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The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo http://sledcom.ru/
16:13, 15 July 2014
Three residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are accused of involvement in a criminal grouping engaged in cashing the maternity capital in North Ossetia and KBR, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.
Vladimir Scherbakov, Yegor Scherbakov's father, gives interview to the journalists. Moscow, July 6, 2014. Photo by Yuliya Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:50, 15 July 2014
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has completed the judicial investigation into the murder of Yegor Scherbakov, a resident of the Moscow district of Biryulyovo; the parties' debates are scheduled for July 21.
14:35, 15 July 2014
According to investigators, the preliminary inquiry into the case of Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "Democracy Promotion", acting in the country's south, is over; and in the near future the case will go to court.
Law enforcers. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
14:05, 15 July 2014
As reported by the Investigating Department (ID) for Chechnya of the ICRF, two residents of the village of Katar-Yurt, Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, are suspected of aiding members of illegal armed formations (IAFs).
Beslan Eshba. Photo http://www.ekhokavkaza.ru/
13:06, 15 July 2014
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered four candidates for the early presidential election scheduled for August 24. The former Deputy Prime Minister Beslan Eshba was denied registration – in the opinion of the linguistic commission, he is not fluent enough in the official state language.
Natalya Estemirova. Photo http://novostey.com/politic/news354975.html
11:00, 15 July 2014
Exactly five years have expired since the kidnapping and death in Chechnya in 2009 of Natalya Estemirova, an employee of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
03:43, 15 July 2014
In south-east of Chechnya, in the foothill Shali District, law enforcers detained a 39-year-old local resident, on whom cartridges to automatic firearms were found during personal search.
Rasul Gadjimagomedov. Photo http://kubansport.ru/press/news/16605/?sphrase_id=13996
02:32, 15 July 2014
As reported by the Investigating Department (ID) for the Krasnodar Territory of the ICRF, the participants of the conflict, during which Rasul Gadjimagomedov, a native of Dagestan and a member of the Russian youth boxing national team, was mortally wounded, have been identified.
Ruslan Kutaev near the building of the court. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 14 July 2014
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has recognized Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, a "prisoner of conscience". Furthermore, the AI has asked its supporters around the world to call on the Russian authorities to immediately release Ruslan Kutaev.
23:04, 14 July 2014
On Monday, in Dagestan, law enforcers searched three houses in the village of Gimry. The village has been unblocked. This was reported by local residents.
Meeting of Yunus-Bek Evkurov (in the centre) with refugees in Karabulak. Ingushetia, July 2, 2014. Photo by the press service of the leader of Ingushetia
15:49, 14 July 2014
On July 2, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, met refugees in Karabulak. After the meeting, he has ordered to dismiss from office an official from the city administration for his ill-treatment of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Gasan Guseinli. Photo http://minval.az/news/43815
13:41, 14 July 2014
In Azerbaijan, Gasan Guseinli, the head of the non-governmental organization (NGO) named "Educative Centre 'Intellectual Citizen'", has been sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.
Enkhe river. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev (perished on July 9, 2013)
09:30, 14 July 2014
In the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, during the week from July 7 to July 13, 2014, at least 17 persons suffered, including 12 people killed and at least five wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
The international festival "Golden Apricot" was opened in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:32, 14 July 2014
Once again, Yerevan hosts the international festival "Golden Apricot". The launched event has a positive impact on the Armenian cinematography. This opinion has been expressed by Arutyun Khachatryan, a founder of the cinema forum.
23:06, 13 July 2014
Ruslan Khadjiev, an advocate of the Advocates' Chamber Bar of Kabardino-Balkaria, has appealed to Oleg Zharikov, Prosecutor of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), asking him to take appropriate steps in connection with the violation of his rights as a defender in the criminal case against local resident Rustam Kagazezhev.
18:58, 13 July 2014
The lawyer Elena Denisenko, who is representing the interests of Marat Nasredinov, a resident of Magaramkent, has lodged a complaint against the inaction of the investigator for especially important cases of the Investigating Department for Dagestan.
A criminal case was initiated on the man's murder in Rostov Region as a result of the explosion of an artillery shell fired from the territory of Ukraine. Photo: http://sledcomrf.ru/news/138719-vozbujdeno-ugolovnoe-delo-po-faktu-ubiystva-mujchinyi-v-rostovskoy-oblasti.html
13:07, 13 July 2014
As a result of the explosion of an artillery shell fired from the territory of Ukraine, a man of 46 was killed in the Donetsk District of the Rostov Region; and a woman was wounded, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
List of the voters at one of the polling stations in Chuguretsky voting precinct. Tbilisi, July 12, 2014. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:52, 13 July 2014
According to the NGO "Free Zone", incidents were fixed at several polling stations of Georgia during the second round of municipal elections. According to the NGO "Multinational Georgia", about 20 violations were registered in the districts with the predominant population of national minorities.
02:30, 13 July 2014
The appeal against the verdict to Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), will be held on July 23, said her advocate Ziyautdin Uvaisov.
23:05, 12 July 2014
An Azerbaijani soldier, a member of a diversion group, was killed on July 11 during an operation to neutralize the group in the territory of Karvachar located on the border of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh; also, an Armenian officer was lost, and a woman was wounded, reports the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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.