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Polling station. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
17:35, 11 September 2018
Oppositionists report ballot-stuffing at polling stations in Volgograd
Observers from oppositional parties told the "Caucasian Knot" about ballot-stuffing, falsifications during vote tabulation and threats of physical execution, which they fixed during the recent elections in Volgograd; they filed complaints about violations.
14:32, 11 September 2018
"Vayfond" head stops hunger strike against Chechen's extradition to Russia
Mansur Sadulaev, the head of the "Vayfond" Swedish charitable association, has stopped, after a deterioration of his health condition, the hunger strike announced on September 6 in protest against the decision of Bosnian authorities to extradite Akhmed Altamirov, an ethnic Chechen and a native of Ingushetia, to Russia.
OSCE monitoring at the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/na-linii-soprikosnoveniya-vojsk-azerbajdzhana-i-armenii-budet-proveden-ocherednoj-monitoring-24123.html
14:28, 11 September 2018
Azerbaijan reports machine-gun fire in conflict zone
During the last 24 hours, Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 84 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
Hospital hall in Tbilisi. Photo: © Sputnik / STRINGER https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180911/242046886/Obrushenie-garazha-v-Tbilisi---odin-iz-podrostkov-v-kriticheskom-sostoyanii.html
14:20, 11 September 2018
Three teens injured at building collapse in Tbilisi
The health condition of one of the three children who received traumas, when a wall of the garage located in Gardabani Highway in Tbilisi collapsed, is grave, the Georgian Ministry of Public Health has reported.
Albert Khamkhoev (left) in the court. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
14:08, 11 September 2018
Human rights defenders criticize Albert Khamkhoev's verdict
In the course of judicial investigation, no proofs of Khamkhoev's guilt, accused of possessing weapons, were presented; and the sentence rendered on him is unfair, Timur Akiev, the head of the Ingush office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", believes.
Ilgar Mamedov at home. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
09:52, 11 September 2018
Azerbaijani oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov demands to punish judges
Ilgar Mamedov, the Chairman of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party has appealed to the Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office demanding to punish the judges involved in his arrest and imprisonment.
Mikhail Benyash. Photo: personal FB account at https://www.facebook.com/mbenyash
09:37, 11 September 2018
Lawyer Benyash arrested for 14 days
Lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar at an unsanctioned march against the pension reform, was arrested for 14 days and sentenced to 40 hours of compulsory works.
Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Photo: press service of the Government of Ingushetia, http://pravitelstvori.ru/
09:29, 11 September 2018
Four Ingush Vice-Premiers dismissed
Yunus-Bek Evkurov, who was elected to the post of the head of Ingushetia for the third time, reduced the number of Vice-Premiers in the republic's government.
Zaza Saralidze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
08:38, 11 September 2018
Father of schoolboy killed in Georgia goes on hunger strike
At the protest actions "Don't kill – together on guard of justice" in Tbilisi, Zaza Saralidze announced a hunger strike demanding resignation of the Georgian government.
Advocate Mikhail Benyash after he was detained and beaten up. Screenshot from video posted by advocate Alexei Avanesyan in Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/100005066893432/videos/1039600016218885/
08:27, 11 September 2018
Lawyer Benyash tells he was beaten up after arrest
Doctors have fixed numerous bruises on the lawyer Mikhail Benyash, detained in Krasnodar. About 200 lawyers from various Russian regions have signed an appeal to the Federal Bar Association demanding to investigate the beating of their colleague.
08:19, 11 September 2018
Participants of "Don't kill!" action demand resignation of Georgia's Govt
In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, at the action "Don't kill – together on guard of justice", protesters have demanded to punish those guilty of killing the schoolboy, David Saralidze, and create an interim government.
European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
22:10, 10 September 2018
Khazbiev complains to ECtHR about his custody conditions
The Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about inhuman treatment and unjustified isolation, said his advocate.
Elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. Photo: press service of the Republican news agency of Kalmykia, http://riakalm.ru/
22:00, 10 September 2018
Investigators get interested in ballot stuffing in Kalmykia
The spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed about the start of checking the video record of the incident at the elections to the People's Khural of Kalmykia. The female-observer, who shot the video, is out of contact for the second day, the office of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party informs.
Action in support of Titiev and Sentsov at the OSCE conference in Warsaw, September 10, 2018. Photo from channel of the HRC "Memorial", https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@hrcmemorial
17:31, 10 September 2018
At OSCE conference, activists demand to release Titiev
Activists dressed in T-shirts with inscriptions in support of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and film director Oleg Sentsov came today to the OSCE conference in Warsaw.
Hayk Sargsyan (right). Photo: press service of RFE/RL
17:23, 10 September 2018
Serzh Sargsyan's nephew released on bail
The court has ruled to release Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, from custody, the defence has stated.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
15:38, 10 September 2018
Zaur Dadaev transferred to another penal colony for violating custody regime
Zaur Dadaev, sentenced in the case on the Nemtsov's murder, was transferred from a penal colony in Irkutsk to a penitentiary institution in Angarsk, where he would serve his sentence in more severe conditions, the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports today.
15:28, 10 September 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling its two villages
The Armenian armed forces 95 times violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone during a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Voter at a polling station in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:22, 10 September 2018
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh note high competition at by-elections to parliament
More than 50 percent of voters came to the by-elections to the parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh at the 10th and 11th precinct districts. According to local residents, these elections differ from the previous ones by the number of candidates participating in them. The growth of political activity is connected with the revolution in Armenia, believes Hayk Khanumyan, the leader of the opposition "National Revival" Party.
March of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Volgograd, September 9, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Yuschenko for the Caucasian Knot.
11:29, 10 September 2018
Volgograd: march against pension reform was over 300 people strong (+video)
More than 350 people took part in an unsanctioned march of Alexei Navalny's supporters in Volgograd. At least 16 people were detained; two of them were hospitalized.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/photo/section.php?SECTION_ID=365
11:16, 10 September 2018
Evkurov heads Ingushetia for the third time
On September 9, by a majority of votes, local MPs of Ingushetia re-elected Yunus-Bek Evkurov to the post of the republic's head.
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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.