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The banner installed on the road from Goris to Kapan. Screenshot of the video @flash1news t.me/flash1news/6264
00:10, 31 December 2020
Banner disputes highlight problem with demarcation of border between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The banner on the road from Gori to Kapan is located on the territory of Azerbaijan, and it does not imply any claims to the Armenian lands, states Togrul Djuvarly, a member of the Azerbaijani Public Committee for European Integration.
A car of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:07, 31 December 2020
Police detain relatives of suspects killed in Grozny, advocate reports
Advocate Magomed Bekov has reported about a complaint filed to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the detention in Chechnya of relatives of two Ingush natives killed in Grozny. Facebook users call on people for more active dissemination of the information reported by the advocate.
The Syunik Region of Armenia. Photo: Yakovlev Sergey https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:58, 30 December 2020
Armenia announces reconstruction plan of roads in Syunik Region
Reconstruction of roads in the Syunik Region is planned for 2021. The road reconstruction will ensure communication between villages, towns, and cities after some sections of the roads had come under the control of Azerbaijan, the Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures announces.
An official statement of the Timurzievs and Sultygov Ingush teips (family clans). Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/ramzan.sultygov/videos/933307603740495
23:51, 30 December 2020
Two Ingush teips request evidence of terror act in Grozny
Members of the Timurzievs and Sultygov Ingush teips (family clans) requested Ramzan Kadyrov to prove that natives of Ingushetia killed by law enforcers in Grozny were terrorists. Authors of the video appeal insist on the giving-out of the bodies of the killed suspects.
A dead man in military uniform during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. November 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
17:50, 30 December 2020
Armenian officer arrested within case of death of 18 soldiers in Karabakh
A Lieutenant Colonel of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army ordered soldiers to get into the truck, despite the threat of a drone attack; as a result 18 soldiers were killed and one was wounded, the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.
The Vorotan village in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Photo: Tatev7 http://wp.wiki-wiki.ru/
17:28, 30 December 2020
Armenia treats border with Azerbaijan near Syunik as temporary
The demarcation process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will start only after the establishment of diplomatic relations; now, only the two countries' actual control zones are defined. This was stated by the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the protests held by residents of the Syunik Region of Armenia.
A security officer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-3.html
17:27, 30 December 2020
Caucasian scholars name reasons for armed attacks in Chechnya
Armed attacks in Chechnya are held amid glorification of rioters like Abdullakh Anzorov, dissatisfaction with the local authorities and the expansion of a new network associated with the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, analysts believe.
Russian peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh. November 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
12:11, 30 December 2020
Azerbaijani analysts treat conflicts with Armenian militaries as peacemakers' flaw
Russian peacemakers fail to properly perform their functions of monitoring the observance of the ceasefire regime; therefore, Armenian militaries penetrate into the territories controlled by Azerbaijan. This is the opinion of Telman Abilov, the head of the NGO "Military Lawyers", and Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
Residents of Kalmykia have commemorated those who perished during the Stalinist deportation. Elista, December 29, 2020. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:07, 30 December 2020
In spite of ban on mass events, residents of Kalmykia mark deportation day
At the monument in Elista, residents of Kalmykia have commemorated those who perished during the Stalinist deportation. The authorities have actually ignored the date by failing to offer a programme of events, and also failed to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological safety in the territory of the memorial, activists report.
Russian peacemakers. Nagorno-Karabakh, November 15, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
11:30, 30 December 2020
Lawyers explain specifics of right to compensation in case of Russian peacemaker's death in Karabakh
Families of perished military servicemen receive practically same compensations, but families of those who perished in armed hostilities are entitled to additional payments, the "Mother's Right" Foundation has reported in its comment on the death of Russian peacemakers in Karabakh.
A law enforcer during a protest action. Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko
23:28, 29 December 2020
Rights defenders concerned over deterioration of human rights situation in Chechnya
The killings of Ramzan Kadyrov's critics abroad, the attack on journalist Elena Milashina and advocate Marina Dubrovina in Grozny, and the public torture of Salman Tepsurkaev have become prime examples of the Chechen law enforcers' impunity, human rights defenders state.
The opening of a sports complex in the village of Bachi-Yurt. Photo by the Grozny Inform https://grozny-inform.ru/news/health/124735/
23:20, 29 December 2020
Honouring Kadyrov's son makes Chechnya look like medieval monarchies
For the first time in Chechnya, an architectural facility is named after one of the Ramzan Kadyrov's children. This contradicts the Chechen culture and resembles the traditions of medieval monarchies, Caucasian experts note.
A banner with a map of Azerbaijan placed on the road from Goris to Kapan. Screenshot of the video by NEWS AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_P0RdLBAvQ&feature=emb_logo
23:01, 29 December 2020
Ombudsman of Armenia criticizes installation of Azerbaijani banner on Goris-Kapan road
People are alarmed by a banner with a map of Azerbaijan placed on the road from Goris to Kapan. Local residents fear for their safety, the Ombudsman of Armenia claims. He intends to address international institutions. Residents of the Syunik Region poured paint onto the banner.
Ramzan Kadyrov, Grozny. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev, REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
22:59, 29 December 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov reports calm situation in Grozny after militants' attack
In the capital of Chechnya, despite a recent attack on policemen, traffic is open on all streets, and all institution and transport services are provided as usual, Ramzan Kadyrov announces. The leader of Chechnya promised to name the Koran Museum after killed policeman Magomed Djabrailov.
Azerbaijani flag at the entrance to the city of Hadrut. Photo by Aziz Karimov
17:12, 29 December 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh rescuers could not start searching for casualties in Gadrut District
Employees of the Karabakh Emergency Service have removed the bodies of more than 1100 casualties from the conflict zone. Rescuers were forced to interrupt their work, since the Azerbaijani party did not allow searches in the Gadrut District.
The opening of the sports complex in the village of Bachi-Yurt named after Akhmat Ramzanovich Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CJOjoFMqFF0/
17:07, 29 December 2020
Social network users ridicule awarding name of Kadyrov's son to sports complex
The opening of the sports complex named after Akhmat Kadyrov in the village of Bachi-Yurt reminds of the realities of North Korea, social network commentators have pointed out, noting that the minor son of the head of Chechnya has no significant sporting achievements.
The positions left by the Karabakh soldiers in the Fuzuli District. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:10, 29 December 2020
Rights defenders agree with conclusions of report on torture of Azerbaijani militaries
The report about acts of torture of prisoners of war (POWs) during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict is intended to inform the international community about the war crimes committed against Azerbaijani military servicemen, said Akhmed Abbasbeili, the head of the NGO named "Development of Society and Civil Relations".
11:05, 29 December 2020
Expert reveals specifics of exorcism in Chechnya and Dagestan
In Dagestan and Chechnya, Islamic exorcists are expelling genies out of local residents and visitors and fight sorcerers who bedevil local residents. This was reported by Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist, who published a study on clinics of Islamic medicine.
A tank and a car destroyed by the Azerbaijani army. Fizuli District. December 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:02, 29 December 2020
Azerbaijan demands to investigate crimes of Armenian militaries
The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) is seeking an inquiry into the war crimes committed against Azerbaijani militaries and civilians during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has accepted the Azerbaijan's application.
10:58, 29 December 2020
Local authorities urge to arm villagers in Syunik Region of Armenia
After the definition of the Armenian and Azerbaijani positions, the roads in the Syunik Region of Armenia became unsafe; local residents should be allowed to carry weapons in case of possible incidents, the heads of dwelling settlements have stated.
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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.