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French policemen, June 2020. Photo: press service of the French Police Department, https://twitter.com/PoliceNationale/status/1274023496365023233/photo/4
11:25, 19 October 2020
Two Chechen MMA fighters support French teacher's killer
On the Instagram, Zelim Imadaev and Albert Duraev, Russian mixed martial art (MMA) fighters, have supported Abdulak Anzorov, who had killed a college teacher in Paris.
11:23, 19 October 2020
Armenia's Ombudsperson accuses Azerbaijani militaries of beheading prisoner of war
Unidentified persons, who claimed to be Azerbaijani military servicemen, called the brother of the Armenian soldier and informed about beheading him, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: BBC News – Russian Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=93&v=jp65fNM4Mj8
11:45, 18 October 2020
Kadyrov urges Frenchmen not to provoke Muslims with caricatures
The head of Chechnya has condemned the murder of the French teacher, noting that he treats the disrespectful attitude to Islam as a provocation. The 18-year-old Chechen, whom investigators treat as the killer, had refugee status in France.
11:33, 18 October 2020
Elchin Mamed sentenced to four years in jail
The Sumgait City Court has sentenced Elchin Mamed, a journalist and a human rights defender to four years of imprisonment. He has denied the charges of illegal weapon possession and a theft, and has linked his prosecution with his human rights activities.
At the place where attacker on a school teacher in France was killed. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNafD5wlXWU
11:11, 18 October 2020
Analysts dispute on possible consequences for Chechens of teacher's murder in France
The French society is shocked by the teacher's murder, of which a Chechen is suspected; and this may lead to a deteriorated attitude towards immigrants from Chechnya, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Combat positions of the Armenian Army. Photo: official site of the MoD of RA
10:56, 18 October 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on new truce
The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have announced a ceasefire since midnight on October 18.
Men walking among the ruins after shelling in Stepanakert on October 13, 2020. Photo: REUTERS / Stringer
16:36, 17 October 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh reports three wounded persons during shelling of Stepanakert
Three Stepanakert residents have been hospitalized with wounds after the night shelling of the city, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) has reported. Residential buildings and hotels were destroyed.
16:04, 17 October 2020
Four persons detained for teacher's murder in France
The French police have detained four relatives of the Moscow-born Chechen within the murder case of a teacher in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, a source has informed.
Rescuers clearing debris after shelling attack on Ganja, October 17, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
15:18, 17 October 2020
Count of victims of strike on Ganja reaches 65
The number of the civilians killed in the missile attacks on Ganja has increased to 13; those wounded are 52 persons, the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.
Rescuers clearing debris after shelling attack on Ganja, October 17, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:34, 17 October 2020
Death toll after missile attack on Ganja reaches 12
The number of casualties of missile strikes on Ganja has reached 12; and more than 40 civilians have been wounded, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported.
13:23, 17 October 2020
Yunus Vidzizhev assassinated in Ingushetia
In the course of special actions undertaken in the city of Nazran, Ingush law enforcers killed a man. According to preliminary data, Yunus Vidzizhev, an active participant in mass protests in Ingushetia in 2019, was shot dead.
ECtHR building. Photo: press service of the European Court of Human Rights, https://roseurosud.org/espch/evropejskij-sud-po-pravam-cheloveka
13:12, 17 October 2020
ECtHR demands to ensure safety of Armenian prisoners of war
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Azerbaijani authorities to ensure the right to life and health of the Armenian prisoners of war, Areg Sargsyan and Narek Amirdjanyan.
French policemen, June 2020. Photo: press service of the French Police Department, https://twitter.com/PoliceNationale/status/1274023496365023233/photo/4
12:59, 17 October 2020
Chechen beheads school teacher in France over Charlie Hebdo caricatures
A Moscow native of Chechen origin was shot dead after he beheaded a school teacher in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, France, the police have reported. The assassinated teacher had shown caricatures of Prophet Muhammad from the Charlie Hebdo magazine to his pupils.
Unexploded bomb in Stepanakert. Photo: Department for Emergencies of Nagorno-Karabakh, https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/posts/3763383793696068
08:30, 17 October 2020
Travel restrictions imposed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Due to the introduced martial law, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have prohibited their citizens from leaving the unrecognized republic and moving around it without documents.
The Khodjavend District of Azerbaijan. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/
08:18, 17 October 2020
Azerbaijan claims capture of three Karabakh villages
The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over three villages of the Khodjavend District, President Ilham Aliev has stated. The total number of such dwelling settlements has reached 53.
Woman in hijab. Photo: https://nasiliu.net/
22:12, 16 October 2020
Information about Salman Tepsurkaev gives hope to his wife
According to an interview released by the "Nasiliyu.net" centre, a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev receives reports stating that her husband is alive and hopes for his release due to the publicity of information about the kidnapping.
UN headquarters. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar
21:59, 16 October 2020
In Yerevan, activists request UN to force Azerbaijan to ceasefire
Participants of a protest action held in front of the UN office in Yerevan criticized the international organization for being passive concerning the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The UN ignores the use of prohibited weapons and military support for Azerbaijan from Turkey, protesters claim.
Men standing next to the ruins of a house destroyed by shelling in the city of Martuni, October 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS / Stringer
21:40, 16 October 2020
Civilian fell victim to a shelling attack on Karabakh villages
Today, the number of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh killed in shelling attacks since the beginning of the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone has reached 34. Many women with children and elderly people had left Stepanakert because of the threat of shelling attacks, city residents reported.
At the site of shelling attack on Nakhichevan. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/
18:56, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of missile attack on Nakhichevan
A missile launched by the armed forces of Armenia exploded in the territory of the Ordubad District in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, no casualties or injuries occurred, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia refuted the information about the shelling attack on Nakhichevan.
Naurskaya village. Photo: press service of the Administration of Naursky Municipal District, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Наурский_район#/media/Файл:Площадь_станицы_Наурской_на_которой_расположена_Администрация_Наурского_муниципального_района.jpg
18:44, 16 October 2020
Defence: case on IS* militant grouping in Chechnya fabricated
After detention, three residents of the Naursky District were subjected to torture and forced to confess to creating an armed grouping and swearing allegiance to a leader of the terrorist organization "Islamic State"*, a defender claimed.
News
Kadyrov's nephew received Serbian citizenship.

The number of requests for payments following the flood in Dagestan and Chechnya has exceeded 260,000.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

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.