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11:39, 27 September 2020
Kaspiysk resident accused of preparing attack on law enforcers
The 37-year-old resident of Kaspiysk had joined a terrorist grouping; then, he bought a pistol and cartridges and planned to attempt to kill law enforcers, investigators assert.
11:34, 27 September 2020
Azerbaijani poet Elvin Muradov sentenced to real prison term
The court found Elvin Muradov, the author of the song about the leader of the Muslim Unity, guilty of illegal weapon dealing and sentenced him to two years and three months in colony. His defence claimed the absence of reliable proofs of his guilt, and activists have treated the verdict as politically motivated.
A wedding cortege. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU8rWT-FgPQ
12:42, 26 September 2020
Ingush activists treat control of wedding corteges as good idea
Clergymen of Ingushetia are drafting their common position about the length of wedding motor corteges and the fines to be imposed for violating the rules for organizing weddings, the assistant to the republic's Mufti has stated. The imposition of sanctions for violators is justified if the clergy and authorities strictly control the enforcement of the rules, public figures believe.
A drugstore in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
12:39, 26 September 2020
Residents of Chechnya treat "dry law" as reason for drug addiction growth
The ban on sale and reprimands for using alcohol in Chechnya are pushing young people to find an alternative to a glass of high quality wine in the use of pharmaceutical preparations that cause drug intoxication, local residents believe.
Screenshot of the video published on Instagram of the "Chechnya Segodnya" ("Chechnya Today") https://www.instagram.com/chechnyatoday_95/
12:30, 26 September 2020
Instagram users urge to clear medical experts' role in Lizan Isakova's case
Lizan Isakova, a resident of Chechnya, and her son Khazbulat, convicted in the case of a fraud with disabled status, could not have committed their scam without the help of medical experts and officials, social network users are sure.
Semyon Simonov. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" https://memohrc.org/
11:57, 26 September 2020
HRC "Memorial" demands to stop persecution of Semyon Simonov
Semyon Simonov, an expert from the Moscow Helsinki Group, who was suspected of failing to admit the fine, imposed on the "Southern Human Rights Centre" headed by him in the Krasnodar Territory, is being prosecuted for political reasons. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Anar Abdulla. Screenshot https://twitter.com/UlviyyaAli/status/739722059878653952/photo/1
11:33, 26 September 2020
Azerbaijani journalist links his persecution with his civil stance
Anar Abdulla, a journalist, intends to appeal against the fine imposed on him after his detention in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. His defence is drafting a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with Abdulla's previous detention, when he covered an action.
Svetlana Anokhina at a solo picket in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
11:30, 26 September 2020
Signature collection launched for investigation of threat to Dagestani journalist Anokhina
The "Nash Gorod" (Our City) movement began collecting signatures to the appeal addressed to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) with a demand to open a case on threats to kill received by Svetlana Anokhina and punish the Dagestani law enforcers for inaction after Svetlana's complaint.
A law enforcer checks the documents of a woman in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:55, 25 September 2020
Observers see human rights violations in Azerbaijani authorities' fight against COVID-19
The authorities of Azerbaijan exceeded their powers when they restricted the rights and freedoms of citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Education (CEMDE) concluded. In the country, at least 95,000 people were brought to administrative responsibility for violation of the quarantine.
The "Tangim" mosque. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:53, 25 September 2020
In Dagestan, visitors to "Tangim" mosque report about enhanced police raids on Fridays
In Makhachkala, about 50 law enforcers were on duty in front of the "Tangim" mosque after the Friday prayer. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) explained holding the raid by security reasons.
Participants of the action "I want to go to Russia". Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:44, 25 September 2020
In Yerevan, protestors suspend hunger strike after meeting with Prime Minister's aide
In Armenia, an aide to the Prime Minister promised hunger-strikers to solve the problem of resuming air communication with Russia. The protesters agreed to suspend their hunger strike.
A protest action in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:37, 25 September 2020
Azerbaijani authorities admit to violations of Meydan TV employees' rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) withdrew from consideration complaints filed by writer and a publicist Rasim Garadja, and reporter Tural Asadli due to the fact that the Azerbaijani authorities had already restored their rights and promised to pay each of the complainants 5000 euros in compensation.
Lizan Isakova and her son Khazbulat in the courtroom. Screenshot of the video by groznytv https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiD1hIpykr/
23:28, 25 September 2020
Chechen residents criticize conviction of Lizan Isakova's son
Lizan Isakova and her son Khazbulat were sentenced to the same punishment in a case on fraud with the status of a disabled person, although the woman's son played a secondary role in obtaining unjustified assistance from the authorities, residents of Chechnya note.
Anastasia Shevchenko and her advocate Sergei Badamshin. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:02, 25 September 2020
Case against Anastasia Shevchenko based on application of Associate Professor of Rostov University
At the trial of Anastasia Shevchenko's case, Alexander Basan, an Associate Professor of the Southern Federal University, said that he had lodged an application against her to the Prosecutor's Office after a public debates in Taganrog with her participation. At the same time, Basan admitted that he had not heard calls for the overthrow of the ruling power at those debates.
A combat position of the Armenian army. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence https://mil.am/hy/news/8402
17:59, 25 September 2020
Azerbaijan counts 61 shelling attacks committed by Armenia
Eight border villages, where positions of the Azerbaijani Army are stationed, came under fire from Armenian militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Narine Avetisyan. Photo: http://www.aravot-ru.am/2014/12/01/185175/
10:04, 25 September 2020
Rights defenders demand revising attack case on journalist Avetisyan
The court has acquitted the head of the construction company, accused of attacking Narine Avetisyan, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian "Lori" TV Channel; his subordinate was found guilty but released from punishment. The court's verdict should be cancelled; an impartial investigation of the case is necessary, journalists and human rights defenders assert.
Musa Lomaev and his ex-wife. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot", screenshots of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLpXssdCWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c0ZXqA6vxI
10:02, 25 September 2020
Appeal to Chechen blogger Lomaev continues trend of pressing dissidents via their relatives
The ex-wife of the Chechen blogger, Musa Lomaev, living in Finland, has recorded an insulting video appeal to him not on her own initiative, thus continuing the practice of public insults as a method of influencing dissidents via their relatives living in Chechnya, analysts believe.
Clashes with the police in the dwelling settlement Krasnoarmeiskoye. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9P2_k3_pJQ&feature=emb_logo
09:59, 25 September 2020
Dagestan: Krasnoarmeiskoye residents fined for disobeying law enforcers
After a protest action held by residents of the dwelling settlement Krasnoarmeiskoye located in a suburb of Makhachkala, 23 residents were brought to justice; many of them were fined, said one of the detainees. Another Krasnoarmeiskoye resident was detained the next day after the action; he prevented the special equipment from destroying the fence around his land plot.
Anar Abdulla. Screenshot of the video by Meydan.tv https://d9mc3ts4czbpr.cloudfront.net/az/article/zaderzhan-eshe-odin-aktivist-dvizheniya-nida-anar-abdulla-na-10-sutok-obnovleno/
09:50, 25 September 2020
Azerbaijani journalist fined after covering protest action
On Thursday (September 24), Anar Abdulla, a journalist, was detained over a conflict with a local resident while filming a solo picket in Baku. The police fined the journalist for petty hooliganism. Abdulla asserts that he was attacked by a provocateur.
Military exercises at the "Prudboy" test site in Volgograd region. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22doMCjvwc&feature=emb_logo
23:40, 24 September 2020
Key stage of Caucasus-2020 exercise takes place amid conflict between invited countries
On Thursday, participants of the Caucasus-2020 military exercise practiced destruction of manoeuvre enemy' military vehicles and strongholds at a training ground in the Volgograd Region. Analysts suggest that Azerbaijan and India would be able to take part in the Caucasus-2020 military exercise in case if Armenia, China, and Pakistan had not responded to the Russia's invitation.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Yakub Belkhoroev. Video frame from the ingushetiya tv channel https://youtu.be/mr8TUmtIFVM The defense declined to appeal Belkhoroev's sentence.

The prosecution has requested a 12-year sentence for Yakub Belkhoroev in the embezzlement case.

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.