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Kazikhan Kurbanov, a member of the anti-corruption council of the Tabasaran District, makes a speech at the "Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations". Makhachkala, May 31, 2014. Photo by Idris Yusupov
13:10, 5 June 2014
Organizers of "Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations" promise to hold rallies if authorities fail to listen to their demands
Deputies of the "Extraordinary Congress of Dagestani Nations" have announced that they will have to organize protest actions if the authorities fail to listen to their demands specified in their resolution. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
09:53, 5 June 2014
Grenade goes off near house of car service director in Stavropol Territory
At night of Thursday, in the Cossack village of Suvorovskaya of the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory, a grenade blew up in the yard of the house belonging to a car service director. No one was injured. This was reported by the press centre of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
07:26, 5 June 2014
Relatives of Arthur Gatagazhev killed in Ingushetia detained on suspicion of drug trafficking
Brothers of Arthur Gatagazhev, who was killed in the special operation conducted on May 24 in the village of Sagopshi in Ingushetia, have been detained in Malgobek on suspicion of drug trafficking. The mother of the detainees claims that drugs were planted to their car during the search carried out by agents of the secret services.
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia. Photo: Yuri Timofeyev (RFE/RL)
03:48, 5 June 2014
Experts assess differently reasons for political crisis in Abkhazia
Experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent have failed to come to a common conclusion about the causes and consequences of the revolution in Abkhazia. According to journalist Orkhan Djemal, the crisis was inspired by Russia.
02:53, 5 June 2014
In Moscow, two Dagestanis face trial on charges of attempting to overthrow political system
The Moscow City Court has started the trial in the case against members of the banned organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir". The prisoners' dock contains Saipulla Kurbanov and Shamil Ismailov, two natives of the Republic of Dagestan, and Zakrillokhon Rakhmonkhodjaev and Azizbek Inamov, two natives of Central Asia.
02:29, 5 June 2014
Armenia: Shant Arutyunyan's supporters thank President of Switzerland for his support of rights defenders
On June 4, in Yerevan, about a dozen activists supporting Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, a participant of the protest action "Million Mask March", held an action in front of the presidential residence. They were expressing their gratitude to Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Confederation President, for his position on the Armenian political prisoners.
23:59, 4 June 2014
Azerbaijan: advocate of journalist Gashimli appeals against his verdict
Elchin Sadygov, the advocate of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist Parviz Gashimli, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, has appealed against the verdict. The lawyer believes that Gashimli's criminal case was fabricated.
The Ministry of Emergency representatives at the place of the incident. Dagestan, June 2014. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency of the Republic of Dagestan, http://www.05.mchs.gov.ru/
20:57, 4 June 2014
Bodies of five casualties of bus fall found in Dagestan
Two of the seven persons missing after the fall of a minivan in the Tsuntin District of Dagestan have been found dead. As a result, the death toll now makes five persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
19:52, 4 June 2014
Head of Presidential Administration and Secretary of Security Council resign in Abkhazia
Beslan Kubrava, the Head of the Administration of the President of Abkhazia, and Nugzar Ashuba, the Secretary of the Security Council, have submitted their resignation applications.
Kurchaloevskaya Central City Hospital. Chechnya, June 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:36, 4 June 2014
Number of Chechen residents who got poisoned with water reaches 146
According to a source from the Gudermes District Administration, in total, 146 residents of the village of Ishkhoy-Yurt, including 33 children, were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning with drinking water; their condition is assessed as moderate gravity. The source of water that has presumably caused the infection was taken under guard.
The FMS representatives checking documents. Photo: the Federal Migration Service, www.fms.gov.ru
17:26, 4 June 2014
KBR's SC refuses to obey FMS and deport Syrian student
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has refused to overturn the decision of the Nalchik City Court on invalidating the cancellation of the residence permit in Russia of Nart Abaza, an ethnic Adyg and a Syrian national, a student of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).
17:19, 4 June 2014
Verdict to journalist Alibeili appealed against at Azerbaijani SC
According to the lawyer Elchin Sadygov, a cassation complaint on the case of Sardar Alibeili, the editor-in-chief of the "P. S. Nota" newspaper and the online-edition "Psnota.com", who was sentenced on November 13, 2013, to four years in prison on charges of hooliganism with use of a weapon, has been lodged to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Azerbaijani Republic.
Rauf Mirkadirov (to the left) at the funeral of his father. Baku, May 24, 2014. Photo IA "Turan"
15:30, 4 June 2014
Azerbaijan: journalist Mirkadirov, accused of treason, decides to testify
In Azerbaijan, the journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, arrested on charges of treason, has decided to testify to investigators. Earlier, he refused doing it, treating the accusation of spying in favour of Armenia as an absurd one, said his advocate.
On the border of Rostov Region and Ukraine. Photo http://bloknot-rostov.ru/
15:13, 4 June 2014
Astakhov: Rostov Region put under state of emergency due to inflow of refugees from Ukraine
Because of the great amount of refugees, some districts of the Rostov Region that border on Ukraine were put under the state of emergency, said Pavel Astakhov, the Ombudsman for Children's Rights in the Russian Federation, who makes his official visit to the region.
13:59, 4 June 2014
Resident of Chechnya, earlier convicted for involvement in armed underground, suspected of illegal arms circulation
Ruslan Khasiev, a resident of the city of Grozny, is suspected of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, said a source from the Chechen prosecutor's office. Earlier, he was convicted on same charges and for involvement in the armed underground.
Alexander Ankvab (in front). May 2014. Photo: © Management of Information and Mass Communications of the President of the Abkhaz Republic, http://www.abkhaziagov.org/
11:35, 4 June 2014
Local experts: Ankvab will hardly run for presidency at early election in Abkhazia
The early presidential election scheduled for August 24 in Abkhazia has brought some intrigue into the issue of who will represent the contesting groups in the race. Local experts agree that Alexander Ankvab will not take part in it.
10:03, 4 June 2014
Casualty of shootout in Dagestan identified as Ramazan Magomedov
According to a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, the man killed during a special operation in the Kizlyar District of the republic, was preliminarily identified as Ramazan Magomedov, the leader of one of militant groupings.
Near the building of the Urus-Martan City Court on a day of a court session on the case of Ruslan Kutaev. May 23, 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:24, 4 June 2014
HRC "Memorial": at Kutaev's trial, prosecution witness claims falsification of his testimony
In Chechnya, at a court session on the case of Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who was accused of drug possession, a prosecution witness said that some phrases in the protocol of his questioning at the preliminary investigation were changed.
20:24, 3 June 2014
Bganba dismisses two Abkhazian Vice-Premiers
Valery Bganba, the Acting President and the Speaker of the Parliament of Abkhazia has signed decrees on the dismissal of Indira Vardanya, the First Deputy Prime Minister, and Beslan Eshba, a Deputy Prime Minister, the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic reports.
House of a woman whose home suffered from the flood. Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), May 2014. Photo: the official site of the Baksan District of the KBR, http://www.ba.adm-kbr.ru/
17:06, 3 June 2014
In KBR, volunteers help Kuba-Taba villagers to eliminate flood consequences
More than 20 volunteers are involved in the elimination of consequences of the flood in the village of Kuba-Taba, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They have already purged up the mudflow canal, which for a long time remained unused, said Aser Nartokov, the head of the village administration.
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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....

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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.