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Information booklets. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
10:36, 6 July 2020
State servants' stories about coercion to vote explain Kadyrov's words about 95% turnout
Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the veracity of the voter turnout on the vote on constitutional amendments looks unconvincing amid stories of state servants about coercion to vote, social network users assert.
Screenshot from the "Anzor Tscharto Beck Martin" YouTube channel with videos criticising the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his relatives
10:18, 6 July 2020
Anzor from Vienna criticized Kadyrov in style of murdered blogger Mansur Stary
Mamikhan Umarov, whose murder in Vienna on July 4 was reported by sources, became famous for his harsh criticism and insults to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, his relatives and his adviser Shaa Turlaev. A similar style of criticizing Kadyrov was used by Mansur Stary, the blogger assassinated in France.
Vladimir Osechkin. Screenshot from the Gulagu.net YouTube channel https://youtu.be/4W-LTJ7wq7A
11:44, 5 July 2020
Gulagu.net founder arrested in absentia after post about Chechen killers
A team of killers has arrived in Moscow from Grozny "to neutralize the remnants of the opposition," Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net project, stated one day before the court's decision to arrest him in absentia. Osechkin has linked his criminal prosecution with the attempts of special services to take control over his human rights project.
11:43, 5 July 2020
Rights defenders doubt legality of CER rejection to Azeri oppositionist
Azerbaijani legislation has collisions regarding the conditional early relief (CER); and they are often used to refuse applying CER to political prisoners, rights defenders have claimed in their comments to the case of oppositional leader, Babek Gasanov.
11:35, 5 July 2020
Azerbaijani court leaves activist Mamedzade under arrest
A court in the city Sumgait has left Djavid Mamedzade under arrest. The activist has every reason to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) claiming to recognize his arrest illegal, his advocate believes.
Khas-Magomed Kadyrov. Photo from the website of the Mayoralty of the city of Argun https://newargun.ru/%d0%bc%d1%8d%d1%80/
11:31, 5 July 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize appointment of Kadyrov's relative as Security Council Secretary
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has appointed his relative, Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, earlier the Mayor of the city of Argun, to the post of the Secretary of the Security Council of the republic. Kadyrov continues strengthening his power by appointing his relatives and fellow villagers to leadership positions, despite their age and managerial skills, Instagram users and residents of Chechnya have noted.
The entrance to the village of Kirovaul. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кироваул
23:50, 4 July 2020
Khabib Nurmagomedov's father buried in Dagestan
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was buried in the village of Kirovaul, Kizilyurt District; the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, came to express his condolences to his relatives.
A memorial sign installed in the place of the fort. Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:48, 4 July 2020
Historians criticize installation of Caucasian War monument in Sochi
In Sochi, a memorial sign has been installed in the place of the fort built by Russian troops in 1837 during the Caucasian War. This sign will split the society, Zurab Gadjiev believes. Any mentioning of the terrible events of the Caucasian War is painful for the Circassian people, Ruslan Gvashev, an activist, has explained.
Mecca. Photo: Al Jazeera English, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17509796
12:35, 4 July 2020
North-Caucasian theologians treat Hajj cancellation as justified
Residents of Dagestan, Chechnya and the Krasnodar Territory are promised to have their money prepaid for the Hajj travel within two weeks; while in Kabardino-Balkaria, they had not taken money in advance. The decision of the Saudi authorities to abolish the international Hajj is justified in the pandemic condition; Islam admits Hajj non-fulfilment in case of an emergency, theologians have stated.
12:33, 4 July 2020
Human rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities for inquiry into "Mtavari Arkhi"
The investigation conducted by the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) regarding the story of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel about the coronavirus situation in Marneuli violates the media freedom, Nino Lomdjariya, the Ombudsperson of Georgia, has stated. Initiating a case against the TV Channel for a journalistic plot is unacceptable, the Coalition "For Media Advocacy" believes.
Residents of Nalchik at a protest action in support of the family of Khusei Makitov, the murdered taxi driver. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=61&v=j_qsT8R21DU&feature=emb_logo
12:06, 4 July 2020
Family of murdered KBR resident claims compensation from FSB
The mother and brother of Khusei Makitov, the murdered resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), filed a lawsuit demanding compensation for moral harm, estimated by them at 5 million roubles. The family's advocate insists that the FSB should pay the money, not the convicted officer Pavel Sterlyagov.
A tent camp in the Dagestani village of Kullar. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
11:48, 4 July 2020
Protesters from tent camp near Kullar village plead not guilty
People arrested in a criminal case on protest actions at a tent camp arranged on the border of Dagestan and Azerbaijan believe that they are not guilty. The authorities of the Derbent District and the national-cultural autonomy of Azerbaijanis report different numbers of people who now stay at the tent camp.
Participants of a protest action in Cherkessk. Screenshot of the post by politika09 on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CBa-ZM0D2pV/
11:37, 4 July 2020
Arrest of KChR complainants of torture extended
A court in Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), has left three residents of the city of Teberda accused of illegal arms dealing, in custody. Their relatives wrote complaints about law enforcers, who had taken the detainees for several days to Chechnya.
Anar Mamedli. Screenshot of the video at the Viasna96 YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUaBPp6_jDI
18:47, 3 July 2020
Activist calls on President of Azerbaijan to pardon political prisoners
In his petition to the president of Azerbaijan, activist Anar Mamedli noted that in country's penitentiary institutions, prisoners face the risk of the coronavirus infection. The activist called for mercy on political prisoners and people who did not commit serious crimes.
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Screenshot of the video by "Vremya Sporta" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o
18:43, 3 July 2020
Father of Dagestani MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov dies
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, a father and a coach of Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, died. This was reported by his relatives, the "Makhachkala Izvestia" reports.
The detention of an activist in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:36, 3 July 2020
Azeri activists treat refusal to apply CER to Gasanov as political discrimination
Activists have treated the refusal to use the conditional early relief (CER) in relation to the Azerbaijani oppositionist Babek Gasanov as discrimination on political grounds. The defence has appealed against the court judgement.
The detention of members of an extremist organization in Karachay-Cherkessia. Screenshot of the video by the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau)
18:32, 3 July 2020
FSB reports detention of extremist unit members in KChR
Five members of an extremist organization in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have advocated the creation of a caliphate in Northern Caucasus; they stored weapons and banned literature, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) said.
A ballot box. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:35, 3 July 2020
Residents of Chechnya doubt truthfulness of reports on 95% voter turnout
The statement of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Chechnya about the high citizens' activeness during the vote on amendments to the Constitution of Russia were sceptically perceived by residents of the republic, who called the numbers "exaggerated" and the vote itself a farce.
Handcuffs. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
11:32, 3 July 2020
KBR resident accused of having links with terrorists
The criminal case of Mikhail Zhigunov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of involvement in the terrorist community in the Kalmyk colony, the organizer of which is considered by investigators to be Shakhban Gasanov, who was killed in 2015 in Khasavyurt, has been sent to court.
Fountains Square in Baku used to be crowded before the quarantine. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:29, 3 July 2020
Tight quarantine regime extended in Azerbaijan
A total of 572 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been diagnosed in Azerbaijan; the total number of those infected has reached 18,684. Amid this situation, authorities have extended the strict quarantine until July 20.
News
A burned-out house on Pushkin Street in Tuapse. Photo: "My Tuapse" / VKontakte Social media users called for help for Tuapse residents left homeless.

A Kuban resident was convicted of calling for a nuclear strike on Russia.

Analysts considered the nationalization of the Pokrovsky concern to be only a step in the redistribution of the agro-cluster in southern Russia.

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.