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A Muslim girl. Photo: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
19:38, 27 June 2020
Rights defenders treat situation with women's rights in Northern Caucasus as critical
The traditions and customs of most regions of Northern Caucasus predispose to violence against women in family, while victims of violence are not ready to go to the police, rights defenders have noted.
19:16, 27 June 2020
Armenian opposition demands to recognize constitutional amendments illegal
The "Prosperous Armenia" oppositional parliamentary faction has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court (CC), in which it challenged the earlier amendments to the Constitution, which provide for the dismissal of the CC head.
Anna Dargan. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBJQIBkk8w
18:45, 27 June 2020
After searches in fake case, Union of Journalists stands up for Anna Dargan
Anna Dargan, a Stavropol journalist and blogger, whose home was searched within the case of spreading fakes about the situation with coronavirus in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), did not write any opposition and human rights texts, the Union of Journalists has stated.
People holding the Constitution of Russia in front of the State Duma building. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
18:26, 27 June 2020
Residents of Ingushetia sceptical of voting to constitutional amendments
Ingushetia has opened a total of 137 polling stations to vote on constitutional amendments. The voting is held daily starting from June 25.
Intigam Aliev. Photo: Jan Kaiser (RFE/RL)
11:28, 27 June 2020
Azerbaijani rights defenders treat Intigam Aliev's travel ban as political
The ban on leaving the country for Intigam Aliev has to do with authorities' attempt to prevent criticism from reputable international podiums, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.
11:04, 27 June 2020
One person perished in shelling of car in North Ossetia
Three participants in the conflict with shooting in North Ossetia were hospitalized; one of the wounded persons died on the spot. All the conflict participants have been detained, the police have informed.
Resident of the village of Prokhaladnoye holds solo picket. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
10:53, 27 June 2020
Authorities of Prokhladnensky District ignore local residents' pickets
In Kabardino-Balkaria, the villages of the Prokhladnensky District lack drinking water and have problems of emergency houses, solo picketers assert. Officials from the district administration failed to go out to the protesters, Anastasia Emelyanova, a blogger, has stated.
Relatives of the detained men the building of the Centre for Combating Extremism in Cherkessk. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3nyG8lm8A/
09:09, 27 June 2020
Residents of KChR village claim unjustified detention of their relatives
Law enforcers have detained at least nine residents of the village of Psyzh in the Abazin District by planting weapons and extremist literature on them, their relatives assert. They could not achieve response from law enforcement bosses about the detainees' whereabouts.
Ogtai Gyulyalyev. Photo: http://www.turan.az/ext/news/2019/7/free/Social/ru/82390.htm
08:51, 27 June 2020
Rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev undergoes fourth neurosurgery
The fourth neurosurgery to Ogtai Gyulyalyev, an Azerbaijani rights defender, in an Istanbul clinic was successful, but he is still in coma, his wife Firuza Gyulyalyeva has informed.
A woman. Screenshot: https://news.sky.com/story/lgbt-persecution-in-chechnya-bisexual-woman-beaten-drugged-and-exorcised-12015020#
22:52, 26 June 2020
LGBT activists claim persecution of homosexual women typical for Chechnya
In Chechnya, homosexual women face risk not only of being placed to secret prisons or being subjected to alleged treatment with psychotropic substances, but also of falling victim to "honour killings," the British "Sky News" TV Channel reports in its material.
Ust-Dzheguta Central District Hospital. Photo: http://ustdcrb.ru/
22:37, 26 June 2020
Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia associates war veteran's death with quality of treatment
Today, the Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia has announced that a veteran of World War II died of COVID-19 because he had been discharged from a hospital instead of treatment. The question concerning an institution of criminal prosecution against doctors is under consideration.
Law enforcer at the poster informing about the voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
18:02, 26 June 2020
Sochi residents claim aggressive agitation and formality of voting to amend Constitution
In Sochi, a persistent campaign for the approval of amendments to the Constitution of Russia has been launched, while there are actually no control and monitoring of the voting procedure, claim residents of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
17:45, 26 June 2020
Human rights defenders point to increased aggression against LGBT people in Georgia
After the self-isolation regime had been imposed in Georgia, LGBT people found themselves in distress: many of them lost their jobs, lost their housing, and fell victim to domestic violence, rights defenders claim.
Hospital hall. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2yfLPHbFW/
17:32, 26 June 2020
Journalist claims Karachayevsk doctors get threats of dismissal after their interview
Medical officers from the Karachayevsk Central District Hospital reported to Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist from Moscow, about the lack of medical personnel at the hospital, the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the absence of incentive payments. After the interview, the doctors were subjected to pressure.
Policemen detain a participant of a protest rally in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:49, 26 June 2020
Opposition activist Amrakhov detained in Azerbaijan
His party colleagues have associated the detention of Firdovsi Amrakhov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), with his criticism of the authorities.
Screenshot of an article describing ways of torture posted at the website of the Committee against Torture: https://www.pytkam.net/ru/galereya-pytok
13:32, 26 June 2020
Rights defenders sceptical about counter-torture fight in Northern Caucasus
On the UN International Day in Support of Torture Victims, human rights defenders have noted the invariably difficult situation in Northern Caucasus as regards the readiness of local authorities to combat torture.
A police operation in Dijon. Photo by the press service of the French police / Twitter
11:40, 26 June 2020
Jewish activists stand up for French Chechens after Dijon conflict
The community of Russian-speaking Jews in France has condemned the country's Interior Minister for his hostile remarks about immigrants from Chechnya after the riots in Dijon.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Christopher Pike
11:27, 26 June 2020
Kadyrov shows his ideological tolerance for violence against women
At his meeting with the relatives of the deceased woman from Gudermes, Ramzan Kadyrov has urged women to withstand beatings by their husbands. Such a tolerant attitude to domestic violence is unacceptable and contradicts the public morality of Northern Caucasus, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Temporary tent camp near the village of Kullar (Dagestan). Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video
11:15, 26 June 2020
Conditions in tent camp near Kullar improved after protests
The Azerbaijani authorities began actively helping their citizens, who are waiting for their departure to homeland in the tent camp set up near the Dagestani village of Kullar. The living conditions, the nutrition and medical care in the camp have improved.
Residents of Kaspiysk watching the Victory Parade behind a metal barrier, June 24, 2020. Photo by Rasul Magomedov
08:35, 26 June 2020
Social network users treat Dagestani COVID statistics on parade day as dubious
The June 24 sharp and short-term surge in the number of coronavirus survivors in Dagestani official statistics has to do with authorities' desire to present the parade and vote for amendments to the Constitution as justified, social network users have suggested.
News
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.