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Protest rally against violation of LGBT people's rights in Chechnya, London, June 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Neil Hall
17:58, 23 October 2018
LGBT activists tell about beatings and escape from Chechnya
Lesbian girls in Chechnya have to completely obey the will of their parents; they are forced to endure beatings from relatives and to marry forcibly. Three Chechen girls of non-traditional sexual orientation who fled from Russia, despite the attempts of families to bring them home by force, told in their interview to Radio Liberty.
People gather at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre to pay tribute to the terror act victims, Moscow, October 2002. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Denisov (RUSSIA)
17:50, 23 October 2018
16 years since the capture of hostages at Dubrovka
People in Moscow are coming today to the building of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, where 16 years ago Chechen militants captured 916 people as hostages. On October 26, 2002, at least 130 hostages died during the storming of the building.
Court hearing in the case of Mikhail Benyash. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
17:40, 23 October 2018
Court agrees to release lawyer Benyash on bail
Mikhail Benyash will be able to leave the SIZO (pre-trial prison), when a deposit of 600,000 roubles is received to the account of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, the court in Krasnodar has ruled today.
Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24612
13:27, 23 October 2018
Azerbaijan counts 29 attacks in the conflict zone
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today that the positions of its army deployed in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from large-calibre machine guns.
Rally of the natives of Northern Caucasus in Turkey. Photo by Ali Viskhadjiev for the Caucasian Knot
13:16, 23 October 2018
TV series episode with Circassian woman triggers protests among Caucasian Diasporas in Turkey
The natives of Northern Caucasus living in Turkey found the phrase about the Circassian woman in the "One Hope" TV series as offensive and demanded, at a rally, to stop further show of the serial.
Naur District on the map of Chechnya. Photo: Yandex-maps
13:01, 23 October 2018
Social network users treat the idea to transfer two districts of Chechnya to Stavropol Territory as provocation
The board of the inter-regional public organization named "Caucasian Cossack Line" has appealed to the leadership of the Stavropol Territory with a call to restore the historical justice and return the Naur and Shelkovskoy Districts of Chechnya to the Stavropol Territory.
Magomed Khazbiev in the court. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
10:59, 23 October 2018
Khazbiev rejects advocates' services
The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has refused from the services of advocates Kheda Ibrieva and Andrei Sabinin. The judge has satisfied his motion and offered a state defender, if Khazbiev fails to find n advocate.
10:47, 23 October 2018
Azerbaijani MFA condemns visit of Saint-Étienne delegation to NKR
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced the trip of a delegation from the French city of Saint-Étienne to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and the declaration signed during this visit to be illegal. The Mayor of Saint-Étienne will be put on the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani MFA, who are banned from entering Azerbaijan.
Ramzan Kadyrov at the meeting with Ingushetia residents. Screenshot of the video posted by user "Chechnya-95" at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCQt9BsiJk
08:29, 23 October 2018
Analysts debate about Kadyrov's aim of visiting Ingushetia
The arrival of Ramzan Kadyrov in the village of Surkhakhi should not be treated as Evkurov's tripping; the head of Chechnya has rightly placed responsibility on Evkurov, Magomed Mutsolgov, an Ingush activist, has stated. In her turn, Svetlana Gannushkina, a rights defender, is sure that Kadyrov sought to harm his Ingush counterpart.
Spontaneous action against "Electrozinc" plant, Vladikavkaz, October 22, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
23:03, 22 October 2018
In Vladikavkaz, protestors demand to close "Electrozinc" plant
In Vladikavkaz, residents of North Ossetia gathered for a spontaneous action against the operation of the "Electrozinc" plant.
Ogtai Gyulyalyev. Photo: Turkhan Kerimov (RFE/RL)
22:49, 22 October 2018
Re-arrest of political prisoner marks new trend of repression in Azerbaijan
Religious activist Telman Shiraliev was arrested on the charge of possessing prohibited items in a penal colony while preparing for release from prison. Filing new charges against political prisoners at the end of their imprisonment sentences is a new trend in prosecution of activists in Azerbaijan, report rights defenders.
Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
22:32, 22 October 2018
Residents of Chechnya complain about forced eviction from dormitories
The demand of the Chechen leader to identify fraudsters wanting to get free housing has turned into large-scale inspections of dormitories with eviction of people. Residents of dormitories are evicted to their relatives without presenting documents, local residents report.
South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
18:27, 22 October 2018
South Ossetia announces transfer of two detained priests to Georgia
Two out of four Georgian citizens, who were detained on October 20 at the border with South Ossetia, turned out to be priests and were released without fines for humanitarian reasons, reports today the KGB for South Ossetia.
At the place of tragedy in Kerch, October 18, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov
18:18, 22 October 2018
Kerch tragedy makes issue of Kuban schoolchildren's security more actual
Out of more than 20 people killed in a shooting and an explosion at the Kerch College, three were buried in the Krasnodar Territory. Local residents report they fell anxiety over the fate of their children in schools.
Daut Yandiev talks to Kadyrov. Screenshot from the video poste by CHECHEN WHATSAPP 3 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggu4mqJ8wmY
18:02, 22 October 2018
Residents of Chechnya express no wonder about Ingush activists' apologies to Kadyrov
Two Ingush activists, who apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov for criticism, continued the practice of public repentance, reported residents of Chechnya.
Russian servicemen in Chechnya. Photo: https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12102779@egNews
14:29, 22 October 2018
A contractor soldier killed in Chechnya
In Chechnya, during the firing practice, a soldier was killed by an accidental shot, the military commandant's office reported.
Tanks of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
14:21, 22 October 2018
Azerbaijan claims shelling of a village in conflict zone
The ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 22 times over a day, and the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the village of Zamanly came under fire, reports today the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.
John Bolton. Photo: John R. Bolton, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Болтон,_Джон
14:11, 22 October 2018
AI urges John Bolton to raise human rights issues in Baku
On the eve of a visit to Azerbaijan of US national security adviser John Bolton, the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has urged him to raise before Baku officials the issues of human rights violations and persecution of journalists and activists.
Finalists of the 19th Moscow International Koran Reciting Competition. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the Caucasian Knot
11:24, 22 October 2018
In Moscow, International Koran Reciting Competition held without Northern Caucasus
The 19th Moscow International Koran Reciting Competition aroused great interest among Muslims of Russia, but hafizes (Koran reciters) from the regions of Northern Caucasus did not reach the final.
FSB agent during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-prigorode-mahachkaly-prohodit-aktivnaya-faza.html
11:12, 22 October 2018
On October 15-21, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of October 15-21, 2018, no one suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
News
Karabakh leaders denied the accusations in their final statements

The Court of Appeal left the head of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan in custody.

Murad Sultanli. Screenshot of a photo from Natig Adilov's page, December 17, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238936297361641&set=a.2117380289798 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). An Azerbaijani opposition party activist has been arrested for 30 days.

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.