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Grandmother of Mirzaali Mirzaliev brings photos depicting trace of tortures of her grandson, March 5, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
22:56, 5 March 2021
Passers-by pay attention to action in support of arrested Derbent residents
In Makhachkala, relatives of three residents of Derbent, arrested in a case on terrorism, held a series of pickets with the demand to punish law enforcers for the use of torture. Passers-by expressed their support to the protesters.
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17:36, 5 March 2021
Police react to video depicting beating of Lezginka dancers in Krasnodar
The police launch an investigation into the circumstances of the incident, as a result of which two natives of Northern Caucasus who danced Lezginka in a street in Krasnodar were beaten by a group of people, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported after a video of the incident had been posted on social media platforms.
Residents of Gyumri in the building of the Shirak regional administration, March 3, 2021. Screenshot: https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20210303/26669919/Aktsiya-protesta-v-Gyumri-rodstvenniki-plennykh-perekryli-vkhody-v-oblastnuyu-administratsiyu.html
17:13, 5 March 2021
POWs' relatives block administration building in Gyumri
Today, residents of Gyumri have blocked the entrance to the building of the Shirak regional administration. The protestors demand from the authorities to announce the dates for the return of their relatives from captivity.
Elmir Abbasov. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/
14:10, 5 March 2021
Court upholds arrest of Elmir Abbasov, "Nida" activist
Yesterday, the Sumgait Court of Appeal (CoA) upheld the ruling to arrest Elmir Abbasov, a member of the "Nida" movement, accused of illegal storage and use of drug. Oppositionists have linked his arrest with his criticism of the country's president.
At the site of CTO. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/
13:35, 5 March 2021
Chaika reports fight against militants in Northern Caucasus
Overall 45 militants were killed by law enforcers in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in 2020; other 113 members armed groupings were detained, Yuri Chaika, the Russian President's envoy to the NCFD, has reported.
Akhru Avidzba. Photo: Andrew Butko https://ru.wikipedia.org/
13:19, 5 March 2021
Sources report Avidzba's detention in Sukhumi
Law enforcers have detained Akhru Avidzba, an assistant to President of Abkhazia, and brought him for questioning to the Security Service (SS). Avidzba's relatives have gathered outside the SS' building waiting for his release.
The village of Khtsaberg in the Gadrut District, November 2020. Photo courtesy of Angelika Zakaryan, Civilnet. https://www.civilnet.am/news/2020/11/27/Հադրութի-շրջանի-կտորները-փրկողները․-ֆոտոշարք/410272?fbclid=IwAR1RGpBWV92dCS3MpBJYhvOAGjDR6WfXaVtOzBH1avm13xhFrfC36JKfjAI
11:37, 5 March 2021
Stepanakert protesters demand to start talks on return of Gadrut
At their action in Stepanakert, refugees from the districts of Nagorno-Karabakh, which came under Azerbaijan's control after the war, demanded to start peaceful talks on the transfer of the lost territories to the Armenian party and refugees' return to their homes.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Screenshot: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/axi.pankiski.5?__tn__=%2Cd-]-h-R&eid=ARDeGFhAGsBenE34L86ogjhI4TcgGQHTp_AcHkZt4vOvsJa9jR-9IiTVEdqRUhiUPM7vsYgjyMGacwyP
11:22, 5 March 2021
"Bellingcat" witness tells court about inquiry into Khangoshvili's murder
A series of investigations conducted by the "Bellingcat" jointly with other media partners have established that the person accused of Khangoshvili's murder had passports on two different names. This suggests that he had collaborated with Russian special services, a classified witness said in court.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Boris Nemtsov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: press service of the Chechen Administration; REUTERS/Grigory Dukor.
08:43, 5 March 2021
Kadyrov responds with harsh criticism to journalists' conclusions about Nemtsov's murder
After the Kremlin's restrained reaction to the inquiry by the "Mediazona" and "Scanner Project" into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Ramzan Kadyrov has sharply criticized the journalists for their conclusions, suggesting them to "work out" not the Chechen, but the Ukrainian trace in the murder of the oppositionist.
Martin Kochesoko. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
08:28, 5 March 2021
Rights defenders treat verdict to Kochesoko as political order
The prosecutor's office demanded conditional imprisonment for Martin Kochesoko, because the charge has collapsed; but the court fulfilled a political order and refused to acquit the Circassian activist, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* believes.
Malika Djikaeva. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/malika.djikaeva.of/
23:08, 4 March 2021
Court of appeal refuses to change verdict to Malika Djikaeva
On March 3, the Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld the verdict in a case on drug possession against Instagram blogger Malika Djikaeva from North Ossetia, her advocate reports today.
Law enforcers. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmDt2Y50Ms
22:48, 4 March 2021
"Novaya Gazeta": schoolboy from Volgograd faces a mental hospital in case on plotting an explosion
Based on a teenager's testimony and a PC desktop, the law enforcement bodies accused a Volgograd schoolboy of plotting a murder, and in the absence of real evidence, they secured that the boy had been declared insane. This was reported in a new article prepared by Ilya Azar and posted by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".
22:29, 4 March 2021
Dmitry Peskov: law enforcers to examine journalists' investigation into murder of Boris Nemtsov
The materials of the journalistic investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov are available to the law enforcement bodies, and they will pay attention to the publication if it contains new information, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, suggests.
Onik Gasparyan. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Armenia
18:21, 4 March 2021
Colleagues of chief of Armenian General Headquarters announce a rally in his support
Former Armenian military personnel plan to hold on March 6 a rally against the resignation of Onik Gasparyan, the chief of the General Headquarters of the Armenia's Armed Forces. The military activists call on veterans to come to the rally.
Vazgen Manukyan at a rally in Yerevan, March 4, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:06, 4 March 2021
Manukyan refuses to plead guilty to coup d'etat calls
The Investigative Committee of Armenia charged Vazgen Manukyan, a candidate for prime minister from the Armenian opposition, for calling to overthrow the government and then obliged him to sign recognizance not to leave. The oppositionist denied the accusations brought against him by the investigators.
Policemen detaining Niyameddin Akhmedov. Screenshot: Meydan.TV
15:07, 4 March 2021
Court denies transfer under house arrest for PFPA activist Akhmedov
The court refused to stop the criminal prosecution and place under house arrest Niyameddin Akhmedov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, accused of financing terrorism. The oppositionist denied the accusations and called them politically motivated.
Akhmed Pogorov delivers speech at a rally Magas, March 26, 2019. Screenshot: Fortanga.org
14:49, 4 March 2021
Advocates assess prospects of prosecution in Pogorov's case
The detention of Akhmed Pogorov is unlikely to change the accusations against the other defendants in the "Ingush case". This opinion was voiced by the advocates interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". The defenders also ruled out the merger of the Akhmed Pogorov's case with the cases of other defendants, since there would be a need to start the entire investigation from the beginning.
11:27, 4 March 2021
Journalist and blogger convicted in Azerbaijan for criticizing official
The court has sentenced Elchin Gasanzade, a journalist and a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and Ibragim Tyurksoi, a blogger, to eight months in prison each on charges of defamation and insult.
Polad Aslanov (left) and Afghan Sadygov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot: azel tv Hakimiyyətin son fırıldaq çabası-Əfqan Sadıqov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwWuK1CoIQ, скриншот видео Meydan.TV
11:09, 4 March 2021
Rights defenders point to political motives in Aslanov's and Sadygov's cases
The Committee against Repressions and Torture sees political motives in the cases of the Azerbaijani journalists, Polad Aslanov and Afghan Sadygov, and demanded to stop prosecuting them.
Boris Nemtsov's portrait and flowers. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
08:35, 4 March 2021
Journalists fill in the gaps in inquiry into Nemtsov's murder
The investigation of the "Mediazona" and the "Scanner Project" into the murder of Boris Nemtsov has shown that only ordinary perpetrators occurred in the prisoner's dock, Dmitry Borko, a journalist, has noted. The journalists did the work that investigators never did, Vadim Prokhorov, the advocate for the Nemtsov family, has stated.
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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.