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23:57, 9 April 2020
Azerbaijani oppositionist arrested for a month
Faig Amirli (Amirov), the assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), whose kidnapping had been claimed by his spouse, was arrested for 30 days.
Aslambek Akhmetkhanov (in red) standing in front of Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel "The head of Chechnya harshly reprimanded Aslambek Akhmetkhanov" https://youtu.be/IUHeFy2cpfk
23:55, 9 April 2020
Appeal of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov's wife to Chechen leader violates traditions
A wife of Aslambek Akhmetkhanov violated the Chechen traditions when the woman asked Ramzan Kadyrov to forgive her husband. The woman's appeal was caused by hopelessness and well-founded fears for the safety of her husband, noted Caucasus experts and human rights defenders.
The detainees publicly apologized for their actions. Screenshot of the video sent to the "Caucasian Knot" via WhatsApp
23:49, 9 April 2020
Chechen social network users refuse to accept apologies from Telegram channel's authors
Four more natives of Chechnya publicly apologized for their posts on a Telegram channel. Their repentance did not reassure Instagram users who found offensive posts unacceptable.
Baku during the quarantine. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:44, 9 April 2020
Azerbaijan toughens quarantine regime
Starting from April 9, residents of Azerbaijan who have no signed labour contracts with employers and workers over 65 years old may not leave their homes for the period of quarantine. Managers of companies should reduce the number of employees at working places to the required minimum.
18:59, 9 April 2020
Quarantine hits family budgets in KBR
A week after the introduction of self-isolation regime, residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have complained to Kazbek Kokov by means of social networks that they were left without a livelihood.
A prison corridor. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:53, 9 April 2020
Rights defenders treat Caucasian inmates' chances for pardoning as high
The call to pardon prisoners due to coronavirus threat will be heard by Russian authorities; and North-Caucasian activists will fall under amnesty, the rights defenders who have supported the petition for inmates' release believe.
A pedestrian on the street in Sochi during quarantine. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:58, 9 April 2020
Residents of Sochi complain about survival problems under quarantine
More than 250 protocols for violating the quarantine regime have already been drawn up in Sochi. Townspeople tell about severe restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus and complained about financial problems caused by inability to work.
11:30, 9 April 2020
Sources treat murder in Ingushetia as blood feud
Murad Nalgiev, a resident of the village of Surkhakhi in the Nazran District, fell victim to the blood feud, his relative and an Ingush official has reported.
The announcement of quarantine. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:25, 9 April 2020
36 families isolated in Karabakh village due to coronavirus
About 170 people live in the village of Mirik, which was closed for quarantine, because a villager is sick with coronavirus. The villagers said that they observe the self-isolation regime. All the vehicles entering the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) from Armenia are disinfected.
Delivery of bread to resdidents of Grozny. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=izbztOOQ5Yk&feature=emb_logo
21:44, 8 April 2020
Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation intensifies its activities amid pandemic
The quarantine regime gave the Chechen authorities the opportunity to regularly report about charity events of the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation. In two days, four stories were reported by the Chechen TV Channel with statements of gratitude for food aid packages voiced by residents of Chechnya and other regions. However, some Instagram users considered the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation's activities to be demonstrative.
21:43, 8 April 2020
Spouse of Azerbaijani oppositionist claims his kidnapping
Faig Amirli (Amirov), an assistant to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been kidnapped in Baku, and his whereabouts is unknown, his spouse reports. Colleagues of Faig Amirli from the PFPA associated the incident with the oppositionist's political activities.
One of the detainees publicly apologizes for his actions. Screenshot of the video sent via WhatsApp to the "Caucasian Knot"
21:38, 8 April 2020
Telegram user detained in Chechnya reports his cooperation with Tumso Abdurakhmanov
Law enforcers identified at least 10 residents of Chechnya involved in posts left on the odious Telegram channel "Osal nakh 95", a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. One of the detainees publicly apologized for his actions and confessed that he was transmitting information to blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov. The confession threatens the detainee with serious problems, his fellow countrymen suggest.
The Azerbaijani troops. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=30606
21:31, 8 April 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on three villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were 24 times shelled in the Karabakh conflict zone within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-Sv8HPfjo
18:30, 8 April 2020
Chechnya: analysts point to increased tensions amid increased quarantine measures
The humiliation practice in Chechnya is on the rise amid the quarantine, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has noted. Actions of Chechen law enforcers create tensions in the society, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes.
A meeting of the operational headquarters on fighting the COVID-19 crisis. April 7, 2020. Screenshot of the video at Ramzan Kadyrov's offical page at VKontakte https://vk.com/ramzan
18:25, 8 April 2020
Residents of Chechnya rebuke officials for ignoring security measures
Chechen authorities and most officials ignore using protective means even during their sittings, despite the tough measures because of the threat of coronavirus spread. Following their example, some residents of the republic refuse wearing medical masks and gloves, while others continue using them.
An appeal to organize virtual pickets to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev https://www.instagram.com/p/B-oxPDdDJjY/
18:14, 8 April 2020
Dozens of social network users join online campaign in support of Gadjiev
For the second week in a row, some 20-30 people are supporting virtual pickets demanding to release the Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev.
Activists in Kabardino-Balkaria helped Syrian returnees with foodstuffs. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/ratmir.kara/videos/3096606220477983/
17:56, 8 April 2020
KBR activists help Syrian returnees with foodstuffs
After the closure of public catering facilities because of the threat of coronavirus spread, Syrian repatriates in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) lost their earnings. Circassian activists announced a fundraising, bought and spread over a hundred foodstuff packages among repatriates.
A colony in Azerbaijan. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/acliq-eden-feallari-ayiraraq-basqa-muessiselere-kocurubler/
11:23, 8 April 2020
Rights defenders point to risk of coronavirus infection for those arrested in Azerbaijan
Arrests of quarantine violators in Azerbaijan increase the risk of coronavirus spread in jails; therefore, convicts for minor crimes should be released, human rights defenders have stated.
A resident of Nozhai-Yurt publicly repented on air of the TV channel for violating quarantine measures. Screenshot of the video https://newsvideo.su/video/12529392
11:20, 8 April 2020
Chechen villager publicly repents for violating quarantine measures
The Chechen police are conducting a check on the case of Musa Khasanov, a resident of Nozhai-Yurt, who returned home while bypassing the checkpoint. Khasanov has publicly repented on air of the TV channel; relatives and fellow villagers have condemned his violation. The aim of the video is to intimidate other violators of the self-isolation regime, residents of the republic believe.
Mokhmad-Selim Alimkhanov, a resident of the Khambi-Irze village, posted on WhatsApp a video with his apologies for his video criticizing the authorities for the food aid package he had got. Screenshot of the video sent via WhatsApp
23:57, 7 April 2020
Dissatisfaction with food aid indicates thefts at Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation
Part of the food aid from the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation does not reach people in need because of corruption among low-ranking employees, suggest Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, and political analyst Alexei Malashenko after a video criticizing the food aid package.
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.

A teenager from Adygea is accused of justifying terrorism.

A resident of Adygea was convicted of financing extremists.

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.