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Dmitry Sukhomlinov, advocate of Ibragim Musaev. Yaroslavl, August 29, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
20:24, 2 September 2013
Decision to extradite Musaev to Azerbaijan challenged at Russia's SC
Dmitry Sukhomlinov, the advocate of the Azerbaijani citizen Ibragim Musaev, has lodged a complaint to the Russia's Supreme Court (SC) about the decision on the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia to extradite his client.
19:26, 2 September 2013
In Armenia, student detained at protest action
About 200 people took part in a protest against the increase of tuition fees at universities. One of the organizers – the student Arutyun Mkrtchyan – was taken to a police station.
16:50, 2 September 2013
Court puts defendants in Politkovskaya murder case behind bars
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has granted the prosecutors' motion and ruled to place Ibragim and Djabrail Makhmudov, figurants in the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskay, into custody.
16:09, 2 September 2013
On September 10, commission for revealing illegal migrants starts working in Sochi
As reported by the city administration of Sochi, on September 10, a special commission will start searching – by visiting flat by flat – for illegal migrants to be evicted before the Winter Olympic Games.
12:36, 2 September 2013
Flash polling by "Dosh": in case of direct elections of heads of Dagestan and Ingushetia people would vote against all candidates
Most of the residents of Dagestan and Ingushetia should vote against all the approved candidates for the leaders of the republics, if the elections were direct – these are the results of the opinion poll, conducted by the magazine "Dosh" and volunteers of the Centre of Caucasian Initiative.
11:41, 2 September 2013
Krasnodar Territory: man disappears after arrest
In the Gulkevichy District of the Krasnodar Territory, law enforcers search for a local resident, who disappeared after an administrative arrest for five days. The criminal case has been instituted into the fact of his disappearance.
Events on the 9th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beslan School No. 1. North Ossetia, September 1, 2013. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
10:59, 2 September 2013
On September 1, over 2000 visited terror act venue in Beslan
On September 1, more than 2000 persons came to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of terror act in Beslan School No. 1, where nine years ago plenty of hostages were captured.
07:17, 2 September 2013
Relatives of missing Chechen residents demand to punish kidnappers
On August 31, relatives of persons disappeared and kidnapped in Chechnya appealed to the Russian President and the leader of Chechnya with a request to develop a mechanism to search for disappeared residents and to punish guilty persons.
Special operation in Verkhnie Ubeki village, Levashinsky District, Dagestan. August 30, 2013. Photo: nac.gov.ru
04:52, 2 September 2013
During week of August 26 - September 1, 17 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 26 - September 1, 2013, at least 17 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of these, 9 persons were killed, and 8 persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
00:13, 2 September 2013
NAC: person killed in Buynaksk identified as Zaur Umarov
A person who was killed in a shootout with the police in Buynaksk was identified as Zaur Umarov. According to the NAC's information, the victim was a bomber of the "Buynaksk" grouping.
17:17, 1 September 2013
MIA: Ali Abdurazakov is the third teacher murdered in Dagestan in 2013
The Tsumada District of Dagestan carries out investigating and operational activities on the fact of the murder of teacher Ali Abdurazakov.
11:19, 1 September 2013
In Volgograd, blogger goes to court to oblige authorities to repair roads
Blogger Alexei Ulyanov goes to the court to oblige the Department of Municipal Facilities of the Volgograd administration to repair city roads. The next court session is scheduled for September 3.
05:42, 1 September 2013
Azerbaijani soldier captured in Armenia sent to third country
Firuz Faradjev, an Azerbaijani soldier, who was held captive in Armenia, was brought to a third country. This was reported on August 30 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
01:38, 1 September 2013
In KBR Communists rally to demand resignation of Russian Government
On August 31, in Nalchik, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic held a rally organized by the regional branch of the Communist Party. At the rally, speakers criticized the Russian Government and demanded its resignation.
22:46, 31 August 2013
Sochi: residents of Novosyolov Street stop builders who tried to cut down a cedar
Today, residents of Novosyolov Street in Sochi demanded to stop cutting down the cedar trees, which protect the residential area from the alternate highway. The work was suspended, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
20:08, 31 August 2013
Ruben Oshroev: totalitarian legacy hampers civil society's progress in KBR
Civil society organizations of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have discussed the problems of civil society at the roundtable held in Nalchik. Civil society structures are formed slowly due to the totalitarian legacy, said Ruben Oshroev, a candidate of historical sciences.
Hilal Mamedov, Baku, 2011. Photo from journalist's personal page at Facebook
19:11, 31 August 2013
Lawyer Bagirov: authorities behave disingenuously with Mamedov
In Azerbaijan, Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", who is kept under arrest, has released two statements. Firstly, he praised the incumbent president Ilham Aliev for his activities; and in his second statement disseminated today through his advocate Mamedov has explained the reasons for his first statement.
17:03, 31 August 2013
IVS inmates tried to commit suicide in Cherkessk because of torture, advocates assert
The reason for two suspects kept at the temporary detention centre (known as IVS) in Cherkessk to commit suicide was in unlawful methods of investigation, pressure and threats of torture by law enforcement officials. The inmates themselves told about it to their advocates.
16:04, 31 August 2013
Former CEC head of Georgia nominated as presidential candidate
Zurab Kharatishvili, the ex-Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, has nominated for the country's presidency by the "European Democrats" Party.
15:05, 31 August 2013
Azerbaijan: 21 registered presidential candidates
Today, Sardar Jalaloglu, the leader of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, and self-nominees Hidayat Rustambeyli and Rauf Guliev have been approved as candidates for presidency, thus bringing the total number of approved presidential candidates to 21.
News
The court arrested two teenagers in connection with the shooting in Anapa.

A Sochi court has sent a sixth-grader to a temporary detention center for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack.

The government has allocated 5.8 billion rubles to clean up sunken tankers near Anapa.

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.