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The highway connecting the Armenian cities of Goris and Kapan. Photo: TATEV DURYAN / ՀՀ Մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան - Human Rights Defender of Armenia
12:13, 20 September 2021
Analysts rule out any impact of incident with Iranian drivers on Baku-Tehran relations
The detention of truckers from Iran on the Goris-Kapan highway was a demonstration of Baku's dissatisfaction with the violation of Azerbaijan's customs rules; no severe punishment of them will follow, as well as no deterioration of the two countries' interrelations, Azerbaijani analysts believe.
The Kasakh river valley. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Касах
12:12, 20 September 2021
Azerbaijan returns two Kasakh residents
The residents of the Kasakh community, who got lost and ended up in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, have returned home with the assistance of Russian border guards.
Voting in Nalchik. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
11:54, 19 September 2021
Official data on voter turnout in KBR mismatch observers' estimates
More than half of the electorate have taken part in the voting, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported. However, in Nalchik, observers claimed a low voter turnout at their polling stations.
A polling station in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
10:59, 19 September 2021
Sochi observers point to significant ballot stuffing
The data of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on the number of voters at a number of polling stations in Sochi is from 1.5 to 2 times higher than the figures indicated in the protocols, observers assert.
A polling station in Dagestan. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
10:42, 19 September 2021
Observer attacked in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, an unidentified man has attacked Ibragim Nazhmudinov, a member of the election commission with an advisory vote from the "Yabloko" Party, by accusing him of obstructing the work of the election commission. The police became interested in the incident.
A voting booth. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
18:45, 18 September 2021
CPRF observer beaten up in Anapa
In the evening of September 17, unidentified persons have beaten up Alexei Glimeido, an observer for the candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), after he left the territory of the Territorial Election Commission (TEC). Doctors recorded minor injuries; and the activist sent a complaint to the police.
Election in Chechnya. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CT7Q0xdM9b9/
17:24, 18 September 2021
Residents of Chechnya point to involvement of state servants in campaigning for voting
In Chechnya, officials, teachers and businessmen are placing posts in social networks calling voters to go to the polls, residents of the region informed.
Russia-Azerbaijan border. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL39g7tPr2s
17:02, 18 September 2021
144 Azerbaijanis return to homeland from Dagestan camp
A total of 144 Azerbaijanis have left the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, the regional branch of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported. Apart from the camp tenants, about 500 other citizens are waiting for crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border in Dagestan, a human rights defender asserts.
A polling station. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
11:36, 18 September 2021
Observers report on coercion of state servants to vote in Sochi
On the first day of voting, voters mostly came to polling stations in Sochi with invitations from enterprises; they put their marks in ballot papers, made photos of them and sent somewhere; members of precinct election commissions (PECs) and observers have noted, believing that in this way, authorities are making use of their administrative resources to promote the "right" candidates.
Residents of Donbass at a polling station in in Krasny Sulin. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
11:20, 18 September 2021
Donbass residents awarded Russian passports to vote at elections in Rostov Region
On September 17, about 400 residents of Donbass have received Russian passports; immediately after that, they were taken by buses to polling stations in the Rostov Region.
08:38, 18 September 2021
Proxy of candidate for State Duma MP beaten up in Anapa
Rostislav Scherbakov, a proxy of a candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has filed two complaints about violations during the voting in the city of Anapa and was attacked at the exit from the polling station.
Unidentified persons punctured tires of Ivan Chucheev's car near a polling station, Elista, September 17, 2021. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot
08:25, 18 September 2021
Elista: cars of candidates' proxies damaged after complaints about violations
Three proxies of a candidate for a State Duma MP have claimed that some unidentified persons had punctured tires of their cars left near polling stations. One of them was attacked at the polling station when he tried to record a violation.
Voting room at a polling station in Makhachkala, September 17, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
00:04, 18 September 2021
Dagestani observers complain about counteraction to their activities
Members of election commissions interfere with the checking of voters’ documents and preventing voting at places of residence, a coordinator of the “Observers of Dagestan” movement reports.
Members of local electoral commission walk past the electoral board on the first day of three-day parliamentary elections in Russia, September 17, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:44, 17 September 2021
Observers report election violations in Krasnodar Territory
Mass transportation of voters to polling stations and violations in filling out documents were registered at polling stations in Kuban, observers reported.
19:33, 17 September 2021
Soldier wounded in a shelling attack in Nagorno-Karabakh
Soldier Vruir Shakhramanyan was wounded in a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
Vehicle of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
19:09, 17 September 2021
ICRF to investigate ill-treatment of children in family of a Chechen resident
Two girls who lived with their father after the divorce of their parents were taken to a hospital with signs of beatings, and a criminal case was instituted on torture of minors, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.
International Court of Justice in Hague. Photo: International Court of Justice, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Международный_суд_ООН#/media/Файл:International_Court_of_Justice.jpg
14:11, 17 September 2021
Armenia files complaint against Azerbaijan at UN Court
Armenia has asked the UN International Court of Justice to oblige Azerbaijan to stop torture and killings of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and compensate for human rights violations.
Galina Tikhenko at a court building. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
13:18, 17 September 2021
Volgograd Regional Court upholds RUB 150,000 fine on Galina Tikhenko
The Volgograd Regional Court has upheld the ruling to fine Galina Tikhenko, a participant in actions in defence of the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain by 150,000 roubles. The defence intends now to turn to the cassation court.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a post made by LORD Channel, http://www.instagram.com/p/CTh6Ak4nfNd/
12:32, 17 September 2021
Campaigning for Kadyrov violated federal law
The clergy's participation in campaigning for Ramzan Kadyrov is a direct violation of the Russian federal law, but it is a long-standing and widespread practice in Chechnya, Roman Udot, a co-chairman of the All-Russian Public Movement for the Protection of Voters' Rights "Golos" (Vote)*, and Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, have stated.
12:16, 17 September 2021
Two activists of "Girchi" Party detained at protest in Tbilisi
On September 16, at a rally in protest against mass surveillance and wiretapping held near the building of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) in Tbilisi, activists of the "Girchi-More Freedom" Party crashed a Škoda Octavia car, treating it as a symbol of this special service. The police detained two protesters.
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Karabakh politicians convicted in Baku demanded that the Armenian authorities pay attention to their problems.

Ulviya Ali. Photo: https://jam-news.net/ru The President of the Voice of America* called for the release of Ulviya Ali.

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.