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12:59, 3 November 2013
Larisa Babaeva, a resident of Dagestan, has appealed to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) with a request to assist in the search for her daughter Alesiya Babaeva, who was detained by power agents and sent to Volgograd.
At the place of the terror act in Volgograd. October 24, 2013. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:43, 3 November 2013
Power agents have detained Marzhanat Abdullaeva, a resident of Dagestan, and brought her to Volgograd in connection with the investigation into the terror act that was committed in Volgograd on October 21. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by human rights defenders from the DRPO "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). The human rights defenders refer to anonymous sources.
20:48, 2 November 2013
According to the participants of the 10th World Conference on Sports and Environment, held in Sochi, the preparation for the Olympics-2014 is in compliance with all environmental standards. However, Olga Noskovets, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", asserts that these statements are not true.
18:53, 2 November 2013
A specialist of the Ministry of Finance of Dagestan was killed today in Makhachkala, said the law enforcement bodies of the republic. A source from the investigation has specified that Murad Kasimov, an employee of the Ministry, fell victim to the attackers.
17:58, 2 November 2013
Activists of oppositional forces have strongly criticized the bill presented by the government of Armenia, aimed at abolish of the unemployment allowance. According to the opposition, this governmental initiative "undermines the ideology of a social state."
17:19, 2 November 2013
Following the resignation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the incumbent Prime Minister of Georgia, this post will be taken by the 31-year-old Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili. This was announced by Bidzina Ivanishvili at today's briefing, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Russian nationalists holding ‘Russian March’ rally in Moscow, November 2012. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:48, 2 November 2013
The participants of the press conference held in Moscow on the problems of xenophobia and nationalism believe that the authorities are responsible for the growth of nationalistic sentiments in the society.
05:26, 2 November 2013
The workers from Tajikistan, who built an Olympic facility in Sochi and who claimed non-payment of their wages, have received from the employer one more million of roubles for repayment of the salary debt.
04:55, 2 November 2013
The large-scale anti-drug operation "Poppy 2013", held starting from this May, is completed in the Chechen Republic. During the operation, 168 crimes in the area of drug trafficking have been revealed in the territory of the republic.
02:43, 2 November 2013
For recent 10 years, from 2003 till 2013, more than 3500 members of the armed underground of Northern Caucasus were killed, and nearly 8000 others were detained. This was reported by Sergey Chenchik, Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
01:05, 2 November 2013
Starting from October 30, Azha Batyrkhanova, a resident of the Buynaksk District, cannot learn about the whereabouts of her daughter Zariyat Batyrkhanova, born in 1988. According to the woman, during the recent mobile phone conversation, her daughter has told her that she was detained by law enforcers and being brought to Makhachkala.
01:03, 2 November 2013
On November 1, four supporters of theologian Talekh Bagirzade were sentenced to the administrative arrests. Activists Bakir Suleimanov, Shakhriyar Abbasov, and Tabriz Sabirli were arrested for 15 days, and Abbas Guseinov was arrested for 30 days. This was reported by Elchin Bekhbudov, the leader of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture.
00:19, 2 November 2013
During the raid held on October 23, staff members of the special forces of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) used violence against 10 prisoners kept in a punishment isolation ward of the penal colony No. 2 located in the village of Chernokozovo of the Naur District of Chechnya.
19:40, 1 November 2013
Today in Baku, Talekh Bagirzade (Bagirov), accused of illegal possession of drugs, was sentenced to two years in prison. His defence intends to appeal against the verdict. According to Anar Gasymov, Bagirzade's advocate, the trial was held with flagrant violations.
Street in Stavropol. Photo by Alexander Nikolaev, http://www.flicr.com/photos/avn
18:41, 1 November 2013
A secret women's madrasa was found in Stavropol, where the organizers promoted extremism among female students, the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has reported.
14:35, 1 November 2013
As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), four persons have been detained as suspects of committing grave crimes, including the kidnapping of entrepreneur Nauruz Cherkasov.
14:25, 1 November 2013
As reported by Beslan Matiev, the Minister of Public Health of Ingushetia, the patient Bogatyryov, 60, a resident of the village of Galashki, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, who was wounded in a shooting, is in serious but stable condition; there is no threat to his life.
Said Amirov. Photo: http://islamdag.ru
12:32, 1 November 2013
The defence of Said Amirov, Mayor of Makhachkala, who was dismissed from office, asks Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Public Health, to intervene with the situation with his medical treatment at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and claims new charges with plotting a terror act are groundless.
Kaspiisk, Dagestan. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
12:21, 1 November 2013
In Dagestan, in Kaspiisk, a 28-year-old resident of Makhachkala was detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting some members of the "Makhachkala" grouping. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), suicide bomber Naida Asiyalova, who committed the terror act in Volgograd, was a member of the "Makhachkala" grouping.
Improvised explosive device in the form of a "shahid belt". Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
08:32, 1 November 2013
A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in the form of a "shahid belt" was found in an abandoned private household on the outskirts of one of the villages of the Stavropol Territory. This was reported today by a source from the law enforcement bodies.
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.