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Musa Lomaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFrOLdAf6o
09:44, 23 September 2020
Chechen blogger Lomaev wins case versus Russia at ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay 50,500 euros to Musa Lomaev, who emigrated after being detained and tortured in Grozny.
Clashes with policemen in the Makhachkala district. Screenshot of the video https://vk.com/golos_dagestan?w=wall-74219800_761993
09:41, 23 September 2020
Residents of Makhachkala suburb report clashes with law enforcers
In the Makhachkala district of Krasnoarmeyskoye, clashes broke out with policemen, who, in response to stones thrown at them, opened fire in the air, local residents inform.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/ Alaa al Faqir
09:35, 23 September 2020
Argun resident convicted of recruiting militants to Syria
The court has sentenced Nurdi Bersanukaev, a resident of Chechnya, to six years in prison for calling his acquaintances to take part in the Middle East conflict.
09:34, 23 September 2020
Amid relatives' hunger strike, Tbilisi prisoners cut themselves
In Tbilisi, three inmates have wounded themselves after being denied cigarettes and tea, the Penitentiary Service has informed. The wife of one of them, who is on a hunger strike demanding a large-scale amnesty, doubted this version.
22:59, 22 September 2020
Chechen resident to get compensation for torture and unfair sentence
The European Court of Human Rights ruled to pay 67,000 euros to Chechen native Muslim Chudalov, who, being tortured, confessed to be a militant and was sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment.
Tamar Bachaliashvili. Photo: Fb/ Tamar Bachaliashvili
22:54, 22 September 2020
Investigators find photos from place of Georgian programmer Bachaliashvili's murder unreliable
A lawyer hired by the family of programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, who deceased in Georgia, is suspected of falsifying photos from the place of her murder. The lawyer treats the investigators' version as an attempt to discredit or intimidate him.
Idris Cherkhigov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtRDlfSxJxA&t=2688s
19:21, 22 September 2020
Nephew of Chechen leader appointed supervisor of two districts
Ramzan Kadyrov appointed Idris Cherkhigov, the chief of the Chechen road police department (known as GIBDD), to be a supervisor of the Gudermes and Shelkovsky Districts to replace Ruslan Alkhanov, the Chechen Minister of Internal Affairs. At the first meeting, Idris Cherkhigov suggested that heads of the villages organized subbotniks (voluntary clean-up work days).
A wedding party cortege. Screenshot of the video at the "Чеченские свадьбы" студия Шархан YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=203&v=gt-OQMRN2Mo&feature=emb_logo
19:16, 22 September 2020
Ingush village elders impose fine for long wedding party corteges
In the village of Kantyshevo, wedding party corteges should consist of a maximum of four cars, imams of mosques and elders in the Nazran District of Ingushetia decide. They threatened violators of the new regulation with a fine of 50,000 roubles.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the post on his personal page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=230454144653581&set=ecnf.100030669903315
19:07, 22 September 2020
After start of his hunger strike, Salaev, PFPA activist, transferred to another colony
Alizamin Salaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who had complained about beatings in the colony and went on a hunger strike, was transferred, after appealing to the Ombudsperson and the Penitentiary Service, to another colony located in a suburb of Baku. In the new place, the oppositionist has no complaints of harassment, said Salaev's son.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani MoD https://mod.gov.az/az/news/ermenistan-silahli-quvvelerinin-bolmeleri-tovuz-rayonunun-elibeyli-kendini-atese-tutub-32162.html
17:52, 22 September 2020
Azerbaijani soldier wounded near Armenian border
As a result of a shelling attack on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a soldier was wounded, who was at a combat post in the village of Agdam, Tovuz District.
13:53, 22 September 2020
Brother of missing Chechen Movsar Umarov believes he was killed
Movsar Umarov, a resident of Grozny, declared as runaway after detention by law enforcers, has failed to contact his relatives and is hardly still alive, his brother believes. An Umarov's relative feared for his life after a telephone conversation with the Chechen minister.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence https://mil.am/hy/news/8385
13:46, 22 September 2020
Conflict with Armenia prevents Azerbaijan from participating in "Kavkaz-2020" exercises
The participation in the large-scale military exercises "Kavkaz-2020" conducted in Southern Russia and Southern Caucasus is important for Armenia as Russia's strategic ally, analysts believe, and explain that the Baku's refusal to take part n the exercises has to do, in particular, with the July aggravation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Mikhail Leontiev. Photo: Dmitry Rozhkov https://ru.wikipedia.org/
11:53, 22 September 2020
Police finds no extremism in Russian journalist's words about Circassians
Asker Sokht, an activist, has posted the received response of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which found his demand to prosecute Mikhail Leontiev, the press secretary of the "Rosneft" Company, for speaking out about Circassians groundless. Mr Sokht called on Circassians to achieve Leontiev's punishment.
A tent camp in the Dagestani village of Kullar. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hN-YEmPIg
11:48, 22 September 2020
Over 1000 Azerbaijanis wait for departure to homeland near Kullar
Most Azerbaijani citizens awaiting departure to their homeland near the Dagestani village of Kullar live outside the official tent camp. On weekends and Monday, the maximum number of people is coming to Kullar, said Afig Allakhverdiev, the spokesman of the Azerbaijani national organization.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:31, 22 September 2020
Advocate claims investigators' violations in Yagublu's case
On Monday (September 21), the court conducted an inquiry into the case of Azerbaijani oppositionist, Tofig Yagublu, with numerous procedural violations, said his advocate intending to petition to stop the criminal case. After 17 days of hunger strike, Yagublu's health is gradually recovering, his daughter has informed.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" https://memohrc.org/
23:09, 21 September 2020
Nine activists urge to close case against Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev
In Makhachkala, participants in a series of solo pickets demanded to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. The activists filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office with a request to punish the official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan, who had banned a mass rally in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.
Isropil Nalgiev. Screenshot of the video at the "galga ing" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM008dAdx60
22:58, 21 September 2020
Ingush activist Isropil Nalgiev released after conviction
A court found Isropil Nalgiev, a participant of a rally in Magas, guilty of attacking a law enforcer, but recognized the term of punishment as served during the arrest.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:52, 21 September 2020
Chechen law enforcers refuse to investigate "expulsion of genies" from Aminat Lorsanova
Investigators forwarded to the Chechen police an Aminat Lorsanova's complaint about violence by relatives and compulsory treatment. However, the police refused to institute a criminal case, the "Russian LGBT Network" reported.
A shot-down drone. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/ermenistana-mexsus-taktiki-pua-mehv-edilib-31519.html
22:47, 21 September 2020
Azerbaijani MoD reports about shot-down Armenian drone
In the area of Shamkir, air defence units of Azerbaijan have destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Armenian armed forces.
Law enforcers conducting a CTO. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-na-territorii-provedeniya-kto-0.html#&gid=1&pid=2
17:33, 21 September 2020
On September 14-20, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded
During the week of September 14-20, 2020, there was no information about any victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
News
A regional state of emergency has been declared in Tuapse.

Veniamin Kondratyev (right) during a visit to Tuapse. April 28, 2026. Screenshot from video https://t.me/opershtab23/15822 Kondratyev's arrival in Tuapse sparked criticism on social media.

An oil spill from a burning oil refinery occurred in Tuapse.

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.