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Ramazan Abdulatipov at the meeting with Vladimir Putin, August 15, 2013. Photo from the Kremlin website.
22:52, 30 September 2017
Kremlin suspends Abdulatipov’s successor in waiting line of governor's resignations
The Kremlin is dosing its decisions on replacing governors, and has not yet decided on the successor to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the editors-in-chief of the Dagestani media, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have suggested.
Roundtable on violations of requirements for accessibility of buildings for disabled people, Volgograd, September 29, 2017.
22:41, 30 September 2017
Monitoring shows Volgograd’s infrastructure inaccessible for invalids
Staircases of apartment buildings, underground passages and a number of trade pavilions in Volgograd and the region are not fit for people with disabilities and baby carts, the public monitors assert. They are sure that the funds allocated for making the urban infrastructure better are spent inefficiently.
16:53, 30 September 2017
Law enforcers find car of policeman killed in Dagestan
A service police car of a district police inspector, who had been found dead in the Kizlyar District, was discovered burned down in a neighbouring district.
15:01, 30 September 2017
District police inspector killed in Dagestan
This morning, a body of a policeman with signs of violent death has been found in the Kizlyar District of Dagestan.
Azerbaijani LGBT activists in Cologne. Photo: Nefes LGBT Azerbaijan Alliance
14:35, 30 September 2017
LGBT activists: 50 gays tortured in Baku
Last week, in Baku, more than 50 homosexuals and transgender people were detained and subjected to violence, including torture with electric current. Some of them were arrested for 30 days. This was reported by advocate Samed Rakhimli and activist Javid Nabiev.
Baksan elders. Screenshot of video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKaLaWvHqI
12:23, 30 September 2017
Baksan elders condemn prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev
In a published video appeal, the elders of Baksan request to protect the rights of Black Sea Shapsugs and, in particular, Ruslan Gvashev in the Krasnodar Territory. The prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev for a moleben at the Tulip Tree is a discrimination against the minorities, the Baksan elders noted.
Participants of rally in memory of to Holocaust victims, Cherkessk, September 28, 2017. Photo by Vladimir Drevinsky.
12:21, 30 September 2017
In Cherkessk, activists accuse authorities of ignoring memory of Holocaust victims
In Cherkessk, more than 30 people have gathered at the monument to Holocaust victims. The participants of the action have claimed the republic authorities silence down the history of extermination of Jews.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo from his personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1490670140965192&set=pb.100000666619845.-2207520000.1499500952.&type=3&theater
10:30, 30 September 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly granted Pavel Sheremet Award
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) has announced that Afghan Mukhtarly, an imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist, became a laureate of the Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2017.
09:38, 30 September 2017
Investigators verify report on beating children in Dagestan
On a website of one of the federal news agencies, investigators discovered the information stating a resident of Buynaksk ill-treated adopted children.
02:40, 30 September 2017
Soldier from Dagestan suspected of shelling his colleagues killed during detention
Gasan Abdulakhadov, a native of Dagestan, suspected of killing three soldiers at a firing range in the Amur Region, was fatally wounded in a shootout during his detention. This was reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District.
00:57, 30 September 2017
Witness discloses Vardanyan’s plans to unite Armenia with NKR
At the court session on the case of prepared seizure of power in Armenia by Arthur Vardanyan's armed grouping, the last witness was questioned. According to his story Vardanyan had considered it necessary to hold a referendum on reunification of Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Picket by Alexei Navalny’s supporters in Sochi, September 29, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
00:08, 30 September 2017
Sochi authorities reject five applications for rallies with Navalny
On September 29, Alexei Navalny’s supporters held a campaign picket in the Hyde Park of the Khosta District of Sochi. The action passed without incidents.
Ruslan Gvashev. Photo: http://ktelegraf.com.ru/8668-laboratoriya-duxa.html
22:50, 29 September 2017
Ruslan Gvashev's health deteriorates sharply
Today, the health condition of the Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has deteriorated sharply: he cannot get out of his bed and is no longer able to speak. Besides, he refuses to take any injections, his wife Natalia Gvasheva told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Kalashnikov rifle. Photo: ru.wikipedia.org
19:58, 29 September 2017
Soldier from Dagestan announced wanted after executing his fellow servicemen
Today, at a military training ground in the Amur Region, during a routine night shooting, a soldier opened automatic fire at a group of soldiers, who were waiting for entering the fire line, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.
19:40, 29 September 2017
Makhachkala resident claims power agents’ inaction after his brother’s kidnapping
Kamaludin Pirbaev, a native of Dagestan, was kidnapped in Moscow in summer of 2016; and since then, his whereabouts are unknown, his relative has stated.
Nerses Pogosyan. Photo: https://www.newsinfo.am/rus/article/view/EkMyu1Tbpf
18:48, 29 September 2017
Nerses Pogosyan goes on hunger strike in Yerevan prison
Nerses Pogosyan, a defendant in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the "100th Anniversary without Regime", has declared indefinite hunger strike after the court refused to release him from arrest.
Tbilisi Sakrebulo. Photo: RFE/RL
18:08, 29 September 2017
Opposition speaks against transfer of Tbilisi land to Bidzina Ivanishvili's company
Today, the Tbilisi legislative agency was to consider the issue to change the status of the territory located near Freedom Square, between Pushkin Square and the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Arts. It is in that place where an underground parking is planned to be constructed.
Screenshot of video depicting beatings of Ingush people in Beslan, https://www.facebook.com/100012891757330/videos/pcb.1883230695328397/339361459836910/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
17:53, 29 September 2017
Social network users discuss video with beating of Ingush people in Beslan
WhatsApp and social networks disseminate the evidence of beatings of people from Chechnya and Ingushetia in North Ossetia. According to authors of the reports, the victims came to take drugs from hidings.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: RFE/RL
14:36, 29 September 2017
Case against Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov returned to BCA
The defence of Mekhman Guseinov does not agree with the decision pronounced by the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan to return the case to the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA). According to the defence, the only legitimate decision is to justify the blogger.
Tripoli. Photo: Jaw101ie https://ru.wikipedia.org
13:05, 29 September 2017
Sailors detained in Libya appeal to Georgian authorities for help
Three Georgian sailors detained in Tripoli on August 30 have complained of inhuman treatment and insanitary conditions at the detention facility.
News
Gas station in Nalchik. Photo "Caucasian Knot" Drivers from Kabardino-Balkaria pointed out the price difference for gasoline with neighboring regions.

Gas station in Makhachkala. Photo "Caucasian Knot" The authorities' report on combating the fuel crisis has caused skepticism among the residents of Dagestan.

Grozny. Photo: "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/ The Electoral Commission of Chechnya announced the recruitment of volunteers for the voting days.

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.