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Detainees accused of drinking alcoholic beverages and using psychotropic substances. Screenshot of Instagram post made by eldit_net, https://www.instagram.com/p/B9MBhWGK3Hh/
18:02, 2 March 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize law enforcers for video with condemnation of detainees
The publication of a new video in which the chief of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) is reproaching detainees for drinking alcoholic beverages and using psychotropic substances indicates the inefficiency of the public condemnation practice, local residents note.
Soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7508
14:00, 2 March 2020
Azerbaijan reports shelling attacks on villages bordering Armenia
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled from large-calibre machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijani reports today.
Memorial events involving relatives of the deceased soldiers from the Pskov Airborne Division and Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from video posted on Kadyrov's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HsLPuoKzd/
13:48, 2 March 2020
Chechen TV viewers criticize report in memory of Pskov paratroopers
A story prepared by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Company) about events in memory of the Pskov paratroopers killed 20 years ago near Ulus-Kert provoked indignation among social network users, and a number of followers of the "Grozny" ChGTRK's page on Instagram decreased by 3000 people.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI / YouTube
11:21, 2 March 2020
Tumso Abdurakhmanov reports his good health condition after attempt
The blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who was attacked in late February, has warned his relatives that for some time he would not be able to keep in touch with them.
Ramzan Uzuev and Magomed Abubakarov Screenshot from the video posted on the "One Case" YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYYDKvyHWug
11:05, 2 March 2020
Advocates attract public attention to Khamukovs' case
Magomed Abubakarov and Ramzan Uzuev have urged as many people as possible to write letters to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation ICRF) asking them to stop the criminal prosecution of residents of Baksan, Asker and Lianna Khamukov.
A resident of Dagestan apologizes for foul language when filming a street conflict of local residents with policemen. Screenshot of Instagram post made by Dagestani MIA: https://www.instagram.com/mvd.dagestan/
10:51, 2 March 2020
Dagestani police ignore Minister's call not to publish detainees' repentances
A resident of Dagestan has apologized for foul language when filming a street conflict of local residents with policemen. The video of repentance was posted by the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), despite the request of the head thereof not to post videos with apologies.
Screenshot from video footage of the operative-search activities during detaining of Isa Altemirov, https://www.instagram.com/p/B8R1jyhHENx/
10:42, 2 March 2020
Suspect of leak of operative video in Ingushetia detained
A resident of Ingushetia is suspected of the leak of the operative video, after which a woman who got into it was killed.
11:59, 1 March 2020
In Baku, women-activists support Ibragim, arrested oppositionist
Female activists from the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) tried to hold a protest action outside the building of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), demanding to release the arrested Mamed Ibragim. The police prevented the action and ousted the activists away from the MIA building.
Screenshot of the "Dozhd" TV Channel live of the "Nemtsov's March" held in Moscow on February 29, 2020 https://youtu.be/wf18oS38LQ8
11:57, 1 March 2020
Advocate states investigators' inaction in Nemtsov's case (+video)
There is virtually no investigation into the murder of the oppositional politician, Boris Nemtsov, stated the advocate for the Nemtsov family, who took part in a protest rally in Moscow.
The Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:53, 1 March 2020
Dagestanis' defence divulges lie of secret witness
The secret witness, who testified in the case of four residents of Buynaksk, was able to identify only Ali Ramazanov among the defendants; he mixed up the names of others.
Doctors examine hunger-strikers. Photo from Elman Guliev's page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2915991605129740&set=pcb.2915991671796400&type=3&theater"
11:50, 1 March 2020
Health condition of Azerbaijani activist worsens on third day of hunger strike
Elman Guliev, the head of the youth wing of the "Musavat" Party, has sharply dropped blood pressure; and doctors advised him to stop his hunger strike. But he continues it together with Elshad Israfil, another activist.
11:46, 1 March 2020
Stepanakert resident pay tribute to victims of Sumgait pogroms
A ceremony of laying flowers in memory of victims of Sumgait pogroms was held at the Memorial Complex in Stepanakert. Housing problems of about 20 percent of refugee families have not been resolved yet, said Saro Saryan, the head of the NGO "Artsakh Union of Armenian Refugees from Azerbaijan".
Screenshot of the report on the events in honour of perished Pskov paratroopers by the "Grozny" TV channel, https://youtu.be/Vn_6TCwHZUw
11:44, 1 March 2020
Residents of Chechnya outraged by events in honour of perished Pskov paratroopers
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the battle of the 6th company of the Pskov Airborne Division with militants in Chechnya, mourning events were held with the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov. Local residents have accused the authorities of cynicism and offered to perpetuate the memory of war victims, not of paratroopers.
11:21, 29 February 2020
Yerevan commemorates victims of riots in Sumgait
Mourning events in memory of the victims of riots in Sumgait were held at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan. Eyewitnesses of the Sumgait events told about the killings of Armenians and about how they themselves managed to escape.
Barakh Chemurziev. Photo: screenshot of the video by Kavkaz.Realii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0TN_VlQnU
11:17, 29 February 2020
Ingush activist, Barakh Chemurziev, complains second time to ECtHR
He claims a violation of the principle of parties' contentiousness at trial, and a violation of the right to the freedom of assembly. Earlier, Barakh Chemurziev filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also claiming a violation of his rights, in particular, of the right to personal liberty and immunity.
The "Tangim" Mosque. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:49, 29 February 2020
Resident of Dagestan complains about being persecuted for visiting "Tangim" Mosque
The believer has reported that some time ago law enforcers wrote down his personal data after the Friday namaz (prayer) in the Makhachkala mosque, and then forced him, by means of threats, to come to the police for "conversation". During the raid this Friday (February 28) at the mosque, law enforcers again stopped the Makhachkala resident.
The show of the clothing collection of the Chechen "Firdaus" fashion house on February 25, 2020. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/d0ODhSLr6BU
10:42, 29 February 2020
Facebook users ridicule fashion show in Paris staged by Kadyrov’s daughter
Commentators in the French-speaking segment of the Facebook have treated the show of the clothing collection of the Chechen "Firdaus" fashion house as "dictatorship's luxury" and a "carnival." The daughter of the assassinated human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, has claimed the inadmissibility of such events in the country that shelters political refugees from Chechnya.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of the video by BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f50I2dHc0kI
23:58, 28 February 2020
Attempt on blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov continues intimidation of Chechen Diaspora
An assassination attack on blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov is being actively discussed by members of the Chechen Diaspora. The authorities of Chechnya managed to spread an atmosphere of fear among Chechens in Europe, human rights defender Sasha Kulaeva notes.
Shaziya Nukh. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 28 February 2020
Circassian woman from Syria asks President Putin to grant her Russian citizenship
Shaziya Nukh, an 88-year-old repatriate, who arrived in Nalchik from Syria, appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to grant her Russian citizenship. Knowledge of one of the Russian languages, advanced age, and health state of the repatriate should become determining factors to grant her Russian citizenship under accelerated procedures, believes a human rights defender.
People in medical masks. Photo: REUTERS/David Mercado
19:22, 28 February 2020
Baku residents concerned over threat of coronavirus spread
Some of Baku residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" expressed their concern over the threat of the coronavirus decease entering the country, and the booming demand for protective equipment provoked a shortage of medical masks.
News
A picketer holds signs. Screenshot from RusNews photo from May 2, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/84132. Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

Armenian politicians began their campaign for votes before the start of their campaign.

Three Strong Armenia representatives arrested in voter bribery case

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.