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Volunteers from Chechnya. Photo by the Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company https://grozny.tv/news/main/47477

14:36, 5 May 2022

Military experts dispute about Kadyrov's data on sending volunteers to Ukraine

In Chechnya, it is realistic to train within a week about two hundred volunteers to be sent to Ukraine, if they already have experience in military service, a military expert has pointed out in his comment on Ramzan Kadyrov's words about training of volunteers.

Participants in the rally. Yerevan, May 4, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:33, 5 May 2022

Analysts assess potentials of protest movement in Armenia

The Armenian protest movement has the potentials capable to paralyze the state ruling, but the organizers are using them incorrectly, experts believe.

A participant in the rally against restricting the activities of media and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan. December 28, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

14:27, 5 May 2022

Azerbaijani activists demand to stop pressing media

In Azerbaijan, the independent journalists and bloggers who expose corruption are under pressure and persecution, the participants of the conference on the state of media in the country have stated.

Participants in the rally. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:59, 4 May 2022

National Security Service of Armenia warns opposition against storming parliament

The opposition is preparing to storm the parliament building, the National Security Service of Armenia has announced, warning protesters of criminal liability. The parliament building is under heavy police protection.

Coming out of Deniz, a native of Dagestan, a transgender woman. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllZrHgfuK4

23:57, 4 May 2022

Coming-out of a transgender woman from Dagestan highlights problems of queer people in Northern Caucasus

In Northern Caucasus, transgender people face rejection from their relatives and friends and persecution, and they are exposed to mortal danger, therefore they prefer to hide their sexual orientation and leave their native lands, but they also face difficulties with employment and documents outside their homeland.

The police during the rally. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

23:53, 4 May 2022

Armenian Ombudsperson criticizes police actions

The police act aggressively while detaining people at protest actions in Armenia, and a number of activists have been injured, Ombudsperson Kristine Grigoryan reports.

Vadim Shekurov. Screenshot https://vk.com/club175236711?w=wall-175236711_845

23:50, 4 May 2022

Administration of Temryuk District reports about death of a military man in Ukraine

Artilleryman Vadim Shekurov perished in Ukraine, the Temryuk district administration reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 19 perished natives of the Krasnodar Territory has been officially confirmed.

The police during a rally in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:33, 4 May 2022

Activists block bridge in central Yerevan

Law enforcers have begun detaining opposition supporters who blocked the Kyiv Bridge located in central Yerevan.

Krasnodar Regional Court. Photo by the court's press service

16:30, 4 May 2022

Krasnodar resident fails in challenging the imposed fine for discrediting Russian Army

After his participation in an action against a special operation in Ukraine, a Krasnodar court has upheld the fine imposed on Denis Dolgushin, a resident of Krasnodar, for his alleged discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

Elchin Mamed. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/PmH31Q8uTdQ

16:14, 4 May 2022

Rights defender Elchin Mamed goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani prison

Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender and a journalist has refused to eat while demanding his release from jail. Mr Mamed, who is suffering from serious illnesses, has decided to go on a hunger strike because he has despaired of gaining freedom, human rights defenders have noted.

Doctors held a protest action demanding to release Mikhail Saakashvili, May 3, 2022. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSzPli0Ufs

16:07, 4 May 2022

Georgian doctors ask USA to help releasing Saakashvili

In Tbilisi, protesters demand a meeting with the US ambassador aiming to tell him about the state of health of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, and ask for help in setting Saakashvili free. His health condition has worsened, an oppositional MP has informed.

The village of Khramort, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

16:00, 4 May 2022

Khramort villagers treat it premature to return home from evacuation

In recent days, the situation on the contact line near the village of Khramort has been calm; several families have returned to the village, but agrarian works can't be performed, the administration of the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

15:58, 4 May 2022

Analysts assess Azerbaijan's place in RWB's press freedom index

Despite its progress from the 167th to 154th place in the World Press Freedom Index, Azerbaijan remains among the countries with a non-free press.

Participants in the rally demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:34, 4 May 2022

Yerevan: oppositional rally invites Armenian citizens to join protests

An oppositional rally held in France Square in Yerevan gathered up to 7000 people, the police have informed. After Nikol Pashinyan's resignation, an interim government will be formed, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, an oppositional MP, has stated.

The aerial view of Dubai. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дубай

23:03, 3 May 2022

“Vazhnye Istorii”* reports about elite real estate of Kadyrov’s associates in Dubai

According to a journalistic investigation conducted by the “Vazhnye Istorii” (Important Stories)*, associates of Ramzan Kadyrov own apartments and villas in Dubai worth from hundreds of thousands to several million US dollars.

The police detains an activist. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

22:54, 3 May 2022

Number of oppositionists detained in Armenia increases to 237

In Yerevan, 209 activists were detained for failure to obey the police, and 28 more people were taken to police stations in the regions of Armenia, the Armenia police reported.

Djalil Zabidov. Photo: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2022/2/free/Social/ru/1002.htm/001

22:50, 3 May 2022

Azerbaijani activist claims to have been beaten by police

Djalil Zabidov, an activist of the “Democracy-1918” movement, was detained, and the police used physical methods of influence, demanding from him to stop criticism of the authorities, the activist himself said. The police announced that Djalil Zabidov tried to disrupt an exam.

The police during the protest action. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

20:31, 3 May 2022

Armenian police confirm detention of 169 activists at protests

Today, 155 protesters have been detained in Yerevan for failure to obey the police, and 14 more activists have been detained in the Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions.

Insa Lander. Photo: https://twitter.com/rednalasni

18:12, 3 May 2022

Friends raise money to pay for Insa Lander's housing

There were no grounds to extend the house arrest for the blogger, Insa Lander, from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, has stated. Insa's friends have opened a fundraiser to pay for her rented housing.

Ramzan Kadyrov (on the left) and Adam Delimkhanov. Photo: https://chechnyatoday.com/

18:07, 3 May 2022

Kadyrov credits himself with Delimkhanov's award

By congratulating Adam Delimkhanov, a Russsian State Duma MP from Chechnya, on being awarded the title of Hero of Russia after his return from Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has emphasized his and Chechen authorities' loyalty to the Kremlin, analysts believe.

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