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Chechen State Pedagogical Institute, Grozny. Photo from the Institute's web site: www.giop.ru
22:30, 19 May 2011
Scandal at CSPI on extortions to Akhmad Kadyrov Foundation
The dean of the Chechen State Pedagogical Institute (CSPI) in Grozny extorted bribes from students on the pretext of the need to invest money to the Public Foundation named after Akhmad Kadyrov.
22:30, 19 May 2011
In Dagestan, lawyer Nabiev was forced out of Kizlyar ROVD
Dibir Nabiev, a member of the Bar Association "Kavkaz", has stated his intention to strive for punishing the policemen of the Kizlyar ROVD (District Interior Division), who had forced him to leave the ROVD building. He wrote about it in his application to the Dagestani Public Prosecutor.
22:10, 19 May 2011
Zhukov: the level of unemployment in Northern Caucasus is four times higher than the average Russian index
The unemployment level in the republics of Northern Caucasus is almost four times higher than in Russia on the whole, Alexander Zhukov, Vice-premier of Russia, reported at a conference in Essentuki devoted to the situation in labour market in North-Caucasian Federal Okrug. Zhukov criticized the regional administrations for not exploiting the assets allotted on reduction of unemployment.
22:10, 19 May 2011
Criminal case against sister of supposed "Domodedovo" suicide bomber stopped
The sister and fellow villager of suicide bomber Magomed Evloev, who blew himself up at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport, have been released from custody; all suspicions against them are cancelled.
22:00, 19 May 2011
A resident of Tbilisi sewed up his mouth at a hunger strike of solicitors
A resident of Tbilisi Sulhan Dekanoidze joined a five-days hunger strike of oppositional solicitors near the building of the Georgian Parliament and sewed up his mouth. Dekanoidze expresses his protest against the detention of his brother David stating that he is illegally kept in the investigative isolation ward.
22:00, 19 May 2011
Magomed Mutsolgov's blog cracked
Today at 10:56 a.m., the blog of the Ingush rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov that he runs on the "Caucasian Knot" was cracked; that is, a post was published on his behalf, of which he was not the author.
21:00, 19 May 2011
Women residents of Volgograd will join the all-Russian hunger-strike
Several mothers in Volgograd whose children cannot attend kindergartens because of the lack of places will join the all-Russian hunger strike on May, 20. This is already the seventh hunger strike held by mothers like them residing in other regions.
20:00, 19 May 2011
A disabled man in Armenia started a hunger strike near the Embassy of France
Yesterday, May, 18, disabled Samvel Mikaelyan started an open-ended hunger strike near the Embassy of France in Armenia. The participant of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh is indignant with the fact that his social and domestic problems have not yet been solved.
19:00, 19 May 2011
The Georgian opposition reports detention of an ex-deputy in Kutaisi
Gogi Tsulaya, ex-deputy of the Georgian Parliament, Chairman of regional organization of oppositional movement "Free Georgia", was detained in Kutaisi, Press service of the movement reports.
18:00, 19 May 2011
The court obliged the Ministry of Defense to pay half a million rubles for the loss of a woman soldier in Chechnya
Urus-Martan city court in Chechnya obliged the Ministry of Defense to pay 500 thousand rubles for the loss of a woman soldier in Chechnya. According to the judgment, the victim's mother will receive the money as a compensation for moral damage.
23:50, 18 May 2011
Chechnya: teenager warned for false report about terror act
On May 17 in Chechnya, a sentence was passed to the 15-year-old boy, who last summer reported false data to the "MegaFon" mobile operator about an impending major terror act.
23:40, 18 May 2011
Georgian citizens detained on Georgian-South-Ossetian border
Four citizens of Georgia have been detained for illegal crossing of the state borders of South Ossetia, said the KGB (State Security Committee) of South Ossetia. According to the Georgian MIA, the young people were gathering edible herbs near the border, when Russian frontier guards tried to arrest them. According to the Georgian party, two of the Georgians were wounded.
23:30, 18 May 2011
Dagestan: journalists have last statement at "Chernovik" trial
The Lenin Federal Court of Makhachkala held another session on the case of journalists from the newspaper "Chernovik" accused of "inciting extremism" and "kindling hatred" to law enforcement bodies. In their last statement the journalists refused to plead guilty. The sentence will be announced on May 19.
23:20, 18 May 2011
In Armenia, court extends arrest of high-ranking police officer
The court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron and Nork-Marash of Yerevan has ruled to extend by two more months the custody of Major-General Ovannes Tamamyan, ex-head of the Chief Department of Criminal Investigation of the Police of Armenia.
23:10, 18 May 2011
Residents of Khrakh-Uba to hold new protest action in capital of Dagestan
Residents of the Dagestani enclave in Azerbaijan - the village of Khrakh-Uba - have announced their plans to hold a new rally on May 23 in Makhachkala, where they intend to demand again from the authorities of Dagestan and Russia to protect their interests.
23:00, 18 May 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 9-15
Thanks to this year's victory of the Azerbaijani duet, the country will host the "Eurovision-2012" in Baku; more than 2000 residents of South Ossetia stand for referendum on the third presidential term; Kuban residents again draw attention to falsification of criminal cases; victims of floods in Azerbaijan left homeless and without property go on hunger strike, - look these and other events in the review of the week of May 9-15, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Gennady Khloponin, Diego Maradona and Luis Figo at the opening ceremony of the Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov Stadium in Grozny, May 15, 2011. Photo: fc-terek.ru
23:00, 18 May 2011
Chechen authorities deny budget spending on expensive gifts to "Stars of World Football"
Following the information about the intention of the administration of the head of Dagestan to buy a batch of silver watches worth about 80,000 US dollars, the data appeared in the press that the high-ranking guests of the May 11 opening ceremony of the sports complex in Grozny were generously presented with watches with diamonds. As stated now in the Chechen administration, the guests did not receive any gifts bought for the budget money.
23:00, 18 May 2011
In Chechnya, court adjudges 30,000 roubles in favour of woman who lost daughter in shelling
The Lenin District Court of Grozny has partially satisfied the claim lodged by Ruman Kosumova, a resident of the village of Kharachoi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, on compensation for her moral sufferings caused to her by actions of prosecutors from the Vedeno District and Shali Inter-District Investigatory Division of the Investigatory Department for Chechnya of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
23:00, 18 May 2011
"Mashr" reports double reduction in murders committed in 2010 in Ingushetia
The human rights organization named "Mashr" has presented its annual report "Illusion of Law" about human rights violations in Ingushetia in 2010. According to the organization, in 2010, 13 residents of Ingushetia were kidnapped, 9 of them outside the republic; in 2009, the respective figures were 14 and 7.
22:50, 18 May 2011
In Astrakhan, court fines journalist for critical article about city mayor
On May 16, the Sovietskiy District Court of Astrakhan put a full stop in considering the lawsuit filed by the Mayor of Astrakhan Sergey Bozhenov on protection of their honour and dignity and compensation of his moral harm against the newspaper named "Revival of the State". The court ruled to fine Vladimir Anikin, the paper's founder and editor, by 10,000 roubles.
News
Facebook* users consider the initiative for a railway through Abkhazia premature

Georgian authorities have responded to the idea of ​​launching trains from Russia via Abkhazia.

Yaganov's* comments on the Lata tragedy demonstrated his disappointment in the "Abkhaz project"

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.