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Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor during the weigh-in ceremony. Screenshot of the video: https://youtu.be/CGWb1DRo_mo
19:46, 6 October 2018
Fans scuffle on eve of Nurmagomedov-McGregor fight
The weigh-in ceremony took place in Las Vegas on the eve of the MMA fight of a Dagestani Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Irishman Conor McGregor at the Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC). While McGregor provoked Nurmagomedov to fight, their fans staged a fight in the hall.
Protest rallies in Magas. Photo courtesy of Yakub Gogiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:28, 6 October 2018
Protesters in Magas find support among Instagram users
The accounts in the Instagram that support opponents of changing the Chechen-Ingush border are more popular than the pro-government page in this social network.
The Georgian and Ukranian Prime Ministers, Mamuka Bakhtadze and Vladimir Groisman. October 5, 2018. Photo from the website of the Ukrainian administration https://www.kmu.gov.ua/ua
10:19, 6 October 2018
Georgia and Ukraine simplify border crossing
The agreement on the abolition of visa requirements was signed by Georgia and Ukraine, allowing citizens of the countries to cross the borders by their internal passports in the format of ID-cards.
08:29, 6 October 2018
Dagestani authorities refuse sanctioning rallies against law enforcers' arbitrariness
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan has refused to sanction two rallies in support of the parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers, Djambulat Gasanov, the organizer, has stated, treating the ban as unjustified.
08:27, 6 October 2018
Azerbaijan reports machine-gun shelling of two villages
During the last 24 hours, the truce regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was broken for 30 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
A poster with a photo of Anna Politkovskaya. Chistoprudny Boulevard, Moscow, 2009. Photo from the "Caucasian Knot" archive
22:34, 5 October 2018
CoE's Commissioner urges Russia to find customer for Politkovskaya's murder
Russian authorities have failed to investigate the involvement of law enforcers and Chechen officials in the crime, said Dunja Mijatovic, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), on the eve of the anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder.
22:25, 5 October 2018
HRC "Memorial" urged to investigate allegations on falsifications in Ingush Parliament
Federal authorities are obliged to investigate the reports about falsifications at voting in the Parliament of Ingushetia, as well as to ensure the legality and publicity in the process of solving the issue of the border, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.
Participants of a protest action in Magas. October 5, 2018. Photo by Umar Yavloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:23, 5 October 2018
Experts do not rule out Chechen-Ingush armed conflict
Protests of residents of Ingushetia against the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border could escalate into an armed conflict of the two republics, Svetlana Gannushkina, a rights defender, and Mikhail Roschin, a historian, are afraid. They are sure that the situation has worsened because the Ingush authorities made a decision without taking into account the position of local residents.
The Friday prayer (namaz) in the square in Magas. Photo: screenshot of the video by Isabella Evloeva https://www.facebook.com/izabella.evloeva/videos/888591168001005/
17:56, 5 October 2018
Thousands of protesters hold namaz in Magas
Residents of Ingushetia have responded to a call to come today to the centre of Magas for the Friday prayer. After the start of the namaz, people continue to come to the square.
Participants of a protest action in Magas. October 5, 2018. Photo by Yakub Gogiev https://www.facebook.com/gogiev.jakob/posts/2121692801375728
17:52, 5 October 2018
Ingush MPs demand to cancel ratification of agreement on borders with Chechnya
Several delegates from the Ingush National Assembly signed a statement on fraud in the voting for the approval of the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. They demanded a new discussion of the issue.
Police officers in the Islamey village of the Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo https://07.мвд.рф/news/item/8851462
14:56, 5 October 2018
In Kabardino-Balkaria, an attack on a policeman becomes the first one in 2018
A murder of a policeman in the Baksan District has become the first armed incident in Kabardino-Balkaria after a shootout with law enforcers in December 2017.
Charles Aznavour. Photo: REUTERS Hamad I Mohammed
10:53, 5 October 2018
October 6 announced mourning day in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
The Armenian Premier, Nikol Pashinyan, has announced October 6, the day of funeral of chansonier Charles Aznavour, a mourning day. Nagorno-Karabakh has done the same.
The Armenian Prime Minister (on the left) and the President of Ilham Aliev leaving the elevator at the summit of the CIS countries. For more: https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/video/20181001/14803584/vstrecha-pashinyana-alieva-lifte-sensacionnye-kadry.html Photo: screenshot of a video with a fragment of the TV program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin", 30.09.18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=SUHYx0EmRWA
10:50, 5 October 2018
Armenian political analysts point to fragility of Pashinyan-Aliev agreements on Karabakh
The oral agreement of Nikol Pashinyan with Ilham Aliev on the establishment of communication for observing the truce in the Karabakh conflict zone may be broken any time, Armenian political analysts believe.
Yunis Safarov. Photo: © Youtube / Xəzər Xəbər https://ru.sputnik.az/azerbaijan/20180706/416090838/gjandzha-azerbaijan-arest-pokazanija-policija.html
10:27, 5 October 2018
Azerbaijan: mother of suspect in attempt on Ganja Mayor demands to stop torturing him
Yunis Safarov, detained on suspicion of assassination attempt on the Mayor of the city of Ganja, is exposed to physical and psychological pressure, his mother, Leylakhanum Ismailova, has stated. She called on the Azerbaijani authorities to end torturing her son.
07:13, 5 October 2018
Six governors dismissed in Armenia
At its sitting, the Armenian government decided to dismiss the governors-members of the "Prosperous Armenia" and "ARF Dashnaktsutyun" Parties. The governors are dismissed for the same reason as the ministers from these parties, said the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Islam Gugov at a court session. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:13, 5 October 2018
KBR court asks for 20 years in prison for Islam Gugov
The court has rejected the petition of Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was accused of links with Syrian militants and claimed violations during the investigation. The prosecutor has treated the defence's version that Gugov's case was law enforcers' revenge on him as untenable.
Protesters in the square of Magas. October 4, 2018. Photo by Izabella Yevloeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:00, 5 October 2018
Protesters demand referendum on Chechen-Ingush border
The issue of the Chechen-Ingush border must be brought to a referendum, and Yunus-Bek Evkurov should resign, said protesters in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia.
The fight tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) held in Grozny on October 4. Photo http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=12&PubID=100915
00:00, 5 October 2018
Residents of Grozny complain about being forced to attend MMA tournament
On October 4, the fight tournament in mixed martial arts (MMA) was held in Grozny with enhanced security measures. Fans were obliged to come to the tournament, reported students and public employees.
Emin Guseinov. Photo from the website of the Council of Europe https://www.coe.int
22:32, 4 October 2018
European Commissioner supports rights defender Emin Guseinov at ECtHR
Dunja Miyatovic, the Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights has asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg to consider the case of depriving Emin Guseinov, a journalist and rights defender, of his Azerbaijani citizenship in the context of persecution of dissidents in the country.
The border between Georgia and SOuth Ossetia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
22:28, 4 October 2018
Georgian woman refutes her beating after detention on South-Ossetia border
The Georgian resident, who was arrested in South Ossetia, has stated that she had not been subjected to physical violence after detention. She was arrested for one month, the court has stated.
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Eight Azerbaijani media outlets reported coordinated attacks on their social media accounts.

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.