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Detention of participants of the rally in Stepanakert. Screenshot from video posted on the Facebook page of Artsakh1 news website: https://www.facebook.com/Artsakh1.am/videos/575591263032118/
11:04, 19 March 2020
Participants of action in Stepanakert demand to investigate incident in Martuni
Activists of the Artsakh Revolutionary Party (ARP) have blocked traffic along the main street of Stepanakert, demanding a meeting with the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The action ended with clashes between activists and law enforcers; one protester was hospitalized; and 13 others were detained for several hours.
10:53, 19 March 2020
After selling air tickets, travel agent from Stavropol accused of financing terrorism
Lyudmila Baratova, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, sold air tickets from the city of Mineralnye Vody to Istanbul to the people, who subsequently moved to Syria and joined terrorists, investigators claim.
Chechen residents publicly apologize for behaviour of their relatives in Moscow. Screenshot from YouTube video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O_feVqiHk4
10:42, 19 March 2020
Forced homecoming is new method of Chechen "morale police"
Forcing the guilty natives of Chechnya to return from Moscow to their homeland is a new practice; however, the punishment for an offense must comply with the Russian legislation and the rule of law, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Policemen and participants of the action in front of the Turkish Embassy in Baku. Screenshot from video posted by AzadliqRadiosu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4gvtepiO6A&feature=emb_logo
08:38, 19 March 2020
Law enforcers use force against journalists at protest rally in Baku
Law enforcers have dispersed the protesters in front of the Turkish Embassy in Baku, who demanded to release Mubariz Mansimov, an Azerbaijani entrepreneur arrested in Istanbul. Law enforcers used force also against journalists.
Empty store shelves. Photo: REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
08:25, 19 March 2020
Residents of Chechnya ignore authorities' calls not to panic over coronavirus
Kadyrov's words that no one will die of hunger have failed to convince residents of Chechnya. They go even to Dagestan for buying foodstuffs.
Rally participants in Magas. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
21:22, 18 March 2020
Court extends arrest of Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev
A court has left Magomed Khamkhoev, a participant of a rally in Magas, in custody until June 25. The defence found the court's decision unfounded.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
20:52, 18 March 2020
Russia pays compensation to seven Georgian citizens for deportation
Seven Georgian citizens deported from Russia in 2006 received compensation awarded to them by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
17:33, 18 March 2020
Chechnya releases Aslan Maskhadov's associate Vakhid Murdashev
After Vakhid Murdashev, a former associate of Aslan Maskhadov, had left a penal colony, he was detained by law enforcers. The man was not released until several days had passed, his fellow villagers report today.
Military exercises of the Azerbaijani Army, April 18, 2018. Photo courtesy of the website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=26511
17:22, 18 March 2020
Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on three villages in Karabakh conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported.
Miner David Kublashvili in Tkibuli, Georgia. Photo: REUTERS / David Mdzinarishvili
13:35, 18 March 2020
Striking Tkibuli miners voice out new demands
On March 17, at a press conference in Tbilisi, workers of the Dzidziguri and Mindeli Mines demanded to open access to reports on the mine conditions. Public access will provide confidence in miners' secure work, human rights defenders believe.
Tskhinvali. Photo: Juliet Kozaeva https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Цхинвал
13:16, 18 March 2020
Residents of South Ossetia react to coronavirus threat by buying out foodstuffs
In recent days, South Ossetia watches a massive buy-out of foodstuffs and essentials; there is a shortage of medical masks, while the demand for airline tickets has dropped, local residents inform.
A man wearing medical mask. Photo: REUTERS/Jorge Delgado
11:27, 18 March 2020
Armenian authorities request help in countering coronavirus
Starting today, a fundraising campaign for the fight against the coronavirus infection has been announced in Armenia. The Ministry of Public Health intends to direct the raised funds to doctors' incentives and improvement of conditions in medical centres.
Adam Delimkhanov. Photo: President.az,, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78427320
11:15, 18 March 2020
Caucasian experts rule out any possibility of public apology of Delimkhanov's daughter
The responsibility for the actions of a Chechen girl, prior to her marriage, is on her father, Caucasian experts have noted in their comments to the video clip posted by Kheda Delimkhanova. In their opinion, no consequences will follow after the publication of the immodest video of Adam Delimkhanov's daughter.
A man wearing medical mask. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
11:02, 18 March 2020
North-Caucasian Muftiates introduce restrictions because of coronavirus
Muftiate of Dagestan has called on mosque Imams to reduce the time for Friday namazes (prayers); and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has suspended teaching Koran and the Islam basics.
Armenian blogger Sergey Sargsyan. Screenshot from video posted on Sergei Sargsyan's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/cheesofrenik/videos/3518958251507847/?eid=ARDTTkos3HB8tdrxe6iXeJgerUJjxbYynvfGinHXd55WZDX1s2CWGqGxgX4hA3iEoud9J--tydZGgV0r
08:50, 18 March 2020
Armenian blogger claims beating after posting video about coronavirus patient
After posting a humorous video about a coronavirus-infected woman from the Armenian city of Echmiadzin, who had hid her symptoms and infected her relatives, the author of the video, the Armenian blogger, Sergey Sargsyan, was beaten up.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
08:38, 18 March 2020
Journalist Afghan Mukhtarly early released in Azerbaijan
After being released from jail, the Azerbaijani journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, has left for Germany, where his relatives live.
Mukhtar and Ismail Kurbanovs waiting for the court verdict announcement. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
08:27, 18 March 2020
Advocate treats verdict to Kurbanov brothers as unjustified
The verdict to Mukhtar and Ismail Kurbanov, sentenced to long prison terms under the case of links with Syrian militants, will be appealed against, because their guilt has not been proved, Alfat Gabbasov, their advocate, is sure.
22:31, 17 March 2020
Three residents of Northern Caucasus arrested in case on financing of terrorism
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria and two residents of Dagestan, including a believer who visited the "Tangim" Mosque and who disappeared on March 11, are suspected of financing Syrian militants, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Chechen residents publicly apologize for behaviour of their relatives. Screenshot from video posted by the ChGTRK 'Grozny', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O_feVqiHk4
22:15, 17 March 2020
Chechen residents publicly apologize for behaviour of their relatives in Moscow
Chechen law enforcers found and forced to return to their homeland 47 natives of the republic. Relatives took responsibility for their behaviour and claimed on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Company) that they themselves complained to the authorities about their relatives who left the republic.
A woman in a medical mask buying food products. Photo: REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
18:54, 17 March 2020
Residents of Chechnya: restrictions introduced by authorities provoke panic
In Chechnya, an unprecedented flow of buyers in grocery stores and wholesale points was a reaction to measures against the spread of the coronavirus infection taken by the federal and republican authorities, local residents suggest.
News
Andzor Khalilov. Video screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQFssQnkgk8 Khalilov's case of illegally raising funds from equity holders has been referred to court.

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for failing to report to his unit.

The mother of a Nalchik man convicted in the Caliphate case complained about her son's harassment in prison.

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.