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Mined areas. Nagorno-Karabakh, March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:23, 17 March 2021
Karabakh rescuers find remains of three dead persons
Rescuers have resumed the search for the bodies of those who perished during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict; today, in the territory of the Martuni District, now under Azerbaijan's control, they found remains of military servicemen. Since the start of searches, they found and evacuated the bodies of 1502 persons, the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.
The travelling exhibition "Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov – an epoch man" at the National Scientific Library. March 17, 2021. Photo by Tamara Agkatseva for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:19, 17 March 2021
Exhibition on 100th birthday of Academician Sakharov opened in Vladikavkaz
Residents of Vladikavkaz will be able to visit the travelling exhibition "Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov – an epoch man" until April 14. The first visitors have already seen it.
A participant of the protest action. Yerevan, March 16, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://news.am/rus/news/633964.html
22:33, 16 March 2021
Seven persons detained after a protest action in Yerevan
In the centre of Yerevan, activists of the movement "Azatagrum" (Liberation) blocked the roadway with garbage cans. They demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. The police restored traffic down the street and detained seven persons.
Zarifa Sautieva and Akhmed Barakhoev in the courtroom. Photo by Bagaudin Myakiev
22:27, 16 March 2021
Ingush activists demand to release Zarifa Sautieva from custody
The leaders of the Ingush protest, accused together with Zarifa Sautieva of creating an extremist community, called the release of the activist from custody the goal of their hunger strike. Advocate Magomed Abubakarov announced the above and promised to appeal against the return of Zarifa Sautieva to the SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Employees of the event industry took part in a protest action in Batumi. march 16, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://www.rustavi2.ge/ka/news/193075
21:53, 16 March 2021
Employees of event industry take part in a protest in Batumi
In Batumi, presenters, photographers, cameramen, and musicians held an action in front of the building of the Adjara government. They demanded permission to hold mass events.
Bilan Dzugaev. Screenshot of the video by Fortanga.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFvrwTUw3nI
21:44, 16 March 2021
Ingush protest leaders go on hunger strike
Ingush activists accused in a rally case went on a hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial, Bilan Dzugaev reported. The protest action followed the court's decision to return Zarifa Sautieva to custody.
Themis, a goddess of justice. Photo: pixabay.com
15:11, 16 March 2021
Azerbaijani activists call for return of representation practice in courts
The elimination of the practice of citizens' representation in courts of Azerbaijan has limited people's access to reliable legal support and excluded the lawyers who are not members of the Bar Association from participation in trials, experts from the Institute for Democratic Initiatives (IDI) have noted.
Zarifa Sautieva. Photo: http://memorymuseums.ru/seminar/2018
14:58, 16 March 2021
Court returns Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva to custody
A Stavropol court has overturned the decision on house arrest for Zarifa Sautieva and ordered to transfer her to SIZO (pre-trial prison), her advocate, Magomed Bekov, wrote on the Facebook.
The search for the bodies of those who perished. Photo by the press service of the Karabakh Emergency Service https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/photos/a.1527615660606237/4192790567422053
09:34, 16 March 2021
Karabakh rescuers suspend search for dead bodies
On March 15, the search for the bodies of those who perished during the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh was suspended due to unfavourable weather.
Mukhammed Mirzali after being attacked. Screenshot of the video at the Amon Equalizer YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVEhi45e3vg
09:24, 16 March 2021
Attack on Mirzali continues series of incidents with political emigrants from Azerbaijan
During the attack in Nantes on Mukhammed Mirzali, an opposition blogger from Azerbaijan, they to cut off his tongue, Emin Akhmedbekov, a political emigrant, has reported. Mirzali is in grave condition under intensive care. Human rights defenders have accused Azerbaijani authorities of the attack and called on the authorities of France and other European countries to investigate such incidents.
01:46, 16 March 2021
Rights defenders treat Saduev's stay in Chechnya as dangerous
Ilyas Saduev, deported from France to Russia, has been handed over to Chechen law enforcers, said his female relative. In Chechnya, Saduev's life and health are in danger, rights defenders believe.
Detention of Alexander Zolotarev, March 12, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2LkpokrfNA&t=50s
01:27, 16 March 2021
Zolotaryov's arrest continues corruption-fighting trend in Northern Caucasus
The criminal prosecution of Aleksander Zolotaryov, deputy chairman of the government of the Stavropol Territory, under the bribery case is another episode in the fight against corruption in Northern Caucasus by the model of cadre cleansings in Dagestan, Anton Chablin, a political analyst, believes.
Employee of the Ministry for Emergencies and Mosgaz at the entrance to the building, in which the editorial office of the "Novaya Gazeta" is located, March 15, 2021. Photo courtesy of Svetlana Vedanova, "Novaya Gazeta"
22:33, 15 March 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" claims a chemical attack after posting article on reprisals in Chechnya
An entrance to the building, which houses the editorial office of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", which has posted today an eyewitness evidence of the extrajudicial executions in Chechnya, has been poured with a chemical liquid of pungent smell, the newspaper reports. No hazardous substances have been discovered in the building, a source from the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.
Blogger Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
22:11, 15 March 2021
Mekhman Guseinov announces a new investigation into corruption in Azerbaijan
The journalistic investigation, during the aerial filming for which two activists were detained in the vicinity of Baku, is focused on the activities of a top-ranking official employed by a state-owned company, which receives construction contracts, blogger Mekhman Guseinov reports.
Suleiman Gezmakhmaev and his ID card of an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya
19:57, 15 March 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" posts eyewitness testimony of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
Today, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" has made public a testimony of Chechen law enforcer Suleiman Gezmakhmaev. According to his story, residents of Chechnya, detained in January 2017, were tortured and forced to incriminate themselves before the extrajudicial killings, and the law enforcer witnessed those events.
Policemen at the gates of the Parliament of Armenia at Bagramyan Avenue. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:31, 15 March 2021
Armenia rejects bill on abolition of martial law
Today, a member of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party has stated that the in-force martial law impedes all political processes in the country. However, the parliamentary Committee on Defence, National Security, and Internal Affairs has refused to consider a bill on the abolition of martial law.
14:43, 15 March 2021
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 8-14, 2021
Protests of Nikol Pashinyan's opponents in Yerevan and failed meeting of the Prime Minister with opposition leaders; actions and events for the International Women's Day; CTO in Makhachkala; release of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautieva from SIZO; 77th anniversary of the deportation of Balkars; statement of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov about the failed attempt on his brother's life, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of March 8-14, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
School building in the village of Akka of the Tabasaransk District. Photo: //dagpravda.ru/novosti/ummupazil-omarova-posetila-shkolu-v-s-akka-tabasaranskogo-rajona/
14:10, 15 March 2021
More than third of all Russian dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan
Mould and fungus on walls, rotten floors and leaking roofs remain a reality in Russian public schools in the 21st century. More than a third of the country's dilapidated school buildings are in Dagestan, as journalists of the "Vazhnye Istorii" (Important Stories) report.
Special operation in the Northern Caucasus. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorism Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kchr-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-pyatero.html
13:24, 15 March 2021
On March 8-14, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of March 8-14, 2021, in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, at least one person perished; no information about the wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:38, 15 March 2021
Oppositional Azerbaijani blogger wounded in France
Mukhammed Mirzali, who lives in France, was attacked by an unknown man who stabbed him several times.
News
Vardanyan's wife asked Pashinyan to help in visiting prisoners in Baku.

Another shipment of grain has been sent to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan.

Participants in a social media discussion placed the "We Are Our Mountains" monument in the context of the Baku-Yerevan peace talks.

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.