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Sign on the banner: ‘Soldiers-liberators together with people’. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:07, 26 October 2014
Armenia: three oppositional parties create nationwide movement (+video)
Leaders of the "Prosperous Armenia", the "Heritage" and the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) Parties have announced the establishment throughout the country the headquarters of the nationwide movement aimed to mobilize citizens to take part in the protest movement. According to oppositionists, the mobilization will be held when needed.
04:28, 26 October 2014
Suspected militant killed in Chechnya
In the Gudermes District of Chechnya, a member of an illegal armed formation (IAF), who presumably arrived from Dagestan, was shot and killed in the shootout. This was reported on October 25 by the Chechen authorities. The police search for the other suspected militant involved in the armed clash.
Hilal Mamedov. Photo by Ramin Ekramini http://www.talish.info/news/pochemu_iran_ne_zashhitil_novruzali_mamedova/2010-01-23-899
14:03, 25 October 2014
In Azerbaijan, Hilal Mamedov returns to prison after his daughter's wedding
In Azerbaijan, Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", has returned to the penal colony No. 17 after the celebration of his daughter's wedding. He has expressed the hope that the possibility for a temporary stay on the loose will be available to other prisoners.
13:15, 25 October 2014
Advocate of Kislovodsk Imam goes on hunger strike
Adam Abubakarov, an advocate of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk, accused of drug trafficking, has declared a hunger strike to protest against the actions of the Judge of the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory.
Amina Okueva in the medical staff. Photo by T.Evloev http://islam.in.ua/4/rus/full_articles/8026/visibletype/1/index.html#!prettyPhoto[pp_gal]/0/
12:25, 25 October 2014
Wife of Adam Osmaev accused of plotting terror act runs for deputy in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Amina Okueva, the wife of Adam Osmaev, a native of Grozny, accused of plotting a terror act against Russian President Vladimir Putin, has nominated herself to the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Amina Okueva calls Russia "a treacherous and cowardly enemy".
11:24, 25 October 2014
In Khasavyurt, explosion occurs close to advocate Aida Kasimova's office
At Saturday night, in Khasavyurt, the explosion has occurred close to an office building. As a result, the office of advocate Aida Kasimova was destroyed.
Terrace in the Untsukul District of Dagestan. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:48, 25 October 2014
In Dagestan, local residents report on deployment of soldiers in Vremenny
In Dagestan, in the settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District, law enforcers make arrangements to deploy soldiers in the administrative buildings. The situation in the village is calm. However, people still cannot return to their houses, and the law enforcers carry out targeted checks in the village of Gimry.
07:32, 25 October 2014
In KBR, Lera Alkhasova, who represents Chernobyl liquidators at courts, repeatedly becomes suspect in fraud case
Lera Alkhasova, a former employee of Ministry of Social Protection of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has been repeatedly suspected of committing a fraud with the compensations received by liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident who live in the republic, whose interests she had defended at litigations.
06:01, 25 October 2014
Dagestani resident claims law enforcers break into apartment of his disabled parents and beat them
Unidentified law enforcers have broken into the apartment of residents of Makhachkala, located in the Separatorny village. The law enforcers have demanded from the Makhachkala residents to report the whereabouts of their son Kamil Guliev.
04:59, 25 October 2014
In Vremenny, law enforcers search for Amir of "Mountain Sector of Vilayat Dagestan"
The settlement of Vremenny of the Untsukul District, where the counterterrorist operation (CTO) is underway, provides shelter up to five militants, including Magomed Suleimanov, the kadi of "Dagestan Vilayat" and the Amir "Mountain Sector of Dagestan Vilayat".
03:44, 25 October 2014
Ramis Mirzakhanov, killed in Dagestan, had nothing to do with militants, his relatives assert
Relatives of Ramis Mirzakhanov, a deputy of the Tabasaran District Assembly, who was shot dead in the village of Akka, assert that he had nothing to do with militants; he never supported the ideas of Wahhabism and refused to contact the relatives who had gone underground.
Students of the Dagestani State Pedagogical University (DSPU), October 22, 2014. Photo by a DSPU student Ashura Abakarova, http://dagestan.rusplt.ru/index/studenty_DGPU_obyavili_golodovku-13781.html
02:19, 25 October 2014
Dagestan: DSPU students’ protest was no hunger strike, experts say
The action held by students of the Dagestani State Pedagogical University (DSPU) against the intended merge of two departments, is not a true hunger strike, experts say.
00:51, 25 October 2014
Two Dagestanis sentenced for plotting terror act at chemical weapons destruction plant
Nurpashi Budaichiev and Kamil Batdalov, natives of Dagestan, are sentenced to 11 and 12.5 years of imprisonment on charges of plotting a terror act on a chemical weapons destruction plant "Maradykovsky" in the Kirov Region. Advocates of the convicts claim fabrication of the criminal case and announce their intention to challenge the court's decision at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
21:40, 24 October 2014
Novocherkassk court postpones deadline for paying fine for Don Women Union by three months
The Novocherkassk Magistrate Court of the Rostov Region has postponed by three months the payment by the Don Women Union of the fine imposed for their work without getting registered as a foreign agent.
Leyla Yunus. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:10, 24 October 2014
Arrested Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus nominated for Nobel Peace Award
The Women-Human Rights Defenders’ International Coalition (WHRDIC) has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release the rights defender Leyla Yunus from prison and put forward her candidacy for the 2015 Nobel Peace Award in 2015.
A car of the Investigating Committee of Russia. Photo: the official site of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation http://www.sledcom.ru/
17:47, 24 October 2014
ICRF indicts all detainees in Minvody fight case
All the 26 detainees in the criminal case opened in connection of the fight in the hospital of the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), after which one person died, have seen their charges, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Grozny, Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:34, 24 October 2014
Chechnya: relatives of combatant in Syria hope for lenient sentence
Chechnya has begun trying Said Mazhaev, a resident of Grozny, accused of involvement in warfare in Syria. After the first session, the court appointed the continuation for November 7. Mazhaev’s relatives expect that the court will take extenuating circumstances into account at sentencing.
The village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory. Photo: the administration of the village of Kuschevskaya of the Kuschevskaya region http://www.adm-kushevskaya.ru/
15:16, 24 October 2014
Verdict on massacre in Kuschevskaya upheld by Russia’s SC
The Russia's Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the sentence to the members of the so-called "Tsapok’s gang" from the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, sentenced to long terms in prison. The case against Sergey Tsapok himself was stopped because of his death.
DSPU students. Photo: the official site of the Dagestani State Pedagogical University http://ru.dgpu.net/
12:59, 24 October 2014
In Dagestan, DSPU students demand to announce the order on cancellation of department merge (+video)
Students of the Dagestani State Pedagogical University (DSPU), who suspended their hunger strike, demanded from the Acting Rector of the university to present them, on October 27, with a copy of the order, according to which the merging of the engineering-pedagogical and technological-economic departments was cancelled.
Special operation. Photo nac.gov.ru
12:35, 24 October 2014
Policeman wounded in special operation in KBR
In the Prokhladnoe District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where on Friday power agents carried out their special activities and killed a man who opened fire on them, a policeman was wounded.
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A new case against Akhalaia has been filed in court.

A still of protesters outside the parliament building in Tbilisi on the 539th day of continuous protests. Photo: mo se / Facebook Protesters in Tbilisi protested against repressive laws.

Participants of the rally on Rustaveli Street expressed solidarity with Nanuka Zhorzholiani

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.