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Karabakh refugees hold a protest rally at the Armenian government. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6V3U7KKFM&t=174s
22:42, 9 September 2021
Karabakh refugees dissatisfied with official meeting in Yerevan
Today, a representative of the Armenian government has not announced any ways of solving the housing problems of forced migrants from Nagorno-Karabakh, claim participants of a protest action held in front of the building of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Blogger Khasan Khalitov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf7i34lfPLsCWl1ahNMhl3g
18:21, 9 September 2021
Khalitov and Mamakaev report release of their relatives in Chechnya
Blogger Khasan Khalitov, who lives in Turkey, and Ilman Mamakaev, a resident of Belgium, report about the release of their relatives, detained in Chechnya after an incident in Istanbul when a law enforcer had been beaten there.
Khachim Zheligashtov. Photo from personal page in Vkontakte social network, http://vk.com
18:06, 9 September 2021
In Kabardino-Balkaria, activists announce an action to help disabled children
The “Circassian Renaissance” charitable organization has announced a fundraising campaign for the purchase of wheelchairs for disabled children in Kabardino-Balkaria.
Porak Volcano on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Photo: Jim Luhr, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Азербайджано-армянская_граница
17:52, 9 September 2021
France allocates over 500,000 euros to Azerbaijan to search for missing people
France has allocated more than half a million euros to Azerbaijan in search of nearly 4000 citizens who disappeared during the first Karabakh war, the French Embassy in Baku reports.
16:39, 9 September 2021
Turkish-Azerbaijani exercises show vulnerability of Lachin Corridor to Armenia
The Turkish-Azerbaijani military exercises conducted in Karabakh are mastering various scenarios for the situation development in the region, including the closure of the Lachin Corridor, Mger Akopyan, a military expert, and Andrias Gukasyan, a political analyst, believe.
Anastasia Scheglova. Photo by Valeria Dulskaya, 93.ru, http://93.ru/text/politics/2021/09/08/70125101/
16:07, 9 September 2021
Krasnodar: journalists against law on foreign agents
Valeria Dulskaya and Anastasia Scheglova, Krasnodar journalists, have held solo pickets as part of the all-Russian action in support of their colleagues stigmatized as foreign agents.
Goris-Kopan road, http://armenianreport.com/ru/pubs/290584/
10:21, 9 September 2021
Armenian rights defenders claim abuse of POWs in Azerbaijan
At a press conference held in Yerevan on September 8, human rights defenders presented a report in which they accused Azerbaijan of inhuman treatment of Armenian prisoners of war during the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict. They have noted that the report is entirely based on evidence, the reliability of which had been confirmed.
Sheep at a pasture. Photo by Anastasia Yemelianova for the Caucasian Knot
09:47, 9 September 2021
KBR villagers demand their pastures back
Residents of the village of Priblizhnaya have sent a letter to Kazbek Kokov, the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), in which they complained that they could not grow fodder for their livestock after the land was granted into lease to the Petrovs collective farm.
A gavel. Photo: Fyedor Obmaikin / Yugopolis
08:54, 9 September 2021
Four residents of Ingushetia accused of preparing terror acts
Investigators have charged two of the four locals arrested in Ingushetia with plotting terror acts; the other two were accused of assisting supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
08:41, 9 September 2021
Two Azerbaijani citizens suspected of links with militants
The State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has detained Mansur Djumaev and Nasir Djakhangirov on suspicion of participation in hostilities abroad; both have pleaded guilty, the SSS has informed.
Israil Murzabekov. Screenshot: http://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=1033924983692108
22:45, 8 September 2021
Sheep breeder claims lack of assistance from Ingush authorities after a complaint to Putin
During two months after an appeal to the President of Russia through the direct line, a resident of Ingushetia has not received from the authorities of the republic a land plot for selective sheep breeding.
Joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish troops. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, http://mod.gov.az
21:27, 8 September 2021
Military experts treat exercises of troops of Azerbaijan and Turkey as ordinary
Russian military experts, interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, suggest that like the manoeuvres of Russian peacekeepers, the joint exercises of the Azerbaijani and Turkish troops in the Lachin District do not pose any threat of an aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CTh6AknfNd
19:58, 8 September 2021
Portrait contest reinforces trend of Kadyrov family cult
Authors of the best portraits of the leader of Chechnya and his parents will be awarded 500,000 roubles each from the Kadyrov Foundation, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, has announced. He has called on Chechen natives living abroad to participate in the portrait contest. The money could have been used to help those in need in Northern Caucasus, and not to strengthen the cult of the Kadyrov family, some Internet users complain.
Schoolgirls entering a school. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot: http://youtu.be/I0ctRpYejR8/
19:39, 8 September 2021
In Dagestan, deputy principal dismissed after requirement for schoolgirls to wear headscarves
Adamkadi Kurbankadiev, a deputy principal of a school in the village of Madjalis, signed a letter of resignation of his own free will. However, he claims he has signed the letter under pressure from the school administration, which put him in charge of checking whether schoolgirls were wearing headscarves.
Tbilisi, Georgia, July 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS
19:08, 8 September 2021
Law on amnesty for protesters in Tbilisi passed despite opposition opinion
Members of the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party secured the adoption of the law on amnesty for participants of the June 2019 protests and the policemen who were dispersing them. The opposition spoke against the amnesty for the law enforcers.
David Kezerashvili. Photo: Jerry Morrison, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кезерашвили,_Давид_Шотаевич
15:45, 8 September 2021
Defence claims political background of verdict to former MoD head
The court has sentenced in absentia David Kezerashvili, a former head of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to five years in prison in order to put pressure on his "Formula" TV Channel on the eve of elections, his advocates assert.
Bodies of two Armenian servicemen discovered as a result of search works. Photo: press service of the Ministry for Emergencies of Nagorno-Karabakh
15:31, 8 September 2021
Remains of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh
On September 7, as a result of searching works conducted near Varanda (the Azerbaijani name is Fizuli, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), the remains of two Armenian soldiers have been found, the Emergency Service (ES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
Ultramarathon runner Ilya Davydov. Photo: http://raduga-omsk.ru/news/256767/
15:17, 8 September 2021
Charity run draws attention to problem of hiking in Dagestan
Despite the worsening weather in Dagestani mountains, Ivan Davydov, a untramarathon runner, continues his charity run aiming to draw attention to the problem of providing palliative care to children and to promote the development of walking tourism (hiking) in Northern Caucasus.
Ruslan Kutaev, Oyub Titiev. Screenshot of video posted by Kavkaz.realii: http://www.kakvkazr.com/a/28929120.html; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPsp9NKGUuA&t=4s. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:21, 8 September 2021
Caucasian scholars explain authorities' angry reaction to complaints from residents of Chechnya
The harsh reaction to the message of a woman from Alkhazurovo about problems with water supply was caused by the tacit intention of Chechen authorities to speak only positively about the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Protest rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
11:08, 8 September 2021
Witness treats clashes in Magas as authorities' provocation
At the trial of Ingush activists, Musa Keligov, a public figure, spoke as a witness and called the clashes that occurred at the rally in Magas a result of the provocative actions stage by the republic's authorities, Djabrail Kuriev, one of the advocates, has informed.
News
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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.