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13:23, 11 July 2014
In Azerbaijan, Court dismisses complaint filed by oppositionist Bananyarly about her torture at police department
The Nasimi District Court has considered the complaint filed by Kyamala Bananyarly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), against the refusal of the Prosecutor's Office to institute criminal proceedings on her complaint about the fact that she had been subjected to torture at the police station. The Court has dismissed her complaint.
Checkpoint "Donetsk" in Rostov Region. Photo: http://www.yuga.ru/news/336756
09:43, 11 July 2014
FSB reports on suspension of three checkpoints on Russian-Ukrainian border in Rostov Region
In the Rostov Region, operation of three checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border has been suspended because of the ongoing shooting in the adjacent Ukrainian territory in the closest vicinity of the Russian border. This was told to the agency "Interfax-South" by Vasily Malaev, Spokesperson of the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB for the Rostov Region.
Aitemir Salimgereev. Photo: http://www.1tvnet.ru
04:01, 11 July 2014
Ex-head of Kizilyurt GOVD was murdered with utmost cruelty - source
In Dagestan, a "Caucasian Knot" source from the law enforcement agencies has reported the details of the murder of Police Colonel Aitemir Salimgereev committed in Kizilyurt. Attackers handcuffed the owner of the house to a metal heating pipe and tied him with a cord. Then, they inflicted multiple stab wounds to him and cut off the Aitemir Salimgereev's head.
03:42, 11 July 2014
Dagestan: detainee Isa Abdulkadyrov claims self-slandering after beaten up by policemen
On July 10, Isa Abdulkadyrov was detained in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. He has told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he had been beaten by policemen and that he had been forced to incriminate himself.
Konstantin Mudunov, advocate of Sabina Abakarova. Photo by Elena Samoilova, http://versia.ru
02:49, 11 July 2014
HRC "Memorial": face and hands of Sabina Abakarova accused of possessing "shahid belt" bear no traces of hexogen
In Dagestan, at the trial in the case against Sabina Abakarova, a local resident accused of illegal possession of weapons, the court has started to consider the written evidence. The defence has reported the results of the examination, which revealed no traces of explosive substances on the defendant's hands and face.
00:55, 11 July 2014
Attackers on ex-presidential candidate receive long prison terms in Nagorno-Karabakh
On July 10, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the court of first instance sentenced Ara Avetyan and Sergey Arutyunyan to 11 and 9 years of imprisonment, respectively, on charges of attempting to assassinate Vitaly Balasanyan, ex-presidential candidate, a deputy of the National Assembly.
23:57, 10 July 2014
At trial of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog prosecutor asks six years in prison for four defendants
The state prosecutor asked to sentence four out of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses, tried in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region, to six years in a general-regime colony, said Victor Zhenkov, an advocate. According to the press release of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, received today by the "Caucasian Knot", prosecutors failed to formulate the essence of the presented charges.
22:19, 10 July 2014
Russia's MFA: checkpoint "Gukovo" in Rostov Region shelled from Ukraine
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has stated that today, as a result of actions of Ukrainian power agents, the checkpoint "Gukovo" located on the Russian-Ukrainian border was shelled by artillery; nobody was hurt.
Advocate of the defendant Orkhan Zeinalov talking to journalists. Moscow, July 6, 2014. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
20:49, 10 July 2014
Defendant in Yegor Scherbakov's murder case states at trial that he had not signed interrogation protocols
At the trial for the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo, the defendant Orkhan Zeinalov said he did not sign any protocols of the interrogations, which, according to the case files, had been held during the preliminary investigation, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
15:35, 10 July 2014
Azerbaijani MoJ makes Shakhin Novruzlu's pardon petition public
Shakhin Novruzlu, an activist of the "Nida" movement, who was sentenced to six years in prison, has appealed to President Ilham Aliev for clemency, adding that he decided to give up any further political activities, the Penitentiary Service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported today.
Law enforcers at the place where suspect in police officer’s murder was shot. Grozny, July 3, 2014. Screenshot from the video taken by press-service of Chechen MIA.
13:22, 10 July 2014
In Chechnya, people expel family members of suspected policeman's killer from their village, district administration asserts
Relatives of Khusein Dakhtaev, who was suspected of the shooting of Akhmed Dopaev, a staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and who was killed on July 3 in Grozny, were expelled from the village of Goi-Chu of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, where they used to live. According to the district administration, the decision was made and pronounced at the gathering of villagers of Goi-Chu.
09:56, 10 July 2014
Police fail to respond to complaints about beating of detained Dagestani resident, his advocate asserts
An advocate of Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the village of Shaumyan of the Kizlyar District of Dagestan, suspected of illegal possession of weapons, has filed a complaint to the head of the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). According to the advocate, local investigators and policemen ignore the complaints filed against the facts of beating of her client during his arrest.
Members of the "Union of Don Women". Photo from the archive of The "Union of Don Women".
08:34, 10 July 2014
In Rostov Region, Court fines "Union of Don Women" for acting without registration as "foreign agent"
In the Rostov Region, a magistrate has fined the public organization "Union of Don Women" 300,000 roubles for a charge of political activities without entering the register of "foreign agents".
Rally in support of the First Secretary of the Stalingrad CPRF Committee Nikolai Parshin, who was stripped from his parliamentary immunity. Volzhsky, July 9, 2014. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:29, 10 July 2014
Volgograd Region hosts picket in support of Nikolai Parshin deprived of MP's immunity
In the evening of July 9, in the Volgograd Region, the city of Volzhsky hosted a picket "Case Against Parshin is Case Against Me". The picket was organized by the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in support of Nikolai Parshin, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the leader of the Volgograd Committee of the CPRF.
Maidanskoe village, Dagestan. Photo by Isa Aliev, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect1175&com=photogallery
06:11, 10 July 2014
Law enforcers unblock Dagestani village of Maidanskoe, local residents report
In the Untsukul District of Dagestan, law enforcers have left the village of Maidanskoe. This was reported by local residents in the evening of July 9.
Kizilyurt City Administration. Photo by Yuri Ivanov, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect64&com=photogallery
00:48, 10 July 2014
Ex-Chief of Kizilyurt GOVD was tortured prior they killed him
In Kizilyurt, during an armed attack, Aitemir Salimgereev, ex-Chief of the Kizilyurt GOVD (City Interior Division), was tortured prior to his death. This was reported by the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
21:24, 9 July 2014
Dagestan: Maidanskoe villagers state disappearance of eight persons during CTO
Eight residents of the village of Maidanskoe, Untsukul District of Dagestan, are missing after the special operation, locals told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They added that the village is still blocked by power agents.
21:11, 9 July 2014
Former head of Kizilyurt ROVD killed in Dagestan
As reported by a law enforcement source from Dagestan, Aitemir Salimgereev, a former head of the ROVD (District Interior Division), was killed in his house in Kizilyurt.
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev at the press-conference dedicated to the problem of journalists’ security. Makhachkala, January 14, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Svistunova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
19:12, 9 July 2014
Inquiry into murder of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, should be supervised at federal level
Today is exactly one year after the murder in Dagestan of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Officials and investigators state that every effort is made to solve the murder, but no results are available so far. The case should be handed over to the federal investigation centre, renowned lawyers believe.
Sochi, Spring 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
15:14, 9 July 2014
Federation Council approves creation of gambling zone in Sochi
The Federation Council – the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – has approved the bill to create a new gambling zone in the city of Sochi. According to the document, gambling activities can be undertaken in the Olympic facilities, built not by the budget money.
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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....

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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.