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Gazanfar Farzaliev, who came under fire during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. Screenshot of the video by "Meydan.TV" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bd4BtDSE3U
04:37, 8 April 2021
"Meydan.TV": Azeri victims of shelling complain about meagre compensations
Residents of Azerbaijani villages and towns, who came under fire during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, have declared that authorities had violated their promises of paying compensations for destroyed houses.
Law enforcers. Photo by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
04:32, 8 April 2021
Residents of Ingushetia tell about law enforcers' checks
In the evening on April 6, law enforcers completed their special actions in the Sunzha District; the mobile Internet disconnected for the time being was restored only on Wednesday morning, local residents have informed. According to unofficial information, the checks had to do with the case initiated after the rally in Magas.
A shot of the documentary "Doazuv" (Border) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVjOvRGS_
04:27, 8 April 2021
Filmmakers about Ingush protests outraged by ban to screen it at festival
The documentary "Doazuv" (Border) Maryana Kalmykova has been removed from screening at the "Artdocfest" festival because of the position of the Russian Ministry of Culture, which saw incitement of interethnic hatred in the film. It tells about protests of the residents of Ingushetia against the border agreement with Chechnya.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video by "Current Time" https://www.currenttime.tv/a/what-happened-to-salman-tepsurkaev/30921472.html
23:57, 7 April 2021
HRC “Memorial”* recognizes Salman Tepsurkaev as a political prisoner
Salman Tepsurkaev, a moderator of the opposition 1Adat Telegram Channel, fell victim to a campaign to persecute dissidents in Chechnya and he is a political prisoner, announces the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*.
Participants of a wedding procession in Chechnya during a preventive conversation. Screenshot of the video by the Chechen GIBDD (road police) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVDh6ljJwt/
23:54, 7 April 2021
Participants of Chechen wedding procession apologize to GIBDD for dangerous driving
The Chechen GIBDD (road police) releases a video in which four residents of Urus-Martan are apologizing for violating traffic rules on a wedding day.
A driveway to the yard where the building hosting the editorial office of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta” is located. Photo: Irina Gordienko / “Novaya Gazeta” https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/04/06/ushel-iz-pod-nosa
23:52, 7 April 2021
“Novaya Gazeta” sees no progress in investigation into “chemical attack” on its office
Despite numerous street surveillance cameras, the law enforcement bodies failed to find a person who poured chemical liquid over the entrance to the building hosting the editorial office of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”. The investigations into attacks on the newspaper employees were also ineffective.
The police during the rally. Yerevan, April 7, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VahhjnMYYHU
23:48, 7 April 2021
Police prevent protesters from breaking into building of Armenian government
Activists of the "Veto" movement accused the Armenian authorities of the pro-Turkish policy and concealment of information about combat losses and prisoners of war (POWs). Female participants of a rally dedicated to the Motherhood and Beauty Day tried to break into the government building. At least one of the protestors was detained.
Azerbaijani militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:32, 7 April 2021
Azerbaijani militaries suffer in explosion near Sugovushan village
The military servicemen, Aliev Punkhan Shaban oglu and Bakhtiyar Ilgaroglu, have been wounded in a mine explosion near the village of Sugovushan while searching for missing soldiers.
Zarifa Sautieva. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOqkJEtVfxs
20:30, 7 April 2021
Advocate reports health worsening of Ingush activist Sautieva
Zarifa Sautieva's health condition has deteriorated in recent days; she needs an endocrinologist's consultation, Bilan Dzugaev, her advocate, has stated.
Consequences of the shelling during the Karabakh conflict in the fall of 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:28, 7 April 2021
Azerbaijan: activists demand explanations from Moscow on use of "Iskanders" in Karabakh
A group of Azerbaijani journalists and bloggers has demanded from the Russian party to officially comment on the use of "Iskander" missile complexes in the recent Karabakh, as well as to investigate the use thereof in shelling of Shusha.
Poster of the film "Welcome to Chechnya" https://kino-film.su/titles/343885/dobro-pozalovat-v-cecnyu
12:12, 7 April 2021
Organizers of "Artdocfest" decide to show films about Chechen gays online
The "Artdocfest" festival has posted the film "Welcome to Chechnya" about the persecution of gays on its online platform; they are also preparing an online screening of the documentary "Quiet Voice". In Moscow, "the rules of life are dictated from Chechnya," said the programme director of the festival in connection with the pressure on the organizers.
Dmitry Glukhovsky. Photo: Yves Tennevin https://ru.wikipedia.org/
12:03, 7 April 2021
Russian screenwriter receives threats over "Topi" serial episodes with a Chechen woman
The serial "Topi" (Moors) to the scenario by Dmitry Glukhovsky, has outraged social network users from Chechnya, who treated the behaviour of the film's heroine as immoral. Some commentators demanded apologies from the writer; others expressed direct threats against him, after which Glukhovsky's personal data appeared on the Internet, including his address and cell phone number.
A private house damaged during the shelling in the fall of 2020. April 6, 2021. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:56, 7 April 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh residents report damage to nearly 7000 dwellings facilities
During the shelling in the fall of 2020, in the territory controlled by Karabakh authorities, a total of 6943 apartments and private houses were completely destroyed or damaged, as it follows from the applications submitted by local residents. In their turn, authorities counted 24 unrecoverable and 58 badly destroyed houses in Stepanakert and Martuni District.
Fragments of Iskander missiles found near the city of Shusha. Screenshot of the post https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/status/1377874870097313792
23:59, 6 April 2021
Russian analysts do not agree while assessing versions on use of Iskander in Karabakh war
Armenia may have a non-export version of Iskander missile systems, despite the Russia’s commitments not to provide such type of weapons to other countries, experts say. Direct sales to Yerevan of weapons intended for the Russian army have unlikely taken place, analyst Alexander Golts believes. He also doubts very much the possibility of Russia using Iskander missile systems during the Karabakh conflict.
A young woman firing a pistol into the air in a public place. Screenshot of the post on Instagram of the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya https://www.instagram.com/p/CNS9J_xKTem/
23:57, 6 April 2021
Chechen prosecutors to check a video with a young woman shooting from a pistol
The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has announced launching a check after a video posted on the Internet with a young woman firing a pistol into the air in a public place. Instagram users suggested that the video was filmed at a wedding party.
A special operation. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) © the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau)
23:52, 6 April 2021
Residents of Sunzha District alarmed by law enforcers’ activities
In Ingushetia, law enforcers accumulated their vehicles in the streets of several villages in the Sunzha District, and their activities were accompanied by a shutdown of mobile internet service, eyewitnesses say. The law enforcers did not explain to the local residents what was happening, the villagers complain.
Nizami Suleimanov. Photo: screenshot of the video https://turan.az/ext/news/2021/4/free/politics_news/ru/2802.htm/001
23:49, 6 April 2021
“Musavat” Party activist arrested in Azerbaijan
On April 5, Nizami Suleimanov, a member of the “Musavat” Party, was detained in the village of Surakhany. He was arrested for 20 days on the charge of drug trafficking, the “Musavat” Party reports. Colleagues of Nizami Suleimanov treat his arrest as pressure on the opposition.
A stele installed at the entrance to Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by Dalibor Z. Chvatal https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov's press service https://vk.com/ramzan. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:45, 6 April 2021
Political analysts point to likelihood of Kadyrov's re-election as head of Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov's chances of being re-elected in September for a new term is office are great, since the Kremlin still treats him favourably, while Kadyrov's tense relations with law enforcers have smoothed out, experts gave stated.
A shot from the documentary "Quiet Voice". Screenshot of the video by Artdocfest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kNIZUgCJc
18:43, 6 April 2021
Filmmaker of "Quiet Voice" details threats received for his film about Chechen gay
The filmmaker of the documentary "Quiet Voice" telling about the fate of a Chechen gay man was forced to close his account in a social network after the threats received from anonymous users who sent, among other things, a frightening video clip. The member of the Chechen community, after whose visit the film was removed from screening, behaved politely when they met, the organizers of the "Artdocfest" festival said.
The "Iskander" missile in Yerevan. Photo: Jonj7490, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58111154
17:45, 6 April 2021
Baku and Yerevan analysts dispute about use of "Iskanders" in Karabakh conflict
While demining the city of Shusha, Azerbaijani sappers have found fragments of "Iskander" missiles. Some experts assert that this type of missiles is exclusively among Russia's weapons. The scandal around the "Iskander" missile complexes may seriously harm Moscow's image as a mediator in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, experts in Baku believe. Their colleagues in Yerevan parry that Azerbaijan is using the "Iskander" issue for its political purposes.
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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.