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16:47, 21 May 2013
A circle of suspects of committing terror act in Makhachkala defined
The MIA of Dagestan has received orientation attributes on the suspects of committing the terror act in Makhachkala; however, the number of suspects and their attributes are not disclosed, said a source from the Ministry.
16:00, 21 May 2013
Volgograd Region: defenders of historic unloading dock report suspension of its dismantling
On May 20, the group of activists defending the unloading dock in the Volgograd Region took another attempt to protect the historic structure from demolition. The opposition of the activists with people who tried to perform the demolition on that day was stopped by the police, which intend to carry out its own check. At present, the demolition of the building is suspended, the activists reports. The fate of the structure, according to Alexei Volotskov, a Deputy of the Volgograd City Duma, is currently decided by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.
15:00, 21 May 2013
Court on Taziev's case in Rostov questions witnesses of bus explosion in Nevinnomyssk
Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court, where Ali Taziev, a native of Ingushetia and one of the leaders of "Imarat Kavkaz", is tried, questioned six witnesses. Their testimonies referred to the explosion of a passenger bus at the bus station of Nevinnomyssk in December 2007.
13:58, 21 May 2013
Kotiev: Mutaliev's body identified in Nazran by attributes from search data
This morning, in the municipality of Gamurzievo in the city of Nazran, power agents have blocked a house, where, according to their version, members of the armed underground were hiding, who opened fire in response to an offer to surrender. As a result of an armed clash two persons were killed – a wanted leader of Ingush militants Djamalele Mutaliev and a suspect of aiding militants Alikhan Ozdoev.
13:00, 21 May 2013
Residents of a settlement damaged by hail in Georgia demand compensation of the damage
On May, 20, residents of the settlement of Bakurtsikhe, Gurdjaani district of Georgia, came out with an action of protest demanding from the Government compensation of the damage inflicted on the agricultural lands by natural calamity.
12:00, 21 May 2013
A founder of an oppositional newspaper in Azerbaijan sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally
Founder of “Giundem Khabar” (“Daily News”) Shirin Djafari in Azerbaijan was sentenced to three years of imprisonment conditionally for accusation of nonpayment of tax, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
11:50, 21 May 2013
Wife of an arrested resident of Buinaksk reports unlawful methods of investigation
Relatives of resident of Buinaksk Zurabek Ashurov detained for accusation of illegal storage of arms report unlawful methods of investigation and forcing him to reject the attorneys’ aid. The investigative bodies produce no comment on the process of investigation of the case.
10:31, 21 May 2013
Officials of Mayor’s office of Batumi detained for accusation of misappropriation of stare funds
On May, 20, chief of a department and two experts of Mayor’s office of Batumi, Georgia, were detained by Committee of Inquiry of the Ministry of Finance for accusation of misappropriation of state funds on an especially large scale and negligence.
23:00, 20 May 2013
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 13-19
Start of hearing in Rostov-on-Don of the case of Ali Taziev, a leader of North-Caucasian militants; trial of officials in connection with flood in Krymsk; death in Afghanistan of three Georgian servicemen and actions in defence and against sexual minorities in Tbilisi; self-explosion of a suspected militant in Ingushetia; pupils in Chechnya get poisoned with some unknown substance, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 13-19, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot.
22:40, 20 May 2013
Arbitration Court of Chechnya rejects tax inspectorate's claim to collect tax arrears from the "Union of NGOs"
The Tax Inspectorate cannot claim to recover the arrears from the "Union of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)"; the decision was handed down today by the Arbitration Court of the Chechen Republic.
22:30, 20 May 2013
Security Council of Ingushetia: 13 power agents wounded in suicide explosion in Ordzhonikidzevskya
According to updated information, in Ingushetia as a result of self-explosion committed by Said-Hussein Atnazov in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, 13 law enforcers were injured. They were delivered to the Sunzha Central Republic's Hospital, the office of the Security Council has informed.
22:20, 20 May 2013
In Stavropol, figurant in case of death of young men in pressure chamber sentenced to two years of freedom restriction
The court has found Vladimir Poltarabatsko, a doctor of the Children Clinical Hospital of the Stavropol Territory, guilty of the death of a patient in a hyperbaric chamber, and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment, the ICRF reports today.
Aircraft IL-76 of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies that arrived to pick up the victims of the terror act at the airport of Makhachkala; May 20, 2013. Courtesy of the press service of the MfE of Dagestan, http://www.05.mchs.gov.ru
22:10, 20 May 2013
Aircraft of Russia's MfE comes to Makhachkala to pick up terror act victims
An IL-76 aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has flown from Moscow to Dagestan to evacuate the victims of two blasts triggered in Makhachkala.
22:00, 20 May 2013
Protesters against ban on hijabs convicted in Baku
Today, the Nariman District Court of Baku has announced the verdict to a group of believers, who were arrested in connection with the protest action on October 5, 2012, in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. The court sentenced the believers to prison terms ranging from one and a half to two years.
School No. 17 in Grozny, Chechnya, May 18, 2013. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 20 May 2013
MIA: suspect of spraying gas in school of Grozny established
The police have established the identity of the infringer, involved in poisoning the pupils of School No. 17 of Grozny. It appeared to be a pupil of the same school, said the press service of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Khalida Khalid. Photo from http://www.haqqin.az
21:00, 20 May 2013
Azerbaijani writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant released in Iran
The citizen of Azerbaijan, a writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Guseinov have been Release from detention in Iran, said Mohsen Pakayin, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
20:00, 20 May 2013
In Volgograd, 15 people demand from media to cover positive trends in Russia
On May 18, in Lenin Square of Volgograd, 15 people held a protest "against false media."
Dagestan, Buynaksk, May 8, 2013; the yard of the Karanaev family after explosion on May 6. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 20 May 2013
Buynaksk residents report on spread of leaflets with threats to militants' relatives
From mid-April in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, unidentified persons have been distributing leaflets with threats addressed to militants' relatives, the locals report. The City Police say they know nothing about the leaflets.
18:00, 20 May 2013
Refugees in Zugdidi stop hunger strike
The refugees from Abkhazia, who held their hunger strike outside the office of the Department for Refugees in Zugdidi, have stopped their protest, having received the authorities' promise to provide housing.
17:00, 20 May 2013
Gasanov arrested for two months
A resident of Buynaksk Gadjimurad Gasanov, whose kidnapping was earlier reported by eyewitnesses, was arrested for two months at the request of the investigating authorities of Dagestan on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons. His relatives state the presence of traces of beatings on his body.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Repairing a damaged road in the Charodinsky District. April 2026. Photo: Dagestanavtodor https://t.me/dagavtodor/9189 The number of blockaded Dagestani villages has grown to 18.

Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

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.