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The border between Ukraine and Russia. Photo http://www.mfa.gov.ge
16:10, 14 July 2017
About thousand Georgians hold protest on South-Ossetian border
A protest action "No to occupation!" with the participation of oppositional politicians and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was held in the Georgian pre-border village of Sobisi.
Military manoeuvres of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Photo © Sputnik/ Maxim Blinov https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/russia/20170714/7943600/gosduma-rf-ratificirovala-soglashenie-s-armeniej-o-gruppirovke-vojsk.html
15:10, 14 July 2017
State Duma ratifies agreement on Armenian-Russian military alignment
The agreement on the Combined Group of Armed Forces for Armenia and Russia has been concluded for 5 years with the possibility of its automatic extension. This has been reported by the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Fyodor Laptev. Photo https://www.1rnd.ru/news/1726232
15:10, 14 July 2017
Volunteer of Alexei Navalny's Novocherkassk office claims being attacked
On July 13, in Novocherkassk, Fyodor Laptev, a volunteer of the Rostov office of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was attacked. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a staff member of the Alexei Navalny's office.
The "Wanted" notice. Photo https://dag.life/2017/07/14/propavshij-ryazanec-neskolko-mesyacev-nahodilsya-v-rabstve-v-dagestane/
14:34, 14 July 2017
Ryazan woman reports her husband's liberation from labour slavery in Dagestan
A man who disappeared in Ryazan in February was kept as a labour slave at an enterprise in Makhachkala for almost five months. This has been reported by his wife.
Alexander Lapshin. Photo Stanislav Gorbunov https://ru.sputnik.az/life/20170714/411102677/azerbaijan-lapshin-sud-turma.html
14:26, 14 July 2017
Prosecutor demands 6.5 years in prison for blogger Lapshin
At the trial in Baku, public prosecutor found the Alexander Lapshin's guilt proven and requested the court to sentence him to 6.5 years of imprisonment.
The Tskhinvali penal colony © Sputnik / Natalya Ayriyan http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20170713/4491172.html
13:43, 14 July 2017
In South Ossetia, Minister of Justice fails to persuade prisoners to stop hunger strike
Prisoners will not stop the hunger strike until their demands to improve conditions of detention are fulfilled. This was claimed by prisoners of the Tskhinvali penal colony during the visit of Zalina Lalieva, South Ossetian Minister of Justice.
Saighidpasha Umakhanov, Dagestani Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications. Photo http://old.mintesrd.ru/news/item/34
12:19, 14 July 2017
Kadyrov criticizes Umakhanov for his assessment of situation in Leninaul
When calling the arrival of the Chechen delegation in the village of Leninaul a "visit of enemies," the Dagestani Minister has afforded a provocative statement with regard to the authorities of Chechnya. This has been stated by Ramazan Abdulatipov.
The authors of the obscene appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov (two men on the right). Photo: screenshot of the video 'Residents of the Nogai District apologize to Ramazan Abdulatipov' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2i-qIiRxvw
10:43, 14 July 2017
Authors of obscene appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov beaten up in Dagestan
According to video records posted on YouTube, residents of the village of Karagas of the Nogai District in Dagestan beat authors of an obscene video appeal to Ramazan Abdulatipov and forced them to bring the apologies. The rural jamaat has also apologized to the leader of the republic.
Tamerlan Eskerkhanov in the courtroom. Photo by Sergei Karpukhin, REUTERS
09:19, 14 July 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov dissatisfied with verdict in Boris Nemtsov's murder case
According to the leader of Chechnya, in the case on the Boris Nemtsov' murder, the verdict to the defendants has been pronounced with dubious evidence of their guilt and looks "strange." The sentenced men may be sent to serve their sentence in Chechnya and released. This fear was voiced by human rights defender Lyudmila Alekseeva.
Igor Kochetkov, the leader of the "Russian LGBT Network". Photo https://www.svoboda.org/a/28495644.html
03:14, 14 July 2017
130 North-Caucasian gays appeal for evacuation since launch of "Russian LGBT Network" hotline
The "Russian LGBT Network" has released the statistics of appeals to its hotline, open to help people subjected to pressure and persecution in Northern Caucasus because of their sexual orientation. During 3.5 months from the start of the action, 130 people have appealed for help, and 60 of them were evacuated.
Idris Yusupov. Photo from the journalist's personal page at Facebook, Facebook.com/idris.yusupov
02:14, 14 July 2017
Journalist Idris Yusupov released from police
Idris Yusupov, a detained Dagestani journalist, has been released from the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.
The PPS (patrol-and-post) car. Photo http://news-r.ru/news/incidents/8240/
20:32, 13 July 2017
Resident of Nalchik claims being beaten at police station
The man said that an operative criminal inquiry agent tried to beat a confession out of him at the police station. The policeman is suspected of exceeding his official powers.
Stepan Safaryan, a political analyst. Photo http://nyut.am/?p=74677&l=ru
20:30, 13 July 2017
Political analysts state fruitless meeting of Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers
Armenia has toughened its positions on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Stepan Safaryan, a political analyst, have stated. In the opinion of his colleagues, Ruben Megrabyan and Ara Papyan, the mediators are trying to keep the situation in the conflict zone under control.
A road junction in Georgia. Photo © FB / Giorgi Kvirikashvili
19:38, 13 July 2017
EIB allocates 253.5 million euros to Georgia
The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement on the allocation of the Georgia's second half of the concessional loan for a total of half a billion euros for the project aimed to improve the country's motorways.
19:23, 13 July 2017
Political analysts doubt independence of new Chechen SC's Chairman
Alavdin Gardaloev, the new Chairman of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, is a man from the team of Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Republic's Parliament, Andrei Serenko, a political analyst, has stated. His colleague Ruslan Martagov believes that Gardaloev will act in the context of the position of the Chechen authorities.
Eliso Kiladze, the editor-in-chief of the Tbilisi newspaper "Chronicle+". Photo https://onkavkaz.com/articles/233-gruzinskii-demarsh-nesoglasnyh.html
17:53, 13 July 2017
Son of editor-in-chief of Georgian "Chronicle+" released on bail
The court has released David Kharshiladze, a son of Eliso Kiladze, the editor-in-chief of the Tbilisi newspaper "Chronicle+", on bail of 6300 US dollars.
The defendants in Boris Nemtsov's murder case in the courtroom. Photo by Maxim Shemetov, REUTERS
14:35, 13 July 2017
Advocates in Boris Nemtsov's murder case to challenge the verdict
Advocates intend to appeal against the decision of the court, which sentenced defendants in the case on the Boris Nemtsov's murder to long terms of imprisonment. Till present, representatives of the victim party and public prosecutors have not yet decided on the plans concerning the verdict.
The judge's gavel. Photo http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home
13:59, 13 July 2017
ECtHR announces decisions on seven Azerbaijani citizens' complaints
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found rights violations of seven Azerbaijani citizens and ordered to pay compensation to them for their moral harm plus legal costs amounting in total to 65,300 euros.
Local residents near the administration of the Nogai District during the visit of the representatives of the Dagestani authorities, July 7, 2017. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for "Caucasian Knot"
13:27, 13 July 2017
Nogais ask Putin to intervene in Dagestani conflict
Leaders of the Nogai organizations of Russia and Kazakhstan have sent an appeal to President Vladimir Putin asking him to influence the situation in the Nogai District of Dagestan.
Areg Kyuregyan. Photo http://ru.a1plus.am/1337472.html
12:54, 13 July 2017
"Sasna Tsrer" member placed into dungeon
Areg Kyuregyan, a defendant in the case on capture of a police regiment building in Yerevan, was transferred to a punishment cell for 10 days after a razor blade was found by him. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by advocate Musheg Shushanyan.
News
Levan Akhobadze. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/175156-v-kachestve-mery-presecheniia-dlia-byvshego-zamglavy-sgb-gruzii-levana-akhobadze-izbrano-zakliuchenie-pod-strazhu The former deputy head of the State Security Service of Georgia has been taken into custody.

Participants of the procession on May 23. Screenshot of photo Mo Se, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4317603431887729&set=pcb.4317604495220956 Protesters marched through Tbilisi with slogans calling for Georgia's independence.

Protesters in Tbilisi expressed solidarity with journalists and sick children.

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.