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17:00, 26 May 2012
PFPA leader Ali Kerimli questioned by the police
Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was kept for 4.5 hours at the Chief Police Department of Baku and then released, after receiving an oral warning about the inadmissibility of organizing uncoordinated protest actions.
16:00, 26 May 2012
Friends of Gadji Mustafaev kidnapped in Makhachkala block federal highway for two hours
At night on May 26, friends and acquaintances of Gadji Mustafaev, who had been kidnapped in Makhachkala, blocked the Federal Highway Makhachkala-Astrakhan for two hours. In total, the action involved over 300 persons.
15:00, 26 May 2012
Contest of social entrepreneurship in Kalmykia had three winners
Larissa Emchenova, Sanal Namruev and Naran Ulanov have won the contest of social business projects held in Kalmykia. The best ideas were the proposals to open a private kindergarten; to launch buses on Elista routes adapted for people with disabilities, and organize the collection points for recycling old tires.
13:00, 26 May 2012
Brovkina claims illegal counteraction to her solo pickets for Sochi Mayor's resignation
Irina Brovkina, who is holding in Sochi a series of pickets demanding resignation of the city Mayor, said that she interrupted her action because of threats from the police.
12:00, 26 May 2012
Condition of two girls from Tyrnyauz hurt in road accident in Stavropol Territory is better
Malika Aishaeva and Yulianna Khasieva, who were transferred to the Moscow Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital after the road accident near the village of Inozemtsevo, are on the way to recovery. The condition of two other girls – Irina Geiko and Alexandra Samakovskaya – is assessed as grave, said the Department of Paediatrics and Surgery of the Hospital.
23:40, 25 May 2012
Investigation into Anna Politkovskaya's murder extended till September
The period of investigation into the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", has been prolonged till September. This was reported by Karen Nersisyan, the lawyer of Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, one of the defendants in the case.
23:10, 25 May 2012
MoD: nobody was hurt by explosions at training ground in Astrakhan Region
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), at the training ground of Ashuluk in the Astrakhan Region, no one was injured in explosions of boxes with grenade launcher rounds. This was reported by Colonel Andrei Bobrun, Chief of the press service of the Western Military District.
23:00, 25 May 2012
Khasavyurt ex-policemen fail to receive due payments, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova asserts
On May 24, lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova appealed to the Khasavyurt City Court to recognize inactivity of the Chief and the Chief Accountant of the Khasavyurt OVD (Interior Division), who failed to respond to her requests about cash payments to ex-policemen, dismissed from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for health reasons, as unlawful. The lawyer believes that the ex-policemen do not receive due compensations in full.
23:00, 25 May 2012
In Sochi, employees of Dendrology Park stop hunger strike
Employees of the "Southern Plants" Park in Sochi, who on May 22 went on hunger strike, demanding payment of wage arrears, stopped their protest action after the meeting with the city authorities and the deputies. They agreed to a compromise to temporary become workers of the Sochi National Park, which should merge the "Southern Plants" Park after the official transfer procedure.
22:40, 25 May 2012
In Georgia, journalists hold protest action against pressure on media
Today, in Tbilisi, at the building of the Ministry of Justice, a group of journalists held the action "Be in Solidarity", expressing the protest against cases of pressure on the media.
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 25, 2012: men in civilian clothes detain participants of promenade in Primorskiy Boulevard. Courtesy of the IA "Turan"
22:20, 25 May 2012
In Baku, police prevents opposition's promenade
Tonight, in Baku, police prevented the action in support of democratic reforms, which was planned by the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC). The police detained more than 50 persons. This was stated by Gasan Kerimov, the head of the Supreme Mejlis of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
22:10, 25 May 2012
In Azerbaijan, Court of Appeal releases "NIDA" activist
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) partially granted the complaint filed by Anar Geraily, the activist of the civil movement "NIDA" (Exclamation) and the correspondent of the website "gunxeber.com" and released him from custody.
22:00, 25 May 2012
Makhachkala hosts spontaneous rally against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev
In the rural settlement of Krasnoarmeisk of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, local residents gathered near the mosque building to protest against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev, a local resident.
21:00, 25 May 2012
All the people detained during an action of protest in front of the building of Public TV in Baku released
All the people detained on May, 24, during an action of protest of Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) in front of the building of Public TV of Azerbaijan and before its beginning were released by evening. Several activists were fined, Informational Center of CMDPC reported.
Participants of sacred procession walk out of the St Catherine Cathedral, Krasnodar, May 24, 2012. Photo by Andrei Koshik for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 25 May 2012
3500 residents of Krasnodar came to Cross Procession in honour of Cyril and Methodius
Yesterday evening, May, 24, a Cross Procession passed off in Krasnodar. About 3500 residents of the city, Orthodox Christians, celebrated Twelve Great Feasts, one of the main holydays, the Day of the Ascension of Christ and Day of memory of Cyril and Methodius equal to the apostles.
20:00, 25 May 2012
A soldier wounded as a result of an explosion in Ashuluk firing range, Astrakhan region
An explosion of ammunition prepared for utilization happened on May, 24, in Ashuluk firing range of the Ministry of Defense of Russia located in Khabarli district of Astrakhan region. A serviceman got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.
18:00, 25 May 2012
At the trial on Shein's lawsuit the court completed consideration of the evidence from Divisional Election Committee of Lenin district
Viewing the video records from Divisional Election Committee (DEC) of Lenin district of Astrakhan was accomplished at the trial on the lawsuit of ex-candidate for Mayor's Office of the city Oleg Shein.
Friederike Behr (left), expert of the Amnesty International for Russia, at a press conference in Moscow on May 24, 2012. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 24 May 2012
Amnesty International: Northern Caucasus fails to meet basic laws
On May 23, in Moscow, representatives of the worldwide movement for human rights "Amnesty International" (AI) presented the report "Human Rights in Modern World", containing information about the situation with human rights in 2011 in 155 countries. The Russian version of the report provides information on 50 countries. The Russian part is largely devoted to the republics of Northern Caucasus, where the human rights defenders characterize the situation as unstable and uneven.
23:30, 24 May 2012
Police officer involved in road accident with death of woman in Stavropol Territory sacked from police
Valery Kopchuk, Lieutenant of Justice, who was detained within the criminal investigation into the criminal case on death of a woman in a road traffic accident in the Stavropol Territory, was dismissed from the structures of internal affairs. This was announced by the Investigatory Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation. The MIA considers intolerable the fact that a car with the law enforcement agent had disappeared from the place of the road traffic accident and that no assistance had been rendered to the victim. Meanwhile, the driver has not yet been identified.
23:10, 24 May 2012
RWB urges Iranian government to shed light on fate of Azerbaijani poets
The international non-governmental organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has expressed its concern over the fate of Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, two poets from Azerbaijan, who disappeared in Iran.
News
Namaz prayer at the cathedral mosque of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic. March 30, 2025. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel of Rashid Temrezov, the leader of Karachay-Cherkessia https://t.me/rashid_temrezov/7931 Muslims of Northern Caucasus regions celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 2-8, 2022

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.