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Said Mamedzade. Screenshot of personal page in 'Odnoklassniki' social network
08:35, 30 April 2021
Rights defenders treat sentence to athlete Mamedzade as revenge for supporting opposition
With his open support of the opposition, Said Mamedzade has irritated officials, Tezekhan Miralamli, a human rights defender, has commented on the sentence passed to the athlete.
A protestor holding banner in support of Alexei Navalny. Abstract illustration. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
08:22, 30 April 2021
Woman from Gelendjik complains about beating after action in support of Navalny
Marina Romanova was taken to intensive care unit after being beaten in the city of Gelendjik. She links the attack on her with her taking part in actions in support of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.
Members of the ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” have held a protest in front of the building of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia. Screenshot of video posted by News.am
00:23, 30 April 2021
Oppositionists demand to stop persecuting Pashinyan’s opponents
Today, members of the ARF “Dashnaktsutyun” have held a protest in front of the building of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia. The activists demand to stop persecution of Nikol Pashinyan’s opponents detained in Syunik region and those who expressed their support for them.
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot of the Insider's Facebook page
23:58, 29 April 2021
ICRF’s Department for Chechnya promises state protection to Magamadov and Isaev
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, moderators of a Telegram chat, who are under arrest in Chechnya, will receive state protection in connection with the threat of “honour killings.” The state has recognized the reality of the threat to the arrested brothers’ lives, advocate Alexander Nemov emphasizes.
Screenshot of map “Old Age in Russia”, http://tochno.st/problems/ageing
23:46, 29 April 2021
Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria: anti-leaders on living standards of elderly people
Authors of the study “Old Age in Russia” mentioned Chechnya among the six regions with the most acute problems among the elderly people. In terms of the number of the elderly people with incomes below the minimum subsistence level, Chechnya is ahead of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
19:19, 29 April 2021
Social media users criticize Kadyrov’s report on reducing unemployment
After the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that the unemployment rate in the region has almost halved since late 2020, Instagram users point out there is no real decline in the unemployment rate in Chechnya.
Detention of 16 supporters of the extremist community in Kuban, April 29, 2021. Screenshot from video posted by Yugopolis Tube
18:59, 29 April 2021
FSB reports about detention in Kuban of supporters of a radical grouping
The FSB of Russia reported about the detention in nine Russian cities, including Krasnodar and Anapa, of 16 supporters of the “M.K.U.” extremist community, who were plotting massacres and terror acts. The detainees were receiving instructions from the leader of the grouping, Yegor Krasnov, a citizen of Ukraine, reported the video posted by law enforcers.
The Council of Europe. Photo: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Совет_Европы
13:07, 29 April 2021
EU demands from Baku to return Armenian POWs
The Azerbaijani authorities must provide the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with all the information about the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) captured in Nagorno-Karabakh and expedite their return to their homeland, the European Union (EU) has stated.
Ancient towers in Ingushetia. Photo: Vyacheslav Angenberg / ru.wikipedia.org
12:42, 29 April 2021
Authors of hiking project note recreational potentials of Northern Caucasus
A group of enthusiasts has announced fundraising for the creation of the first hiking trail in the regions Northern Caucasus from the Caspian to the Black Sea. The tourist trail will help the economic development of the Caucasus, the authors of the project believe.
Defendants in the Ingush case. Photo by the Caucasian Knot
11:40, 29 April 2021
Victims put forward no claims against Ingush activists
The four "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) servicemen, interrogated on April 28 as victims in the case of the leaders of the Ingush protest, told the court that they had no claims against the defendants, and found it difficult to explain why they had treated them as guilty of organizing a rally in Magas, the advocates has informed.
Place of armed attack in Nazran. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CON52QwK9xn
11:27, 29 April 2021
Source treats the man killed in Ingushetia as not linked with militants
The car driver shot dead by law enforcers in Nazran was not a militant, a law enforcement source has stated. Instagram users demand proofs that law enforcers had reasons to use firearms.
10:59, 29 April 2021
Instagram users complain about extortions in Chechen medical institutions
A message from a Shali woman, who complained that doctors of the local hospital are incompetent and claim money even for services that are supposed to be provided for free, was posted on the Instagram. Users sympathize with the woman and share their own negative impressions of visiting Chechen medical institutions.
08:36, 29 April 2021
Azerbaijani oppositionist Said Mamedzade sentenced to real prison term
Said Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on charges of hooliganism. His defence has disagreed with the verdict and stated its intent to appeal against it. The PFPA is sure that Mamedzade is being persecuted for political reasons.
Policeman. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok/Yuga.ru
08:18, 29 April 2021
One person killed in a shootout with law enforcers in Ingushetia
A car driver was shot dead in Nazran after he put up armed resistance to law enforcers, law enforcement sources have reported.
Akhmed Pogorov. Screenshot: http://ren.tv
23:05, 28 April 2021
HRC “Memorial”* recognizes Akhmed Pogorov as a political prisoner
The criminal proceedings against Akhmed Pogorov, like other Ingush activists, are of political reasons and aimed at stopping public criticism of the authorities. Human rights defenders demand the immediate release of the Ingush activists, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* reports today.
High-security prison. Photo: http://fsin-pismo-gid.ru/istoriya/krasnaya-zona-vzglyad-iznutri-na-poryadki-rezhim-i-zhizn-v-takoj-tyurme
22:47, 28 April 2021
Natives of Caucasus stop their hunger strike after concessions from colony administration
Ten prisoners, including three residents of Dagestan and a native of Azerbaijan, stopped their protest in one of the penal colonies of the Smolensk Region. Some of the prisoners’ demands have already been met, their relatives say today.
Salekh Magamadov (right) and Ismail Isaev. Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/KavkazRealii/videos/227279865717873
18:19, 28 April 2021
Court leaves Magamadov and Isaev in custody
Today, the Supreme Court of Chechnya has refused to grant an appeal filed by the defence against the decision to arrest Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev. Advocates from the “Russian LGBT Network” insist that the Ismail Isaev’s term of detention expired weeks before the decision on his arrest.
Parliament of Georgia. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Georgian Parliament
17:31, 28 April 2021
Disputes over pardoning law enforcers exacerbate political conflict in Georgia
The law enforcers who took part in the harsh dispersal of a rally in Tbilisi in June 2019 should be pardoned only with the consent of victims of their actions, the Georgian opposition states. During the rallies, people suffered both from the police actions and from the actions of the opposition, MPs from the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party argue.
Residents of the village of Tagavard (Nagorno-Karabakh) repairing a house damaged as a result of shelling in 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:45, 28 April 2021
Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh complain about difficulties in obtaining housing
The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh are providing temporary housing to refugees from the territories that have passed over to Azerbaijan on time; however, they are protracting the provision of permanent housing, refugees have complained.
Dadivank Monastery. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:19, 28 April 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh's Ombudsperson complains about pilgrims' non-admission to Dadivank
The Azerbaijani party has not allowed a group of pilgrims to visit the Dadivank Christian Monastery on their way to the ordination ceremony of ministers of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has claimed.
News
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A piece of a drone in fuel oil washed up on the coast of Kuban.

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.