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15:00, 1 May 2010
Explosion in Nalchik wounded over 20 persons
According to the latest data reported by a source in power agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, the count of injured persons at today's explosion at the hippodrome in Nalchik makes 21 persons.
13:00, 1 May 2010
Georgia and South Ossetia to set up commission for searching missing persons
According to Shota Utiashvili, head of the analytical department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, a special joint commission will be set up for searching missing citizens of South Ossetia.
11:00, 1 May 2010
"Geopolitical Atlas of the Caucasus" published
On April 29, Jean Radvani, head of the Moscow-based French-Russian Centre of Social and Humanitarian Sciences, presented the book "Geopolitical Atlas of the Caucasus". The presentation of the new edition took place at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the seminar on ethnography of the Caucasus.
10:00, 1 May 2010
Chechnya: Imams who failed attestation to be dismissed
The republic has launched a check of the work of Imams of mosques and Kadis (Islamic judges) for the conformity to the posts and knowledge of theological sciences. For example, by the results of such check, the Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) has dismissed Mukhaid Tsakaev, Imam of the mosque located in Ulyanovskoe village of the Naur District.
08:00, 1 May 2010
Ibragim Yaganov, "Khasse" leader, attacked again in Kabardino-Balkaria
On April 30, another attack was undertaken on Ibragim Yaganov, Chairman of the Public Movement (PM) "Khasse".
23:20, 30 April 2010
Investigation of the attack on human rights activist Karastelev completed in Krasnodar Krai
Today, preliminary investigation has been completed in Krasnodar Krai on the case of beating of Vadim Karastelev, head of Novorossijsk Committee on Human Rights, who represents the interests of former militia major Alexei Dymovski.
23:00, 30 April 2010
10 participants of youth action in Baku subjected to administrative punishment
About a hundred young people were detained today in Baku for an attempt to hold an action of commemoration of the victims of the April 30, 2009 mass massacre in the Azeri State Oil Academy (ASOA). Late at night most detainees were released. But 10 persons were sent to Nasimin district court for taking them to administrative punishment.
22:00, 30 April 2010
Father of Dagestan resident recorded on a video of execution in Internet appeals for continuing the search of his son's murderers
Umakhan Udamanov, resident of the village of Sultanianghiurt, Kizikurt district, Dagestan, whose son Shamil Udamanov is considered missing since 2007, has stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he intends to apply for help to the presidents of Russia and Dagestan, Dmitry Medvedev and Magomedsalam Magomedov.
22:00, 30 April 2010
Militiamen in Astrakhan oblast found guilty of serious crimes
Today, the jury has adopted an indictment against a group of Astrakhan militiamen headed by Rinat Salekhov, chief of Astrakhan oblast internal affairs department on combating organized crime, the members of which are accused of murders, gansterism, money laundering and falsification of evidence.
21:10, 30 April 2010
Students of CSU in Grozny under threat of expulsion for dissent
The system of control and strict rules established in the Chechen State University (CSU) cause dissatisfaction among students. The attempt of students to express their protest against the university procedures has resulted in a threat of their expulsion from the university.
21:00, 30 April 2010
Missing Chechen resident found in Ingushetia
The Chechen resident who disappeared 15 years ago has been found in Ingushetia. Murad Soltamuradov disappeared in 1995 when he was six-years-old. In early 90's, his relatives resided in the town of Argun, while Murad was brought up at Grozno boarding school. The missing person was found thanks to the surviving archives of the registry offices and the efforts of Argun internal affairs department officers.
20:00, 30 April 2010
Georgian opposition blocks Tbilisi center with demand to release political prisoners
Today, a number leading opposition organizations and NGOs of Georgia blocked the traffic along part of Rustaveli avenue for half-an-hour and then traffic on the adjoining Freedom Square in Tbilisi for an hour. In this way, the opposition demanded the release of all political prisoners.
19:00, 30 April 2010
Ingushetia residents report kidnapping of Zelimkhan Chighitov
A resident of the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia, claims kidnapping of Zelimkhan Chighitov, her 20-year-old son. According to Zukhra Chighitova, Zelimkhan was kidnapped by law enforcement officers on April 27.
Museum and public center named after Andrei Sakharov, prize "For Journalism as a Deed". Jury (left to right): Yuri Samodurov, Director of Sakharov Center; Pilar Bonet, "El Pais" newspaper correspondent; Alexei Simonov, President of Glasnost Protection Foundation, chairman of prize jury; Elvira Goriukhina ("Novaya Gazeta"); Alexei Pankin, chief editor of magazine "Strategiya I Practica Izdatelskogo Biznesa. Ifra-GIPP Magazin"; Peter Vins, prize founder. Moscow, December 2007. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 30 April 2010
Timoshenko claims the business of Piter Vins, founder of Sakharov Foundation Prize, captured in Russia
Pressure on Peter Vins, founder of the Sakharov Foundation Prize "For Journalism as a Deed" continues - at the moment, his business is captured in Russia, states Boris Timoshenko, secretary of the Prize, head of the monitoring service of the Foundation for Protecting Glasnost.
04:00, 30 April 2010
Four out of six kidnapped residents of Dagestan released
Mukhtar and Magomedrasul Magomedaliyevs, residents of the village of Novy Kostek, Khasaviurt district in Dagestan, kidnapped on April 29, have returned home, reports their father Bagavdin Magomedaliyev. The whereabouts of the third kidnapped son of Magomedaliyev remains unknown.
23:50, 29 April 2010
Farmers in Astrakhan oblast accused of using slave labor
The investigation of a criminal case has been completed in Astrakhan against Alexander Larin, director of the private company "Lastra", his son Kirill Larin and driver Khagani Akhundov, who are accused of using slave labor of 16 residents of Uzbekistan.
23:00, 29 April 2010
Chief of colony suggests Fatullayev could have been planted drugs in prison
Representatives of the management of colony No 12 in Azerbaijan who acted as witnesses during the trial of previously convicted journalist Einulla Fatullayev, accused of keeping drugs, made statements which, according to the defense lawyers, fully proves the innocence of the defendant.
22:20, 29 April 2010
Yuri Chaika claims 83% of terrorist acts in Russia in 2009 were committed in North Caucasus
Officers of the law enforcement agencies in North Caucasus have no special training, they are corrupt, while unresolved crimes are often attributed to killed militants - such conclusions are contained in the report of Yuri Chaika, RF Prosecutor General, on law and order in Russia in 2009, which he delivered to the Federation Council on April 28.
21:00, 29 April 2010
Kadyrov accuses "Memorial" of exaggerating the number of kidnappings in Chechnya
The annual number of kidnappings in Chechnya, cited by the Human Rights Center "Memorial", does not correspond to reality, states Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, but promises to check the information of the human rights activists if they provide him with a list of victims of kidnappings.
19:00, 29 April 2010
Power authorities do not doubt the involvement of Rabadanov, killed in Dagestan, in metro terrorist acts
The law enforcement agencies have obtained a confirmation of the data on the involvement of Akhmet Rabadanov, resident of the village of Novy Kostek killed in Dagestan, in the terrorist acts in the Moscow metro on March 29.
News
More than 8,850 combatants from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO.

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

Russian troops in a combat zone. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://mil.ru/news/1b9c3525-a768-4ce0-81c3-4b4a885d8335 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in the SVO has exceeded 8,750.

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.