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Derbent, October 2013. House destroyed during special operation. Photo: NAC, nac.gov.ru
12:43, 26 June 2014
Law enforcers report on identification of two suspected militants killed in Dagestan
This morning, during the special operation conducted in Derbent, a man, who was hiding in a cordoned off house, was killed. One more special operation, during which a man was killed, was conducted in Makhachkala.
Said Amirov at the court session, Rostov-on-Don, May 16, 2014. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:07, 26 June 2014
In Rostov-on-Don, prosecutor asks Court to sentence Said Amirov to 13 years of imprisonment
In Rostov-on-Don, at the North-Caucasian District Military Court, a prosecutor has delivered his speech at the trial on the case against Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, temporary dismissed from office and accused of plotting a terror act. The prosecutor asked the Court to sentence Said Amirov to 13 years of imprisonment to be served in a high-security penal colony.
07:23, 26 June 2014
In Rostov Region, journalist of "Dozhd" TV Channel is detained
In the Rostov Region, Rodion Chepel, a correspondent of the "Dozhd" TV Channel, was detained. This was reported by Pavel Lobkov, a news presenter of the "Dozhd" TV Channel, during an on air news programme broadcasted in the evening of June 25.
Refugees from Ukraine in Rostov Region, June 2014. Photo: Ministry of Emergency Situations Office for Rostov Region.
05:22, 26 June 2014
Russian Government: refugee centres accommodate 25,000 Ukrainian citizens, most of them in South of Russia
Russia has deployed in its territory 262 temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for refugees from Ukraine. And at present, the TACs accommodate about 25,000 people. This was reported by Olga Golodets, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, at the meeting of the Russian President with the Cabinet of Ministers held on June 25. Most of the refugee camps and TACs are located in the regions of southern Russia.
02:50, 26 June 2014
Court's decision to reopen investigation into beating of advocate is still not fulfilled, Sapiyat Magomedova asserts
The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan has not yet reopened the investigation into the case against policemen, accused of beating Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate from Khasavyurt. However, more than two months passed since the date, when the court had pronounced the relevant decision.
01:40, 26 June 2014
In Georgia, residents of Sagarejo District report on threat of disruption of water supply because of oil production
On June 20, residents of the Sagarejo District located in the eastern part of Georgia held an action to protest against operations for oil production near a source of drinking water. According to the protesters, in the case if the Polish company conducts blasting operations, the population of the Sagarejo District will be deprived of drinking water supply.
20:29, 25 June 2014
Armenia: court leaves Tigran Petrosyan behind bars
Today, a court in Yerevan that is considering the case of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the "Million Mask March" on November 5, 2013, accused of hooliganism, has decided to leave Tigran Petrosyan, one of the defendants, in custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Refugees from Ukraine accommodated in ‘Lebed’ health retreat, KBR, June 19, 2014. Photo: http://kprf.ru
15:20, 25 June 2014
Refugees from Ukraine are satisfied with living conditions in KBR (+video)
The refugees from Ukraine who arrived in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) report that local residents and authorities render them all the necessary assistance and create comfortable living conditions.
Improvised explosive device. Photo from NAC archive, http://nac.gov.ru/content/3034.html
12:45, 25 June 2014
In Makhachkala, combat engineers defuse powerful bomb
In Makhachkala, combat engineers have defused an explosive device that was planted near a house of a local resident engaged in the production of fodder for livestock. This was reported by an official of the Operational Headquarters.
Anatoly Bibilov. Photo by Maria Kotaeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:30, 25 June 2014
Bibilov: Parliament of South Ossetia to prepare referendum on accession to Russia
Anatoly Bibilov, the speaker of the South-Ossetian Parliament said that after the final formation of the legislative body, the MPs will start preparing a referendum on the accession to Russia.
03:59, 25 June 2014
Armenian Ombudsman requires police to reason use of force during protest action
In Armenia, the Ombudsman demands from the police to explain the fact of clash between law enforcers and activists during a protest action against rise in prices for electricity. The Ombudsman has called the police actions unprofessional. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
SIZO-1 in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo: www.dagmol.ru
03:14, 25 June 2014
Aliev kept in Makhachkala SIZO did not reject advocate
Magomed Aliev, who is kept in SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) of Makhachkala on suspicion of robbery, said he didn’t refuse from the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, said the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan. Public activists who visited him in the SIZO found scratches on Aliev's body and learnt that in March he was beaten up with truncheons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Chechnya MIA head Ruslan Alkhanov (in the centre) gives his condolences to the relatives of policeman Akhmed Dopaev killed in Grozny on June 22, 2014. Photo by Chechnya MIA head, http://95.mvd.ru/news/item/2315395
02:49, 25 June 2014
Chechen official announces political nature of policeman's murder in Grozny
In Grozny, the murder of a police ensign was committed not because of hooliganism. The policeman was killed by a militant. This opinion was expressed by Akhmed Dakaev, Director of the Department of the Administration of the Chechen leader and Chechen Government for cooperation with law enforcement and power agencies. Local residents note the murder got a great public response.
BRO. ‘Queen apple and Kant’. The picture is presented at the exhibition "BRO. Makhachkala. Van Gogh" opened on June 19 in Makhachkala. Photo is provided by the Makhachkala History Museum.
02:22, 25 June 2014
Dagestani photographer offers Makhachkala residents to look at their city "through Van Gogh's eyes"
The Makhachkala History Museum hosts the exhibition entitled "BRO. Makhachkala. Van Gogh". In his artworks, a Dagestani photographer nicknamed BRO reflected his vision, how Vincent van Gogh would depict Makhachkala. Viewers who visited the exhibition highly appreciated the originality of the artist's idea and the presented result. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Breach in water pipeline in Tsvetnoi Boulevard, Sochi, June 24, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:44, 25 June 2014
Sochi residents complain about inaction of public utilities in elimination of breach in water pipeline
In Sochi, residents of an apartment building located in Tsvetnoi Boulevard complain about a breach in water pipeline that occurred near their house. However, their addresses to the emergency services of the "Sochivodokanal" did not help solve the problem.
00:46, 25 June 2014
In Azerbaijan, Committee to protect Hilal Mamedov's rights claims threat to his health in penal colony
In an Azerbaijani penal colony, health of Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), who was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, runs a real risk. This was stated by the Committee to protect Hilal Mamedov's rights. Officials from the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan do not comment on the statement.
Refugees from Ukraine in one of the camps organized in Rostov Region, June 22, 2014. Photo by press-service of the MfE of the Rostov Region, www.61.mchs.gov.ru
23:59, 24 June 2014
HRC "Memorial": refugee camp in Novoshakhtinsk receives 200-300 people daily
Today, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported that every day up to 200-300 people, mostly women and children, arrive in the refugee camp organized in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, the capacity of which is 48 persons.
19:13, 24 June 2014
Journalist Parviz Gashimli placed into dungeon in Azerbaijan, his advocate says
On June 23, Parviz Gashimli, a journalist and human rights activist, who is kept in SIZO-1 (pre-trial prison) in Baku was placed into dungeon for six days, said his advocate Bakhruz Bairamov. Gashimli's advocates have not yet decided whether to appeal against the decision to place him into the dungeon.
Magamed Iliev. Photo: http://www.4vsar.ru/news/49484.html
17:18, 24 June 2014
Magamed Iliev, Ingush envoy in VFD, found guilty of fraud
Today, the Frunze District Court of the Saratov Region has found Magamed Iliev, the plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Ingushetia in the Volga Federal District (VFD), guilty of a large-scale fraud and sentenced him to 5.5 years in a general security colony. The second defendant in the case – Maria Akhlupkina – was sentenced to 4.5 years in same-type colony.
Zverevo town, Rostov Region. Photo: http://www.gukovo.ru/culture/dobrop/zverevo1.php
17:05, 24 June 2014
Zverevo residents complete their protest march
Today, residents of the city of Zverevo have finished their protest march to Rostov-on-Don launched on June 2, after officials promised to consider their demands.
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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.