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16:00, 5 July 2011
Dagestan: resident of Makhachkala disappeared
Location of Shamil Djavatov, a 20-year-old resident of the capital of Dagestan, is unknown to his family. This was asserted by Madina Djavatova, a mother of the disappeared young man.
15:00, 5 July 2011
Dagestan: shelled store was selling alcohol, eyewitnesses assert
A 39-year-old Kumsiyat Nutsalova was shot 11 times from behind the corner at a time in the night, when she was going to close her night shop in the village of Toturbiykala of Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by local residents.
Maria Luppova, a hunger-striking Volgograd mother with her daughter Nastya, April 17, 2011, Volgograd. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
13:00, 5 July 2011
Volgograd: 23,000 residents sign letter to President Medvedev about deficit of kindergartens
Russian President received a letter about the negative social consequences of a lack of places in kindergartens in Volgograd, written by the initiative group of social movement "Volgograd mothers". 23,161 residents of Volgograd and the Volgograd Region signed this letters.
12:00, 5 July 2011
Georgian ecologists came out in opposition to building Namakhvan hydropower station
In connection with erection of Namakhvan cascade of hydropower stations in Racha-Lechkhumi, “The Green Movement of Georgia – Friends of the Earth” issued a special statement calling to stop construction of these energetics objects.
11:00, 5 July 2011
Young people from the regions of Northern Caucasus gathered at the forum “Mashuk-2011”
On Monday, July, 4, North-Caucasian educational forum “Mashuk-2011” took its official start. Representatives of young people from all the regions of Northern Caucasus, guests from Abkhazia, South Osetia and Ukraine came to take part in it.
Destruction of natural landscapes at construction of Motorway Guzeripl-Lagonaki Upland, 2009. Photo by Andrei Rudomakha, Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus (ewnc.info)
09:00, 5 July 2011
“Health Resorts of Northern Caucasus” refutes reports of UNESCO’s prohibition building North-Caucasian health resorts
State corporation “Health Resorts of Northern Caucasus” officially refuted the reports that UNESCO banned building of North-Caucasian tourist cluster.
21:30, 4 July 2011
Sochi: Russia and NATO failed to agree on missile defence
In Sochi on the visiting session of the Council Russia-NATO the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke for the creation of two missile defence systems, while Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, defended the principle of a sectoral approach to cooperation.
20:00, 4 July 2011
Grozny: teenager suspected of blinding aircraft pilot with laser detained
Today the officers of the Interior Division for Grozny District of Chechnya detained a teenager who, according to the law enforcement agents, nearly blinded the pilot of the aircraft. An attempt of blinding took place on July 3 in the evening, when the plane was landing at the airport of Grozny.
19:00, 4 July 2011
Armenia: ecologists argue against dolphin captivity
Today in Yerevan at the dolphinarium "Nemo" the Armenian ecologists held the picket for protection of dolphins. Ecologists pointed out the inadmissibility of putting wild animals into captivity, which, according to the scientists, leads to severe psychological consequences for the animals.
17:00, 4 July 2011
Case on Sviridov's murder to be considered by jurymen
In the Moscow City Court Judge Andrei Rasnovsky announced the decision on the criminal case on the football fan Yegor Sviridov's murder. The petition from the defence on consideration of the case involving the jury was satisfied. The defendants remained under arrest, reports the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the scene.
Azerbaijani villagers-victims of flooding. Sabirabad District, May 2010. Photo: Radio Azadlyg, www.azadliq.org
17:00, 4 July 2011
Azerbaijan: people affected by flooding demand full compensation
Today in Azerbaijan residents of four villages of Sabirabad District held the second for the last week mass action, demanding to pay full compensation for the damage which they suffered during the floods of May and June 2010 in the Kura and Araz Rivers.
16:00, 4 July 2011
Dagestan: Prosecutor's Office challenges acquittal of "Chernovik" journalists
On July 5 the Supreme Court of Dagestan will consider the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office of the republic to the verdict of the Lenin Federal Court of Makhachkala dated May 19, 2011. The Prosecutor's Office demands to cancel the acquittal of the journalists of the Dagestani weekly newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft).
14:00, 4 July 2011
Defendant in case of attack on Nalchik seeks case consideration without his presence
Sergei Kaziev, the defendant in the case of the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, which is under proceedings at by the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, filed a motion for consideration of the case without his presence due to health deterioration. Today's court hearing was adjourned until Thursday, July 7, due to Sergei Kaziev's disease.
12:00, 4 July 2011
A Committee of UNESCO protests against building a health resort of Lagonaki in Adygeia
UNESCO Committee of World Heritage expressed its concern about the plans of “Health Resorts of Northern Caucasus” public corporation to build a health resort Lagonaki in the territory of an object of World Heritage “Western Caucasus”.
10:00, 4 July 2011
Attorney of the defendant accused of murder of fan Sviridov in Moscow will seek for hearing the case in camera
The trial on the case against the twenty-seven-year-old native of Nalchik Aslan Cherkesov accused of murder of “Spartak” football fan Yegor Sviridov will start in Moscow city court today. According to the defendant’s attorney Dmitry Pankov, he intends to ask for holding the next session in camera.
09:00, 4 July 2011
The Ministry of Interior Affairs: the gunmen in Vedeno district of Chechnya managed to escape from encirclement
The search of the group of gunmen who on July, 2, started skirmish with members of power ministries in a mountainous and woody area of the highland district of Vedeno has ended in failure. The officers do not rule out that the participants of a paramilitary group under the command of Gakaev brothers could have left the blocked area in several small groups.
23:00, 2 July 2011
Ingushetia: explosives found in two private houses, two persons detained
Magomed Evloev and Alikhan Dovtaev, residents of the village of Nesterovskaya, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, were detained on suspicion of possessing weapons and explosives. They are held in the IVS (temporary isolation facility) in Ingushetia, reported a source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic.
22:00, 2 July 2011
Georgian residents may visit Turkey by their IDs
Starting July 1, citizens of Georgia are able to visit Turkey with identity cards. This is stipulated in the agreement signed by the Georgian President and the Turkish Prime Minister on May 31, 2011.
21:00, 2 July 2011
Armenian residents to celebrate International Day for Captive Dolphins
On July 4 the dolphin defenders in Yerevan will hold protest rallies. The protest actions are dated to the World Week for Captive Dolphins, which is held the first week of July.
20:00, 2 July 2011
Death toll from gas explosion in Vladikavkaz reaches five
The fifth victim, injured in the blast of a gas cylinder at a wedding party in Vladikavkaz, died.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains. Photo: Fortanga / Telegram channel Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains.

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.