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An unauthorized march in support of the Azerbaijani Army, Baku, July 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:03, 15 September 2020
37 activists face criminal charges following protest in Baku
A total of 37 people, including 16 members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), were accused under several criminal articles after the July 15 rally in Baku. Oppositionists wouldn't plead guilty.
13:47, 15 September 2020
Azerbaijan claims military serviceman wounded in conflict zone
In the evening on September 14, in the Tovuz District, a serviceman, Renat Eldar-oglu Aliev, was wounded as a result of ceasefire violation, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
A pistol. Photo: Wolfgang Claussen//Pixabay
13:34, 15 September 2020
Nazran resident dies after being shelled by strangers
A 50-year-old resident of Nazran died after unidentified persons opened fire on him from inside a car, an Ingush law enforcement source has reported.
Hunger-striker Lia Bezhashvili. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:25, 15 September 2020
Number of hunger-strikers in front of Georgian parliament reaches 18
Three more persons have joined the women who are holding a hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding a large-scale amnesty. The total number of protesters has reached 18.
Grozny. Photo: Alexxx1979, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53866567
10:58, 15 September 2020
After disappearance in Grozny, Movsar Umarov fails contacting his family
Since his disappearance in July, Movsar Umarov has not contacted his family, his sister said.
Gathering in the Chechen village of Djalka. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFG5TwCJfKC/
10:46, 15 September 2020
Djalka village takes over baton of Zakaev's condemnation
Akhmed Zakaev, who called Chechen authorities responsible for torturing Tepsurkaev, has no right to speak on behalf of the Chechen people – this was the leitmotif of those speaking at a gathering in the Chechen village of Djalka.
Tofig Yagublu. Screenshot: Meydan TV, https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/тофиг-ягублу-был-вызван-в-генпрокуратуру/?ref=list-news
08:28, 15 September 2020
On 13th days of his hunger strike, Tofig Yagublu rejects medical help
Tofig Yagublu, an Azerbaijani oppositionist, who is under intensive care, has refused medications, his daughter has informed.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=UVFq0UHrK9w&feature=emb_logo
08:17, 15 September 2020
More than week after his kidnapping, Tepsurkaev's whereabouts are unknown
Salman Tepsurkaev faces death due to the resonance after the publication of the video with his self-humiliation, the authors of the 1ADAT Telegram Channel believe. This is not excluded also by the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), which asked the European Court to demand from Russia to find the young man kidnapped on September 6.
Chechen native apologizes for washing shoes in an Orthodox spring. Screenshot: https://t.me/pdmnews/33893
23:30, 14 September 2020
Chechen native apologizes for washing shoes in an Orthodox spring
Natives of Chechnya filmed a video of how they were washing their shoes in a spring near an Orthodox church in Kaliningrad. Later, one of the men from the video apologized for the incident.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
23:17, 14 September 2020
Advocates complain about restriction of Tofig Yagublu's rights to defence
Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu, who continues his hunger strike, is not allowed to be visited by his family members and to communicate with them via mobile phone, his daughter said. The defence complained about the delay in the consideration of an appeal filed in the Tofig Yagublu's case.
A polling station in Astrakhan. Photo: press service of the Election Committee for Astrakhan, http://www.astrakhan.izbirkom.ru/news/9902/
18:31, 14 September 2020
Astrakhan opposition reports bribery of voters
In Astrakhan, each city resident got 700 roubles under formal pretexts for visiting polling stations on election days, and several complaints were filed to the police in connection with the above violations, members of opposition parties reported.
Soldier of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/on-xetde-vetene-xidmetimle-fexr-edirem-video-32140.html
18:12, 14 September 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on four villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages located near the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 32 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBh8JQhmZSU
15:01, 14 September 2020
Chechen Muftiate joins attacks on Tepsurkaev and Zakaev
In his video appeal, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has criticized Salman Tepsurkaev for "shameless conversations", and called Akhmed Zakaev, who stood up for Salman, "an outcast."
OMON agent. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya-v-respublike-0.html#&gid=1&pid=2
14:47, 14 September 2020
On September 7-13, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded
During the week, from September 7 to September 13, 2020, no information was received about the victims of 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 other open sources.
Screenshot from video condemning Akhmed Zakaev: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFEWFelJ3j4/
11:26, 14 September 2020
Gathering in Urus-Martan records video condemning Akhmed Zakaev
At their gathering in Urus-Martan, members of the Zakaev family clan have criticized, in an insulting manner, Akhmed Zakaev, the head of government of the self-proclaimed Ichkeria (banned in Russia by the court) for supporting the 1ADAT Telegram Channel. Having declared their loyalty to the "padishah", the clan members demanded from emigrants not to interfere with Chechen affairs.
War in Syria. A woman with a child. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
11:05, 14 September 2020
Eleven North-Caucasian children returned from Syria handed over to relatives
Relatives in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) received the eleven children returned from the Middle East. Four other children from the Astrakhan Region, Dagestan and Chechnya remain in hospital.
Murad Aslamkhanov. Screenshot from video "Murad's urgent appeal from Vienna to Kadyrov Ramzan – Don't touch my relatives!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnEg_MDaFk
10:48, 14 September 2020
Kadyrov's critic reports detention of his relatives in Chechnya
In Chechnya, many relatives of Murad Aslamkhanov, a critic of Chechen authorities, who is living in Austria, have been detained, Aslamkhanov himself stated on September 12. He launched his YouTube channel after the resonant humiliation of Salman Tepsurkaev. In a video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov, he stood up for his relatives, threatening to execute relatives of the people from Kadyrov's retinue living in Europe.
Tamaz Khomasuridze. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
10:35, 14 September 2020
Court arrests father of minor accused of killing footballer Shakarashvili
The Tbilisi City Court has placed into custody Tamaz Khomasuridze, the father of the minor, who is accused of killing the football player, Giorgi Shakarashvili. The father is charged with threats, falsification of proofs and false testimonies.
Mekhman Guseinov. Screenshot of the post on Mekhman Guseinov's Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2130519383651634&set=a.141517832551809
10:38, 13 September 2020
Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov recovers after surgery
At a Swiss clinic, doctors have successfully operated on Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger and human rights defender, who is suffering from cancer. Now, the young man must undergo a long rehabilitation course, his brother said.
Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya. Screenshot of the post on «Чечня Онлайн» Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_kW4Knzqz/
10:36, 13 September 2020
Commander of special regiment of Chechen MIA voices threats to Tepsurkaev's defenders
Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, called the words of critics of the republic's authorities after the publication of the video with the humiliation of Salman Tepsurkaev as empty talks, stating that they would be "called to account." Activists believe that authorities are trying to reduce the negativity caused by this video.
News
Damage to a pipeline has led to pollution of the Caspian Sea.

Fuel tanks. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. A batch of petroleum products was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A cargo of grain was sent from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

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.