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Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: Nikolai Petrov/BELTA via REUTERS
22:49, 1 October 2021
Georgian President criticizes ruling party for reaction to Saakashvili’s statements
Mocking the Mikhail Saakashvili’s statements about returning to Georgia is inappropriate, President Salome Zurabishvili emphasizes. She notes that it is public agencies which should comment on the situation, not the “Georgian Dream” Party.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
17:19, 1 October 2021
“UNM” Party confirms Saakashvili’s return to Georgia
Mikhail Saakashvili is indeed in Batumi, but he will not appear in public officially until tomorrow, after the end of the voting in the municipal elections, the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party reports.
Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk. Photo from Instagram post made by the “Alternative” movement, http://www.instagram.com/p/CT-WRp0rjGZ/
16:59, 1 October 2021
A resident of Pskov Region returns home after escaping from slavery in Buynaksk
Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk, returned to the Pskov Region. He intends to file a complaint to the police about torture at a brick factory.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentin Ogirenko
14:03, 1 October 2021
Saakashvili announces his participation in voting at elections
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has released a video message filmed amid streets of Batumi, again calling on his supporters to vote at the municipal elections, and the next day to march in columns towards Tbilisi. The politician has stressed that on October 2, he intends to personally take part in the voting at a polling station.
Law enforcers detain a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria on suspicion of preparing a terror attack on law enforcers in Cherkessk. Screenshot: http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2613542
13:33, 1 October 2021
FSB reports on prevention of terror act in Cherkessk
The Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau) agents have prevented a terror act in Cherkessk. A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), born in 2001, has been detained on suspicion of preparing thereof.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Screenshot of Mikhail Saakashvili's Facebook post: http://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil
13:12, 1 October 2021
Georgian police declares information about Saakashvili's return to be fake
Today, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, has written in his Facebook page that he had already returned to Georgia.
Ruslan Bobiev. Screenshot: http://vk.com/video-28658784_456296483
12:10, 1 October 2021
Sochi blogger apologizes for photo session near Moscow temple
In Moscow, policemen have detained Ruslan Bobiev, a blogger from Sochi, whose photo session against the background of the Saint Basil's Cathedral caused discontent among believers. After the detention, the blogger apologized for his actions.
Alikhan Adjamatov. Photo by Zabira Abdurakhmanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:51, 1 October 2021
Witnesses in Adjamatov's case fail to meet investigators' expectations
Parviz Akhmedov, another prosecution witness, has stated at trial that the testimonies in the case materials against Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of aiding terrorists, had been falsified.
David Tonoyan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
08:45, 1 October 2021
Court arrests David Tonoyan
David Tonoyan, a former head of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) was arrested for two months under an embezzlement case. Tonoyan refuses to plead guilty; his defence intends to appeal against the arrest at the Court of Appeal.
Zarifa Sautieva. Photo: http://doshdu.com/zarifu-sautievu-obvinili-v-uchastii-v-jekstremiskskom-soobsshestve-dlja-destabilizacii-ingushetii
08:28, 1 October 2021
Sautieva complains about protraction with her treatment at SIZO
Zarifa Sautieva, an Ingush activist, arrested under the case of creating an extremist community, has demanded to speed up the appointment of her treatment after being examined by doctors at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Minesweeper searching for mines, March, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
23:48, 30 September 2021
Azerbaijani border guard blown up by a mine
Junior Sergeant Elgyun Nazarkhanly was injured as a result of a mine explosion at a border checkpoint in the Zangelan District, the State Border Guard Service of Azerbaijan reported.
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appeals to his supporters during presidential elections in Georgia, Tbilisi, December 2, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
23:26, 30 September 2021
More than 100,000 people registered to meet Saakashvili in Georgia
104,000 people have registered on a website, created to help Mikhail Saakashvili return to Georgia peacefully. This has been reported today by Tako Charkviani, an initiator of the project. The former president of Georgia will be detained at the airport upon arrival, like everyone who tries to prevent that, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili warns.
Several dozen activists of the “Dashnaktsutyun” Party hold a protest action in Yerevan. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN4K9Tx6WOQ
19:11, 30 September 2021
In Yerevan, protesters demand to make tests for coronavirus for free
Today, several dozen activists of the “Dashnaktsutyun” Party have come to a protest action in Yerevan. They demand from the authorities to make free testing for coronavirus.
Activist Salim Khalitov holds a picket in Makhachkala. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CUcMaSrlK2z/
18:56, 30 September 2021
Salim Khalitov holds a solo picket to express no confidence in parliament of Dagestan
During the first session of the People’s Assembly of Dagestan, activist Salim Khalitov went to a picket in Makhachkala to express his doubts about the legitimacy of the republic’s parliament of the new convocation.
Anti-opposition banner in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
18:36, 30 September 2021
Georgian authorities demand to reveal customer of “bloody banners”
The State Audit Office of Georgia got involved in checking the placement of banners against the opposition and demanded from an owner of the billboards to disclose the information about the customer.
The village of Gazi-Yurt, Ingushetia. Photo: http://www.wikiznanie.ru/wp/index.php/Гази-Юрт
14:08, 30 September 2021
Four persons wounded in shooting in Ingushetia
In the Nazran District, a villager opened fire from a rifle during a conflict with other local residents, after which four people were hospitalized, the press service of the regional Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
Search activities in the combat zone in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: press service of the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh
13:18, 30 September 2021
Remains of four servicemen found in Karabakh conflict zone
Rescuers have found remains of four soldiers, thus bringing the total number of bodies and remains of Armenian military servicemen found in the conflict zone up to 1677, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
International customs checking point 'Yarag-Kazmalyar', Dagestan. Photo: rosgrandstroy19 user, http://yandex.ru
13:03, 30 September 2021
Hundreds of Azerbaijanis await border opening in Dagestan
The lists for crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border in Dagestan include about 1000 Azerbaijani citizens; most of them live temporally in rented housing, Afig Allakhverdiev, a public figure and the head of the BIZ (WE) Fund for Support and Development of Socially Significant Programmes and Projects, has informed.
11:11, 30 September 2021
Armenian analysts criticize PACE's resolution
The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is biased, since the authors of the document have missed a number of important points, the participants in the Yerevan discussion have stated.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Screenshot of video appeal posted at: http://www.facebook.com/SaakhashviliMikheil/videos/528972974597812/?v=528972974597812
10:56, 30 September 2021
Saakashvili's promise to return exacerbates risk of political crisis in Georgia
The announcement by Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, to return to the country has sparked controversy among experts over whether or not he should be expected to arrive.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.