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Natalia Estemirova. Photo: HRC 'Memorial' Telegram Channel
11:20, 16 July 2018
Rights defenders mark anniversary of Natalia Estemirova's murder
On the ninth anniversary of the death of Natalia Estemirova, a member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Chechnya, rights defenders have declared their willingness to continue fighting to release their colleague Oyub Titiev, accused of drug possession.
An alleged member of an Armenian reconnaissance and sabotage grouping. Photo is provided by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/na-gosudarstvennoj-granice-presechena-provokaciya-razvedyvatelno-diversionnoj-gruppy-armenii-23428.html
11:12, 16 July 2018
Azerbaijani MoD reports detention of Armenian saboteur
On July 15, at the border, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), Azerbaijani soldiers detained a member of an Armenian reconnaissance and sabotage grouping, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.
Participants of protest held at Iraqi Embassy in Moscow, April 5, 2018. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=_URlbSxm_nE
10:59, 16 July 2018
Mothers of Russian women captured in Iraq ask Putin to return their daughters home
About 50 women from Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, and other regions of Russia appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to return their daughters and grandchildren from Iraqi prisons.
10:38, 15 July 2018
Fifty families blocked in Georgian mountains after bridge collapse
Residents of the highland region of Racha are cut off from the outside world after the river high water after downpours washed off the bridge, said Archil Djaparidze, the governor of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region.
A mental hospital in the village of Darbankhi, Chechnya. Screenshot of a TV spot "Complete newscast on July 9, 2018" by the Grozny TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K5dUEqkL4
10:38, 15 July 2018
Version of appealer to Kadyrov's illness reminds public humiliations practised in Chechnya
Public humiliations of Ramzan Kadyrov's critics and announcement of the persons turning to the head of Chechnya to be crazy make one doubt the mental disorder of the local resident, who has declared vegetables grown in the republic as harmful. This is the opinion of experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Participants of a rally against the bill on the voluntary study of native languages. Elista, July 14, 2018. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:36, 15 July 2018
Rally in Kalmykia regards law on native languages unconstitutional
A rally against the bill on the voluntary study of native languages was held in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, in parallel with the sports and entertainment events arranged by the Mayoralty in the same place. The participants of the rally treated the authorities' actions as an attempt to disrupt the rally.
A beach in Makhachkala. Photo from the city's official website, https://www.mkala.ru
10:28, 15 July 2018
Report on infection in Makhachkala arouses interest among social networks users
They are actively discussing the information about Makhachkala children's poisoning because of dirty water in the Caspian Sea. However, there is no official confirmation of this data.
Soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army. Photo by Ilya Pitalyov https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20180410/11361722/karabakh-armiya-oborona-proisestviya.html
20:59, 14 July 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 170 cases of shelling per week
On July 8-14, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 1500 shots on the positions of the Defence Army, reported the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD).
RBC issue on the "New Media". Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1915954931759731&set=a.336538206368086.81215.100000357278781&type=3&theater
20:58, 14 July 2018
Media investigation poses risk to owner of popular "Stalingulag" Telegram channel
Alexander Gorbunov, a native of Makhachkala, mentioned by the RBC as an author of the "Stalingulag" channel in Telegram, may be subjected to persecution.
14:48, 14 July 2018
Residents of Chechnya complain about detention of six fellow villagers
Law enforcers have refused to explain the reasons for the detention of six villagers in the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya and do not allow relatives to visit them, fellow villagers of the detainees report.
Night shelling of the Azerbaijani armed forces. July 2018. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az
14:48, 14 July 2018
Azerbaijan claims 92 cases of shelling from Armenian side
Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
10:52, 14 July 2018
Seven people fall victim to large-scale accident in Dagestan
One person perished and six others were injured in the collision of four cars in the Babayurt District of Dagestan.
The NATO flag. Photo: REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
08:17, 14 July 2018
NATO summit justifies expectations of Southern Caucasus countries
The declaration adopted at the NATO summit on recognizing the territorial integrity of Georgia and Azerbaijan meets the expectations of these countries, political analysts have stated. The visit of the Armenian Prime Minister to Brussels allowed reminding the West of the need for a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian expert believes.
Afghan Sadygov. Photo: İsmayıl Nəsibli https://report.az/ru/proisshestviya/glava-iv-yasamal-skogo-rajona-otozval-zhalobu-v-otnoshenii-zhurnalista/
08:17, 14 July 2018
Court in Baku ignores Sadygov's statement about torture
The Baku Court of Appeal has denied a complaint against the arrest of journalist Afghan Sadygov, who had stated that law enforcers beat him up, his wife has stated.
A policeman. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
08:07, 14 July 2018
"Novaya Gazeta" reports homosexual Chechen kidnapped in Saint Petersburg
A kidnapping attempt was undertaken in Saint Petersburg of a resident of Chechnya, who fled the republic after being persecuted on suspicion of homosexuality. Policemen detained the kidnappers and the Chechen they wanted to kidnap, the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper reports.
The Dagestani village of Tsukhta. Photo: ADBULLAG http://odnoselchane.ru
22:49, 13 July 2018
Residents of Chuni and Tsukhta villages solve spring conflict
The authorities have solved the problem with the water supply to the Dagestani villages of Chuni and Tsukhta by building dams and reservoirs. That smoothed out the conflict between residents of the two villages, who could not divide the spring.
Security forces block the road to the building of the patrol-and-post service. Yerevan, July 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:49, 13 July 2018
In Yerevan, two members of "Sasna Tsrer" released from custody
Today, the court has pronounced the decision to release on bail Vardan Geravetyan and Toros Torosyan, accused of seizing a building of the police regiment in Yerevan.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Photo by Mitya Aleshkovsky https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Илюмжинов,_Кирсан_Николаевич
17:45, 13 July 2018
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov removed from FIDE's Office
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has violated the Code of Ethics of the World Chess Federation, the FIDE stated.
Town of Chambarak. Photo Armtoursites https://ru.wikipedia.org/
17:39, 13 July 2018
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Chambarak
The armed forces of Azerbaijan shelled the near-border town of Chambarak, no people were injured, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
Rescuers in the mountains. Photo https://www.facebook.com/search/str/мчс+кчр/keywords_search
15:20, 13 July 2018
A tourist missing in Karachay-Cherkessia found dead
Rescuers handed over to the police a body of a Moscow resident who fell from a cliff into a river in the resort village of Dombay.
News
Two families returned to the Agdere region

Entrance to the village of Shukyurbeyli (Shukyurbeyli). Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/ocherednaya-gruppa-pereselencev-otpravilas-v-selo-shukyurbejli-dzhebrailskogo-rajona 18 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jabrayil region.

The report of mine incidents in Karabakh has sparked a debate about the causes of injuries and deaths.

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.