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Suleiman-Stalsky District of Dagestan. Photo: http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=46&com=photogallery
12:37, 26 May 2016
In Dagestan, killed man identified as Kamaldin Kazimagomedov
This morning, in the village of Kasumkent of the Suleiman-Stalsky District, policemen tried to stop a suspicious man to check his documents. The man opened fire on them and was killed by return fire.
Valentina Cherevatenko. Photo: screenshot, http://www.svoboda.mobi/a/25153824.html
12:37, 26 May 2016
AI calls on people to send to authorities letters in support of "Women of the Don"
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has organized an action of urgent assistance to Valentina Cherevatenko, the leader of the Union "Women of the Don", who faces criminal prosecution for failure to supply documents for inclusion of her NGO in the register of foreign agents.
Khadija Ismayilova: first minutes at home. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:05, 26 May 2016
Khadija Ismayilova intends to continue her journalistic investigations
Khadija Ismayilova, released from detention by the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, is ready to continue working as a journalist and struggling for the liberation of her colleagues and other activists. Meanwhile, the journalist does not agree with the court verdict and intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Prison cell. Photo: © Flickr/ Michael Coghlan
07:55, 26 May 2016
UN reports on human rights violations in Azerbaijani penitentiary institutions
On May 16-25, Mr Sètondji Roland Adjovi (Benin), the head of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and his deputy José Guevara (Mexico) attended 25 penitentiary institutions in Azerbaijan, where detainees and convicts serving their sentences are kept. The UN officials interviewed more than 80 detainees and prisoners and met government officials and activists of civil society in the cities of Baku, Ganja, and Nakhchivan.
Cottage №70 in Khudyakov street occupied by the Saveliev family. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:26, 26 May 2016
Sochi Mayor's Office intends to auction off house occupied by Saveliev family
Members of the Saveliev "Olympic settlers" family have claimed that they do not intend to leave the house put up for the auction, until the City Mayor does allocate to them a cottage to replace their house demolished because of the construction of the Olympic highway M-27. Earlier, the Saveliev family members have abandoned a three-room apartment allocated to them in a resort village of the mountain cluster.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: http://haqqin.az/
19:09, 25 May 2016
Khadija Ismayilova released from colony
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) has lifted charges of misappropriation and abuse of office from the journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
Blown up relay tower in the Shamil District of Dagestan, May 25, 2016. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/
18:01, 25 May 2016
Explosion of tower in Dagestan results in broadcasting interruptions
Yesterday, militants managed not only to mine a relay tower in the Shamil District, but also to blow it up, said a law enforcement source. In the tower's coverage area cellular communication is absent; and interruptions in TV broadcasting are observed.
Nadezhda Savchenko. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk (RFE/RL)
15:56, 25 May 2016
Putin pardons Savchenko prior to her departure to Kiev
Vladimir Putin signed a decree to pardon Nadezhda Savchenko, said Dmitri Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, adding that the Russians Alexander Alexandrov and Evgeny Erofeev, convicted in Kiev, had been brought to Moscow.
Participants of the rally in support of political prisoners in Rostov-on-Don, May 6, 2015. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
15:38, 25 May 2016
"Memorial" lists 45 new political prisoners within six months
Within the past six months, the list run by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" of the persons deprived of freedom for political reasons, has went up to 87 persons. Out of 45 new political prisoners, five are natives of Northern Caucasus and Southern Federal District (SFD), or those, convicted in these regions.
"Singing Fountains" in Republic Square in Yerevan. Photo: EvgenyGenkin https://ru.wikipedia.org/
15:21, 25 May 2016
Yerevan woman holds protest action in non-working fountain
On May 24, Yerevan hosted an action initiated by women-activists: one of them – Anna Shakhnazaryan – climbed up into a stone structure of "Singing Fountains" in Republic Square, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar. Photo: http://krasnodar-sovetsky.krd.sudrf.ru/
13:43, 25 May 2016
Krasnodar activist sentenced to 10-day arrest for reposting video criticizing Russian authorities
The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has sentenced Nina Solovyova, an LGBT activist, to 10 days of administrative arrest on the charge of Nazi propaganda after she reposted on her page in a social network a video criticizing the actions of the Russian authorities in Ukraine. Today, the Krasnodar Regional Court has upheld the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar.
Alexander Alexandrov, Nadezhda Savchenko (centre) and Evgeny Erofeev. Photo: collage, http://www.svoboda.org/contentlive/liveblog/27756343.html
13:06, 25 May 2016
Reuters: Nadezhda Savchenko takes plane from Rostov-on-Don to Ukraine
Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian aviator, sentenced in Russia to imprisonment, has left the airport of Rostov-on-Don on the plane. She flew to Ukraine, the Reuters reports.
Ernst Chorny. Photo: https://tvrain.ru/guests/ernst_chernyj-316626/
12:20, 25 May 2016
Ernst Chorny treats arguments of investigators in Varvara Karaulova's case as bluff
The criminal case against student Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), accused of an attempt to join the banned terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), is fabricated, and the investigators' position is not supported by evidence. This opinion was voiced by human rights defender Ernst Chorny, who asked to release Varvara Karaulova under his guarantee.
Voting at the primaries of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party in Dagestan. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/makhachkala/makhachkalintsy_aktivno_golosuyut_na_praymeriz/
05:40, 25 May 2016
In Dagestan, administrative resource affects results of primaries, experts assert
In Dagestan, the primaries of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party did not show the level of support for candidates among voters because of the use of administrative resource. This opinion was expressed by participants of the project "Games of Journalists" in Dagestan on May 21. According to them, the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party has always used the administrative resource in the course of intra-party voting for the selection of candidates, as well as for the increase in the turnout during the voting.
A street in the village of Vesyoloe Psou, also known as ‘Olympic village’. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:32, 25 May 2016
Public activists express distrust of commission on use of heritage of 2014 Olympic Games
In the Krasnodar Territory, the commission established under the regional administration to inspect the housing facilities of the Olympic heritage has held an inspection in Sochi. Officials have reported they will be able to prepare answers concerning only the use of housing facilities transferred to the balance of Sochi or the Krasnodar Territory. The fate of apartment houses and cottages remaining in the federal or departmental property remains unknown.
00:26, 25 May 2016
Advocate reports on violations of rights of Bairam Mamedov and Giyas Ibragimov in SIZO
On May 24, Bairam Mamedov and Giyas Ibragimov, youth activists, arrested in Azerbaijan, were questioned by an official of the Baku Prosecutor's Office in connection with their complaints about torture. According to their advocate, the young people complained about the distortion of their testimonies.
23:03, 24 May 2016
KBR resident states being tortured
Khabas Kugotov, a resident of the village of Svetlovodskoe, Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), born in 1989, has stated that power agents had tortured him and forced to incriminate himself.
19:47, 24 May 2016
Police unit shelled in Dagestan
Today, several militants have mined a relay tower in the Shamil District, and then shelled a police unit; no one of the policemen suffered, according to Dagestani law enforcement sources.
Elchin Mamed. Photo: RFE/RL
19:27, 24 May 2016
Baku court grants lawsuit of journalist Elchin Mamed to MIA
The ban to leave Azerbaijan, imposed on the journalist and rights defender Elchin Mamed, was unlawful; his rights were also violated after his detention in May 2015, a court in Baku has judged.
Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova). Photo: RFE/RL
15:31, 24 May 2016
Court leaves Karaulova in custody until July 27
Today, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow has extended by two months the arrest of the student Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), accused of trying to join the banned terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).
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A Dagestani woman has been accused of financing an extremist organization.

The Makhachkala bypass is closed due to road damage.

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.