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Murad Ragimov after detention. Photo: Change.org
15:33, 17 September 2016
Complaint on placing student Ragimov into custody lodged to MCC
The family of the student Murad Ragimov, who was detained in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the Syrian rebel groupings, but later accused of drug possession, gained the support of another advocate, who has already entered the case. An appeal has been lodged against placing Ragimov into custody, which will be considered by the court on September 22.
Zheleznovodsk. Photo: Pupsoid, Wikipedia.org
14:41, 17 September 2016
Candidate to Stavropol Territorial Duma withdraws
Because of the administrative pressure, it is impossible to campaign in Zheleznovodsk, said Alexei Grischenko, who has decided to remove his candidacy from elections to the Stavropol Territorial Duma.
Employees of Chechen communication company 'Vainakh-Telecom' take part in flashmob #I'llgotothepolls, instagram.com/vtk995
11:06, 17 September 2016
Observers note desire of Chechen authorities to increase voter turnout
The Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has staged a flashmob on the Instagram aimed to attract voters to the polls; on the voting day, a series of entertainment events is scheduled in the republic. The voter turnout is treated by the authorities as an indicator of the support of the ruling course, observers say.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo from the journalist's Facebook account, facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003823334397
06:14, 17 September 2016
Reporters treat Geriev as victim to war on dissent in Chechnya
The sentence to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Zhalaudi Geriev indicates that in Chechnya it is in fact impossible to work for journalists of the mass media not subordinated to the authorities, said the journalists Nikita Sologub, Irina Gordienko and Ilya Azar.
Policemen accompany Magomed Guchigov to the court hearings. Screenshot of video coverage by NTV channel, Ntv.ru/video
03:40, 17 September 2016
Court refuses to arrest Magomed Guchigov
The Nagatino District Court of Moscow has dismissed the petition asking to detain Magomed Guchigov, an assistant to a Chechen prosecutor, who is suspected of shooting from the car of the wedding cortege.
03:14, 17 September 2016
Sochi CEC states use of children in campaigning
The constituent election commission (CEC) has lodged an application to the Prosecutor's Office about attraction of children to campaigning during a party rally.
00:59, 17 September 2016
KChR's State Duma candidates criticize organization of debates
A number of candidates for Russian MPs from the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) assert that there were no obstacles to their campaigning; however, the candidate Inna Nasheva argues that she was under pressure.
Sazhid Sazhidov meets with constituents. Photo from Sazhidov's Facebook account, facebook.com/sazhidov
23:21, 16 September 2016
Reporters link Sazhidov's refusal to participate in elections with pressure on him
Most of the Dagestani candidates for State Duma, who are outside the plans of those in power, subjected to pressure, the editors-in-chief of Dagestani media told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. This is their explanation of the decision of Sazhid Sazhidov, a coach of the Dagestani wrestling team, to withdraw his candidacy from the elections.
Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/018942.shtml
17:53, 16 September 2016
Gannushkina focuses her campaign on abuses committed by Chechen authorities
In Chechnya, the judicial system is under the executive branch of power; and money is spent not on recovery of villages, but on elite unnecessary projects, like "Argun City", said Svetlana Gannushkina, a candidate for the State Duma from the republic's branch of the "Yabloko" Party.
Participant of hearings held at the US Congress Committee. Still image from video posted by user TomLantosHumanRights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SquEOX7JjI
16:44, 16 September 2016
Hearings at Commission of US Congress call on sanctions against Azeri officials
Azerbaijan is seeing a rise of repressions on the eve of the constitutional referendum, said the participants of hearings held at the Human Rights Committee of the US Congress. They called on Western countries to respond tougher to human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
Movsum Samedov. Still image from video posted by user Qurtulush MrQurtulush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VahPh_qj-c
14:40, 16 September 2016
Azerbaijan: oppositionist Movsum Samedov stops his hunger strike
The imprisoned Movsum Samedov, the leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), has stopped his hunger strike on the 18 day thereof. According to his advocate Yalchin Imanov, Samedov spent 15 days of his action in the dungeon and without any doctor's care.
13:36, 16 September 2016
Circassian activist Adnan Khuade released from custody
Today, the judicial board on criminal cases of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Republic of Adygea has pronounced the decision to change the pre-trial restriction measure against Adnan Khuade from detention in custody to house arrest.
Kuban farmers. Photo: http://www.krestianin.ru/articles/57841-osobo-opasnye-fermery
12:45, 16 September 2016
Kuban farmers to meet Vladimir Putin on September 23
According to Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers", on September 15, he got a call from the presidential administration of Russia and was informed that their meeting with Vladimir Putin had been scheduled for September 23.
Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). Photo: http://bloknot.ru/chp/varvara-karaulova-soznatel-no-hotela-uchastvovat-v-operatsiyah-igil-419855.html
12:17, 16 September 2016
Varvara Karaulova's case sent to court
The Prosecutor's Office has confirmed the indictment in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). The case on the student's attempt to join the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia by court is brought to the Moscow District Military Court. This was reported by Sergey Badamshin, an advocate of the defendant.
11:40, 16 September 2016
Chechen policeman dismissed from MIA for opening fire at wedding party
In Chechnya, a staff member of a private security division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has been dismissed for opening fire from a submachine gun at a wedding party.
Participants of the International Islamic Conference. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/multimedia/photos/76235/
10:11, 16 September 2016
Local residents treat fatwa of Grozny conference as outdated for Chechnya
The international Islamic Conference held in Grozny has remained almost unnoticed in Chechnya. This was stated by local residents. They treat the theses of the final declaration as outdated for at least ten years.
Syrian Circassians, Kabardino-Balkaria, July 2016. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
00:17, 16 September 2016
On eve of Eid al-Adha, 42 families receive help from NGOs in Kabardino-Balkaria
More than 113,000 roubles were raised by members of the organizations "Ochag" (Hearth) and "Circassian Renaissance" to be spent on the holiday of Eid al-Adha for help to the people in need and repatriates from Syria, residing in the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. In total, according to the NGOs, members of 42 families have received aid.
22:11, 15 September 2016
Aram Manukyan left in custody by court judgement
The court has rejected the defence's motion to release Aram Manukyan, a son of one of the members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, on bail. Manukyan needs special care after being wounded and undergoing surgery, his advocate asserts.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo from the journalist's Facebook account.
19:23, 15 September 2016
RWB and Freedom House treat verdict to Geriev as punishment for journalism
The case of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Zhalaudi Geriev is another example of suppression of independent journalism and prosecution of critics of the Chechen authorities, says the joint statement of the human rights organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) and the Freedom House.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
19:19, 15 September 2016
CTO regime lifted in four districts of Dagestan
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been cancelled in the Derbent, Tabasaran, Khiv and Magaramkent Districts of Dagestan, said a source from the republic's operative headquarters of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
News
Two servicemen were convicted in Nalchik for failing to report for duty.

Gas stations. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The authorities' report on measures against rising fuel prices has caused skepticism among the residents of Ingushetia.

The court refused to release five defendants in the case of the brother of the head of Ingushetia under house arrest.

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.