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Rally against rising prices in Volgograd, March 27, 2016. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:02, 27 March 2016
At the action organized by the CPRF (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation), residents of the city of Volgograd, the town of Volzhsky and a number of rural areas have demanded to stop the growth of prices for food, utilities, and gas services. According to the organizers, the protest action was attended by 300 people.
Special forces officer. Photo: © Vladimir Anosov, Yuga.ru, https://www.yuga.ru/news/393682/
16:58, 27 March 2016
In Dagestan, the operational headquarters has made a decision to lift the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, which was introduced in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District on March 25.
Burtunai village, Kazbek District, Dagestan. Photo: http://burtunai.ru/istoriya/fotogalereya/
11:16, 27 March 2016
Visirpasha Musaev, a resident of Dagestan, has filed a complaint about the unfounded actions of the District Judge. Visirpasha Musaev is seeking the initiation of criminal proceedings on the alienation of a land plot in the centre of the village of Burtunai of the Kazbek District. According to an advocate of Visirpasha Musaev, the complaint about the Judge's actions was directed to the Qualification Board of Judges.
00:53, 27 March 2016
In Freedom Square in Yerevan, the "Armenian Women’s Front" have started collecting signatures against police violence and in support of Ruzanna Egnukyan, who got a head injury during the dispersal of the protest action on March 24.
23:11, 26 March 2016
On March 25, residents of Volgograd, living in Avtotransportnaya Street in the Voroshilov District, held a picket in Lenin Square against the decision of the authorities to demolish their houses and blocks of flats, apartments in which were purchased by tenants in compliance with all the respective regulations.
Sasha Kulaeva. Photo: RFE/RL
16:19, 26 March 2016
The terror acts in Belgium and France have exacerbated Europeans' negative attitude toward the North-Caucasian Diaspora, said Sasha Kulaeva, head of the Division of Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot".
15:00, 26 March 2016
Today, the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI) has promulgated its statistics on human losses of the defence and security units of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia since the start of 2016 and up to March 25, as Jasur Sumerinli, one of the founders of the CDSI, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
14:11, 26 March 2016
On March 25, the body of Maryam Murtuzova, born in 1959, was found in the Sheki penitentiary institution. This has been reported today by an official from the law enforcement authorities. According to him, Maryam Murtuzova was found hanged on her own scarf. The law enforcement authorities of Azerbaijan believe that the prisoner committed suicide.
'Shame board'. Photo: RFE/RL
13:30, 26 March 2016
On March 25, a meeting of anti-terrorist commission was held in the Untsukul District. At the meeting, Ramazan Abdulatipov has delivered a speech. The leader of Dagestan has reported that about 70 natives of the Untsukul District are involved in the hostilities in Syria, and he accused them that they dishonour "the names of prominent natives of Dagestan".
Ammunition for Turkish rocket launcher TR-107 gathered near Karabakh village after October 24 and 25, 2015 shelling. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:08, 26 March 2016
Yervand Pirumyan from the village of Tagavard was wounded as a result of a missile attack from the Azerbaijani side, reports the Defence Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh. Residents of the village have confirmed the information.
11:54, 26 March 2016
Nadezhda Savchenko, a citizen of Ukraine, sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment, can be exchanged, but the decision should be made personally by the President of Russia. This was stated by Sergey Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Ukrainian "Fatherland" Party, reports that the agreement on the extradition of Nadezhda Savchenko has been already achieved.
02:57, 26 March 2016
Investigators have accused a resident of Buynaksk of an attempt on the lives of policemen, involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), illicit trafficking in arms and explosive devices. The criminal case has been brought to the court.
01:50, 26 March 2016
During the climb, the commander of the aircraft that crashed down in Rostov-on-Don turned off the autopilot; then the plane began rapidly losing altitude and subsequently hit the earth. This is evidenced by the decoded crew's conversations a minute before the tragedy.
00:54, 26 March 2016
A criminal case against a resident of the city of Grozny, the Chechen capital, accused of beating his son, has been sent to the court. The father is under threat of an arrest for up to three months.
Bashir Pliev. Screenshot of the video posted at "Raise a Bus" charity action website, Helpbashir.org
22:38, 25 March 2016
The "Committee for the Prevention of Torture" uses the funds of the programme for rehabilitation of torture victims to help Bashir Pliev, beaten in an attack on human rights defenders and journalists on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya.
Tractor. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
22:22, 25 March 2016
In the Krasnodar Territory, more and more farmers decide not to take part in the tractor trip to President Vladimir Putin because of pressure from the local authorities, report organizers of the action. Only some individuals have reported on their readiness to go to Moscow in tractors.
The General Prosecutor's Office of Armemia, Yerevan. Photo: http://www.panarmenian.net/m/rus/photoset/7380
19:50, 25 March 2016
Prior to his conscription for military service, Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused in the murder of the Avetisyans family in January 2015, repeatedly underwent psychiatric examinations.
Participants of the rally dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the Chechen Constitution, Grozny, March 23, 2016. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
19:22, 25 March 2016
The Putin's decision to appoint Ramzan Kadyrov the acting leader of Chechnya will not change life in the republic for the best and only means further stagnation. This opinion was expressed by Russian human rights defenders.
Law enforcer with handcuffs. Photo: Fedor Obmaikin / Yugopolis
18:28, 25 March 2016
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has refused to change the pre-trial restriction measure to policeman Oleg Dzampaev, a defendant in the case of the death of detainee Vladimir Tskaev.
Entry door of the Avetisyans house sealed by investigators, Gyumri, January 14, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:25, 25 March 2016
According to an examination, a son and a father of the Avetisyan family were not in beds at the time of Valery Permyakov's 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.