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23:38, 13 July 2019
Nagorno-Karabakh claims 90 shelling attacks from Azerbaijan over a week
In the period from July 7 to 13, the Azerbaijani armed forces more than 90 times violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line and made about 800 shots, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
10:16, 13 July 2019
Law enforcers detain two residents of Dagestan
In the Khasavyurt District, law enforcers have detained two men for keeping firearms.
10:13, 13 July 2019
Journalist Rashid Maisigov detained in Ingushetia
Law enforcers have detained an oppositional journalist, Rashid Maisigov, and took him away to some unknown place.
The police detains an activist. Azerbaijan. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
10:06, 13 July 2019
CoE's Human Rights Commissioner states threat to freedom of expression in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan should ease the pressure on the freedom of speech, improve the situation of lawyers and continue working towards solving the problems of forced migrants. This was stated by Dunya Miyatovich, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), on the outcomes of her visit to Azerbaijan.
10:02, 13 July 2019
Chechen parliament approves renaming of Kadyrov's native village
At their last sitting before the summer vacations, Chechen MPs have approved the renaming, which took place this May, of the native village of Ramzan Kadyrov into Akhmat-Yurt.
Events in honour of Kunta-haji Kishiev's birthday in Grozny, July 11, 2019. Photo: Lom-Ali Lorsanov / Grozny news agency
09:56, 13 July 2019
Orientalists tell about Kunta-haji's role in preserving Islam in the Caucasus
The mass events in honour of Kunta-haji Kishiev's birthday were organized in Chechnya through the use of administrative resources, residents of the republic report. The ideas of Kunta-haji had helped residents of the Caucasus not to abandon their faith during the years of repressions and atheistic propaganda, Islamic scholars have pointed out.
Azer Gasymly, a board member of the Azerbaijani movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) (on the left), and Natiq Jafarli. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 12 July 2019
Activist tells about late enforcement of ECtHR's decision by Azerbaijan
Azer Gasymly, an oppositionist, has achieved, in a Baku court, a cancellation of his ban on leaving Azerbaijan. The ban was in force for more than six months after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) declared it illegal, Mr Gasymly has noted.
On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
23:20, 12 July 2019
Armenian GPO reports death of 29 soldiers in six months
In January-June 2019, during their military service, 11 servicemen of the Armenia Armed Forces and the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) perished; 18 other deaths were not related to the performance of service duties, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has informed.
Photos of eight Dagestanis, who, according to the law enforcement bodies, were plotting a terror act and were killed in a shootout. Screenshot of the message of Pavel Chikov, the head of the "Agora", in his Telegram channel https://t.me/pchikov/2369
19:13, 12 July 2019
Case of eight Dagestanis killed in Chechnya brought to court
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya began to consider the case of eight Dagestani residents, who, according to the law enforcement bodies, were plotting a terror act and were killed in a shootout. Relatives of the killed suspects demanded to unite the cases on the shootout in Chechnya and on kidnappings in Dagestan.
A girl. Photo by the user Bohuslav Jonathan Tóth https://www.flickr.com/
19:09, 12 July 2019
Incident with Ingush minor exposes problem of conservatism of society in Caucasus
A mother of a seven-year-old girl, beaten by an aunt in Ingushetia, said that she was not allowed to see her daughter. The tradition of leaving children in a father's family often leads to isolation of a child from society, lawyers report. In the regions of Northern Caucasus, the traditions do not always take into account the interests of a child, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports.
Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, held a meeting with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader and founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party (on the left). Photo: screenshot of the video by Georgian Broadcaster
19:04, 12 July 2019
EU and Georgia enter into agreements for 46.6 million euros
On July 11, at the conference held in Batumi, the European Union (EU) agreed to allocate 46.6 million euros to Georgia for programmes to strengthen the security and improve the efficiency of the country's economic management.
The Enguri Bridge.The border between Georgia and Abkhazia. Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:01, 12 July 2019
In Abkhazia, Georgian citizen detained for illegal border crossing
Beglar Tsilosani, a citizen of Georgia, was placed to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) on suspicion of illegally crossing the border. His daughter who was with him was handed over to her mother, the State Security Service of Abkhazia reported.
16:56, 12 July 2019
Court refuses to transfer Ingush activist under house arrest
The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria dismissed a complaint filed against the extension of the arrest of activist Zubeir Khamkhoev, involved as a suspect in the case on the March rally in Magas.
Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=20031
11:30, 12 July 2019
OSCE Mission finds no ceasefire violations in the Karabakh conflict zone
Members of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) mission have revealed no ceasefire violations on the troops contact line, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan have reported.
Donald Tusk in Batumi on June 11, 2019. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Echo of the Caucasus" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-oPUOzd6ZE
11:28, 12 July 2019
Georgian opposition talks to Tusk about EU sanctions
At their meeting with Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, Georgian oppositionists raised the issue of imposing sanctions of the European Union (EU) on Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Petrov
11:20, 12 July 2019
Court upholds refusal to apply CER to convict involved in Politkovskaya's murder
The court has dismissed the appeal against the denial of the conditional early relief (CER) of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, sentenced to 11 years in prison for involvement in the murder of the journalist, Anna Politkovskaya.
Mansur Sadulaev. Photo: screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/NSqQ-45MGR4
11:16, 12 July 2019
Founder of Chechen "Vayfond" set free in Sweden
Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the Association of Chechen People named "Vayfond" is back at large after Sweden refused to extradite him to Russia. He said that Russian law enforcers believe him guilty of calls to terrorism.
A press conference in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Magdi Kamalov, Arsen Shabanov, Ali Kamalov (from left to right). Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 11 July 2019
Gadjiev's case highlights problem of pressure on journalists in Dagestan
Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, arrested within the case of financing terrorism, has suffered because of his articles on Islamic topics, said Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the weekly. The Gadjiev's case is based on the testimony of a single suspect, who does not directly accuse the journalist of a crime, said the advocate.
A court session in the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:05, 11 July 2019
Author of the book about Kanzhal Battle wins trial against Balkar activist
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has obliged Khadis Tetuev, an activist, to pay 50,000 roubles to Victor Kotlyarov, the author of the book "Kanzhal Battle: Look Through Centuries". The SC has treated the Tetuev's publication about Kotlyarov's book as insulting.
Tamara Mearakishvili. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Echo of the Caucasus" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaQJd_2Ly9A
20:45, 11 July 2019
In South Ossetia, court acquits activist Tamara Mearakishvili
The court found no violation of the law in the actions of Tamara Mearakishvili and found her not guilty of slander, forgery of documents, and illegal acquisition of citizenship of South Ossetia.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

A relative of Movsar Kottoev was convicted of aiding militants.

A Buinaksk resident was sentenced to a long prison term for assisting militants.

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.