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11:21, 13 March 2021
Flaws of Armenian opposition minimize protests' chances of success
The format of protests in Armenia is no threat to the Armenian authorities – the opposition is weakened by internal contradictions and is unable to offer any constructive ideas for overcoming the crisis. If Nikol Pashinyan's opponents fail to change this format, protests will fade away by themselves, analysts believe.
Screenshot of the post on Angela Kudzieva's Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSRS-QguwJ/
11:15, 13 March 2021
North-Ossetian blogger Malika Djikaeva convoyed to a colony
The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, which upheld the verdict to Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, has come into force – she has been sent to a colony. The family will appeal against this decision.
The protesters' tent camp. Yerevan, March 11, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 12 March 2021
Bad weather thins out opposition rally in Yerevan
Despite the deteriorating weather conditions, more than 100 opposition supporters remain in a round-the-clock camp in front of the Armenian parliament and continue to block the entrances and exits of the building. The protesters announced that they would leave the territory only after the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister.
A still from a film "Female prisoners of the Caucasus: Who is fighting the rules of the most closed region of Russia?" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhEznHOAPM
23:57, 12 March 2021
Heroes of "Editors" film criticize authors for tendentiousness in depiction of Caucasus
When they participated in the filming, Beka Kurdanov and Darina Taova, musicians from Nalchik, did not know that the film of the "Editors" project would be devoted to the situation with the women's rights in Northern Caucasus.
Armen Sarkisyan. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
22:41, 12 March 2021
Political analysts explain Sarkisyan's refusal to participate in resignation of chief of General Headquarters
Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan seeks to avoid confrontation with Nikol Pashinyan amid the scandalous change in the administration of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The President of Armenia also wants to maintain neutrality in the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the opposition, political analysts suggest.
Rozgeldy Choliev. Screenshot of the video https://rus.azathabar.com/a/31139374.html
22:36, 12 March 2021
Russian authorities grant temporary asylum to Turkmen blogger Choliev
Turkmen blogger Rozgeldy Choliev will not be sent home. The Russian Migration Service accepted his application and informed the man that he had been granted temporary asylum for three months. However, Rozgeldy Choliev, who planned to join his family in Cherkessk, still stays in the neutral zone of the Sheremetyevo airport, human rights activists report.
Khamid Indreev (in the foreground). Screenshot of the video ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Q55WKgd1PE8&feature=youtu.be
22:27, 12 March 2021
Court finds errors in eviction case of KBR resident's family
When deciding to evict Khamid Indreev, a resident of the village of Nartan, and his family from the house, a court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) misinterpreted the housing legislation, the cassation court has ruled. The advocate has expressed hope that the case will be reconsidered in Indreev's favour.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny Inform news agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYnVDSqgwDA
19:58, 12 March 2021
"Open media": Kadyrov's guards cost the budget one billion roubles
About 1 billion roubles from the state budget have been spent for guarding Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members over the past five years, the Open Media writes, citing the data from the portal of state purchases.
Vienna. A view from the top of St. Stephen's Cathedral. Photo by Andrzej Otrębski https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vienna
16:59, 12 March 2021
Five Chechens convicted in Austria for forcing girls to "live according to Sharia"
A court in Austria has sentenced five natives of Chechnya who persecuted women for what they thought was inappropriate behaviour.
The Mkhitarashen village located in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:33, 12 March 2021
Residents of Karabakh village demand deploying peacemakers there
The village of Mkhitarashen is surrounded by Azerbaijani militaries on three sides, and needs protection of peacemakers, who are not there yet, said Mkhitar Arustamyan, the head of the community. As a result of the war, the village lost its agricultural lands; and now people live only on social benefits, villagers have complained.
A woman. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhEznHOAPM
11:29, 12 March 2021
Analysts differ in assessing relevance of film on oppressing women in Caucasus
The problem of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus is acute, including in connection with the growth of religiosity, said Saida Sirazhudinova, the president of the "Caucasus. Peace. Development" Centre. It is necessary to talk about the violation of women's rights taking into account the cultural specifics of the region, says Olga Pavlova, an Islamologist.
The protesters' tent camp near the building of the Armenian Parliament. Yerevan, March 11, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:27, 12 March 2021
Pashinyan's opponents stay overnight in tents near parliament
In Yerevan, the protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, continue blocking the entrances and exits of the building of the Armenian Parliament, despite the bad weather. They plan to block the auxiliary entrance to the parliament behind the police cordon.
A special operation. Makhachkala, March 11, 2021. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/
23:59, 11 March 2021
Law enforcers release a video of a CTO in Makhachkala
A video posted by the National Antiterrorist Committee shows that after a shootout with a resident of Makhachkala, law enforcers threw a grenade inside his house and burst into it.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the left) and Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot of the video https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-51653314; screenshot https://www.dw.com/
23:57, 11 March 2021
Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov discloses plan of his brother's assassination
Organizers of the attempt on Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov's life did not plan the possibility for the killer they hired to escape from Germany after the crime, and his further fate did not bother them, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims.
Soldiers escort a convoy of trucks in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12348295@egNews
21:48, 11 March 2021
Peacekeepers escort trucks with construction materials to Kelbadjar District
In Nagorno-Karabakh, soldiers escorted a convoy of trucks that delivered equipment and construction materials to the Kelbadjar District controlled by Azerbaijan to restore residential buildings and social facilities.
A counterterrorist operation. Makhachkala, March 11, 2021. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru
21:41, 11 March 2021
In Makhachkala, CTO legal regime imposed for the first time since 2016
In Makhachkala, a counterterrorist operation took place for the first time since December 2016, when law enforcers killed Rustam Asilderov, the leader of a terrorist organization.
A counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Makhachkala on March 11, 2021. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-v-hode-kto-neytralizovan-bandit-1.html#&gid=1&pid=1
21:17, 11 March 2021
A man killed in CTO in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, a man, who was shooting at law enforcers, was killed by return fire, a source reported.
Sabina Alieva. Photo Nobelll https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алиева,_Сабина_Яшар_кызы#/media/Файл:Sabina_Aliyeva.jpg
16:43, 11 March 2021
Azerbaijani Ombudsperson calls on Parliament to revise ban on leaving country
The ban on leaving Azerbaijan should be conditioned only by a court decision; and citizens should be notified about the imposed ban on going abroad, the Ombudsperson, Sabina Alieva, believes. Activists treat her proposal submitted to the Parliament as relevant.
Law enforcers in the streets of Makhachkala. Photo © administration of the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala
16:36, 11 March 2021
Special operation is underway in Makhachkala, CTO regime introduced
A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) has been launched in the Sovietsky District of Makhachkala after a group of people rendered armed resistance to law enforcers, the operative headquarters has informed.
Niyameddin Akhmedov. Photo: https://www.contact.az
14:45, 11 March 2021
Azerbaijani oppositionist Akhmedov tells details of torture
Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has described the torture that law enforcers subjected him to during the investigation, trying to knock out testimonies against Ali Kerimli the PFPA leader. The Prosecutor's Office has ignored his complaints about the torture, the advocate has stated.
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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.