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23:40, 19 May 2011
Wife of Issa Khashagulgov, suspected of relations with terrorists, meets Thomas Hammarberg
Hotel "Assa" in Nazran was the venue of the meeting of Ingush rights defenders and relatives of missing persons with Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
23:20, 19 May 2011
In Norway, refugees from Chechnya continue complaining about refusals of asylum
The Migration Service of Norway continues passing refusals of asylum to refugees from Chechnya. It often happens that some Chechen family members are granted asylum, while other members are rejected. One of the refugees, who asked not to disclose his name for security reasons, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about such case. Local rights defenders confirm that such cases are not unique.
Illustration to the trial of journalists of the newspaper "Chernovik" posted on its website. Collage by Ruslan Kurbanov: www.chernovik.net
23:00, 19 May 2011
In Dagestan, court acquits "Chernovik" journalists on all the charges
In the course of the session of the Lenin Federal Court of Makhachkala, the journalists of the newspaper "Chernovik" were found innocent.
23:00, 19 May 2011
Litigation on slandering Kadyrov turns to debate stage
The judicial investigatory on the criminal case against the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Oleg Orlov, accused of slandering the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov is over. The trial is entering the stage of debates; the start thereof is scheduled for June 9.
Zoya Svetova at presentation of her book about lives of Zara Murtazalieva and Igor Sutyagin. Moscow, April 27, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:50, 19 May 2011
Zoya Svetova: Zara Murtazalieva, native of Chechnya, won't get CER
In the opinion of journalist Zoya Svetova, the author of the book "Innocent Found Guilty" about the fate of Zara Murtazalieva, sentenced in 2005 on charges of terrorism, and scientist Igor Sutyagin, convicted under the article of espionage, Zara Murtazalieva will not get her conditional early relief (CER).
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.
News
The number of requests for payments following the flood in Dagestan and Chechnya has exceeded 260,000.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Activists reported mass arrests in Chechnya.

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.