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20:00, 16 May 2009
Would-be terrorists liquidated in Chechnya rendered no resistance, eyewitnesses say
The young men, whose liquidation was reported today by the MIA of Chechnya and who were named as helpers of the suicide-bomber who committed the terror act in Grozny on May 15, did not render any armed resistance to militiamen. Natalia Estemirova, representative of the HRC "Memorial", told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to eyewitnesses.
19:00, 16 May 2009
In "Eurovision" final, symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh will not accompany Armenia's performance
On May 12, in the semi-final round of "Eurovision", at the background of the duet from Armenia the symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh - the monument "We and our mountains" was shown. Under the pressure the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, the organizing committee of "Eurovision" removed this fragment from the caption.
18:00, 16 May 2009
Russian frontier guards equip South Ossetia-Georgia border
Russian frontier guards have started improving the border of South Ossetia with Georgia. Six frontier outposts for Russian and Ossetian militaries have already been set up.
17:00, 16 May 2009
Armenia holds the "Night of Museums"
For the fifth time already, Armenia holds the action called "Night of Museums" and dated to the International Museums Day. Today, from 6:00 p.m. till midnights the doors of 17 Yerevan and 6 regional museums located in Syunik, Shirak and Lori will be broadly opened for the public.
16:00, 16 May 2009
Abkhazia refuses from taking part in Geneva debates
Abkhazia will not take part in the fifth round of Geneva debates planned to be held on May 18-19. This was stated by Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia.
15:00, 16 May 2009
In Ingushetia, off-road hotel and sauna shelled
Last night, an off-road hotel and a sauna, situated in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, were shelled from grenade launchers, as reported by a source in Republic's law enforcement bodies.
10:00, 16 May 2009
MIA of Chechnya: four militants who planned terror acts liquidated in Grozny
The MIA of the Chechen Republic reports about liquidation in Grozny of four militants who planned a series of wide-scale terror acts in the city. According to the militia, they all were members of the same grouping as the militant who blew himself up on May 15 at the MIA headquarters.
07:00, 16 May 2009
Karachaevo-Circassia: mothers with many children awarded
On the International Family Day, May 15, the government of the Karachaevo-Circassian Republic (KCR) decorated mothers having many children with the medal "Mother's Glory". Fifty mothers who have brought up five and more children were awarded.
23:30, 15 May 2009
Russia loses Chechen cases in European Court again
At the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, the Russian Federation has lost two cases to residents of Chechnya, who accused Russia's authorities of disappearance and murder of their relatives.
23:10, 15 May 2009
Armenia stops case against one of former "Case of Seven" defendants
According to the conclusion of experts from the Ministry of Public Health, Shant Arutyunyan, one of the defendants in the former "Case of Seven", "in the moment of committing his crime was in the state of mental insanity." On the basis of the conclusion of the forensic medical examination, the criminal case against Mr Arutyunyan is stopped.
23:00, 15 May 2009
About 30,000 take part in oppositional rally in Armenian capital
Today, in Yerevan, at Matenadaran, a rally of the opposition was held that brought together about 30 thousand persons. After the rally, many thousands of them marched along the streets of the capital. People from transport means and house windows welcomed them. The participants of the march were shouting: "Free, independent Armenia!" and "Levon is President!" The march was accompanied by policemen. The action passed without incidents.
22:00, 15 May 2009
10 persons detained in Sochi at attempt of anti-Olympiad picket
On May 14, the day of sitting of the IOC Commission in Sochi, militiamen detained and took away from Vinogradnaya to Gorki Street in militia vans the ten persons who tried to hold a protest picket against 2014 Sochi Olympiad.
21:30, 15 May 2009
Four local residents kidnapped in Chechnya
At night on May 10, in Bachi-Yurt village, Kurchaloy District of Chechnya, unidentified power agents kidnapped four persons. All of them are elderly people.
21:10, 15 May 2009
Four persons lost in fire at "Nairit" chemical factory in Yerevan
The bosses of the chemical factory "Nairit" in Yerevan, where a strong fire occurred in the evening on May 14, announced the names of their four lost workers. Russia has expressed its readiness to help Armenia in liquidating the accident consequences.
21:00, 15 May 2009
Lawyer Abubakarov: Bogatyryov's murder in Kabardino-Balkaria has no links with Nalchik attack case
There are no grounds to look for any links between the murder of Vitaly Bogatyryov, deputy head of the investigatory isolation facility (SIZO) of Russia's UFSIN (Department of the Federal Punishment Enforcement Service) for Kabardino-Balkaria, with the complaints against custody conditions in SIZO of the defendants in the case about the attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005. This is the opinion of advocate Magomed Abubakarov.
Tbilisi, Rustaveli avenue, camp of opposition. 15 May 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 15 May 2009
Zakareishvili: Saakashvili will make no concessions to opposition
After the meeting of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili with the leaders of the nongovernmental opposition, many oppositionists understood that the event was just Saakashvili's formal gesture aimed at the West, and he is not ready to make any concessions. This was stated by Georgian political scientist Paata Zakareishvili to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
20:00, 15 May 2009
Number of terror act victims in Chechnya reached four
As reported by the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia, a result of the explosion near the building of the MIA of Chechnya in Grozny, four persons were lost and at least five wounded.
19:00, 15 May 2009
Inspectors find new data on massacre in Baku Oil Academy
Tonight, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Azerbaijan have made a joint statement on the course of investigation into the massacre committed in the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA) on April 30. They now clear out involvement of certain Sergey Grigoryan in this crime.
18:00, 15 May 2009
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria beaten to death by Moscow youngsters
In Moscow, Ahmed Maskov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed, and Arthur Borukaev, another resident of this republic, received heavy mutilations, when they were attacked by short-haired young men equipped with steel bars. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from well-informed sources.
23:40, 14 May 2009
Azerbaijani opposition: non-election of Azerbaijan to UN Human Rights Council is a result of Baku's policy
Politicians and human rights activists of Azerbaijan believe that no-election of their country to the Council of the United Nations for Human Rights is a logical consequence of the policy of the official Baku.
News
A native of Chechnya faces deportation from Lithuania.

More than 13,000 claims for flood damages have been filed by Chechen residents.

Artsuyev's relatives demanded a personal meeting with the security forces' leadership.

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.