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"Ingur" border checkpoint between Georgia and Abkhazia. Photo: Voice of America https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/В_Абхазии_планируют_ограничить_право_свободного_передвижения_для_этнических_грузин#/media/Файл:Russian_military_post_at_the_administrative_boundary_line_of_Abkhazia,_2016.jpg
18:21, 20 July 2020
More than 1200 Abkhaz residents leave Georgia through humanitarian corridor
During five days, 1269 people returned from Georgia to Abkhazia through the "Ingur" checkpoint which was temporarily opened at the border.
Urus-Martan. Photo: press service of the District Administration, http://u-martan.ru/
13:12, 20 July 2020
Social network users demand to punish authors of fakes about new quarantine in Chechnya
The reports, which caused panic among local residents that quarantine has been introduced in the Urus-Martan District due to coronavirus, were recorded back in spring, and now re-published, officials have explained. The police began searching for the authors of the posts; and Instagram users demand to punish distributors of fakes.
The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/tovuz-istiqametinde-veziyyet-gergin-olaraq-qalir-31507.html
12:52, 20 July 2020
Azerbaijan claims shelling of three border villages
During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 40 times, including those stationed in villages on the border with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed.
Clashes in Baku at night on July 15, 2020. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/polisazerbaycan/videos/332426507765677/?v=332426507765677
11:23, 20 July 2020
Four PFPA activists detained in Baku after action in army support
The detentions of activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) have to do with a mass action in support of the army, which took place on July 15 in front of the parliament, the PFPA said.
A new house presented by the Chechen authorities to the family of Madina Umaeva's husband. Screenshot from video posted by ChGTRK 'Grozny': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ3iPtc7es&feature=emb_title
11:08, 20 July 2020
Social network users criticize Chechen authorities for new house for Madina Umaeva's husband
The Chechen authorities have presented a new house to the family of Madina Umaeva, who died and was hastily buried in Gudermes. At the same time, the results of the examination of her body, exhumed after suspicions about the violent nature of her death, have not yet been announced, Instagram users have pointed out.
Soldiers of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am/hy/news/8092
10:49, 20 July 2020
Political analysts compare warfare on Azerbaijani-Armenian border with "four-day war"
The Armenian-Azerbaijani armed conflict that repeated four years later has significant differences from the events of 2016, since this time it broke out on the border, which is not contested by both sides, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
A scuffle of natives of Azerbaijan with those of Armenia in London on July 17, 2020. Screenshot of the video published on Twitter https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1284132590971224072
11:56, 19 July 2020
Social network users condemn Armenians vs. Azerbaijanis conflict in London
In London, there was a scuffle of natives of Azerbaijan with those of Armenia, who held actions in connection with the hostilities in Southern Caucasus. The video commentators called on the participants in the scuffle to peace and condemned them for showdown in a foreign country.
A sniper. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence www.mil.am
11:53, 19 July 2020
NKR counts 6000 shots from Azerbaijani side during week
Within the last week, Azerbaijani militaries violated the ceasefire for more than 500 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed. According to the MoD, a drone sent by Azerbaijan for reconnaissance was shot down.
11:49, 19 July 2020
Activists treat detentions of PFPA members in Baku as political discrimination
Human rights defenders have condemned detentions of protesters and journalists in Baku. They called persecutions of members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) political discrimination.
11:42, 19 July 2020
Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in the villages of Tovuz and Gadabay Districts came under fire, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Traffic. Photo © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/columnists/20170605/7536721/kgb-kak-obshchenacionalnaya-ideya-na-armyanskih-dorogah.html
11:38, 19 July 2020
Cars with Armenian number plates are in Russia illegally
In Russia, they began detaining the cars registered in Armenia, but documented for Russian citizens. This is due to the increasing frequency of traffic violations involving cars with foreign number plates, because drivers of such cars cannot be fined by the law, experts explain.
11:34, 19 July 2020
Four detainees at Baku action released from police
Three journalists and one female activist, detained at the action in support of the army, have been released from the police. However, five oppositionists are still in custody; their defence complains that advocates are not allowed to visit them.
10:53, 18 July 2020
Tourists treat Dagestani Muftiate reminder about dress code as excessive
The Muftiate should not have urged tourists to observe the rules of decency in dress, since they already treat the Dagestani Muslim traditions with understanding; and the clergy's obsessive guidelines can scare them away, the guests of Makhachkala have noted.
A man wearing a face mask. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:49, 18 July 2020
Azerbaijan: quarantine regime extended until autumn
Authorities have extended the quarantine regime in Azerbaijan until August 31. The strict quarantine regime, introduced in major cities, has been extended until August 5 with some relaxation, which became possible due to a decrease in the number of new infections.
The Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:30, 18 July 2020
Law enforcers check believers' documents at "Tangim" Mosque
The police have set up three posts in the area of the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque and stopped men with beards after their Friday namaz (prayer), the parishioners have informed.
Murtazali and Patimat Gasanguseinov at a picket near the House of the Government of Dagestan. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:17, 18 July 2020
Consideration of complaint of Dagestani shepherds Gasanguseinov terminated
A Makhachkala court has failed to consider the rights defenders' complaint about the refusal to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcer, who gave a reference about the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan. The advocate will continue seeking punishment for the head of the police department.
Beach visitors in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video by "Byuro Perevodov" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHiui7lZNkM
10:08, 18 July 2020
Makhachkala entrepreneurs treat Muftiate's claims to tourists as unjustified
Residents of other Russian regions coming to Dagestan had observed the decency rules well before the Muftiate called upon them to observe the dress code. This was stated by owners of recreation and public catering entities working with tourists.
Khozh-Baudi Daaev, Chechen Minister of Culture, scolds local amateur performers. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://youtu.be/pRq8uCGmrS4
23:58, 17 July 2020
Censorship of Chechen music provokes ironic comments on social networks
In Chechnya, singers are not allowed to take part in festivities without approvals from the Chechen Ministry of Culture and a special commission engaged in verifying texts of Chechen songs, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the post on INSTAGRAM of the Grozny TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CCs0Eh6FYcb/
23:56, 17 July 2020
"Memorial": Ramzan Kadyrov urges to praise authorities on social networks amid discontent of Chechen residents
The authorities of Chechnya are trying to compensate for the growing discontent of people in the republic by voicing requests to praise the power in social networks and subscribe to accounts of state-run media, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" suggests.
Domestic violence. Photo: Aziz Karimov / MeydanTV
23:54, 17 July 2020
Nine victims of domestic violence during quarantine evacuated from Northern Caucasus
The number of appeals for legal assistance from women of Northern Caucasus who suffered from domestic violence has doubled during the period of self-isolation. According to the report prepared by the "Legal Initiative" and human rights organizations, not all victims of domestic violence addressed doctors and the police, but appeals to the law enforcement bodies did not help the victims.
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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....

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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.