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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.
A polling station during September 17 elections. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
08:42, 30 September 2021
Rights defenders treat outcomes of "Edinaya Rossiya" at one precinct in Chechnya as fair elections case
The voting outcomes for "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party at a polling station in the Urus-Martan District, where the party received less than 50 percent of the votes, may illustrate the real voters' opinion in Chechnya, human rights defenders believe, adding that releasing such data was a bold act.
Screenshot of video appeal made by Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiKzefarbvc
08:26, 30 September 2021
Ali Bakaev posts video on attack on "Rosgvardiya" servicemen in Chechnya
Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, whom law enforcers treat as the organizer of the attack on "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) servicemen committed in the village of Naurskaya, has started a YouTube channel and in his first posted video announced a series of video materials, in which he would present his version of events in order to prevent his extradition from Ukraine to Russia.
Rauf Arashukov. Photo: http://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:39, 29 September 2021
Rauf Arashukov goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Rauf Arashukov, a former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, went on a hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) with the demand to let him call his relatives and be visited by them, his advocate reported.
Mother and step-father of the girl. Screenshot: http://donday.ru/zhitelnicu-novoshahtiska-istjazavshuju-7-letnjuju-doch-osudili-na-chetyre-goda-kolonii.html
23:17, 29 September 2021
A woman from Novoshakhtinsk sentenced to four years of imprisonment for torturing her daughter
A court sentenced to imprisonment in a high-security penal colony a mother of a seven-year-old girl from Novoshakhtinsk, who was regularly tied up and beaten. A child’s stepfather was sent for compulsory medical treatment.
Screeshot: http://youtu.be/0xsVRbi1kYE
19:14, 29 September 2021
Blogger Khalitov accuses Chechen authorities of organizing blood feud
Khasan Khalitov, a critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, claims that the republic’s authorities stand behind a series of declarations of blood feud in Chechnya.
At a grave in the cemetery of the Yerablur military pantheon on the day of nationwide mourning for those killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Yerevan, Armenia, December 19, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Artem Mikryokov
18:59, 29 September 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh reports death toll in 2020 autumn war
At the today’s meeting in the Parliamentary Commission of Armenia on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, Permanent Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia Sergey Gazaryan has presented the updated figures concerning victims of the Karabakh war.
Ministry of Interior of Georgia. Photo: David Teteloshvili, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ministry_of_Interior,_Georgia#/media/File:Building_of_Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_of_Georgia.jpg
15:47, 29 September 2021
Georgia: oppositionist treats his son's detention for beating up transgender as political
Levan Bidzinashvili, a Georgian oppositionist and candidate for Mayor of the city of Gori from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has stressed a political component in the detention of his son for attacking a transgender woman in Tbilisi.
Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12386062@egNews
15:31, 29 September 2021
Peacemakers conduct exercises in Nagorno-Karabakh
In Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian militaries have mastered their skills aimed at preventing provocations and repelling attacks on observation posts, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Karabakh rescuers. Photo from the Facebook account of the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service
11:49, 29 September 2021
Azerbaijan hands remains of three Armenian militaries over to Nagorno-Karabakh
The remains of the servicemen who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh have been handed over to Karabakh rescuers. The total number of the remains of the Armenian militaries found has reached 1673, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left) and Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrP_i5EEyA, http://www.dw.com/
11:30, 29 September 2021
Abdurakhmanov brothers treat threats to their relatives as Chechen authorities' revenge for failed assassination attempts
By threatening their relatives, Chechen authorities want to avenge the failure of the attempts to kill the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov and his brother Mukhammad, the brothers themselves believe.
The village of Tarki, Makhachkala. Photo: Musa Musaev, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/?sect=2554
11:17, 29 September 2021
Suffered party demands tougher punishment for murderer of activist in Tarki
The verdict handed down to a resident of the Makhachkala settlement of Tarki for the murder of Vali Abduragimov, a local activist and fighter against drug dealers, is too lenient, Vali's father has stated.
Screenshot of video posted in Saakashvili's Facebook account, September 27, 2021. http://fb.watch/8jaaOTeSGP/
08:38, 29 September 2021
News about Saakashvili's arrival in Tbilisi sparks resonance in Georgian society
The return of Mikhail Saakashvili will benefit the country, the followers of the former Georgian president have commented on his Facebook message about his intention to fly to Tbilisi on October 2. Saakashvili will face criminal cases, their opponents have noted.
Voting result at precinct election commission No. 457 in Chechnya. Screenshot: http://www.chechen.vybory.izbirkom.ru/
08:22, 29 September 2021
In Chechen village, "Edinaya Rossiya" wins less than 1% of votes
In the village of Koren-Benoy, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, the "New People" Party has won the elections to the Russian State Duma. Only 0.92 percent of the village voters cast their ballots for the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, the local election commission has reported.
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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.