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The first flight arrived at Sukhumi airport. A frame from the video by the “Apsny Media” dated May 1, 2025. https://t.me/apsnypress/18115.

13:37, 4 May 2025

EU treats flights to Sukhumi as violation of Georgia’s sovereignty

Russian airlines fly to Abkhazia without the consent of the Georgian authorities and in the absence of the necessary international aviation code for Sukhumi airport, the European External Action Service has stated, declaring its support for the Georgia’s territorial integrity.

Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov. A frame from a video posted on his YouTube channel on May 1, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61t-BH8AKo.

13:34, 4 May 2025

Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov reports about delays in issuing of refugee documents in Germany

The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has for the third time invited Mukhammad Abdurakhmanov for a security questioning required to obtain refugee documents. The man points out that such security questionings in Germany are primarily directed at people from Chechnya and that he has not been able to obtain his documents for a year and a half already.

Igbal Abilov: video still: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgK8aBXRZ5M

23:20, 3 May 2025

Prosecutor asks 19 years of freedom deprivation for Talysh activist Abilov

In Azerbaijan, the state prosecutor has asked to sentence Igbal Abilov, a Talysh researcher, to 19 years of freedom deprivation. The defence has expressed disagreement with the hasty completion of the trial and the prosecutor's speech, claiming its intention to seek an acquittal.

The aftermath of a drone strike on a residential building in Novorossiysk: a video still from Andrei Kravchenko's Telegram channel: https://t.me/kravchenko_glava_nvrsk/11567

23:17, 3 May 2025

Emergency regime declared in Novorossiysk after drone attack

Authorities of the city of Novorossiysk have declared the state of emergency after a drone attack. According to updated information, five people were injured as a result of the attack.

Brawl with law enforcers at a cemetery in Zelenokumsk: still frame from the video of the "Bloknot Stavropol" from April 30, 2025: https://t.me/bloknot_stavropol/33292

23:13, 3 May 2025

Court arrests four people after apologies for conflict in Zelenokumsk

Four persons have been arrested; the fifth suspect has been put on the wanted list within the case of attacking policemen at a cemetery in Zelenokumsk. The detainees’ apologies, who, according to Telegram channels, belong to the Roma community, were posted by the regional branches of Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in their resources.

Irina Mamitova. A frame from her video appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, May 2, 2025.

15:38, 3 May 2025

Resident of North Ossetia demands to return her seriously wounded brother from front line

Irina Mamitova, a sister of Dzatte Mamitov, who was mobilized from North Ossetia, has appealed to Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF), and Sergey Menyailo, the leader of North Ossetia-Alania, with a request to return her brother for medical treatment. Irina Mamitova believes the commanders took the seriously wounded soldier back to the assault brigade, although the medical commission found him unfit for military service.

The law enforcement bodies have reported about the components of an explosive device seized in Khasavyurt. A frame from the video by PBK “Dagestan” from May 2, 2025,
https://t.me/RGVKDAGESTAN/37719.

15:33, 3 May 2025

Second report about prevented terrorist attack in Dagestan raises doubts among analysts

The law enforcement bodies have provided little data on the prevented terrorist attacks in Derbent and Khasavyurt to claim that their version is justified. Cases of falsification of criminal cases and the interest of the law enforcement bodies in the crime detection rate cast doubt on their claims, analysts claim.

A frame from the Aina Mankieva’s video message. serdalo_ingusheti_/ instagram*

15:22, 3 May 2025

20-year-old Ingush resident asks not to return her to relatives

20-year-old Aina Mankieva from Ingushetia, who was reported missing by her relatives, has asked not to look for her and not to inform her relatives of her whereabouts.

Sale of Black Sea fish: photo by Elena Sineok, the "Yuga.ru" outlet

16:58, 2 May 2025

Kuban environmentalists doubt statements on harmlessness of Black Sea fish

The pollution with the spilled fuel oil (mazut) affects all marine life, but it is impossible to objectively define how poisoned the fish caught in the Black Sea is due to the absence of independent laboratories.

16:44, 2 May 2025

Georgian "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Company stops broadcasting

The oppositional Georgian "Mtavari Arkhi" TV company has completely stopped broadcasting after over 5.5 years of operation.

16:37, 2 May 2025

Threat of UMB attack announced in Novorossiysk

Authorities of the Russian city of Novorossiysk have announced the danger of an attack by unmanned boats (UMBs) on the city. Local residents have been warned that sirens will be turned on.

Volgograd airport, renamed "Stalingrad" by Putin. Photo by Elena Ryabova. Source: Google Maps service.

14:02, 2 May 2025

Renaming Volgograd airport becomes an attempt to rehabilitate Joseph Stalin

The decree on renaming the Volgograd airport to “Stalingrad” signed by the Russian President fits into a series of conscious and unconscious attempts to rehabilitate the name of Stalin, but there is no real public demand for that, historians and human rights defenders note.

Arrival of a flight from Moscow, shown in online broadcast mode on a screen installed near the airport in Sukhum. May 1, 2025. Still from the video "Apsny 360°" https://t.me/aiashara/1892

13:53, 2 May 2025

Georgia condemns flights between Russia and Abkhazia

The authorities of Georgia have condemned the launch of regular flights between Russia and Abkhazia. The Georgian authorities treat the above as a violation of the Georgia’s territorial integrity.

Suspect in preparing a terrorist attack. Still from a video published on the TASS Telegram channel https://t.me/tass_agency/313068

13:45, 2 May 2025

FSB reports about prevention of terrorist attack in Dagestan on May 9

A terrorist attack against law enforcers has been prevented in Dagestan, the FSB reports. The woman who was plotting the terrorist attack has been detained.

Protests in Tbilisi. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot".

17:25, 1 May 2025

New fund created in Georgia to pay protesters’ fines

A "Freedom Fund" with a bank account in England has been set up by David Djincharadze, a member of the “Freedom Square” Movement. In his opinion, this will help to avoid arrest of the funds raised to pay fines imposed on participants in pro-European protests.

Teenager and policemen: illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using the AI in the Copilot software

16:37, 1 May 2025

Rostov schoolboy arrested on charges of ties to Ukrainian intelligence

The teenager was assembling an explosive device in his apartment on the instructions of Ukrainian special services, law enforcers assert.

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, March 29, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the “Caucasian Knot”.

14:33, 1 May 2025

Nagorno-Karabakh refugees treat extension of social assistance programme as temporary solution

The decision of the Armenian authorities to extend the social assistance programme for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh for two months is only a temporary measure. The authorities do not take into account the realities of life in Armenia and housing prices. The above was claimed by the temporary displaced persons and participants in the protests against the termination of the assistance programme interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The resident of Sochi sentenced in the case on high treason. A frame from the video by the United Press Service for the Courts of the Krasnodar Territory https://t.me/opskuban/1196

14:29, 1 May 2025

Sochi resident sentenced to imprisonment in case on high treason

A resident of Sochi, who worked as a railway security guard, was found guilty of “real assistance to Ukraine” because of his communication with a Ukrainian acquaintance.

Residents of Plievo demonstrate a section of the street they have paved at their own expenses. A frame from the video by Fortanga Org / YouTube

14:27, 1 May 2025

Residents of Ingushetia have to repair rural roads at their own expense

The situation in the village of Plievo, where local residents had to pave the street relying on their own efforts and resources, is typical for the private sector throughout Ingushetia. Only a minimal portion of roads are being repaired by order of the local authorities, and the repair is often done poorly.

Work to restore power supply in the Akhtynski District: video frame from the Ministry of Energy of Dagestan: t.me/minenergo_rd/3200

00:00, 1 May 2025

Dagestani authorities report power supply restoration in mountain villages

Power supply to the Akhtynski District, interrupted after bad weather, has been fully restored, and the high alert mode has been cancelled.

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