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Airport "Vladikavkaz". Beslan. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:34, 25 July 2015
Bashir and Magomed Izmailov, natives of Ingushetia, received severe injuries in a brawl that broke out at Beslan Airport. According to their version, law enforcers were idling during the incident; in its turn, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia denied this information, stating that policemen had prevented the conflict.
Intigam Aliev. Photo: Daniel Janik (RFE/RL)
11:54, 25 July 2015
Advocates of the human rights defender Intigam Aliev, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, are preparing a cassation complaint to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. They explain that they have proofs that the charges had been falsified.
Uniform for combat duty. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:23, 25 July 2015
Five Armenian soldiers and one Azerbaijani serviceman were killed in an armed clash on the border, said the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). Armenia denies its losses.
10:00, 25 July 2015
An application asking to help in searching for her missing son was submitted to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" by Gyulya Karakhanova, a resident of Derbent. The police claim that Magomed Karakhanov could be linked to the militant, killed in the Tabasaran District.
The Kaspiysk Factory of Sheet Glass. Photo http://wikimapia.org
09:01, 25 July 2015
The message placed in the Federal Register of Legal Entities that the Kaspiysk Factory of Sheet Glass intends to ask for bankruptcy is untrue and may be treated as a provocation, said Abakar Mudunov, the executive director of the factory.
Paruyr Airikyan. Photo: © PanARMENIAN Photo / Hrant Khachatryan
07:11, 25 July 2015
In Yerevan, opponents of constitutional reforms held public hearings and expressed the need to consolidate efforts not to admit the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Armenia.
21:34, 24 July 2015
A resident of Nalchik died in the area adjacent to the area of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) before doctors could reach him. The ambulance stood in the traffic jam because of blocking the city centre; however, according to doctors, in any case, they would not have been able to save the man.
The apartment destroyed in the course of the special operation. Nalchik, July 24, 2015. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:57, 24 July 2015
Murat Misrokov, a doctor of a Nalchik hospital, was the owner of the apartment, destroyed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) on July 23 in an apartment building. Tenants of the house told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the details of the CTO.
The participants of the North-Caucasian Youth Forum "Mashuk-2015". Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
20:36, 24 July 2015
By organizers' estimates, the opening ceremony of the North-Caucasian Youth Forum "Mashuk-2015" was attended by about 2700 persons. This year, the programme of the forum is aimed at the patriotic upbringing; and the main declared topics are the jubilee of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 2000th anniversary of Derbent.
Cynologist with a dog near the building of the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Rostov-on-Don. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:16, 24 July 2015
The North-Caucasian District Military Court has sentenced three residents of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan – Rustam Alimirzaev, Sirazhul Ramazanov and Tazhutdin Gadjiev – to 15, 11 and 10 years in prison, accordingly, on charges of involvement in the bomb explosion in the village of Khuchni in 2013.
16:03, 24 July 2015
The militants killed in Nalchik had been preparing attempts on state officials of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.
A broken down door in the CaT's office. Grozny, June 3, 2015.
14:01, 24 July 2015
At the today's conference, activists of the Committee against Torture (CaT) spoke for the liquidation of their organization. In the near future, a respective application will be sent to the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Igor Kalyapin, the Chairman of the CaT, has stated.
Peter the Great Statue in front of  the museum complex in Derbent. July 24, 2015. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:38, 24 July 2015
The issue of the transfer of the museum complex "Peter the Great's House" to the balance sheet of the city of Derbent is being considered; however, so far, no decision has been made, said Khuchbar Khuchbarov, the spokesman of the "Summa" Group of Companies in Dagestan, adding that most likely joint projects with the Mayoralty will be implemented in the complex.
Members of BORN in the paddywagon. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:56, 24 July 2015
The Moscow City Court (MCC) found Ilya Goryachev guilty of creating the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN) and organizing five murders. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
11:50, 24 July 2015
A law enforcement source reports that special services have established links of the militants killed in Nalchik with the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).
The special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
11:33, 24 July 2015
According to the "LifeNews", the six persons killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik have been identified as Sultan Abshaev, Marat Dotkulov, Amir Kazberigev, brothers Murat and Aslan Bogotov, and the owner of the blocked apartment.
The North-Caucasian District Military Court. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:37, 24 July 2015
The court has sentenced Rustam Kurbanov, resident of Makhachkala, finding him guilty of placing calls to terrorism on the Internet, to 2.5 years in colony-settlement.
06:53, 24 July 2015
A service inquiry into the circumstances of dispersal of protesters in Yerevan, which occurred on June 23, has been suspended. The respective materials have been sent to the Special Investigating Service, the Police of Armenia has reported.
06:42, 24 July 2015
Investigating authorities fail to investigate the kidnapping of Derbent of the 20-year-old Magomed Karakhanov, committed on May 6, his mother has complained. The Investigating Division for the city of Derbent of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) said that they knew nothing about the kidnapping of Karakhanov.
Ankara, Turkey. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:15, 24 July 2015
The press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Turkey has confirmed the detention by the Turkish party of two natives of Northern Caucasus, when they tried to cross the border with Syria.
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.