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21:28, 24 May 2017
Trump's administration offers reducing financial help to Southern Caucasus countries
The administration of the US president has offered to reduce financial help to Georgia by 57%, to Armenia – by 67%, and to Azerbaijan – by 90%. This follows from the draft budget of the US State Department for the 2018 financial year.
20:46, 24 May 2017
Investigators to check complaint about the doctors' negligence in Buynaksk
The information about the negligence of ambulance doctors in Buynaksk will be checked in connection with the appearance of a video record, according to which medical assistants refused to help the person who needed help, Rasul Temirbekov, the spokesman from the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has stated.
19:40, 24 May 2017
Chechen woman convicted for attempting to leave for Syria
The Nadterechny District Court has sentenced Khava Umieva to 5.5 in prison. Her punishment is postponed until 2029, since she is rearing a small child.
Detention of Oleg Petrov. Screenshot: http://review-watch.ru/video/UWK1p5DS7UE
16:39, 24 May 2017
Kuban farmer Petrov released under house arrest
The Kavkaz District Court has granted the petition of the prosecutor's office to release Oleg Petrov, an activist of the "Polite Farmers" movement, from custody, said Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement.
15:47, 24 May 2017
Defence accuses law enforcers of falsifying Caliphate case
On May 23, the North-Caucasian District Military Court continued the debate in the case of Caliphate, which, according to investigators, 10 residents of the republic wanted to establish in Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the court hearing.
Mosque in Shamkhal village. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Мечеть-посёлка-Шамхал/988539047905750
12:59, 24 May 2017
Lawyers: mosque in Shamkhal village closed illegally
A decision to close a mosque can only be made by a court. This opinion was expressed by Dagestani lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", who recognized as illegal the actions of law enforcers against the Shamkhal mosque closed at the request of the law enforcement agencies.
Young man praying. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
10:50, 24 May 2017
Dagestan to mark first day of Ramadan on May 27
In Dagestan, the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will be started on May 27. The appropriate decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Dagestani Alims. According to the Muftiate, the decision is not final, and theologians will follow the appearance of the moon.
Lyudmila Savelieva in a van. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
10:05, 24 May 2017
In Sochi, Court refuses to clarify its decision in Saveliev family's case
On May 23, Sergey Mashevets, Judge of the Adler District Court, who on April 17, 2015 pronounced the decision to evict the Saveliev family from a cottage for Olympic settlers in the village of Veseloye Psou, refused to explain at their request his decision on mentioning the need to solve the housing problem of the evicted family, reports Lyudmila Savelieva.
Muslim Baitaziev. Photo: https://grozny.tv/news.php?id=20282&utm_source=smi2
08:34, 24 May 2017
Kadyrov appoints finalist of TV show "The Team" as Chechen Vice-Premier
Muslim Baitaziev, the finalist of the TV project "The Team", earlier appointed by Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of his secretariat, was appointed the deputy chairman of the Chechen government.
06:30, 24 May 2017
Activists and rights defenders question level of homophobia in Azerbaijan
A low level of tolerance towards members of sexual minorities is not accompanied by a policy of their persecution at the state level. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Members of the Free Speech Association present a report on the situation with freedom of speech and freedom of creativity in Russia in 2016-2017, May 23, 2017. Photo by Karina Gadzhieva for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
04:47, 24 May 2017
FSA treats repressions against journalists in Northern Caucasus as toughest in Russia
At a press conference held on May 23, members of the Free Speech Association (FSA) presented a report on the situation with freedom of speech and freedom of creativity in Russia in 2016-2017. The FSA members described repressions in Northern Caucasus regions as the most severe ones, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
02:45, 24 May 2017
Left-wing movement activist arrested in Sochi
On May 23, Maxim Schastlivy was detained by law enforcers. He has been charged with disobeying a lawful request to police officers. The court sentenced the activist to 10 days of arrest.
23:53, 23 May 2017
Imam of "Tangyim" mosque says power agents confiscated CCTV records
In the course of the search that lasted for three hours, power agents took away records from the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, Nigmatulla Radjabov, the Imam of the Makhachkala mosque, located in Hungarian Warriors Street, told the "Caucasian Knot". They explained their actions by checking the information about a bomb allegedly planted at School No. 15, the Imam has added.
22:31, 23 May 2017
Azerbaijan decides to bid for Olympics-2028
Azerbaijan has announced its intention to nominate for hosting the Summer Olympic Games in 2028. Madrid will be Baku's main rival.
Shagen Arutyunyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
21:56, 23 May 2017
Shagen Arutyunyan sent to a psychiatric examination
Shagen Arutyunyan, who was sentenced to four years of conditional imprisonment in the case of "Million Mask March" in Yerevan, reported that he was sent to a psychiatric clinic for examination and treated it as pressure on him.
20:35, 23 May 2017
Power agents were searching for bomb at Makhachkala school and mosque
Today, policemen came to the "Tangyim" mosque to check a message about the bomb allegedly planted at School No. 15, located in the same General Omarov Street, said parishioners. Officially, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) did not confirm the information about the check in the mosque.
Protest action of miners in Gukovo, June 27, 2016. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
17:03, 23 May 2017
Gukovo miners state disruption of payment schedule by authorities
Miners of the "Kingcoal" Company have refuted the authorities' information that they had almost completely received their salary debts; they think about a new hunger strike.
Police cars. Photo: Eugeny Reznik / Yugopolis
15:28, 23 May 2017
Married couple accused of kidnapping a child in Rostov Region
Residents of the Volgograd Region are charged with kidnapping a child. Besides, a local woman is also accused of the death of her adopted son by negligence. This was reported by Natalia Kunitskaya, the spokesperson for the Investigating Department for the Volgograd Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Alexei Volchenko (right). Photo: RFE/RL
15:22, 23 May 2017
In Krasnodar, farmer detained for picket in front of presidential motorcade
Today, participants of a "tractor march" have organized a picket in Krasnodar where Vladimir Putin arrived. Sergey Plyonkin, one of the activists, was detained after he unfolded a poster in the street when the presidential motorcade was passing by.
15:03, 23 May 2017
With opening of Islamic Centre, Muslims of Sochi get three rooms for praying
On May 22, the Islamic Cultural Centre was opened in Sochi. The City Mayor's Office has announced the expansion of opportunities for prayer for 10,000 local Muslims. The Mufti for Adygea and Kuban has called opening of such centres a guarantee of tranquillity in the region.
News
Protest in Yerevan. May 4, 2026. Still from News.am video https://news.am/ru/video/1032318 Protesters in Yerevan demanded the European Union's attention to the problems of Karabakh residents.

Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Rovshan Jabbarov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ Azerbaijani activist Jabbarov was subjected to violence after protests in a prison colony.

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.