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Rescuers clearing debris after shelling attack on Ganja, October 17, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
15:18, 17 October 2020
Count of victims of strike on Ganja reaches 65
The number of the civilians killed in the missile attacks on Ganja has increased to 13; those wounded are 52 persons, the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.
Rescuers clearing debris after shelling attack on Ganja, October 17, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:34, 17 October 2020
Death toll after missile attack on Ganja reaches 12
The number of casualties of missile strikes on Ganja has reached 12; and more than 40 civilians have been wounded, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported.
13:23, 17 October 2020
Yunus Vidzizhev assassinated in Ingushetia
In the course of special actions undertaken in the city of Nazran, Ingush law enforcers killed a man. According to preliminary data, Yunus Vidzizhev, an active participant in mass protests in Ingushetia in 2019, was shot dead.
ECtHR building. Photo: press service of the European Court of Human Rights, https://roseurosud.org/espch/evropejskij-sud-po-pravam-cheloveka
13:12, 17 October 2020
ECtHR demands to ensure safety of Armenian prisoners of war
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Azerbaijani authorities to ensure the right to life and health of the Armenian prisoners of war, Areg Sargsyan and Narek Amirdjanyan.
French policemen, June 2020. Photo: press service of the French Police Department, https://twitter.com/PoliceNationale/status/1274023496365023233/photo/4
12:59, 17 October 2020
Chechen beheads school teacher in France over Charlie Hebdo caricatures
A Moscow native of Chechen origin was shot dead after he beheaded a school teacher in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, France, the police have reported. The assassinated teacher had shown caricatures of Prophet Muhammad from the Charlie Hebdo magazine to his pupils.
Unexploded bomb in Stepanakert. Photo: Department for Emergencies of Nagorno-Karabakh, https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/posts/3763383793696068
08:30, 17 October 2020
Travel restrictions imposed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Due to the introduced martial law, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have prohibited their citizens from leaving the unrecognized republic and moving around it without documents.
The Khodjavend District of Azerbaijan. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/
08:18, 17 October 2020
Azerbaijan claims capture of three Karabakh villages
The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over three villages of the Khodjavend District, President Ilham Aliev has stated. The total number of such dwelling settlements has reached 53.
Woman in hijab. Photo: https://nasiliu.net/
22:12, 16 October 2020
Information about Salman Tepsurkaev gives hope to his wife
According to an interview released by the "Nasiliyu.net" centre, a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev receives reports stating that her husband is alive and hopes for his release due to the publicity of information about the kidnapping.
UN headquarters. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar
21:59, 16 October 2020
In Yerevan, activists request UN to force Azerbaijan to ceasefire
Participants of a protest action held in front of the UN office in Yerevan criticized the international organization for being passive concerning the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The UN ignores the use of prohibited weapons and military support for Azerbaijan from Turkey, protesters claim.
Men standing next to the ruins of a house destroyed by shelling in the city of Martuni, October 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS / Stringer
21:40, 16 October 2020
Civilian fell victim to a shelling attack on Karabakh villages
Today, the number of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh killed in shelling attacks since the beginning of the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone has reached 34. Many women with children and elderly people had left Stepanakert because of the threat of shelling attacks, city residents reported.
At the site of shelling attack on Nakhichevan. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/
18:56, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of missile attack on Nakhichevan
A missile launched by the armed forces of Armenia exploded in the territory of the Ordubad District in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, no casualties or injuries occurred, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia refuted the information about the shelling attack on Nakhichevan.
Naurskaya village. Photo: press service of the Administration of Naursky Municipal District, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Наурский_район#/media/Файл:Площадь_станицы_Наурской_на_которой_расположена_Администрация_Наурского_муниципального_района.jpg
18:44, 16 October 2020
Defence: case on IS* militant grouping in Chechnya fabricated
After detention, three residents of the Naursky District were subjected to torture and forced to confess to creating an armed grouping and swearing allegiance to a leader of the terrorist organization "Islamic State"*, a defender claimed.
Shell crater in Martakert, October 15, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
18:32, 16 October 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh reports about shelling attack on six villages
The Azerbaijani troops shelled villages in the Martuni, Hadrut, and Kashatag District, and the information about victims and damage is being specified, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh report.
Results of voting in the Milan City Assembly on the issue of recognizing the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Matteo Forte's personal FB page, https://www.facebook.com/matteoforte.mi/?_rdc=1&_rdr
14:45, 16 October 2020
Milan recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh's independence
On October 15, the deputies of the Milan City Assembly recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and condemned Azerbaijan's actions in the Karabakh conflict zone.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:10, 16 October 2020
Yagublu points to protocol distortions in his case
The protocols of the court sessions on the Tofig Yagublu's fail to mention the defence's questions to witnesses, its petitions to challenge the court and much more, while some facts are presented with a completely different sense, the oppositionist himself has stated.
Armenian serviceman. Photo: official site of the MoD of RA
13:56, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange accusations of ceasefire violations
Since morning, Armenian troops have been shelling the Goranboy, Terter, Agdam and Agdjabedin Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. At night, artillery shelling was carried out in the Karabakh conflict zone; and in the morning, Azerbaijani militaries launched an offensive in the northern direction of the front, Armenian authorities have reported.
12:34, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan treats video about execution of prisoners of war as fake
Armenian authorities possess video and photo proofs of the brutal massacre of Armenian prisoners of war, the Armenian Ombudsperson has stated. The video clip is staged and spread in social networks in order to attract attention of the international community, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Believers praying in the street, February 1, 2016. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRN-CUHpAs
12:21, 16 October 2020
Islamic experts draw attention to video of street prayers in Dagestan
Video records of street prayers in Dagestan confirm that the number of believers strictly observing the Islam requirements is growing, Akhmet Yarlykapov, an expert on the Caucasus, is sure. Magomedrasul Omarov, the head of the "Fikr" Centre, said, in his turn, that prayers in streets are not a new phenomenon and are quite widespread in Islamic countries.
Kazbek Baidulaev. Screenshot: https://vk.com/id307863992
08:36, 16 October 2020
HRC "Memorial" tells about torture of Baidulaev prior to his murder in Chechnya
Kazbek Baidulaev, who was killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Sernovodsk District of Chechnya, had been kidnapped and tortured before he joined the armed underground, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.
Destroyed house in the Terter District. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:25, 16 October 2020
Azerbaijan claims return of control over six villages in conflict zone
The Azerbaijani Army has taken control of six villages of the Fizuli and the Djebrail Districts, the Azeri President has stated. The number of dwelling settlements that passed under Azerbaijan's control, according to the Azerbaijani side, has reached 50.
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Maria Smelaya. Still frame from a video from the YouTube channel "Ostorozhno Media" from April 10, 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjbgxxzYoY Maria Smelaya's case highlights mothers' vulnerability in custody disputes.

Oil spill response in Tuapse, April 24, 2026. Photo from the Telegram channel of the head of the Tuapse District https://t.me/glavatuapseregion/5412 Tour operators have ruled out the impact of the environmental situation in Tuapse on resort vacations.

Krasnodar activists announced they had collected nearly 500 signatures for a petition to Patriarch Kirill.

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.