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In the police department. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
14:45, 8 October 2019
Messages on social networks about the kidnapping of a child in Kurchaloi became a pretext for an "explanatory conversation" with two local residents at the building of the police department. Instagram users criticized law enforcers for the public reproach.
Serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, http://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=28651
14:35, 8 October 2019
Positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles, reports today the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.
Relatives of those sentenced in the Terter case. Screenshot from video posted by Talk TV Azerbaijan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=331&v=ztfECv8_xyo
14:23, 8 October 2019
On October 7, at an action in Barda, relatives of soldiers killed and sentenced in the Terter case demanded to rehabilitate the deceased defendants and release the imprisoned relatives.
Photo: screenshot from 'Beanpole' trailer posted by iVideos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWeOWB-0T34
11:14, 8 October 2019
The film "Beanpole" directed by Kantemir Balagov from Kabardino-Balkaria became one of 93 Oscar nominations in the Best International Feature Film category.
11:03, 8 October 2019
The authorities took a selective approach while investigating the case on dispersal of a protest rally in Tbilisi on June 20 and avoided the indicative punishment of the responsible persons, suggests the NGO "International Transparency-Georgia".
Polling station during elections in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
10:52, 8 October 2019
The basic rights and freedoms that guarantee holding of fair municipal elections are limited in Azerbaijan by the current electoral legislation, concludes the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS).
Action in memory of Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
08:33, 8 October 2019
Residents of Moscow laid flowers at the house, where 13 years ago, Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", was shot dead; and Petersburg residents held a massive picket in Anna's memory.
Advocates of Abdulmumin Gadjiev (from left to right): Arsen Shabanov, Akhmed Akhmedov and Dana Sakieva in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:24, 8 October 2019
Judges are not allowed to make decisions that run counter law enforcers' demands, the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, has stated at a session of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. Even if Gadjiev is released from custody, he will be arrested on another charge, his defence is sure.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from video posted by ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og4rxHnAVXo&feature=youtu.be
21:27, 7 October 2019
Prior to blaming participants of wedding parties for demonstrating their feelings, the head of Chechnya himself spoke on the federal channel about his relations with wife, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has pointed out. YouTube users agree that Kadyrov has no moral right to criticize violators of Chechen traditions.
Pre-trial prison in Nalchik. Photo: press service of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Kabardino-Balkaria, http://07.fsin.su
21:12, 7 October 2019
The staff of the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) refuses to let advocates to the Ingush activists kept there. Refusals are motivated by the list of those advocates who are allowed to visit the SIZO.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Christopher Pike
17:56, 7 October 2019
Today, Alvi Karimov, the press secretary for the head of Chechnya, has neither confirmed nor denied the reports on an attempted assassination on Ramzan Kadyrov, having refused to comment on "rumours".
At the court hearing on Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case, Makhachkala, October 7, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
17:44, 7 October 2019
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has ruled to revise the decision on the extension of the arrest of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly.
Churtas moved from the memorial complex of victims of deportation in 2014. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
17:34, 7 October 2019
For the second time in five years, the memorial complex of victims of deportation has been moved to a new place in Grozny; however, this fact caused no resonance in the society.
CTO in Chegem. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-chegeme-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
15:18, 7 October 2019
During the week from September 30 to October 6, 2019, the North-Caucasian armed conflict resulted in at least two wounded persons; no information was received about the dead ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
New house in the dwelling neighbourhood of Ortsin-Mokhk in Grozny. Screenshot from video posted by 'Grozny' TV Youtube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussykrkzPrE&t=3s
15:06, 7 October 2019
The dwelling neighbourhood of Ortsin-Mokhk located in Grozny has transformed after reconstruction, but builders left unfinished work in apartments and used cheap materials.
Rally demanding to stop criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
14:59, 7 October 2019
Today, about a dozen Gadjiev's colleagues and friends have come to the central square of Makhachkala to support the journalist, since at 12:00 a.m. Moscow time, a session was scheduled at the Supreme Court (SC) on election of his freedom restraint measure.
Zada Maksudova. Screenshot from the "Zada's Children" documentary. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
11:16, 7 October 2019
On September 6, the "Kunaki" (Friends) Festival of Cinema and Television in Nalchik showed two films from Dagestan – "Parable of Lame Ram" and "Zada's Children". The first documentary tells about incorruptible policeman, who was fired from the law enforcement system, and the second one – about rural teacher who has raised about a hundred adopted children.
Machine gun. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:01, 7 October 2019
Over the past seven days, the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line by firing about 800 shots, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.
Newly-weds. Photo: vetonethemi   https://pixabay.com/ru/свадьбы-пара-любовь-новобрачные-1255520/
10:50, 7 October 2019
The people forced to apologize for their behaviour at wedding ceremonies in Chechnya hadn't violated any Islamic norms; and Ramzan Kadyrov's claims to them is just part of his "political behaviour", the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
David Gareja Monastery Complex. Photo: Paata Vardanashvili  https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki
10:38, 7 October 2019
At the new border outpost, agents of the Azerbaijani State Frontier Service (SFS) have been instructed to "protect the historical-cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani people" on the border with Georgia.
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.