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19:00, 18 May 2010
IMR: freedom of access to information in Azerbaijan remains unsatisfactory
In Azerbaijan, despite certain progress in the freedom of access to information, the situation remains unsatisfactory, said Khaled Agaliev, project coordinator of the Institute of Media Rights (IMR) on May 17, when presenting the progress report on the situation in Azerbaijan with the freedom of information.
18:00, 18 May 2010
Head of Chechen MIA calls power agents to be more active with militants' relatives
In the end of last week, a meeting was held in Grozny dedicated to the outcomes of the work of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the first four months of this year. Minister Ruslan Alkhanov stated that relatives of the members of the armed underground are accomplices of their crimes; therefore, they should bear the same responsibility as militants.
Alesker Mamedli. Photo by www.azadliq.org
23:50, 17 May 2010
Alesker Mamedli: arrests of oppositionists in Azerbaijan are illegal
The dispersal of the peaceful action of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) Block and administrative arrests of its participants are rough violations of citizens' constitutional rights and freedoms. This opinion was expressed by Alesker Mamedli, an independent lawyer and an expert of the American NGO "IREX Pro Media", in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, when he made his comments on the arrest of the participants of the protest action held by the "Azadlyg" Block in Baku on May 15.
23:40, 17 May 2010
Ossetian NGO to deal with locals' claims against Georgia at ECtHR
The NGO named "Residents of South Ossetia Against Genocide" will consider the claims submitted by residents of South Ossetia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the August war of 2008 against Georgia and rejected by the Court. For almost 18 months this organization deals with similar complaints against Georgia in the Hague Court.
23:20, 17 May 2010
Sochi residents continue their protest actions against destruction of green zones
On May 15, Evgeniy Zakharov, a member of the initiative group in defence of the city-resort Sochi, held a picket in the Plane-Tree Alley in defence of the general-use green zone located near the "Philately" shop. From 3 to 6 p.m. he stood there with posters calling to protect the city-resort from developers and statements to stop the town-planning terrorism. As of May 15, the initiative group collected 4000 subscriptions demanding to remove the fence near the "Philately" and stop "destruction of the resort by illegal commercial constructions."
23:00, 17 May 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 10-16
Human rights are still trampled on in the south of Russia and Southern Caucasus; Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists fail to reach information armistice; Georgia and Azerbaijan suffer from calamities; investigation reports establishment of organizers of Moscow metro terror acts; house restoration stopped in South Ossetia; co-chairs of Geneva debates visit the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetian conflict zones, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of May 10-16, 2010, in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 17 May 2010
Khloponin: Russia should perceive Northern Caucasus as its strategic region
Vice-Premier Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), believes that Russia should form its attitude to the Caucasus as to country's strategic region.
Daghestan, the Akhvakh district, Karata settlement. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 17 May 2010
Human rights activists find the idea of independent NCFD Ombudsman "unripe"
The issue of potential appointment of Ombudsman in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) may be raised at the nearest meeting of Russian President with human rights defenders to take place on May 19, said Valentin Gefter, a member of the Board at the President of the Russian Federation for Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights. In his opinion, we need a certain concept on how to address the problem of human rights observance in Northern Caucasus; however, the idea of NCFD Ombudsman, according to his version, is under-formulated and under-discussed. Other human rights activists partly agree.
21:00, 17 May 2010
In Vladikavkaz, picketers try drawing attention to "Electrozink" problems
In the capital of North Ossetia, members of the initiative group "Electrozink. What we breathe in?" at the website "Odnoklassniki.Ru" are holding a picket trying to draw public attention to the court decision on suspending the work of the "Electrozink" Factory.
20:00, 17 May 2010
Militiaman suspected of excess of powers when in Chechnya detained in Primorski Krai
Igor Ivanchenko, head of public safety militia of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Arseniev City District, Primorski Krai, was put behind bars after a criminal case was opened against him under Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for excess of official powers in 2007, when he was sent to official service trip to Chechnya.
Kabardino-Balkaria, the State House in Nalchik. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/6351824
19:00, 17 May 2010
Case of attack on Nalchik will be further proceeded by professional judges
In session of the trial on the case of attack on Nalchik, the court dismissed the petition of the majority of defendants and their advocates on passing the case to the Supreme Court for the jury trial. The Court finds that the failure to form an objective and impartial panel of judges does not give the court grounds for granting this petition.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 17 May 2010
In Grozny the abducted young man was released after being tortured, a human rights activist informs
Resident of Staropromyslovsky district of the capital city of Chechnya, abducted by unidentified security forces members on the morning of 13 May was released the same evening. For hours, the young man was severely beaten and tortured. The MIA in Grozny refused to comment on this information.
23:00, 15 May 2010
In Georgia, electoral commission staff signs Code of Ethics
Today in Georgia, the members of electoral administrations and employees of constituency and local electoral commissions all over the country simultaneously signed the Code of Ethics, having undertaken to strictly observe the electoral legislation at execution of their professional duties. In total, the document now has 48,064 signatories.
22:00, 15 May 2010
Ten oppositional protesters arrested in Azerbaijan
In the capital of Azerbaijan, 13 participants of today's protest action of the oppositional block "Azadlyg" were administratively punished late at night. Ten of them were sentenced to 7-10 days of administrative arrest, the rest three were fined.
20:00, 15 May 2010
Russian President slates Vasily Golubev to Governor of Rostov Region
Today, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has brought Vasily Golubev, his nominee to the post of local Governor, for consideration of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region.
20:00, 15 May 2010
Two persons killed by shelling in Dagestan
As reported by the MIA of Dagestan, at night on May 15 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, unidentified persons opened automatic fire on a car and killed two persons.
18:00, 15 May 2010
In Tbilisi, police forbids lawyers to put their tent at the Parliament
In Tbilisi, the police did not allow the lawyers holding a rally to put their tent in front of the building of the Parliament. As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the place of events, policemen arrived in several minutes after the lawyers started installing their tent and stopped their activities.
17:00, 15 May 2010
In Baku, police disperses picket of oppositional block "Azadlyg"
Today in capital of Azerbaijan, policemen prevented a protest action of the opposition and detained its participants.
16:00, 15 May 2010
Well-known blogger detained in Moscow
Blogger Alaudin Dudko, known in the Internet under the nick ingushetiya_ru, is in Butyrka SIZO (pre-trial prison) as a suspect of storing drugs and explosives. Dudko treats it as provocation.
14:00, 15 May 2010
South Ossetia marks the Mother Tongue Day
Today, the Republic of South Ossetia marks the Day of the Ossetian Language. Tskhinvali and regional capitals held celebratory actions.
News
Pashinyan cited the election campaign as the reason for his refusal to attend the Moscow parade.

A shipment of Russian grain and fertilizers was sent from Baku to Armenia.

The Armenian opposition and Russian propaganda shared their indignation at Armenia's rapprochement with the EU.

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.