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23:30, 11 May 2011
Rostov Region: ex-assistant of Mayor of Azov suspected of fraud
The former assistant of the Mayor of the city of Azov, suspected of a large-scaled fraud, has been put on the search list.
23:20, 11 May 2011
Three soldiers wounded by explosions in Chechnya
On May 11, three servicemen were wounded by two explosions in the forest area in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, a source from law enforcement bodies reported.
23:10, 11 May 2011
First protest actions of the Georgian Party were not too crowded
Erosi Kitsmarishvili, co-chairman of the Georgian Party, gave low estimates to the protest actions held in Kakheti. According to Giya Khelashvili, head of the regional branch of the Party, the low activity of people in participating in them was due the fact that local authorities intimidate people and do not allow them to go out to rallies. However, according to sociologist Gocha Tshvitigshvili, the radical opposition in Georgia is currently not very popular.
23:00, 11 May 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 2-8
Downpour floods the capital of North Ossetia and several villages in Ingushetia - local residents count the damage, while the authorities are trying to eliminate the consequences of the disaster; on the eve of the Victory Day a terror act was prevented in Astrakhan, while Dagestan holds a large-scale special operations against militants; Azerbaijani police again disperses protest action in Baku, - look these and other events in the review of the week of May 2-8, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 11 May 2011
Gaitaev: power agents conceal circumstances of search in Dudko's flat
On May 10, the Taganka City Court of Moscow held a session on the case of the blogger Alexei Dudko. Three witnesses - law enforcers, including Ildar Tikarev, who commanded the search in Dudko's flat about a year ago - were questioned. According to Abu Gaitaev, the blogger's advocate, the circumstances of the search are hushed up by law enforcers.
22:50, 11 May 2011
Rostov Region: former Acting Mayor of Novoshakhtinsk fined on charges of mismanagement
Sergey Skobelev, Acting Mayor of Novoshakhtinsk, has been fined by 120,000 roubles for a series of illegal, according to prosecutors, payments made to himself and his subordinates. The verdict was appealed against.
Five-sided meeting within the Mechanism to Prevent and React to Incidents. Ergneti, Georgia, October 28, 2010. Photo by Goga Aptsiauri, RFE/RL
22:40, 11 May 2011
Utiashvili: despite complications, five-sided meetings allow Tbilisi to hold dialogue with Sukhumi and Tskhinvali
In the course of the five-sided meeting within the Mechanism for Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) Abkhazia often does not agree even with those arrangements, "which can be achieved without any political consequences," while the problem with the Ossetian delegation is that "they more promise than fulfil," believes Shota Utiashvili, head of the Georgian delegation at these meetings.
22:30, 11 May 2011
Azerbaijan: sentencing of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev postponed
The today's announcement by the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha (Azerbaijan) of the sentence to oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evading his regular military service, has failed, because the defendant's advocates have boycotted the session.
20:00, 11 May 2011
Activists of "PARNAS" party detained in Rostov-on-Don during their congress
Several activists of the Party of People's Freedom ("PARNAS") were detained in Rostov-on-Don on May, 11. They were delivered to the Department of Interior Affairs of Lenin district in Tekuchev street where protocols of administrative infractions were drawn up concerning them.
19:00, 11 May 2011
The car of Chief of regional Department of the Ministry of Education exploded in Dagestan
The car of Chief of regional Department of Education Labazan Magomedaliev was exploded in Untsukul district of Dagestan. There are no victims, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic reported.
18:00, 11 May 2011
Over 2000 young men and girls in Adygeia took part in the action "St. George ribbon"
On May, 9, a civil action "St. George ribbon" in Adygeia which had been going on since April, 26, within the framework of realization of republican target program "Youth of Adygeia" planned for 2009-2011 was accomplished, the Republican Committee of Youth Affairs reported.
23:50, 10 May 2011
Ella Kesaeva: "Beslan Memory" to re-apply for registration to North-Ossetian Ministry of Justice
Despite the refusal to register the public association "Beslan Memory", its activists are going to correct the mistakes indicated by the Ministry of Justice of North Ossetia and re-submit documents for registration. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Ella Kesaeva, leader of the movement "Voice of Beslan".
23:40, 10 May 2011
Chechen refugee Abdullah Erzanukaev killed in France
As reported by the information resources that support North-Caucasian rebels, on May 6, the Chechen refugee Abdullah Erzanukaev (Avstriiskiy) was shot dead from a pistol in France. So far, there is no official information.
23:30, 10 May 2011
Figurants in the "Domodedovo" attack case evidence in place
In the course of the investigatory action held at the "Domodedovo" Airport, Evloev and Idriev, detainees in the case about the January 29 terror act, told in place what they knew about preparation of the explosion. The work of the airport was suspended for an hour; all the main entrances and exits were blocked.
23:20, 10 May 2011
Dokku Umarov appoints new leader of Dagestani armed underground
The commander of North-Caucasian militants Dokku Umarov has appointed Ibragimkhalil Daudov (Amir Salikh) to be the new head of Dagestani underground.
Egle Kusiate in the courtroom. Vilnius, Lithuania, May 5, 2011. Photo by Ritos Gečiūnaitės, Alfa.lt
23:10, 10 May 2011
Lithuanian Court of Appeal releases Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing terror act in Russia
Today, Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, accused of preparing a terror act in Russia, was released from custody by the decision of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, which found her arrest ungrounded. The decision is final and cannot be challenged; it says that Kusaite cannot be kept in custody, since the pre-trial investigation is over; and the case has been forwarded to the court.
23:10, 10 May 2011
In Krasnodar, court finds four publications of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist
The Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar has found four publications issued by the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses to be extremist ones. Earlier, on one of these publications the court had already ruled that "it contained no signs of extremist materials."
23:00, 10 May 2011
Searches of suspected terrorists in Astrakhan reveal FSB chevrons
As reported by a law enforcement source of the Astrakhan Region, the suspects detained by special agents of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) and MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) at night on May 7 in Astrakhan had planned terror acts under the guise of security forces, which is evidenced by the things found on them. Meanwhile, so far, there are no officially confirmed evidences that the detainees had intended to commit terror acts in Astrakhan.
22:50, 10 May 2011
In Azerbaijan, prosecutor asks two years in prison for Bakhtiyar Gadjiev
Today, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, which is trying the youth activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evasion from military service, listened to the speech of the state prosecutor. The prosecutor Alexei Abbasov asked the court to sentence Gadjiev to the maximum term envisioned by this article of the Criminal Code - imprisonment for 2 years.
Place of self-explosion of a suicide bomber in Makhachkala, May 10, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 10 May 2011
Dagestan: suicide bomber who blew himself up in central Makhachkala identified
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Abdurashid Magomedov has reported today to Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, who arrived in Dagestan today, that the suicide bomber who blew himself up in the centre of Makhachkala had been identified. Among his potential targets experts name the building of the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, or the medical unit of the MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) employees.
News
A Russian artist was deported from Georgia to Armenia after requesting asylum.

The Georgian Ministry of Finance reported full repayment of its debt to Russia.

Crossing the border. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program QR code requirements at the border have made it difficult for residents of the South Caucasus to enter Russia

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.