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A house, damaged during special operation. Photo by Sergei Mukhamedov (www.echo.msk.ru/blog/ottenki_serogo)
22:00, 23 July 2011
Residents of Dagestan whose house was damaged in special operation to get 70,000 roubles
The damage to the private house, owned by residents of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, was assessed at 70,000 roubles.
Razdan residents protest against launching the iron mine. March, 31, 2011. Photo by NGO "EcoLur" (ecolur.org)
21:00, 23 July 2011
In Armenia, Razdan residents ask Public Council to stop iron mine
About 600 residents of the city of Razdan have addressed their letter to the Public Council under the President of Armenia asking not to launch the iron mine, located in close vicinity of the city.
20:00, 23 July 2011
Kuli District of Dagestan hosts festival of tightrope walkers
Today, the village of Tsovkra, Kuli District of Dagestan, has hosted the traditional republican festival of tightrope walkers.
19:00, 23 July 2011
Armenian NSA states detention of Azerbaijani spy
Today, officials of the National Security Agency (NSA) of Armenia have arrested Karen Megrabyan, born in 1980, a citizen of Armenia, who is suspected of having relations with the secret services of Azerbaijan.
18:00, 23 July 2011
More than 100 people took part in rally against raiding in Novorossiysk
Today in Novorossiysk city of Krasnodar Territory residents of different regions and cities gathered at a rally in support of human rights and freedoms of entrepreneurs, property owners and victims of raiding. In total, according to the preliminary calculations, about hundred people took part in the rally.
15:00, 23 July 2011
"Circassian Congress": Yaganov's beating aimed to stop his activities
The public organization "Circassian Congress" made a statement concerning the attack on Ibragim Yaganov, Chairman of the Public Movement "Khase" of Kabardino-Balkaria.
14:00, 23 July 2011
Car voyage "Sochi-Torino-Sochi" finished
Six Sochi residents in two cars drove around the cities where the Olympic Games had been held at different times. The Russians were interested in experience of the use of the Olympic facilities, and also paid attention to the way of solving ecological problems.
12:12, 23 July 2011
Azerbaijan to open outdoor museum at archaeological complex
In Azerbaijan, the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences intends to organize a museum on the site of the archaeological complex in the north of Shakhtakhti village of the Kengerli District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. At this place, according to the experts, an ancient settlement was located 8000 years ago.
23:00, 22 July 2011
Ibragim Yaganov: "Those who attacked me are against peace in the country"
Ibragim Yaganov, the leader of the "Khase" and a member of the Public Council under the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), believes that the attack on him could be organized by "semi-criminal groupings" that exist in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR); he asserts that "he knows the customer" but didn't mention him.
22:00, 22 July 2011
Armenia tries ex-advisor of Armenian Premier accused of debauchery of minors
The session of the court of general jurisdiction of the Lori Region of Armenia, which considers the case of Serob Ter-Pogosyan, accused of sexual abuse of children, has started questioning of victims. Also, the court studied the video materials and attached them to the case records.
21:00, 22 July 2011
Georgia: photographers accused of spying receive conditional sentences
Today, the alleged photographers-spies – Zurab Kurtsikidze, Irakli and Natela Gedenidze, and Georgi Abdaladze – were released in the courtroom. The Tbilisi City Court found them guilty, but appointed conditional imprisonment to them.
19:00, 22 July 2011
Dagestan: dialogue of two Islam trends instead of rally against power agents' violations
In Dagestan, after the Friday prayer, near the central mosque of the city of Khasavyurt, a dialogue of advocates of the Sufi and Salafi trends of Islam took place. In the course of the joint debate the believers stated that imams should be elected, not appointed. They decided to convene the Board of Imams before the start of the Ramadan month.
18:00, 22 July 2011
Armenian and Turkish entrepreneurs ready to found Association of Tourist Companies
Today, after a meeting of Armenian and Turkish entrepreneurs, which was held in Yerevan within the programme "Promoting Advancement of Armenian-Turkish Relations", a memorandum of understanding in the sphere of tourism was signed. The memorandum aims to create the Association of Armenian and Turkish Tourist Companies.
17:00, 22 July 2011
Mudflow in Kabardino-Balkaria leaves four villages without gas supply
On July 21, in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, a mudflow went down on the highway in the area of Chegem Waterfalls and damaged a gas pipeline, leaving four villages and a frontier unit without gas supply. In the village of Nizhni Chegem several houses were flooded.
Rashid Gadjily, Director of the Institute of Media Rights (to the right) and his colleague Khalid Agaliev presenting the report on the situation with the freedom of media in the office of IMR. Baku, July 22, 2011. Photo by "Turan".
16:00, 22 July 2011
In Azerbaijan, on Day of National Press independent journalists state problems with the freedom of press
On July 22, Azerbaijan marks the Day of National Press. 136 years ago, on July 22, 1875, the first issue of the first newspaper in the Azerbaijani language "Ekinchi" (Ploughman) was published by the outstanding Azerbaijani educator Gasan Bek Zardabi. The Day of National Press is marked since Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991.
14:00, 22 July 2011
MIA: Victor Dvorakovskiy was recruiting militants in Northern Caucasus
Operative agents believe that among other things Victor Dvorakovskiy, who is suspected of involvement in terrorism, was also recruiting new militants. This was stated by Nikolai Olekhnovich, acting head of the first operative-search unit of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue in Grozny, September 2010. Photo from http://macos.livejournal.com
13:00, 22 July 2011
Grozny completes restoring Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue
The construction and restoration works in one of the main streets of the Chechen capital – Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue – are nearing completion. The opening of the completely renovated avenue is scheduled for August 23, the birthday of the former head of Chechnya. The reconstruction involves a large number of builders and workers from Turkey and Azerbaijan, which causes resentment among local residents, who remind about high unemployment rate in the republic.
12:00, 22 July 2011
Realtors from Azerbaijan in Astrakhan acknowledged guilty of six murders
“Black realtors” from Azerbaijan in Astrakhan were sentenced to long terms of custody for murders and robbery.
The Head of the Committee for adaptation of gunmen of Dagestan Rizvan Kurbanov (to the right) talking to the citizens of Kazakhstan in the Investigative isolation ward No 1 of Makhachkala. July, 21, 2011. Photo by "Caucasian Knot".
11:00, 22 July 2011
Secretary of Security Council and Ombudsman of Ingushetia studied the experience of Committee for adaptation of gunmen in Dagestan
On July, 21, Secretary of Security Council of Ingushetia Ahmed Kotiev, Ombudsman of the republic Jambulat Ozdoev together with Head of the Committee for adaptation of gunmen and First Vice-premier of Dagestan Rizvan Kurbanov visited the investigative isolation ward where the citizens of Kazakhstan who formerly appealed to the Committee for aid are kept.
10:00, 22 July 2011
Two alpinists from Poland got lost in Elbrus
Two Polish alpinists got lost on July, 21, on the Northern slope of Elbrus, Head of Press service of North-Caucasian regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Kantemir Davydov reported.
News
Mzia Amaglobeli in court. June 2025. Photo from TV Pirveli. A third complaint about the violation of Mzia Amaglobeli's rights has been filed with the ECHR.

The Supreme Court of Georgia refused to review Amaglobeli's sentence.

Beaches of Bobokvati. Photo: tourister.ru Bobokvati residents demand a report from authorities on the fate of land plots

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.