/02/28/v-kizilyurtovskom-raione-respubliki-dagestan-rezhim-kto-otmenen.html
08:43, 11 March 2015
The police have resumed the search for the militants who shelled a police patrol near the village of Nakazukh, Gunib District.
Yard of the Avetisyan family house is sealed up by the investigating bodies. Gyumri, January 14, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:13, 10 March 2015
The successors of the Avetisyan family, assassinated in Gyumri, as well as their legal representatives, took part in the ballistic, forensic-chemical and complex examinations appointed within the criminal case.
Lyudmila Bogatenkova. Photo: http://budennovsk.org/?p=81575
20:24, 10 March 2015
The City Court of Budyonnovsk has rejected the motion of the investigation, asking to restrict the time allocated for Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the chair of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Prikumye Mothers", for studying the materials of the criminal case initiated against her.
Sergey Mitrokhin, the leader of the Russian "Yabloko" Party. Photo: the official site of the "Yabloko" Party http://www.yabloko.ru/Press/2008/080829_spb.html
18:14, 10 March 2015
Sergey Mitrokhin, the leader of the Russian "Yabloko" Party, said in his appeal to Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the head of the Russian MIA, that there are no grounds for police surveillance of Arthur Babaev, the leader of the Dagestani branch of the "Yabloko" Party, and putting him on the police registry.
17:12, 10 March 2015
Power agents have detained a brother of Imangazali Magomedov, who is accused of aiding militants, as well as possession of weapons and drugs, said the advocate Elena Denisenko.
Intigam Aliev (to the right) during his detention. Baku, August 8, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:55, 10 March 2015
In Baku, a court session on the case of the rights defender Intigam Aliev was postponed after an altercation that broke out among the victim and the observers present in the courtroom. Before that, the judge dismissed a number of motions put forward by Aliev's defence.
MfE officials pitching a tent in a refugee camp in the Rostov Region. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:26, 10 March 2015
Eight out of the 42 temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for refugees from Ukraine were closed in the Rostov Region, said a source from the regional government.
Law enforcers. Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:05, 10 March 2015
The Chechen MIA has reported that they have no information about the detention of two more suspects in the Shelkovskoy District.
Simultaneous interpreter translates  judgement for the defendants. Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, March 10, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:03, 10 March 2015
Today, the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has ruled on the case of Azerbaijani citizens Dilkham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev, convicted on charges of murder and espionage. The verdict of the first judicial instance was upheld.
Soldier of NKR army in the front line. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:04, 10 March 2015
As reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), over the past 24 hours, in different sections of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the ceasefire was violated for 34 times.
Nina Gasparyan with daughters Firuza and Marina. Nagorno-Karabakh, Hadrut town of Hadrut Province. February 27, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:36, 10 March 2015
In the NKR, the family Rubik Gasparyan, who went missing in the conflict zone 22 years ago, has called on the authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan to exchange complete lists of missing persons.
Meeting of Boris Nemtsov with his electorate in Tsvetnoy boulevard in Sochi, 2009. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:28, 10 March 2015
As asserted by Sochi civil society activists and oppositionists, Russia has no state protection for those who struggle with corruption and oppose the authorities; and another proof of that was the murder of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, a native of Sochi, committed in downtown Moscow.
22:20, 9 March 2015
Gevorg Kostanyan, the General Prosecutor of Armenia, has agreed to meet on March 13 relatives of the Avetisyan family shot and killed in Gyumri.
The defendant Anzor Gubashev is led to the court room. Moscow, March 8, 2015. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
20:44, 9 March 2015
The Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the reasons for the detention of persons suspected of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov and their possible motives are not true. This opinion has been expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents. Meanwhile, the experts believe the very detentions will cause a "serious reputational damage to the leader of Chechnya."
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.