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A volunteer loads foodstuff parcels for those in need in a car. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:59, 8 May 2020
KBR benefactors raise money to help those in need
The "Kavkaz-Nur" Foundation has arranged a fundraising campaign in social networks in order to buy food for the families in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who found themselves without money due to the epidemic. Volunteers have faced a large number of requests for help; out of 663 such requests, they managed to satisfy 200 so far. Other businessmen are also rendering large-scale help to local residents.
Veteran's medals. Photo: Murad Orujov, http://www.contact.az/indexc_ru.html
11:53, 8 May 2020
Azerbaijani authorities report payment of assistance to veterans
Participants in the Great Patriotic War and home front workers have received lump-sum cash benefits for the Victory Day, the Azerbaijani government has announced. Because of the quarantine regime, we'll have to celebrate the Victory Day at home, local residents have regretted.
11:47, 8 May 2020
Azerbaijani authorities threaten to toughening quarantine measures
During the past 24 hours, Azerbaijan revealed 77 cases of coronavirus infection; and the total number of infected persons has reached 2204. For the third day in a row, the increase in the number of infected exceeds that of recovered persons; authorities attribute it to non-observance of the quarantine and did not exclude the tightening of restrictive measures.
11:43, 8 May 2020
"Novaya Gazeta" allowed returning part of article on coronavirus in Chechnya back to website
The "Roskomnadzor" has specified to which sections of the article by Elena Milashina in the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper on the situation with the coronavirus in Chechnya access should be restricted, thus, giving the right to open most of the material for readers.
11:38, 8 May 2020
Journalists treat renaming of Tskhinvali into Stalinir as populism
Residents of South Ossetia are not using the name "Stalinir" to denote Tskhinvali; and the decree on the temporary renaming of the city is populist and designed for Stalin's supporters, journalists and a political analyst assert.
The detention of Giorgi Guev, a native of North Ossetia. May 2019. Screenshot of the video at the YouTube channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQEb5nf0Iw&feature=youtu.be
23:57, 7 May 2020
Court extends arrest of North-Ossetian native accused of financing terrorism
A court has extended until June 12 the arrest of Giorgi Guev, a native of North Ossetia, who was accused of financing terrorism.
Magomed Daudov. Photo by Muslim Betsiev https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:55, 7 May 2020
Chechen speaker: men to be punished for quarantine violation by their female relatives
Chechen women take advantage of the fact that local law enforcers do not detain them for violation of the quarantine regime, and now men from their families will be responsible for their quarantine violations, states Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament.
Khadija Ismayilova at a protest action. Baku, March 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:54, 7 May 2020
ECtHR finds violation of journalist Khadija Ismayilova's rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted a complaint filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the Azerbaijani authorities. The ECtHR obliged Azerbaijan to pay the journalist 6000 euros of compensation.
Salim Khalitov at a solo picket in Makhachkala. January 29, 2020. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:40, 7 May 2020
Dagestan doctor calls for protecting colleagues from COVID-19
Authorities should provide the doctors who treat coronavirus patients with protective garments, Salim Khalitov, a former head of the radiation diagnostics ward at the orthopaedic and trauma centre, has declared at a protest action in Makhachkala.
The journalist's broken mobile phone. Photo: http://www.turan.az/ext/news/2020/5/free/Social/ru/123844.htm
16:35, 7 May 2020
Azerbaijani journalist complains of beating
Zaur Ganbarov, a correspondent of the Azerbaijani news website, has stated that he was beaten up by two people, including an employee of the social protection fund.
A woman wearing a head scarf. Photo: pixhere.com
09:32, 7 May 2020
Rights defenders rebuke authorities for conniving female circumcision in Ingushetia
Some communities in Ingushetia are practicing the prohibited practice of female genital mutilation, while the authorities are not serious enough about this problem, human rights defenders have stated. The mutilating women's surgeries are inadmissible, residents of the republic believe.
A police officer checks the permit issued for a resident of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3TXR9l-je/
09:31, 7 May 2020
Kadyrov's anger over videos in social networks reveals his phobias
Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to send authors of video clips about detentions of quarantine violators in Chechnya to public works, because he fears protests in his republic, said Ruslan Kutaev, a researcher of the Caucasus.
Ramzan Kadyrov performs a prayer (iftar) with chiefs of hospitals in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted at the VKontakte page of the leader of Chechnya https://vk.com/ramzan?w=wall279938622_487966
09:29, 7 May 2020
Analysts point to Kadyrov's indifference to restrictions he introduced in Chechnya
The Iftar (de-fasting), held by Ramzan Kadyrov with doctors, has demonstrated that the head of Chechnya is unwilling to change his lifestyle because of the restrictions imposed because of coronavirus, human rights defenders believe. A lawyer did not rule out the presence of an administrative offense in Kadyrov's actions.
Grozny. April 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
09:05, 7 May 2020
Gas workers' call not to accumulate debts during pandemic turns into Chechen people's complaints about lack of money
In Chechnya, gas services have demanded from local residents to pay their bills on time, despite the strict quarantine regime. In their turn, locals who are forced to stay out of work because of coronavirus, complain about absence of incomes.
Food packages for the "Stop Hunger" charity action. Photo by Shamil Abashilov, the charitable foundation "Hope"
23:54, 6 May 2020
In Dagestan, charitable foundations experience increased burden amid pandemic
Residents of Dagestan, who found themselves short of money because of the forced self-isolation, most often ask to help them with food and housing, members of Dagestani charitable foundations report.
23:51, 6 May 2020
Baku court leaves religious activist in custody
Khikmet Agaev, an activist of the movement "Muslim Unity", filed an appeal against his arrest. During the consideration of his appeal, the activist denied the accusations of violating the quarantine regime and disobeying the police. Khikmet Agaev also claimed being tortured. However, the court dismissed his appeal.
Magomed Daudov and Elkhan Suleimanov. Photos: screenshot of the video on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qtgTglOvS, photo by the press service of the Ministry for Public Health of Chechnya https://www.minzdravchr.ru/. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:49, 6 May 2020
Chechen residents obliged to wear masks despite statement of Minister for Public Health
In Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, the head of the local operational headquarters, has announced imposing a mandatory "mask regime." He has threatened to fine violators. Earlier, the Chechen Minister for Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced that masks do not protect people from the coronavirus infection, Instagram users and residents of the republic recall.
Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ztXRcFT5H/
22:56, 6 May 2020
Instagram users discuss Chechen authorities' position on food aid
A family from the Nadterechny District should not have asked for help, since they could have killed their poultry, claims Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen Parliament.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=26511"
18:43, 6 May 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling two villages
Within the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for about 25 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
18:42, 6 May 2020
Two residents of Chechnya suspected of links with IS
A Grozny resident and a resident of the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya left for Syria, where they joined the "Islamic State" (IS) a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, and participated in hostilities, investigators assert.
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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.