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The Azerbaijani troops. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=30606
21:31, 8 April 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on three villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were 24 times shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-Sv8HPfjo
18:30, 8 April 2020
Chechnya: analysts point to increased tensions amid increased quarantine measures
The humiliation practice in Chechnya is on the rise amid the quarantine, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has noted. Actions of Chechen law enforcers create tensions in the society, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.
A meeting of the operational headquarters on fighting the COVID-19 crisis. April 7, 2020. Screenshot of the video at Ramzan Kadyrov's offical page at VKontakte https://vk.com/ramzan
18:25, 8 April 2020
Residents of Chechnya rebuke officials for ignoring security measures
Chechen authorities and most officials ignore using protective means even during their sittings, despite the tough measures because of the threat of coronavirus spread. Following their example, some residents of the republic refuse wearing medical masks and gloves, while others continue using them.
An appeal to organize virtual pickets to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev https://www.instagram.com/p/B-oxPDdDJjY/
18:14, 8 April 2020
Dozens of social network users join online campaign in support of Gadjiev
For the second week in a row, some 20-30 people are supporting virtual pickets demanding to release the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev.
Activists in Kabardino-Balkaria helped Syrian returnees with foodstuffs. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/ratmir.kara/videos/3096606220477983/
17:56, 8 April 2020
KBR activists help Syrian returnees with foodstuffs
After the closure of public catering facilities because of the threat of coronavirus spread, Syrian repatriates in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) lost their earnings. Circassian activists announced a fundraising, bought and spread over a hundred foodstuff packages among repatriates.
A colony in Azerbaijan. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/acliq-eden-feallari-ayiraraq-basqa-muessiselere-kocurubler/
11:23, 8 April 2020
Rights defenders point to risk of coronavirus infection for those arrested in Azerbaijan
Arrests of quarantine violators in Azerbaijan increase the risk of coronavirus spread in jails; therefore, convicts for minor crimes should be released, human rights defenders have stated.
A resident of Nozhai-Yurt publicly repented on air of the TV channel for violating quarantine measures. Screenshot of the video https://newsvideo.su/video/12529392
11:20, 8 April 2020
Chechen villager publicly repents for violating quarantine measures
The Chechen police are conducting a check on the case of Musa Khasanov, a resident of Nozhai-Yurt, who returned home while bypassing the checkpoint. Khasanov has publicly repented on air of the TV channel; relatives and fellow villagers have condemned his violation. The aim of the video is to intimidate other violators of the self-isolation regime, residents of the republic believe.
Mokhmad-Selim Alimkhanov, a resident of the Khambi-Irze village, posted on WhatsApp a video with his apologies for his video criticizing the authorities for the food aid package he had got. Screenshot of the video sent via WhatsApp
23:57, 7 April 2020
Dissatisfaction with food aid indicates thefts at Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation
Part of the food aid from the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation does not reach people in need because of corruption among low-ranking employees, suggest Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and political analyst Alexei Malashenko after a video criticizing the food aid package.
Residents of Azerbaijan, who had been earlier placed under quarantine, have demanded to let them go home. Photo courtesy of the journalist Vyusalya Alibeili
23:51, 7 April 2020
In Baku, protestors get quarantine leave
Residents of Azerbaijan, who had been earlier placed under quarantine, have demanded to let them go home, because the 14-day isolation period had expired. A protest action accelerated the checkout process.
Aslambek Akhmetkhanov. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHeFy2cpfk
18:36, 7 April 2020
YouTube users urge not to criticize Kadyrov for humiliation of Akhmetkhanov
No one should criticize the leader of Chechnya for public humiliation of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, because the latter allowed himself to voice blasphemy. This opinion was shared by some users who left their comments on the YouTube channel of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.
A law enforcer carrying out identity checks. Grozny, April 4, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
18:32, 7 April 2020
Law enforcers ban German resident from leaving Chechnya
Chechen law enforcers set free Shamkhan Baidulaev, a kidnapped resident of Germany, but seized his documents, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
A soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army. Photo by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7681
18:29, 7 April 2020
Azerbaijan claims shelling of two villages in conflict zone
During the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed near the Armenian border and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled fro 23 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
A police officer and a federal army soldier in a street in Baku during the quarantine. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:22, 7 April 2020
Azerbaijani opposition claims pressure on activists
The Azerbaijani Movement for Democracy and Welfare (MDW) has stated that authorities are using the quarantine to put pressure on activists: members of the movement were summoned to the police; one activist was arrested under the pretext of fighting the pandemic. Oppositionists see the suppression of the freedom of self-expression as the true reason for persecutions.
A police officer stops a woman in a street in Baku during the quarantine regime. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:59, 7 April 2020
Six persons arrested in Azerbaijan for quarantine violations
The owner of a catering facility that was working contrary to the announced quarantine has been arrested, as well as five residents of Azerbaijan detained in the streets, the country's police have informed. Over 3700 people were fined for violating the restrictions due to coronavirus.
Refugees in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
10:56, 7 April 2020
Analysts discuss difficulties in rehabilitating families of former militants in Caucasus
The women, whose husbands perished in armed conflicts or were arrested on charges of terrorism, suffered severe psychological traumas, the participants in the roundtable have stated after the report of the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre (CAPC).
Ramzan Kadyrov (in the center) reprimands Aslambek Akhmetkhanov. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHeFy2cpfk
10:52, 7 April 2020
Blogger Tumso accuses Kadyrov of cowardice after humiliation of Chechen resident
Ramzan Kadyrov has defiantly humiliated Aslambek Akhmetkhanov, who could not respond to the insult and was afraid to openly conflict with Badrudin Yamadaev, said the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Social network users criticized the story of the journalist, who tried to justify Kadyrov's behaviour in the situation with Yamadaev.
A police car in the streets of Baku. April 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:47, 7 April 2020
Azerbaijani rights defenders disappointed by pardon decree
Among those pardoned by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, there are only two political prisoners, but there are generals from the Ministry of National Security (MNS), convicted of dozens committed crimes, human rights defenders report.
Folded hands. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:38, 7 April 2020
Coronavirus corrects Ramadan spiritual practices
Because of the coronavirus, the holy Muslim month of Ramadan may pass without collective prayers and solitude in mosques, but fasting cannot be cancelled, Imams of Northern Caucasus believe. They also made a recommendation not to visit relatives during the celebration of Uraza Bairam.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of the video posted at the ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3yRZT4_WwU
23:48, 6 April 2020
Blogger Abdurakhmanov explains Kadyrov's refusal to punish law enforcers
Ramzan Kadyrov decided to reward the law enforcers who humiliated a resident of Argun, because punishing "own people" contradicts the principles of the power system in Chechnya, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov claims. The law enforcers did not have the right to humiliate the man, and by such actions they embitter local residents against themselves, YouTube users note.
The police watch tower in Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
23:46, 6 April 2020
In Azerbaijan, elderly prisoners pardoned because of coronavirus threat
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev signed a decree on the early relief of 176 prisoners over 65 years old in connection with the spread of COVID-19.
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Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has not closed its investigation into the AZAL plane crash.

135 members of Azerbaijani families have returned to the village of Khojavend in the Khojavend district. Photo: Report / https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-hodzhavend-pereselyayutsya-eshe-32-semi#gallery_a6a4511717ca52adb098599740b78057-4 32 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Information about the search became an obstacle to Sadygov obtaining a foreign passport.

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.