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Law enforcers in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video at the Telegram Videos channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy0BMTNv3c0
13:45, 1 June 2020
Grozny residents criticize policemen for raids and fines
Police raids to find violators of the self-isolation regime and high fines imposed are criticized by residents of Grozny.
A law enforcer. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-neytralizovany-shestero-banditov.html#&gid=1&pid=5
13:42, 1 June 2020
On May 25-31, at least two persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 25-31, 2020, at least two people perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there was no information about the wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its our own materials and information from open sources.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:38, 1 June 2020
Armenian Premier got infected with COVID-19
The coronavirus test of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, proved to be positive; he has switched over to remote work.
The identity check in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
11:04, 1 June 2020
Residents of Chechnya complain about police checks related to coronavirus
They have received an audio message on the WhatsApp, whose author announced the tightening of police checks in connection with the measures to counter coronavirus. According to their story, law enforcers demand from people to wear medical masks even in the street.
Screenshot of the video of dog fights, published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan https://www.facebook.com/polisazerbaycan/posts/2553923998158231
10:56, 1 June 2020
Dogfight organizers arrested in Azerbaijan
After the appearance of video of dog fights on social networks in Azerbaijan, the police detained four organizers thereof. The country's legislation has gaps regarding responsibility for cruelty to animals, lawyers and animal rights advocates have noted.
Girls on a beach in Batumi. Photo by Yuliya Kasheta for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:54, 1 June 2020
Georgian hotels get ready for tourist season amid uncertainty
The Georgian authorities have set operation rules for hotels and restaurants, but the entry conditions for holidaymakers and tourist routes have not yet been defined. The new rules assume additional costs, but not all hotels can bear them.
At the place of special operation in Sunzha, May 30, 2020. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-respublike-ingushetiya-provedena-kto.html#&gid=1&pid=3
11:24, 31 May 2020
CTO in Sunzha was this year's third one conducted in Ingushetia
On May 30, the Ingush operative headquarters announced the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Sunzha, where a shootout broke out. According to law enforcers, the militants' shelter was taken by storm. Two militants were killed during the CTO, law enforcement sources said.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left), Svetlana Gannushkina (centre), Akmed Zakaev. Collage by the 'Caucasian Knot'. Screenshots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvIRue9zB4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDVNm5shA3Y и https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbQTEQ4mqs
11:10, 31 May 2020
Kadyrov's appeal to Ichkeria* supporters sparks analysts' scepticism
The Ramzan Kadyrov's promise to forgive his opponents from the Chechen Diaspora was made for self-promotion; it won't get any real response, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Screenshot from video appeal by one of Cherkessk ambulance workers: http://www.instagram.com/p/CAyOfonKAlD/
10:46, 31 May 2020
Cherkessk health workers complain of massive COVID-19 infection
The ambulance staff of the city of Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has recorded a series of video appeals about the coronavirus infection because of the shortage of protective means. As a result, the number of ambulance teams in operation has reduced by three times; patients waiting for ambulances for four to six hours, medics have informed.
20:46, 30 May 2020
Sources report shootout of Batalkhadjins in Surkhakhi
The decision of some Batalkhadjins to leave the clan has led to a conflict in the Nazran District of Ingushetia; several people were hospitalized after the shootout, sources have reported.
19:38, 30 May 2020
In Armenia, 60 refugee families receive housing certificates
Certificates for the purchase of housing were received by 60 families of refugees from Azerbaijan, who live in non-privatized dormitory rooms, the Migration Service of Armenia has informed.
Screenshot: tut.dagestan https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxHq1WgCyy/
19:21, 30 May 2020
Cell tower issues splits Novy Chirkei villagers
The signalmen have installed a cell tower in the village of Novy Chirkei of the Kizilyurt District without coordination with local residents, the villagers who took part in the protest rally have explained. If people lose their cellular communication and Internet access, then, protesters will be the first to demand the restoration of communication, other villagers assert.
One of those killed during special operation in the Khasavyurt District on May 22, 2020. Photo: National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru
19:05, 30 May 2020
Investigators leave questions about links of those killed in Dagestan with IS unanswered
Seven days after the incident, investigators have failed to finally identify all those alleged militants killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Khasavyurt District, a source from the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed. The issue of their involvement in terrorist organizations remains unclear.
Batumi. Photo: Uwe Brodrecht https://ru.wikipedia.org
12:42, 30 May 2020
Uncertainty in opening Georgia for tourists scares Adjara entrepreneurs
The promises by Georgian authorities to open the country on July 1 have pleased the entrepreneurs working in the tourism industry. However, so far, many issues of the tourist sector amid the threat of coronavirus spread have not been resolved, the owners of hotels and hostels in Adjara interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.
12:27, 30 May 2020
Ruslan Amirov arrested again in Azerbaijan
Ruslan Amirov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days. This is his second administrative arrest within the last two months. The PFPA believes that Amirov is being persecuted for his political views.
Elkhan Suleimanov. Screenshot from video posted by Grozny TV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAu6MN2IGcD/
11:38, 30 May 2020
Suleimanov's call for strict quarantine triggers new discontent among residents of Chechnya
Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health (MPH), has urged residents of the republic to take quarantine measures even more rigorously amid the growth of coronavirus infection cases. There is the third month of self-isolation; people have no money even to buy foodstuffs, and local residents were indignant.
Mobile medical camp in Buynaksk. Photo: press service of Buynaksk Administration
11:25, 30 May 2020
Eleven persons hospitalized from border tent camp in Dagestan
Eleven Azerbaijani citizens from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) in Dagestan, where they are waiting for the opening of the state border, were taken to the Derbent City Hospital. One of them was diagnosed as having coronavirus infection.
Illustration to the report 'Killed by gossips-2'. Author: Olga Averinova. Photo: https://xn--80abdnmdd8ddgec3d.xn--p1ai/reports/ubitye-spletnyami-2-analiz-sudebnykh-prigovorov-otchet-2020-goda/
08:36, 30 May 2020
Rights defenders call for tougher sentences for "honour killings" in Northern Caucasus
Courts in Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia are used to justify the so-called "honour killings" by the immoral behaviour of the victims themselves, the authors of the report, "Killed by gossips-2", assert.
Residents of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District demand to dismantle the 5G-communication tower. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvEM_GpmE2/
08:25, 30 May 2020
Dagestani villagers threaten to burn 5G tower down
Residents of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District said they have no need of high-speed Internet, and demanded to dismantle the 5G-communication tower.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAw5-iiIzzC/
21:49, 29 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov responds to version of his re-hospitalization
After the appearance of the information about his departure to Moscow for medical treatment, the leader of Chechnya has declared that he stays in the republic and continues working.
News
Robert Kocharyan, Gagik Tsarukyan, Samvel Karapetyan, and Nikol Pashinyan (left to right). Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Pashinyan's rivals' campaign calls into question the peace agenda

The right of return to Karabakh has become a topic of discussion on social media.

Social media users debated the future of Karabakh and Armenia.

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.