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Fragments of Iskander missiles found near the city of Shusha. Screenshot of the post https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1377874870097313792
23:59, 6 April 2021
Russian analysts do not agree while assessing versions on use of Iskander in Karabakh war
Armenia may have a non-export version of Iskander missile systems, despite the Russia’s commitments not to provide such type of weapons to other countries, experts say. Direct sales to Yerevan of weapons intended for the Russian army have unlikely taken place, analyst Alexander Golts believes. He also doubts very much the possibility of Russia using Iskander missile systems during the Karabakh conflict.
A young woman firing a pistol into the air in a public place. Screenshot of the post on Instagram of the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya https://www.instagram.com/p/CNS9J_xKTem/
23:57, 6 April 2021
Chechen prosecutors to check a video with a young woman shooting from a pistol
The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has announced launching a check after a video posted on the Internet with a young woman firing a pistol into the air in a public place. Instagram users suggested that the video was filmed at a wedding party.
A special operation. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) © the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau)
23:52, 6 April 2021
Residents of Sunzha District alarmed by law enforcers’ activities
In Ingushetia, law enforcers accumulated their vehicles in the streets of several villages in the Sunzha District, and their activities were accompanied by a shutdown of mobile internet service, eyewitnesses say. The law enforcers did not explain to the local residents what was happening, the villagers complain.
Nizami Suleimanov. Photo: screenshot of the video https://turan.az/ext/news/2021/4/free/politics_news/ru/2802.htm/001
23:49, 6 April 2021
“Musavat” Party activist arrested in Azerbaijan
On April 5, Nizami Suleimanov, a member of the “Musavat” Party, was detained in the village of Surakhany. He was arrested for 20 days on the charge of drug trafficking, the “Musavat” Party reports. Colleagues of Nizami Suleimanov treat his arrest as pressure on the opposition.
A stele installed at the entrance to Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by Dalibor Z. Chvatal https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov's press service https://vk.com/ramzan. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:45, 6 April 2021
Political analysts point to likelihood of Kadyrov's re-election as head of Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov's chances of being re-elected in September for a new term is office are great, since the Kremlin still treats him favourably, while Kadyrov's tense relations with law enforcers have smoothed out, experts gave stated.
A shot from the documentary "Quiet Voice". Screenshot of the video by Artdocfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kNIZUgCJc
18:43, 6 April 2021
Filmmaker of "Quiet Voice" details threats received for his film about Chechen gay
The filmmaker of the documentary "Quiet Voice" telling about the fate of a Chechen gay man was forced to close his account in a social network after the threats received from anonymous users who sent, among other things, a frightening video clip. The member of the Chechen community, after whose visit the film was removed from screening, behaved politely when they met, the organizers of the "Artdocfest" festival said.
The "Iskander" missile in Yerevan. Photo: Jonj7490, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58111154
17:45, 6 April 2021
Baku and Yerevan analysts dispute about use of "Iskanders" in Karabakh conflict
While demining the city of Shusha, Azerbaijani sappers have found fragments of "Iskander" missiles. Some experts assert that this type of missiles is exclusively among Russia's weapons. The scandal around the "Iskander" missile complexes may seriously harm Moscow's image as a mediator in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, experts in Baku believe. Their colleagues in Yerevan parry that Azerbaijan is using the "Iskander" issue for its political purposes.
A participant of a protest action in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:33, 6 April 2021
Azerbaijan: rights defenders update list of political prisoners
The Union "For Freedom of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners" has released an updated list of those convicted for political reasons, which includes 111 persons. This year's March pardoning failed in solving the problem, since only 38 persons from the previous list were set free.
Chechen horsemen (not related to the events described). Photo https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/health/107961/
11:30, 6 April 2021
Horsemen's march to Dagestan coincides with Chechen authorities' political line
An equestrian march to the grave of Baisangur Benoevsky in Dagestan was a grassroots initiative, but such actions are approved by Ramzan Kadyrov, said Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, and Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger.
A participant of the protest action holding a poster in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Idris Yusupov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:28, 6 April 2021
Makhachkala: picketers support journalist Gadjiev
The picketers in Makhachkala have demanded the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly and stop unjustified arrests. People's interest in the Gadjiev case remains high, his colleagues assert.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the post on Alizamin Salaev's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=230454144653581&set=ecnf.100030669903315
11:26, 6 April 2021
After relatives' complaints, Azerbaijani activist Salaev receives medical help in colony
Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), whose relatives complained about non-provision of medical care in the colony, was examined by doctors who prescribed some treatment. After that, he went on the mend, his son has informed.
An officer at ANAMA preparing to detonate the mine. March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 5 April 2021
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of refusing to provide maps of minefields
After the escalation of the Karabakh conflict in 2020, 106 Azerbaijani citizens were blown up by mines, and Armenia still has not provided its maps of mined territories, Baku reports. The UN has allocated one million US dollars to Azerbaijan for mine clearance.
A Kadyrov street. Photo by the press service of the Department of Judicial Administration of the Supreme Court of Chechnya. Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:51, 5 April 2021
SC schedules a date to consider complaint about Kadyrov’s death threats against critics
Human rights defenders who demanded to carry out an investigation into threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov found themselves without access to justice. Investigators refused to issue any resolution on their complaints, and the court dismissed the complaint about the investigators’ inaction because they had not issued any resolution, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reported.
A man named Suliman (on the left) talks to Vitaly Mansky. Photo courtesy of the organizers of the “Artdocfest” film festival https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/04/04/v-chechne-nedovolny-organizatory-artdokfesta-pozhalovalis-na-ugrozy-so-storony-chechenskoi-diaspory
18:17, 5 April 2021
Premiere of a film about Chechen gay disrupted at “Artdocfest” film festival
Tickets for the premiere of the film “Quiet Voice” about the fate of a Chechen gay were bought out after organizers of the “Artdocfest” documentary film festival did not fulfil a request of a representative of Chechnya to remove the film from the screening, director Vitaly Mansky reported.
The police officers. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
18:12, 5 April 2021
Dagestani native complains about death threats for refusing to live with her parents
A 22-year-old female native of Dagestan faced psychological abuse in her parents’ family and got death threats from her relatives after she had fled to another city.
Law enforcers in Northern Caucasus. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) www.nac.gov.ru
18:02, 5 April 2021
Week from March 29 to April 4 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from March 29 to April 4, 2021, no information was received about the casualties or wounded persons 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.
Yulia, a sister of Rostislav Melnichenko, appealed to President Vladimir Putin in a video message. Screenshot of the post on Yulia Melnichenko's Instagram instagram.com/tv/CGfuY4EK-Cc/?igshid=g712v90j4h13
17:32, 5 April 2021
Sister of Mozdok resident beaten by law enforcer complained about threats
A woman from the resident of Mozdok, a city in North Ossetia-Alania, who has been seeking for the third year the initiation of a criminal case against the law enforcer who had beaten up her brother, has complained about threats received from law enforcers.
The organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest". Photo by the press service of the festival https://artdocfest.com/ru/content/about/
17:16, 5 April 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" reports threats to "Artdocfest" organizers because of film about Chechen gay
The Chechnya's representative has demanded from the organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest" to remove the film about a Chechen gay from screening under a threat of "serious consequences," the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper has reported.
15:51, 5 April 2021
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 29-April 4, 2021
Decisions of the European Court on complaints from residents of Ingushetia and Dagestan; arrest of the regional government deputy chair and the mass poisoning of people in the Stavropol Territory; unrest in Georgia provoked by the arrival of Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 29-April 4, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A damaged tank of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. December 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:27, 5 April 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities update list of perished militaries
The list of military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Defence Army who perished during the last autumn conflict escalation has been complemented with 54 more names, making the total number thereof reaching 2808.
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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.