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Medical worker. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
08:21, 29 May 2020
Pneumonia patients in Gergebil left without COVID-19 tests
In the Gergebil District of Dagestan, the total number of patients with coronavirus and community-acquired pneumonia made 407 persons, but not all pneumonia patients have undergone a laboratory study on COVID-19, a district hospital employee has stated.
Vadim Cheldiev. Screenshot from video posted by Ossetia News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZPv8lnkTw
21:43, 28 May 2020
Vadim Cheldiev faces new charges
Investigators suggest that Vadim Cheldiev is responsible for riots in Vladikavkaz. The defendant has been charged with disorderly conduct.
Liliya Saidova (centre) in the courtroom, Moscow, February 20, 2019. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
21:24, 28 May 2020
Chechen native Liliya Saidova sentenced in case on financing of terrorism
Today, the court has sentenced Liliya Saidova to five years of imprisonment for transferring money to his brother in Turkey. Liliya Saidova pleads not guilty of financing terrorism, and the court's decision will be challenged, the defence has announced.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs9RBriSko/
19:06, 28 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov offers forgiveness to Ichkeria supporters amid killings in Europe
The leader of Chechnya has announced his willingness to forgive opponents who left Russia if they recognize the fallacy of their views. The Ramzan Kadyrov's call was voiced after a series of resonant killings of critics of the Chechen leader in Europe.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's personal VKontakte page, https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_457296601%2Fwall279938622_494394
18:45, 28 May 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov responds to article in "Novaya Gazeta" about families of militants
Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that former militants and their relatives are not oppressed in Chechnya. As an example, he has mentioned some of his subordinates.
Soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/hy/news/6254
13:06, 28 May 2020
Azerbaijan counts 23 shelling attacks in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Policemen detain a participant of protest rally in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
12:38, 28 May 2020
AI calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release activists
Azerbaijani authorities are using the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic in order to prosecute their opponents, the Amnesty International (AI) stated on May 27, demanding to release the arrested activists.
Beach in Sochi, 2019. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
11:16, 28 May 2020
Sochi residents alarmed by decision to open resort season amid pandemic
On June 1, 2020, Sochi is launching the planned resort season, Mikael Nersesyan, the press service head of the Sochi city administration, has announced. The Sochi residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent have strongly opposed the start of the resort season.
11:05, 28 May 2020
Georgia invites Russian experts to Lugar Lab
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia has invited Russian experts to come and make sure that no hazardous infections are being developed in the Richard Lugar Laboratory.
Resident of Chechnya expresses his gratitude to Kadyrov Foundation for help during epidemic. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/groznytv/
10:48, 28 May 2020
Advertising of authorities' help during epidemic taken sceptically in Chechnya
The Chechen TV has posted a video with a local resident's gratitude to Kadyrov Foundation. Social network users doubt the scale of the Foundation's charity and complained about the deficit of livelihood.
Village of Shushanovka (Dagestan) on Google map
08:30, 28 May 2020
Shushanovka residents complain about losses due to quarantine
The COVID-19 tests of the participants in the funeral of a woman from the Dagestani village of Shushanovka, who died from coronavirus, turned out to be negative; however, 30 villagers are sick with pneumonia here, the village head has informed. Many villagers live only on incomes from their agriculture and cannot sell their crops because of the quarantine, he has explained.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from on air TV broadcast, May 27, 2020, https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsgasloipB/
08:18, 28 May 2020
Kadyrov explains his absence by pre-scheduled health survey
Speaking live on air, Ramzan Kadyrov showed that he had no catheter fixed and stated that he was healthy, but was undergoing a pre-planned medical examination in a Moscow hospital.
21:25, 27 May 2020
Dagestani resident sentenced for participation in militant grouping
The court sentenced Ragim Yarmetov to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a case on a militant grouping in Kaspiysk. Ragim Yarmetov pleaded not guilty.
Closed restaurants in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
21:10, 27 May 2020
Georgian businessmen request authorities to help open cafes and restaurants
The Georgian authorities allowed the restaurants and cafes with outdoor venues to resume their operation starting from June 1. Owners of indoor restaurants and cafes requested the authorities to allocate them land plots for summer cafes.
19:33, 27 May 2020
Russia does not let US fly over South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Today, the South-Ossetian Minister of Foreign Affairs has announced that requests from the USA to allow monitoring flights near the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are unfounded. The Minister of South Ossetia agreed with the refusal of the Russian side.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Elkhan Suleimanov, head of the Ministry of Public Health of Chechnya. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's VKontakte page, https://vk.com/ramzan
19:15, 27 May 2020
Video with Ramzan Kadyrov, first within 11 days, proves version of his illness
The authorities of Chechnya had to reconsider their attitude to the coronavirus infection, Ramzan Kadyrov admitted during his first public speech after a pause. On the video, users of the social network noticed an object similar to a medical catheter on an arm of the Chechen leader.
14:42, 27 May 2020
"Syndicate-100" demands to find author of threats to journalist
Law enforcers should identify and hold accountable the social network user, who threatens to kill an employee of the Krasnoyarsk TV company (TVK) for her reposting an article about authorities' claims to the work of journalists, the association of editions named "Syndicate-100" has stated today in its open appeal.
Lugar Research Centre in Georgia. Photo: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/interview/20180920/242181133/Laboratoriya-dvoynogo-naznacheniya-Giorgadze-nazval-zakazchikov-iz-SShA.html
14:17, 27 May 2020
Russia demands access of its experts to Lugar Georgian laboratory
Russian experts need access to all the buildings of the Lugar Laboratory in Georgia to verify the version of the works of US militaries on deadly disease agents, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated on May 26.
Muslim girl. Photo: REUTERS/Brittany Greeson
11:45, 27 May 2020
Lawyers find it possible to punish the bosses of Magas clinic for circumcising girl
Both the doctor who performed the surgery and the clinic's bosses may respond for circumcising the girl in Ingushetia, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Wedding in Chechnya. Screenshot from video posted at 'Chechen Weddings' YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=203&v=gt-OQMRN2Mo&feature=emb_logo
11:23, 27 May 2020
Residents of Chechnya surprised at lifting ban on weddings amid preservation of remaining bans
In Chechnya, people are waiting for lifting the ban on leaving home to be able to earn money; many have no money for holding weddings, local residents and Instagram users said in their comments to the statement of the Chechen Mufti about the permit to hold weddings according to the Sharia.
News
Analysts explained the significance of the decision in the Gubarev case.

Kadyrov secured Putin's support ahead of the next Chechen presidential election.

A still from Aishat Khizrieva's video message about leaving Russia: https://t.me/marem_group/1658 Khizrieva's escape sparked a social media debate about domestic violence in Chechnya.

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.