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Participants of protest rally in Baku, February 16, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:22, 17 February 2020
Activists count 55 detainees in Baku (+video)
Law enforcers took dozens of opposition activists and their supporters detained in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, far out of the city and released there, activists report.
Elena Milashina. Screenshot from video posted at YouTube Channel 'HRC Memorial' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-BkcWQP5L0
11:11, 17 February 2020
Milashina rebukes Chechen law enforcers for unwillingness to investigate her beating
Chechen policemen have failed to request videos from the surveillance cameras in the hotel, where Elena Milashina, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta", and Marina Dubrovina, a Krasnodar lawyer, were beaten up, in order to identify the attackers, said Elena.
Piligrims in Mecca. Photo: REUTERS/Waleed Ali
11:00, 17 February 2020
Rise of Hajj tour cost worries residents of Chechnya
Chechnya has stated accepting documents from believers who wish to make a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. This year, the cost of pilgrimage has grown up by almost 10% and amounts to 3600 US dollars, the Muftiate of Chechnya has informed. Some residents of the republic and Instagram users find the cost of the tour too high.
11:44, 16 February 2020
Azerbaijani serviceman killed in conflict zone
On Saturday, February 15, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army died from an opponent's shot on the troops contact line, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
11:42, 16 February 2020
Law enforcers threatened to disperse oppositional rally in Baku
Law enforcers have warned the organizers of a rally scheduled at the building of Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) that the unsanctioned action will be suppressed. Oppositionists treat the warning as unlawful.
Сaucasian (cavalry) reconnaissance. France Roubaud. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кавказская_война#/media/Файл:Roubaud._Scene_from_Caucasian_war.jpg
11:39, 16 February 2020
Circassian organizations outraged at Russian Ambassador to Turkey's statements about Circassians
Alexei Erkhov, the Russian Ambassador, has distorted history and insulted the Circassian nation, the Federation of Caucasian Associations of Turkey (Kafkas Dernekleri Federasyonu – KAFFED) and the Federation of Circassian Associations have stated in response to Ambassador's words about Circassians' criminal way of life and their peaceful resettlement from Northern Caucasus to Turkey as a result of the Caucasian War.
Screenshot of the article published on the website of The Human Rights House Foundation https://humanrightshouse.org/statements/hrhf-calls-for-end-to-violence-against-azerbaijan-protestors/
11:26, 16 February 2020
HRHF calls on authorities to investigate violence against journalists in Azerbaijan
The Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) has demanded from Azerbaijani authorities to allow peaceful meetings in central Baku, and to impartially investigate the excessive use of force by policemen during dispersal of the February 11 action.
Screenshot of the post about the average salary increase by 6% in Chechnya https://www.instagram.com/p/B8gk5D5JdA7/
18:09, 15 February 2020
Residents of Chechnya disbelieve wage growth statistics
In 2019, the average salary increased by 6% and reached 27,600 roubles, the "Chechenstat" has claimed. Most of employers offer much less salaries; and there were no bonuses or surpluses during the year, residents of the republic have stated.
Elena Milashina, a columnist for the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/GL0PmG9ZdGY
18:04, 15 February 2020
Journalist receive murder threat a week after she was beaten up in Grozny
The author of a letter to the editorial board of the "Novaya Gazeta" has threatened the journalist, Elena Milashina, with a "death sentence" for her publications about Chechnya and Ramzan Kadyrov. In another threat posted in social networks, the recent attack on Milashina in Grozny is called a warning to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
11:31, 15 February 2020
Chechnya: Assembly of Caucasian Nations urges police to release detained invalid
Ruslan Turaev, a resident of Grozny, disappeared on February 9, and, as his relatives report, law enforcers refused to confirm his detention. They said that without the proper medications, Turaev could fall into coma. The Assembly of Caucasian Nations has urged the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to help to set Turaev free.
The police interferes with the journalists' work, October 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:28, 15 February 2020
Journalists demand to investigate actions of Azerbaijani police
The Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office (PO) has issued a warning of non-compliance with the professional ethics to four journalists because of their participation in the action on February 11. In protest, journalists have torn the PO's notifications into pieces and demanded to investigate the actions of the policemen who interfered with their work.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
11:25, 15 February 2020
Criticism of Kadyrov's cadre decisions forced him to find excuses
Most of Kadyrov's relatives hold rank-and-file positions in law enforcement structures, the head of Chechnya himself has stated in response to criticism of his cadre decisions. At the same time, he admitted that the kinship with Akhmat-haji Kadyrov (Ramzan's father) promotes a career in Chechnya.
08:57, 15 February 2020
Law enforcers refuse to disclose reasons for searches of rights defenders in Dagestan
Law enforcers have associated the searches of the partners of the "Legal Initiative" conducted in Dagestan on February 13 with some operative-search activities, but failed to present specific grounds for such actions, Ksenia Babich, the press secretary of the "Legal Initiative", has informed.
08:54, 15 February 2020
Contract soldier perishes in NKR
Ayk Asryan, a contract soldier, has died from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.
Zubayr Reshidov (on the left) brings public apologies. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1938&v=aXqzii_aoCc&feature=emb_logo
08:45, 15 February 2020
Practice of public repentances strengthens fear in Chechnya
Public repentances widespread in Chechnya cannot be legal proof of a person's guilt, lawyers assert. The aim of forcing people to apologize is to intimidate them with a threat of humiliation, Lev Levinson, a human rights defender, believes.
The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:01, 14 February 2020
Believers report new features of raids near "Tangim" Mosque in Dagestan
Today, in Makhachkala, in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque, law enforcers were asking people to produce their IDs. The law enforcers' attention was focused on men wearing beards, believers reported. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) called the raid an ordinary security event.
21:59, 14 February 2020
Law enforcers shelled during search in Ingushetia
A resident of Ingushetia shelled law enforcers from a pistol while they were searching his house, sources reported. According to them, the attacker was Yunus Vidzizhev, a participant of March protests.
A post on Boris Kodzoev's account on Facebook. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2473431826239844&set=gm.811808225962519&type=3&theater
21:55, 14 February 2020
"Neotlozhka" stops its activities after pressure from law enforcers
Today, volunteers of the "Neotlozhka" (Emergency Care) group will submit the last transfer to the arrested Ingush activists, and after that the project will be stopped, reports group leader Boris Kodzoev. The news aroused regret among relatives of the imprisoned activists.
A journalist wounded during the protest action gets medical help. Baku, 2012. Photo: REUTERS/Abbas Atilay
21:44, 14 February 2020
RWB condemns violence against journalists in Azerbaijan
The international organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) engaged in protection of journalists condemned pressure on media correspondents in Azerbaijan during the parliamentary elections held on February 9 and called on the authorities to investigate all cases of attacks on journalists.
The action in Stepanakert on the 32nd anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:49, 14 February 2020
Veterans of Karabakh movement state society's disunity before election
The traditional action in Stepanakert on the 32nd anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement brought together about 40 veterans. The election campaign creates tensions and distracts local residents from republic's major problems, the veterans have stated.
News
Azerbaijani opposition figure Arif Hajili faces a travel ban.

A lawyer and human rights activist pointed out an investigative error in the case of blogger Magomeddibirov.

Social media users compared Skrepetsky's murder to the high-profile cases of Nemtsov and Politkovskaya.

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.