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A participant of the humorous show "Game" on the TNT TV Channel. Screenshot https://t.me/imnotbozhena/19927
15:19, 19 October 2021
Practice of apologizing to Kadyrov leads to TNT parody
Participants in a humorous show on the TNT TV Channel have reacted to the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya by staging an apology of a dog that barked at the Chechen leader. Internet users have found the miniature to be unsuccessful.
Domestic violence. Photo: Aziz Karimov / REUTERS
15:12, 19 October 2021
Details of abduction of Dagestani girls from shelter become known
"The girls from Dagestan, who were forced away from the shelter in Kazan, had complained about persecutions by their husbands and relatives; and one of them of beatings," said Svetlana Anokhina. According to her story, the ties of the father of one of the girls, a well-known Dagestan religious preacher, helped to find them.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, September 2020. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:02, 19 October 2021
Military court upholds verdict to four Dagestanis-figurants in terrorism case
The Military Court of Appeal has upheld the sentences to four residents of the Agul District of Dagestan convicted on charges of involvement in a terrorist community and an illegal armed formation (IAF).
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
14:35, 19 October 2021
Rights defenders claim threats in Chechnya to relatives of native of Dagestan
After four inquiries, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation failed to provide the court with materials on the complaint about investigators' inaction on the complaint about the kidnapping of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, by Chechen law enforcers. They threatened Selimkhanov's relatives who live in Chechnya.
The tests for maroon berets. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
14:14, 19 October 2021
Kadyrov's relative failed at high-profile tests for maroon beret
The check has showed that there were no brawl at the "Tambukan" test site of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) during the tests for maroon berets, Sergey Lysyuk, the head of the Association of the "Vityaz Maroon Berets' Brotherhood", asserts. According to his version, a relative of the head of Chechnya was removed from the tests.
Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Антон Ваганов
11:44, 19 October 2021
Thirty years of Azerbaijan's independence marked without celebrations
The absence of celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence suggests that authorities are belittling the significance of this event, Fuad Gakhramanly, the spokesman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stated. During these 30 years, Azerbaijan has failed to become a democratic state, Nasimi Mamedli and Zardusht Alizade, political analysts, assert.
A room in the "Mother's House" crisis centre located in the city of Kazan. Screenshot #БросайДоброВВоду https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ubM9PW738&t=5s
11:40, 19 October 2021
Two Dagestani girls abducted from Kazan shelter
Law enforcers have forced two girls who had arrived from Dagestan away from the "Mother's House" crisis centre located in the city of Kazan.
At a polling station in Yerevan. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
23:11, 18 October 2021
General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reports about scale of violations at elections
The General Prosecutor’s Office received 31 reports about violations in the local elections in Armenia, and based on one of them, an investigation into a criminal case on giving a pre-election bribe was launched, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia reported. Other 25 reports about violations are being checked.
The tests for the right to wear a maroon beret among the National Guard Special Operations officers. Photo by the press service of the National Guard of Russia https://rosguard.gov.ru/news/article/pravo-nosheniya-krapovogo-bereta-zasluzhili-14-specnazovcev-rosgvardii
23:01, 18 October 2021
Social media users forward to Kadyrov their questions about Chechen “maroon berets”
Seven special forces fighters got maroon berets after passing an exam in the Stavropol Territory, Ramzan Kadyrov announced. Social media users pointed out to the leader of Chechnya that a scandal with the Chechen fighters, who were transported in cars during an examination march, casted doubt on their right to wear maroon berets.
FSB officers detain a suspect. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/-_LDs5-jIlQ
15:42, 18 October 2021
On October 11-17, no victims of North-Caucasian armed conflict were recorded
During the week of October 11-17, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about the perished or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
Several dozen of the opponents of Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, at a protest action staged near the Rustavi Prison. Screenshot of the vidoe by RUSTAVI 2 https://www.rustavi2.ge/ka/news/212413
15:40, 18 October 2021
Saakashvili's opponents hold protest action in Rustavi
At a protest action staged near the Rustavi Prison, where Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, is kept, several dozen of his opponents recalled the law violations committed during his presidency.
Screenshot of the video "Riot in the Vladikavkaz colony" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64-0HgecPU
11:43, 18 October 2021
After riots in Vladikavkaz colony, 36 inmates transferred to Dagestan
A group of the most active rioters in the Vladikavkaz colony was transferred to a correctional facility in Dagestan.
The entrance to the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Region of Armenia. Photo by Armineaghayan - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ерасх
11:41, 18 October 2021
Armenian Ombudsperson claims shelling of border village
In the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Region, civilians' houses were shelled from the side of Azerbaijan, as a result bales of a villager's hay were burned down, Arman Tatoyan, the Ombudsperson of Armenia, has stated.
At a polling station in the city of Dilijan, October 17, 2021. Screenshot of the video on the NEWS AM YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a39578ZVizM
11:39, 18 October 2021
Observers report violations at local elections in Armenia
The country has finished voting at local elections. Observers have noted the use of administrative resources, recorded cases of transporting voters to polling stations by supporters of the ruling party, and violations of the requirements for visual campaigning.
Rally in support of Mikhail Saakashvili near the Tbilisi residence of Bidzina Ivanishvili, October 16, 2021. Photo: http://cdn.1tv.ge/apps/uploads/2021/10/1634396021-aqcia.jpg
10:49, 17 October 2021
Three Saakashvili supporters detained during clashes with police
The police prevented the protesters from placing stickers in support of Mikhail Saakashvili near the Tbilisi residence of the creator of the "Georgian Dream" Party; three activists were detained.
Screenshot from video 'Riot in Vladikavkaz colony': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=164-0HgecPU
10:23, 17 October 2021
Riots in Ossetian colony followed the change of local FSIN branch head
The riots in the maximum security penal colony occurred a week after the appointment of a new head of the North-Ossetian branch of the Russian FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service). The new bosses have toughened the attitude to inmates, sources have informed.
Dummies of Armenian soldiers in the trophy park in Baku. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CVDLU4BsXHB/
18:25, 16 October 2021
Yerevan demands from UN International Court of Justice to close the trophy park in Baku
At the session of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations, where the claim against Azerbaijan on racial discrimination was considered, an official representative of the Armenian government asked the Court to take measures to close the trophy park in Baku and drew attention to the exposition of helmets and dummies of Armenian soldiers therein.
The "Promised Caucasus" Festival. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVYL23Pvrks
16:04, 16 October 2021
Derbent: "Promised Caucasus" Festival arouses tourists' interest
The "Promised Caucasus" Festival ended in Derbent with a jazz concert and ethnic dances. Its rich programme has helped to get to know better the culture of mountain Jews; tourists from many Russian cities told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
David Tonoyan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
15:39, 16 October 2021
Court refuses to release David Tonoyan
The Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) has left David Tonoyan, a former Armenian Defence Minister, who is accused of embezzlement in supply of weapons, behind bars.
Tamerlan Tzgoev. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qLJHLxyK2k
10:46, 16 October 2021
Vladikavkaz colony inmates achieve meeting with Ombudsperson
Tamerlan Tzgoev, the North-Ossetian Ombudsperson, has listened to the complaints of the prisoners of the Vladikavkaz colony, where riots has taken place, and handed over their proposals on how to settle the situation into the operative headquarters.
News
Magomed Gadzhiev (recognized as a foreign agent) in 2017. Photo: press service of the State Duma deputy. Former MP Gadzhiev* sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia

300 people were evacuated from a high-rise building in Grozny due to a fire.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

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.