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Worker conducts disinfection in Yerevan metro. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/ REUTERS
18:59, 28 April 2020
Armenian authorities decide to mitigate state of emergency
Within ten days, Armenia will first minimize and then lift the restrictions on economic activities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces. Meanwhile, residents are allowed to go for walks up to one kilometer from their place of residence.
Policeman checks IDs in Grozny, April, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
18:38, 28 April 2020
In Chechnya, entrepreneurs alerted by conditions for quarantine mitigation
Small shops, petrol stations, and car service stations will be opened providing for compliance with security measures, announces Ramzan Kadyrov. The leader of Chechnya has threatened to seize the property of violators. Local businessmen believe it is risky to resume activities in such conditions.
Policemen detain an activist during protest action in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:18, 28 April 2020
Activists call on international community to help stop repressions in Azerbaijan
The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Security (IRFS) and members of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) called on the international community not to remain indifferent to human rights violations in Azerbaijan and help stop the persecution of government critics.
Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Photo courtesy of Nina Tumanova
13:14, 28 April 2020
"Syndicate-100" treats law on fakes as pressure on journalists
Authorities have begun actively using the coronavirus pandemic for putting pressure on independent mass media, says the statement made by the "Syndicate-100" Association of Russian Editions posted today.
Medics hospitalizing a patient. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
12:53, 28 April 2020
Chechnya: 42 administrative cases for violating self-isolation regime
42 residents of Chechnya face large fines for violating the self-isolation regime introduced in the republic because of the threat of coronavirus spread.
Law enforcers during detention. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorism Committee: http://nac.gov.ru
11:13, 28 April 2020
For thirteenth time, ICRF refuses to open case on torture in Anapa
For the thirteenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case on the torture complaints submitted by three residents of the city of Anapa. For about four years of conducting various checks, a lot of opportunities have been lost to obtain evidence in applicants' favour, said Anna Kotsareva, a lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT).
Tskhinval. Photo: Juliet Kozaeva @ Cominf.org, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10435042
10:58, 28 April 2020
Bibilov allows calling Tskhinval as Stalinir
The name of "Stalinir" will be used to designate the capital of South Ossetia along with the modern name of the city (Tskhinval or Tskhinvali) during the festivities dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the republic, has decided.
Police vehicles, Azerbaijan. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
08:21, 28 April 2020
Azerbaijani oppositionist complains of beating by law enforcers
Law enforcers have beaten up Arif Babaev, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and forced him to abandon his political activities, his brother said.
At the place of explosion in Volgograd, April 27, 2020. Photo: https://bloknot-volgograd.ru/news/fotootchet-s-mesta-vzryva-granaty-v-avtomobile-69--1217584
01:50, 28 April 2020
Sources report man's death from grenade explosion in Volgograd
A grenade has exploded in a car parked in a street in Volgograd, killing a man, a source from the city's emergency services has preliminarily reported.
Grozny residents in medical masks in public transport, April 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
21:22, 27 April 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov announces step-by-step lifting of coronavirus restrictions
Chechnya will most likely first open small shops, car service stations, and petrol stations with a small number of employees, the leader of the Chechen Republic has announced today.
Medical worker is taking COVID-19 test. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
21:03, 27 April 2020
Dagestan remains leader in number of coronavirus-infected people in NCFD
Over 24 hours, in Dagestan, the number of cases of coronavirus infection increased by 167 and reached 994. These are the highest numbers among the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
A hand of a law enforcer. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
18:03, 27 April 2020
Social network users support appeal to Kadyrov about detention of Chechen resident
A mother of Magomed Khaikharoev from the village of Assinovskaya, who was detained by law enforcers more than four months ago, has appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov. The woman has requested the leader of Chechnya to release her son. Instagram users supported the appeal of the woman.
Rally in Vladikavkaz, April 20, 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
17:45, 27 April 2020
Russian watchdog associates outbreak of coronavirus with a rally in Vladikavkaz
In North Ossetia, the number of coronavirus cases increased by 148 over 24 hours and reached 549. According to the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision), the growth of the number of coronavirus-infected people increased significantly because of a mass protest in Vladikavkaz and violation of the regime of self-isolation by residents of the republic.
A man wearing a face mask. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:51, 27 April 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 20-26, 2020
Increase in the number of coronavirus-infected people in Southern Russia and in the countries of Southern Caucasus; new forms of actions in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire; beginning of Ramadan without collective prayers in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 20-26, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7754
14:47, 27 April 2020
Azerbaijan announces shelling attack on its village on border with Armenia
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in a village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 25 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.
Seda Safaryan. Photo: https://hetq.am/ru/article/69722
14:31, 27 April 2020
General Prosecutor's Office to investigate beating of advocate's relatives in Armenia
On April 26, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia reported a launch of an investigation into a criminal case on a hooligan attack on relatives of advocate Seda Safaryan. The advocate herself associated the incident with her professional activities.
A village in the Kvemo Kartli Region. Photo: G.N, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57920982
11:19, 27 April 2020
Eastern Georgia is under strict quarantine due to coronavirus
On April 26, the Tetritskaro municipality in the Kvemo Kartli Region was closed for quarantine. Block posts have been deployed at entrances thereto, Shota Rekhviashvili, the state representative of Kvemo Kartli, told the "Rustavi-2" TV Company.
Believer praying. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:05, 27 April 2020
Muslims of Southern Russia deny collective prayers in Ramadan
Given the ban on collective namazes (prayers), believers of Southern Russia are praying at home and hold evening de-fasting during the holy month of Ramadan within their families. They have treated the restrictive measures with understanding.
A street in the centre of Grozny. Photo: press service of the City Administration, http://grozmer.ru/objavlenija/uvazhaemye-uchastniki-dorozhnogo-dvizhen-2296.html
10:47, 27 April 2020
Grozny residents report difficulties due to blocked streets
Because of repairs of underground utilities, several streets in central Grozny are blocked. It has become more difficult for people in quarantine to make purchases within the time allotted by the authorities, residents of Grozny complained.
11:57, 26 April 2020
Yerevan: political analysts argue over reasons for head of Russian MFA's statement on Karabakh settlement
The statement by Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, on a possibility of a step-by-step settlement of the Karabakh conflict by liberating a number of areas around Nagorno-Karabakh has become part of political bargaining, but not a concrete proposal, analysts in Yerevan believe.
News
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Three regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

An Astrakhan resident was arrested for promoting non-traditional values.

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.