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Zara Tepsurkaeva. Screenshot from ChGTRK 'Grozny' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh1kwHNWa-o
13:18, 16 April 2020
Instagram users condemn public reproach of Tepsurkaev family
Subscribers to the Chechen Instagram publics have criticized Chechen authorities for publicly humiliating Zara Tepsurkaeva and her sons, who asked Ramzan Kadyrov for food.
Road sign Tbilisi-Akhalgori. Photo: Nikolai Bangsgaard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Akhalgori
11:22, 16 April 2020
Georgia demands from South Ossetia to let Akhalgori residents for treatment
South-Ossetian authorities should let the Akhalgori residents who need medical care to the territory controlled by the Georgian authorities for treatment, said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.
Kadyrov holds meeting on coronavirus issues. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-78fX-oanG/
11:09, 16 April 2020
Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov's call to punish "Novaya Gazeta"
The "Roskomnadzor" has obliged the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper to restrict access to the publication on coronavirus spread in Chechnya that angered Ramzan Kadyrov.
Believers praying. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:57, 16 April 2020
Dagestani Muslims suggest simplifying funeral rite during epidemic
Relatives of the Muslims who died from coronavirus can independently conduct funeral rituals by using protective means, but it is worth abandoning gatherings after burial, the Dagestani believers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
08:45, 16 April 2020
Azerbaijani SC decides to review cases of Mamedov and Djafarov
The Plenum of the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan will review the cases of the oppositional politician, Ilgar Mamedov, and human rights activist, Rasul Djafarov, due to "newly discovered circumstances" and the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said the advocate, Fuad Agaev.
Anti-Plague Costumes, transferred to the Ministry of Defence of Kabardino-Balkaria. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/kanokov.arsen/videos/pcb.1595930117239713/1595929967239728/?type=3&theater
08:26, 16 April 2020
Businessmen hand 1000 protective garments over to KBR hospitals
Anti-plague protective garments purchased by businessmen of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) were transferred to republic's medical institutions; a contract was also signed for the purchase of another 5000 garments. The 100,000 medical masks, earlier delivered to Nalchik, were distributed among local residents, said Arsen Kanokov, a Senator.
Grozny residents in protective masks, April 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
22:34, 15 April 2020
Chechen residents note inefficiency of quarantine
During the day, in Chechnya, the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection increased from 64 to 105. Strict restrictions did not lead to a decrease in the spread of COVID-19, local residents note.
Relative of one of those perished in the terror attack on Beslan school in 2004. Phot by Alan Tskhurbayev for the Caucasian Knot
22:19, 15 April 2020
"Mothers of Beslan" opposes holiday on day of remembrance of terror act victims
It is unacceptable to combine the Day of the End of World War II with the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism, states the "Mothers of Beslan" Committee.
Zara Tepsurkaeva. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/Uh1kwHNWa-o
18:52, 15 April 2020
Chechen woman publicly repents her address to Ramzan Kadyrov for help
In the village of Gekhi, the Tepsurkaeva family should not ask for help from Ramzan Kadyrov, but should feed from their own garden, states the head of the Urus-Martan District on the air of the "Grozny" TV Company. Zara Tepsurkaeva admitted that she should not have addressed the leader of Chechnya for help.
Checkpoint 'Nizhny Zaramag'. Screenshot from video posted by Don24
18:38, 15 April 2020
Authorities of South Ossetia organize transportation of their citizens from Russia
In Tskhinvali, the first group of 10 people who arrived from Russia was placed to a hospital under the coronavirus quarantine.
Irakli Okruashvili. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Irakli_Okruashvili
13:54, 15 April 2020
USA and EU criticize Georgian authorities for sentencing Okruashvili
The agreement of Georgian authorities with the opposition on the system of parliamentary elections, which also implies the release of political prisoners, is in jeopardy because of the sentence passed to Irakli Okruashvili, a former minister of defence, the statements of the Embassies of the USA and European Union (EU) assert.
A bride in Chechnya. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpRgf28g90
13:42, 15 April 2020
Residents of Chechnya upset by ban on marriage because of coronavirus
Adam Ilyasov, Deputy Mufti of Chechnya, has warned that violators of the ban on marriages, introduced because of coronavirus spread will be fined. The local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are upset by the new ban.
11:40, 15 April 2020
Xenophobic statements in Georgian Internet segment opposed by Azerbaijani youth
In response to xenophobic attacks on the Internet, young people from the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Georgia have held their own campaign. In social networks, they wrote that they know the Georgian language and are law-abiding citizens.
At a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: official Facebook page of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh, https://www.facebook.com/ArtsakhPolice/posts/1067474440285766
11:25, 15 April 2020
Political analysts question legitimacy of NKR election
Violations at the first round of the presidential election held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) define the illegitimacy of all subsequent election processes, political analysts assert.
08:33, 15 April 2020
Opposition activist arrested in Azerbaijan for quarantine violation
Baba Suleimanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 30 days for violating the quarantine regime. The party treats the arrest as politically motivated.
Hand of people praying. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:18, 15 April 2020
KBR Muslims speak out against cremation of coronavirus casualties
The cremation of a Muslim is unacceptable, even if he dies from coronavirus, the residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.
21:52, 14 April 2020
Abdulmumin Gadjiev involved in new criminal case as a suspect
Investigators instituted a case against the journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) about involvement in two banned organizations.
Journalist Tezekhan Miralamli arguing with policemen, September 11, 2019. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/MeydanTelevision/videos/671447066668670/?v=671447066668670
21:37, 14 April 2020
Tezekhan Miralamli charged with disorderly conduct
Tezekhan Miralamli, an employee of the opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom), a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is accused of disorderly conduct. He signed a recognizance not to leave the place. The journalist pleads not guilty.
Participant of "A concert from a balcony". Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4KOHnoBPt/
18:51, 14 April 2020
Muslims call on Dagestani residents to pray instead of singing from balconies
During the pandemic, a person should pray and read the Koran and should not anger Allah with singing, claim users of social networks who oppose the campaign "A concert from a balcony".
Police checking IDs in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:34, 14 April 2020
Oppositionists note new wave of repressions against critics of Azerbaijani authorities
The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan has released the second statement within the past week and accused the country's authorities of "launching a new wave of repression against the opposition."
News
The Russian Investigative Committee's work at the scene of the attack on a medical worker in Makhachkala. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan/Teegram The doctor injured in the attack in Makhachkala has been discharged from the hospital.

Sergey Melikov. Photo: Administration of the Head and Government of the Republic of Dagestan The flood in Dagestan was the "last straw" before Melikov's resignation.

Just over 4% of applicants received payments following the flooding in Dagestan.

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.