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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
11:58, 15 June 2021
ECtHR demands information from Russia on Khalimat Taramova's case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg gave 10 days to Russian authorities to answer the questions on the case of Khalimat Taramova, a Chechen girl, who, according to human rights defenders, was forcibly taken to Chechnya from the Makhachkala shelter for victims of domestic violence. The publicity helped to avoid a tragedy, but now the girl's fate is in her relatives' hands, human rights defenders believe.
A spontaneous march in support of the Azerbaijani Army on July 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:56, 15 June 2021
Twelve Baku protesters sentenced to conditional terms
The court has found the participants in the unsanctioned march on July 15, 2020, in Baku, including four members of the presidium of the oppositional Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of violating the public order, using force against policemen and causing minor bodily harm.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot of a video report released by the “Grozny” TV Channel https://youtu.be/CxuqoPCnoVw
00:10, 15 June 2021
Social media users doubt Taramova’s words about observance of her rights in Chechnya
In their comments under a video report released by the “Grozny” TV Channel, social media users noted that Khalimat Taramova behaved unnaturally during the video and could hardly answer the questions sincerely. Internet users doubt the young woman’s statement about the observance of her rights in Chechnya.
The building of the orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda. Screenshot of the video by the Rustavi 2 TV channel
00:05, 15 June 2021
Bishop Abuladze resigns as director of orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda
The Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch holds the position of the director of the orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda after human rights defenders had criticized Bishop Spiridon Abuladze. The orphan boarding school still accommodates 23 children, and the institution will not close for at least another year, the Georgia’s Patriarchate announces.
23:59, 14 June 2021
Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev hold pickets on second anniversary of his arrest
In Makhachkala, activists held solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an observer of the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft). The Dagestani journalist’s arrest lasts for two years already.
A man with a hand grenade. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/K4OjtmNr_uo
23:55, 14 June 2021
On June 7-13, 2021, one person injured in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of June 7-13, 2021, at least one person was injured in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No killed were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
23:52, 14 June 2021
Azerbaijan updates list of autumn war casualties
During the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2904 people were killed from the Azerbaijani side, and 10 soldiers are listed as missing in action, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.
Khalimat Taramova. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEl3STJmmN/
17:30, 14 June 2021
Chechen authorities blame human rights defenders for what happened with Taramova
Human rights defenders were involved in Khalimat Taramova's abduction, while Chechen law enforcers acted within the framework of the law, said Akhmed Dudaev, Minister for Nationalities' Matters of Chechnya. He reiterated the thesis of the Chechen and Russian authorities that there are no members of sexual minorities in the region.
Viken Abraham Euldjekzhiyan gave evidence. Screenshot of the video posted on the baku.tv YouTube channel on May 5, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6fJWuLh5o0&t=1s
17:24, 14 June 2021
Azerbaijani court sentences mercenary from Lebanon to 20 years in prison
The court has found Viken Euldjekzhiyan guilty of terrorism, mercenarism and illegal border crossing. He refused to plead guilty, claiming that he had led a peaceful life in Armenia and was captured on the Lachin highway.
An ANAMA officer preparing to detonate the mine. March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:22, 14 June 2021
Pashinyan claims transfer of only "small part" of minefield maps to Baku
The minefield maps that Yerevan has handed over to Baku in exchange for 15 militaries make an essential, but only small part of the information about minefields, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.
Khalimat Taramova talks to a law enforcer. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEsBZ-n88N/?utm_medium=copy_link
17:14, 14 June 2021
Social network users condemn law enforcer for disclosing Taramova's shelter
Three video clips have been posted on the Instagram of the "Marem" project, which allegedly show the man who took testimony from Khalimat Taramova shortly before her detention and extradition to Chechnya. It was he who had informed Chechen law enforcers about the girl's whereabouts at the Makhachkala shelter, social network users have suggested.
17:00, 14 June 2021
Activists demand to take all pupils out of Ninotsminda orphanage
At the rally held in front of the Georgian Parliament, NGO activists demanded to let the Ombudsperson into the boarding school in Ninotsminda and to remove all the pupils from there. In his turn, the Church spokesman has stated that the Patriarchy is not going to close the boarding school.
11:43, 14 June 2021
Relative of pupil of Ninotsminda orphanage detained for threats
An uncle of a witness in the case of child abuse at the boarding school named after Saint Nino in Ninotsminda has been accused of threatening his nephew, the Georgia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.
An Armenian soldier's uniform. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:33, 14 June 2021
Remains of eight militaries found in Gadrut District
The total number of remains of Armenian militaries found in the Karabakh conflict zone has reached 1576.
AMANA sapper preparing to explode a mine, March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
12:07, 13 June 2021
Azerbaijan exchanges 15 Armenian militaries for minefield maps in Agdam
Today, fifteen military servicemen held by Azerbaijan were handed over to Armenia in exchange for the maps of 97,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines placed in the Agdam District, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.
Nadezhda Vyalova holds solo picket in Volgograd, June 12, 2021. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
11:32, 13 June 2021
Volgograd picketers call the Day of Russia a tragic date
In Volgograd, activists of the "Left-Wing Front" have held three solo pickets criticizing the collapse of the Soviet Union and the adoption of the Declaration of the Sovereignty of the Russian Federation, which is celebrated on June 12.
Sirazhudin Pogorov (photo is provided to the Caucasian Knot by the Pogorovs family) and Vladimir Putin (photo courtesy of the press service of the President's Administration, http://putin.kremlin.ru). Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:13, 13 June 2021
Akhmed Pogorov's father urges Putin to release Ingush activists
Sirazhudin Pogorov, an Ingush elder, has offered the Russian President to release, on the occasion of the Day of Russia, the arrested leaders of Ingush protests against the border agreement with Chechnya.
18:23, 12 June 2021
Residents of Azerbaijan detained for violating ban on visiting Karabakh
In the Kelbadjar District, policemen detained five residents who were trying to enter non-demined territories in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
Participants of the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people held in Elista, May 29, 2021. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the Caucasian Knot
17:38, 12 June 2021
Activists state persecutions after congress of Oirat-Kalmyk nationals in Elista
In Kalmykia, five activists reported that protocols were drawn up against them after they took part in the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people held in Elista.
17:11, 12 June 2021
Incident in Makhachkala shows violence victims' vulnerability in shelters
The forced abduction of a girl from the crisis apartment in Makhachkala can undermine confidence of domestic violence victims in safety of shelters, Nailya Birarova, a social psychologist, is afraid.
News
The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry due to threats in Russian media.

Azerbaijan has declared three propagandists from Russia wanted.

Bakhtiyar Gasanov. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/ The head of the Azerbaijani autonomy in Moscow has been deported from 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.