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Screenshot of the video appeal of Elvin Isaev's wife and son https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flw-vXUjmYk
10:47, 2 September 2019
Blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities deprived of Russian citizenship
Elvin Isaev, 39, a video blogger who criticized Azerbaijani authorities, has been stripped of Russian citizenship and will be deported from the country, a court in Saint Petersburg has ruled. His wife has urged Russian President Putin to interfere in the case.
Vladimir Putin at his meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov on August 31, 2019. Photo by the press service of the Russian President http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61415
11:43, 1 September 2019
Putin refuses to recognize the Shali mosque the most beautiful in the world
At his meeting with the head of Chechnya, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, disagreed with Ramzan Kadyrov's words that the new "Muslims' Pride" Mosque is the most beautiful in the world. Kadyrov did not argue.
The Chechen office of the Commission on Missing Persons and the NGO "General Lebed Peace Mission". Photo courtesy of Tamara Kagirova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:26, 1 September 2019
Rights defenders tell about identification of remains of missing residents of Northern Caucasus
The work of searching for the remains of the people who disappeared during the military campaigns in Chechnya is too slow, local residents said on the occasion of the Day of Missing People. Methods for identifying the remains are being improved, but there is no progress in investigating the deaths of these people and similar crimes in other regions of Northern Caucasus, human rights defenders have stated.
A pre-trial prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:19, 1 September 2019
Ombudsman confirms complaint of Chechen detainee about torture
A native of Chechnya, detained after a mass brawl with gunfire in Krasnodar, has complained to the territorial ombudsman about beatings and tortured with electric shock during detention. As stated by Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the "Assembly of Caucasian Nastions", an office has been set up to any further torture of the detainees within this case.
Screenshot of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs' video posted on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zDJHpC0HH/
23:42, 31 August 2019
Morality fighter's blackmailing Dagestani women causes disputes in social networks
A young man filmed Dagestani girls to the camera with angry comments about their wrong behaviour and blackmailed them by promising to post videos on the Internet, claiming money. Some social network users have supported the guy who "had been engaged in moral upbringing," while others condemned him.
An event dedicated to the 68th birthday of the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov, August 23, 2019. Photo by the press service of the Grozny Suvorov School https://гсву.мвд.рф/Press-sluzhba/Novosti/item/18047103
23:34, 31 August 2019
Military School in Grozny named after Akhmat Kadyrov
The head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has ordered to name the Grozny Suvorov School after the first president of Chechnya, Akhmat Kadyrov. This was done in agreement with Ramzan Kadyrov, the incumbent head of the republic, said the school commander.
23:21, 31 August 2019
Social network users criticize Dagestani after his apology for inviting Kadyrov to duel
Instagram users have condemned the act of Gadjimurad Isabekov, a resident of Makhachkala, who had first invited Ramzan Kadyrov to a duel and then apologized to him.
The entrance to the mosque in Basovskaya Street in Moscow. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:19, 31 August 2019
Parishioners tell about the consequences of law enforcers' raid on Moscow mosque
There were fewer believers at the Friday prayer in the Moscow mosque after a raid with detentions undertaken by law enforcers, who detained also natives from Northern Caucasus. Many parishioners decided not to complain about the raid for security reasons.
13:15, 31 August 2019
Georgia refuses to remove checkpoint from South-Ossetian border
In its turn, South Ossetia will continue striving for fulfilment of its demand to liquidate the checkpoint, the presidential plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement has assured.
Ikram Ragimov. Photo from his personal account on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=582039032132658&set=a.143389449330954&type=3&theater
12:11, 31 August 2019
Doctors treat Ragimov's health condition as critical
Medical examination has confirmed the grave condition of the journalist, Ikram Ragimov, his cousin Galib Gasanov said.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Screenshot of the video by RTVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXdsheYI1bU
10:35, 31 August 2019
Journalists tell about Russian special services' trace in Khangoshvili's murder
The alleged killer of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, arrived in Germany by the passport to the name of Vadim Sokolov, a resident of Saint Petersburg, but there is no such person in the databases, the authors of an international journalistic investigation have stated.
A mosque in Omarova (Hungarian Fighters) Street in Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:27, 31 August 2019
Law enforcers copy drivers' data near mosque in Makhachkala
Today, on August 30, at least 50 law enforcers were engaged in stopping drivers who have visited their Friday namaz (prayer) in "Tangim" mosque in Makhachkala. The drivers' data were copied, Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has informed.
The "Pride of Muslims" Mosque in Shali. Photo: screenshot of the 1st TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6UGetj2HI
23:58, 30 August 2019
Shali mosque's scale provokes doubts about justification of its construction
The capacity of the "Pride of Muslims" Mosque in Shali twice exceeds the size of the local population, and that fact does not bring any economic benefits for the city, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov notes. The Chechen authorities need such construction projects to show their power, journalist Maxim Shevchenko believes.
A group of climbers at the peak of the highest mountain in Chechnya on August 29, 2019. Photo by the press service of the government of Chechnya http://chechnya.gov.ru/novosti/komanda-rossijskogo-universiteta-spetsnaza-pokorila-vershinu-tebulosmta/
23:55, 30 August 2019
In Chechnya, climbers propose to name mountain as Kadyrov's peak
On August 29, a group of climbers set flags at the peak of the highest mountain in Chechnya and offered to name it after Akhmat Kadyrov. The initiative continued the tendency to "Akhmatize" Chechnya, residents of the republic noted.
Grozny. Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:56, 30 August 2019
In Chechnya, resonance murder highlights problem of domestic violence
A brutal murder of two women from a Chechen village, in which a 17-year-old female relative of the murdered persons is suspected, is a result of insufficient education in the family, users of social networks suggest. The incident is not typical for the Chechen society, some users note.
A plate on the building of the Baku Court of Appeal. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:51, 30 August 2019
In Baku, court leaves opposition activist in custody
Today, in Baku, the court has dismissed the appeal filed against the arrest of activist Sakhladar Iskenderli, detained after a picket, and left him in custody, the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) reports.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: screenshot of the video by the NTV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HWolPahfvk
20:40, 30 August 2019
Ramzan Kadyrov expands list of recipients of his threats
On August 29, Ramzan Kadyrov threatened to "bring to responsibility under the law" not only his opponents on social networks, but also those who disseminated their criticism of the Chechen authorities. Meanwhile, the leader of the republic called on people not to respond to messages posted on social networks.
The area of the border village of Tavush. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:10, 30 August 2019
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attack on its border village
The ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 21 times within 24 hours, and the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the village on the border with the Tavush Region of Armenia were shelled from machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Anzaur Akhidjak. Photo http://онк-кубань.рф/sostav-komisii
16:58, 30 August 2019
POC chair visits persons arrested after shootout in Krasnodar
Two natives of Chechnya and a native of Ingushetia, detained after a mass fight with shooting in Krasnodar, do not complain about the conditions of detention in SIZO (pre-trial prison), reports the chair of the Public Observation Commission (POC) for the Krasnodar Territory. Members of the POC could not visit other two detainees.
Screenshot of the page on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qsgNXndmK/
12:12, 30 August 2019
Social network users condemn another fighter for Ramzan Kadyrov's honour
An elderly resident of Chechnya publicly volunteered to accept the challenge instead of Ramzan Kadyrov, whom a resident of Makhachkala called for a duel. Users of social network criticized another fighter for the honour of the leader of Chechnya.
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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.