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Mairbek Taisumov. Screenshot from video " Mairbek Taisumov: Interview on the eve of UFC Berlin" posted by user Isa Bax www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhffPoUipyQ
12:16, 11 March 2018
Chechen fighter withdrawn from fight in USA because of visa problems
Mairbek Taisumov, a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, was removed from a fight with American Evan Dunham in New York because of problems with obtaining an American visa.
Opposition rally in Freedom Square in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
05:22, 11 March 2018
Armenian political analysts are sceptical about opposition's potentials
The opposition of Armenia is unlikely to achieve mass protests, because the society is apathetic and disappointed in politics, Armenian experts told the "Caucasian Knot" in their comments on the protest rally held in Yerevan.
Bags of the Volgograd Regional CEC. Photo: press service of the Volgograd Regional CEC, ikvo.ru
02:10, 11 March 2018
Volgograd activist complains about flat-to-flat visits on election eve
Boris Pylin, the Chairman of the NGO "Union of Volgograd Region's Locals", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on March 9 he sent a complaint to Ella Pamfilova, the Chair of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) demanding to cancel the decision of the Volgograd Regional CEC to undertake flat-to-flat propaganda visits ahead of presidential elections in Russia scheduled for March 18.
01:12, 11 March 2018
About 600 cartridges found in water canal of Azerbaijani village
A message that unexploded ammunition was found in the Upper-Karabakh water canal in the territory of Yukhary Salambeili village was received by the Crisis Management Centre of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) on March 10.
Seaside in Batumi. Photo by Yulia Kasheta for the Caucasian Knot.
00:13, 11 March 2018
Dead baby found in Batumi
The body of a newborn child was found on the beach of the resort city of Batumi. Law enforcement bodies have launched an inquiry into the murder case.
A participant of the opposition rally in Baku on March 10, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:08, 10 March 2018
Baku protesters demand free elections
As reported by the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), some 10,000 people took part in the rally against the presidential election in Azerbaijan. The protesters have stated that the authorities had initiated early election in order to make them non-alternative.
The participants of the opposition rally in Yerevan demanded reforms. March 10, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:30, 10 March 2018
Armenian opposition demands to remove President Serzh Sargsyan from power
About 300 people gathered at a rally in Yerevan demanding to remove Serzh Sargsyan from power and release political prisoners.
At a presentation of the project "Fathers and Daughters" in Makhachkala. March 9, 2018. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:30, 10 March 2018
Animation project organizers cover fathers-daughters relations in Caucasus
On March 9, at a presentation in Makhachkala, organizers of the project "Fathers and Daughters", designed to break a stereotype about an authoritarian power of a head of a Caucasian family, admitted that the project had also revealed problems in family relations.
The participants of the rally holding photos of the political prisoners. Baku, March 10, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:08, 10 March 2018
Opposition holds rally to protest against presidential election in Azerbaijan
In Baku, the action under the slogan: "No robbery, stop the monarchy!" has been arranged by the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and the "Musavat" Party. This is the first joint rally arranged by those opposition forces since 2013.
A soldier of the Defence Army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence for Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.nkrmil.am/news/view/2101
15:39, 10 March 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 220 cases of shelling per week
In the period from March 4 to 10, the Azerbaijani armed forces more than 2500 times shelled the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
03:46, 10 March 2018
Georgia affected by hurricane
Residents of Georgia are affected by a hurricane. The strong wind damaged roofs of dozens of houses and fell down trees. Besides, rivers left their banks and damaged roads and flooded houses.
Screenshot of the home page of the Internet resource "Prison Library" https://prisonlib.wordpress.com
02:51, 10 March 2018
In Azerbaijan, rights defenders launch educational resource for prisoners
An electronic library with legal acts, teaching aids, fiction and scientific books will provide prisoners with knowledge about their rights and the opportunity to get engaged in self-education. This was reported by rights defenders who presented the project of the Internet resource "Prison Library" in Baku.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg. Screenshot of a video on the website of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/20150201PVL00010/Organisation
01:49, 10 March 2018
Rights defenders criticize MEPs' refusal to observe Azerbaijani election
The European Parliament (EP) refused to observe the presidential election in Azerbaijan. Rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" associate the refusal of MEPs with their fear to spoil relations with Baku on the eve of signing of a new partnership agreement and to provoke its turn towards Moscow.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Photo © FB / Giorgi Kvirikashvili
22:20, 9 March 2018
Georgian opposition criticizes invitation to dialogue with Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgian Prime Minister, has announced his readiness for a dialogue with the authorities of Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Oppositional MPs treat it as a sign of Georgian authorities' "powerlessness".
Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, gives the Order of Fatherland's Honour to Medni Kadyrova. Photo http://www.parlamentchr.ru/press-centre/news/6758-m-daudov-vruchil-ajmani-i-medni-kadyrovym-vysshie-nagrady-parlamenta-chr
19:52, 9 March 2018
Chechen residents treat awarding Kadyrov's relatives as manifestation of loyalty
On March 8, Ramzan Kadyrov's mother and wife were decorated by the Order of Fatherland's Honour, established only a week ago. Local residents suggest that in this way the Chechen parliament has demonstrated its devotion to the head of the republic.
14:11, 9 March 2018
Grozny residents report unprecedented CEC members' activeness on the eve of election
Employees of the Central Election Commission (CEC) have held a large-scale dissemination of leaflets calling for participation in the Russia's presidential election on March 18, residents of Chechnya report. In its turn, the CEC asserts that the campaign is purely informative and aimed at increasing the interest in the election.
The military exercises in the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=21689
13:10, 9 March 2018
Azerbaijan announces military exercises to involve 25,000 soldiers and officers
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan has announced large-scale exercises of the Azerbaijani army to be held on March 12-17.
Untsukul, Dagestan. Photo by Ali Magomedov http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1178&com=photogallery
10:00, 9 March 2018
After complaints about torture, court transfers Dagestani resident under house arrest
The Untsukul District Court has changed the freedom restraint measure of Umargadji Abdurakhmanov to house arrest, his advocate Eldar Temirkhanov has reported. Abdurakhmanov is suspected of aiding militants.
A police officer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
09:33, 9 March 2018
Sources report detention of a namesake of former Dagestani leader
Ramazan Abdulatipov, a senior field investigator from the Department for Economic Security and Counteracting Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan, was detained while taking a bribe, sources report. The information has not been confirmed officially.
A poster at the mourning evening. Photo by Tatyana Gantimurova for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:49, 9 March 2018
In Moscow, activists honour victims of Balkars' deportation
In Moscow, at an evening held in memory of the people who fell victim to the deportation of the Balkar people, Sulieta Kusova-Chukho, a culturologist and journalist, suggested restoring abandoned mountain auls (villages) to honour the memory of their ancestors.
News
Senator Salpagarov reached a settlement agreement in an anti-corruption lawsuit.

The sentence of a Karachay-Cherkessia resident for the murder of a tourist has been upheld.

A court in Karachay-Cherkessia confiscated the property of former Minister Bugayev.

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.