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Maroon berets. Photo: Rosgvardia's press service, https://rosguard.gov.ru/news/article/pravo-nosheniya-krapovogo-bereta-zasluzhili-14-specnazovcev-rosgvardii
08:31, 28 October 2021
Scandal with maroon berets raises doubts on expediency of holding tests in Northern Caucasus
The information that after the scandal with pretenders from Chechnya, no further tests for the right to wear maroon berets will be held in Northern Caucasus looks like a fake, Sergey Goncharov, a special troop veteran, is sure. The retired Colonel Gennady Gudkov, a former FSB employee, believes that this option is being studied.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
23:43, 27 October 2021
Saakashvili refuses medical assistance
On the 27th day of the hunger strike, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, refused medical procedures and tests, while his health state worsened. An intensive care unit is on duty at the door of the prison.
Protest action of internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh near the government building in Yerevan, September 2021. Screenshot: NEWS.AM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whtkzMr-6LM
23:17, 27 October 2021
Migrants from Karabakh demand refugee status from Armenian authorities
In Yerevan, forced migrants from the regions of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under the Azerbaijani control held a rally and a march with the demand to officially recognize them as refugees. The Armenian government fails to deliver on promises of social support, protesters claim.
Police detaining a man suspected of preparing a terror attack. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhuKTHFPrxA
22:58, 27 October 2021
Special operation in Stavropol continues trend for uninformative reports about prevented terror acts
The FSB’s version about the preparation of a terror act in the Stavropol Territory arouses mistrust because of the implausible and scare information disseminated by the law enforcement body, note lawyers and journalists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Policemen. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
19:13, 27 October 2021
Kadyrov’s assistant detained in Saint Petersburg on drug case
The police detained an employee of the Chechen representative office in the Northwestern Federal District within an investigation into a drug purchase case.
Yevgeny Grushovets. Screenshot: Povesti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVIyUTWP9YQ&t=2s
18:33, 27 October 2021
Saakashvili’s Ukrainian advocate denied entry to Georgia
Yevgeny Grushovets, an advocate of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, complained that he flew to Tbilisi, but Georgian border guards sent him back to Ukraine without explaining any reasons for their actions.
13:54, 27 October 2021
"Novaya Gazeta": young Dagestani women try to overcome patriarchal pressure
In Dagestan, young women's rights are systematically violated. Girls can be subjected to pressure in families; they are often forced into marriage, but some of them manage to defend their opinions, Dagestani girls told the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper.
Believers praying in the yard of the Meshadi Dadash Mosque, 2019, Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:18, 27 October 2021
Analysts explain wave of persecution of Shiites in Azerbaijan
Shiite theologians are being persecuted in Azerbaijan because of the mistakenly formed stereotype about their pro-Iranian viewpoints, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Prison fencing. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:23, 27 October 2021
Lekso Rapava goes on hunger strike
Lekso Rapava, a former police boss in the town of Khobi, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his detention, said Tengiz Gunava, an office employee of the Georgian Ombudsperson. Rapava's advocate and his family treat his detention as revenge of the "Georgian Dream" Party for his cooperation with the opposition.
Monument "In memory of Dubrovka terror act victims". Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B5
11:08, 27 October 2021
Relatives of victims of "Dubrovka" terror act call on to investigate hostages' deaths
19 years after the tragedy at the "Dubrovka" Theatre Centre, authorities still fail to reveal the reason of deaths, many of the victims have diseases of toxic origin, victims' relatives said on the anniversary of the storming.
Vadim Krasikov, an agent of Russian special services. Screenshots: https://govzalla.com/post/158763/s-sanktsii-kremlia; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STddYJhfbvI
09:02, 27 October 2021
Witness identifies person accused of killing Khangoshvili
The man accused of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili is Vadim Krasikov, an agent of Russian special services, who had been a member of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, a Krasikov's relative stated on October 26, during his second testimony at a Berlin court. He explained that earlier he had not identified Krasikov out of fear.
Mikhail Saakashvili's supporters at Rustavi Prison. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
08:50, 27 October 2021
Georgian rights defenders urge to hospitalize Saakashvili
Fourteen Georgian NGOs have called on the authorities to resolve the issue of the hospitalization of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for the 26th day in Rustavi Prison. Saakashvili himself has categorically refused to be transferred to the prison hospital located in Gldani.
Salman Mukaev, a native of Grozny. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iDwxNIs7yo
08:33, 27 October 2021
Tortured Grozny resident fears extradition to Russia
Salman Mukaev, a native of Grozny, was forced to flee Chechnya after being tortured. Now, he is in Armenia; in Russia, he has been declared wanted and fears that he could be extradited.
A woman in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
23:48, 26 October 2021
A woman from Karachay-Cherkessia suspected of involvement in ranks of Syrian militants
A woman from Karachay-Cherkessia moved to Syria in 2012 and joined militants, investigators suggested. The woman was put on the international wanted list.
Akhliman Rustamov. Screenshot: https://vk.com/video391012175_456239050
23:17, 26 October 2021
Theologian Akhliman Rustamov released by special services
Late in the evening, Shiite theologian Akhliman Rustamov, detained on October 25, was released without charge after being interrogated by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.
Koran. Photo: REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
19:26, 26 October 2021
Kadyrov’s five-year-old son awarded first place for reading Koran in kindergarten
Abdullakh Kadyrov, a son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, became the winner of the contest for reading the Koran in a kindergarten, which was the first for him, the leader of the region announced.
Rubati Mitsaeva in her video appeal to Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaaelZs2BL/
19:11, 26 October 2021
Chechen Instagram public accounts criticize Mitsaeva’s appeal to Abdurakhmanov
In her video appeal to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Rubati Mitsaeva, who lives in Berlin, has supported Ramzan Kadyrov, who permitted her to return to Chechnya, and joined in criticizing the blogger. Instagram users consider the appeal of the Akhmed Zakaev’s former comrade-in-arms to be emotional and insufficiently reasoned.
City Court in Khasavyurt. Photo: press service of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, https://sudyrf.ru/sudy-respubliki-dagestan
15:14, 26 October 2021
Khasavyurt court releases Chechen law enforcer Bakarov under house arrest
Khusein Bakarov, a Chechen law enforcer, who was detained in August in Khasavyurt, has been released under house arrest until November 3. He will stay at his home in Gudermes.
Opponents of Mikhail Saakashvili gather in front of Rustavi Prison. Screenshot: Sputnik Georgia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1tIL0TPBk
14:59, 26 October 2021
Saakashvili's opponents hold action near Rustavi Prison
Opponents of Mikhail Saakashvili gathered in front of the Rustavi Prison and demanded severe punishment for the third president of Georgia and apologies from him.
Lloyd Austin, Irakli Garibashvili. Photo: press service of the Government of Georgia, http://gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=557&info_id=80592"
11:40, 26 October 2021
After memorandum with USA, analysts assess prospects of Georgia's joining NATO
The visit of the US Secretary of Defence and the signing of a memorandum on strengthening Georgia's defence potentials have indicated NATO's interest in Georgia; however, no concrete steps are being taken in this direction (Georgia's accession to the NATO), since there is no political consensus among NATO members on this issue, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
News
The number of requests for payments following the flood in Dagestan and Chechnya has exceeded 260,000.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Ukrainian prisoners held in Chechnya have returned home.

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.