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Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the post on Alizamin Salaev's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=230454144653581&set=ecnf.100030669903315
11:26, 6 April 2021
After relatives' complaints, Azerbaijani activist Salaev receives medical help in colony
Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), whose relatives complained about non-provision of medical care in the colony, was examined by doctors who prescribed some treatment. After that, he went on the mend, his son has informed.
An officer at ANAMA preparing to detonate the mine. March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 5 April 2021
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of refusing to provide maps of minefields
After the escalation of the Karabakh conflict in 2020, 106 Azerbaijani citizens were blown up by mines, and Armenia still has not provided its maps of mined territories, Baku reports. The UN has allocated one million US dollars to Azerbaijan for mine clearance.
A Kadyrov street. Photo by the press service of the Department of Judicial Administration of the Supreme Court of Chechnya. Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:51, 5 April 2021
SC schedules a date to consider complaint about Kadyrov’s death threats against critics
Human rights defenders who demanded to carry out an investigation into threats voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov found themselves without access to justice. Investigators refused to issue any resolution on their complaints, and the court dismissed the complaint about the investigators’ inaction because they had not issued any resolution, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reported.
A man named Suliman (on the left) talks to Vitaly Mansky. Photo courtesy of the organizers of the “Artdocfest” film festival https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/04/04/v-chechne-nedovolny-organizatory-artdokfesta-pozhalovalis-na-ugrozy-so-storony-chechenskoi-diaspory
18:17, 5 April 2021
Premiere of a film about Chechen gay disrupted at “Artdocfest” film festival
Tickets for the premiere of the film “Quiet Voice” about the fate of a Chechen gay were bought out after organizers of the “Artdocfest” documentary film festival did not fulfil a request of a representative of Chechnya to remove the film from the screening, director Vitaly Mansky reported.
The police officers. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
18:12, 5 April 2021
Dagestani native complains about death threats for refusing to live with her parents
A 22-year-old female native of Dagestan faced psychological abuse in her parents’ family and got death threats from her relatives after she had fled to another city.
Law enforcers in Northern Caucasus. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) www.nac.gov.ru
18:02, 5 April 2021
Week from March 29 to April 4 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from March 29 to April 4, 2021, no information was received about the casualties or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
Yulia, a sister of Rostislav Melnichenko, appealed to President Vladimir Putin in a video message. Screenshot of the post on Yulia Melnichenko's Instagram instagram.com/tv/CGfuY4EK-Cc/?igshid=g712v90j4h13
17:32, 5 April 2021
Sister of Mozdok resident beaten by law enforcer complained about threats
A woman from the resident of Mozdok, a city in North Ossetia-Alania, who has been seeking for the third year the initiation of a criminal case against the law enforcer who had beaten up her brother, has complained about threats received from law enforcers.
The organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest". Photo by the press service of the festival https://artdocfest.com/ru/content/about/
17:16, 5 April 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" reports threats to "Artdocfest" organizers because of film about Chechen gay
The Chechnya's representative has demanded from the organizers of the festival of documentary films "Artdocfest" to remove the film about a Chechen gay from screening under a threat of "serious consequences," the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper has reported.
A damaged tank of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. December 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:27, 5 April 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities update list of perished militaries
The list of military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Defence Army who perished during the last autumn conflict escalation has been complemented with 54 more names, making the total number thereof reaching 2808.
Return of refugees. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12340385@egNews
11:24, 5 April 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities announce measures to support refugees
The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have announced their readiness to support the refugees who want to do business and compensate for the loss of property as a result of the autumn conflict escalation. In Karabakh, they continue building houses for refugees, paying benefits, including to the disabled and families of those who perished, benefits for children have been increased.
Horsemen from Chechnya and Dagestani law enforcers in the Novolaksky District. April 3, 2021. Screenshot of the video on Instagram "Аух / Дай Мохк / Нохчи къам" https://www.instagram.com/p/CNN51AmHPRA/
11:18, 5 April 2021
Incident with horsemen from Chechnya triggers reproaches against Dagestani law enforcers
In the Novolaksky District, policemen have stopped the participants of the equestrian march from Chechnya, who had intended to visit the grave of the commander Baisangur Benoevsky, the video clips posted in social networks report. The incident occurred in the disputed lands of the former Aukhov District, Instagram users have noted, treating the law enforcers' zeal as excessive.
Celebrations in the Catholic Church in Volgograd. Photo by the press service of the parish, vk.com/catholic_volgograd
11:16, 5 April 2021
Catholics of Caucasus and Southern Russia welcome second Easter amid pandemic
Catholic communities of Southern Russia and countries of Southern Caucasus have changed the format of Easter services and abandoned the traditional mass celebrations in order to take precautions against coronavirus spread danger.
Rally against curfew in Georgia, Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
12:21, 4 April 2021
Five thousand come to rally against curfew in Georgia
The curfew is inefficient as a measure against coronavirus spread; and the fines imposed for appearing in the street at night are excessively high, the rally outside the Georgian Parliament has stated.
Protest action in the area of construction of the Namakhvan HPP, April 3, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=176669910940022
11:38, 4 April 2021
Construction works of Namakhvan HPP resumed under police protection
The preparatory works for the construction of the Namakhvan cascade of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) have resumed today despite Georgian authorities' promises. The police did not allow protesters to enter the construction site.
Elena Sheina holds solo picket in Volgograd, April 3, 2021. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
10:46, 4 April 2021
Volgograd activists demand to provide Navalny with medical care
Oppositionist Alexei Navalny is kept in colony in torturous conditions, Volgograd solo picketers assert.
17:13, 3 April 2021
Son reports worsening health condition of Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev
The health condition of Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Salyan district branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has deteriorated sharply in the colony; however, he receives no medical care, his son has informed.
A truck with humanitarian aid. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia
16:18, 3 April 2021
Peacemakers escort column with humanitarian aid to Martuni District
The essentials, medical equipment and a set of textbooks and literature for the local school have been brought with peacemakers' help to the Tagavard village of the Martuni District, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Medical worker holding a syringe. Photo: admkrai.krasnodar.ru
15:34, 3 April 2021
Doctors and rights defenders decide to convince the Armenian residents of vaccination safety
Overcoming the COVID-19 epidemic is possible only with the help of vaccinations; and for this, we should convince the population of the vaccine safety, Armenian experts assert.
Wife of Polad Aslanov holding his portrait. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNeYz3PP08
15:05, 3 April 2021
Polad Aslanov's defence appeals against verdict at Supreme Court
The defence insists on Polad Aslanov's innocence, since no reliable proofs of his espionage for Iran, the advocate has noted.
Elena Malysheva and Minister of Healthcare for Chechnya Elkhan Suleimanov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-37E1U9c4&t=15s
12:37, 3 April 2021
TV story about wearing masks in Chechnya turns into complaint to Russian watchdog
Valery Rashkin, a State Duma MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, has demanded to check the veracity of the story from the programme "Healthy Life" by Elena Malysheva from Chechnya, which spoke about the absence of the effect of mask-wearing on the coronavirus infection frequency, and about the advantages of cancelling the mask regime.
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Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

The resettlement of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh has sparked debate on social media.

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.