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Oleg Orlov. Screenshot of the video by the NGO "For Human Rights" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5oeo-6Nc5I
15:06, 25 March 2022
Rights defender Oleg Orlov fined for pacifist picket
A Moscow court has fined Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*, who in February held a picket against the special operation in Ukraine, by 20,000 roubles.
Amir Kolov, Alexei Malashenko. Photos: screenshot of the video by KAVPOLIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nYcNAL_q9I&t=7s; press service of the Council of Foreign and Defense Policy http://svop.ru/photo/2107/
14:53, 25 March 2022
Experts assess risks of activating underground in Chechnya
Sending law enforcers outside the republic will not weaken the position of Ramzan Kadyrov, and amid the special operation, and in case of any incidents in Chechnya, there will be ruthless actions against any opponents, Amir Kolov, a police colonel, and Alexei Malashenko, a Caucasian expert, have pointed out.
A participant of a protest action with a banner. Yerevan, March 24, 2022. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:51, 25 March 2022
Yerevan townspeople urge UN to pay attention to humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh
The participants of the action held at the United Nations (UN) office in Yerevan have declared their support for Nagorno-Karabakh in connection with the gas supply outage.
13:44, 25 March 2022
Baku denies border violation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani militaries have occupied the village of Parukh in the Askeran District, the village head has informed. In its turn, Baku asserts that reports about the advance of Azerbaijani troops in Nagorno-Karabakh are false.
13:42, 25 March 2022
ECtHR finds Russia responsible for torturing Chechen law enforcers
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints of the former Chechen law enforcers, Alikhan Akhmedov and Aslanbek Daurbekov, confirms that they had been tortured; but this is unlikely to affect the investigation of this case in Russia, lawyers have noted.
Volunteers from Chechnya had gone to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1596
02:02, 25 March 2022
Kadyrov reports about sending a new detachment of volunteers to Ukraine
Chechen volunteers, including members of the Kadyrov family, left for Ukraine, reports Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
The village of Khramort in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:55, 25 March 2022
Women and children evacuated from two Karabakh villages
The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the line of contact in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh, women and children were evacuated from the communities of Parukh and Khramort, the information headquarters under the government of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
Ganimat Zakhid. Screenshot of the video by "Novy Chas" ("The New Hour") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scc_z7LMBAc&t=7s
23:59, 24 March 2022
ECtHR recognizes violation of Azerbaijani journalist Ganimat Zakhid’s rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Azerbaijan’s authorities to pay compensation of 8500 euros to Ganimat Zaidov, an editor of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper “Azadlig”, well-known under the pseudonym of Ganimat Zakhid.
23:58, 24 March 2022
Buynaksk Mayoralty reports about death of a military man in Ukraine
Sungur Osmanov from Buynaksk perished in battles in Ukraine, the city administration reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation, it has been reported about at least 46 perished natives of Dagestan.
Salim Khalitov. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 24 March 2022
Court awards compensation for arrest to Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov
In Makhachkala, a court partially granted a lawsuit filed by activist Salim Khalitov against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and awarded him 30,000 roubles in compensation for non-pecuniary damage for his arrest. The defence intends to seek greater compensation.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo by the Centre Européen de Coopération Juridique https://cecj.org
15:36, 24 March 2022
ECtHR awards compensations to two natives of Dagestan in torture case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay Murad Ragimov and his father Firuddin Ragimov, natives of Dagestan, compensations of 26,000 euros each for violating the ban on torture and the right to immunity.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons
15:33, 24 March 2022
ECtHR resumes consideration of complaints from Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will continue considering complaints received from Russia about violations of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) until September 16, the ECtHR has informed.
The farewell ceremony at the Tbilisi Airport. Screenshot of the video https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/в-тбилиси-доставили-тела-грузинских-б/
15:28, 24 March 2022
Residents of Georgia say farewell to volunteers who perished in Ukraine
The bodies of the Georgian militaries, Giya Beriashvili and David Ratiani, who volunteered to fight in Ukraine, were delivered to Tbilisi Airport. The farewell ceremony was attended by hundreds Georgian residents, including President, Salome Zurabishvili.
Participants of a protest action on the Yerevan - Sevan highway. Photo: Andrey Ivanov, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224580714977647&set=a.4016079932696
15:16, 24 March 2022
After talk with authorities, opponents of community enlargement in Armenia refuse to unblock road
The residents of the Armenian villages of Tsovagyukh and Semyonovka, who protest against the merge of their villages to the community of Sevan, have refused to unblock the highway, despite the request of the governor of the Gegarkunik Region.
Yana Antonova © Photo from Yana Antonova's page on Facebook www.facebook.com/lady.michruk
15:02, 24 March 2022
Court again arrests accounts of mother of activist Antonova
The bank accounts of the mother of the Krasnodar activist, Yana Antonova, have been arrested by a court ruling. According to Antonova, a total of 1.3 million roubles are blocked.
The Armenian MFA. Photo: Tobias1984 https://ru.wikipedia.org/
13:31, 24 March 2022
Armenian MFA reports contacts with Russia on gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia is in contact with Russian colleagues, since the problematic section of the gas pipeline, due to which Nagorno-Karabakh was left without gas supply, is in the responsibility zone of peacemakers.
Khramort. Photo: Yerevan Today https://ru.yerevan.today/66495
13:31, 24 March 2022
About half of Khramort families return home from evacuation
Residents of the Khramort village in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh, who had left their homes due to shelling, begin returning to the village, which is guarded by Russian peacemakers, the head of the community has informed.
Galina Arapova. Photo by Roman Demyanenko https://ru.wikipedia.org * On October 8, 2021, the Russian Ministry of Justice included Galina Arapova into the "Register of Foreign Mass Media Acting as a Foreign Agent"
23:59, 23 March 2022
Lawyer explains consequences of exclusion of Russia from Convention on Human Rights
When commenting on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to exclude Russia from the parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on September 16, Galina Arapova*, the director of the Centre for the Protection of Media Rights**, has explained that Russia will be held liable for all violations of the committed by the Russian authorities before September 16.
Ruslan Belchuk. Screenshot https://t.me/salmandadaev/96
23:57, 23 March 2022
Authorities of Makhachkala and Buynaksk report about two militaries perished in Ukraine
Ruslan Belchuk from the Makhachkala village of Shamkhal and Khizri Abdusalamov from Buynaksk perished in battles in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian troops, it was reported about at least 45 perished natives of Dagestan.
The village of Nerkin Hand. Photo: https://ru.yerevan.today/66397
23:53, 23 March 2022
Armenian villagers complain about uncertainty due to close Azerbaijani checkpoints
The Armenian authorities reacted to the appearance of Azerbaijani checkpoints near the village of Nerkin Hand, but no action followed, villagers complained. The checkpoints have been installed on the territory of Azerbaijan, a military expert explains.
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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.