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Military vehicles at the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-2021” joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish military personnel held in Baku. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence
23:35, 30 June 2021
Military experts rule out connection between exercises in Baku and Shusha Declaration
The three-day joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish military personnel were planned long before the signing of the Shusha Declaration and the agreement on mutual military assistance between the two countries, Azerbaijani analysts note. The more frequent exercises of the military personnel of the two countries contribute to the transition of the Azerbaijani army to NATO standards, the analysts explain.
Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot of the video by the Stand-Up Club #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5RRECNAdI
23:33, 30 June 2021
Azerbaijani comedian Idrak Mirzalizade claims being threatened and beaten after a joke about xenophobes
Calls for reprisals against ethnic Azeri Idrak Mirzalizade following his public joke about xenophobes led to his beating in Moscow. The joke was misunderstood, the comedian claims.
The Elbrus Region. Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl https://ru.wikipedia.org/
15:23, 30 June 2021
State Department advises US citizens not to travel to Northern Caucasus
The US State Department classified Russia as a country not recommended for visiting, especially mentioning Chechnya, where US citizens may face terrorism and a risk of being kidnapped. The Department also did not recommend travelling to the vicinity of Mount Elbrus.
15:22, 30 June 2021
Ali Ozdamirov, native of Chechnya, extradited to Russia
A native of Chechnya, Ali Ozdamirov, has been extradited to Russia from Belgium; he is accused of an armed attack on a school in the village of Geldagan, Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, which resulted in the death of one person, and a theft of a large sum of money.
15:20, 30 June 2021
Residents of Shirak Region of Armenia unblock road
Village farmers of the Shirak Region of Armenia have stopped their protest action demanding to provide them with water for irrigation. The crops are already dead, residents of the villages of Azatan and Beniamin have complained.
A healthcare worker providing vaccination. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
14:25, 30 June 2021
Residents of Chechnya complain about risk of losing jobs due to refusal to get vaccinated
Threats of dismissal and enterprise closures are used in Chechnya to force workers to get vaccinated. Without vaccination certificates, it became difficult for republic residents to make shopping or visit a cafe, residents of Chechnya have complained.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the killed brothers-shepherds. Makhachkala, July 15, 2021. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:22, 30 June 2021
Father of murdered Gasanguseinov shepherds welcomes judgement on complaint against investigator
The court ruling to satisfy the complaint about the refusal to initiate a criminal case against law enforcers gives hope to bring those responsible for killing Gasanguseinov brothers to justice, their father has stated.
14:15, 30 June 2021
Domestic violence victim from Chechnya fears for her life
A 20-year-old daughter of a native of Chechnya, who had fled from her father because of beatings, after the detention of a Chechen woman, Khalimat Taramova, made her own story public, the edition "Takie Dela" (So It Goes) has written.
The Memorial Complex in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:10, 30 June 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh commemorates casualties and missing people
The participants of the events on the Remembrance Day of Casualties and Missing Soldiers in Karabakh Wars laid flowers at the Memorial Complex. During the last autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, 270 military servicemen went missing; and nothing is known about the fate of 18 civilians.
Prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:54, 29 June 2021
Court upholds verdict to native of Chechnya accused for involvement in terrorism
The Military Court of Appeal upheld the verdict to Ramzan Akhyadov, a native of Chechnya, extradited from Georgia, who was sentenced in Russia to seven years of imprisonment for involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot: anokhinabesit / Instagram
23:53, 29 June 2021
Amid fears of rights defenders, ECtHR rejects urgent measures in case of Chechen woman Khalimat Taramova
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered convincing the arguments of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) about the absence of a threat to life of young woman Khalimat Taramova in Chechnya and decided not to take urgent measures in connection with her detention by law enforcers in Dagestan, the “Russian LGBT Network”* reported. Contrary to the assurances of the Russian authorities, more than 20 human rights organizations expressed their concern about the fate of the young woman.
Agil Magerramov. Photo https://www.amerikaninsesi.org/a/axcp-funksioneri-10-g%C3%BCn-c%C9%99rim%C9%99-t%C9%99cridxanas%C4%B1nda-saxlan%C4%B1l%C4%B1b-/5560082.html
20:20, 29 June 2021
Party colleagues of Azerbaijani activist Magerramov complain about bureaucracy with his release
In Baku, a court is delaying the consideration of an appeal for the conditional early relief for Agil Magerramov, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his party colleagues claim.
Forced migrants from Chechnya have complained about the problem with housing in Ingushetia in their video appeal to the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrHb33sMbhiJ0QoS6uhdd4bR2IVlZPA-HZIm40/
20:10, 29 June 2021
Migrants from Chechnya complain to Putin about problem with housing in Ingushetia
In their video appeal to the Russian President, migrants claim that the authorities of Ingushetia do not allocate housing to forced migrants from Chechnya and ignore complaints about the unresolved problem with housing.
15:17, 29 June 2021
Political analysts dispute about changed attitude towards LGBT people in Georgian society
In Georgia, the public opinion about the LGBT community has changed; and politicians are no longer afraid to drop their rating by speaking in support of this community, Kakha Gogolashvili has noted. The LGBT topic no longer causes such a violent reaction as before, Gela Vasadze believes. In his turn, Ucha Nanuashvili asserts that there is no improvement with the observance of the LGBT people's rights in Georgia.
Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson, at the territory of the boarding school in Ninotsminda. Photo by the press service of the Georgian Ombudsperson's office
15:09, 29 June 2021
Georgian Ombudsperson meets pupils of Ninotsminda boarding school
Employees of the Ombudsperson's office have received access to the territory of the boarding school in Ninotsminda, where they met pupils and began studying the school documentation, Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson, has informed.
The detention of Georgy Guev. Screenshot of the video by TASS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQEb5nf0Iw&feature=youtu.be
14:54, 29 June 2021
HRC "Memorial"* declares Georgy Guev, resident of North Ossetia, to be political prisoner
Georgy Guev, a resident of North Ossetia, has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of financing terrorism in connection with his non-violent exercising of his right to the freedom of religion; the sentence was passed in violation of his right to a fair trial. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"*.
Elena Baibekova, an activist, held a solo picket in support of Alexei Navalny. Astrakhan, June 4, 2021. Photo by Alyona Sadovskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:50, 29 June 2021
Navalny's supporter in Astrakhan complains about law enforcers' pressure
Elena Baibekova, an Astrakhan resident, fined for taking part in a march in support of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, said that shortly before the trial she was summoned to the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE). Persecutions of Navalny's supporters indicate a new wave of repressions, said a member of the "Parnas" Party.
A poster in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. March 2020. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:46, 29 June 2021
Makhachkala picketers demand to release Gadjiev and other political prisoners
At their solo pickets held in Makhachkala, colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev opposed his arrest and called for the release of all political prisoners. Eduard Ataev, an activist, held his action under a slogan against lawlessness.
23:58, 28 June 2021
Lawyer doubts as to prospects of “Akhmat” FC’s litigation against Google
A complaint filed by the “Akhmat” FC (football club) against Google will not solve the problem of blocking of the FC’s YouTube channel, since there are no legal mechanisms for such a decision, lawyer Musa Pliev notes. Alternatively, an unofficial fan page can be promoted, SMM specialist Khamza Chernomorchenko suggests.
A video with an affectionate dance in the mountains. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgNxqbCjTV/?utm_medium=copy_link
23:54, 28 June 2021
Story of dance in mountains of North Ossetia highlights shortcomings of work with tourists
While commenting on a video with an affectionate dance in the mountains, analysts said that booklets about traditions and bans in North Ossetia could prevent incidents provoking indignation of local residents. The Tourism Committee announced the information placed at the stands installed at the most popular tourist sites would be enough.
News
Russian passports. A screenshot photo by https://rkomi.ru/news/3024. Procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia simplified

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.