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Ramzan Kadyrov attends a grand opening of the Palace of Arts in Grozny. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny-Inform', https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=m9qwsEsi-50&feature=emb_logo
13:10, 30 March 2020
Chechen authorities ignore restrictions imposed because of coronavirus
Breaking their own imposed bans is a usual practice for Chechen authorities, Ruslan Kutaev and Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya have noted in their comment on the solemn opening of the Palace of Arts in Grozny amid the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus.
Screenshot from video posted by Baza Telegram Channel: https://t.me/bazabazon/3284
11:24, 30 March 2020
"Novaya Gazeta": Chechen law enforcers beat quarantine violators with pipes
Law enforcers with polypropylene pipes in hands are on duty on roads in Chechnya and use pipes against quarantine violators. Local residents report that they beat up people who drive in cars without masks, although it is impossible to buy masks in Chechnya, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.
Elmira Kenzhibulatova with her children in an airport. Photo courtesy of Rasul Kenzhibulatov
11:04, 30 March 2020
Nogai activists call on to release Elmira Kenzhibulatova
The leaders of Nogai NGOs have called to mitigate the freedom restriction measure of Elmira Kenzhibulatova, a resident of the Tarumovka District of Dagestan, who was arrested after her return home from Syria. The woman went to the Middle East to pick up her child and not to take part in hostilities, her relatives and activists assert.
Flag of Abkhazia inside a car cabin. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
10:50, 30 March 2020
Coronavirus situation affects trade and tourism in Abkhazia
In Abkhazia, the state of emergency has forced the owners of trading outlets to curtail operations; while hotel owners have cancelled reservations, entrepreneurs inform.
Screenshot of the post published by the author of the catalogue named "Quarantinum" on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157517816373509&set=a.10150201726168509&type=3&theater
11:02, 29 March 2020
Social network users respond to coronavirus with anti-crisis projects
The catalogue named "Quarantinum" has collected links to more than 150 resources and projects that will help to fruitfully and with pleasure spend time, despite the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus, and also to help people at risk to receive the required psychological and legal support.
10:59, 29 March 2020
Defence claims rights violation of Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu
The police have seized a cell phone from the arrested politician Tofig Yagublu and deleted his records in social networks, his daughter, Nigyar Khazi, has reported. His advocate treats the police's actions as a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
A volunteer buys foodstuffs at the shop. Kabardino-Balkaria, March 2020. Photo by Zalina Kushkhova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:53, 29 March 2020
KBR volunteers help elderly people in self-isolation
82 volunteers are bring foodstuffs and medicines, and help in paying utility bills to older residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who have to stay at home because of coronavirus infection threat.
Nazran Central Mosque. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/TlSHcqhKIIs
23:55, 28 March 2020
Residents of Ingushetia call for closing mosques because of coronavirus
By not closing mosques during the coronavirus epidemic, the Ingush Muslim clergy endanger their believers, Facebook users have stated. They advise local residents not to attend services.
23:53, 28 March 2020
NKR accuses Azerbaijan of 150 shelling attacks
Since March 22, Azerbaijani soldiers have fired over 1200 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.
The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:27, 28 March 2020
Law enforcers collected believers' data during raid at "Tangim" Mosque in Dagestan
At the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, law enforcers stopped parishioners and copied their personal data. Believers pointed to a reduction in the number of participants in the Friday prayer, linking it with the threat of coronavirus spread.
Ammunition. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:19, 28 March 2020
Armenian Army serviceman wounded in conflict zone with Azerbaijan
On March 27, a military serviceman was wounded as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side, a source from the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). Photo: Bilal Randeree https://www.flickr.com
12:13, 28 March 2020
North-Caucasian pilgrims face threat of Hajj cancellation
The demand for Hajj pilgrimage among North-Caucasian Muslims has dropped because of the spread of coronavirus and rouble depreciation, tour operators report. Saudi Arabia may cancel the Hajj; and operators will have to return the money to unfortunate pilgrims, said the office of Ilyas Umakhanov, the Hajj Commissioner under the Russian government.
12:06, 28 March 2020
Analysts explain difference of coronavirus spread in Georgia and Armenia
The number of coronavirus cases has reached 329 in Armenia and 83 in Georgia. The significant difference in the number of infected people is explained by the fact that Tbilisi took preventive measures against the epidemic earlier than Yerevan. However, such a gap in figures can be explained also by the fact that the data on the number of coronavirus infected people depends on the number of performed tests, analysts have noted.
Believers in a mosque in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
11:45, 28 March 2020
Attendance of Friday namaz in Chechen mosques drops
After the Mufti's call to people at risk not to visit mosques for coronavirus threat, the collective namaz (prayer) in Grozny on Friday was less crowded.
Kadyrov at the meeting on the coronavirus outbreak https://youtu.be/E7QdTlJjmB4
11:23, 28 March 2020
Kadyrov equates coronavirus carriers with terrorists
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has demanded that quarantine violators be imprisoned, deprived of food and buried in pits. The threats may well come true, residents of the republic believe.
Visitors of the concert at the new Palace of Arts in Grozny. Screenshot of the video published at Ramzan Kadyrov's page on the VKontakte https://vk.com/wall279938622_476660
23:59, 27 March 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov organizes solemn ceremony in Grozny despite quarantine
On March 26, the Chechen TV Channel showed a story about the opening ceremony at the Palace of Arts in Grozny. The authorities of Chechnya organized a solemn ceremony despite their own calls to cancel all mass events. Users of social networks and residents of Chechnya criticized the inconsistent actions of the republic's authorities.
A cleaning services specialist disinfects streets in the village of Marabda. March 23, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
22:34, 27 March 2020
Under quarantine: how Azerbaijanis survive in Georgia
Two districts of the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli became a hotbed of risk for the spread of the coronavirus infection, and a strict quarantine is introduced in those districts. The region is compactly populated by Azerbaijani natives, many of whom do not know the Georgian language. What the authorities are doing, what local residents are afraid of, why students are not able to attend distance lectures, and how the language barrier prevents people from maintaining social distancing, – read about these and other problems described for the "Caucasian Knot" by Alexander Kvakhadze, a researcher of the "Rondeli Foundation".
Joint action of supporters of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Murtazali Gasanguseinov in Makhachkala, March 16, 2020. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:17, 27 March 2020
Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev left under arrest
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan dismissed an appeal filed by the defence of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), about his arrest in a case on financing of terrorism.
A session of the Dagestani Parliament. Photo by the press service of the People's Assembly of the Republic http://nsrd.ru/pub/novosti/45_sessiya_dagestanskogo_parlamenta_vnesla_iz_26_03_2020
19:13, 27 March 2020
Dispute over killed Gasanguseinov brothers' case results in conflict among Dagestani MPs
At a session of the Dagestani parliament, MP Omargadji Aliev has reproached the republic's Minister of Internal Affairs and noted that till present, the case on the killing of the Gasanguseinov shepherd brothers has not been resolved. A dispute about the investigators' inaction resulted in a quarrel among Dagestani MPs.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:48, 27 March 2020
Rights defenders demand to inquire into torture case of four residents of Southern Russia
The torture case of four Anapa residents has been reopened after repeated examinations, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has reported. The investigation of the case will move from a deadlock only after the transfer thereof to the central machinery of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), human rights defenders believe.
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A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for failing to report to his unit.

The mother of a Nalchik man convicted in the Caliphate case complained about her son's harassment in prison.

A serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from his unit.

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.