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The Winter Sports Palace "Iceberg". Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:15, 24 September 2013
IOC conducts final check of Sochi facilities' readiness for the Olympics
Today, the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has started its work in Sochi. At the end of this tenth and final visit of the IOC officials, they will give their final assessment of the readiness of Sochi for the Winter Olympics.
12:00, 24 September 2013
In Krasnodar, investigators send Professor Savva's case to Prosecutor's Office
The investigating authorities have directed the indictment on the criminal case against Professor Mikhail Savva from Kuban State University, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre, who is kept in custody since April, for approval to the Prosecutor's Office.
07:45, 24 September 2013
Moscow court to consider Dagestani MP's claim to Orhan Jemal
On September 25, the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow plans to consider the claim lodged by Shamil Isaev, a Deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, against the journalist Orhan Jemal on protection of his honour and dignity. The MP demands to recognize the facts presented in Jemal's article about the investigation of the murder of the Dagestani journalist Gadjimurad Kamalov as untrue and defamatory.
Aik Khanumyan, Chairman of the "National Revival" Party. Photo http://www.a1plus.am/ru
04:23, 24 September 2013
In Nagorno-Karabakh, first issue of newspaper "Revival" published
In Nagorno-Karabakh, the "National Revival" Party has released the first issue of newspaper "Revival". Local residents believe that to be successful, the new edition is to highlight the acute problems of the society ignored the media controlled by the authorities.
02:32, 24 September 2013
At trial in case of attack on Nalchik, defence asks to sentence defendants to terms already spent by them in SIZO
In the course of the court session held on the case of the attack on Nalchik, advocates of the defendants in the episode "Landysh" (Lily-of-the-valley), asked the court to sentence their clients to terms of imprisonment already spent by them in custody in SIZO (pre-trial prison).
22:24, 23 September 2013
Power agents planted explosives into Magomedovs' house, their relative asserts
In the village of Mutsalaul, the brothers Gasan and Gusein Magomedov were detained after their house was searched. The reason for detention was in the grenades and a TNT block, which, according to their relative, were planted there by power agents. The brothers are suspected of aiding members of the illegal armed formations (IAFs), said a source from the Khasavyurt ROVD.
17:41, 23 September 2013
In Volgograd, 12 parents of many children go on hunger strike
The hunger-strikers try to attract attention to the problems of maternity and childhood in the Volgograd Region and dismiss the Governor Sergey Bozhenov, Elena Samoshina, one of the hunger-strikers, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Ali Kerimli. Photo: Aziz Kerimli (RFE/RL)
17:28, 23 September 2013
Son of oppositional leader sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest in Azerbaijan
Tyurkel Kerimli, the son of the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Ali Kerimli, has been sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest. The police accused him of removal of campaign materials of presidential candidates from street stands.
Suicide belts found and neutralized in Makhachkala and Kaspiisk on June 11, 2013
16:21, 23 September 2013
MIA: two civilians and 10 policemen hit by terror act in Dagestan
The explosion triggered by a suicide bomber in the village of Khuchni, Tabasaran District of Dagestan, injured ten policemen and two civilians, said the press service of the Russian MIA for the republic.
Vardan Sedrakyan. Photo: PanARMENIAN Photo/Varo Rafayelyan
13:25, 23 September 2013
Armenia: Vardan Sedrakyan sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempt on ex-presidential candidate
The court has sentenced Vardan Sedrakyan – the main figurant in the case on the attempt on the former presidential candidate Paruir Airikyan – to 14 years in prison. Another defendant Khachatur Pogosyan received the same term, while the third defendant Samvel Arutyunyan was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Participants of an oppositional rally in Baku supported the presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli. Baku, September 22, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:44, 22 September 2013
Rally in Baku urges authorities to ensure equal terms for presidential candidates
An oppositional rally in Baku has supported the presidential candidate of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) Jamil Gasanli and expressed confidence in his victory. The rally's resolution calls on the incumbent Ilham Aliev not to use his administrative resources in the election campaign, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba. Photo: official website of FLNCA, http://flnka.ru/
20:20, 22 September 2013
Lands allocated to resettlers from Khrakh-Uba in Dagestan may be flooded, locals say
In Makhachkala, residents of the village of Khrakh-Uba held an assembly, where they discussed the land plot allotted in the Magaramkent District for exclave residents. The land belonging to the Novoaul village council is unfit for building houses due to floods that happen in the area, the villagers have stated.
Cuffed hands. Photo: .v1ctor Casale., http://www.flickr.com/photos/v1ctor/
18:53, 22 September 2013
Supposed customer of murder of Magaramkent District head dies at questioning in Dagestan
On September 21, Nasir Djavadov, the alleged customer of the murder of the head of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, died of heart failure while questioned at the criminal search department of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said the spokesman of the department for the region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). In his turn Niyaz Djavadov, Nasir's brother, asserts that he died as a result of beatings.
17:32, 22 September 2013
Relatives of Kuraev who was killed in Makhachkala claim contradictions in power agents' data
Relatives of Saadula Kuraev, who was shot dead in a shootout in Makhachkala claim that the facts about the shooting released by power agents have contradictions. This was reported by Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani regional public organization (DRPA) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).
11:28, 22 September 2013
Georgia registers 22 presidential candidates
The Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that 22 politicians have been registered as presidential candidates for the election scheduled for October 27.
Worker near double road under construction on the Resort avenue. Sochi, summer of 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:45, 22 September 2013
53 builders of Sochi Olympic facilities complain of salary non-payment
53 workers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia engaged in building houses for volunteers in Sochi, have addressed the Sochi branch of the network "Migration and Law" with a complaint about non-payment of their salaries for three months. The workers have a chance to get some of the money, says Semyon Simonov, the coordinator of the network.
The memorial in honour of the 46 girls who were lost in 1819 in the capture of the village of Dadi-Yurt. Chechnya, The Gudermes District, September 15, 2013. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
22:36, 21 September 2013
State Duma MP demands to check legality of installing a monument in Chechnya to girls who died in Caucasian War
Alexei Zhuravlyov, a Russian MP and the chairman of the party "Rodina" (Motherland) has sent an inquiry to the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika asking him to check the legality of opening a monument to girls who perished in the 1817-1864 Caucasian War period in the Chechen village of Khangish-Yurt.
20:24, 21 September 2013
NAC: person killed in Makhachkala was involved in May terror act
On September 21, at 3:30 p.m., in Akushinsky Street, a man was killed after he opened fire on policemen, when they asked him to present documents. According to preliminary data, the policemen killed Zaur Sheikhakhmedov, the leader of the so-called "Caspian" bandit grouping.
19:40, 21 September 2013
Skakov: Surkov's main task will be to control Russian investments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Vladislav Surkov is the best person to address the topical issues that have arisen in Russia's relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, believes Alexander Skakov, the coordinator of the working group of the Centre for Studying Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RussianAcademy of Sciences.
Emil Adelkhanov. Photo shot from youtube video.
15:21, 21 September 2013
Adelkhanov: Lakaev's extradition to Russia depends on ECtHR's position in Osmaev's case
In the opinion of Emil Adelkhanov, a member of the Board of the NGO named "Caucasian Institute", when considering the extradition of Yusup Lakaev from Georgia to Russia, the former will take into account the precedent with Adam Osmaev, whose extradition to Russia was postponed on the recommendation of the of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
News
The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.

Azerbaijani social media users responded to calls for the extradition of convicted NKR leaders to Armenia.

The Vardanyan case investigation has been completed.

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.