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12:27, 30 May 2020
Ruslan Amirov arrested again in Azerbaijan
Ruslan Amirov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days. This is his second administrative arrest within the last two months. The PFPA believes that Amirov is being persecuted for his political views.
Elkhan Suleimanov. Screenshot from video posted by Grozny TV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAu6MN2IGcD/
11:38, 30 May 2020
Suleimanov's call for strict quarantine triggers new discontent among residents of Chechnya
Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health (MPH), has urged residents of the republic to take quarantine measures even more rigorously amid the growth of coronavirus infection cases. There is the third month of self-isolation; people have no money even to buy foodstuffs, and local residents were indignant.
Mobile medical camp in Buynaksk. Photo: press service of Buynaksk Administration
11:25, 30 May 2020
Eleven persons hospitalized from border tent camp in Dagestan
Eleven Azerbaijani citizens from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) in Dagestan, where they are waiting for the opening of the state border, were taken to the Derbent City Hospital. One of them was diagnosed as having coronavirus infection.
Illustration to the report 'Killed by gossips-2'. Author: Olga Averinova. Photo: https://xn--80abdnmdd8ddgec3d.xn--p1ai/reports/ubitye-spletnyami-2-analiz-sudebnykh-prigovorov-otchet-2020-goda/
08:36, 30 May 2020
Rights defenders call for tougher sentences for "honour killings" in Northern Caucasus
Courts in Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia are used to justify the so-called "honour killings" by the immoral behaviour of the victims themselves, the authors of the report, "Killed by gossips-2", assert.
Residents of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District demand to dismantle the 5G-communication tower. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvEM_GpmE2/
08:25, 30 May 2020
Dagestani villagers threaten to burn 5G tower down
Residents of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District said they have no need of high-speed Internet, and demanded to dismantle the 5G-communication tower.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAw5-iiIzzC/
21:49, 29 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov responds to version of his re-hospitalization
After the appearance of the information about his departure to Moscow for medical treatment, the leader of Chechnya has declared that he stays in the republic and continues working.
A hand with flowers near the Constitution booklet. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
21:35, 29 May 2020
Quarantine displaces constitutional issue from priorities of activists in Southern Russia
Activists explain a decline in the protest activities regarding the voting on the amendments to the Russian Constitution by restrictions imposed because of the epidemic.
Diana Tsipinova (right) during conflict in Nartkala. Screenshot from video posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100036798039208/videos/253442592559007/
17:36, 29 May 2020
Advocate Diana Tsipinova goes on hunger strike in Baksan IVS
Diana Tsipinova, who was suspected of attacking policemen in the town of Nartkala, refused to accept food in protest against her detention at an IVS (temporary detention facility), her advocate reports today.
Ramzan Kadyrov, May 27, 2020. Screenshot from Kadyrov's personal VKontakte page, https://vk.com/ramzan?z=video279938622_456243170%2F79c85b3a7ec924cb0a%2Fpl_wall_279938622
17:13, 29 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov's return to Moscow prompts speculation about his illness
Ramzan Kadyrov and his attending physician flew to Moscow, journalist Elena Milashina reported in the evening on May 28. Users of social networks associated a new flight of the Chechen leader to the Russian capital with his illness.
Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az
13:16, 29 May 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling two villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army, including those stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia, were shelled for 25 times within the last 24 hours, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Video appeal by traders from the "Cheryomushki" marketplace in Maykop. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efk5S9QXi5Y&feature=emb_title
13:01, 29 May 2020
Authorities of Adygea distance themselves from solving entrepreneurs' problems
In the city of Maykop, the capital of Adygea, entrepreneurs have complained of a difficult financial situation due to termination of trade and absence of authorities' support during the pandemic. In its turn, the republic's Ministry of Economic Development has explained that local officials cannot include traders from the clothing marketplace into the list of coronavirus victims, compiled by the federal government.
Samashki residents apologizing for spreading fake information. Screenshot of ChP/Grozny Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnIJmvnbFv/
11:39, 29 May 2020
Samashki villagers report pressure by law enforcers after incident
None of the residents of the Chechen village of Samashki, who were beaten up for quarantine violations, appeared in the video circulated by pro-government publics, showing refutations of the beatings. After the incident, officials came from Grozny to Samashki and pressed the participants of the video with apologies, said the villagers.
Chechen law enforcers. Screenshot of Instagram post at ChP.Grozny Chanel: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yFvWbl-T5/
11:25, 29 May 2020
Grozny law enforcers continue checks amid quarantine weakening
Law enforcers are checking permits in stores and at bus stops, copy violators' personal data and threaten to fine them, Grozny residents inform.
Azerbaijanis stationed in a tent camp in Dagestan. Photo by Asim Tagiev for the Caucasian Knot
11:12, 29 May 2020
Conditions in Dagestani border camp give rise to complaints
There are not enough places in the tent camp accommodating the citizens of Azerbaijan, who are waiting for the chance to get home across the border; besides, it is hot and impossible to take a shower, the forced guests are complaining.
Wedding in Chechnya. Photo: Adlan Khasanov
08:32, 29 May 2020
Orientalists point to psychological effect of restarting weddings in Chechnya
By being among the first to lift the ban on weddings, Chechen authorities want to somehow compensate for the psychological fatigue of local residents from quarantine, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.
Medical worker. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
08:21, 29 May 2020
Pneumonia patients in Gergebil left without COVID-19 tests
In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, the total number of patients with coronavirus and community-acquired pneumonia made 407 persons, but not all pneumonia patients have undergone a laboratory study on COVID-19, a district hospital employee has stated.
Vadim Cheldiev. Screenshot from video posted by Ossetia News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZPv8lnkTw
21:43, 28 May 2020
Vadim Cheldiev faces new charges
Investigators suggest that Vadim Cheldiev is responsible for riots in Vladikavkaz. The defendant has been charged with disorderly conduct.
Liliya Saidova (centre) in the courtroom, Moscow, February 20, 2019. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
21:24, 28 May 2020
Chechen native Liliya Saidova sentenced in case on financing of terrorism
Today, the court has sentenced Liliya Saidova to five years of imprisonment for transferring money to his brother in Turkey. Liliya Saidova pleads not guilty of financing terrorism, and the court's decision will be challenged, the defence has announced.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs9RBriSko/
19:06, 28 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov offers forgiveness to Ichkeria supporters amid killings in Europe
The leader of Chechnya has announced his willingness to forgive opponents who left Russia if they recognize the fallacy of their views. The Ramzan Kadyrov's call was voiced after a series of resonant killings of critics of the Chechen leader in Europe.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's personal VKontakte page, https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_457296601%2Fwall279938622_494394
18:45, 28 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov responds to article in "Novaya Gazeta" about families of militants
Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that former militants and their relatives are not oppressed in Chechnya. As an example, he has mentioned some of his subordinates.
News
An Ingushetia resident has been accused of organizing the financing of militants.

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.

Yakub Belkhoroev. Video frame from the ingushetiya tv channel https://youtu.be/mr8TUmtIFVM The defense declined to appeal Belkhoroev's sentence.

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.