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Law enforcers in Armenia. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:47, 31 May 2019
Two suspected attackers on supporters of ex-Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh detained
The detainees are suspected of attacking supporters of Samvel Babayan, the former Minister of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and illegal possession of weapons, reported the Investigating Committee of Armenia.
Mikhail Saakashvili (in the centre) in Kiev. May 29, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
13:54, 31 May 2019
Georgian GPO reminds Saakashvili of extradition threat
Mikhail Saakashvili, who has returned to Ukraine, said that he would soon arrive in Georgia, where he had been sentenced under several cases and will be held responsible, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia has stated.
13:48, 31 May 2019
Four Azerbaijani oppositionists fined for their action on Republic Day
On May 28, in the Azerbaijani village of Novkhany near Baku, members of oppositional parties held a rally on the Republic Day. Four of them, detained prior to the action, were released at the end of the day.
Participants of the book festival. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:39, 31 May 2019
Tbilisi: participants of book festival note youth's interest in reading
Over 70 publishers took part in the fair at the 21st Tbilisi International Book Festival. Young people are most interested in reading; therefore, new Georgian writers are now in demand, publishers have emphasized.
Musa Malsagov. Photo: Golos Naroda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPiqF5l3Nc
11:42, 31 May 2019
Law enforcers try to press Ingush Red Cross because of claims to Musa Malsagov
The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has stigmatized the Ingush branch of Red Cross as a "foreign agent" only because its head, Musa Malsagov, took part in protests and was arrested, Magomed Bekov, an advocate, has stated.
A stadium in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:27, 31 May 2019
About 300 volunteers help organizing ConIFA European Championship
Football teams began arriving in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to take part in the ConIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations) European Championship. Volunteers from NKR and Armenia are involved in organizing the event.
Participants of the action near the church in Chichkhituri. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:45, 31 May 2019
Georgian political analysts rule out mass protests on Azerbaijan border
In the near future, no new wave of disputes around the "David Gareja" Monastery Complex located on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border is expected. The call of Elias-II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, to give up mass protests has contributed to a decline of protesters' emotions.
09:34, 31 May 2019
Court in Egypt leaves Ingush students in custody
The arrest of four Ingush students accused of extremism in Egypt has been extended by 15 days, their relatives have informed.
On a contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
23:57, 30 May 2019
Nagorno-Karabakh denies its involvement in death of Azerbaijani soldier
The Defence Army has not violated the ceasefire regime and is not related to the death of an Azerbaijani soldier on the contact line of troops, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports. The OSCE have called on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to show restraint.
Believers during a prayer. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
23:55, 30 May 2019
Dagestan announces three days off on occasion of Eid al-Fitr
The authorities of Dagestan provided residents of Dagestan with more days off than for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr in 2018.
An armed man. Photo: REUTERS/Alaa al-Faqir
21:56, 30 May 2019
Astrakhan resident suspected of providing financial assistance to IS
A man accused of involvement in a grouping of the "Astrakhan shooters" is suspected of having transferred money to a member of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court.
On a contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Reuters Staff
21:54, 30 May 2019
Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on its two villages
Positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled 23 times, including in three district bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
13:38, 30 May 2019
Baku court refuses applying CER to Asif Yusifli
A Baku court has rejected the petition of Asif Yusifli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), for release him under conditional early relief (CER). His defence intends to appeal against the refusal.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
13:35, 30 May 2019
Georgian politicians react to Saakashvili's restored Ukrainian citizenship
Members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party have criticized the decision to return the Ukrainian citizenship to Mikhail Saakashvili.
13:34, 30 May 2019
Yekaterinburg: jury acquits ted a Chechen native Movsur Khasaev
At the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, the jury has unanimously declared Movsur Khasaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yekaterinburg resident Ashot Arutyunyan, to be innocent.
Collective Iftars in cafés in Dagestan. 2015. Photo by the "Insan" Charity fund
09:45, 30 May 2019
Ban on Iftar in Kizilyurt stadium fails to prevent Muslims from gathering in cafés
The Kizilyurt stadium is closed for a mass Iftar for security reasons, but this does not prevent residents from regularly gathering for collective Iftars in cafés. Holding Iftars is not a public event and needs no authorities' sanctions.
Afghan Mukhtarly. A poster at the protest action in support of the Azerbaijani journalist https://www.irfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/afgan-mukhtarli.jpg
09:37, 30 May 2019
Tbilisi: protesters demand to release journalist Afghan Mukhtarly
At the rally in Tbilisi, Azerbaijani activists have supported Afghan Mukhtarly. There is some fault of Georgian authorities in the fate of the journalist, who was convicted in Azerbaijan, protesters have claimed.
08:50, 30 May 2019
Georgian Parliament refuses to investigate Temirlan Machalikashvili's murder
Most Georgian MPs have voted against the creation of an interim commission for investigating the special operation in Pankisi, during which law enforcers killed a local resident, Temirlan Machalikashvili.
A rally in Magas. October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
08:47, 30 May 2019
Russian authorities suspend the work of Ingush Council of Teips
By the decision of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of the Russian Federation, the activities of the Council of Teips (family clans) of the Ingush people are suspended for three months. However, Murad Daskiev, the interim head of the council, has stated that they will not stop their work.
The mosque in Hungarian Soldiers Street in Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:44, 30 May 2019
Attendance of Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque is stable despite law enforcers' raids
The resumption of law enforcers' checks of the Tangim Mosque in Makhachkala has failed to affect the number of worshipers, Imam Nigmatulla Radjabov has stated. In their turn, lawyers believe that personal searches are permissible only if there are reasonable suspicions.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.

A still of a man detained in Tbilisi on suspicion of espionage. Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/kriminali/126948-jashushobis-braldebit-magalchinosani-daakaves A high-ranking government official has been detained in Georgia in connection with an espionage case.

A Georgian activist was fined for a social media post.

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.