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    Ballot box. Photo: REUTERS/Shamil
    22:37, 16 September 2021
    In Stavropol Territory, opposition complains about unequal conditions of election race
    According to members of the Stavropol branch of the “Yabloko” Party, the TV airtime is mainly devoted to the PR of the party in power, and almost no time was allocated for debates. Members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) complained about the intentional destruction of leaflets and the unwillingness of advertising companies to cooperate with the opposition.
    Goris-Kapan highway. Photo: Facebook / Human Rights Defender of Armenia
    22:01, 16 September 2021
    Azerbaijani police checks on Goris-Kapan road do not affect Armenian drivers
    On the road from Goris to Kapan, Azerbaijani policemen do not inspect cars with Armenian state registration numbers, but residents of border regions prefer to use an alternative road. There are complaints against Azerbaijani policemen for their rough treatment, the Vice Mayor of Goris reports.
    Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot: Stand-Up Club #1/Youtube
    18:25, 16 September 2021
    Court allows comic Mirzalizade’s return to Russia
    The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has suspended an order of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) on a life-long ban on the return to Russia of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade.
    Igor Khoroshilov. Photo from Igor Khoroshilov's Facebook page
    18:09, 16 September 2021
    Defence associates Khoroshilov’s arrest with his journalistic activities
    Rostov journalist Igor Khoroshilov is under investigation, since top-ranking officials consider him involved in critical posts on Telegram channels, journalist’s advocate Yevgeny Berkovich believes.
    Flags of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the border. Photo: Hayk Manukyan / Human Rights Defender of Armenia
    13:42, 16 September 2021
    Villagers block road from Sotk to Vardenis
    Today, residents of the villages in the Gegarkunik Region have blocked the road from the village of Sotk to the town of Vardenis. They demand to cancel the decision to unite the Gegamasar community with Vardenis. The protestors fear that the enlargement of the community will lead to an outflow of the population from the border zone.
    Agitation banners. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
    13:28, 16 September 2021
    Kuban voters claim being forced to vote at work
    In Kuban, public sector employees and workers of enterprises are being forced to detach themselves from the polling stations at their places of residence and to vote at their places of work, which makes it possible to control the voter turnout, members of political parties claim.
    Protesters in Vladikavkaz, April 20, 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
    13:10, 16 September 2021
    Advocates doubt chances of amnesty for opponents of quarantine in North Ossetia
    Advocates interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” see practically no chances for an amnesty for arrested and convicted participants of a protest action against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz in April 2020.
    11:54, 16 September 2021
    Azerbaijani law enforcers detain drivers from Iran on road from Goris to Kapan
    Two Iranian truck drivers who were transporting cement were detained on the road from Goris to Kapan near the village of Vorotan, Armenian media report. The detained truck drivers illegally crossed the border of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan claims.
    Akhmed Zakaev. Screenshot of video poste by NEP Prague, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2dbgV1fqho
    11:41, 16 September 2021
    Kadyrov threatens Zakaev with reprisal
    The leader of Chechnya promised to burn Akhmed Zakaev, living in Great Britain. Ramzan Kadyrov stated that Akhmed Zakaev promised to return to Chechnya from emigration, but did not keep his word.
    Check point at Abkhazia-Russia border. Photo: user: DILIN, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Государственная_граница_Республики_Абхазия
    08:41, 16 September 2021
    Three law enforcers suspected of torturing tourist in Abkhazia
    Policemen have exceeded their powers by using violence when detaining and interrogating a Russian tourist, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia has stated.
    Participants of a pre-election action, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIYM8daJ-Y
    08:29, 16 September 2021
    Chechen clergy join campaigning for Kadyrov
    At the actions held in different districts of Chechnya with the participation of state servants, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, and other religious leaders called to come to the polls and support the policy pursued by the current authorities.
    Lessons at the Muslim school 'New generation' in Makhachkala. Photo: website of the 'New generation' school, http://www.ng05.ru
    23:42, 15 September 2021
    Conflict over headscarves highlights extreme points of school dress code in Dagestan
    In Dagestan, some schools violate the schoolgirls’ rights by the requirement to wear a headscarf, while other schools, on the contrary, prohibit wearing a hijab, report journalist Svetlana Anokhina and blogger Maryam Alieva.
    Policemen detain a resident of Armenia, who went to a picket. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-19al8Pe7vQ
    22:56, 15 September 2021
    A relative of a deceased soldier detained at a picket in Yerevan
    The police detained a resident of Armenia, who went to a picket with a demand to abandon the solemn celebration of the Independence Day of Armenia and observe the mourning for those killed during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
    The Baku Court of Appeal. Photo: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Судебная_система_Азербайджана
    17:26, 15 September 2021
    In Baku, Court of Appeal recognizes arrest of journalist Aslanov’s brother as lawful
    The Baku Court of Appeal refused to grant a complaint filed by Niyameddin Aslanzade about his administrative arrest. Niyameddin Aslanzade was taken into custody as a warning to his brother, Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, not to complain about the violation of the rights of prisoners, a spouse of Polad Aslanov suggests.
    Anri Ateiba. Photo: Facebook/David Dasania
    17:15, 15 September 2021
    Law enforcers explain death of a detainee in Gagra by suicide
    Anri Ateiba, a resident of Abkhazia, died in a hospital a month after a suicide attempt in a temporary detention facility, the Prosecutor’s Office reported. Relatives of the deceased young man believe that law enforcers were involved in his death.
    Ruslan Zakriev. Screenshot of video posted by NTV, http://www.ntv.ru/video/1083883
    15:26, 15 September 2021
    Chechen writer criticizes court’s refusal to recognize him as a co-author of “Avatar”
    In Moscow, a court has again dismissed a claim of Chechen writer Ruslan Zakriev, who requested to recognize him as a co-author of the film “Avatar”. The writer considered the court’s decision to be ordered, and his lawyer intends to file an appeal.
    An Armenian soldier at a combat post. Screenshot of video posted by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am/hy/news/9921
    15:04, 15 September 2021
    Soldier detained after shooting his colleagues in Armenia
    A soldier is suspected of killing his colleague and wounding another while on duty at a combat position, and he is detained, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reports.
    Police detain a participant of a protest rally in Vladikavkaz, April 20, 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
    14:21, 15 September 2021
    Relatives of convicted opponents of quarantine in North Ossetia appeal to President Putin for amnesty
    Relatives appealed to the Russian President with a request to pardon 38 arrested and convicted participants of protests against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz in April 2020.
    Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Musaev / IA 'Grozny-Inform', http://www.grozny-inform.ru
    12:30, 15 September 2021
    Kadyrov raises topic of agreements with “Ichkerians” before election of republic’s leader
    Ramzan Kadyrov spent hours talking with former officials who in the 1990s and early 2000s spoke for the Chechnya’s independence. Over the past two days, the five-hour recording of the conversation was broadcast twice on the “Grozny” state-run TV Channel.
    Remains of a rocket after shelling of Martuni (Khojavend), October 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
    12:15, 15 September 2021
    Relatives of dead soldiers urge to cancel celebrations on occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day
    In their appeal to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, about 350 parents and relatives of soldiers who were killed in the 2020 autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, called on to cancel the celebrations timed to the Independence Day of Armenia.
    News
    A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

    Operations at four airports in southern Russia have been suspended.

    Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

    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.