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Applicants to the adaptation commission wait for the decision, Dagestan, Makhachkala, September 26, 2012. Photo by Sergey Rasulov
23:00, 2 November 2012
Today is exactly two years since the establishment of the commission under the President of Dagestan for assistance in adaptation to civilian life of persons, who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities. During the last two years, the members of the commission have considered 46 applications. Rizvan Kurbanov, the chairman of the commission, emphasized the positive dynamics of appeals to the adaptation commission.
22:00, 2 November 2012
On November 2, the Parliament of Azerbaijan adopted amendments to the legislation to toughen penalties for violation of the rules of organization and holding of protest actions. Earlier, multiple increases in penalties for the above offences caused criticism from the opposition; however, despite that, MPs adopted the amendments by an overwhelming majority.
21:00, 2 November 2012
Today, at the court session of the Guba District Court on the case against seven defendants, accused of the riots on March 1 in the city of Guba, prosecutor read out the indictment. Four defendants completely denied their guilt. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by lawyer Asabali Mustafaev.
Alexei Navalny. Photo by Vasily Maksimov/Ridus.
20:00, 2 November 2012
The "Good Truth Machine", the new project of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, a fighter against corruption, includes collecting funds for emergencies and willingness to render financial assistance to residents of Derbent and Crimean and to help them "with working hands". This was reported by Georgy Alburov, the coordinator of the organization.
19:00, 2 November 2012
The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Moscow has completed the investigation into the criminal case against Yusup Temerkhanov, accused of the murder of ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov.
18:00, 2 November 2012
Today, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow found to be unlawful the refusal of investigators to institute criminal proceedings against the officials, who led the operation to rescue hostages in the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in 2002.
17:00, 2 November 2012
Today, Karachay-Cherkessia remembers the tragic events connected with the deportation of the Karachay nation to Central Asia in 1943.
Courtroom of Magistrate Precinct No.369 of the Tver District of Moscow. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:00, 2 November 2012
The Tver Court of Moscow arrested for five days Zurab Ramazanov and Ruslan Mamerdzaev. They were found guilty of disobedience to the orders of the police during the incident with shooting at the "Dagestani wedding party" in Moscow.
14:00, 2 November 2012
In Baku, the police prevented an unsanctioned picket in front of the Parliament of Azerbaijan, which was to be held by the opposition "Civil Movement for Democracy 'Public Chamber'" (CMDPC). The action was held to protest against the discussion by the country's National Assembly of the draft amendments, aimed at multiple increases in penalties for violations of the rules of holding rallies and pickets.
13:34, 2 November 2012
This morning, workers began massive cutting down of rare tree along Gorky Street, half a kilometre away from the crossing of Titov and Constitution Streets, down to the Sochi River. This was reported by residents of the residential district "Zavokzalny." The workers state that they are clearing space for the construction of the alternate road.
10:00, 2 November 2012
17 convicts in Rustavi prison No 16, Georgia, are holding an action of protest in form of a hunger strike, 11 of them are ill with AIDS. The convicts are indignant at their prison conditions and the actions of prison administration. They also refuse to take medicines as a sign of protest.
09:00, 2 November 2012
11 institutions of higher education and 25 subsidiaries in North-Caucasian Federal okrug were put on the list of inefficient by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation from the point of view of their activities.
08:00, 2 November 2012
At the session of Shamil district court of Dagestan on the case of beating up Mahmud Ahmedov aged 14 by officers of Shamil district Department of Interior Affairs Gamzat Nurudinov and Shamil Magomedaliev on October, 1, Public Prosecutor Zapir Magomedov demanded 3 and 4 years of custody for the defendants.
07:00, 2 November 2012
Preliminary hearings on the case of Russian citizen Ahmed Chataev detained in September in a special operation of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia in Lopota gorge were held in Tbilisi city court today. The court refused to release Chataev on bail, his attorney Nino Andriashvili reported.
23:00, 1 November 2012
The wife of Akhmedkhan Aushev, a resident of Nazran, who was detained during a special operation in Ingushetia and who, according to his lawyers, was subjected to torture by power agents, states that since October 31, she cannot find out where her husband was brought.
22:00, 1 November 2012
Today, starting from 08:30 a.m., more than 1200 workers of the Poti Port declared an endless strike. They states that they will be on the hunger strike, till their demands for higher wages and better working conditions are fulfilled.
21:00, 1 November 2012
Today, the Appeals Instance of the Krasnodar Regional Court dismissed the appeals, filed by lawyers against the decision to extend the detention of three suspected members of the criminal grouping from the village of Kuschevskaya, accused of the murder of Sergey Tsapok's brother and other crimes.
20:00, 1 November 2012
The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) obliged the Chief Doctor of the Perinatal Centre not to break the law during the medical treatment of a newborn baby of members of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. Parents refused blood transfusion and insisted on an alternative medical treatment. The baby's mother denies the information about the refusal of medical treatment.
19:00, 1 November 2012
The General Jurisdiction Court of Yerevan communities of Avan and Nor-Nork accepted for consideration the claim, filed by David Sanasaryan, a member of the public initiative group "We demand to punish all the persons, responsible for the incident at the 'Harsnaqar' Restaurant", against Ruben Airapetyan, the owner of the Restaurant. David Sanasaryan urges Ruben Airapetyan to make public apologies for the offending, inflicted on him.
18:00, 1 November 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to the Council for Civil Society Development and Human Rights to discuss its expansion by including the leaders of Internet voting, including Magomed Mutsolgov, the leader of the organization "Mashr" and a blogger of the "Caucasian Knot". Vladimir Putin also promised to consider additional candidates, voiced by Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Council, including Rasul Kadiev, a lawyer from Dagestan.
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.