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18:00, 14 October 2011
Union of Soldiers' Mothers denies soldier Popov's confession of desertion
The former regular soldier Andrei Popov, who claimed that he had been in captivity in Dagestan during 11 years, did not sign a confession of desertion. This was stated by the Saratov Union of Soldiers' Mothers.
23:40, 13 October 2011
Soldier shot himself in Nagorno-Karabakh
In Nagorno-Karabakh, in the combat position of one of military units, stationed on the north section of the border, the regular soldier Yuri Gevorkovich Nersisyan committed suicide when being on combat duty.
23:10, 13 October 2011
Soldier Popov confessed that he was not in slavery in Dagestan
The soldier from the Saratov Region Andrei Popov has admitted that he had been consciously evading his military service since 2000. Earlier, he claimed that he escaped from slavery at the brick factory in Dagestan after 11 years of captivity, said a source close to the investigation into the circumstances of the soldier's disappearance.
British rights defender Celia Davis. Photo by Turkhan Kerimov, RFE/RL
23:00, 13 October 2011
British rights defender, beaten in Azerbaijan, evidences to the court
Today, the Yasamal District Court of Azerbaijan held a hearing on charges of committing acts of hooliganism against the US citizen Amanda Erickson and the citizen of Great Britain Celia Davis.
22:50, 13 October 2011
Djambolat Tedeev expelled from South Ossetia
Today, the head coach of the Russian national team in free wrestling Djambolat Tedeev was deported to Russia, said Tamara Kelekhsaeva, the press secretary of the president of South Ossetia.
22:40, 13 October 2011
Chechen president heads the list of most criticized heads of Russian regions
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov became the leader in the anti-rating of the most criticized governors, compiled by the "Medialogy" Company based on the index of information favour, which is calculated by experts judging from the quality and quantity of citations in the media of characteristics of this or that figure.
22:30, 13 October 2011
Armenian activist Vaagn Chakhalyan, convicted in Georgia, stops his hunger strike
At the request of Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, the leader of the Armenian Eparchy in Georgia, the Armenian activist Vaagn Chakhalyan, who was convicted in Georgia for 10 years in prison and is now kept at the high security prison No. 6 in Rustavi, stopped his earlier declared termless hunger strike. This was reported by the lawyer Stepan Voskanyan, Mr Chakhalyan's advocate, and Robert Tatoyan, the programme coordinator of the Union "Erkir" (Law) at a press conference in Yerevan.
22:10, 13 October 2011
Kalyapin's complaint against idleness of Russian MIA for NCFD rejected
Today, the Essentuki Court has ruled to dismiss the complaint lodged by Igor Kalyapin, the chairman of the Interregional Committee against Torture against inaction of officials of the Chief Department of the Russian MIA for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) at kidnapping.
22:00, 13 October 2011
Two defence witnesses questioned at trial on riots in Manege Square
At the trial in the Tver Court of Moscow considering the riots in Manege Square then burst out in December 2010, the journalists of the editions "Grani.ru" and "Agency of Political News" (APN) gave their evidences as witnesses for the defence.
20:00, 13 October 2011
KBR: rally in memory of casualties of the attack on Nalchik
Today, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has held mourning ceremonies on the occasion of the next anniversary of the militants' attacks on Nalchik on October 13, 2005.
19:00, 13 October 2011
Moscow to host picket in defence of Chechen resident Zubair Zubairaev
Today, the picketers, who plan their action in Moscow in front of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), will stand for the rights of Zubair Zubairaev, a Chechen resident, who is now in a colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
18:00, 13 October 2011
Yevgeny Konovalov, rights defender and entrepreneur, beaten near Krasnodar
Yevgeny Konovalov, a Krasnodar human rights activist and a member of the public movement "All people are equal before the law", was hospitalized to the intensive care unit of the territorial clinical hospital after a severe beating.
Representatives of Bella and Sedrak Kocharyan at the hearing on the lawsuit against the LLC "Skizb Media Kentron", the founder of the oppositional newspaper "Zhamanak" (Time), March 14, 2011. Photo: www.media.am
23:00, 12 October 2011
Court of Appeal upholds decision prescribing "Zhamanak" to pay fine to Kocharyan family
On October 11, the Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint lodged by the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Skizb Media Kentron", the founder of the "Zhamanak" (Time) newspaper, against the family of ex-President Robert Kocharyan. The court upheld the decision of the first instance, under which the newspaper is obliged to pay a fine of 3 million drams (about 8000 US dollars) to the Kocharyans as compensation of moral harm.
22:50, 12 October 2011
Policeman shot dead in Dagestan
In the evening on October 11, in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, as a result of shelling a VAZ-21099 car, a policeman was killed.
Ekaterina Begletsova, a participant of the action "Protect!", cleans the territory from household garbage. North Ossetia, Koban Gorge, October 10, 2011. Photo by Dmitry Tamerlanov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 12 October 2011
North Ossetia holds ecological action "Protect!"
On October, the Youth Tourist Club, pupils of the orphanage "Victoria", senior schoolchildren of the Vladikavkaz Secondary School No. 24 and volunteers of the ecological public organization "Green Patrol" took part in the environmental charity action in the Koban Gorge.
22:30, 12 October 2011
HRW calls on stars to return their royalties for performing in Grozny on Day of the City
The Hollywood stars and other celebrities who were invited to the mass celebrations of the Day of the City in Grozny, which coincided with the birthday of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, should refuse from the money or gifts they received, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes.
22:30, 12 October 2011
In Georgia, Court of Appeal upholds verdict to Badri Bitsadze
Today, the Tbilisi Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the first instance court in relation to Badri Bitsadze, ex-head of the frontier Police of Georgia, convicted in absentia for resisting the police, said his advocate Levan Samushiya.
22:20, 12 October 2011
Court extends arrest of athlete from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev until December 17
The Presnya District Court of Moscow has left the four times world champion in ultimate fighting from Dagestan Rasul Mirzaev suspected of beating the student of Ivan Agafonov, 19, to death, in custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
22:10, 12 October 2011
Supreme Court of South Ossetia rejects Tedeev's lawsuit against CEC
Today, the Supreme Court of South Ossetia has upheld the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to refuse to register Djambolat Tedeev, the head coach of the Russian national team in free wrestling, as a candidate for the presidential election in South Ossetia. On October 16, in Vladikavkaz the opposition plans to hold a protest rally.
20:00, 12 October 2011
Policeman who wounded several persons in Yessentuki is in hospital
The policeman who wounded, in early October, three persons in the city of Yessentuki, Stavropol Territory, is in hospital and was not dismissed from the police, said Svetlana Kharchenko, the assistant of the head of the Investigatory Department for the Territory of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation). According to her story, local law enforcement bodies possess evidences that the policeman used his forearms as forced self-defence.
News
Akhmat Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/ Akhmat Kadyrov received a medal for special achievements in physical education.

A new temporary plaque has been installed on Anna Politkovskaya's home.

The eleventh installation of the plaque. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house.

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.