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Hideout with weapons and explosives found in Sukhum. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=CBeFNBSQFWY&feature=emb_logo
08:21, 13 May 2020
Hideout with weapons and explosives found in Sukhumi
In a multi-storey apartment block in Kartoziya Street in the New District of Sukhumi, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia and the state security service found a large hideout with weapons and ammunition.
Medical worker. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
22:31, 12 May 2020
Dagestani leader reports hundreds of pneumonia victims in republic
In Dagestan, since the beginning of the pandemic, 481 people died from viral pneumonia, the leader of the republic reports today. According to him, in April 2020, the incidence of pneumonia increased by 33.6% compared to 2019.
Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia detained in arms trafficking case. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZ3T-zr7D4&feature=youtu.be
22:15, 12 May 2020
Seven residents of Karachay-Cherkessia detained in arms trafficking case
Seven residents of Karachay-Cherkessia were detained on suspicion of firearms trafficking. An underground workshop was organized in a house of one of the suspects, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports today.
Office of the "Adjara" TV Channel in Batumi. Photo: Shota Khincha/OC Media.
21:58, 12 May 2020
Presenter of "Adjara TV" associates his dismissal with criticism of his director
Malkhaz Rekhviashvili, a presenter of the "Adjara" TV Channel, the chairman of the Alternative Trade Union, was dismissed from his position after he supported his colleague who had been suspended from the air. Malkhaz Rekhviashvili announced the intention to challenge the TV Channel director's decision on his dismissal in court.
Screenshot from video appeal of Agil Gumbatov to the President of Azerbaijan dated March 13, 2-19, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0LMm-tKug&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3PY8cvlqNqF9R_PF0bdeuYgQ5EaJPdjYv1VhCkZYKpPgq70QQVOiQjo58
19:08, 12 May 2020
Agil Gumbatov complains about poor health state after treatment in psychiatric hospital
Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was placed for compulsory treatment to the Republican Psychiatric Hospital in the village of Mashtaga, complained of bad health state after treatment with unknown drugs. A spouse of Agil Gumbatov fears for her husband's health state and demands to release the activist.
A woman in a medical mask. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:49, 12 May 2020
Chechen residents criticize operational headquarters to combat coronavirus
Residents of Chechnya complain to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the impossibility to get through phones of the "hotline" of the operational headquarters, engaged in solving all issues related to current restrictions imposed because of the spread of the coronavirus infection.
13:43, 12 May 2020
US Helsinki Commission calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop repressions
The restrictive measures introduced during the coronavirus pandemic are used by the Azerbaijani authorities to arrest oppositional activists, the US Helsinki Commission has stated.
Prayer. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:13, 12 May 2020
Dagestani Muftiate urges believers to mark Eid al-Fitr at home
Because of the difficult situation with coronavirus in Dagestan, the republic's Muftiate has invited Muslims to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr (Uraza Bayram, or end of fasting) within their families. Believers are advised not to invite guests, not to visit cemeteries, and observe the self-isolation regime.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Magomed Daudov. Photo: press service of the President of Russia, Muslim Betsiev, https://ru.wikipedia.org/ Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:19, 12 May 2020
Instagram users remind Daudov about Kadyrov's promise
Despite the fact that the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced, since May 12, a relaxation of the restriction regime introduced due to coronavirus, Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has stated that so far there have been no changes in the self-isolation regime. Instagram users criticized the decision not to lift restrictions and reminded Daudov about Kadyrov's words.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Screenshot from video statement dated July 19, 2019: https://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil/videos/528972974597812/?v=528972974597812
11:07, 12 May 2020
Political analysts argue about Saakashvili's influence on Georgian opposition
Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, remains the most significant figure of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party and ensures its funding, Zaal Andjaparidze, a political analyst, has noted. His colleague, Ramaz Sakvarelidze, believes, in his turn, that Saakashvili has ceased to be perceived in Georgia as a Georgian politician.
Police detaining participants of Vladikavkaz rally. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
10:55, 12 May 2020
Rally participant in Vladikavkaz arrested despite COVID-19 positive test
Arthur Bugulov, a resident of North Ossetia, has been arrested until June 21 on charges of hooliganism, despite his positive test for coronavirus, his advocate, Sergey Denisenko, has informed.
Mosque at Agasiyev street in Makhachkala. Screenshot: Google Maps
08:36, 12 May 2020
Islam scholars treat song broadcast from minarets in Makhachkala as inappropriate
The message that Dagestanis are unhappy with the broadcast of military songs from the loudspeakers installed on mosque minarets in Dagestan arrived on May 11 at the SMS service of the "Caucasian Knot".
A tent camp for Azerbaijani citizens at the border with Dagestan. Screenshot from video posted by Mayor of Derbent Khizri Abakarov: https://www.instagram.com/p/CABWqefnnXB
08:25, 12 May 2020
MfE sets up tent camp for Azerbaijani citizens in Dagestan
In the city of Derbent and in the Derbent District of Dagestan, about 700 Azerbaijani citizens are waiting for the opening of the Russian-Azerbaijani border. For them, it was decided to set up a tent camp, for 210 places so far.
00:07, 12 May 2020
PFPA activist arrested in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani activist Jeikhun Rzaev, who was detained in Mingachevir, was sentenced to 10 days of arrest for disobeying the police. Members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) treat the activist's arrest as politically motivated.
A school that was burned down in the village of Surkh-Digora. Screenshot: video by the Ministry of Interior for North Ossetia, https://15.мвд.рф/news/window/20144735/
21:57, 11 May 2020
Instagram users criticize MIA's version about arson attacks in North Ossetia
A resident of Irafsky District set fire to a school, a kindergarten, and a private building out of personal hostility, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. The police version of hooliganism is unconvincing, note Instagram users. They suggest that someone's economic interests stay behind the arson attacks.
Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, Ruslan Alkhanov, Minister of Interior for Chechnya, Adam Delimkhanov, the advisor to the leader of Chechnya, and Salakh Mezhiev, Mufti of Chechnya the grave of Akhmat Kadyrov in Akhmat-Yurt. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTNrwO_-jl4&feature=emb_title
19:02, 11 May 2020
Chechen officials ignore quarantine rules on Mourning and Sorrow Day
In Chechnya, on the Day of Mourning and Sorrow of the Peoples of the Republic, subordinates of the leader of Chechnya visited his father's grave without wearing protective masks and without respecting social distancing. This can be concluded from the report broadcasted by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen TV and Radio Company). In Chechnya, top-ranking officials do not comply with their own regulations, for violation of which ordinary people are punished, local residents note.
18:51, 11 May 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 4-10, 2020
Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; Victory Day celebration in the conditions of self-isolation; Georgia's negative reaction to Mikhail Saakashvili's new post in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of May 4-10, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Medical test-tubes. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
18:43, 11 May 2020
In NCFD, Dagestan registers largest number of new coronavirus-infected patients
By 10:45 a.m. Moscow time, in Northern Caucasus, 391 new cases of the coronavirus infection were registered within 24 hours, including 119 in Dagestan, the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) reports. Dagestan still leads in the total number of coronavirus-infected people in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgian serviceman in a protective mask. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
13:22, 11 May 2020
Restrictions on entry to Tbilisi lifted
Today, the capital of Georgia, which was closed because of the coronavirus epidemic, has been opened for entry and exit, the Georgian government announces.
Chechen law enforcers' vehicle. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3TXR9l-je/
13:08, 11 May 2020
Videos on social networks with Chechen law enforcers prove overcoming fear in society
The number of videos confirming human rights violations in Chechnya is growing, and that fact irritates the authorities, suggests Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Expert Council of the Carnegie Moscow Centre. Such videos are a form of public protest, Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov believes.
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Argam Abramyan refused to admit guilt in organizing the murder.

Karabakh activists condemned Pashinyan for refusing to discuss the rights of refugees.

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople expressed support for Karekin II.

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.