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Ruslan Kutaev leaving the building of Urus-Martan City Court. Chechnya, June 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:29, 7 July 2014
Court in Chechnya sentences Ruslan Kutaev to four years in prison
The lawyer Pyotr Zaikin has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that today the Urus-Martan City Court sentenced Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, to four years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. The court also banned Kutaev for one more year to attend public events and be engaged in any public activities.
14:57, 7 July 2014
Azerbaijan: blogger Mekhman Guseinov released after three hours in police custody
In the morning on July 7, Mekhman Guseinov, 25, a blogger and an employee of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) of Azerbaijan, was detained and taken to Nasimi district police of Baku and was released three hours later, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Sergey Tsapok, http://станицакущевская.рф/novocti/kuschevskaja/7603-prisjazhnye-vynesli-svoj-verdikt-po-delu-tsapkov.html
12:24, 7 July 2014
Sergey Tsapok found dead in Krasnodar SIZO
Sergey Tsapok, convicted for organizing a massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, was found dead in a cell of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Krasnodar, the territorial ID of the ICRF has reported today. No traces of violent death were found on his body; and the preliminary reason thereof is a heart failure, said the FSIN (Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service).
10:56, 7 July 2014
On July 16, Krasnodar Territorial Court to consider prosecutors' protest on replacement of Vitishko's conditional imprisonment for real one
The consideration of the petition lodged by Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory demanding to cancel the decision of the Tuapse District Court to place the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko for three years into a colony-settlement was scheduled by the Krasnodar Territorial Court for July 16, Alexander Popkov, Vitishko's advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
08:58, 7 July 2014
Linguist fails to find film "Ordered to Forget" as inciting interethnic enmity
The screening of the film "Ordered to Forget" can not incite any interethnic or inter-confessional enmity – this is the conclusion of Professor Evgeny Tarasov, the Department Head at the Linguistics Institute of the RussianAcademy of Sciences, who made a linguistic examination of the film banned for screening by the Ministry of Culture.
MfE airplane with refugees from Ukraine, July 2014. Photo by press-service of MfE.
05:46, 7 July 2014
MfE: TACs in SFD accommodate almost 7000 Ukrainian refugees
By July 6, the Southern Federal District (SFD) had deployed 80 stationary and five field temporary accommodation centres (TACs), which received 6917 refugees from the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions of Ukraine, said the press service of the Southern Regional Centre of the Russia's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
Minibus of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo: http://www.sledcom.ru/actual/406867/
03:05, 7 July 2014
Native of Chechnya suspected of killing power agents extradited to Russia from Slovakia
Slovakia has rendered to Russia Anzor Chentiev, a native of Chechnya, who is suspected of killing two OMON (riot police) agents in Grozny in 2001 and a number of other crimes.
01:40, 7 July 2014
During week of June 30-July 6, 2014, six persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of June 30-July 6, 2014, six persons were killed and at least three other persons were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:38, 6 July 2014
Azerbaijani opposition founds new party
Today, in Azerbaijan, the creation of new opposition "Free Democrats" Party has been announced. Sulkhaddin Akper has been elected its Chairman.
20:13, 6 July 2014
In Karachaevsk, detainee Magomed Bidjiev cuts his veins
In Karachaevsk, Magomed Bidjiev, a detainee kept at the local IVS (temporary detention facility), has cut his veins because of psychological pressure put upon him by investigators and policemen. This was stated by Bela Gappoeva, an advocate from the Karachay-Cherkessian National Advocates' Chamber.
Rally in Sochi, July 5, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:11, 6 July 2014
In Sochi, participants of anti-corruption rally claim officials ignore their demands
In Sochi, officials ignore the demands of mothers of large families, persons with disabilities, and ecologists. This was stated by participants of the anti-corruption rally held in Sochi. The protestors have also noted indifference of Sochi residents.
Evgeny Vitishko. Photo: "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", http://ewnc.org.
10:18, 6 July 2014
Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko complains about violation of his rights in colony-settlement
In his phone conversation with members of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has complaint about being subjected to pressure by the administration of the penal colony-settlement No. 2 of the Department for the Tambov Region of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN).
Tbilisi City Court. Photo by Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA
06:07, 6 July 2014
Tbilisi Court fines eight detained participants of protest action in front of City Court
On July 5, in Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court pronounced the decision to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine of 100 laris (about 59 US dollars) on each of the eight protestors detained near the courthouse. The detainees attended the protest action held after the arrest of Gigi Ugulava, former Mayor of Tbilisi. They were found guilty of disorderly conduct near the courthouse.
23:35, 5 July 2014
In Azerbaijan, police checks forced shaving of believer's beard
The Azerbaijani police are investigating an incident that happened in the city of Sabirabad, in the south-west of the country, where a believer was forcibly deprived of his beard. Theologians have condemned the violent form of religious dissent.
22:41, 5 July 2014
In Sochi, about 100 people gather to protest against corruption
About 100 people gathered in Sochi on Saturday for a rally against corruption in power bodies and officials' abuse of power in the sphere of land relations.
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Baku. Photo http://turan.az/
19:46, 5 July 2014
Azerbaijani SC leaves Araz Guliev, author of religious website, in custody
The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by Araz Guliev, the editor-in-chief of the religious website "Xeber44.com", who was detained at believers' protest action and sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.
18:06, 5 July 2014
"Free Zone": Tbilisi police forces activist with brain concussion out of hospital for interrogation
As reported by Gela Vasadze, the leader of the NGO "Free Zone", in Tbilisi, Lasha Rukhaya, an activist of the NGO, hospitalized with brain concussion during clashes with the police in front of the City Court on July 4, was forced out of hospital, despite his relatives' objections.
13:43, 5 July 2014
At trial in Vladikavkaz, Islam Kubachiev states self-slander under investigators' pressure
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia, which is trying Islam Kubachiev, 19, a resident of the village of Kizlyar, Mozdok District, accused of banditry and illegal circulation of firearms, ammunitions and explosives, has questioned the defendant, who refused to plead guilty and claimed that he had been forced by investigators to incriminate himself.
11:59, 5 July 2014
Russia's SC upholds verdict to natives of Chechnya in Taimaskhanov's kidnapping case
The verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against three local residents convicted of kidnapping in 1999 of Galas Taimaskhanov, currently the Minister of Industry and Energy of Chechnya, has been left unchanged by the Supreme Court of Russia.
Trace of a fired shell at the checkpoint "Novoshakhtinsk". Rostov Region, July 3, 2014. Photo: Federal Customs Service, http://customs.ru/
09:15, 5 July 2014
Border checkpoints "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" in Rostov Region resume work
The border crossing points "Gukovo" and "Donetsk" have resumed normal operation, said Vasily Malaev, the spokesman for the Border Guard Department of the FSB for the Rostov Region.
News
Lion from Tsarukyan's zoo. Screenshot from photo https://newsarmenia.am/news/society/sk-armenii-iz-osobnyaka-gagika-tsarukyana-izyaty-3-lva-i-1-tigr-pochti-200-chuchel-zhivotnykh-i-ptits/ dated 06.07.26. The future of the animals from Tsarukyan's zoo has sparked debates on social media.

Pashinyan has filed lawsuits against opposition members for statements regarding the elections.

Picket in Yerevan. Screenshot of the image – https://t.me/rusnews/84828 Activists held actions in Yerevan in support of Russian prisoners.

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.