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Repairs of a gas pipeline from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense
13:10, 19 March 2022
Repair of gas pipeline from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh completed
Workers have finalized the repair of the section of the Shushi-Zariflu gas pipeline located in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan; the gas began arriving at the receiving station of the gas supplying organization of Nagorno-Karabakh, the authorities of the unrecognized republic have informed.
Image made from video posted by Kuban24.tv
12:57, 19 March 2022
Krasnodar resident detained after spitting at poster with Z letter
After a Krasnodar citizen spat on the letter Z depicted on the banner, law enforcers accused the man of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The detainee is a 32-year-old resident of Krasnodar.
Police take away the attacker on journalists. Image made from video posted by Formula channel at: https://formulanews.ge/News/66843
12:43, 19 March 2022
Opposition journalists attacked in Georgia
A cameraman and journalists of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel were attacked in Zugdidi while trying to film a report; and a film crew of the "Formula" TV Channel was beaten up in Tbilisi.
Centre of Kharkiv, March 2022. Photo: Mvs.gov.ua https://ru.wikipedia.org/
08:31, 19 March 2022
Eleven ethnic Armenians perish in Ukraine during military operation
Eight Armenian civilian nationals have perished in Ukraine since the start of the special military operation; and three military servicemen were killed during the hostilities. About 4000 refugees have come from Ukraine to Armenia.
Sakhib Turabov. Screenshot: https://t.me/mkurbanov/21
08:19, 19 March 2022
Marine from Dagestan dies in Ukraine
A company commander, Sakhib Turabov, a native of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan, was buried on March 18 in his native village. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 33 natives of Dagestan have become known.
Refugees from Donbass leave Sukhum. Photo: http://www.mchsra.info
23:01, 18 March 2022
Refugees from Donbass begin to leave Sukhumi
Thirty-seven refugees from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics have gone by train from Sukhumi to the Rostov Region, from there they will be taken home, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Abkhazia reports today.
Pharmacy sign. Photo: pixabay.com
22:42, 18 March 2022
Doctors rule out possibility of a shortage of medicines in Dagestan
In case if the supplies of foreign medicines for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, oncological and urological diseases are suspended, the medicines can be replaced with domestic analogues, specialists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” assure.
Vartan Kochian. Image made from video posted by RBC at: https://www.rbc.ru/society/10/06/2021/60c1e2309a7947c3db8645a
19:53, 18 March 2022
Vartan Kochyan dies in SIZO
Vartan Kochyan, accused of murdering court marshals in Sochi, died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), his advocate Alexander Burnaev reports today.
A policeman. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:37, 18 March 2022
Four policemen charged with forcing a Makhachkala resident to self-incrimination
Charges have been brought against four policemen who, under threat of beatings, forced a woman from Makhachkala to confess to drug possession, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Airport of Stavropol. Photo courtesy of the airport’s press service
13:44, 18 March 2022
Closed sky regime in Southern Russia extended by another week
The ban on sending and receiving flights to and from the airports in six cities in Southern Russia, including Krasnodar, Stavropol and Rostov-on-Don, has been extended until March 26.
Ramazan Dugiev. Photo: https://fortanga.org/2022/02/zhitelya-ingushetii-zaderzhali-po-mitingovomu-delu/
13:23, 18 March 2022
Nalchik court places Ingush sign interpreter Dugiev under house arrest
The Nalchik City Court has placed Ramazan Dugiev, an Ingush sign interpreter, under house arrest for two months; he was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to law enforcers during protests in Magas in 2019.
Chechen law enforcers in Ukraine. Image made from video posted by GTRK ‘Vainah’ channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okewIraIshE
11:17, 18 March 2022
Analysts point to Kremlin's role in promoting Chechen law enforcers
The image of Chechen law enforcers as successful militaries is built by Moscow; and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, performs all the actions within this promotion campaign at the Kremlin's behest, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.
Meeting hall of the European Court of Human Rights. Photo courtesy of the press service of the ECtHR
11:01, 18 March 2022
Lawyers comment on ECtHR's decision to suspend consideration of complaints against Russia
The cases that Russians had filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) before Russia has quitted the Council of Europe should be considered, and the decisions made up to that time should be enforced, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.
Participants of the protest action against relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
08:39, 18 March 2022
Armenian opposition claims refusal to fight for Nagorno-Karabakh is unacceptable
In its dialogue with Turkey, Armenia pursues the concession policy; however, the current authorities have no mandate for new concessions and new losses, oppositionists have stated at their rally in Yerevan.
Timur Karginov. Screenshot: https://t.me/prigorodny_rayon/88
08:28, 18 March 2022
Four natives of North Ossetia killed in Ukraine
Since the start of the military operation, at least 21 natives of North Ossetia have lost their lives there.
Chechen fighters at a rally in Grozny, February 2022. Screenshot: https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/02/2022/6218c4089a7947a8fc3e9640
22:04, 17 March 2022
Kadyrov announces sending a thousand volunteers to Ukraine
Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that a thousand volunteers left Chechnya for the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. According to the leader of Chechnya, Chechen fighters, who had earlier gone to Ukraine, are taking part in the storming of the city of Mariupol.
Vidadi Iskenderov. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
21:50, 17 March 2022
ECtHR awards compensation to Azerbaijani human rights defender Iskenderov for arrest
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that in 2011, human rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov was unreasonably arrested in a criminal case. The ECtHR obliged the Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay Vidadi Iskenderov 3500 euros.
Tamara Grodnikova holds a solo picket, Volgograd. Photo by Olga Cherkasova for the Caucasian Knot
21:38, 17 March 2022
Volgograd activist fined for discrediting army
In Volgograd, a court imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles on pensioner Tamara Grodnikova. Her solo picket against the blocking of independent media and in defence of Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee of the “Channel One”, was recognized as discrediting the Russian army.
Participant of an action in support in Uktaine, Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
18:44, 17 March 2022
In Tbilisi, volunteers report about humanitarian aid for residents of Ukraine
The humanitarian aid collected in Georgia for residents of Ukraine is being transported daily by two trucks for shipment, but citizens of Ukraine can also get the things they need at the very centre of collection of humanitarian aid in Tbilisi, volunteers say. According to a volunteer coordinator, at least 200 tons of things have been collected.
18:22, 17 March 2022
In Yerevan, protestors speak against agreements with Baku and Ankara
At a rally held in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, oppositionists have stated that establishing relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey contradicts the interests of residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
News
A group of fighters before being sent from Chechnya to Ukraine. Still from video https://www.instagram.com/p/DZu0VvTRybZ (Meta (the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia). Chechen authorities reported sending a group of fighters to Ukraine.

New information about Skrepetsky's alleged killer has been released.

Murdiev's mother complained about the lack of contact with her son.

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.