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A street in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:26, 4 October 2019
Baku activists criticize anti-corruption projects of CoE and EU
The Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) have announced two joint projects aimed at strengthening Azerbaijani potentials in countering corruption and improving the quality of justice. Azerbaijani activists have doubted the efficiency thereof and called for organizing public control over these projects.
09:43, 4 October 2019
Armenian soldier dies on Azerbaijani border
On Thursday, October 3, a contract military serviceman was killed in a shelling attack undertaken by Azerbaijan; and a tractor driver was wounded on another section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
A man in Chechen traditional dress at the wedding ceremony. Grozny, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
09:26, 4 October 2019
Social network users treat "wedding" apologies in Chechnya as excessive
Forcing residents of Chechnya to apologize for deviating from the wedding customs accepted in the republic violates people's privacy; and repentances to the camera are not a Vainakh tradition, social network users have noting in their comments on the fifth case of apologies for one's behaviour at a wedding party.
The picket of Afghan War veterans held in Makhachkala. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:19, 4 October 2019
Union of Afghan War Veterans supports Makhachkala picketers
Authorities are still ignoring the picket of Afghan War veterans held in Makhachkala; however, their protest action was supported by the leadership of the Russian Union of Afghan War Veterans. The widow of a veteran, who had also faced authorities' indifference, has addressed the Makhachkala protesters.
The action "Return of Names". Photo by by the press center of the HRC "Memorial" https://www.memo.ru/ru-ru/memorial/departments/intermemorial/news/191
23:55, 3 October 2019
"Memorial" answers questions about "Return of Names" action
The "Memorial" has prepared tips for organizers of an action with reading the names of victims of political repressions in Russia concerning how to prepare a list of names and how to inform people about the action.
The residents of the Stepanakert boarding house. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 3 October 2019
Officials call on Nagorno-Karabakh residents to help older persons at boarding house
The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh provide care for residents of a boarding house in Stepanakert, but the older people feel separated from society and need communication and leisure.
A law enforcer. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
21:35, 3 October 2019
Grozny residents complain about mass police raids conducted to check people's apartments
Residents of Grozny report that for several days in a row, armed law enforcers come with inspections to people's apartments. The Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MFA) announces preventive measures carried out on the eve of the City Day. Law enforcers are not entitled to conduct a mass check of documents without a reason, an advocate notes.
A resident of Chechnya apologized for posting a video. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3H5dGGF_oL/
21:27, 3 October 2019
Chechen resident publicly apologizes for singing during a fire in a shopping centre
A resident of Chechnya apologized for posting his video after Ramzan Kadyrov had instructed his subordinates to find an author of mocking messages posted during a fire in a Grozny shopping centre. The resident of Grozny called it "an act unworthy of a Chechen man," and went out with a shovel to clean the shopping centre affected by the fire. Social networks users pointed to the predictability of public repentance.
Participants of the march in Tbilisi on June 20, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:51, 3 October 2019
Activists demand to release participants of June protests in Georgia
Participants of an action held under the slogan of "It's a shame" near the Gldani prison supported persons detained during the June riots in Tbilisi. The activists demanded to release the detainees and spoke against the release of law enforcers detained for abuse of power during the dispersal of the protestors.
The Enguri Bridge. Photo:khalampre - Enguri bridge https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:49, 3 October 2019
Abkhazia lifts temporary restriction on border crossing with Georgia
Abkhazia has lifted the restriction imposed in June on border crossing with Georgia, the Abkhaz State Security Service (SSB) reports.
Video of another public apology after wedding in Chechnya. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Hdrg2loMG/
11:52, 3 October 2019
Another apology after wedding in Chechnya outrages social network users
The new trend of public apologies for violating folk traditions at wedding parties in Chechnya was continued by a young resident of the republic, who repented of his tears at his sister's wedding party. Social network users have noted that the hero of the video clip is a Kabardian, which means that he is not obliged to observe Chechen traditions, and supported the young man.
Traces of shelling in the village of Nerkin Oratakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:29, 3 October 2019
Azerbaijan: excavator operator killed in shelling
The operator, who died as a result of the shelling, worked the road construction in the area of the troops contact line in the conflict zone.
Searches in the office of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft). Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://youtu.be/mrT0GdJUrDQ
11:22, 3 October 2019
Searches in "Chernovik" editorial office threaten the next regular issue of the weekly
Searches in the office of the Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" (Draft) have disrupted the work of the staff; because of this, the next issue may be printed with a delay. Law enforcers sought to show that they could put pressure on journalists, said Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly.
08:44, 3 October 2019
Armenian military wounded on Azerbaijani border
A contract soldier was wounded in the Tavush District of Armenia. He was hospitalized at night of October 2.
The Azerbaijani-Iranian border. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/GPS_V_rezultate_vooruzhennogo_incidenta_na_azerbaidzhano_iranskoi_granice_obezvrezheny_tri_narushitelya_granicy-1337469
08:40, 3 October 2019
Three persons shot dead on Azerbaijani-Iranian border
Azerbaijani border guards have killed three persons, who gad tried to illegally cross the border and opened fire in response to a demand to stop, the country's State Frontier Service (SFS) has reported.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:32, 3 October 2019
Woman, KBR native, complains about law enforcers' threats
Regina Migirova, a resident of Moscow, told activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" that armed law enforcers had broken the door to her apartment and threatened her with violence and criminal prosecution. They asked her about her links with some person suspected of financing terrorism, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
Special fighters. Screenshot of the article by the "Novaya Gazeta" https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/10/02/82194-po-rabote-ezdili
22:45, 2 October 2019
Media find data on Chechen special fighters' penetration into Norway
The publications of the "Kadyrov's Flying Squad" in social networks indicate that since 2016, they have been performing their professional mission in Spitsbergen (Svalbard in Norwegian).
22:34, 2 October 2019
Case of Azerbaijani activist's wife closed amid public outcry
The criminal case initiated against Leyla Ismailzade, the wife of the convicted leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement, Talekh Bagirzade, who was suspected of an attempt to bring a telephone to her imprisoned husband, has been closed. Leyla associates this fact with negative comments in social networks.
An ATM machine. © Photo by Yelena SIneok, Yuga.ru
18:57, 2 October 2019
Dagestani native accused of organizing fundraising for IS
A native of Dagestan who had left the republic to join militants in Syria used the help of a woman from the Astrakhan Region to collect money through closed Telegram chats, investigators report.
Regina Gagieva's funeral. September 27, 2019. Screenshot of the video by КРЫЛЬЯ TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ34Byd7H9k
18:53, 2 October 2019
Murder of North-Ossetian woman highlights authorities' indifference to domestic violence
The former husband of Regina Gagieva, accused of her murder, twice escaped from house arrest, but was not detained. After they got married, Regina Gagieva kept in secret that her husband beat her, her relatives said. In North Ossetia, victims of domestic violence are supported only by activists amid the authorities' inattention to the problem.
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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....

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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.