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12:24, 29 June 2019
Representative of Georgian Diaspora in Russia asks Putin to restore air traffic
Giorgi Tsurtsumiya, President of the Federal Georgian National-Cultural Autonomy in Russia, has appealed to the head of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, with a request to restore air flights between Georgia and Russia.
Giorgi Gakhariya. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74306918
12:08, 29 June 2019
Head of Georgian MIA announces conditions for his resignation
Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said he would leave his post if investigators find numerous systemic violations committed by law enforcers during the dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi.
Elena Barzukaeva resumes her hunger strike, Derbent, June 28, 2019. Photo by Murad Muradov for the Caucasian Knot
08:30, 29 June 2019
Resident of Derbent resumes hunger strike at police building
The mother of Islam Barzukaev, a suspect of keeping weapons, has continued her protest action in Derbent, demanding an independent examination of her son for torture. The mother of Gasan Kurbanov, who was detained within the same case, decided to join the hunger strike on June 29.
Grave of Hadji Murad. Photo: S.Ehmedli / Wikimedi
08:14, 29 June 2019
Information on reburial of Hadji Murad's remains caused no resonance in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani authorities have preferred to ignore the news about the opening of the grave of Hadji Murad and transportation of his remains to Dagestan, despite an obvious violation of the law; and there was no broad public discussion, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
"Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Magomed Akhmedov for the Caucasian Knot
22:58, 28 June 2019
Eyewitnesses report mass detentions near Makhachkala mosque
Law enforcers stopped believers near the "Tangim" Mosque and took them away, reports one of the visitors of the mosque. At least ten people were taken to a police station, stated journalist Idris Yusupov.
Ali Kerimli. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
22:41, 28 June 2019
PFPA leader Ali Kerimli released from police after warning
Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released from the police station 1.5 hours after his detention. He was warned about the inadmissibility of holding illegal processions.
Idris Yusupov. Screenshot from video posted by Zair Rabadanov at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6kCYylx2Q
19:05, 28 June 2019
Journalist detained near "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala
Idris Yusupov, a correspondent of the Dagestani newspaper "Novoye Delo" (New Cause), reported about his detention during a raid conducted by law enforcers in the area of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. The reporter regarded his detention as obstructing the activities of a journalist.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
18:42, 28 June 2019
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange war prisoners
With the mediation of the Red Cross, Zaven Karapetyan, treated by Azerbaijan as a spy, and Elvin Ibragimov, detained by Armenian soldiers at the border, returned to their homeland.
Ali Kerimli. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:29, 28 June 2019
Opposition leader Ali Kerimli detained in Baku
Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was taken to a police station after participating in the "Marathon of Solidarity", reports Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the PFPA.
Bridge across the Inguri river between Georgia and Abkhazia. Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons
13:35, 28 June 2019
Amid protests, Abkhazia restricts crossing the border with Georgia
In the context of mass protests in Georgia, citizens of Abkhazia are temporarily prohibited to enter Georgia, the Abkhaz State Security Service (SSS) announced on June 27.
Acting head of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: press service of Ingushetia head
13:22, 28 June 2019
Opposition formulates main tasks for new head of Ingushetia
The acting head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, needs to eliminate tension in the society and restore trust in the authorities; his main task is to cancel the border agreement with Chechnya, the Ingush protest activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
When the crowd of protesters approached the Ivanishvili's house, they showed a "yellow card" to Bidzina Ivanishvili. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
12:20, 28 June 2019
Opposition shows "yellow card" to Ivanishvili
A protest action has ended at the residence of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader and founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party. The protesters again demanded resignation of Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); they showed a "yellow card" to Ivanishvili as a sign of warning, and promised to continue their action on June 28.
Boris Nemtsov. Photo: Dhārmikatva https://ru.wikipedia.org
12:09, 28 June 2019
PACE demanded to reconsider inquiry outcomes into Nemtsov's murder
The Russian investigators' inquiry into the murder of the opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, was conducted with violations, says the resolution adopted on June 27 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The Russia's delegation did not participate in the voting and criticized the report presented to the PACE as politicized.
Fuad Abbasov at the airport after deportation from Russia. Screenshot from video posted by AzadliqRadiosu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KLyR0D6yo
11:50, 28 June 2019
Fuad Abbasov voices out political reasons for his deportation
The Azerbaijani journalist, Fuad Abbasov, associates his persecution and deportation from Russia with political forces interested in the deterioration of Russian-Azerbaijani and Russian-Turkish relations.
01:02, 28 June 2019
Law enforcers and Tumso tell about detentions of Barzaev's acquaintances
Several people were detained in Chechnya because they communicated with Akhmed Barzaev, who was killed during the attack on law enforcers in Grozny. Tumso Abdurakhmanov named the detainees with reference to his own sources.
Tent set up by hunger-strikers in front of the Georgian Parliament with US and EU flags, Tbilisi, June 27, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
00:48, 28 June 2019
New protesters join hunger strike in Tbilisi
Two out of five hunger strikers at the building of Georgian Parliament were hospitalized; instead, the lawyer, Beka Basilaya, and the doctor, Vakhtang Sikharulidze, have joined the protest action with a demand of resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
23:29, 27 June 2019
ECtHR awards Dagestani resident compensation for his complaint against law enforcers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) approved the settlement agreement between the Russian authorities and Taigib Zalbegov, a resident of Dagestan, who filed a complaint against law enforcers. The Strasbourg Court obliged the Russian authorities to pay to the complainant 10,000 euros of compensation provided for by the above settlement agreement.
Dispersal of protest rally at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, June 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
23:18, 27 June 2019
In Tbilisi, hunger-strikers call on authorities to meet their last demand
In Georgia, participants of the protest action in front of the parliament building have already achieved the resignation of the speaker of the Parliament, the ruling party's initiative to reform the electoral system, and they will not leave the place of the protest until their demand for the resignation of the Georgian Interior Minister is met, the participants of the hunger strike report on the fourth day of their protest action.
Abu Umar Sasitlinsky (right) and Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Ya Rabbi http://ru.wikipedia.org, screenshot from Twitter video
23:10, 27 June 2019
Abu Umar Sasitlinsky denies investigators' version in Abdulmumin Gadjiev's case
Dagestani preacher Israil Akhmednabiev, also known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, told blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov that despite the investigators' version, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the editor of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), never transferred him money.
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov. Photo: Kremlin press service, http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60833/photos/59710
17:02, 27 June 2019
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov to refrain from personnel changes in Ingush government
At the today's meeting of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, Alexander Matovnikov, Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), introduced to Ingush MPs Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the acting leader of Ingushetia. Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the resigning leader of Ingushetia, took part in the introduction ceremony, the "Ekho Moskvy" reports on its website.
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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....

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.