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22:40, 4 May 2010
In Georgia, imprisoned Tsotne Gamsakhurdia goes on hunger strike
On May 3, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, son of the ex-President of Georgia, who is in custody in Tbilisi, announced his termless hunger strike in prison hospital as a protest against the actions of the prison administration.
22:00, 4 May 2010
Colony official and witness evidence at Einullah Fatullaev's litigation in Azerbaijan
The Garadag District Court of Baku has hosted another court session on the criminal case of already convicted editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan" Einullah Fatullaev.
21:00, 4 May 2010
Charge of organizing 10 explosions presented to two Sochi residents
Currently, a former militiaman Ilya Galkin and a local resident Mikhail Denisenko, accused of triggering a series of explosions in the territory of Sochi in 2008-2009, get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case, which will then be sent to the public prosecutor for approval of the charge. Inspectors assert that the defendants' actions resulted in 7 casualties and about 20 victims.
20:00, 4 May 2010
Shkhagoshev: terror act in Nalchik was a direct attempt on President of Kabardino-Balkaria
The real aim of the terror act committed at the Nalchik hippodrome was President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov. This is the opinion of Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a Deputy of the State Duma and Honourable Citizen of the city of Nalchik.
Einullah Fatullaev (on the left), editor-in chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, and his advocate Isakhan Ashurov at the Garadag District Court of Baku. April 28, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucsian Knot"
19:00, 4 May 2010
Yunus: absence of independent courts gave rise to problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan
One of the main reasons of the problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan is the absence of independent judicial power. This was stated at a press conference on Monday, May 3, by Leila Yunus, Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD).
18:00, 4 May 2010
Astrakhan Region: school director where children got poisoned sacked
In the Astrakhan Region, Elena Levkina, Director of the Tuzuklei secondary school, where a mass poisoning of children took place, was dismissed from her post under suspicion of negligence.
23:50, 3 May 2010
Private house shelled from grenade launcher in Nazran
Today at night, in the municipal district of Barsuki in Nazran, Ingushetia, unidentified persons shelled a private house from a grenade launcher. On preliminary data, the attack was caused by the fact that the house owner was engaged in selling alcohol.
23:30, 3 May 2010
STSI employee wounded in Kabardino-Balkaria
An STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as "GIBDD") inspector, who was installing a video camera at the entrance to the city of Baksan (Kabardino-Balkaria), was wounded by unidentified persons from a passing car.
23:00, 3 May 2010
Hammarberg hopes to release three more Georgian citizens from custody in Tskhinvali
Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, views the visit of Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner of the Council of Europe, to Georgia as a victory of Georgian diplomacy. There is information that three more citizens of Georgia can be set free in the near future.
22:00, 3 May 2010
Navasardyan: Armenia not ripe for freedom of speech yet
In Armenia, it's not yet the time for the freedom of speech, Boris Navasardyan, President of the Yerevan Press Club, said today at the press conference dated to the World Press Freedom Day.
21:20, 3 May 2010
Ochamchira residents block railway in Abkhazia
Today in the morning, residents of several villages of the Ochamchira District, located in Eastern Abkhazia, blocked the railway and stopped 13 cars that moved to take up to 700 tons of coal from Ochamchira.
21:00, 3 May 2010
Azeri public activists state freedom of speech worsening
The World Press Freedom Day - May 3 - was traditionally marked by representatives of Azerbaijani democratic public by paying visits to tombs of perished journalists Elmar Guseinov and Nadzhaf Nadzafov.
Commemoration rally of Anna Politkovskaya, assassinated journalist of "Novaya Gazeta". Moscow, Chistoprudny Boulevard, October 7, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 3 May 2010
RWB puts Putin and Kadyrov on the list of "press persecutors"
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day marked today, the Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have published a new list of those whom human rights defenders regard to be "press persecutors". Along the Chairman of the Peoples Republic of China Hu Jintao and President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the list now contains Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
19:00, 3 May 2010
Victims of terror act in Nalchik to get 150,000-700,000 roubles
Today, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has signed an instruction on payment of lump sum compensations to the citizens injured at the terror act in Nalchik on May 1. For this purpose the government of Kabardino-Balkaria will get up to 10 million roubles.
Dagestan, Khasavyurt. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 3 May 2010
Dagestan: another earlier kidnapped local released
Today, Murad Magomedaliev, a resident of Novy Kostek village, Khasavyurt District, kidnapped together with his brothers Mukhtar and Magomedrasul back on April 29 in Kizlyar by unidentified armed persons, has come back home.
23:00, 1 May 2010
Irakli Alasaniya runs for the post of Tbilisi Mayor
The leader of the "Alliance for Georgia" Irakli Alasaniya has submitted an application to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) about his intention to run for the post of Tbilisi Mayor.
21:00, 1 May 2010
After explosion in Nalchik residents of Northern Caucasus fear terror acts on Victory Day
The today's explosion in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, where, under the latest data, one person was killed and 22 others were hospitalized, has caused active debates in the Internet. Many users express fears that the Nalchik tragedy may be followed by terror acts in other regions of Northern Caucasus on the day of the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory.
18:00, 1 May 2010
In Nazran, man opened fire on militiamen and was shot dead
The militiamen who were guarding the Nazran sports complex were shelled by a man from his pistol; he was shot dead by response fire.
17:00, 1 May 2010
Georgia: 16 parties and three blocks to take part in local elections
On May 30, 16 parties and three electoral blocks will take part in elections of local government bodies. Nine of them have nominated their candidates for the post of Tbilisi Mayor, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was reported at the press service of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
16:00, 1 May 2010
Armenian police boss apologizes for disinformation about Khalafyan's death
General-Lieutenant Alik Sarkisyan, head of the police of Armenia, begged citizens' pardon for his earlier statement that the police had not applied violence to Vaan Khalafyan, who was summoned for interrogation.
News
More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

A large-scale drone strike has been recorded in southern Russia.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

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.