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Elkhan Aliev, an activist of the PFPA. Screenshot of the post on Khalid Garaev's page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5059843320696842&set=a.425591834122037&type=3
23:51, 23 March 2022
Elkhan Aliev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been on a hunger strike in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) since March 19. The defendant has been protesting against his arrest and loss of money during the detention.
An enclosed area with an unexploded ordnance. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:49, 23 March 2022
Vugar Zulfugarly was severely injured as a result of a mine explosion in the Fizuli District, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.
The detention of the participants of a rally in the city of Kobuleti. Screenshot of the video https://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/225179
23:45, 23 March 2022
Seven members of the "Conservative Party" and one activist were detained after a clash at a protest against the opening of an office in Kobuleti.
The village of Pirler (the Azerbaijani name is Khramort). Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:43, 23 March 2022
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated the actions of its militaries stationed near the village of Pirler (Khramort) as consistent with the statement of November 9, 2020. The Azerbaijani militaries are in its territory, analysts in Baku have noted.
The village of Primalkinskoe. Screenshot of the page http://primalkinskoe.narod.ru
18:37, 23 March 2022
The guilt of Vadim Sambursky, a former head of the village of Primalkinskoe, who was fined for abuse of power, has not been proved, the elders have stated in their appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). They asked to objectively consider the case, treating it as far-fetched.
Fidar Buraev, Pavel Shlyakhov. Screenshots of the posts https://t.me/prigorodny_rayon/181, https://t.me/amsdigorskiyrayon/47
14:41, 23 March 2022
Pavel Shlyakhov and Fidar Buraev, natives of North Ossetia, have perished in hostilities in Ukraine, the administrations of the Digorsky and Prigorodny Districts have reported. Since the start of the military operation, it became known about the deaths of at least 25 military servicemen from North Ossetia.
Abubakar Yangulbaev. Screenshot of his video appeal https://t.me/Bkr_Yang/40
12:52, 23 March 2022
Members of the Yangulbaev family have failed to receive any investigators' reaction to their threat claims, incitement of hatred and slander by top Chechen officials.
Inal Berov at a press conference in the HQ of Kabardino-Balkarian human rights centre, Nalchik, April 13, 2013. Photo: screenshot of the video posted at http://zapravakbr.ru
12:47, 23 March 2022
Russian authorities must pay 52,000 euros to Inal Berov, a resident of Nalchik, who received traumas due to torture at the police, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.
At the building of the Russian Supreme Court. Moscow, March 22, 2022. Screenshot https://t.me/s/polniypc
12:44, 23 March 2022
The refusal of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) to enforce the demand of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to suspend the liquidation of the "International Memorial"* indicates Russia's neglect of its international obligations, human rights defenders have pointed out.
Adam Delimkhanov and Alexander Khodakovsky. Screenshot of the video in the post https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1558
12:42, 23 March 2022
Khodakovsky's refusal of his words about Chechen law enforcers without humiliation in his conversation with Delimkhanov is a unique case by the standards of the apology practice widespread in Chechnya, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, has pointed out.
Lieutenant Allaudin Babaev. Screenshot: https://suleiman-stalskiy.ru/novosti/v-suleyman-stalskom-rayone-prostilis-s-pogibshim-v-khode-spetsoperatsii-na-ukraine-voennosluzhashchi/
23:10, 22 March 2022
Lieutenant Allaudin Babaev was buried in his native village of Kasumkent in the Suleiman-Stalsky District. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, it was reported about at least 41 perished natives of Dagestan.
A gas pipeline. Photo: ncrim.ru
23:07, 22 March 2022
Russian peacekeepers have begun negotiations with Azerbaijan to restore gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh. Residents of the unrecognized republic note that all communications should be controlled by the Russian peacekeepers. Armenian human rights defenders call on international institutions to condemn Azerbaijan’s policy towards residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: https://dumatv.ru/news/a-sudi-kto-v-espch
23:00, 22 March 2022
Prior to a hearing of the Supreme Court of Russia on the case of the “International Memorial” * (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”), lawyer Kirill Koroteev has noted that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case on the closure of the “International Memorial” * must be executed by the Russia’s authorities even after the exclusion of the country from the Council of Europe (CE).
22:57, 22 March 2022
The Supreme Court of Russia did not grant a request to suspend the liquidation of the “International Memorial” * (International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society “Memorial”) until the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaint about the law on foreign agents.
Store shelves. Photo by Sergey Snezhin for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:12, 22 March 2022
Authorities have managed to stabilize foodstuff and medicine prices, Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov, the head of the Dagestani government, has announced. In their turn, Telegram users have treated this statement as untrue and stated that prices continue rising.
Refugees from Donbass and an officer of the Ministry for Emergencies. Photo by the press service of the Ministry for Emergencies in the Rostov Region
14:08, 22 March 2022
During the last 24 hours, more than 15,000 residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) have crossed the Russia border in the Rostov Region.
Adam Delimkhanov and Alexander Khodakovsky. Screenshot of the post https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1558
14:03, 22 March 2022
Alexander Khodakovsky, the commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), has explained to Adam Delimkhanov, an adviser to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, that his criticism of the Chechen law enforcers who had arrived in Ukraine was caused by his first impression.
A picketer with a banner. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:58, 22 March 2022
Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and Idris Yusupov, the journalist of the "Novoye Delo" outlet, went out to pickets in Makhachkala demanding to stop Abdulmumin Gadjiev's criminal case and release political prisoners.
A missile stuck between the graves in the cemetery in Stepanakert in November 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:38, 22 March 2022
The death toll during the hostilities was 3822; other 208 people, including 21 civilians, are regarded as missing, the Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia has informed.
Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywqdLKMlO8
13:30, 22 March 2022
A Moscow court has denied the lawsuit lodged by Idrak Mirzalizade, a stand-up comedian, against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) with a demand to declare illegal his ban to enter Russia for 14 years. In his lawsuit, Mirzalizade asked to reduce the entry ban down to a year.
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.