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Jehovah's Witnesses accused of extremism whose case has being considered in the Taganrog City Court since May 2013. Photo taken from Jehovah's Witnesses’ website.
03:45, 25 May 2014
In Taganrog, trial of Jehovah's Witnesses fails to get adequate public attention, rights defenders assert
After sixteen Jehovah's Witnesses accused of extremism had been questioned at the trial, the court has scheduled to examine the additional materials. Therefore, oral discussions and sentencing are postponed. This was reported by the defendants' advocates.
22:55, 24 May 2014
Dagestan: Ilyas Temaev's mother states that case against her son was fabricated
The case against Ilyas Temaev, a resident of Makhachkala, accused of storing drugs, was fabricated, asserts his mother, stating that her son fell victim to arbitrariness of the drug control authority.
20:44, 24 May 2014
Mirkadirov temporarily released from custody because of his father's death
In Azerbaijan, on May 24, the detained journalist Rauf Mirkadirov could attend the funeral of his father. He was given this opportunity after petition of his advocate. The journalist will be at home for at least three days.
Ammunition found during the special operation in the village of Sagopshi. Ingushetia, May 24, 2014. Photo by the press service of the Federal Security Service of the Republic of Ingushetia
19:44, 24 May 2014
Bokov: "Emir of Ingushetia" Getagazhev identified among casualties of special operation
As reported by Timur Bokov, the head of the department for relations with mass media of the administration of the head of Ingushetia, among the suspected militants killed in the village of Sagopshi, Arthur Getagazhev, the so-called "Emir of Ingushetia", was identified.
19:04, 24 May 2014
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh: since May 18 Azerbaijan broke armistice for about 450 times
In the period from May 18 to May 24, the Azerbaijani armed forces for about 450 times violated the ceasefire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.
Yerevan Roofed Marketplace. May 24, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:59, 24 May 2014
Message about mining the Roofed Marketplace in Yerevan was false
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the press service of Armenian Ministry for Emergencies that no explosive devices were found in the Yerevan Roofed Marketplace.
Special operation in the village of Sagopshi, Malgobek District of Ingushetia. May 24, 2014. Photo by the press service of the Federal Security Service of the Republic of Ingushetia
13:27, 24 May 2014
Bokov: casualties of special operation in Ingushetia prepared terror acts for Republic Day
The members of the armed underground, killed on Saturday during a special operation in the village of Sagopshi, Malgobek District, had been preparing a series of terror acts on the Day of Ingushetia, said Timur Bokov, the head of the department for relations with mass media of the administration of the head of Ingushetia.
James Warlick, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, among the participants of a rally. Nagorno-Karabakh, Berdzor City of the Kashatag District. May 17, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:55, 24 May 2014
Warlick's proposals contain nothing new for settling Karabakh conflict settlement, say experts in Yerevan and Stepanakert
In Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, experts saw nothing new in the proposals put forward by James Warlick, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Mr Warlick's statement has confirmed the earlier articulated principles of peaceful settlement, said Edward Nalbandyan, the Armenian Foreign Minister.
Zarema Bagavutdinova. Screenshot of a video at youtube.com
01:52, 24 May 2014
Dagestan: Zarema Bagavutdinova's advocate states his intention to appeal against the verdict
Ziyautdin Uvaisov, a defender of Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" ( Advocacy), sentenced to five years in prison for alleged promoting terrorist activities, has announced his intention to appeal against the verdict.
"Last bell" in the school of Khutun-Kazmalyar village of Magaramkent District. May 2013. Photo http://www.dagmol.ru/
01:21, 24 May 2014
NCFD regions start "last bell" festivities
The regions-members of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), has launched the events dedicated to the end of the school year, known as "last bell". The schools of Karachay-Cherkessia, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria the events were held on May 23; and in the remaining regions they will take place on May 24.
The lawyer Pyotr Zaikin (to the left) near the building of Urus-Martan District Court. Chechnya, May 23, 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 23 May 2014
In Chechnya, three law enforcers questioned by court on Kutaev's case
At the trial of Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the "Assembly of Caucasian Nations", accused of storing drugs, three law enforcers were interrogated as witnesses for the prosecution, said the lawyer Pyotr Zaikin.
22:11, 23 May 2014
In Armenia, case of participants of "Million Mask March" sent to court
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has reported that the case of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the action that took place on November 5, 2013, in Yerevan, accused of hooliganism, was sent to the court. Defendants' relatives are sure that the case is politically motivated.
21:07, 23 May 2014
Azerbaijan: home of parents of journalist accused of treason searched
On May 23, in Baku, Azerbaijani law enforcers held a search of the flat of the elderly parents of journalist Rauf Mirkadirov, who is accused of treason. The search was conducted without the presence of Mirkadirov's advocates, said one of them – Fuad Agaev.
17:54, 23 May 2014
PACE President urges Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilgar Mamedov
Azerbaijani authorities shall immediately release Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), convicted on charges of organizing riots in the city of Ismailly, from prison, who was, said Anne Brasseur, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), who is on her visit to Baku.
Inscription on a wall. Photo: Vertinskaya Ekaterina (RFE/RL)
17:24, 23 May 2014
Moscow court obliges HRC "Memorial" to get registered as foreign agent
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has obliged the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" to get registered as a foreign agent. Thus, the complaint lodged by rights defenders against the respective demand of the prosecutor's office was rejected.
Timur Kuashev. Photo from a personal account at vk.com
17:06, 23 May 2014
In KBR, journalist Kuashev demands to bring policemen who detained him to justice
Timur Kuashev, a Circassian activist, rights defender and journalist, has turned to the Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), demanding to prosecute the policemen who had detained him for several hours on the day of the march held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War.
Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
13:20, 23 May 2014
NAC announces completion of CTO in Baksan; FSB officer killed
A source from the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in the course of a special operation held on Friday, May 23, in the city of Baksan in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), apart from four suspected militants, an FSB officer was killed.
11:55, 23 May 2014
Ingushetia: PSA agent killed in shootout with locals
An armed skirmish burst out in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, during which several people suffered. One of them, Magomed Evloev, an employee of a Private Security Agency (PSA), died in hospital, said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.
Residents of the village of Sogratl take photo on the Victory day near the monument to the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War damaged by the explosion the day before. May 9, 2014. Photo http://sovet.sogratl.net/
11:24, 23 May 2014
Villagers of Sogratl in Dagestan start forming self-defence units
The decision to establish self-defence units was made at a rally on May 22 by residents of the village of Sogratl, Gunib District of Dagestan. The units will reveal persons involved or helping the activities of illegal armed formations (IAF).
03:41, 23 May 2014
Resident of Makhachkala complains about spread of discrediting data about her involvement in armed underground
The woman is registered as an adherent of the radical trend of Islam; however, there are no specific claims to Isaeva, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
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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.