×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
Mosul, Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
10:30, 15 October 2018
Children of Georgian woman brought from Iraq to Tbilisi
Three children of a Georgian woman, convicted in Baghdad to lifelong imprisonment for involvement in terrorism, has been in prison with their mother, until the authorities agreed to transfer them to Georgia, Teya Tsulukiani, the Minister of Justice, has stated.
Vladimir Putin. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS Host Photo Agency/Pool via REUTERS
10:25, 15 October 2018
Russian president reacts to Ingush protests for the first time
Ten days after the start of protests, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, discussed the situation with the Russian president. Vladimir Putin advised not to disperse the rally.
Vehicles of the special troop fighters ("OMON"). Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-tomskoy-oblasti-provedeno.html
10:20, 15 October 2018
On October 8-14, five persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from October 8 to October 14, 2018, five people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two of them were killed and three – wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:04, 14 October 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh blames Azerbaijan for 100 attacks during week
On October 7-13, Azerbaijani militaries fired more than a thousand shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Marifa Sultygova. Photo: press service of Ingushetia leadership
10:58, 14 October 2018
Marifa Sultygova resigns as MP of Ingush Parliament
At the background of the rally in Magas, Marifa Sultygova, an Ingush MP, has refused from her parliamentarian mandate, local Internet sources have reported.
Special operation in Dagestan, October 13, 2018. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru
10:48, 14 October 2018
Three law enforcers wounded at CTO in Dagestan
Two agents of FSB's special units and an employee of the "Rosgvardia" were wounded in a shootout that broke out in the village of Endirei, Khasavyurt District. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) was the final one aimed to curb down the activities of supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) in the Khasavyurt District, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.
Nemat Panakhly. Screenshot from video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2anyjPOItB0
10:37, 14 October 2018
Oppositionist Nemat Panakhly arrested in Azerbaijan
Nemat Panakhly, the chairman of the National Statehood Party of Azerbaijan (NSPA), was arrested for 30 days for disobeying the police. His wife and rights defenders do not rule out that he was arrested for his political statements.
Special operation in Dagestan. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru
10:27, 14 October 2018
Attack on law enforcers is the third in Khasavyurt District since start of year
The attack on a policeman in the village of Endirei was preceded by attacks on law enforcers committed in the Khasavyurt District in August and September 2018.
Man in handcuffs. Photo: © Sputnik / Anar Mustafayev https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180220/414125415/byvshij-zek-avtomat-zaderzhan-baku.html
19:34, 13 October 2018
Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested after returning home
Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was arrested on October 12, the following day after his return to Azerbaijan from Lithuania, where he was in political emigration. The reason for his arrest remains unknown to his advocate and relatives.
Protest rally in the centre of Magas, October 12, 2018. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
16:29, 13 October 2018
KBR activists treat Magas action as unique
The protest action against the change of the Ingush-Chechen border is a unique example of residents' struggle for their rights, while in Kendelen, authorities manage to suppress the parties in conflict, activists from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who visited Magas, have stated.
Military drills of the Azerbaijani Army, October 2018. Photo: website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/provedeny-uchebnye-trenirovki-podrazdelenij-protivovozdushnoj-oborony-24461.html
16:17, 13 October 2018
Azerbaijan counts 24 bombardments within 24 hours
On October 12-13, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in two villages in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
16:06, 13 October 2018
Policeman wounded at CTO in Dagestan
Today, within the counterterrorist operation (CTO), law enforcers began storming the house in the village of Endirei, Khasavyurt District, where the alleged militants, who wounded a policeman, were hiding.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Asatur Yesayants/ Sputnik
11:32, 13 October 2018
Analysts assess Pashinyan's risk of losing post as minimal
Nikol Pashinyan's opponents failed to venture an aggravation of the political crisis; it allowed the Armenian Premier to speed up preparations for the early parliamentary elections. At the same time, Pashinyan managed to draw a part of the members of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) to his side, which will allow him to undertake the so-called "technical resignation" without any fear to occupy the Premiership again, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Elgiz Gakhramanov. Photo from activist’s Facebook page, facebook.com/elgiz.gahraman
11:26, 13 October 2018
Azerbaijani activist Elgiz Gakhramanov placed into dungeon in his colony
Elgiz Gakhramanov, a member of the NIDA Movement, who is serving his sentence in Colony No. 14, has been placed into dungeon (punishment cell), said Djamal Gakhramanov, his father.
Parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
11:20, 13 October 2018
Refusal to sanction rally in Gasanguseinovs' support found illegal
The court has obliged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan to reconsider the notification about a rally in support of the parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers scheduled in Makhachkala. Representative of the Gasanguseinov family said the rally would have to be rescheduled for a later date.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:33, 13 October 2018
Geriev's case is a core of PEN-Centre's report on pressure on journalists
Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, convicted in Chechnya, should be immediately released, the PEN-Centre-Moscow Association has said in a report on the restriction of the freedom of speech in Russia.
Rally in Magas, October 12, 2018. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
08:24, 13 October 2018
Opponents of Chechen-Ingush border agreement appeal to Putin
The organizing committee of the rally in Magas has called on Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to cancel the agreement on the Ingush-Chechen border, signed by the heads of these republics.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: press service of the Ingush leadership, http://ingushetia.ru
21:24, 12 October 2018
Evkurov treats signing of agreement on Chechen-Ingush border as spontaneous
The border agreement was signed "spontaneously", against the conflict over road works, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has stated today, stressing that the document had been prepared in advance and without any Moscow's participation.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screenshot from video at https://ru.wikipedia.org/ Время спорта - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o
21:13, 12 October 2018
Nurmagomedov suspended from UFC fights
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has disqualified the Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov and his rival Conor McGregor for 10 days because of the brawl that broke out after their fight in Las Vegas.
18:38, 12 October 2018
Monument to repression victims erected for money of KBR residents
Residents of the village of Psygansu in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic have raised about 200,000 roubles for a monument to their relatives, who fell victim to Stalinist repressions. On October 10, about 250 people came to the opening of the monument.
News
In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

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.