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Agil Gumbatov. Screenshot of Gumbatov's video appeal to the President of Azerbaijan on March 13, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0LMm-tKug
15:56, 2 July 2020
Oppositionist Agil Gumbatov discharged from mental clinic
On July 1, Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was discharged from the psychiatric hospital where he spent three months under forced treatment after he criticized authorities on the Facebook. The activist intends to continue his political struggle.
11:59, 2 July 2020
Court leaves Azerbaijani oppositionist Babek Gasanov in custody
The court has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Babek Gasanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), explaining that he had been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) for violating the discipline.
A polling station in Makhachkala. Photo by Oleg Ionov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:51, 2 July 2020
Dagestan: observers report multiple voting and ballot stuffing
Over 80 observers from the "Solidarity and Freedom" Committee, who monitored the voting on constitutional amendments in Dagestan, revealed facts of ballot stuffing, voting for relatives, the use of administrative resources and other violations. At one of the republic's polling stations, voters were given several ballots at once, as noted at the "Violations Map" of the "Golos" (Vote) movement.
An entrance to a polling station. July 1, 2020. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:38, 2 July 2020
Makhachkala residents enticed to vote with music and free protective means
In Makhachkala, voters for constitutional amendments liked patriotic music and the fact that disposable masks, gloves and pens were handed out at the polling stations. Well before the end of the vote, the turnout in Dagestan reached 82%.
Abanotubani, an ancient district of Tbilisi, Georgia, which is popular among tourists. Photo by M. Kuznetsova for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:34, 2 July 2020
Opening Georgia to foreign tourists postponed until August
Georgian authorities have postponed the opening of regular international flights by at least a month. Foreign tourists will be able to visit Georgia no earlier than August.
Voting in the city of Yeisk. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:55, 1 July 2020
Observers claim non-transparency of voting in Southern Russia
Observers are not provided with access to the information concerning the voting, and people assigned to polling stations vote more than once or without presenting a passport, report activists from in the Krasnodar Territory, the Rostov Region, and Dagestan.
At a polling station in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RNU6ilS3wo
23:52, 1 July 2020
Social network users criticize official data on voter turnout in Chechnya
Instagram users post ironic comments concerning the information released by the Election Commission for Chechnya, according to which the republic registered the highest turnout in the Russian Federation during the voting on amendments to the Constitution. The Election Commission for Chechnya explained the active voting of local people by large-scale agitation campaign.
Propaganda leaflets. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:49, 1 July 2020
Chechen public sector employees report coercion to voting
In Chechnya, public sector employees claim that their chiefs require them to report with photos about the participation in the voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia.
A resident of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCHRVwFeGo/
23:46, 1 July 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize mass cut-off of gas for debtors
In Chechnya, gas services conduct raids and cut off supply of gas for bad debtors. Instagram users explained large debts for gas by the poor situation after self-isolation.
16:40, 1 July 2020
Dagestan: law enforcers accused of violence left under house arrest
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has upheld the decision of the first-instance court, which sent the two law enforcers detained for extorting and forcing Yulduz Kurashova, a local resident, to self-incriminate, under house arrest. After the decision of the first-instance about the house arrest of the law enforcers, the woman had to move to another residence, her advocate has stated.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
16:37, 1 July 2020
Azerbaijan claims shelling village in conflict zon
During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the village on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 50 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
11:02, 1 July 2020
Law enforcers report four detainees after scuffle in Magas
In the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, forced migrants from Chechnya recorded a video appeal to Russian President asking him to solve their housing problems.
The building of the European Court of Human Rights. Photo by the press service of the ECtHR https://roseurosud.org/espch/evropejskij-sud-po-pravam-cheloveka
10:59, 1 July 2020
ECtHR appoints compensation to relatives of Dagestani who died after torture by law enforcers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 98,000 euros of compensation to the relatives of Marat Satybalov, a resident of Dagestan, who died after being beaten up at some power body.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin. Photo by the Kremlin's press service http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/57797
10:55, 1 July 2020
Kadyrov's idea of Putin's lifelong presidency sparks disputes on Instagram
The lifelong presidential term for Vladimir Putin proposed by the head of Chechnya is beneficial to Ramzan Kadyrov himself, some Instagram users believe. Their opponents have supported Kadyrov's idea claiming that Putin has no worthy alternative.
08:41, 1 July 2020
"Mediazona" reports on deaths registration problem during pandemic in Northern Caucasus
In the spring of 2020, the mortality in Southern Russia increased, but the official statistics on COVID-19 victims fails to explain this increase. Such statistics for Northern Caucasus during this period shows that some of the deaths were not registered, the "Mediazona" writes.
Maxim Lapunov. Screenshot of the video https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/here_and_now/hbo_o_pytkah_geev_v_chechne-511601/
08:33, 1 July 2020
Gay Lapunov treats HBO film about torturing homosexuals in Chechnya as realistic
The documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" premiered in the USA shows precisely the persecution of people for their sexual orientation in this republic, Maxim Lapunov, the film hero, has stated.
23:59, 30 June 2020
Kadyrov associates constitutional amendments with Putin's lifetime presidency
A change in the Constitution of Russia is needed to preserve the state, declares the leader of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov called on to make Vladimir Putin the lifetime president of Russia.
A video appeal from a woman from Chechnya with a request not to disseminate the version of the violent death of her daughter. Screenshot of a video https://www.instagram.com/p/CCDNYzIKc-O/
23:57, 30 June 2020
Public apologies do not stop discussion about death of Gudermes woman
A video appeal from a woman from Chechnya with a request not to disseminate the version of the violent death of her daughter provoked dissatisfaction among Instagram users. They noted that persistent attempts to justify relatives of the husband of the deceased woman caused distrust.
Regina Gagieva. Screenshot from video posted by iRYSTON TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCHwqCDuAQ
23:55, 30 June 2020
Investigation into murder of North-Ossetian woman Regina Gagieva by her former husband completed
Vadim Tekhov, a former policeman from North Ossetia, detained after the murder of his former wife Regina Gagieva, is also accused of beatings, robbery, attempted murder of two persons, and voicing a threat of murder. The forensic examination recognized him as sane.
Participants of the protest of forced migrants talk to law enforcers. Magas. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:55, 30 June 2020
In Magas, protest of forced migrants ends in a clash with law enforcers
Law enforcers tried to detain forced migrants from Chechnya who gathered in front of the administration building of the leader of Ingushetia.
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Azerbaijan and Armenia discussed border delimitation rules

An Armenian court has arrested Artur Avanesyan.

Pashinyan at a concert in Gyumri. Screenshot from News.Am photo from April 20, 2026, https://news.am/rus/news/944772.html. Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

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.