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22:33, 31 October 2013
ECtHR awards 317,818 euros to five relatives of missing people from Chechnya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found violations of the rights of the applicants in the case of disappearance of five residents of Chechnya in 2001-2006; the relatives of the missing people have been awarded compensation in the total amount of 317,818 euros, says the decision of the court released today.
21:34, 31 October 2013
Abkhazia puts Yusup Lakaev on international wanted list
Yusup Lakaev, a native of Chechnya and a suspect of killing the first secretary of the Russia's Embassy to Abkhazia Dmitry Vishernev and his wife Olga Visherneva, has been put on the international wanted list, reports the investigating department of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia.
12:56, 31 October 2013
Dagestan: Magomed Gadjiev, ex-head of Kizilyurt District, assassinated
In the morning of October 31, in the village of Komsomolskoe, Magomed Gadjiev, the former head of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, was shot dead by unidentified persons in his current workplace. His bodyguard was wounded, investigators report.
11:36, 31 October 2013
Power of bomb exploded in Makhachkala was 4 kg of TNT equivalent
The capacity of one of the bombs detonated on October 30 in the centre of Makhachkala was 4 kilograms of TNT (trotyl) equivalent. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.
Murat Tishkov’s grave at the old Muslim cemetery. Kabardino-Balkaria, Dugulubgei village, October 2013. Photo is provided by Dugulubgei Administration Head Aslan Abazov.
07:35, 31 October 2013
Valery Khatazhukov: KBR authorities miss opportunity to prevent conflict with burial of suspected militants
The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have failed to timely resolve the conflict situation that occurred in the village of Dugulubgei: the villagers do not allow burying a man killed in explosion at the general cemetery. This was stated by Valery Khatazhukov, the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.
Varvara Pakhomenko. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:32, 31 October 2013
Pakhomenko: law on compensation for damages by terrorists' relatives not to establish peace in Northern Caucasus
The law, providing the possibility of compensation for damage caused by terrorist acts at the expense of terrorists' relatives, violates the principle of presumption of innocence and can lead to further split in society. This was stated by lawyers and members of non-commercial organizations, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Leaflets calling to renounce celebrating Halloween distributed by activists of the parish youth centre at the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Healer". Rostov-on-Don, October 29, 2013. Photo by organizers of the action.
03:26, 31 October 2013
In Rostov-on-Don, Orthodox believers protest against Halloween
In Rostov-on-Don, activists of the parish youth centre at the Church of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Healer" hold an action calling to renounce celebrating Halloween. The activists distribute leaflets about the pagan roots of the holiday.
02:00, 31 October 2013
Professor Maltsev: in Sochi, we need to restore shore protection structures after each storm to protect Olympic palaces
In Sochi, usual autumn storms have destroyed structures of shore protection in the Imereti Lowland in the area of construction of the Olympic cluster. The construction was carried out in violation of the rules and without considering the conditions of Sochi, and thus, such incidents will repeat periodically. This was stated by Vyacheslav Maltsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences.
01:15, 31 October 2013
Makhachkala resident claims her relatives detained by law enforcers
On October 30, Nargiz Babaeva, a resident of Makhachkala, reported that during the search, law enforcers detained her mother Larisa Babaeva and sister Olesya Babaeva.
23:59, 30 October 2013
HRW: 100 days till Sochi Olympics – human rights violations continue
One hundred days are left till the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should use the time to make a public statement on the violations related to the preparation for the Games in Russia, says the International Human Rights Watch (HRW).
At the site of explosion. Makhachkala, October 30, 2013. Photo Twitter.com/Ramazan Gaziev
23:32, 30 October 2013
ICRF: car that brought Makhachkala bombers around found
As a result of two explosions triggered in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, according to preliminary data of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, 18 people were injured, one of them died. Investigators found the VAZ-2114 car which the bombers had used.
23:14, 30 October 2013
ECtHR accepts 11 complaints on violations at parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
As reported by Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Enlightenment Society of Azerbaijani, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted complaints of 11 citizens on violations of the law during the 2010 parliamentary elections.
22:11, 30 October 2013
Tenants of house in Krasnodar block street in protest against electricity outage
Residents of some houses in Korenovskaya Street in Krasnodar have tried, for some time, to block one of the major city streets in protest against the absence of electricity in one of the houses for two days. Due to the protest, a traffic jam was formed towards the exit from the city.
21:05, 30 October 2013
Krasnodar Mayoralty refuses to sanction "Russian March"
On November 4, activists of national-patriotic movements of the Krasnodar Territory are planning to gather in central Krasnodar, despite the refusal of the city Mayoralty to sanction the "Russian March" applied for by them. Organizational issues of the non-sanctioned gathering are discussed in several groups of social networks.
14:39, 30 October 2013
Advocates in the trial of terror act in Domodedovo ask not to appoint life sentence to the defendant
The defence of Islam Yandiev, accused of committing the terror act at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in the winter of 2011, has asked the court not to sentence him to life imprisonment, because he had committed his crime under the influence of "the people involved in Wahhabism."
12:23, 30 October 2013
In Chechnya, plastic surgeons start free surgeries as part of "Operation Smile"
In Chechnya, a team of specialists in the field of plastic surgery has launched the next charity event called "Operation Smile". Within the project, surgeons will carry out surgeries for 70 children with maxillofacial pathologies, who live in different regions of the Caucasus. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of Chechnya.
Mosque in Kislovodsk under construction. October 2012. Photo: http://zlatosfera.ru
09:38, 30 October 2013
Relatives of detained Imam of Kislovodsk refute official investigators' version
Close relatives of Kurmanali Baichorov, the Imam of the mosque of Kislovodsk, have refuted the version of law enforcers, according to which the Imam was brought to the police station by GIBDD (road police) inspectors for possession of drugs.
04:26, 30 October 2013
Ingush NGOs demand to solve problems of refugees affected by Ossetian-Ingush conflict
Non-Governmental Organizations of Ingushetia has appealed to the authorities of the republic in connection with the anniversary of the events of 1992 in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. According to the appeal, the republic's authorities should ensure the return of refugees to their places of residence and to take measures to bring to justice the persons responsible for the outbreak of the conflict.
02:15, 30 October 2013
Rostov-on-Don: residents collect signatures against construction of plant for sludge incineration
Residents of Rostov-on-Don collect on the Internet signatures against the construction of a plant for sludge incineration, which is planned to be built in 2014. Residents of Rostov-on-Don doubt the safety of the future plant, while the authorities assure its full environmental friendliness.
Bidzina Ivanishvili at the press conference discussing the results of presidential election in Georgia. Tbilisi, October 28, 2013. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:38, 30 October 2013
Premier Bidzina Ivanishvili promises to resign on November 24
On November 24, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, intends to resign from his post. He has announced that at the press conference held on October 28.
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Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

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.