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A resident of Chechnya receives a food parcel. Screenshot of the Grozny TV Channel https://www.instagram.com/p/BioZnDRnd17/
23:38, 11 May 2018
Residents of Chechnya are sceptical about food distribution among the poor
Chechen authorities present the distribution of food parcels from behalf of the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation as a large-scale event, although it has not become a significant support for needy families.
Unan Pogosyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:41, 11 May 2018
Deputy Head of Armenian Police announces resignation
Unan Pogosyan, Deputy Chief of the Armenian Police, has stated his resignation today without specifying the reasons.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the
13:26, 11 May 2018
Political analysts: Pashinyan's Govt has enough cadres
Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, has announced the appointment of David Tonoyan, the former head of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), to the post of the Defence Minister. Political analysts believe that other civil society figures and some former officials may join the new government.
Police officers. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
11:22, 11 May 2018
Policemen launch a shootout in Dagestani Izberbash
Two policemen have wounded each other during a quarrel; one of them was hospitalized. Also, a witness of the incident has suffered.
The border of Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo Sputnik /Natalya Ayriyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20180505/6325992.html
10:15, 11 May 2018
Georgian activists resume patrolling at border with South Ossetia
On May 10, activists of the movement "Force in Unity" patrolled several villages near the border of Georgia and South Ossetia, which was closed on holidays of May 7-10.
After the explosion near the tomb of Sheikh Said of Chirkei. Photo by the press service of the muftiyat of the Republic of Dagestan
06:07, 11 May 2018
Analysts: explosion at Sheikh of Chirkei's tomb proves agony of armed underground in Dagestan
An explosion at the tomb of Sheikh Said-Afandi of Chirkei is a sign of the agony of the Dagestani armed underground, which could be caused by the desire of militants to report to their patrons and prove there was an active combat unit in the republic. This opinion was voiced by analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Abbas Guseinov. Photo from his page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abbas.huseyn.9
02:57, 11 May 2018
Azerbaijani activist Abbas Guseinov's mother: son subjected to new torture in prison
The mother of Abbas Guseinov, the deputy chairman of the movement "Muslim Unity", reported on her phone conversation with his son on May 10, in which he told her about humiliations in the Gobustan prison. The Penitentiary Service denies any acts of torture.
On May 9, 2018, in the center of Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
23:59, 10 May 2018
Chechen authorities make Akhmat Kadyrov central figure of Remembrance and Grief Day
In the course of the mourning events of the Chechen people's Remembrance and Grief Day, the accent was made on the biography of Akhmat Kadyrov, the father of the current head of Chechnya.
Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Rasul Yarichev
18:50, 10 May 2018
Parliament of Chechnya votes for three terms for President Putin
Today, delegates of the Chechen Parliament have unanimously voted to submit to the State Duma a bill on three presidential terms in a row instead of two.
The Dagestani village of Chirkei. Photo by Davud Abdurakhmanov http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
16:15, 10 May 2018
Bombing of Sheikh of Chirkei's tomb becomes 14th IS' attack in Dagestan
Since 2015, in Dagestan, there were at least 14 attacks committed by militants of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by the court.
A police officer. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:07, 10 May 2018
Yerevan policemen suspected of beating a detainee
In Yerevan, the police detained a resident of Vanadzor. Policemen beat him and forced him to confess to a crime he never committed.
Ramzan Kadyrov is awarded an Order. Photo from Kadyrov's page on the "VKontakte" social network https://vk.com/ramzan
12:35, 10 May 2018
Ramzan Kadyrov gets his fortieth award
In Grozny, during the celebration of the Victory Day, Ramzan Kadyrov was awarded the Order "Hero of the Fatherland". It became the fortieth award for the leader of Chechnya.
An activist in the street in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:32, 10 May 2018
Activists demand resignation of Yerevan Mayor
In Yerevan, several dozen people have gathered in front of the City Mayoralty and demanded the resignation of Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan. The activists believe it necessary to deprive the posts of all those who were members of the team of the former Prime Minister of Armenia.
Nikol Pashinyan at the rally in Yerevan on May 8, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:48, 10 May 2018
Nikol Pashinyan initiates resignation of heads of law enforcement bodies
Nikol Pashinyan, new Prime Minister of Armenia, has offered the President to dismiss the chiefs of the country's police and the National Security Service. Meanwhile, The Prime Minister did not specify the reasons for such a decision.
One of the Georgian citizens deported from Europe. Photo: screenshot of the video by RUSTAVI2 http://rustavi2.ge/en/news/103557
09:31, 10 May 2018
68 citizens of Georgia deported from Europe
On May 9, 68 Georgian citizens, who illegally stayed on the territory of four EU countries, returned home from German Düsseldorf, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports. All the deported people applied for asylum in the EU countries, but were refused.
The flag of Azerbaijan at the rally. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:17, 10 May 2018
Azerbaijan: youth activist arrested on charges of drug dealing
Orkhan Bakhyshly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for four months. He is accused of illegal drug dealing. The Party treats the charge as fabricated and politically motivated.
22:14, 9 May 2018
Chechen Parliament prepares bill on Putin's rule until 2030
On May 10, the Chechen Parliament intends to bring an offer to the Russian State Duma to change the Constitution so that Vladimir Putin could be re-elected in 2024 for a third consecutive term. Mikhail Emelyanov, the head of the State Duma's profile committee, has taken this initiative cautiously.
March dedicated to Victory Day in Stepanakert, May 9, 2018. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
20:23, 9 May 2018
Pashinyan takes part in Victory Day celebrations in Stepanakert
Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, made his first foreign visit to Stepanakert and took part in the annual march dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Karabakh conflict.
Suspects in the bombing of the tomb of Said-Afandi Chirkei. Screenshot from video posted by Region Online, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=yMs5r64a9TE
19:10, 9 May 2018
IS* claims responsibility for blowing up Sheikh of Chirkei's tomb
A bombing of the tomb of Said-Afandi Chirkei has become the second incident in Dagestan since early 2018, the responsibility for which was claimed by the "Islamic State"*.
Veterans attend Victory Day celebrations in Tbilisi. Photo: FB / Giorgi Margvelashvili
16:43, 9 May 2018
In Tbilisi, three persons detained at Victory Day celebration
In Tbilisi, the police detained a leader of the movement "Socialist Georgia" and his son, who fought with an activist of the movement "Force in Unity" because the latter expressed his dissatisfaction with the Soviet symbols brought by them.
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Flooding in Dagestan and Chechnya has been declared a federal emergency.

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.