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A wine festival held in the Armenian village of Areni. October 2, 2021. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:39, 4 October 2021
Areni Wine Festival inspires Armenian winemakers
More than 200 winemakers took part in a wine festival held in the Armenian village of Areni. Participation in the event allows increasing brand awareness and make useful contacts for increasing sales, winemakers believe.
Ali Bakaev. Screenshot of the video by ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4lYmP-stkQ
11:34, 4 October 2021
Chechen Bakaev treats his case as prosecution for his faith
Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, has stated that he was accused of organizing an attack on law enforcers in the village of Naurskaya not on the basis of proofs, but because of his affiliation to the Salafi trend of Islam. Russia is seeking Bakaev's deportation from Ukraine amid the massive inclusion of Caucasian natives there into sanctions lists, Evgeny Zakharov, the director of the Kharkov Human Rights Group, has stated.
Screenshot of video recording the detention of an alleged terrorist in Cherkessk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–e3ueZ87LIE
11:24, 3 October 2021
Social network users sceptical about prevented terror act in Cherkessk
The detention in Cherkessk of a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) with components for making a bomb is a performance staged by law enforcers for the sake of receiving benefits, social network users have suggested.
Members of the "Georgian Dream" Party hold a briefing announcing the party's victory at municipal elections, October 2, 2021. Screenshot from TV IMEDI footage
09:17, 3 October 2021
"Georgian Dream" announces its victory at elections
Without waiting for the official results from the Central Election Commission (CEC), Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has congratulated the members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party on the victory at municipal elections.
At a polling station in Tbilisi, October 2, 2021. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
08:02, 3 October 2021
GYLA reports observers' expulsions from polling stations in Georgia
The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) has stated that its observers came under pressure at polling stations where election violations were recorded. In three cases, observers were forced to leave polling stations.
Voting at a polling station in Georgia. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
22:14, 2 October 2021
Observers claim violations at elections in Georgia
At elections in Georgia, there were cases of observers' non-admission to polling stations and violations in drafting documents, the NGO named "Fair Elections" has stated.
Anti-opposition banner in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova
21:53, 2 October 2021
Analysts criticize results of Georgian CEC's check of placement "bloody banners"
The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) has unreasonably recognized no violations of the law when placing "bloody banners" with images of oppositionists, Georgian analysts have stated.
Teberda Resort. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Maishev
21:24, 2 October 2021
Historians doubt novelty of declassified materials about the execution of Jewish children from Teberda
The case of the chief physician of the Teberda Resort in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), who was involved in the murder of Jewish children in 1942, declassified by the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau), adds nothing new to what is already known, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
17:47, 2 October 2021
Saakashvili's advocates complain about refusal to visit their client
The administration of the Rustavi Prison is not letting the advocates of Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, to visit him, despite the fact that he went on a hunger strike after detention.
The UN International Court of Justice in Hague. Photo: press service of the court:http://www.icj-cij.org.ru/
13:41, 2 October 2021
UN International Court of Justice schedules hearings on Armenian-Azerbaijani mutual claims
The hearings on the claim on violations of the "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination" lodged by Armenia against Azerbaijan will be held on October 14 and 15; and on the similar claim of Azerbaijan against Armenia – on October 18 and 19, the UN International Court of Justice has informed.
Parliament of Abkhazia. Screenshot: http://eadaily.com/ru/news/2019/12/26/parlament-abhazii-ne-prinyal-byudzhet-na-2020-god
13:20, 2 October 2021
Abkhaz Parliament refuses to dismiss MIA head
Abkhaz MPs have held an emergency session in connection with the shooting in Sukhumi. The draft resolution on the removal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) from office failed to collect the required number of votes.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
08:46, 2 October 2021
Saakashvili goes on hunger strike in prison
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has declared a hunger strike, because he disagrees with the charges brought against him and treats himself as a political prisoner, Nino Lomdjariya, the country's Ombudsperson, has stated.
Drought. Screenshot: http://news.az
08:34, 2 October 2021
Two oppositionists arrested after farmers' protest in Azerbaijan
The court has ruled to apply an administrative arrest for two members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who joined the farmers' protest against the absence of water for irrigating fields in the Saatli District.
Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: press service of the President of Georgia, http://www.president.gov.ge
08:20, 2 October 2021
Zurabishvili rules out Saakashvili's pardoning
The Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, is not going to pardon the third president of the country, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. She stressed that "all are equal before the law."
Police accompany Mikhail Saakashvili to Rustavskaya prison, October 1, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&&v=1490796041293652
23:02, 1 October 2021
Mikhail Saakashvili detained in Georgia
Law enforcers have detained Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reports.
Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: Nikolai Petrov/BELTA via REUTERS
22:49, 1 October 2021
Georgian President criticizes ruling party for reaction to Saakashvili’s statements
Mocking the Mikhail Saakashvili’s statements about returning to Georgia is inappropriate, President Salome Zurabishvili emphasizes. She notes that it is public agencies which should comment on the situation, not the “Georgian Dream” Party.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
17:19, 1 October 2021
“UNM” Party confirms Saakashvili’s return to Georgia
Mikhail Saakashvili is indeed in Batumi, but he will not appear in public officially until tomorrow, after the end of the voting in the municipal elections, the “United National Movement” (UNM) Party reports.
Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk. Photo from Instagram post made by the “Alternative” movement, http://www.instagram.com/p/CT-WRp0rjGZ/
16:59, 1 October 2021
A resident of Pskov Region returns home after escaping from slavery in Buynaksk
Vladislav Platonenko, who managed to escape from labour slavery in Buynaksk, returned to the Pskov Region. He intends to file a complaint to the police about torture at a brick factory.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentin Ogirenko
14:03, 1 October 2021
Saakashvili announces his participation in voting at elections
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has released a video message filmed amid streets of Batumi, again calling on his supporters to vote at the municipal elections, and the next day to march in columns towards Tbilisi. The politician has stressed that on October 2, he intends to personally take part in the voting at a polling station.
Law enforcers detain a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria on suspicion of preparing a terror attack on law enforcers in Cherkessk. Screenshot: http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2613542
13:33, 1 October 2021
FSB reports on prevention of terror act in Cherkessk
The Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau) agents have prevented a terror act in Cherkessk. A resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), born in 2001, has been detained on suspicion of preparing thereof.
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An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.