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Protest action held by Batumi residents on September 26, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/TvMtavari/posts/734283354608444?_tn_=-R
10:57, 27 September 2021
In Batumi, "Dream City" townspeople demand housing from authorities
In front of the Adjara government, a protest action was held by residents of the "Dream City" settlement, dissatisfied with the absence of information on the conditions for providing apartments in the buildings under construction.
Commemorative torchlight march in Yerevan, September 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
10:44, 27 September 2021
Yerevan residents commemorate victims of Karabakh war with torchlight march
On September 26, in Yerevan, on the first anniversary of the start of the Karabakh war in 2020, a commemorative torchlight march was organized by activists of the "Ayastan" oppositional bloc.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Alexei Nikolsky / TASS
10:27, 27 September 2021
Kadyrov set election world record
On September 26, the "InterRecord" Agency announced that at the 2021 election, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, set a new world record. "At elections of Russian regional leaders, the largest number of votes was won by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya," reads a message posted on the Agency's Instagram page.
Residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki talk to Ingush officials. Photo by Adam Kostoev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:58, 26 September 2021
Ingush villagers outraged by compensation amounts after natural disaster
Authorities have significantly underestimated the compensation amounts to residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki after the flood; some victims were not included into the lists at all, local residents have complained. An analyst has stressed the authorities' duty to help all those who suffered the damage, while the officials have reported on the completion of payments.
The festival of Ossetian pies. September 25, 2021, Vladikavkaz. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:53, 26 September 2021
Festival of Ossetian pies attracts tourists to Vladikavkaz
Tourists from all over Russia came to the festival of Ossetian pies in Vladikavkaz; all the city hotels are occupied, the festival organizers have stated.
Criminal code. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
04:38, 26 September 2021
Khasavyurt resident accused of financing IS*
The inquiry into a criminal case initiated against a resident of Khasavyurt accused of transferring money to a militant of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization banned in Russia, is over, investigators have reported.
Niyameddin Akhmedov. Photo: https://www.contact.az
23:59, 25 September 2021
Azerbaijani oppositionist, Niyameddin Akhmedov hospitalized in prison hospital
The state of health of Niyameddin Akhmedov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has greatly deteriorated; he was hospitalized into the medical facility of the country's Penitentiary Service with suspected coronavirus.
Karabakh rescuers have found the remains of a soldier. Photo: Facebook / ԱՀ Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն
23:57, 25 September 2021
Azerbaijan hands over remains of person killed in Nagorno-Karabakh
In Shusha, the Azerbaijani party has handed the remains of a soldier over to Karabakh rescuers, thus bringing the total number of bodies and remains of found Armenian militaries up to 1670.
15:02, 25 September 2021
Georgia: 70 families cut off from outside world by landslides
Landslides caused by a heavy rainfall have blocked the road to a village in the Lanchkhuti District of Georgia, where 40 families live, and to a village in the Ozurgeti District, inhabited by 30 families.
Akhmed Zakaev and Ramzan Kadyrov, collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
14:59, 25 September 2021
Analysts explain Kadyrov's threats to Chechen Zakaev
Akhmed Zakaev's anti-Kadyrov rhetoric has became harsher; therefore, it was followed by new threats from Ramzan Kadyrov and video clips offensive to Zakaev, the administrators of the "1Adat" Telegram channel and the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have noted.
14:55, 25 September 2021
Dagestan resident convicted of video calling for extremism
A court has sentenced a resident of the Buynaksk District to two years of conditional imprisonment for posting videos calling for extremism.
A road in Fizuli District, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:50, 25 September 2021
Azerbaijan: bodies of two villagers found in minefield
The villagers, who went missing in July, have been found dead in a mined area on the border of Goygol and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
A police check. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
01:05, 25 September 2021
Azerbaijani authorities announce changes in anti-COVID measures
On October 1, Azerbaijan lifts restrictions on operation of public transport on weekends, and clubs, cinemas, and entertainment centres will resume their activities. To travel between cities and regions of the country by public transport, passengers will be required to produce a COVID passport.
A penal colony. Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis
00:58, 25 September 2021
Rights defenders criticize release of defendants in case on torture of a Chechen native
The mitigation of punishment for former employees of the Yaroslavl penal colony, accused of torturing Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, is not grounded, the “Public Verdict” human rights foundation* claims.
Akhmed Zakaev (on the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshots: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUIt8KHKCMQ/ "Nastoyaschee vremya" (Current Time) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbQTEQ4mqs
23:59, 24 September 2021
Kadyrov invites Zakaev’s sons to come to Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov addressed gross insults to Akhmed Zakaev, living in Great Britain, and invited his sons to come to Chechnya to avenge their father’s humiliation.
A tinker stallion. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKtCLYD_Od/
23:57, 24 September 2021
Kadyrov gives his daughter one of most titled horses in Russia
The leader of Chechnya bought the most titled tinker stallion in Russia for his stable, and the horse became a birthday present for his daughter.
A museum in the city of Kobuleti. Photo by Michael https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kobuleti#/media/File:Kobuleti_Museum.jpg
23:46, 24 September 2021
Pandemic threatens Kobuleti hoteliers' businesses
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourists would not visit Adjara; and the owners of small hotels suffer losses and cannot pay off their loans, entrepreneurs in the city of Kobuleti have complained, insisting that authorities should help hoteliers in solving their problems with banks.
Kemal Tambiev, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov (from left to right) in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:57, 24 September 2021
Witness in Gadjiev’s case speaks about fundraising for Hafiz school
Aleksandra Katsaeva, a prosecution witness in a case against journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, said that she was engaged in fundraising on her bank cards to help orphans, but did not track the spending of the raised money. The witness also said she never spoke with any of the three defendants.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the video on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557490281792370&set=a.108531503354919&type=1&theater
22:47, 24 September 2021
Court ignores Azerbaijani oppositionist Salaev’s complaint about torture in colony
A court dismissed a complaint filed by oppositionist Alizamin Salaev about torture in a penal colony. Alizamin Salaev, who went on a hunger strike in protest against torture, was beaten for refusing to participate in discrediting the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, his colleague party member suggested.
The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in the Hague. Photo: International Court of Justice; https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Международный_суд_ООН#/media/Файл:International_Court_of_Justice.jpg
14:32, 24 September 2021
Azerbaijan files counterclaim to the UN International Court of Justice against Armenia
Armenia is systematically violating the "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination", Azerbaijan has claimed in a lawsuit lodged to the International Court of Justice, asking to bring the neighbouring state to justice.
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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.