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Jornalist Afghan Sadygov. Photo by the press service of Radio Svoboda RFE/RL
13:48, 19 May 2020
Defence appeals against arrest of website "Azel.tv" editor
There is no need to keep Afghan Sadygov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani website "Azel.tv" in custody for the period of investigation, his advocate believes. His wife treats the case against Afghan as a provocation.
11:23, 19 May 2020
Putin joins solving problem of Azerbaijanis on Dagestani border
Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed the situation in border districts of Dagestan, where more than 700 people cannot return to their homeland amid the coronavirus epidemic.
11:17, 19 May 2020
Azerbaijan: PFPA activist accused of financing terrorism
Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been accused of financing terrorism. The PFPA treats the criminal case as a "gross falsification with the aim of political revenge."
The Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/naxcivan-qarnizonu-qosunlarinda-telim-metodiki-toplanti-kecirilib-video-30953.html
22:32, 18 May 2020
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun and sniper shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone
Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
A resident of the Sovkhoznoye village. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:30, 18 May 2020
In Kabardino-Balkaria, villagers complain about officials' indifference
In Kabardino-Balkaria, officials ignore complaints from residents of the Sovkhoznoye village about harsh living conditions, high unemployment, and absence of possibilities for leasing of land plots. This was claimed by the villagers in their appeal to Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Afghan Sadygov. Photo: https://turan.az/ext/news/2020/5/free/politics%20news/ru/124053.htm
16:08, 18 May 2020
Head of "Azel.tv" denies extortion charge
Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani edition "Azel.tv", accused of extortion, has been arrested for four months. He himself treats the accusation as slander.
Ramzan Kadyrov shows the message about the death of the medic of the Gudermes Central District Hospital at the meeting of the Operations Group. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfMDCHmm9I4&feature=emb_title
15:49, 18 May 2020
Kadyrov demands to punish protesters from Gudermes CDH
The head of Chechnya has ordered to bring the medics of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH), who had complained about the working conditions, to responsibility. The same concerned their relatives, while the author of the message about a doctor's death was blamed as a provocateur, and Kadyrov demanded fire him.
15:44, 18 May 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 11-17, 2020
Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; doctors' complaints in Southern Russia about the absence of compensations and protective gear; special operation in Ingushetia; pardon of sentenced oppositionists in Georgia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 11-17, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya cutting the grass during the subbotnik. Screenshot of the post on the Instagram of Valid Abdureshidov, the head of the Mayoralty of Urus-Martan https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQsfYjgc9d/
15:40, 18 May 2020
Chechen residents complain about coercion to participate in subbotnik
Employees of budget-funded organizations were forced to participate in garbage collection and tree whitewashing, despite the restrictions introduced to COVID-19, residents of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya have informed. The self-isolation regime "passes with benefit," said the head of the district.
An LGBT action in Tbilisi, 2017. Photo: Reuters, David Mdzinarishvili
11:14, 18 May 2020
Rights defenders urge Georgian authorities to solve the problems of LGBT community
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Bifobia, the People's Defender (Ombudsperson) of Georgia, Nino Lomzhariya, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have treated the position of LGBT people in the country as depressing, and called on the authorities to support them.
A security services officer. Photo by the press service of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-tyumeni-neytralizovany-bandity-svyazannye-s.html#&gid=1&pid=3
11:12, 18 May 2020
Week of May 11-17 did with no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 11-17, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
11:10, 18 May 2020
Story of girl's circumcision in Ingushetia arouses anger of Russian feminists
Russian authorities should respond to the continued practice of female circumcisions in Northern Caucasus, subscribers of feminist publics in social networks believe.
Special operation in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, April 6, 2017. Photo: press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-obnaruzhen-arsenal-v-banditskom.html#&gid=1&pid=4
11:40, 17 May 2020
Rights defenders predict futility of special operation in Ingushetia
There are practically no active members of the armed underground in Ingushetia, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.
11:25, 17 May 2020
Law enforcers wouldn't release Azerbaijani activist after arrest expiry
Upon the expiry of his administrative arrest, Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was not released; law enforcers took him to some other body, the party members have informed.
People praying on Eid al-Fitr. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:12, 17 May 2020
Social network users argue about place of psychology in Islam
Believers should look for answers to their questions in the Koran, and not turn to psychologists, some commentators to the video about the demand for experts of the Association for Psychological Help to Muslims (APHM) believe. However, their opponents assert that in the modern world, people should use everything that works for their benefit.
Employee of the Gudermes Central District Hospital apologized for her complaints. Screenshot from video footage by ChGTRK 'Grozny' of May 15, 2020: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOVsG4nmPK/
18:04, 16 May 2020
Employees of the Gudermes CDH publicly apologize for their protest
The staff of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) has stated, on air of the state television, that their complaints about the deficit of protective means were unjustified. Residents of Chechnya believe that employees of the CDH were forced to apologize.
An ambulance car. Photo: REUTERS / Татьяна Макеева
17:44, 16 May 2020
Instagram users criticize Stavropol authorities for weakening self-isolation regime
As of today, the number of COVID-19 infections registered in the Stavropol Territory has reached 1367; 17 patients are in grave condition. Authorities are loosening restrictions, despite the worsening of the coronavirus situation in the region, Instagram commentators believe.
Armenian soldiers. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/ru/news/7826
16:35, 16 May 2020
Azerbaijan counts 23 shelling attacks on frontline
During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 23 times a day from the territory of Armenia and on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Medical worker in a protective suit. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
15:47, 16 May 2020
Some 150 doctors and nurses respond to call to help Dagestan
Medical students, doctors and nurses have agreed to go to work in hospitals where coronavirus patients are treated, activists of the "Companions of Good" movement have informed.
Logo of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial". Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru
12:57, 16 May 2020
HRC "Memorial" fined for Facebook post
A court in Moscow has reconsidered the protocol issued by the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) and repeatedly fined the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" by 300,000 roubles for the absence in the publications of its Ingush branch of the notice that the HRC is a so-called "foreign agent".
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The death of a child in Dagestan has turned into a criminal case in Dagestan.

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.