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A security services officer. Photo by the press service of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-tyumeni-neytralizovany-bandity-svyazannye-s.html#&gid=1&pid=3
11:12, 18 May 2020
Week of May 11-17 did with no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 11-17, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
11:10, 18 May 2020
Story of girl's circumcision in Ingushetia arouses anger of Russian feminists
Russian authorities should respond to the continued practice of female circumcisions in Northern Caucasus, subscribers of feminist publics in social networks believe.
Special operation in the Nazran District of Ingushetia, April 6, 2017. Photo: press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-obnaruzhen-arsenal-v-banditskom.html#&gid=1&pid=4
11:40, 17 May 2020
Rights defenders predict futility of special operation in Ingushetia
There are practically no active members of the armed underground in Ingushetia, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.
11:25, 17 May 2020
Law enforcers wouldn't release Azerbaijani activist after arrest expiry
Upon the expiry of his administrative arrest, Niyameddin Akhmedov, an arrested activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was not released; law enforcers took him to some other body, the party members have informed.
People praying on Eid al-Fitr. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:12, 17 May 2020
Social network users argue about place of psychology in Islam
Believers should look for answers to their questions in the Koran, and not turn to psychologists, some commentators to the video about the demand for experts of the Association for Psychological Help to Muslims (APHM) believe. However, their opponents assert that in the modern world, people should use everything that works for their benefit.
Employee of the Gudermes Central District Hospital apologized for her complaints. Screenshot from video footage by ChGTRK 'Grozny' of May 15, 2020: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOVsG4nmPK/
18:04, 16 May 2020
Employees of the Gudermes CDH publicly apologize for their protest
The staff of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) has stated, on air of the state television, that their complaints about the deficit of protective means were unjustified. Residents of Chechnya believe that employees of the CDH were forced to apologize.
An ambulance car. Photo: REUTERS / Татьяна Макеева
17:44, 16 May 2020
Instagram users criticize Stavropol authorities for weakening self-isolation regime
As of today, the number of COVID-19 infections registered in the Stavropol Territory has reached 1367; 17 patients are in grave condition. Authorities are loosening restrictions, despite the worsening of the coronavirus situation in the region, Instagram commentators believe.
Armenian soldiers. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/ru/news/7826
16:35, 16 May 2020
Azerbaijan counts 23 shelling attacks on frontline
During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 23 times a day from the territory of Armenia and on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Medical worker in a protective suit. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
15:47, 16 May 2020
Some 150 doctors and nurses respond to call to help Dagestan
Medical students, doctors and nurses have agreed to go to work in hospitals where coronavirus patients are treated, activists of the "Companions of Good" movement have informed.
Logo of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial". Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru
12:57, 16 May 2020
HRC "Memorial" fined for Facebook post
A court in Moscow has reconsidered the protocol issued by the "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) and repeatedly fined the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" by 300,000 roubles for the absence in the publications of its Ingush branch of the notice that the HRC is a so-called "foreign agent".
Medical worker in a protective suit during coronavirus outbreak. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
12:45, 16 May 2020
Activists demand to intensify fight against epidemic in Dagestan
Despite the alarming coronavirus situation in Dagestan, an irresponsible attitude towards prophylactic measures is observed among ordinary residents and among state servants, Muslim Gasan-Guseinov, a member of the public headquarters, has stated. Doctors of the region should publicize the problems existing in medical institutions regarding the COVID-19 situation, said Ziyaudin Uvaisov, the head of the NGO "Patient's Monitor".
Irakli Okruashvili (left) and Giorgi Ugulava. Screenshot from video posted by First Channel, Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA, collage made by the Caucasian Knot
12:33, 16 May 2020
Political analysts treat pardoning of Okruashvili and Ugulava as attempt to pacify opposition
On May 15, the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, signed a decree pardoning two convicted leaders of oppositional parties – Irakli Okruashvili, the founder of the "Victorious Georgia" Party, and Giorgi Ugulava, the Secretary General of the "European Georgia" Party. The president's decree was the best option, in which the opposition's demands were fulfilled, while the ruling party has "retained its image", the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Policemen checking IDs, Baku, April 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
08:34, 16 May 2020
Azerbaijani authorities announce mitigation of quarantine measures
During the last 24 hours, Azerbaijan revealed 101 new cases of coronavirus infection; one patient died. Since May 18, the country's government will cancel the permissive system of leaving home; the catering facilities, museums and exhibition halls will reopen.
The Central District Hospital of Gudermes. Photo: www.grozny-inform.ru
08:17, 16 May 2020
Doctors' protest reveals hidden problems of Chechen medicine
The claims voiced out by doctors of the Gudermes Central District Hospital (CDH) during their protest are addressed to the federal centre, Professor Alexei Malashenko believes. Doctors announced their problems not fearing the measures applied in Chechnya to intimidate critics of the authorities, said Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender.
Vadim Cheldiev takes part in protest action against 'Electrozinc' plant at the government building of North Ossetia. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQJir8pMrw
22:11, 15 May 2020
Vadim Cheldiev included in list of extremists
Law enforcers institute the third criminal case against Vadim Cheldiev, an initiator of the protests in North Ossetia. The criminal case has been instituted under the article on extremism. Vadim Cheldiev is included in the list of extremists compiled by the "Rosfinmonitoring" (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring).
Special operation. Photo: National Antiterrorist Committee of Russia: http://nac.gov.ru/
21:48, 15 May 2020
Instagram users criticize law enforcers' reports on search for militants in Ingushetia
In the area of a special operation under way in the Sunzha District, unidentified people opened fire on lanterns and sawed a tree revered by a community of Batal-Khadji followers, a source reported. For a long time, there are no militant units in Ingushetia, Instagram users said after law enforcers had started the special operation.
Magomed Daudov. Screenshot: https://yadi.sk/d/jw3itd5HICXo2A
19:43, 15 May 2020
Daudov associates protest of Gudermes hospital with chief doctor's mistakes (+video)
In Gudermes, the chief doctor of the Central District Hospital failed to understand his staff and explain to his subordinates that the hospital was only preparing to receive patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, so the staff did not need protective gear, said Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament.
Sevindj Vagifgyzy. Photo: www.meydan.tv
19:27, 15 May 2020
Azerbaijan authorities recognize violation of journalist Vagifgyzy's rights
Following a decision pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the government of Azerbaijan has recognized a violation of the freelance journalist Sevindj Vagifgyzy's right to freedom of movement and pledged to pay the journalist the compensation in the amount of 5000 euros.
Policeman checking ID, Baku, April 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
19:10, 15 May 2020
PACE warns Azerbaijani authorities not to use quarantine for abuses against activists
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs for monitoring in Azerbaijan expressed their concern over the increased prosecution of critics of the authorities in the country. The PACE rapporteurs warned the authorities of Azerbaijan to "refrain from any abuse of measures intended to fight the coronavirus pandemic to muzzle political opposition."
Araik Arutyunyan. Screenshot from video posted by 'Pay TV Studio' at YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wEfSEa3NqE
15:07, 15 May 2020
NKR's opposition blames new power for ignoring coronavirus threats
Amid the epidemic height, the party of the new president, Araik Arutyunyan, has held an expanded sitting, by gathering more than three hundred people indoors without protective means, members of the oppositional movements of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have stated.
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The resettlement of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh has sparked debate on social media.

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.