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The meeting of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, with hospital chief physicians. Screenshot of the report by the "Grozny" TV Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhMxvxXIaA&feature=emb_logo
20:09, 2 June 2020
Residents of Chechnya draw attention to authorities' ignoring mask regime
All the participants of the meeting of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, with hospital chief physicians, a report about which was shown by the "Grozny" TV Channel, were without medical masks. The mandatory mask regime is ignored by officials and doctors themselves, residents of the republic were indignant.
Grozny. April 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
17:16, 2 June 2020
Grozny residents tell about situation in the city after quarantine weakening
After Ramzan Kadyrov signed a decree on the second stage of easing quarantine, there are more people in streets of Grozny. However, the mask regime is still in force; and some passers-by were detained by law enforcers, the townspeople have informed.
The center of Grozny. Photo by Alexxx1979, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53692987
17:14, 2 June 2020
Media report billions worth donations to Kadyrov Foundation
In 2019, the Chechen Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation raised a record amount of 6 billion roubles as donations – 2.7 times more than in 2018, the "MBKh Media" has reported.
17:12, 2 June 2020
Students' action in Baku ends with fines and arrests
Six Azerbaijani students, who held an action in Baku, demanding to cancel summer exams and liberate students from paying for the second semester due to the coronavirus epidemic, have been fined for violating the quarantine regime. One of them was arrested for 15 days for disobeying the police.
Law enforcers at the site of the shootout in Sunzha. May 30, 2020. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/fotomaterialy.html
11:30, 2 June 2020
Rights defenders doubt links of Ingush casualties with militants
The law enforcers' version about the armed resistance of those killed in Sunzha and about their involvement in the underground is causing doubts, since law enforcers have failed to provide any evidence of these allegations, human rights defenders assert.
A mosque in Nalchik. Photo: Nalchick, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37573922
11:27, 2 June 2020
KBR not to open mosques amid growing numbers of COVID-19 infections
The coronavirus morbidity in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) does not allow restarting collective prayers in the republic's mosques, Alim Sizhazhev, Deputy Mufti of the KBR, has announced. Believers have met the decision of the Muftiate with understanding, but they anticipate the mosque reopening.
Health workers. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
22:10, 1 June 2020
Chechen authorities announce further weakening of quarantine regime
Starting from June 1, Chechnya allows walking not far from home and playing sports in the street. The authorities also announced a decision to open dental offices and beauty and hairdresser salons. Users of social network urged the authorities to abolish the system of permits as soon as possible.
Screenshot of the video at the site of the murder on the "Caucasus" highway in the area of the Yandare village, Ingushetia https://obzor.io/2020/06/01/poyavilos-video-s-ubijstvom-iz-krovnoj-mesti-v-ingushetii-18-79128/
22:05, 1 June 2020
Law enforcers associate murder in Ingushetia with blood feud
A resident of Ingushetia was killed on the "Caucasus" highway, and investigators consider a version of blood-feud-related murder, a source from the law enforcement bodies reported.
The Lugar Laboratory in Georgia. Photo: News Georgia, Levon Nalgranyan https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/tbilisskaya-laboratoriya-imeni-lugara-priglasila-rossijskih-ekspertov-na-trening/
22:02, 1 June 2020
Georgian political analysts explain motives of Russia's statements about Lugar laboratory
By voicing statements about the possible development of hazardous pathogens in the Lugar laboratory, Russia is trying to give itself extra weight in the eyes of the international community, since the world pays great attention to biological safety, political analysts suggest.
Law enforcers in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video at the Telegram Videos channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy0BMTNv3c0
13:45, 1 June 2020
Grozny residents criticize policemen for raids and fines
Police raids to find violators of the self-isolation regime and high fines imposed are criticized by residents of Grozny.
A law enforcer. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-neytralizovany-shestero-banditov.html#&gid=1&pid=5
13:42, 1 June 2020
On May 25-31, at least two persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 25-31, 2020, at least two people perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there was no information about the wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its our own materials and information from open sources.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:38, 1 June 2020
Armenian Premier got infected with COVID-19
The coronavirus test of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, proved to be positive; he has switched over to remote work.
The identity check in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
11:04, 1 June 2020
Residents of Chechnya complain about police checks related to coronavirus
They have received an audio message on the WhatsApp, whose author announced the tightening of police checks in connection with the measures to counter coronavirus. According to their story, law enforcers demand from people to wear medical masks even in the street.
Screenshot of the video of dog fights, published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan https://www.facebook.com/polisazerbaycan/posts/2553923998158231
10:56, 1 June 2020
Dogfight organizers arrested in Azerbaijan
After the appearance of video of dog fights on social networks in Azerbaijan, the police detained four organizers thereof. The country's legislation has gaps regarding responsibility for cruelty to animals, lawyers and animal rights advocates have noted.
Girls on a beach in Batumi. Photo by Yuliya Kasheta for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:54, 1 June 2020
Georgian hotels get ready for tourist season amid uncertainty
The Georgian authorities have set operation rules for hotels and restaurants, but the entry conditions for holidaymakers and tourist routes have not yet been defined. The new rules assume additional costs, but not all hotels can bear them.
At the place of special operation in Sunzha, May 30, 2020. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-respublike-ingushetiya-provedena-kto.html#&gid=1&pid=3
11:24, 31 May 2020
CTO in Sunzha was this year's third one conducted in Ingushetia
On May 30, the Ingush operative headquarters announced the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Sunzha, where a shootout broke out. According to law enforcers, the militants' shelter was taken by storm. Two militants were killed during the CTO, law enforcement sources said.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left), Svetlana Gannushkina (centre), Akmed Zakaev. Collage by the 'Caucasian Knot'. Screenshots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvIRue9zB4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDVNm5shA3Y и https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbQTEQ4mqs
11:10, 31 May 2020
Kadyrov's appeal to Ichkeria* supporters sparks analysts' scepticism
The Ramzan Kadyrov's promise to forgive his opponents from the Chechen Diaspora was made for self-promotion; it won't get any real response, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Screenshot from video appeal by one of Cherkessk ambulance workers: http://www.instagram.com/p/CAyOfonKAlD/
10:46, 31 May 2020
Cherkessk health workers complain of massive COVID-19 infection
The ambulance staff of the city of Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) has recorded a series of video appeals about the coronavirus infection because of the shortage of protective means. As a result, the number of ambulance teams in operation has reduced by three times; patients waiting for ambulances for four to six hours, medics have informed.
20:46, 30 May 2020
Sources report shootout of Batalkhadjins in Surkhakhi
The decision of some Batalkhadjins to leave the clan has led to a conflict in the Nazran District of Ingushetia; several people were hospitalized after the shootout, sources have reported.
19:38, 30 May 2020
In Armenia, 60 refugee families receive housing certificates
Certificates for the purchase of housing were received by 60 families of refugees from Azerbaijan, who live in non-privatized dormitory rooms, the Migration Service of Armenia has informed.
News
Analysts considered the nationalization of the Pokrovsky concern to be only a step in the redistribution of the agro-cluster in southern Russia.

The court confiscated the property of the former governor of the Rostov region.

Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region.

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.