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Rubati Mitsaeva. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=186143465788733
08:48, 29 October 2021
Mitsaeva treats her return to Chechnya as unresolved
Despite the permit received from Ramzan Kadyrov, Rubati Mitsaeva, an emigrant, said that she had not yet agreed on her return to Chechnya.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentin Ogirenko
01:42, 29 October 2021
MoJ toughens Saakashvili's communication with visitors
A solid glass wall has been installed in the meeting room of the Rustavi Prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, communicates with his visitors. Saakashvili said that he can no longer exchange documents with his advocates. The Georgia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has explained the new restrictions by the fight against coronavirus.
A soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am
21:12, 28 October 2021
Four soldiers injured in Armenia
Four militaries were injured because of careless handling of ammunition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.
Vadim Cheldiev talks to his advocate, October 27, 2021. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
21:00, 28 October 2021
Court refuses to return Cheldiev’s case to prosecutor’s office
Today, the Rostov Regional Court has found the absence of a motive in a case against Ossetian opera singer Vadim Cheldiev as insufficient grounds to suspend the trial.
Participant of a teachers' protest rally in Tbilisi. Screenshot: https://formulanews.ge/News/59035
18:28, 28 October 2021
In Tbilisi, teachers go on strike after dismissal of school principal
The Tbilisi authorities dismissed a school principal, a relative of an opposition candidate for deputy, and decided to replace her with a supporter of the “Georgian Dream” Party, teachers on strike explained their protest.
Sardar Babaev. Photo: http://www.contact.az/docs/2017/Social/040300187098ru.htm?93#.WONjUW_yiUk
17:49, 28 October 2021
Azerbaijani theologian Babaev refuses to plead guilty of high treason
In Baku, a court refused to release from custody Shiite theologian Sardar Babaev, accused of high treason. According to his advocate, Sardar Babaev called the charges politically motivated.
Children playing in the Chebayesh bog, Dhi Qar province, Iraq. Photo: REUTERS / Thayer al-Sudani
14:43, 28 October 2021
About 40 children brought from Iraq to Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported about transporting home 38 children who had been kept in correctional institutions and orphanages in Iraq.
Alikhan Adjamatov. Photo by Zabira Abdurakhmanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:27, 28 October 2021
Adjamatov's defence claims inconsistencies in prosecution's version
Ivan Oreshkov, a prosecution witness, who testified within the case of Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting terrorists, had communicated with him a year before he himself joined terrorists, an advocate has stated at trial. Two defence witnesses have stated that they had been exposed to pressure with the aim to testify against Adjamatov.
Supporters of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili hold a rally outside a prison in Rustavi, Georgia, October 24, 2021. REUTERS / Irakli Gedenidze
11:25, 28 October 2021
Political analysts treat authorities' actions in Saakashvili's case as short-sighted
The action of supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, held in front of the Rustavi Prison, brought together more than 200 people. They demanded to release the third country's president and criticized Georgian authorities for the rejection of entry to the country of the Ukrainian journalist, Dmitry Gordon, who wanted to visit Saakashvili.
Rally in Zugdidi. Screenshot from video posted by Sputnik-Georgia YouTube Channel
11:12, 28 October 2021
Rally in Zugdidi demands Saakashvili's release
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili should be the last political prisoner in Georgia, supporters of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party have stated at their rally held in the city of Zugdidi.
Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. Screenshot: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2021/10/free/politics_news/ru/9013.htm/001
08:44, 28 October 2021
PFPA activist arrested
Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is accused of illegal drug dealing. The PFPA believes that his criminal case has been fabricated for political reasons.
Maroon berets. Photo: Rosgvardia's press service, https://rosguard.gov.ru/news/article/pravo-nosheniya-krapovogo-bereta-zasluzhili-14-specnazovcev-rosgvardii
08:31, 28 October 2021
Scandal with maroon berets raises doubts on expediency of holding tests in Northern Caucasus
The information that after the scandal with pretenders from Chechnya, no further tests for the right to wear maroon berets will be held in Northern Caucasus looks like a fake, Sergey Goncharov, a special troop veteran, is sure. The retired Colonel Gennady Gudkov, a former FSB employee, believes that this option is being studied.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
23:43, 27 October 2021
Saakashvili refuses medical assistance
On the 27th day of the hunger strike, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, refused medical procedures and tests, while his health state worsened. An intensive care unit is on duty at the door of the prison.
Protest action of internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh near the government building in Yerevan, September 2021. Screenshot: NEWS.AM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whtkzMr-6LM
23:17, 27 October 2021
Migrants from Karabakh demand refugee status from Armenian authorities
In Yerevan, forced migrants from the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the Azerbaijani control held a rally and a march with the demand to officially recognize them as refugees. The Armenian government fails to deliver on promises of social support, protesters claim.
Police detaining a man suspected of preparing a terror attack. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhuKTHFPrxA
22:58, 27 October 2021
Special operation in Stavropol continues trend for uninformative reports about prevented terror acts
The FSB’s version about the preparation of a terror act in the Stavropol Territory arouses mistrust because of the implausible and scare information disseminated by the law enforcement body, note lawyers and journalists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Policemen. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
19:13, 27 October 2021
Kadyrov’s assistant detained in Saint Petersburg on drug case
The police detained an employee of the Chechen representative office in the Northwestern Federal District within an investigation into a drug purchase case.
Yevgeny Grushovets. Screenshot: Povesti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVIyUTWP9YQ&t=2s
18:33, 27 October 2021
Saakashvili’s Ukrainian advocate denied entry to Georgia
Yevgeny Grushovets, an advocate of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, complained that he flew to Tbilisi, but Georgian border guards sent him back to Ukraine without explaining any reasons for their actions.
13:54, 27 October 2021
"Novaya Gazeta": young Dagestani women try to overcome patriarchal pressure
In Dagestan, young women's rights are systematically violated. Girls can be subjected to pressure in families; they are often forced into marriage, but some of them manage to defend their opinions, Dagestani girls told the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.
Believers praying in the yard of the Meshadi Dadash Mosque, 2019, Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:18, 27 October 2021
Analysts explain wave of persecution of Shiites in Azerbaijan
Shiite theologians are being persecuted in Azerbaijan because of the mistakenly formed stereotype about their pro-Iranian viewpoints, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Prison fencing. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:23, 27 October 2021
Lekso Rapava goes on hunger strike
Lekso Rapava, a former police boss in the town of Khobi, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his detention, said Tengiz Gunava, an office employee of the Georgian Ombudsperson. Rapava's advocate and his family treat his detention as revenge of the "Georgian Dream" Party for his cooperation with the opposition.
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Two Dagestani residents are under investigation for selling MAX accounts.

A Rosgvardiya officer from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.

Access to all villages of Dagestan has been restored.

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.