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    A billboard encouraging voters to participate in voting for the election. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
    11:45, 21 September 2021
    Observers link nervous breakdowns of election commission members in Kuban with violations at voting
    Two chairpersons of the precinct election commissions (PECs) in the Kuschevsky District felt bad after being pointed out to violations and possible falsifications during voting and vote tabulation, observers have informed.
    Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Musaev / Grozny Inform
    23:48, 20 September 2021
    Ramzan Kadyrov breaks his own election record
    According to the election commission, Ramzan Kadyrov won 99.7% of the votes in the elections for the leader of Chechnya, while in 2016, his result was 97%.
    Ballot boxes. Photo: REUTERS/Yevgeniya Novozhenina
    23:47, 20 September 2021
    Chechen residents complain about “carousel voting” in elections
    In Chechnya, teachers and doctors voted many times against their will at different polling stations, residents of the republic reported. They pointed out the passive attitude of many of their acquaintances to the elections.
    23:36, 20 September 2021
    On September 13-19, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
    During the week of September 13-19, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
    23:25, 20 September 2021
    “Edinaya Rossiya” Party wins parliamentary elections in Chechnya
    In Chechnya, the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party won 89.2% of the votes in the parliamentary elections, ahead of the “Spravedlivaya Rossiya” (Fair Russia) Party and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), the Central Election Commission reported.
    Ramzan Kadyrov at a polling station on September 19, 2021. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny - Inform news agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfUz-3bs0aA
    15:27, 20 September 2021
    Kadyrov gets over 99% of votes at election of Chechen leader
    At the election of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has won 99.63% of the votes, the Chechen Central Election Commission (CEC) has informed after processing 53.88% of the protocols.
    A polling station for the elections on September 19, 2021. Photo by Alyona Sadovskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
    15:10, 20 September 2021
    CEC's data on voter turnout show interest decrease in elections in four NCFD regions
    Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachay-Cherkessian Republics (KBR and KChR) have shown a decrease in voters' interest in the elections to the State Duma, as evidenced by preliminary data on voter turnout as compared with the 2016 election campaign: this time, the voter turnout increased only in Ingushetia, Stavropol Territory and North Ossetia.
    The highway connecting the Armenian cities of Goris and Kapan. Photo: TATEV DURYAN / ՀՀ Մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան - Human Rights Defender of Armenia
    12:13, 20 September 2021
    Analysts rule out any impact of incident with Iranian drivers on Baku-Tehran relations
    The detention of truckers from Iran on the Goris-Kapan highway was a demonstration of Baku's dissatisfaction with the violation of Azerbaijan's customs rules; no severe punishment of them will follow, as well as no deterioration of the two countries' interrelations, Azerbaijani analysts believe.
    The Kasakh river valley. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Касах
    12:12, 20 September 2021
    Azerbaijan returns two Kasakh residents
    The residents of the Kasakh community, who got lost and ended up in the territory controlled by Azerbaijan, have returned home with the assistance of Russian border guards.
    Voting in Nalchik. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
    11:54, 19 September 2021
    Official data on voter turnout in KBR mismatch observers' estimates
    More than half of the electorate have taken part in the voting, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported. However, in Nalchik, observers claimed a low voter turnout at their polling stations.
    A polling station in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
    10:59, 19 September 2021
    Sochi observers point to significant ballot stuffing
    The data of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) on the number of voters at a number of polling stations in Sochi is from 1.5 to 2 times higher than the figures indicated in the protocols, observers assert.
    A polling station in Dagestan. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
    10:42, 19 September 2021
    Observer attacked in Makhachkala
    In Makhachkala, an unidentified man has attacked Ibragim Nazhmudinov, a member of the election commission with an advisory vote from the "Yabloko" Party, by accusing him of obstructing the work of the election commission. The police became interested in the incident.
    A voting booth. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
    18:45, 18 September 2021
    CPRF observer beaten up in Anapa
    In the evening of September 17, unidentified persons have beaten up Alexei Glimeido, an observer for the candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), after he left the territory of the Territorial Election Commission (TEC). Doctors recorded minor injuries; and the activist sent a complaint to the police.
    Election in Chechnya. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CT7Q0xdM9b9/
    17:24, 18 September 2021
    Residents of Chechnya point to involvement of state servants in campaigning for voting
    In Chechnya, officials, teachers and businessmen are placing posts in social networks calling voters to go to the polls, residents of the region informed.
    Russia-Azerbaijan border. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL39g7tPr2s
    17:02, 18 September 2021
    144 Azerbaijanis return to homeland from Dagestan camp
    A total of 144 Azerbaijanis have left the "Ogonyok" camp located in the Kaitag District of Dagestan, the regional branch of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported. Apart from the camp tenants, about 500 other citizens are waiting for crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border in Dagestan, a human rights defender asserts.
    A polling station. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
    11:36, 18 September 2021
    Observers report on coercion of state servants to vote in Sochi
    On the first day of voting, voters mostly came to polling stations in Sochi with invitations from enterprises; they put their marks in ballot papers, made photos of them and sent somewhere; members of precinct election commissions (PECs) and observers have noted, believing that in this way, authorities are making use of their administrative resources to promote the "right" candidates.
    Residents of Donbass at a polling station in in Krasny Sulin. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
    11:20, 18 September 2021
    Donbass residents awarded Russian passports to vote at elections in Rostov Region
    On September 17, about 400 residents of Donbass have received Russian passports; immediately after that, they were taken by buses to polling stations in the Rostov Region.
    08:38, 18 September 2021
    Proxy of candidate for State Duma MP beaten up in Anapa
    Rostislav Scherbakov, a proxy of a candidate for an MP from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has filed two complaints about violations during the voting in the city of Anapa and was attacked at the exit from the polling station.
    Unidentified persons punctured tires of Ivan Chucheev's car near a polling station, Elista, September 17, 2021. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot
    08:25, 18 September 2021
    Elista: cars of candidates' proxies damaged after complaints about violations
    Three proxies of a candidate for a State Duma MP have claimed that some unidentified persons had punctured tires of their cars left near polling stations. One of them was attacked at the polling station when he tried to record a violation.
    Voting room at a polling station in Makhachkala, September 17, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
    00:04, 18 September 2021
    Dagestani observers complain about counteraction to their activities
    Members of election commissions interfere with the checking of voters’ documents and preventing voting at places of residence, a coordinator of the “Observers of Dagestan” movement reports.
    News
    Activists reported mass arrests in Chechnya.

    Oleg Tyryshkin. Screenshot of RusNews photo from 04/25/26, https://t.me/rusnews/83754. A pensioner convicted of commenting on Akhmat Kadyrov died in prison.

    Human rights activists reported violations of Belkisa Mintsayeva's rights.

    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.