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15:09, 13 July 2020
Statistics of the coronavirus infection spread in the Caucasus and impact of the pandemic on the everyday life of people living in the countries of Southern Caucasus and southern regions of Russia; armed clash on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia; public outcry around the murder in Vienna of a blogger criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 6-12, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
- Abkhazia
- Adjaria
- Adygea
- Armenia
- Astrakhan Region
- Azerbaijan
- Chechnya
- Dagestan
- Georgia
- Ingushetia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmykia
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Krasnodar Territory
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- North Ossetia-Alania
- North-Caucasian Federal District
- Rostov Region
- Russia
- South Caucasus
- South Federal District
- South Ossetia
- Stavropol Region
- Volgograd Region
- Conflicts
- Coronavirus in Caucasus
- Crime
- Economics
- Human rights
- Incidents
- Politics
- Society
11:26, 13 July 2020
The coronavirus was detected in the Georgian military servicemen, who were in Afghanistan within the "Strong Support" NATO's mission. They all returned to their homeland and are treated in hospital.
17:49, 11 July 2020
The authorities of Abkhazia have decided to open the border from July 13 to July 17, so that local residents could return home from Georgia. All the returnees have to undergo health control.
17:32, 11 July 2020
This summer, the tourist season in Chechnya has not been opened; only local residents spend their vacations in the republic's resorts, because under the coronavirus epidemic the borders of Chechnya are closed for foreign tourists, the resort workers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.
17:19, 11 July 2020
The bosses of the Khasavyurt ambulance station refuse to pay surcharges to medics, taking advantage of the fact that due to lack of tests, not all the infected persons were diagnosed the coronavirus, health workers claim.
12:25, 11 July 2020
Raip Ashikov, a former head of Makhachkala police, accused of financing terrorism, went to court to demand compensation for the inhuman custody conditions. According to his story, when at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), he was infected with COVID-19 and failed to receive any treatment for more than 40 days.
08:36, 11 July 2020
With the restart of Friday prayers in the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque, law enforcers gathered near it and began stopping believers' cars of and copying drivers' and passengers' personal data.
08:22, 11 July 2020
The citizens of Azerbaijan, who have arrived from Dagestan to their homeland, are satisfied with the living conditions in the quarantine tent camp set up near the Samur border checkpoint. Until the end of quarantine, they are forbidden to contact their relatives, since COVID-19 is diagnosed in some of the arrivals.
11:18, 10 July 2020
To move from a spontaneous camp into the tent one set up near Kullar, Azerbaijani citizens need to undergo coronavirus testing, but the issuance of test results is highly protracted. Besides, camp residents complain about an unfair compilation of lists of returnees to Azerbaijan.
08:34, 10 July 2020
Policemen have drawn up protocols on ten protesters outside the Armenian government building. They complained that they had been unemployed for five months due to the closure of restaurants.
14:48, 9 July 2020
At the July 7 sitting of the Operative Headquarters for Countering the Spread of Coronavirus, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the lifting of the ban on wedding ceremonies, introduced earlier because of the coronavirus pandemic.
10:53, 9 July 2020
Law enforcers are examining all the drivers and inspecting all the cars at the entrance to Chechnya from Dagestan, which results in huge jams on the federal highway in the forty-degree-centigrade heat.
23:10, 8 July 2020
Starting from today, Georgia begins to welcome tourists from five countries of the European Union – Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
18:41, 7 July 2020
Vadim Cheldiev, accused in a case on a rally in Vladikavkaz, was transferred to solitary confinement, and he does not receive money and transfers from his relatives and friends, an advocate of the activist claims.
18:26, 7 July 2020
In contradiction to the authorities' statements, a certificate confirming that a person is not infected with coronavirus does not guarantee the possibility of entering Chechnya, local residents claim. The local people also complained about the long lines formed at the border because of verification of certificates and IDs.