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Akhmat-Yurt. Screenshot of photo https://kurchaloevskij-r95.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/o-munitsipalnom-obrazovanii/istoriya/.

14:05, 2 June 2025

Social media users concerned about reform of local government in Chechnya

As part of the reform of local government in Chechnya, 17 municipal districts will be created, and the urban districts of Grozny and Argun will also be preserved, the Chechen Ministry of Finance reports. Social media users suggest that the reform will result in job cuts and difficulties for citizens in obtaining official documents.

Participants in the procession in Nalchik. A still frame from the video by https://t.me/zapravakbr/3361.

14:00, 2 June 2025

Participant of march in Nalchik sees no sense in filing appeal against his arrest

Kazbek Mamikov, a participant in the march in Nalchik held to mark the end of the Caucasian War, who served his administrative arrest, has decided not to appeal against the court’s decision, while two other participants in the march have succeeded in their appeals to reduce their arrest terms. There were no arrests in Maikop, but two activists had to write explanatory notes.

Irakli Kobakhidze. Photo: https://www.newsgeorgia.ge

17:36, 1 June 2025

Kobakhidze announces four coup attempts

While congratulating Georgian policemen on their professional holiday, Irakli Kobakhidze, the country’s Premier, has stated that within the last four years, law enforcers have prevented four attempts to encroach on Georgia’s sovereignty and a coup d'etat.

The atmosphere on one of Anapa's beaches on May 31. Screenshot of photo from Telegram channel "Makovozovs", https://t.me/makovozovy/37782.

17:31, 1 June 2025

Due to fuel oil spill, Anapa loses about half of its tourists

Amid the huge spill of fuel oil (mazut) in the Black Sea, the hotel occupancy rate in the Russian city of Anapa has decreased by 50% compared to the same last year’s period. Some hotels are in dire straits because they cannot return money to tourists for cancelled bookings, said a source from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

17:28, 1 June 2025

Baku court extends arrest of human rights defender Safarov

The arrest of Rufat Safarov, an Azeri human rights defender, accused of fraud, has been extended for other 20 days.

Nikol Pashinyan. Screenshot of News.Am photo from 30.05.25, https://news.am/rus/news/885486.html.

17:24, 1 June 2025

Pashinyan's statements about AAHC result in demand for apologies

The insults to the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church (AAHC) and interference into its activities by the Prime Minister of Armenia are unacceptable, politicians and churchmen have stated, demanding an apology. The "Ayakve" Initiative has demanded that a criminal case be opened against Nikol Pashinyan.

Memorial plaque in memory of repression victims on the building of the former NKVD department in Taganrog. Photo: https://www.ruffnews.ru/

18:21, 31 May 2025

In Taganrog, replacement of memorial plaque continues trend of hushing up repressions

A memorial plaque to the memory of victims of repressions has been removed from the building of the former NKVD department in Taganrog on the bottom-level initiative. Such actions are a continuation of the trend of hushing up repressions and glorifying Stalin, historians and political analysts point out.

Igor Nagavkin. Photo provided to Caucasian Knot by Igor Nagavkin.

18:17, 31 May 2025

Nagavkin accuses penal colony’s deputy head of insulting him

Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin has filed an appeal to the supervisory authorities with a request to assess the insults he was subjected to by the deputy head of the penal colony-settlement.

Sochi Jewish Community Center. Screenshot of the image in the Yandex.Panorama service

18:13, 31 May 2025

Synagogue in Sochi attacked

In Sochi, a man with a hammer tried to enter the synagogue building and threw stones at it. The attacker has been detained.

Sergei Melikov. Photo from the Telegram channel of the Administration of the Head of Dagestan https://t.me/agiprd/25271

18:11, 31 May 2025

Activists comment on Melikov’s statement about “Gunib” sanatorium

Taking into account his statement about the “Gunib” sanatorium, Sergey Melikov, the leader of Dagestan, has not touched on the topic of the urban development in Gunib, which has been going on for more than one year. The accusations of activists from the “Gorod Nash” (The City is Ours) movement in disseminating enemy information are groundless.

A frame of video with censure of drivers in the Gudermes district of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/DKJ8kS1sCPd/*.

18:08, 30 May 2025

Reprimands of drivers highlight selective enforcement of laws in Chechnya

Law enforcers publicly reprimanded teenage drivers from the Gudermes District of Chechnya for violating traffic rules. Social media users have recalled that Adam Kadyrov, a son of the leader of Chechnya, drives a car, although he is also under 18.

18:05, 30 May 2025

Defence points out signs of falsification in Mziya Amaglobeli’s case

An advocate of journalist Mziya Amaglobeli has filed an appeal against her administrative arrest in the case on insulting a police officer. The defence has submitted to the court an expert analysis of the video recording, indicating signs of falsification of evidence by the police.

The book "Artsakh: Blockade and Forced Displacement in Human Stories". Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for Caucasian Knot.

18:02, 30 May 2025

Book about refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh presented in Yerevan

More than a hundred stories of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are collected in the book entitled “Artsakh: Blockade and Forced Displacement in Human Stories”. The facts presented in the book should become evidence in international courts, journalists claim.

Nika Meliya: photo https://vesti.az/v-mire/v-gruzii-zaderzali-odnogo-iz-liderov-oppozicii-niku-meliyu-547250

14:09, 30 May 2025

Advocate and Georgian MIA argue about circumstances of Nika Meliya’s detention

Nika Meliya, the leader of the oppositional “Coalition for Change”, was detained administratively for insulting a policeman, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. In his turn, Mr Meliya’s advocate asserts that his client’s detention has to do with the intention to ensure his presence at the trial on failure to comply with the demands of the parliamentary temporary investigating commission.

The prison. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

14:05, 30 May 2025

Defence treats the terrorism case against two residents of Dagestan as falsified

Abas Saidov and Zamur Tagirov, natives of Dagestan, have been sentenced to 19 years in jail within the case of creating a terrorist grouping. The witnesses, on whose testimonies the charges were based, stated that they had given their testimonies under pressure. The defence has appealed against the verdict.

Pensioners in jail. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot with the help of AI in the Copilot program

13:53, 30 May 2025

Kuban underground pensioners refuse to plead guilty

Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), gave their final statements in court. None of them has pleaded guilty.

Anapa's central beach. Photo by Anton Bykov, Yuga.ru

18:24, 29 May 2025

Tourist season in Anapa sparks disputes among local residents

Despite the warnings made by the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) and official bans on bathing, tourists continue filling the beaches of the city of Anapa. Disputes continue in the information field: some local bloggers assure that the sea is clean and everything is safe, while environmentalists and guest house owners, on the contrary, are voicing out alarms and talking about manipulations.

The moment before the explosion. May 29, 2025. Video frame https://t.me/ossetiaFB/51613

18:01, 29 May 2025

IED treated as explosion cause in Stavropol

The explosion occurred after the first deputy of Stavropol Mayor was approached by his acquaintance, who had a small bag on his shoulder; it follows from the video. Investigators don’t rule out the version of a terror act.

Memorial plaque on the former NKVD building in Taganrog: screenshot: https://t.me/rostov_glavniy/117800

17:53, 29 May 2025

Mention of repressions removed from memorial plaque on former NKVD building in Taganrog

The memorial plaque to victims of repressions, installed on the former NKVD (Interior Ministry) division building in the city of Taganrog, has been replaced with a memorial to secret service employees.

Zakhireddin Ibragimov. Illustration created by the “Caucasian Knot” using AI in the Copilot software.

14:00, 29 May 2025

Russian MFA comments on extradition of Zakhireddin Ibragimov to Baku

Zakhireddin Ibragimov, the chairman of the committee for the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities, who was brought to Azerbaijan, was previously deprived of the Russian citizenship, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian reported.

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