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The ChOP employees are confronted by local residents at the TPP construction site. Sochi, Kudepsta, April 29, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Osipova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 1 May 2013
HRW: situation surrounding construction of TPP in Kudepsta demands intervention of IOC and Russian authorities
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern about the escalation of the conflict between residents of the settlement of Kudepsta and developers of the Olympic site - a thermal power plant (TPP). Russian authorities and the organizers of the Olympic Games should take steps to resolve the conflict and prevent acts of aggression applied by employees of private security agencies (known as ChOPs) to local residents, says the statement released by the HRW.
Action-manifestation "For Workers' Rights"; Tbilisi, May 1, 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 1 May 2013
Georgia: policeman clash with participants of May Day action, detaining some of them
The Tbilisi police have prevented the May Day student action. As a result of a clash with law enforcers, a number of protesters were detained, said the eyewitness of the events Mariam Gachechiladze.
21:00, 1 May 2013
Boston police state detention of three more suspects in terror act case
The US law enforcers have detained three more suspects of involvement in the terror act in Boston, Boston police has reported today by posting the information in their microblog on the Twitter.
19:00, 1 May 2013
Azerbaijan: leader of "ReAl" charged with organizing mass disorders
Today, investigators have accused Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), arrested in connection with the events in the city of Ismailly, of organizing mass disturbances, accompanied by violence and pogroms.
18:00, 1 May 2013
HRC "Memorial" will appeal against the demand of the MPO to get registered as foreign agent
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has received from the Moscow Prosecutor's Office (MPO) a presentation saying that the HRC is acting as a foreign agent without being registered as such at the authorized body and demanding to eliminate - within a month - the violation of federal law. The leaders of the HRC "Memorial" believe that conclusions of the MPO are wrong and plan to appeal against them.
Outside the shop "Interskol" in Irchi Kazak Street after the explosion. Makhachkala, May 1, 2013. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 1 May 2013
Explosion in Makhachkala kills two pupils of City Lyceum No. 5
As reported today by a source from the Investigatory Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the casualties of the today's explosion in Makhachkala were identified as pupils of Lyceum No. 5.
22:40, 30 April 2013
In Dagestan, 17 participants of Muslim wedding party sentenced to different administrative penalties
17 participants of the incident at the Islamic wedding party in Kizlyar were sentenced to different terms of administrative penalties, and the detention in custody of five of them at the IVS (temporary detention facility) was extended for another two days.
22:30, 30 April 2013
Georgian law enforcers claim having no information about Magomed Magomedov, missing native of Dagestan
In Georgia, representatives of the Chief Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) state that they do not have any information on the whereabouts of Magomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who disappeared in Tbilisi. It is known that Magomed Magomedov himself was sentenced in Georgia to two years of imprisonment for illegal crossing of the border; however, in January 2013, he was amnestied, and he asked the Georgian authorities for a political asylum.
22:20, 30 April 2013
In Chechnya, contract soldier, who shot and killed officer, sentenced
Alexander Goryainov, a soldier of a unit of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of killing his colleague, was sentenced by the Military Court in Chechnya to eight years of imprisonment. The crime was committed in November 2012.
22:10, 30 April 2013
In Dagestan, court fines user of "Odnoklassniki" for advocating extremism
Djambulat Magomedduganov, a resident of the village of Stalskoe of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was found guilty of advocating extremism and inciting hatred and enmity on the Internet, was fined by the court 150,000 roubles.
Policemen detain Turgut Gambar, a board member of the "Nida" movement at the action in memory of victims of mass killings in the Oil Academy; Baku, April 30, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 30 April 2013
In Baku, action in memory of victims of massacre in Oil Academy stopped by police
Today, the Baku police prevented the action in memory of victims of the massacre at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA) in 2009.
21:00, 30 April 2013
At trial on case of attack on Nalchik, defendants face lawsuit for more than 22 million roubles
Today, at the trial on the case of the attack on the law enforcers of Kabardino-Balkaria that occurred on October 13, 2005, the aggrieved party filed a joint civil lawsuit against the defendants for a total amount of more than 22 million roubles.
20:00, 30 April 2013
Orts Almurziev, disappeared resident of Ingushetia, detained in Kazakhstan
Law enforcement agents of Kazakhstan detained Orts Almurziev, a native of Ingushetia, whose disappearance in October 2012 was reported by his relatives. This was stated on April 29 by Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Republic's Security Council.
19:00, 30 April 2013
Residents of South Ossetia, sentenced in Georgia, visited by their relatives
Today, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), residents of South Ossetia, serving their sentences in Gldani Prison No. 8 in Tbilisi, were visited by their relatives. This was reported by Irakly Kordzaya, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia.
18:00, 30 April 2013
Musa Kadyrov, referee from Chechnya, fined by 500,000 roubles
Musa Kadyrov, a football referee, who was suspended for lifetime from refereeing after his fight with a football player, was fined 500,000 roubles by the decision of the Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU). For participating in the incident, Ilya Krichmar, a football player of the "Amkar" FC, was disqualified for four matches of youth championship and fined 15,000 roubles.
17:00, 30 April 2013
MIA: more than 31 million roubles embezzled in repair of M-6 "Kaspiy"
Staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) revealed the embezzlement of more than 31 million roubles allocated from the federal budget for the repair and maintenance of the highway M-6 "Kaspiy" Moscow-Astrakhan, the Russian MIA reports.
16:00, 30 April 2013
In Moscow, at trial on case of Yuri Budanov's murder, prosecutor asks to sentence defendant to 16 years of imprisonment
Today, the Prosecutor's Office asked the court to sentence Yusup Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of the murder of ex-Colonel Yuri Budanov, to 16 years of imprisonment to be served in a penal colony of high security, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Special operation in the village of Semender on March 20, 2013; still from operative film borrowed from the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, 05.mvd.ru
22:50, 29 April 2013
Relatives of Magomedkhabib Magomedaliev killed in Makhachkala outskirts complain his body not given out
Relatives of Magomedkhabib Magomedaliev, who was killed during the special operation, held on March 20 in the village of Semender in Makhachkala outskirts, report that the body has not been given them out for burial.
22:40, 29 April 2013
Defendant in case on fight at SC "Evropeisky" sentenced to eight years of imprisonment
The Moscow City Court sentenced Bekhkan Rizvanov accused of attempted murder during the fight at the Shopping Centre (SC) "Evropeysky" (European) in Moscow, to eight years of imprisonment in a penal colony of high security.
22:40, 29 April 2013
Power agents killed in explosion in Chechnya were detached by contract
In Chechnya, investigation into the deaths of two soldiers of the Russian military unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence, who on April 28 blew up an unidentified explosive device in the south of the Republic. Both victims were contract soldiers who had come to serve in Chechnya from other regions of Russia, the Commandant's Office reports.
News
A prosecution witness in the case of Imam Tamaskhanov admitted to lying.

One person was injured in a shootout in Ingushetia.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

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.