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Kristine Khanumyan, the editor of the website "ILur.am", Director of the company "Start Media". Photo RFE/RL http://rus.azatutyun.am/
10:32, 18 July 2015
Armenia: female journalist figures in case of refusal to disclose source of information
Rights defenders call on Armenian authorities to close the case, initiated against Kristine Khanumyan, Director of the company "Start Media", who refused to disclose to investigators her anonymous source, who told about the abuse of power by the boss of the Shirak Region.
Inmates. Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis
09:10, 18 July 2015
Five inmates of Kutaisi prison go on hunger strike
In Western Georgia, five inmates of Prison No. 2, located in the city of Kutaisi, has gone on hunger strike in protest against their verdicts.
Mountains of Kakheti. Georgia. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:53, 18 July 2015
Opposition refuses to vote for law on development of mountainous regions of Georgia
The Georgian Parliament has approved the bill, under which residents of the country's mountainous regions will receive higher pensions; and local enterprises will get taxation preferences. The MPs from the "United National Movement" (UNM) refused to vote.
Kizilyurt District. Dagestan. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:34, 18 July 2015
Defence asks to stop prosecuting figurant in banditry case of Kizilyurt policemen
The defence of Magomed Piraev, a figurant of the case on banditry of policemen of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division), has petitioned before investigators to stop prosecuting him for lack of evidence.
Believers in the streets of Moscow celebratiтп Eid al-Fitr. July 17, 2015. Photo by Murad Shikhakhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:35, 18 July 2015
Over 240,000 people celebrate Eid al-Fitr in mosques in and around Moscow
On July 17, the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in Moscow was attended by over 160,000 people; and by over 80,000 believers – in the Moscow Region. The number of participants of the festive sermon in the capital has decreased in comparison with the previous year, while the figure has gone up in the Moscow Region, the Council of Muftis of Russia reports.
23:39, 17 July 2015
Defence in Nasir Javadov's case insists on questioning policemen
The court has scheduled a new consideration of the case of Nasir Javadov, a resident of Dagestan, who died during interrogation, for July 30. The defence hopes that new judges will be able to attract the policemen, whom they could not interrogate earlier.
21:19, 17 July 2015
Rally against increased electricity tariff held in Yerevan
On Friday, about 150 persons gathered in Freedom Square to protest against the increase of the electricity tariff. The rally was organized by the initiative group "Arise, Armenia!"
20:45, 17 July 2015
Parishioners demand to recognize articles about conflict in mosque of Nasyr-Kort as extremist
The articles by the journalist Vladislav Maltsev, covering the conflict in the mosque of Nasyr-Kort in Ingushetia, are intended to incite hatred against Muslims and are slanderous, said the believers of the above mosque.
Believers at the feast's prayer on the occasion of the end of the Ramadan near the Old Mosque of Moscow on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street. July 16, 2015. Photo by Said Saparov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:45, 17 July 2015
Disputes about date of Eid ul-Fitr in Dagestan stem from different interpretations of Sharia
Some residents of Dagestan refused to support the transfer of the holiday Eid ul-Fitr (Uraza Bayram) to July 18, and began fast-breaking today. Believers of various Islamic trends should support the single holiday announced in the republic, since it contributes to unification of Muslims, said the residents of Dagestan, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
The detention of the members of the NGO "Free Zone" on Georgian-South-Ossetian border. July 17, 2015. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:41, 17 July 2015
Five persons detained on Georgian-South-Ossetian border
The Special Troops of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) detained four members of the NGO "Free Zone", namely: Onise Gergedava, Lasha Rukhaya, Vazha Morgoshiya and Soso Mindiashvili on suspicion of disobeying the police. Later, the police announced detention of five persons.
Anna Gritsevich,. Photo http://blogsochi.ru/category/tegi/anna-gritsevich
14:45, 17 July 2015
Administrative arrest of Anna Gritsevich appealed against
The defence of Anna Gritsevich, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", has lodged an appeal complaint to the Krasnodar Territorial Court against the judgement of the Adler District Court of Sochi, which sentenced her to a three-day administrative arrest for disobeying the police.
14:09, 17 July 2015
Advocate asks Russia's SC Chairman to consider cassation against verdict to resident of Chechnya
A cassation complaint against the verdict to Asrudi Musaev, a resident of Chechnya, convicted for complicity in the fraud with maternity capital, has been left without consideration by a Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia. Musaev's advocate asks Vyacheslav Lebedev, the Chairman of the SC of Russia, to reverse the above decision of the SC's Judge, claiming that there are falsifications in the case.
Firearms. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
12:59, 17 July 2015
Dagestan: power agents were shelled while trying to inspect a car
The law enforcers, who were shelled today in the Derbent District of Dagestan, tried to stop a car for inspection. Two men in the car were killed by return fire, the Chief Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed.
A car with the traces of use of firearms. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
09:36, 17 July 2015
Two suspected militants killed in Dagestan
In the Derbent District of Dagestan, two armed men opened fire at power agents and were killed by return fire, said a law enforcement source.
A march against the ongoing Georgia's ecological policy was held in Tbilisi. July 16, 2015. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:51, 17 July 2015
Marchers in Tbilisi protest against authorities' ecological policy
A march against the ongoing Georgia's ecological policy was held in Tbilisi. According to organizers, the action was attended by over 100 people.
The North-Caucasian District Military Court. Rostov-on-Don. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:53, 16 July 2015
Indictment to Kizilyurt policemen approved
The case of five employees of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) of Dagestan, which was earlier returned by the court to the prosecutor's office, is ready for sending to the North-Caucasian District Military Court for consideration on the merits.
A bridge across the river Alazani in the Pankisi Gorge. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:52, 16 July 2015
Witness in case of recruiting Pankisi residents said Imam Borchashvili had links with IS
Ayuf Borchashvili, the Imam of the village of Djokolo, detained at the Tbilisi Airport, had been actively involved in recruiting young Muslims and sending them to Syria to take part in the warfare for the "Islamic State" (IS), which was recognized to be a terrorist organization. This was stated by Giorgi Borchashvili, a relative of the Imam.
Amnesty International holds commemoration of Estemirova in European cities. July 15, 2015. Photo http://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2015-07-16-natalia/
20:56, 16 July 2015
AI holds commemoration of Estemirova in European cities
Russian investigators must do everything possible to solve Natalia Estemirova's murder, committed six years ago, said activists of the "Amnesty International" (AI) in the course of the actions held in a number of European cities.
Tatiana Lokshina at the roundtable held at the opening of the exhibition dedicated to violence in the Northern Caucasus. Moscow, July 15, 2015. Photo by Karina Gadzhieva for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:10, 16 July 2015
Unpunished violence in Northern Caucasus has systemic nature
Until now, Chechnya and Dagestan have no clear mechanisms to counteract human rights violations by law enforcers, said the participants of the roundtable held at the opening of the exhibition dedicated to violence in the Northern Caucasus and dated to the sixth anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova.
16:11, 16 July 2015
"Sova" Centre sees no extremism in Zherebtsova's letter
The decision to put the letter by Polina Zherebtsova to Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the list of extremist materials is illegal, said the experts of the "Sova" Information-Analytical Centre.
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Karabakh activists condemned Pashinyan for refusing to discuss the rights of refugees.

The activist urged the Karabakh deputies to address the issue of protecting the property rights of refugees.

Russian wheat and coal were sent to Armenia through Azerbaijan.

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.