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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.
Shell crater in Martakert, October 15, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
18:32, 16 October 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh reports about shelling attack on six villages
The Azerbaijani troops shelled villages in the Martuni, Hadrut, and Kashatag District, and the information about victims and damage is being specified, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh report.
Results of voting in the Milan City Assembly on the issue of recognizing the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Matteo Forte's personal FB page, https://www.facebook.com/matteoforte.mi/?_rdc=1&_rdr
14:45, 16 October 2020
Milan recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh's independence
On October 15, the deputies of the Milan City Assembly recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and condemned Azerbaijan's actions in the Karabakh conflict zone.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:10, 16 October 2020
Yagublu points to protocol distortions in his case
The protocols of the court sessions on the Tofig Yagublu's fail to mention the defence's questions to witnesses, its petitions to challenge the court and much more, while some facts are presented with a completely different sense, the oppositionist himself has stated.
Armenian serviceman. Photo: official site of the MoD of RA
13:56, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange accusations of ceasefire violations
Since morning, Armenian troops have been shelling the Goranboy, Terter, Agdam and Agdjabedin Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. At night, artillery shelling was carried out in the Karabakh conflict zone; and in the morning, Azerbaijani militaries launched an offensive in the northern direction of the front, Armenian authorities have reported.
12:34, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan treats video about execution of prisoners of war as fake
Armenian authorities possess video and photo proofs of the brutal massacre of Armenian prisoners of war, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated. The video clip is staged and spread in social networks in order to attract attention of the international community, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Believers praying in the street, February 1, 2016. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRN-CUHpAs
12:21, 16 October 2020
Islamic experts draw attention to video of street prayers in Dagestan
Video records of street prayers in Dagestan confirm that the number of believers strictly observing the Islam requirements is growing, Akhmet Yarlykapov, an expert on the Caucasus, is sure. Magomedrasul Omarov, the head of the "Fikr" Centre, said, in his turn, that prayers in streets are not a new phenomenon and are quite widespread in Islamic countries.
Kazbek Baidulaev. Screenshot: https://vk.com/id307863992
08:36, 16 October 2020
HRC "Memorial" tells about torture of Baidulaev prior to his murder in Chechnya
Kazbek Baidulaev, who was killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya, had been kidnapped and tortured before he joined the armed underground, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.
Destroyed house in the Terter District. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:25, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan claims return of control over six villages in conflict zone
The Azerbaijani Army has taken control of six villages of the Fizuli and the Djebrail Districts, the Azeri President has stated. The number of dwelling settlements that passed under Azerbaijan's control, according to the Azerbaijani side, has reached 50.
Special operation in Grozny. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/
23:34, 15 October 2020
Instagram users treat killing of militants in Grozny as staged
A special operation in Grozny with the killing of four suspected militants had been staged to receive new generous subsidies from the federal authorities, Instagram users suggested.
A man mourning at the grave of a fallen soldier who died during the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, October 14, 2020. REUTERS / Stringer
23:16, 15 October 2020
In Armenia, 20 people fell victim to conflict with Azerbaijan
Since the beginning of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, one civilian has been killed, and three others, including a child, have been injured. During the above period, five military personnel were killed, the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has reported.
A video message recorded by relatives of blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov, who lives in Austria. Screenshot: 1ADAT Telegram-Channel
22:46, 15 October 2020
Chechen authorities adopt Stalinist practice of renouncing relatives
The public renunciation of relatives is a disgrace in the eyes of Chechen natives, and, using such a method, the authorities of Chechnya have silenced many of their opponents from the diaspora, blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov suggests. The Chechen authorities reproduce the methods typical for totalitarian regimes, note human rights defenders, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
A private house in Terter damaged as a result of shelling. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:12, 15 October 2020
Eight persons fell victim to shelling attack on a cemetery in Terter
Three persons were killed and five others were injured as a result of an artillery shelling attack on Terter, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports today.
At the place where law enforcers liquidated alleged terrorists, the Kirov District of Volgograd. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q94bRqHmb2w&feature=emb_logo
18:01, 15 October 2020
FSB reports about two suspected terrorists killed in Volgograd
Members of a unit of an international terrorist organization were plotting a series of terror acts in Volgograd, and today, two of them have been killed in a shootout with law enforcers, the FSB reports.
View from the window of a house damaged as a result of a shelling attack on Martuni, October 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
17:48, 15 October 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh reports about 49 soldiers killed over a day
Men of military age can leave the unrecognized republic only with a special pass, and restrictions on movement have also been introduced within the region, reports Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh. The death toll among the soldiers of the Defence Army has reached 558.
Destroyed military vehicle. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh
13:37, 15 October 2020
Azerbaijan and Armenia report battles in Nagorno-Karabakh
Two Azerbaijani civilians have suffered from the shelling conducted by Armenian militaries; the Goranboy, Terter, Agdam and Agdjabedi Districts are being shelled, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. This morning, the Azerbaijani side attacked the northern and south-western directions of the frontline, Armenian authorities have stated today.
European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
13:23, 15 October 2020
ECtHR requests data from Azerbaijan about two Armenian prisoners of war
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Azerbaijani authorities to inform about the custody conditions, the state of health and the possibility of exchange of two Armenian soldiers who were captured on the first day of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. This was stated on October 14 by Artak Zeinalyan, a former Armenian Minister of Justice, in his page on the Facebook.
11:24, 15 October 2020
Analysts argue about aim of Kadyrov's words about militants from abroad
Kadyrov's words can be treated as an indirect accusation of unprofessionalism of Russian special services, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. At the same time, Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, did not rule out that Moscow allowed Kadyrov to make such a statement, and in the future may use his words in connection with the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Residents of the settlement of Shikharkh in a bombshelter. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:09, 15 October 2020
Residents of frontline Azerbaijani areas tell about shelling consequences
As a result of intensive artillery shelling of dwelling settlements of the Terter and Agdam Districts of Azerbaijan, there are victims among the civilian population; houses and the civilian infrastructure have been destroyed, local residents have stated.
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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.

Ukrainian prisoners held in Chechnya have returned home.

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.