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23:00, 31 May 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on May 24-30
Aggravation of situation in Kabardino-Balkaria; resonant terror act in Stavropol; elections to local governments in Georgia, - look these and other events in the review of the week from May 24 to May 30, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
hters of the Ahmad Kadyrov Special-Purpose Regiment of the Interior Ministry. Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 31 May 2010
A resident of Chechnya abducted and beaten by men in special forces uniform
"On 28 May, a student of one of the Chechen institutions of higher education was seized in the center of Grozny by the republican law enforcement officers", an NGO representative in Chechnya told the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".
20:00, 31 May 2010
CEC of Georgia: Gigi Ugulava wins election
Under preliminary data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Georgia, after tabulation of ballot papers from 774 polling stations, the incumbent Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, who is representing the party in power "United National Movement", is in the lead of the new election race. He has won 55.23 percent of votes. The runner-up is Irakli Alasaniya (19.5 percent), and Giorgi Chanturiya is in the third position (10.71 percent).
19:00, 31 May 2010
Authorities of Chechnya ask local media to cover local negative phenomena
Workers of Chechen mass media were recommended to "reorient themselves" and "truthfully and objectively cover the events underway in the republic without silencing and concealing negative phenomena" - this was the task put in front of the heads of local mass media by Shamsail Saraliev, Minister on Foreign Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of Chechnya.
18:00, 31 May 2010
Magomed Garbakov, Sagopshi resident, kidnapped in Ingushetia
On May 13 in Ingushetia, employees of unidentified power agencies kidnapped Magomed Musaevich Garbakov, a resident of Sagopshi village, Malgobek District of the republic.
22:00, 29 May 2010
Picket against Rospotrebnadzor's amicable agreement with "Electrozink" held in Vladikavkaz
Activists of the initiative group "Electrozink. What do we breathe in?" held a picket near the building of the local Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, in protest against the amicable agreement concluded by the agency with the "Electrozink" Factory.
19:00, 29 May 2010
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, wounded at special operation, claims compensation of damage
Mikhail Sova, 47, a resident of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, who happened to be on March 7 in the area, where a special operation aimed to neutralize suspected militant Valery Etezov was conducted, was wounded by an occasional bullet. Now, he went to the Nalchik City Court.
18:00, 29 May 2010
Hurricane paralyses traffic in Rostov-on-Don
Several districts of Rostov-on-Don were captured by hurricane accompanied by big hailstones. The calamity blocked the traffic; many cars were damaged by hailstones.
17:00, 29 May 2010
Militiamen suspected of negligence that caused Stavropol terror act
The Russian ICPO has initiated criminal cases against the officials of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the Stavropol Territory, who had demonstrated their negligence in preparation for the concert at the local Palace of Culture. This was announced by Vladimir Markin, official spokesman of the ICPO.
15:00, 29 May 2010
In Adygea, illegal fellers cut 780 cubic meters of fir-trees and beeches
Valuable trees were felled in the territory of the regional-value nature monument named "Upper Reach of Pshekha and Pshekhashko Rivers" causing the damage of 97.4 million roubles.
14:00, 29 May 2010
"Georgian Emigrants" announce start of protest actions
The NGO named "Georgian Emigrants" demands better life for Georgian emigrants and their families and announces that from May 29 on they start sitting protest actions in front of the parliament. Activists of the organization accuse authorities of inattention and threaten to go on hunger strike.
13:00, 29 May 2010
Adygea restricts stay of children in public places at night
Children and teenagers of Adygea will be forbidden appear at night in public places without their parents.
12:00, 29 May 2010
ICPO sends case of explosion organizers in Sochi to court
The Division for Especially Important Cases of the Investigatory Department of the Russian ICPO (Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office) for the Krasnodar Territory has sent to the Regional Court the criminal case about the series of explosions committed in Sochi in 2008-2009 and other crimes, as a result of which 14 persons perished and 20 more were wounded. Ilya Galkin, a former militiaman, and Mikhail Denisenko, an employee of a TV company, are accused of these crimes.
11:00, 29 May 2010
AI calls to discuss situation in Northern Caucasus at EU-RF Summit
The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has addressed its appeal to the official Brussels stating that violations of human rights, first of all in Northern Caucasus, and restrictions of the freedom of self-expression should be put on the debate agenda of the forthcoming Summit the European Union-Russian Federation, to open on May 30 in Rostov-on-Don.
08:00, 29 May 2010
Astrakhan Region is at emergency fight on locusts
Under decision of the Emergency Commission under the Government of the Astrakhan Region, the state of emergency has been introduced in the whole territory of the region because of a threat of locust invasion.
21:00, 28 May 2010
Khloponin promises to punish bureaucrats for terror act in Stavropol
Today, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NGFD), told journalists that because of failure to take due security measures in Stavropol, where the explosion on May 26 killed 7 persons, he ordered to open criminal cases on service negligence.
19:00, 28 May 2010
Supreme Llama of Kalmykia asks Russia's MFA for proofs of charges against Dalai Lama
Telo Tulku Rinchope, Supreme Llama of Kalmykia, addressed his open letter to Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, in the context of the refusal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia to give an entrance visa to Dalai Lama for visiting Russia. Mr Rinchope assures Mr Lavrov that Dalai Lama's relations with the Russian Buddhists have never had any political shading.
18:00, 28 May 2010
Georgia gets to Eurovision final
A singer from Georgia Sofiko Nizharadze has entered the ten of best performers and qualified for the final of "Eurovision-2010".
17:00, 28 May 2010
North Ossetia to open branch of Movement "In the Name of Georgia"
A branch of the Movement "In the Name of Georgia", which unites Georgian Diasporas of 53 regions of Russia, aiming to achieve, through charitable and cultural actions, closer relations of Russian and Georgian peoples, will be opened un North Ossetia.
15:00, 28 May 2010
Today, Stavropol Territory is mourning over terror act casualties
Today, the Stavropol Territory has a day of mourning over the victims of the terror act committed on May 26. In the whole territory, banners and flags are half-mast; TV Companies and culture establishments were recommended to cancel their entertaining broadcasts and events.
News
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev Ramzan Kadyrov

Visangiriyev's relatives managed to meet him in the penal colony.

Witnesses ignored the hearing in the Kardashov murder case.

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.