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Karabakh rescuers found remains of a soldier. Photo: Facebook / ԱՀ Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն
14:09, 18 June 2021
Remains of three soldiers found in Martuni District
In the territory of the Martuni District that is now under Azerbaijan's control, Karabakh rescuers found remains of three soldiers, bringing the total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found in the Karabakh conflict zone to 1579, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has reported.
Ruslan Amirov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Photo https://www.amerikaninsesi.org
14:06, 18 June 2021
PFPA activist sentenced to 4 years of conditional imprisonment
The court has sentenced Ruslan Amirov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was accused of violating the public order and causing harm to the health of a state official, to four years of conditional imprisonment with a three-year probationary period. Amirov has treated the verdict as politically motivated.
A man wearing a police officer's shirt breaks into the shelter in Makhachkala, June 10, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/readovkanews/20297
11:41, 18 June 2021
Video of scuffle in Makhachkala shelter posted
Law enforcers used force to enter the shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala, where Khalimat Taramova was hiding; it follows from the video posted on the Telegram.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot of the video https://www.currenttime.tv
23:59, 17 June 2021
Human rights defenders demand to punish law enforcers after entering shelter for Taramova
Law enforcers broke into an apartment shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala in civilian clothes, without presenting any warrants, the human rights group “Marem” claims.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (on the left) and Ilham Aliev. Photo: president.az
23:57, 17 June 2021
Erdoğan associates creation of a military base in Azerbaijan with position of Russia
The condition for the appearance of a Turkish army base in Azerbaijan is the consultations of Ilham Aliev with Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan notes.
The demarcation line between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo by the press service for the KGB of South Ossetia https://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnosti.southossetia/photos/a.465734606932231/465737340265291/?type=3&theater
23:55, 17 June 2021
Georgian citizen released from imprisonment in South Ossetia
Lasha Khereteli was handed over to the Georgian side after serving a year in a Tskhinvali prison in a border violation case.
An orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda. Photo https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html
23:53, 17 June 2021
Director of orphanage in Ninotsminda agrees with Ombudsperson to monitor institution
The administration of an orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda will monitor the situation in the institution next week together with Georgia’s Ombudsperson Nino Lomdjariya, Bishop Yakov of Bodbe, the director of the orphan boarding school, announces.
A priest and a soldier of the Armenian army. Photo by the press service of the country's Ministry of Defence
20:54, 17 June 2021
Investigating Committee of Armenia reports number of soldiers missing in Karabakh
In total, during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, 275 people are listed as missing from the Armenian side, the Investigating Committee of Armenia reports.
A Chechen operations centre for COVID-19 management. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's page on the "Vkontakte"https://vk.com/ramzan?z=video279938622_456244324%2F566cf17073650f8571%2Fpl_wall_279938622
20:52, 17 June 2021
Kadyrov threatens to impose severe coronavirus restrictions in Chechnya
Chechen authorities will have to impose severe restrictions related to coronavirus in case the republic shows low vaccination rates, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.
Demining. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:50, 17 June 2021
Resident of Agdam blown up by a mine
The body of Djasarat Khatemkhanov, who went missing on June 7, was found on June 16 in the Agdam District. He died after triggering an anti-personnel mine.
Sappers dismantling the bombs in Fizuli, November 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:46, 17 June 2021
Exchange of POWs for minefield maps gives arguments to Pashinyan's critics
The exchange of 15 prisoners of war (POWs) for minefield maps has hardly brought Nikol Pashinyan any political benefits ahead of the elections, as it has weakened Armenia's negotiating positions, analysts in Yerevan believe. The minefield maps of the territories now under the control of Baku are no longer needed by Armenia, but the safety of local residents depends on them, said Telman Abilov, an Azerbaijani expert.
The boarding school for orphans in Ninotsminda. Screenshot of the report by the "Rustavi 2" TV channel
13:43, 17 June 2021
Director of Ninotsminda boarding school announces reform plan
The boarding school for orphans named after Saint Nino in Ninotsminda will be transformed into three small boarding facilities, which will keep children who do not want to leave the institution, said the manager of the boarding school, Bishop Yakov of Bodbe. Authorities refuse to take decisive measures in relation to the boarding house, as wouldn't like to spoil relations with the church, which during election campaigns supports the ruling party, analysts believe.
The boarding school in Ninotsminda. Photo: https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html
13:42, 17 June 2021
New manager of Ninotsminda boarding school announces staff cleansing
Of the 40 educators, 19 will go on working at the boarding school, Bishop Yakov, the new head of the boarding school for orphans in Ninotsminda, has explained. He is ready to meet the Ombudsperson, but refused to let inspectors into the boarding school, explaining this by the children's potential psychological trauma.
A teenager apologized to Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJUPWTKn24/
13:40, 17 June 2021
Instagram users dispute about forcing teens to apologize to Kadyrov
A head of the region should pay no attention to adolescents' offensive posts that appear in social networks, the readers of the Chechen Instagram have pointed out in connection with another public apology to Ramzan Kadyrov. Their opponents, including the plenipotentiary of the head of Chechnya, have called for punishing Kadyrov's offenders with community works.
The Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev (on the left) and the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, signing the declaration. June 15, 2021. Photo: Reuters
13:37, 17 June 2021
Shusha Declaration evidences strengthening of Turkey's role in the Caucasus
The declaration, signed by Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Shusha, demonstrates the increased role of Turkey in the region, while there are no benefits for Yerevan from the corridor suggested by Aliev and Erdogan, Armenian experts believe.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
13:36, 17 June 2021
Resident of Dagestan achieves, through the court, police's response about prophylactic registration
Marat Shiraev, a resident of Makhachkala, who has been checked by policemen for several years, was only able to get a written response through the court from the police division that he was not under the so-called "prophylactic registration".
Arrested Ingush protest leaders. Screenshot of the post on Instagram soul_3000
13:34, 17 June 2021
Witnesses testify in favour of Ingush protest leaders
Akhmed Barakhoev and Barakh Chemurziev did not call for violence at the rally in Magas and tried to calm the protesters down, Kureish Sapraliev, the head of the Public Security Department of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has stated.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot of the video Instagram.com/Grozny.tv
07:35, 17 June 2021
Russia’s Ombudsperson believes Chechen authorities’ information about Taramova
Everything is in order with Khalimat Taramova, says Russia’s Ombudsperson Tatiana Moskalkova. She refers to the information from the Chechen Prosecutor’s Office and the administration of the leader of the republic.
Sappers in Fizuli, November 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 16 June 2021
144 residents of Azerbaijan fell victim to mine explosions after autumn war
Ilham Aliev associates multiple mine explosion casualties among civilians and military personnel after the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh with the fact that Baku did not have maps of minefields. Without the maps, the process of demining may last 10 years, the President of Azerbaijan notes.
Bulat Kurbanov, Asfar Myss, Rashid Akkaziev. Photos: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=380&v=Rly5Ig-8NMI&feature=emb_logo; public council in the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, https://vk.com/wall-83689986_14520?&offset=40. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:45, 16 June 2021
Religious leaders of Northern Caucasus declare no alternatives to Hajj
For the second year in a row, the authorities of Saudi Arabia restrict pilgrimages from other countries to Muslim shrines in Mecca and Medina in connection with the pandemic. According to religious leaders of Northern Caucasus, there are holy places in the republics of Northern Caucasus, for example, graves of prominent Islamic figures, and visiting those places are a good deed, but that will not replace a pilgrimage to Mecca, Medina, and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

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.