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Village of Irganai, Untsukul District of Dagestan, June 2014. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
15:02, 2 September 2014
Irganai villagers do not let their children to school, demanding to meet Dagestani leadership
On September 1 and 2, school lessons were disrupted in the village of Irganai, Untsukul District of Dagestan. Parents would not let their children to school, demanding a meeting with the republic's leadership to discuss the situation with non-payment of compensations for flooded land.
Memorial for the victims of Beslan terror act, Beslan, September 2014. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:43, 2 September 2014
"Levada-Centre": 64% of Russian citizens believe authorities did their best to rescue hostages in Beslan
Over 10 years from the date when militants had seized the Beslan School No. 1, the proportion of people, who believe that the Russian authorities and law enforcers did everything possible to rescue the hostages, has increased from 52% to 64%, states the "Levada-Centre" following the results of the public questioning. Number of respondents who treated measures taken by the authorities as insufficient decreased to 24%.
10:00, 2 September 2014
In Krasnodar, activist Darya Polyudova arrested on suspicion of extremism
In Krasnodar, Darya Polyudova, an activist of the "ROT-Front", the United Communist Party of Novorossiysk, one of the organizers of the failed "March for Kuban Federalization", who had been earlier detained on charges of disorderly conduct, has been arrested on suspicion of extremism.
05:25, 2 September 2014
In Rostov Region, schools welcome 7000 children of Ukrainian immigrants
On September 1, more than seven thousand children of Ukrainian immigrants started training at schools of all 55 municipalities of the Rostov Region, the press service of the Rostov regional government reports.
Protest action held by parents of Liceum №9 students, Makhachkala. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:42, 2 September 2014
Knowledge Day in NCFD: regions face shortage of schools
On the Knowledge Day, the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has opened new schools and other educational institutions. However, the regions of the NCFD claim the large number of pupils and the shortage of places for them.
01:07, 2 September 2014
Sapiyat Magomedova complains to Dagestani ID about delays in investigation into case of her beating
On September 1, in Dagestan, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova filed a complaint to the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), stating that the investigation into the case of her beating by policemen was intentionally delayed. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Sapiyat Magomedova herself.
00:21, 2 September 2014
Dagestani authorities claim lack of federal funds to pay compensation to Mekhelta villagers
Till present, the federal budget allocated no funds for compensation payments to residents of the village of Mekhelta of the Gumbet District of Dagestan affected by the torrential rains, stated the response of the Dagestani authorities to a complaint filed by two local residents. However, the letter from the Russian Ministry of Regional Development contradicts the information of the Dagestani authorities, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova believes.
23:26, 1 September 2014
Zarema Khadjirokova accused of fraud goes on hunger strike in Maikop
Today, at the session of the Maikop City Court, Zarema Khadjirokova, the former chief accountant of the Maikop State Technological University, accused of fraud, has announced a hunger strike. She demands to transfer her trial to a different region.
17:14, 1 September 2014
Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan bans Namazov's leaving the country
In Azerbaijan, Abulfat Namazov, a video and photo journalist of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), was not allowed to leave the country. On August 31, he was stopped from going to the United States on a journalism programme.
Memorial for the victims of terror act in Beslan, August 2014. Photo by by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:48, 1 September 2014
Dudieva: on October 14, ECtHR to start considering complaint of Beslan victims
On October 14, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will begin considering the complaint lodged by victims of the terror act in Beslan School No. 1, said Susanna Dudieva, the Chair of the Public Committee "Mothers of Beslan". According to her story, today, on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, the limitation time for bringing those responsible to justice expires; however, no objective investigation has ever been carried out.
11:50, 1 September 2014
During week of August 25-31, 2014, 3 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 25-31, 2014, at least 3 persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded persons were reported. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources. According to the law enforcement bodies, all killed persons were suspected members of the armed underground in Dagestan.
Site in memory of Beslan massacre victims. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:42, 1 September 2014
Moscow opens art project about Beslan victims
The art project of Yekaterinburg painters named "Beslan", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 terror act in North Ossetia, was opened on September 1 inMoscow and will last in the Marat Gelman's Gallery at the Winery till the evening of September 5. Besides, within the public campaign "Remember Beslan!", by the anniversary of the tragedy, activist published brochures containing the data of the independent investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy.
Memorial for the victims of terror act. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
10:12, 1 September 2014
Beslan marks tenth anniversary of terror act
Today, the town of Beslan has started a three-day mourning event to mark the tenth anniversary of the terror act committed on September 1, 2004. More than 3000 people came to the yard of the School No. 1 to commemorate the victims of the terror act.
Salesmen at the market in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:50, 1 September 2014
Residents of Chechnya express their concern over growth of prices for meat and dairy products
In Chechnya, the markets raise prices for some food products. According to the Chechen Department of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), over the recent week, prices for meat, sausages and dairy products rose by 5-20 percent. Local residents have expressed their concern about the above price growth, and they are afraid of food shortages.
Summer camps of the armed underground and a hideout with ammunition found in Ingushetia. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/08/29/v-respublike-ingushetiya-obnaruzheny-letnie-stoyanki-boevikov-i-skhron-boeprip.html
09:16, 1 September 2014
NAC: militants' summer camps found in vicinity of two Ingush villages
Summer camps of the armed underground and a hideout with ammunition were found near two villages of the Nazran District of Ingushetia, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.
00:21, 1 September 2014
Sixty three Ukrainian soldiers who crossed Russian-Ukrainian border sent home
On August 31, Russia returned to the Ukrainian side the soldiers, who on August 27 crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and entered the territory of the Rostov Region, stated Major-General Alexei Ragozin, Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation.
22:31, 31 August 2014
Azerbaijan freezes bank accounts of Centre for Economic Research and its leader
In Azerbaijan, bank accounts of the Centre for Economic Research (CER) and its leader Gubad Ibadoglu have been frozen. On August 28, Gubad Ibadoglu was questioned by the General Prosecutor's Office as a witness in the case against a number of local and foreign NGOs, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by the CER leader.
House of the Lavrikov family in Esaulenko Street, Sochi, August 30, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:50, 31 August 2014
In Sochi, Lavrikov family challenge court decision to move them to "Olympic" housing
In Sochi, Lavrikov family members have challenged the decision of the Krasnodar Regional Court to grant the request of the Sochi city administration to transfer the Lavrikov family members to "Olympic" housing. The appeal has been filed against the court's decision to evict four adults from the dilapidated house to a one-room apartment in a building for "Olympic" settlers.
07:05, 31 August 2014
Governor of Rostov Region announces closure of refugee centres
On August 29, Vasily Golubev, the Governor of the Rostov Region, announced that all field temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for Ukrainian refugees would be closed during a week. The TACs are to be closed because of bad weather conditions in the Rostov Region. The authorities plan to transfer refugees to stationary accommodation centres.
06:05, 31 August 2014
Armenian MoD reports detention of soldier related to Vladimir Airapetyan's death
Simon Mkrtchyan, a colleague of Vladimir Airapetyan, has been detained during the investigation into the case of the death of his colleague, a regular soldier of one of the military units. This was reported on August 30 by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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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.