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11:15, 24 October 2019
Publication of phone talks of US and EU diplomats results in scandal in Baku
Azerbaijani pro-governmental media have published records of conversations of Gyultekin Gadjibeili, an oppositional politician, with US and EU diplomats regarding the dispersal, on October 19, in central Baku, by law enforcers of participants of the unsanctioned protest action.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:02, 24 October 2019
Officials' salary increase by Pashinyan triggers criticism
The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, has increased salaries of some top-ranking officials, but this measure was not discussed in the parliament or by the public. Rights defenders and lawyers have criticized the Premier for making the decision in secrecy.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX1Rf2eZxdM
08:48, 24 October 2019
Gadjiev allowed family visits
After his detention, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, arrested under the case of financing terrorism, was for the first time visited by his wife and four children.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: Youtube Channel «ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI»
08:36, 24 October 2019
Criticism of Sufism tells on Tumso's popularity
The Mufti of Chechnya has damned the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, for his harsh criticism of the Sufi rites widespread in the republic. The blogger has violated the rules of a religious dispute, and pushed some of his supporters away, Islamic scholars believe.
Village of Akhty, Dagestan. Photo: REUTERS/Maria Turchenkova
08:26, 24 October 2019
Economists specify reasons for low ratings of North-Caucasian regions
The shadow economy, deficit of qualified workforce and corruption lead the republics of Northern Caucasus to last places in socioeconomic ratings, the economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, the financing of outsiders from Moscow will continue.
Akhmed Bilalov. Screenshot from video 'Big Caucasus', htps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58Doe_EJEw
22:19, 23 October 2019
US authorities explain detention of Akhmed Bilalov
Akhmed Bilalov, the former head of the "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" Company, has been detained in the United States for violating the immigration regime and is currently in custody pending removal proceedings, reports the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Railroad in Armenia. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
22:07, 23 October 2019
In Armenia, railway employees go on strike
The movement of passenger and freight trains along the South Caucasus Railway was paralyzed because of a strike. Locomotive drivers demand to increase their salaries.
Irakli Okruashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
21:53, 23 October 2019
Irakli Okruashvili left in custody in Tbilisi
Today, the court has refused to release on bail Irakli Okruashvili, the leader of the "Victorious Georgia" Party, who was arrested in a case on organization of riots in front of the parliament building.
At the place of 2002 terror act at the Dubrovka Theatre Centre. Photo: press service of the Ministry for Emergencies, http://www.mchs.gov.ru/articles
18:12, 23 October 2019
Actors of musical "Nord-Ost" share their memories on anniversary of terror act
Artists Sergey Lee and Ekaterina Guseva spoke about the events that took place 17 years ago, when at least 130 hostages died during the assault of the Dubrovka Theatre Centre seized by terrorists.
A gavel. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:00, 23 October 2019
Court supports Kuban resident in case on torture
The court found Nikita Khatskevich, a resident of the town of Gulkevichy, not guilty of disorderly conduct and confirmed the illegality of his detention by law enforcers. Lawyers from the Committee against Torture (CaT) claim they will seek an investigation into a case on torture about which Nikita Khatskevich complained and a punishment of law enforcers for the illegal administrative prosecution.
Akhmed Bilalov. Screenshot from video posted by Die Hölle at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=164&v=EiSVxYtmMnw
13:49, 23 October 2019
Russian Embassy reacts to Bilalov's detention in USA
The Russian Embassy to the USA has asked the US authorities to confirm the media reports about the detention in Miami of Akhmed Bilalov, a former president of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "North-Caucasus Resorts".
Terrorists in the Armenian Parliament. Screenshot from PARA TV documentary "October 27. 18 years later " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyIKm3nDAvo
13:26, 23 October 2019
Organizer of terror act in Armenian Parliament asks for release
Nairi Unanyan, sentenced to life under the case of a terror act committed in the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, has filed a petition on conditional early relief (CER). Human rights defenders doubt that he will be set free.
Gleb Pyanykh in the village of Dinskaya where he was detained. Screenshot from video posted on Gleb Pyanykh' Instagram
11:39, 23 October 2019
Journalist Gleb Pyanykh reports his detention in Krasnodar Territory
Law enforcers have detained Gleb Pyanykh in the village of Dinskaya, where he filmed the construction of some bureaucrats' summer cottage, the journalist himself said.
Shalva Tadumadze. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
11:28, 23 October 2019
Rights defenders question education of Georgian Prosecutor General
Georgian NGOs have demanded to check the authenticity of the higher education diploma of Shalva Tadumadze, the country's Prosecutor General, who takes part in the contest for the post of Supreme Court Judge. The dates of his study given in his diploma fail to coincide with the time of work of the university he had graduated from.
Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
11:17, 23 October 2019
Kurbanov brothers tell the court details of torture after detention
Mukhtar and Ismail Kurbanov, residents of Dagestan, have told at questioning in the court how they were tortured after detention. They denied all the accusations and stated that they had self-incriminated under threats.
08:36, 23 October 2019
Azerbaijani activist refuses to quit party at law enforcers' demand
After the end of his administrative arrest, Tofig Mamedov, an oppositionist, was summoned to the police, where they demanded from him to quit the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). After he refused, they threatened to initiate a new case against him; however, then he was released.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: Magomed Abasov, https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:29, 23 October 2019
Kadyrov removes Daudov from heading territorial sector
Instead of Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Lomali Baimuradov, Director General of the "Chechengazprom", has been appointed as the curator of the territorial sector that includes the Kurchaloi and Shali Districts.
Law enforcers publicly reprimand detainees for drinking alcohol. Screenshot from http://www.instagram.com/p/B31QmeiHekj/
22:08, 22 October 2019
In Chechnya, authorities use fight against alcohol consumption for PR, analysts believe
The Chechen authorities use public condemnation of people who drink alcoholic beverages to demonstrate protection of Muslim values, believe experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They do not rule out that such measures can lead to the growth of drug addicts in the region.
Accounts Chamber. Photo: Tara-Amingu, http://ru.wikipedia.org
21:50, 22 October 2019
Accounts Chamber's audit reveals inefficiency of state support for Northern Caucasus
The subsidies allocated to the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) did not remove the tension in the labour market and did not lead to a radical improvement in the investment climate, the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation concluded.
18:30, 22 October 2019
Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria hit rock bottom in terms of family income
Kabardino-Balkaria and the Stavropol Territory are among the ten regions with the highest percentage of families in which income is enough only for food. Ingushetia has become an outsider of the rating prepared by the "Rosstat" (Federal Service for State Statistics) in terms of the number of families which can only afford to buy food and clothing for their income.
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Doctors reported on the condition of the girl injured during the UAV attack.

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.