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Grozny, Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
09:59, 18 July 2017
Chechen authorities decide to improve republic's image
The Chechen Ministry for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information has concluded a cooperation agreement with the "VisitCaucasus" Foundation to form a positive public opinion on Chechnya.
07:27, 18 July 2017
One of rarest Buddhist stupas found in Kalmykia
In the Tselinny District of Kalmykia, a rare Buddhist monument has been opened. It is the Kalachakra Stupa. In total, there are about ten such stupas in the world.
Gezyal Bairamly (in the centre). Photo: https://haqqin.az/news/63454
01:48, 18 July 2017
Advocate states deterioration of Bairamly's health
Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who is kept under arrest at SIZO (pre-trial prison) on charges of smuggling, is hardly walking around, because of an aggravation of her chronic illness. She does not receive the necessary treatment, said her advocate.
00:01, 18 July 2017
HRC "Memorial": head of municipal enterprise reports being tortured in Grozny
Lom-Ali Elbiev, a former director of the Grozny Municipal Unitary Enterprise told rights defenders that he was tortured after being accused of embezzling budget funds. Rights defenders have asked the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the man's statement; however, so far, law enforcement bodies have not responded to the appeal.
20:04, 17 July 2017
Russia's SC finds liquidation of "Jehovah's Witnesses" legal
At today's session, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has ruled to reject the appeal complaint of "Jehovah's Witnesses". The decision to liquidate all the organization thereof has came into force.
Laying of flowers to the tombstone of Elmar Guseinov, Baku, March 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
19:18, 17 July 2017
Azerbaijani activists commemorate journalist Guseinov murdered in Baku
Today, Baku has hosted an action in memory of Elmar Guseinov, the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Monitor", timed to his 50th birthday. According to participants of the action, the Azerbaijani authorities have left unpunished the killers and the persons who ordered the Elmar Guseinov's murder.
17:16, 17 July 2017
Krasnodar judge denies spending on her daughter's wedding
All the expenses for the daughter's wedding were born by her father, the former husband of Elena Khakhaleva, a judge of the Krasnodar Territorial Court, the judge herself has stated in response to reports of the mismatch of her incomes with the costs of the wedding celebrations.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: RFE/RL
17:14, 17 July 2017
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov reports his detention in Georgia
Tumsu Abdurakhmanov, a native of Grozny, put in Russia on the federal wanted list, has reported about his detention in Tbilisi. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has not confirmed the information.
Ballot box, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot'.
11:58, 17 July 2017
Baku protests against presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh
Khikmet Gadjiev, the official spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has called the presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh scheduled for July 19 one more political provocation. According to Khikmet Gadjiev, the Baku authorities treat the above election in Nagorno-Karabakh as a violation of norms and principles of the international law.
Berlin. Photo by user Matúš Benian https://www.flickr.com
11:24, 17 July 2017
German police detain Chechen woman suspected of IS involvement
Aminat Akueva, a resident of Chechnya, who left for Syria several years ago and was put on the international wanted list, was detained by Interpol. She stays in Berlin, and the Chechen law enforcement agencies expect her to be extradited. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. Relatives of the detained woman deny her involvement in militants' ranks.
Relatives of the murdered tourist. Photo: Cabinet of Ministers of Abkhazia
11:20, 17 July 2017
Abkhazian Prosecutor's Office discloses names of suspects in Russian tourist's murder case
Today, the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia has reported that as a result of the operational and search activities, law enforcers have identified the persons who committed a robbery attack on tourists in the Primorskoe village in the Gudauta District on July 11. The names of the suspects have been disclosed.
08:55, 17 July 2017
MEP urges Georgia not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk to Turkey
Rebecca Harms, the chair of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, an MP of the European Parliament, visited in prison Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a citizen of Turkey, detained in Georgia and accused by the Turkish authorities of aiding and abetting terrorism. After the visit, the MEP addressed the Georgian authorities with an appeal not to extradite him to Turkey.
Elena Khakhaleva. Photo: http://судьироссии.рф
06:48, 17 July 2017
Wedding party of Krasnodar judge's daughter causes resonance in social networks
Users of social networks have been engaged in a broad discussion of the information reporting that Elena Khakhaleva, a judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court, spent two million US dollars for her daughter's wedding party.
Jehovah's Witnesses. Photo: http://www.nashgorod.ru/news/news79895.html
04:31, 17 July 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses claim sharply increased pressure on their members in Southern Russia
After the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to eliminate 396 religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia as extremist, believers from the regions of Southern Russia, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot", complained about the sharp increase in pressure on members of their communities.
Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/segodnya-nochyu-v-hode-kto-v-dagestane.html
02:20, 17 July 2017
On July 10-16, 2017, one person killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of July 10-16, 2017, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
01:20, 17 July 2017
In Abkhazia, second man suspected of killing Russian tourist surrenders to police
Agents of the Abkhazian State Security Service have detained the second man suspected of an attack on Russian tourists and a murder of one of them.
21:19, 16 July 2017
Afghan Mukhtarly's wife hands over to police new evidence of his kidnapping
Leyla Mustafaeva, the wife of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, has handed over to the Georgian police the photos of three persons who watched her husband prior to his kidnapping.
17:40, 16 July 2017
In Makhachkala, more than 1000 people come to rally against abortions
In Dagestan, prevention of abortions would have allowed avoiding a decline in the birth rate, marked in the republic in recent years. This was declared by organizers of the rally in Makhachkala.
Police car. Photo: Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaitsuk
07:55, 16 July 2017
Abkhazia identifies people suspected of killing Russian tourist
In Abkhazia, all participants of an attack on Russian tourists have been identified. This was reported by Mukhamed Kilba, Secretary of the Abkhazian Security Council.
Georgia-South Ossetia border sign. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the Caucasian Knot.
02:35, 16 July 2017
Hundreds of activists protest against moving South-Ossetian border into Georgia's territory
In Georgia, near the village of Bershueti in the Gori District, activists held a protest action against a transfer of the administrative border with South Ossetia into the territory of Georgia. Several hundred people came to the protest action, including members of a number of opposition parties, NGOs, students, and media representatives.
News
UAV. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The Rostov region was subjected to a massive drone attack.

A resident of Stavropol was convicted of participating in a terrorist community.

Two fighters from the Rostov region were killed in the military operation.

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.