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A law enforcer. Photo by Yuliya Simatova / Yugopolis
17:55, 5 October 2020
Russian authorities claim law enforcers not involved in Salman Tepsurkaev's kidnapping
In response to the questions from the European Court of Human Rights, Mikhail Galperin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights, stated that Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, was not detained by law enforcers and was not subjected to ill-treatment.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
17:49, 5 October 2020
ECtHR requests Russian authorities to answer questions on torture of Ruslan Kutaev
The European Court of Human Rights has announced that the Russian authorities should provide the information concerning whether Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, was tortured after his detention in 2014 and whether the criminal proceedings against him were politically motivated.
A law enforcer. Photo © Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:46, 5 October 2020
From September 28 to October 4, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded
During the week from September 28 to October 4, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded; there were no casualties or wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.
Men detained for using narcotic drugs and driving while intoxicated at the Urus-Martan ROVD (District Interior Division). Screenshot of the post of the Urus-Martan ROVD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcV2-8FyL1/
17:40, 5 October 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize law enforcers for publicly reprimanding detainees
The Urus-Martan ROVD (District Interior Division) of Chechnya has circulated a record of a talk with those detained for using narcotic drugs and driving while intoxicated. The public reprimand and invitation of violators' relatives to record prophylactic conversations caused misunderstanding among Instagram users.
Consequences of shelling of the city of Terter. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:35, 5 October 2020
Residents of Azerbaijani border areas report damage from shelling
Six children suffered at shelling of the city of Ganja; one teenager perished, the Azeri General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated. Armenian missiles hit residential buildings; people are left homeless, residents of the shelled border areas inform.
11:03, 5 October 2020
Armenia tells ECtHR about Turkey's intervention in Karabakh conflict
Armenian authorities have accused Turkey of involvement in the shelling of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh and asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to react to this. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has cited data on the use of banned cluster shells by Azerbaijan.
Screenshot of the video showing Chechens' alleged participation in the Karabakh conflict posted on the page «ЧП Грозный_95» on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0bdzqnLPO/
10:59, 5 October 2020
Chechens' participation in Karabakh conflict causes distrust among Instagram users
The video stating that Chechens have gone to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh looks unconvincing, some social network users have pointed out. Some of them have suggested that the video, posted after Elkhan Suleimanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Public Health, had publicly supported Azerbaijan, was borrowed from some movie.
The center of Grozny. Photo by the press service of the Grozny administration https://grozmer.ru/objavlenija/o-provedenii-gosudarstvennoi-kadastrovoi.html
10:57, 5 October 2020
Social network users outraged by checks of Chechen residents' smartphones
Law enforcers have no right to check the phones' contents of passers-by in Chechnya, Instagram users have stated.
KAMAZ wrecked cab after a missile attack on Ganja. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:54, 5 October 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of missile attacks on districts near Baku
On Sunday evening, two cities were shelled with missiles from Armenia, the Azerbaijani presidential administration has informed. Besides, areas near Baku were hit; and civilians were wounded as a result.
Frame of the documentary 'They also used to have dreams. Stories of the Dagestani women', https://youtu.be/gz1F1iNGYR8
12:07, 4 October 2020
Rights defenders name conditions to counter women's discrimination in Dagestan
To eradicate the practice of women's forced marriages and hard physical labour in Dagestan, it is necessary to raise the women's education level and make violations of their rights public, the human rights defenders, Nadezhda Azhgikhina and Irina Kosterina, believe.
Policeman with smartphone in his hands. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQgNeW1dGI
11:52, 4 October 2020
"1adat" instructs Chechen residents on law enforcers' attempts to examine smartphones
The smartphone's memory must be regularly cleared of the data that may be of interest to Chechen law enforcers, the authors of the "1adat" Telegram Channel have advised in connection with the mass phone checks launched in Chechnya.
Screenshot from the video posted by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan: https://youtu.be/Fy7IvKVOPUw
11:40, 4 October 2020
Baku claims eight villages occupied by Azerbaijani Army
Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has announced the capture of the village of Madagiz and seven more villages earlier controlled by Armenian militaries.
Shell fragments. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
17:05, 3 October 2020
Red Cross calls on Karabakh conflict parties to protect civilians
Houses, schools and hospitals have been destroyed in the front-line regions of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh; residents are trying to move to safe places; and some are forced to hide in basements, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stated, calling on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to protect the civilian population.
Frame from the documentary "The Fate of a Dagestani Woman": https://youtu.be/mebL4D-qkmE
16:29, 3 October 2020
Resonance of wedding video raises again issue of women's situation in Dagestan
Today, 11 years after the documentary film "The Fate of a Dagestani Woman", the difficult situation, in which many women find themselves, especially those living in the mountainous regions of Dagestan, has hardly changed, said Saida Sirazhudinova, President of the "Caucasus. World. Development" Centre for Studying Global Issues of Our Time and Regional Problems. The current situation of women in Dagestan was indicated by the resonance surrounding a recent video of a local wedding.
A car destroyed as a result of shelling attacks in the Karabakh conflict zone. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
16:03, 3 October 2020
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh report heavy fights in conflict zone
The situation remains tense; fierce battles are going on in all directions, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports. Nagorno-Karabakh has confirmed the tense situation on the frontline.
15:37, 3 October 2020
Azerbaijan resumes shelling attacks on Stepanakert
At least three strikes were inflicted by Azerbaijani militaries on Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh; an air raid alert was announced in the city.
Military vehicles at the frontline. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/presechena-boevaya-aktivnost-protivnika-v-techenii-nochi-na-razlichnyh-napravleniyah-fronta-video-32563.html
15:24, 3 October 2020
Azerbaijani MoD announces shelling of border settlements
Fierce battles took place at night on the frontline; the city of Tartar and 14 villages of the Tartar, Agdam, Agdjebdin and Goranboy Districts came under fire of Armenian militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
13:23, 3 October 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh evacuates several villages after shelling
After artillery attacks on Stepanakert, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have evacuated residents of several nearby villages; no evacuation is undertaken in Stepanakert, Grigory Martirosyan, a State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, has stated.
A tent camp in Kullar. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvC3Fw73mK4&feature=emb_logo
13:06, 3 October 2020
Azerbaijani authorities fail indicate timeline of receiving citizens from Kullar
The issue of resuming the border crossing of the Azerbaijani citizens waiting for their return to homeland in the Dagestani village of Kullar remains open, a source in the Azerbaijani government has stated.
Soldier of the Armenian Army in the Karabakh conflict zone. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://mil.am/ru/news/8436
12:53, 3 October 2020
Military analysts doubt veracity of Baku's and Yerevan's reports on enemy losses
The parties to the Karabakh conflict, as during any war, are understating their own losses and exaggerate the enemy's ones, since the information war is a part of the military confrontation, military analysts believe.
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Residents have been evacuated in Tuapse due to a fire at an oil refinery.

Fire at an oil storage tank. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Tuapse after a drone attack.

The lawyer revealed Elena Khakhaleva's place of residence.

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.