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19:52, 20 September 2013
In Armenia, protesters set up committee "In Defence of Tigran Arakelyan"
About 50 protesters in front of the building of the GPO of Armenia have demanded to release Tigran Arakelyan, an oppositional activist and a member of the Party "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), from custody.
Batumi, Georgia. Photo: Jason Rosenberg, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
13:42, 20 September 2013
Lakaev, suspect of killing Russian diplomat in Sukhumi, waits for arrival of relatives to Georgia
Yusup Lakaev, who was detained in Georgia and is suspected of killing a Russian diplomat in Sukhumi, is now in hospital waiting for arrival of his relatives to Georgia. His advocate has not yet challenged his arrest.
Inessa Tarverdieva giving testimony. Rostov Region, September, 2013. Photo from video materials of Rostov MIA press service.
10:44, 20 September 2013
Figurants in the case of attacks on policemen in Rostov Region are charged with 30 murders
Investigators have accused the alleged members of the gang, which operated in the Rostov Region, of killing 30 local residents and policemen.
A rifle, http://nac.gov.ru/
10:29, 20 September 2013
Attackers on policeman in Makhachkala made over 20 shots
According to the preliminary information, the attack on an operating executive of the Centre for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan involved two persons. Investigators believe the attack was connected with the professional activities of the perished person.
09:04, 20 September 2013
Alexei Vlasov: South Ossetia fails to use Russian aid effectively
The funds allocated by Russia for the development of South Ossetia are not spent efficiently, and thus, the development rate in the republic is far from the desired, says Alexei Vlasov, Executive Director of Political Studies Centre "North-South".
Parviz Gashimli. Photo: ‘Turan’ news agency
07:23, 20 September 2013
Azerbaijani democratic activists: Parviz Gashimli's arrest is politically motivated
Azerbaijani journalist Parviz Gashimli was arrested on fabricated charges in connection with his professional and political activities. This is stated by his family, human rights defenders, and opposition politicians of the country.
Special operation, http://nac.gov.ru/
06:52, 20 September 2013
Valery Khatazhukov: militants killed in special operations in KBR were not on wanted list
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is watching a continuing confrontation of law enforcers with members of the armed underground; and not only with the 50 persons who has been officially put on the wanted list.
200 people detained during police raids had been keeping in the yard of the police of the Tsentralny District at No. 60 Gorky Street, 60, September 17, 2013. Photo by David Khakim.
05:12, 20 September 2013
Sergey Dotsenko: Sochi police treat migrant workers as livestock
In Sochi, migrant workers and local residents detained during the raid carried out by law enforcement bodies and Cossacks claim their rights are violated.
03:39, 20 September 2013
Derbent school burned down six years ago was once enlisted among best schools of Russia
Two schools of Dagestan, namely, the multi-discipline gymnasium No. 38 in Makhachkala and Derbent School No. 15 have been put on the list of best educational institutions of Russia drafted by the Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education.
22:01, 19 September 2013
Samoshina: participants of September 17 rally in Volgograd are charged with administrative offense
In Volgograd, the participants of the action organized by local Communists on September 17 with a demand to cancel the results of the elections to the City Duma, are accused of breaking the rules of holding rallies, Elena Samoshina, one of the participants, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Working migrants. Photo by Russian Federal Migration Department for Krasnodar Territory.
17:04, 19 September 2013
Simonov: Sochi police detains about 200 migrants
In Sochi, six persons have approached the reception office of the network "Migration and Law" and reported about detention of nearly 200 citizens of Russia and former republics of the USSR.
Dmitry Vishernev. Photo from the personal account in ‘Odnoklassniki’, www.odnoklassniki.ru
16:49, 19 September 2013
Russia will ask Georgia to extradite suspect of killing diplomat in Abkhazia
As stated today by Vladimir Markin, the spokesman if the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), Russia will ask Georgia to give out Yusuf Lakaev, a native of Grozny, who was detained in Batumi, because he is suspected of killing a Russian diplomat in Abkhazia.
14:06, 19 September 2013
Chetverikova: three convicted activists Gelendzhik HRC convoyed to colonies
Three out of four convicted activists of the Gelendzhik Human Rights Centre (HRC) have been sent to the colonies, where they will serve their prison terms, said their colleague Svetlana Chetverikova. According to her story, one of them was convoyed to the Saratov Region.
11:36, 19 September 2013
Trial on lawsuit of HRC "Memorial" demanding to cancel registration as foreign agent scheduled for November 18
The court session on the claim filed by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" challenging the demand of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a foreign agent is scheduled for November 18. This was reported by the Zamoskvorechye District Court of Moscow.
Barbed wire installed near the village of Ditsi by Russian border guards. Georgia, Shida Kartli region, July 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
10:25, 19 September 2013
Russian border guards suspend demarcation of Georgian-South-Ossetian border
Protests of residents of the Georgian village of Ditsi forced Russian border guards to suspend works on the demarcation of the border between Georgia and South Ossetia.
08:52, 19 September 2013
United voting day in NCFD: parties claim violations in Dagestan and North Ossetia
Members of the opposition claim violations have been committed during the voting at the elections of heads of cities and regions in Dagestan and North Ossetia held on September 8.
Georgia, automobile of mine disarming service. Photo by Alexander Imedashvili, http://newsgeorgia.ru/
06:16, 19 September 2013
In Georgia, pupils of two schools evacuated because of false bomb report
After a report that a bomb was planted in one of the two secondary schools located in the villages of Dvabzu and Gagma Dvabzu of the Ozurgeti District of Georgia, all students, teachers and other staff members were evacuated from educational institutions. The verification revealed that the anonymous information was false.
Rustam Makhmudov at the court session at the Moscow City Court on the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, June 4, 2013. Photo shot from video record of the court trial, http://mosgorsud.ru/
02:54, 19 September 2013
Ex-policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov identifies defendant as alleged killer of Anna Politkovskaya
At the court session held at the Moscow City Court on the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov has identified defendant Rustam Makhmudov on the video record that shot the alleged murderer of Anna Politkovskaya.
22:06, 18 September 2013
Demolition of houses of militants' relatives is illegal and should be punished, lawyers and rights defenders assert
Demolition of houses of militants' relatives is voluntarism, as the right to private property is protected by the Constitution of Russia, said lawyers and human rights activists in their comments on the decision of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the republic's authorities to demolish the "houses of the families who had sheltered bandits."
20:33, 18 September 2013
Dagestan starts trying participants of "Kizlyar wedding"
The Kizlyar City Court has begun the trial on the conflict that happened in April between the police and members of a wedding convoy.
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Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev Ramzan Kadyrov

Serbian authorities have changed their minds about granting citizenship to Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew.

Aishat Khizrieva was able to leave Russia.

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.