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The participants in the Vladikavkaz protest action. April 20, 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:11, 28 July 2021
Analysts treat convicted Cheldiev's supporters as victims of crowd effect
The participants in the Vladikavkaz protest action against self-isolation held in April 2020, sentenced to real prison terms, were not known to the public, observers said. In their opinion, the convicts were only like-minded people with Vadim Cheldiev, whom investigators regard as the organizer of the rally.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo by the Office of the President of Russia Phttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khabib_Nurmagomedov
00:00, 28 July 2021
Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov tops Russian Forbes star rating
The Dagestan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, has overtaken other Russian celebrities in terms of references in media and the number of subscribers in social networks, the Forbes has calculated.
A still of the film by Nalchik director Vladimir Bitokov “Mama, I’m home” https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/144954/foto/1052110/#foto
23:41, 27 July 2021
Film by Nalchik director included in programme of Venice Film Festival
The film by Nalchik director Vladimir Bitokov “Mama, I’m home” was included in the new programme “Horizons Extra” of the Venice Film Festival. The film producer considered the interest of the international film festival organizers to the film a great success.
An unexploded ordnance in the Terter District. November 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 27 July 2021
Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office reports 30 deaths from mine explosions after autumn war
During a search work in Azerbaijan, a demining specialist was blown up by a mine and was injured. In total, after the autumn war of 2020, 30 people were killed and 125 others were wounded in mine explosions in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.
Participants of a protest action. Vladikavkaz, April 20, 2020. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 27 July 2021
Five protesters against quarantine in Vladikavkaz sentenced to imprisonment
In Rostov-on-Don, a court sentenced five participants of a protest action against self-isolation, which took place in Vladikavkaz in April 2020. Aslan Gasiev and Zaza Tsaritov were sentenced to five years, David Okruashvili and Arthur Bugulov – to five years and three months, and Magomed Kadyrov – to five and a half years of imprisonment.
The Mtirala National Park. Screenshot of the video by Oleg Velishko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUQtkCBZrw&t=184s
18:33, 27 July 2021
UNESCO includes four protected areas of Georgia in World Heritage List
The tropical forests and swamps of Kolkheti are included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, together with the Kolkheti National Park and the Mtirala National Park, the protected areas of Kobuleti and Kintrishi.
Natives of Chechnya are patrolling the roads in the town of Troitsk. Screenshot of a video https://web.facebook.com/groups/YasenevoDistrict/posts/3016811878641525
18:25, 27 July 2021
Caucasian scholars sceptical about using Chechen patrols to guard town near Moscow
The decision of the authorities of the town of Troitsk located near Moscow to hire a private security company consisting of natives of Chechnya to protect law and order is unwise and could aggravate the interethnic relations, experts believe.
18:12, 27 July 2021
Serviceman perishes in Nagorno-Karabakh
On July 26, Sarkis Grigoryan, a military serviceman, was wounded under unclear circumstances, and later dies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed on the Facebook.
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13:24, 27 July 2021
Kadyrov sets out to vaccinate everyone in Chechnya against COVID
Absolutely all the adults in Chechnya must be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated amid the human rights defenders' report about the massive coercion of republic's residents to get vaccinated.
13:22, 27 July 2021
Resident of Dagestan complains about prophylactic registration
A resident of Kaspiysk has contacted the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* after learning that he had been put on the so-called "prophylactic registration". He fears that this may negatively affect his work and believes that his rights and freedoms are being violated.
Diana Dibirova. Screenshot https://twitter.com/akhalchi/status/1384838943275892739
11:49, 27 July 2021
Dagestan: activist Diana Dibirova achieves victory in her detention case
The judgement about the unlawfulness of the detention of the student, Diana Dibirova, gives grounds to demand a disciplinary punishment of the law enforcer, Marat Ismailov, an advocate, has noted. Diana is ready to express her civil stand despite calls to the police and threats of expulsion from the arts school.
A vaccine syringe. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
11:45, 27 July 2021
Residents of Chechnya complain to rights defenders about coercion to get vaccinated
In Chechnya, the budget-funded state servants have to get vaccinated under a threat of dismissal, while law enforcer take away cars from unvaccinated drivers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.
A poster in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. March 2020. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:40, 27 July 2021
Abdulmumin Gadjiev's colleagues support him with pickets in Makhachkala
Makhachkala picketers demand to stop persecuting Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and the practice of arrests without proofs, as well as release political prisoners.
Screenshot of a video of an action of solidarity with Makhach Bashirov, detained in a case on the extremist community https://www.instagram.com/tv/CRv1kEHi-7l/?utm_medium=share_sheet
23:24, 26 July 2021
Fellow villagers support Dagestani native Bashirov after his detention
In Makhachkala, residents of the Khasavyurt District held an action of solidarity with Makhach Bashirov, detained in a case on the extremist community, and recorded a video, calling him a respectable person.
23:22, 26 July 2021
Azerbaijani soldiers return lost Karabakh villager
In search of lost livestock, a resident of the border village of Machkalashen in Nagorno-Karabakh entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan. The man returned home due to the mediation of Russian peacekeepers. Residents of border villages do not always understand where the demarcation line lies, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh says.
A suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan at the crime scene. Photo by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Screenshot of the video by the "Bloknot-Stavropol" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFtmzn5ohzs&t=1s
23:21, 26 July 2021
Chechen native put on wanted list in case on murder of a Stavropol police officer
Zaurbek Keniev has been named the second suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan. In 2015, the latter participated in a Grozny special operation of the Stavropol law enforcers, which angered Ramzan Kadyrov.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Dagestani blogger Khasbik (on the left). Screenshot of the video by lezgin axi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lil6erfETD8
23:19, 26 July 2021
Kadyrov’s expensive gift to Dagestani blogger provokes criticism on social media
After Ramzan Kadyrov met popular Dagestani blogger Khasbik, YouTube users have noted that the leader of Chechnya donates expensive cars at the expense of the republic’s budget. Ramzan Kadyrov organizes such meetings for the sake of the maximum number of mentions about himself, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov points out.
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21:52, 26 July 2021
Week of July 19-25 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from July 19 to July 25, 2021, of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any perished or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
A lava field of the Porak volcano on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Photo: Jim Luhr https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Азербайджано-армянская_граница
21:50, 26 July 2021
Armenian MoD reports new shootout on Azerbaijani border
Armenian militaries were shelled from the Azerbaijani side in Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions and opened fire back, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Because of the shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone, workers of the Sotk mine were evacuated.
Islam Gugov at a court session. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:40, 26 July 2021
ECtHR's decision on Gugov's complaint disappoints rights defenders
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.
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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.