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16:56, 21 March 2015
Heroes of film about kidnappings and killings in Chechnya are under threat
The heroes of the documentary "Chechnya: War without Trace", which tells about gross violation of human rights in the region, may be prosecuted, said the rights defenders questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
13:28, 21 March 2015
NAC reports on liquidation of two militants in Dagestan
wo militants were killed in a special operation carried out in Makhachkala. A fighter of the Special Rapid Response Unit (known as SOBR) was wounded. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee of Russia.
House in Porokhovaya street recognized as unfit for residence, Astrakhan, February 2014. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:31, 21 March 2015
Astrakhan City Manager calls housing and transport problems as his priorities
Oleg Polumordvinov, the new City Manager of Astrakhan treats the problems of dilapidated houses and traffic congestion as key areas of his work.
Nadezhda Kireeva at the entrance to the Volgograd Administration. Photo: http://bloknot-volgograd.ru/thumb/850x0xcut/upload/iblock/985/dsc00542.jpg
10:03, 21 March 2015
In Volgograd, hunger-striker asks to deprive him of his parental rights
Sergey Kireev, a resident of Volgograd, participating in the hunger strike declared by parents of many children, has asked to deprive him of his parental rights for his two children after a similar statement was filed by their mother Nadezhda. The older children from the Kireev family have filed their parents' statements.
Railway station "Roza Khutor". Photo: Leonrid, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80#/media/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80.jpeg
06:21, 21 March 2015
High-speed "Lastochka" starts running from Krasnodar to "Roza Khutor" Resort
A high-speed train "Lastochka" (Swallow) is now servicing the route Krasnodar – "Roza Khutor" Ski Resort in Sochi. The first run has brought over 200 tourists to the resort today.
Sergey Melikov. Photo: http://www.skfo.gov.ru/photos/117/
03:20, 21 March 2015
Envoy to NCFD: IS recruits fighters from educational institutions of Northern Caucasus
Members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) are recruiting students of North-Caucasian higher educational institutions. This was reported by Sergey Melikov, the Russian President's Envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
00:01, 21 March 2015
Omarov's advocate complains to court about investigators' inaction
Advocate of Gadjimurad Omarov, the head of the Dagestani branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, who was beaten in Makhachkala, has filed a complaint to the Makhachkala District Court about the inaction of law enforcers.
22:02, 20 March 2015
Dagestani lawyer states use of force to defendant
The body of Shamil Magomedov, a resident of Buynaksk, detained on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, has traces of application of violence, said his advocate Selim Magomedov.
21:46, 20 March 2015
"Medialogy": citation rating of "Caucasian Knot" went up in February
The "Caucasian Knot" has taken the 14th place among Russia’s "Top 30 Most Cited Internet Resources" , which was compiled by the research company "Medialogy" at the end of February, which is two positions higher than in January.
20:05, 20 March 2015
Derbent: historic buildings are demolished before city's jubilee
The buildings of the ancient mill and the hotel "Volna" have been unreasonably destroyed in Derbent at the background of preparing the city to celebrate its 2000th anniversary, said Professor Murtazali Gadjiev and journalist Svetlana Anokhina.
20:03, 20 March 2015
AI urges Baku to release all "prisoners of conscience"
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) believes that the recent act of clemency has failed to solve the problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; therefore, the AI urged the country's top authorities to release all "prisoners of conscience".
Candles in St.Nishan Church, Gyumri, January, 2015. Photo by Narek Tumasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:53, 20 March 2015
Results of examinations in case of family massacre in Gyumri announced
Today, Lusine Sahakyan, Erem Sarkisyan and Ervand Varosyan, the advocates of the successors of the Avetisyan family, assassinated in Gyumri, have presented the results of the examinations, carried out within the inquiry into the case.
Banner at the rally ‘We choose Europe’. Tbilisi, April 13, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:18, 20 March 2015
Opposition accused Georgian authorities of weakness in context of Russian-South Ossetian treaty
The Georgian authorities and the opposition have agreed in the negative assessment of the treaty signed by Russia and South Ossetia. At the same time, the opposition has once again accused the Georgian authorities of weakness.
Participant of the rotating hunger strike of parents with many children Olga Eschenko standing on her knees on the steps of the administration of the Volgograd Region. Volgograd, March 20, 2015. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:33, 20 March 2015
Volgograd: woman-hunger-striker continues protest kneeling in front of regional administration
Olga Eschenko, a mother of four children and a participant of the rotating hunger strike of parents with many children, is holding her "shift" today, standing on her knees on the steps of the administration of the Volgograd Region.
Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov. Photo: press-service of the Parliament of Chechnya, http://www.parlamentchr.ru/press-centre/fotoreportazhi/1711-2014-167
09:40, 20 March 2015
Transparency International: Chechen MPs violate anti-corruption laws
None of MPs of the Chechen Parliament has published his/her tax declaration for 2013. This was reported by the Centre of Anti-Corruption Research and Initiatives "Transparency International-Russia". In addition to Chechnya, the "Transparency International" (TI) found no declarations of a number of members of regional parliaments of 44 subjects of the Russian Federation.
Alexei Malashenko. Photo: http://carnegie.ru/experts/?fa=497
06:10, 20 March 2015
Experts doubt of existence of "Kadyrov's list"
Experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" were critical of the possible existence of "firing list" of Ramzan Kadyrov's enemies.
05:31, 20 March 2015
In Dagestan, teenager sentenced for extremism and arms trafficking
In Dagestan, the court has sentenced a 16-year-old resident of the village of Vitsyatli of the Tsuntin District to two years of conditional imprisonment. The teenager was found guilty of posting on the Internet texts of extremist content and arms trafficking.
Azerbaijani girls in national costumes. Photo: http://vzglyad.az/%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7_-16150-xeber.html#.VQu75eH19yV
03:55, 20 March 2015
Azerbaijan starts celebrating Novruz Bayram
Azerbaijan starts celebrating the holiday of Novruz Bayram, which symbolizes the coming of spring and the awakening of nature. Nine days, starting from March 20 till March 28, are announced as days off on the occasion of the holiday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B#/media/File:%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg
02:45, 20 March 2015
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be brought to trial for killing policeman
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon Race will soon be brought to trial also for the murder of a police officer. According to the jury's decision, there are sufficient reasons for that.
21:46, 19 March 2015
Up to 20 soldiers killed and wounded in Karabakh conflict zone
Today, up to 20 Armenian servicemen have been killed and wounded on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported.
News
Relations with Azerbaijan have become a topic of discussion in campaign speeches by Armenian politicians.

The court arrested Tevanyan for two months.

Jermuk Mineral Water. Photo screenshot: https://armlife.am/rrd-um-argelvel-e-37-mln-shish-jermuk-hanqayin-jri-vacharrqy/ The number of bans on imports of goods from Armenia to Russia has increased ahead of parliamentary elections.

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.