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Juma prayer in Chechnya. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CBC0gINljaQ/
23:43, 5 June 2020
In Chechnya, some believers not allowed to attend first juma prayer within 10 weeks
In Chechnya, collective Friday prayers have been partially resumed after more than a two-month break. A significant part of believers could not get into mosques because of the restriction on the number of worshipers.
Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Abuzaid Vismuradov. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBpjR3I3aq/
23:41, 5 June 2020
Kadyrov responds to posts about Chechen Deputy Prime Minister allegedly infected with coronavirus
In response to posts about the alleged hospitalization of Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Abuzaid Vismuradov, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that the Deputy Prime Minister is in a good health.
The Berkat market in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:07, 5 June 2020
In Chechnya, entrepreneurs affected by restrictive measures
The restrictions imposed in Chechnya because of the coronavirus pandemic led to a decline in sales volumes and provoked financial difficulties, entrepreneurs complain.
Participants of the pickets in support of Ratmir Zhilokov and Diana Tsipinova. Screenshot of the post on "Адвокатская улица" (Advocates' Street) Twitter account
17:59, 5 June 2020
Law enforcers consider pickets in support of advocates from Kabardino-Balkaria as a hidden form of mass protests
Law enforcers called pickets of advocates in support of their colleagues from Kabardino-Balkaria a "hidden form of a mass event." Protesters insist that they held solo pickets. They intend to challenge the accusations up to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
A hurricane in Chechnya. Screenshot of the video from the HELL_95 channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=Cs0SGbd97Q0&feature=emb_logo
17:58, 5 June 2020
Rescuers count 23 hurricane victims in Chechnya
After a severe hurricane in Chechnya, 23 people received traumas; the roofs of 33 houses were damaged; of them, 26 have already been repaired, the Chechen Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has informed.
Scouts of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo by the press service of the country's Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/az/news/en-yaxsi-motoatici-boluk-adi-ugrunda-yaris-kecirilir-video-31141.html
17:51, 5 June 2020
Azerbaijan announces shelling of village in conflict zone
Over the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were shelled for 25 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Niyameddin Akhmedov. Photo: https://www.contact.az
12:43, 5 June 2020
Father of Akhmedov, arrested PFPA activist, complains about ban on visits
A court in Baku has upheld the arrest of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), within the case of financing terrorism. Akhmedov declared his innocence; and his father has stated that he is not allowed to visit and call his son, contained in jail.
Handcuffs. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
12:37, 5 June 2020
Rights defenders link growth of political prisoners with protest activeness in Northern Caucasus
In recent years, North-Caucasian regions have faced great political and civil activeness, but in Russia it is followed by criminal prosecutions, human rights defenders believe. Apart from Moscow, scaled protests were observed only in Northern Caucasus, the "Amnesty International" (AI) has noted.
Residents of Baku in face masks. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:35, 5 June 2020
Hard quarantine measures announced in major Azerbaijani cities for weekend
From June 6 to the morning of June 8, residents of Baku and other large cities will be banned from leaving their homes, the Azerbaijani government has announced.
The Gumbetovsky District of Dagestan. Photo from the official website of the Gumbetovsky District of Dagestan http://mo-gumbet.ru/foto/Verhnee-Inho_foto/
11:25, 5 June 2020
Chechnya's actions on border demarcation highlight inaction of Dagestani authorities
By marking borders in the Gumbetovsky District, Chechnya is trying to push Dagestani authorities to finalize the demarcation works, journalists believe. It is time for Dagestani authorities to clarify the territorial issue in order to avoid provocations, they assert.
Screenshot of the video with the detention and apologies of a resident of Khasavyurt, https://www.instagram.com/p/CBAUYyUDYvv/
11:18, 5 June 2020
Dagestani teenager's apologies to law enforcers trigger disputes in social network
Dagestan law enforcers have unreasonably used weapons to detain a teenager, and forced him to apologize, Instagram users have suggested. The detainee had to apologize for publicly insulting law enforcers, other commentators have objected.
A soldier of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/en-yaxsi-motoatici-boluk-adi-ugrunda-yaris-kecirilir-video-31141.html
23:59, 4 June 2020
Azerbaijan claims 22 shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone and at the border with Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
A plane at the Dubai airport. UAE. Photo: REUTERS/Christopher Pike
23:55, 4 June 2020
Food aid from Chechnya to UAE surprises Instagram users
The Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation sent 30 tons of food products to one of the richest countries in the Middle East, while there are many people in need in Chechnya, users of the social network note. This is a response gesture to the humanitarian aid with personal protective equipment and tests for coronavirus sent to Chechnya and Dagestan, the Chechen authorities explain.
20:03, 4 June 2020
Sociologists doubt results of quarantine poll in Chechnya
While commenting on the statement of Ramzan Kadyrov about the unprecedented support of the quarantine measures by residents of Chechnya, Denis Volkov has emphasized that a poll conducted in social networks cannot be considered relevant. The population is loyal to the measures of self-isolation, but 98 percent support is out of the question, experts claim.
A street in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 4 June 2020
Armenia imposes mask regime
The Armenian authorities forbade local residents to leave their homes without medical masks because of the spread of the coronavirus infection.
FSB officers during the special operation held in Ingushetia on May 30, 2020. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC)
16:15, 4 June 2020
Special service veterans treat reports on CTOs in Ingushetia as truthful
Law enforcers' reports about frequented counterterrorist operations (CTOs) in Ingushetia reflect the real situation, and the growth of militants' activeness has to do with the spread of the ideology of radicalism in Russia, experts have suggested.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: Zelamkh https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Magomed_Daudov
16:06, 4 June 2020
Daudov calls on Dagestani authorities to complete border demarcation with Chechnya
The inaction of the commissions, which should complete the demarcation of the Chechen-Dagestani border, increases the risk of republics' conflicts, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated. Instagram users have supported his proposal to close the border issue.
Agil Gumbatov (on the left), Ilham Aliev. Screenshot of Gumbatov's video appeal to the president on March 13, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0LMm-tKug&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3PY8cvlqNqF9R_PF0bdeuYgQ5EaJPdjYv1VhCkZYKpPgq70QQVOiQjo58
12:43, 4 June 2020
Azerbaijani activist Agil Gumbatov left in mental hospital for another month
Doctors have again extended the treatment period of Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), in a psychiatric clinic. His defence has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the persecution of the activist.
Drawing up a report at the checkpoint at the entrance to Makhachkala. Screenshot of the post on all.dagestan account on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KhmJ5AY5P/
12:42, 4 June 2020
Policemen treat public apologies as measure to maintain order in Dagestan
The authorities of Dagestan have lifted the restriction on car traffic between Makhachkala and Kaspiysk, and within the capital. Apologizing videos can educate the people, who aggressively express their anger about restrictions, the police assert.
Screenshot of the report "Akhmat-Haji Kadyrov Foundation has organized large-scale charity event", https://youtu.be/had09ll1aGI
11:23, 4 June 2020
Increase in donations questions efficiency of Kadyrov Foundation
Six billion roubles donated to the Kadyrov Foundation is a colossal amount; the investment thereof into the republic's economy should have an obvious result, Orientalists have noted. In his turn, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has suggested that the amount of donations was increased artificially in order to ascribe a number of charity actions to the Foundation.
News
The heads of two online publications have been arrested in Azerbaijan.

Meydan TV journalists held a protest in the courtroom.

Azerbaijan's Parliament. Screenshot of the photo from Report? https://report.az/ru/vneshnyaya-politika/azerbajdzhan-priostanavlivaet-sotrudnichestvo-s-evroparlamentom The Azerbaijani Parliament has suspended relations with the European Parliament.

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.