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Medical worker wearing a face mask. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
17:16, 21 March 2020
Armenian Parliament approves punishment for violating quarantine
The amendments approved by the Armenian Parliament provide for heavy administrative fines for violating the quarantine regime or the prescription for self-isolation; and in case of mass infection of people, violators face up to five years in prison.
Believers in the Golotl mosque, Chechnya. Photo: press service of the Shamil District Administration, http://шамильский.рф/press-tsentr/novosti/gasanov-magomed-ibragimovich-poobshchalsya-s-zhitelyami-selo-golotl-_1074
16:13, 21 March 2020
Residents of Chechnya support Muftiate's refusal to introduce restrictions because of coronavirus
The danger of coronavirus spread has not stopped believers in Chechnya from attending mosques.
Armenian soldiers. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am
15:49, 21 March 2020
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling on frontline
During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 30, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Ingush elders. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the Caucasian Knot
11:52, 21 March 2020
Ingush Teip members explain their decision to boycott all-Russian vote
The open letters to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on supporting the boycott of the nationwide vote on constitutional amendments were unanimously adopted by the councils of elders of Ingush Teips, members thereof told the "Caucasian Knot".
Tangim Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Magomed Akhmedov for the Caucasian Knot
11:39, 21 March 2020
About 50 law enforcers raid Tangim Mosque
They explained their next raid conducted at the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala as the "Debtor" operation. However, as usual, they wrote down believers' personal data. Despite law enforcers' regular raids and the threat of coronavirus infection, the attendance of the mosque has not dropped, the believers themselves have reported.
11:26, 21 March 2020
Salary paid, Tkibuli miners stop striking
Workers of the Dzidziguri Mine are back at work after the company bosses have partially satisfied their demands. Working in mines is still unsafe, but miners have to maintain their families, they have stated.
08:50, 21 March 2020
Moscow law enforcers disrupt picket in Gadjiev's support
Gasan Chankhiev, a native of Dagestan, has reported his detention during a solo picket in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, held in Moscow.
Ilyas Mazhaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jke7MTWurEM
08:35, 21 March 2020
Ilyas Mazhaev's return to homeland shows Chechen authorities' paternalism
By helping Ilyas Mazhaev to return to his relatives from Moscow, the authorities have shown that Ramzan Kadyrov is also the head of those Chechens, who are outside the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have indicated.
Screenshot of Laura Kurdjieva Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B985am3A993/
08:24, 21 March 2020
Kemal Tambiev goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism, has demanded to provide him with books, the Koran and create due conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) cell, where he is kept.
Akhmed Barakhoev. Photo courtesy of the HRC 'Memorial' press service: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/barahoev-ahmed-osmanovich
23:54, 20 March 2020
Arrest of Akhmed Barakhoev extended
In the Stavropol Territory, a court pronounced a decision to leave Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the Ingush protests, in custody until April 11.
22:23, 20 March 2020
Azerbaijani leader accuses opposition of provocations in connection with coronavirus
In connection with the threat of the coronavirus infection, members of the opposition are spreading panic among the population, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev states. He has called the opposition the "traitors." Leaders of the opposition parties state the Ilham Aliev's allegations are unfounded.
18:02, 20 March 2020
Azerbaijan celebrates Novruz amid restrictions
For the first time in the post-Soviet history, Azerbaijan cancelled mass events and festivities on the occasion of the Novruz Bayrami holiday. The country is closed to tourists. In his holiday message, President Ilham Aliev did not rule out the possibility of introduction of a state of emergency because of the coronavirus infection.
Zalina Djabaeva, a resident of Grozny, voicing a public apology on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FltZaIvY3lg&feature=emb_title
17:41, 20 March 2020
Grozny woman publicly apologizes for her panic message about coronavirus
On March 19, Zalina Djabaeva, a resident of Grozny, voiced a public apology on the air of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Company). The woman said her report about a hospital in the village of Sernovodskoye closed because of a case of the coronavirus infection was caused by her concern over her relatives' health.
Central Juma Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo: press service of the Central Juma Mosque
14:49, 20 March 2020
Restrictions due to coronavirus threat introduced in mosques of Nalchik and Makhachkala
Some believers in Nalchik and Makhachkala have refused to visit mosques amid the restrictions imposed due to the threat of coronavirus spread.
Face masks. Photo: REUTERS/Craig Lassig
14:18, 20 March 2020
Analysts criticize restrictions on press freedom in Armenia ascribed to coronavirus
The Armenian Police have warned three online editions for their posts about the spread of coronavirus in the world. The demand to restrict publications on this topic under the state of emergency is absurd and creates unnecessary problems in the information environment, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/cebhe-bolgesindeki-herbi-hisselerin-ziyareti-davam-edir-video-30454.html
13:57, 20 March 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 25 shelling attacks
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated that the positions of its army were shelled, including from sniper rifles.
At the entrance to Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot from video 'Trip to Nagorno-Karabakh posted at YouTube Channel 'Intourist Armenia': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA2etV4w5O4
12:26, 20 March 2020
NKR: tourism in disaster because of coronavirus
The threat of a new infection has almost paralyzed the work of small businesses in the tourism sector of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), as the flow of applications for travels has abruptly stopped, local entrepreneurs have complained to the "Caucasian Knot".
Musa Malsagov (left) and Barakh Chemurziev (right) attending hearings at the Yessentuki City Court, March 19, 2020. Photo by Magomed Abubakarov for the Caucasian Knot
12:11, 20 March 2020
Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov left under arrest
The Yessentuki City Court has extended the custody of the Ingush activists, Barakh Chemurziev and Musa Malsagov, accused under the article of creating an extremist community, until April 11, 2020. Chemurziev needs medicines that are not available at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.
11:57, 20 March 2020
Activists link arrest of Azerbaijani poet with song about Bagirzade
Elvin Muradov, a religious activist and a poet, has been arrested on charges of illegal arms dealing; his defence has appealed against the arrest. Activists believe that he is being persecuted for his poems and songs dedicated to Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" movement.
A woman wearing face mask in a store. Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
11:44, 20 March 2020
Analysts dispute on nature of rush demand in Chechnya
Residents of Chechnya have succumbed to panic and began buying out foodstuffs, although it is now wiser to buy imported goods, Sergey Zhavoronkov, an economist, has stated. In her turn, Olga Kryshtanovskaya, a sociologist, believes that there is no real panic yet, and people are simply guided by their life experiences.
News
A photograph used by users to claim that Azerbaijani forces are using construction equipment to destroy the "We Are Our Mountains" monument. Photo: https://civilnet.am/hy/news/1012657 Information about the demolition of the Karabakh symbol has been called fake.

20 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jabrayil region.

Damage to a pipeline has led to pollution of the Caspian Sea.

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.