×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
19:34, 18 September 2013
Journalist Parviz Gashimli arrested in Azerbaijan
The Sabail District Court has decided to arrest the journalist Parviz Gashimli, detained on suspicion of smuggling and possession of firearms, for two months. The "Bizim Yol" issue of September 18 posted a short statement, where the authors called on the international community and human rights organizations not to stay indifferent to the arrest of Parviz Gashimli.
Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov in the court. Moscow, March 14, 2013. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:01, 18 September 2013
Ex-policeman Pavlyuchenkov testifies against other figurants in Politkovskaya's murder case
A former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, already sentenced to 11 years in prison for organizing the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, has revealed at the Moscow City Court the roles of other defendants in organizing the murder.
16:34, 18 September 2013
Dagestani court rules to arrest two suspects of illegal possession of firearms
Saidpasha Musaev and Magaram Aliev, residents of the village of Manas, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, detained on suspicion of illegal firearms possession, have been arrested by the court for two months.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
09:49, 18 September 2013
Chechnya: special operation fails to find persons involved in terror act in Sernovodsk
The operation to search for members of the armed underground, which is carried out in the Sunzha District of Chechnya starting from September 16, has not yet succeeded. This was reported by a representative of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Bouarf, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
07:48, 18 September 2013
Reason for Armenia's accession to Customs Union were hidden from public, opposition asserts
Armenia's accession to the Customs Union is the sole decision of President Serzh Sargsyan. The reason for the accession and the expected result are not clear to the public, since all information about the Customs Union and the association agreement with the European Union is closed. This is stated by representatives of the opposition parties of the country.
06:04, 18 September 2013
Georgian Parliament considers draft law to toughen penalties for false reports of terrorism
The Parliament of Georgia has initiated the legislative initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs toughening the law on penalty for false calls about explosive devices at different objects. The Parliament plans to consider the draft law at accelerated rate and can adopt it in the final third reading this week.
03:45, 18 September 2013
Sentencing in case against ex-Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk scheduled for September 23
On September 23, the verdict in the case against Vladislav Zhuravlyov, ex-Deputy Mayor of Novocherkassk, accused "of inciting hatred and hostility", is to be pronounced. At the court session held on September 17, the court listened to the final speech of the defendant.
01:41, 18 September 2013
Special aircraft brings to Moscow policemen wounded in Ingushetia
Three policemen, who were wounded as a result of the explosion of a car in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, were brought by a special aircraft to the Moscow hospital of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs . The state of two policemen is assessed by doctors as moderate, and one policeman is in serious condition.
00:52, 18 September 2013
At trial on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov's wife refuses to testify
At the trial on the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya held at the Moscow City Court, Oksana, the wife of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was sentenced in a special manner, refused to testify. The jury considered her testimony given during the preliminary investigation.
23:14, 17 September 2013
Journalist Parviz Gashimli detained in Azerbaijan
Today, Parviz Gashimli, an employee of the independent newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) and the director of the website moderator.az, was detained in Azerbaijan on suspicion of contraband and illegal possession of firearms. The journalist denies any wrongdoing.
22:13, 17 September 2013
Conflict of locals with Russian border guards burst out near Georgian village of Ditsi
A clash between locals and Russian border guards who are installing barbed wire happened near the Georgian village of Ditsi, Zakaria Vatikadze, the attorney of the Ditsi territorial body, said today.
22:03, 17 September 2013
Dagestani communists: elections in Derbent were falsified
Members of the Dagestan Branch of the Communist Party have addressed the head of the republic Ramazan Abdulatipov, the republic's Central Election Commission and the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan stating mass violations during the elections of deputies to the City Assembly of Derbent.
20:35, 17 September 2013
Magomedova: Dagestani investigators re-qualify the case on threats to lawyers
Investigators in Dagestan have decided to re-qualify the criminal case opened on the fact of threats addressed to the lawyers Magomedova and Suslanov, said the lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova.
13:27, 17 September 2013
Court dealing with attack on Nalchik keeps 53 defendants in custody
Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has extended the detention of 53 defendants-figurants in the case of the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, for three months more – until December 26. The four defendants, earlier released on recognizance not to leave, will remain in the same status.
12:33, 17 September 2013
In Dagestan, head of Kayakent District faces new charges of fraud with funds intended for orphans
In September 2011, the head of the Kayakent District of Dagestan included knowingly false information in the financial documents to allocate funds to buy housing for orphans and children without parental care. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan.
09:57, 17 September 2013
Near Chechen-Ingush administrative border law enforcers search for organizers of terror act in Sernovodsk
Chechen law enforcers carry out an operation to search for members of the armed underground in the border with Ingushetia in the Sunzha District of Chechnya, where the terror act was committed on September 16. The police claim the existing danger of a new terror act.
06:08, 17 September 2013
In Volgograd, mothers of children with disabilities again on hunger strike
On September 16, in Volgograd, mothers of children with disabilities once again went on hunger strike, demanding to open a rehabilitation centre. Officials from the regional government assure that the renovation of the building, in which the largest Rehabilitation Centre in the Volgograd Region is expected to be opened, has been already started.
Rally demanding free and fair elections. Baku, August 18, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:57, 17 September 2013
Aliev, Gasanli and Agazade to gain first three places in presidential election in Azerbaijan, experts believe
At the election of the President of Azerbaijan, Djamil Gasanli will gain the second place, Iqbal Agazade has a chance to take the third place, and Ilham Aliev will win the election. This was predicted by experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
00:57, 17 September 2013
FSB: suicide bombing in Chechnya organized by Doku Umarov
The terror act committed in the Sunzha District of Chechnya was organized by Doku Umarov. This was reported by Andrei Serezhnikov, Chief of the Russian FSB Department for Chechnya.
00:23, 17 September 2013
In Dagestan, three residents of Manas village detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting militants
Musaev, Aliev, and Abakarov, residents of Dagestan, whose kidnapping was claimed by their relatives, were detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). On September 17, the pre-trial restriction measure would be pronounced to them.
News
Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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.