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Kurman-Ali Baichorov. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:37, 24 October 2015
The Stavropol Regional Court has drawn the attention of the Kislovodsk City Court to the need for consideration of the complaint about the inaction of officials engaged in the checking of the report on the death threat against Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov.
Pages from Koran. Photo: ttp://www.islam.ru/news/2015-09-04/35692
04:44, 24 October 2015
The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a draft law prohibiting to recognize as extremist materials the contents of the Bible, the Koran, the Torah and the Kanjur, and quotations from them.
04:05, 24 October 2015
Members of the community "Vilayat Dagestan of Islamic State", prohibited in Russia, know each other from their childhood, and the leader of the community is the so-called "long-term forest survivor". This was stated by journalist Orkhan Djemal.
A plate in the bus inidcating the fare of 15 roubles. Photo: http://gorod48.ru/pda/news/339305/
03:22, 24 October 2015
In Makhachkala, drivers of shuttle buses on urban route No. 19 have reduced fare from 17 down to 15 roubles. The drivers' decision is connected with their refusal to pay a fee of 3100 roubles to the municipal unitary enterprise (MUE) "Goravtotrans" for a waybill.
01:26, 24 October 2015
Residents of the villages of Untsukul and Shamilkala have learned about the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime from media. The villagers have reported that the introduction of the CTO legal regime in no way affects their daily lives.
23:22, 23 October 2015
The Turkish authorities are searching for Ulker Mamedova, a citizen of Azerbaijan, who may be involved in the terror act in Ankara, which killed 102 people. The information has been confirmed by the Azerbaijani General Consul in Istanbul.
23:16, 23 October 2015
In the village of Novy Kurush of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, four persons were detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting militants. According to a local resident, law enforcers found a weapon during a search of one of the detainees.
The policeman lead Zaur Dadaev through the corridor of the court. Moscow, April 2015. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:54, 23 October 2015
Zaur Dadaev, accused in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, has addressed the Russian President with a request to allow him to take part in the combat operations in the territory of Syria.
Derbent. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:13, 23 October 2015
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg took the side of the complainant from Derbent, who complained about ineffective investigation into the repeated rape committed by an official from the local Mayor's Office.
Repair of the water-pipe. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
13:54, 23 October 2015
Today, six villages in Dagestan have been deprived of gas supply after a leak in the high pressure gas pipeline in the Babayurt District. Residents of the Lenin District of Makhachkala are deprived of water supply because of damage to water pipes.
At the place of the terror act in Volgograd. December 30, 2013. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:20, 23 October 2015
The number of Russian citizens, who express their concerns about possible terrorist threat, has grown since the end of 2014 by 7% and reached 65%. The citizens of Russia see the main source of terrorist threat in the "Islamic State" (IS). These are the results of a survey prepared by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (known as VTsIOM).
Training exercises to rescue hostages. Photo: http://gorod33.ru/art/23317/prestupniki_obezvrejeny_zalojniki_osvobojdeny/
11:53, 23 October 2015
Today, in the territory of the Children's General Hospital in the capital of Dagestan, law enforcers are holding joint training and tactical exercises to rescue hostages.
CTO in the Untsukul District of Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/10/20/v-dagestane-v-khode-kto-neitralizovany-chetvero-banditov.html
07:05, 23 October 2015
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced within the residential settlements of Untsukul and Shamilkala.
The chemical complex "Vanadzor-Khimprom". Photo: Faktinfo http://www.pastinfo.am/ru/node/6816
07:05, 23 October 2015
In Armenia, managers of the chemical complex "Vanadzor-Khimprom", which owes to its workers the wages for nine months, have paid the wage arrears for two months. The rest of the debt is planned to be repaid until December 15.
Bailiffs observing the action in support of the "Rustavi 2" TV Channel. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:19, 23 October 2015
The situation with the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party and the "Rustavi 2" TV Channel has created the preconditions for violation of constitutional order and civil confrontation. This was stated by Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili.
The meeting of the Presidium of the "Party of Veterans of Russia" held in Moscow on October 20, 2015, discussing the dispersal of thw rally in Buynaksk. Photo: http://veteransrussian.ru/msk/novosti-partii/prezidium-partii-veteranov-rossii-obsudil-situacziyu-v-bujnakske-i-schitaet-chto-glava-dagestana-dezinformirovan-svoimi-podchinyonnyimi.html
03:59, 23 October 2015
Leaders of the political party "Party of Veterans of Russia" have addressed to Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov a proposal for a meeting. Party members intend to discuss with the Dagestani leader the situation in Buynaksk, where police dispersed a meeting of deputies with voters on October 16.
The building of the Ust-Dzheguta District Court. Photo: http://ust-djegutinsky.kchr.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=press_dep&op=51&gid=1
03:30, 23 October 2015
In the case of the death of detainee Murat Borlakov at the OVD (Interior Division) for the Ust-Dzheguta, a witness for the prosecution has received new death threats because of testifying against the defendants in the case. This was reported by an advocate of the victim party.
22:05, 22 October 2015
Before the explosion, a woman and her children were evacuated from the house, reports the head of the village of Novy Kurush. The house belonged to the Sardarov brothers, killed in the special operation held on October 17.
Istanbul. Turkey. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:44, 22 October 2015
The Russian Embassy has requested from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) the data about detention of 12 natives of Russia.
The rally of the opposition in Sukhumi on February 23, 2013. Photo by Grigory Kubatyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:23, 22 October 2015
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia urged supporters of the ruling power and oppositionists "to act strictly within the bounds of the law."
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.