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13:24, 19 June 2021
Political analysts assess Georgia's potential as mediator in Karabakh settlement
For the first time, Georgia has acted as a mediator in the Karabakh conflict by facilitating the return home of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) in exchange for minefield maps. The role of Azerbaijani-Armenian mediator will increase Georgia's status in the international arena, but it is associated with some risk, political analysts have noted.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pyuoOweVB0
23:33, 18 June 2021
“Project” re-edits investigation about Kadyrov after claim of “Grozny” TV Channel
Authors of the investigation into the secret real estate of Ramzan Kadyrov’s associates removed from the video footage of the Chechen “Grozny” TV Channel, which claimed intellectual property rights.
Primorsky Boulevard in Batumi. Photo: REUTERS/Давид Мдзинаришвили
23:16, 18 June 2021
Influx of tourists from Turkey supports tourism sector in Adjara
With the resumption of overland communication with Turkey, Batumi opened casinos, which suffered significant losses during the quarantine. The border is also open for Adjarian entrepreneurs, but some of them went bankrupt before the quarantine measures were mitigated.
23:01, 18 June 2021
Georgia’s Ombudsperson demands safety for gay pride parade participants
It is not a solution to report threats to participants of a gay pride parade every year, and the police must ensure the possibility of holding the march, says Georgia’s Ombudsperson Nino Lomdjariya. LGBT activists should be refused in holding the “March of Dignity”, notes Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of the “Georgian Dream” Party.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov; photo from Ramzan Kadyrov's account on the VKontakte, vk.com/ramzan
22:55, 18 June 2021
Kadyrov’s threats encourage compulsory vaccination in Chechnya
In Chechnya, the vaccination process is haphazard, and among others, people with chronic diseases also get vaccines, which can lead to health problems, a doctor says. Schoolchildren and employees of public institutions are being persuaded to get vaccinated under the threat of being denied access to studies and working places, local residents complain.
The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO). Photo by the press service of the President of Azerbaijan
22:17, 18 June 2021
Azerbaijani GPO declares search of three businessmen-Armenian natives
Three Russian businessmen of Armenian origin have been accused of illegal supply of weapons for conducting hostilities against Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has announced.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS
22:06, 18 June 2021
Opposition accuses Pashinyan of using administrative resources in election campaign
Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has gathered a many-thousand-strong rally of his supporters by putting pressure on budget-funded state servants, oppositional parties have claimed. In general, the parliamentary election campaign is passing calmly; there are no prerequisites for any serious confrontation in the country, political analysts believe.
Karabakh rescuers found remains of a soldier. Photo: Facebook / ԱՀ Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն
14:09, 18 June 2021
Remains of three soldiers found in Martuni District
In the territory of the Martuni District that is now under Azerbaijan's control, Karabakh rescuers found remains of three soldiers, bringing the total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries found in the Karabakh conflict zone to 1579, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has reported.
Ruslan Amirov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Photo https://www.amerikaninsesi.org
14:06, 18 June 2021
PFPA activist sentenced to 4 years of conditional imprisonment
The court has sentenced Ruslan Amirov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was accused of violating the public order and causing harm to the health of a state official, to four years of conditional imprisonment with a three-year probationary period. Amirov has treated the verdict as politically motivated.
A man wearing a police officer's shirt breaks into the shelter in Makhachkala, June 10, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/readovkanews/20297
11:41, 18 June 2021
Video of scuffle in Makhachkala shelter posted
Law enforcers used force to enter the shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala, where Khalimat Taramova was hiding; it follows from the video posted on the Telegram.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot of the video https://www.currenttime.tv
23:59, 17 June 2021
Human rights defenders demand to punish law enforcers after entering shelter for Taramova
Law enforcers broke into an apartment shelter for victims of domestic violence in Makhachkala in civilian clothes, without presenting any warrants, the human rights group “Marem” claims.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (on the left) and Ilham Aliev. Photo: president.az
23:57, 17 June 2021
Erdoğan associates creation of a military base in Azerbaijan with position of Russia
The condition for the appearance of a Turkish army base in Azerbaijan is the consultations of Ilham Aliev with Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan notes.
The demarcation line between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo by the press service for the KGB of South Ossetia https://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnosti.southossetia/photos/a.465734606932231/465737340265291/?type=3&theater
23:55, 17 June 2021
Georgian citizen released from imprisonment in South Ossetia
Lasha Khereteli was handed over to the Georgian side after serving a year in a Tskhinvali prison in a border violation case.
An orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda. Photo https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html
23:53, 17 June 2021
Director of orphanage in Ninotsminda agrees with Ombudsperson to monitor institution
The administration of an orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda will monitor the situation in the institution next week together with Georgia’s Ombudsperson Nino Lomdjariya, Bishop Yakov of Bodbe, the director of the orphan boarding school, announces.
A priest and a soldier of the Armenian army. Photo by the press service of the country's Ministry of Defence
20:54, 17 June 2021
Investigating Committee of Armenia reports number of soldiers missing in Karabakh
In total, during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, 275 people are listed as missing from the Armenian side, the Investigating Committee of Armenia reports.
A Chechen operations centre for COVID-19 management. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's page on the "Vkontakte"https://vk.com/ramzan?z=video279938622_456244324%2F566cf17073650f8571%2Fpl_wall_279938622
20:52, 17 June 2021
Kadyrov threatens to impose severe coronavirus restrictions in Chechnya
Chechen authorities will have to impose severe restrictions related to coronavirus in case the republic shows low vaccination rates, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.
Demining. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:50, 17 June 2021
Resident of Agdam blown up by a mine
The body of Djasarat Khatemkhanov, who went missing on June 7, was found on June 16 in the Agdam District. He died after triggering an anti-personnel mine.
Sappers dismantling the bombs in Fizuli, November 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:46, 17 June 2021
Exchange of POWs for minefield maps gives arguments to Pashinyan's critics
The exchange of 15 prisoners of war (POWs) for minefield maps has hardly brought Nikol Pashinyan any political benefits ahead of the elections, as it has weakened Armenia's negotiating positions, analysts in Yerevan believe. The minefield maps of the territories now under the control of Baku are no longer needed by Armenia, but the safety of local residents depends on them, said Telman Abilov, an Azerbaijani expert.
The boarding school for orphans in Ninotsminda. Screenshot of the report by the "Rustavi 2" TV channel
13:43, 17 June 2021
Director of Ninotsminda boarding school announces reform plan
The boarding school for orphans named after Saint Nino in Ninotsminda will be transformed into three small boarding facilities, which will keep children who do not want to leave the institution, said the manager of the boarding school, Bishop Yakov of Bodbe. Authorities refuse to take decisive measures in relation to the boarding house, as wouldn't like to spoil relations with the church, which during election campaigns supports the ruling party, analysts believe.
The boarding school in Ninotsminda. Photo: https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html
13:42, 17 June 2021
New manager of Ninotsminda boarding school announces staff cleansing
Of the 40 educators, 19 will go on working at the boarding school, Bishop Yakov, the new head of the boarding school for orphans in Ninotsminda, has explained. He is ready to meet the Ombudsperson, but refused to let inspectors into the boarding school, explaining this by the children's potential psychological trauma.
News
Historians have assessed the memory of the Muhajirs in the Eastern Caucasus.

Russian military. Still from a Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/53966 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,150.

In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and 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.