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Feminist Gyulnara Mekhtieva is holding a poster saying, "Why rapist of a minor remains at large?" Photo: Parvana Gurbanly https://oc-media.org/ru/posle-goda-bezdeystviya-vlasti-azerbaydzhana-arestovali-podozrevaemogo-v-iznasilovanii-aktivistki/
23:52, 20 October 2021
A man suspected of raping underage activist detained in Azerbaijan
The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan has reported about the detention of the man suspected of raping a minor. The victim’s family expressed the hope that the suspect would be arrested.
Salim Khalitov and Uma Askerkhanova in the special detention facility. Photo courtesy of Uma Askerkhanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:49, 20 October 2021
Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov stops his hunger strike
Warders of the special detention facility persuaded Dagestani activist Salim Khalitov to stop his dry hunger strike. Salim Khalitov is under the supervision of a doctor, and his health state is improving, reports Uma Askerkhanova, a member of the Public Oversight Committee (POC) of Dagestan.
Visitors at the "Mother's House" crisis centre located in the city of Kazan. Screenshot of the video #БросайДоброВВоду https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ubM9PW738&t=5s
15:10, 20 October 2021
Abduction of young Dagestani women from the shelter raises vulnerability issue of crisis centres
The existing legal regulations fail to protect tenants of crisis centres from being abducted by law enforcers at requests of their relatives. Russia must adopt a special law that will prohibit relatives to approaching the victim or returning them back into the family with the help of the police, human rights defenders have stated.
Handcuffs. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
15:04, 20 October 2021
Five believers detained in Azerbaijan
Law enforcers have detained five members and supporters of the public association entitled "Spiritual Figures of Azerbaijan". The believers' houses and apartments were searched; their PCs and mobile phones were seized.
Tests for obtaining maroon berets. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-iPcaOktI2
14:58, 20 October 2021
Applicants for maroon berets from Chechnya give reason for criticism by Kadyrov's opponents
The incident at the Tambukan training centre is being actively discussed in social networks. Many commentators have linked the story about the dishonest struggle of Chechen fighters with the distribution practice of undeserved titles and awards widespread in the republic, while the 1ADAT outlet has treated the incident as law enforcers' desire to curry Kadyrov's favour.
Haji Ilgar Ibragimoglu. Screenshot of the video by the AZERBAYCAN YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEFlMrBk8kA&t=1s
14:53, 20 October 2021
Shiite theologian Ilgar Ibragimoglu detained in Azerbaijan
After searching his home, policemen have detained Haji Ilgar Ibragimoglu, a Shiite theologian and the head of the deyerler.org website. Law enforcers' interest in Ibragimoglu may have to do with a wave of repressions against religious figures amid the aggravation of Azerbaijani-Iranian relations; he can be accused of treason, human rights defenders believe.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
14:46, 20 October 2021
ECtHR awards compensation to mother of murdered resident of Ingushetia
Russian authorities failed to conduct an efficient inquiry into the death of Muslim Kuriev, a resident of the village of Plievo, who was killed in a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in 2014, and are responsible for his death, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Muslim's mother named Laila was awarded compensation in the amount of 60,000 euros.
Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) returned home. Screenshot of the video by the Sputnik Armenia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdjxgwyMdr0
14:41, 20 October 2021
Five Armenian POWs returned home
Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia five prisoners of war (POWs) who had been sentenced in Baku to six years in prison; they were sent from the airport to the medical centre. The father of one of the missing servicemen has called for a protest action near the building of the Armenian Government on October 20.
Policemen took the poster away from Gyulnara Mekhtieva, a feminist activist. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=670963433871546&ref=sharing
14:35, 20 October 2021
Police use force to detain activist Mekhtieva in Baku
The family of a minor Azerbaijani activist has failed to achieve an inquiry into the rape for a year already; the girl's mother treats it as a political order and revenge for her daughter's activeness in defending women's rights. Gyulnara Mekhtieva, a feminist, was detained for the demand to bring her companion's rapist to justice.
A girl. Photo by Alice https://flickr.com/
23:59, 19 October 2021
Caucasian experts predict danger for natives of Dagestan returned from Kazan shelter
After returning to their husbands, the young women who fled from their relatives in Dagestan and were abducted by law enforcers from a shelter in Kazan, face a risk to fall victim to “honour killings” even against the background of the publicity of their story. This opinion has been voiced by Caucasian experts.
Fatima Saigitova and Aishat Saigidguseinova. Screenshot of the post on Katerina Neroznikova's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nerkaterina
23:57, 19 October 2021
Young women from shelter in Kazan returned to Makhachkala
Aishat Saigidguseinova and Fatima Saigitova left a shelter apartment in Kazan and returned to Dagestan of their own free will, says a father of one of them. The man accused human rights defender Svetlana Anokhina of the young women’s escape from home and voiced threats against her.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
23:54, 19 October 2021
ECtHR finds Russian authorities responsible for torture of Chechen native Tepsurkaev
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found the Russian authorities responsible for the disappearance and torture of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and obliged him to pay the compensation in the amount of 26,000 euros.
The Southern District Military Court, October 2021. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 19 October 2021
Resident of Chechnya sentenced for financing Syrian militants
In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Chechen resident Magomed Dakaev guilty of transferring money to terrorists in Syria and sentenced him to 5.5 years of imprisonment.
The Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a military who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh over to Karabakh rescuers. Photo https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR
15:22, 19 October 2021
Azerbaijan hands military's remains over to Nagorno-Karabakh
In the city of Shusha (the Armenian name is Shushi), the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a military who perished during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh over to Karabakh rescuers. Thus, the total number of found remains of Armenian militaries has reached 1686.
A participant of the humorous show "Game" on the TNT TV Channel. Screenshot https://t.me/imnotbozhena/19927
15:19, 19 October 2021
Practice of apologizing to Kadyrov leads to TNT parody
Participants in a humorous show on the TNT TV Channel have reacted to the practice of public apologies widespread in Chechnya by staging an apology of a dog that barked at the Chechen leader. Internet users have found the miniature to be unsuccessful.
Domestic violence. Photo: Aziz Karimov / REUTERS
15:12, 19 October 2021
Details of abduction of Dagestani girls from shelter become known
"The girls from Dagestan, who were forced away from the shelter in Kazan, had complained about persecutions by their husbands and relatives; and one of them of beatings," said Svetlana Anokhina. According to her story, the ties of the father of one of the girls, a well-known Dagestan religious preacher, helped to find them.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, September 2020. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:02, 19 October 2021
Military court upholds verdict to four Dagestanis-figurants in terrorism case
The Military Court of Appeal has upheld the sentences to four residents of the Agul District of Dagestan convicted on charges of involvement in a terrorist community and an illegal armed formation (IAF).
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
14:35, 19 October 2021
Rights defenders claim threats in Chechnya to relatives of native of Dagestan
After four inquiries, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation failed to provide the court with materials on the complaint about investigators' inaction on the complaint about the kidnapping of Ibragim Selimkhanov, a native of Dagestan, by Chechen law enforcers. They threatened Selimkhanov's relatives who live in Chechnya.
The tests for maroon berets. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
14:14, 19 October 2021
Kadyrov's relative failed at high-profile tests for maroon beret
The check has showed that there were no brawl at the "Tambukan" test site of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) during the tests for maroon berets, Sergey Lysyuk, the head of the Association of the "Vityaz Maroon Berets' Brotherhood", asserts. According to his version, a relative of the head of Chechnya was removed from the tests.
Baku. Photo: REUTERS/Антон Ваганов
11:44, 19 October 2021
Thirty years of Azerbaijan's independence marked without celebrations
The absence of celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence suggests that authorities are belittling the significance of this event, Fuad Gakhramanly, the spokesman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has stated. During these 30 years, Azerbaijan has failed to become a democratic state, Nasimi Mamedli and Zardusht Alizade, political analysts, assert.
News
The arrest of 29 defendants in the case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has been extended.

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Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

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.