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Irina Mamitova. A frame from her video appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, May 2, 2025.

15:38, 3 May 2025

Resident of North Ossetia demands to return her seriously wounded brother from front line

Irina Mamitova, a sister of Dzatte Mamitov, who was mobilized from North Ossetia, has appealed to Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian federation (ICRF), and Sergey Menyailo, the leader of North Ossetia-Alania, with a request to return her brother for medical treatment. Irina Mamitova believes the commanders took the seriously wounded soldier back to the assault brigade, although the medical commission found him unfit for military service.

The law enforcement bodies have reported about the components of an explosive device seized in Khasavyurt. A frame from the video by PBK “Dagestan” from May 2, 2025,
https://t.me/RGVKDAGESTAN/37719.

15:33, 3 May 2025

Second report about prevented terrorist attack in Dagestan raises doubts among analysts

The law enforcement bodies have provided little data on the prevented terrorist attacks in Derbent and Khasavyurt to claim that their version is justified. Cases of falsification of criminal cases and the interest of the law enforcement bodies in the crime detection rate cast doubt on their claims, analysts claim.

A frame from the Aina Mankieva’s video message. serdalo_ingusheti_/ instagram*

15:22, 3 May 2025

20-year-old Ingush resident asks not to return her to relatives

20-year-old Aina Mankieva from Ingushetia, who was reported missing by her relatives, has asked not to look for her and not to inform her relatives of her whereabouts.

Sale of Black Sea fish: photo by Elena Sineok, the "Yuga.ru" outlet

16:58, 2 May 2025

Kuban environmentalists doubt statements on harmlessness of Black Sea fish

The pollution with the spilled fuel oil (mazut) affects all marine life, but it is impossible to objectively define how poisoned the fish caught in the Black Sea is due to the absence of independent laboratories.

16:44, 2 May 2025

Georgian "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Company stops broadcasting

The oppositional Georgian "Mtavari Arkhi" TV company has completely stopped broadcasting after over 5.5 years of operation.

16:37, 2 May 2025

Threat of UMB attack announced in Novorossiysk

Authorities of the Russian city of Novorossiysk have announced the danger of an attack by unmanned boats (UMBs) on the city. Local residents have been warned that sirens will be turned on.

Volgograd airport, renamed "Stalingrad" by Putin. Photo by Elena Ryabova. Source: Google Maps service.

14:02, 2 May 2025

Renaming Volgograd airport becomes an attempt to rehabilitate Joseph Stalin

The decree on renaming the Volgograd airport to “Stalingrad” signed by the Russian President fits into a series of conscious and unconscious attempts to rehabilitate the name of Stalin, but there is no real public demand for that, historians and human rights defenders note.

Arrival of a flight from Moscow, shown in online broadcast mode on a screen installed near the airport in Sukhum. May 1, 2025. Still from the video "Apsny 360°" https://t.me/aiashara/1892

13:53, 2 May 2025

Georgia condemns flights between Russia and Abkhazia

The authorities of Georgia have condemned the launch of regular flights between Russia and Abkhazia. The Georgian authorities treat the above as a violation of the Georgia’s territorial integrity.

Suspect in preparing a terrorist attack. Still from a video published on the TASS Telegram channel https://t.me/tass_agency/313068

13:45, 2 May 2025

FSB reports about prevention of terrorist attack in Dagestan on May 9

A terrorist attack against law enforcers has been prevented in Dagestan, the FSB reports. The woman who was plotting the terrorist attack has been detained.

Protests in Tbilisi. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot".

17:25, 1 May 2025

New fund created in Georgia to pay protesters’ fines

A "Freedom Fund" with a bank account in England has been set up by David Djincharadze, a member of the “Freedom Square” Movement. In his opinion, this will help to avoid arrest of the funds raised to pay fines imposed on participants in pro-European protests.

Teenager and policemen: illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using the AI in the Copilot software

16:37, 1 May 2025

Rostov schoolboy arrested on charges of ties to Ukrainian intelligence

The teenager was assembling an explosive device in his apartment on the instructions of Ukrainian special services, law enforcers assert.

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, March 29, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the “Caucasian Knot”.

14:33, 1 May 2025

Nagorno-Karabakh refugees treat extension of social assistance programme as temporary solution

The decision of the Armenian authorities to extend the social assistance programme for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh for two months is only a temporary measure. The authorities do not take into account the realities of life in Armenia and housing prices. The above was claimed by the temporary displaced persons and participants in the protests against the termination of the assistance programme interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The resident of Sochi sentenced in the case on high treason. A frame from the video by the United Press Service for the Courts of the Krasnodar Territory https://t.me/opskuban/1196

14:29, 1 May 2025

Sochi resident sentenced to imprisonment in case on high treason

A resident of Sochi, who worked as a railway security guard, was found guilty of “real assistance to Ukraine” because of his communication with a Ukrainian acquaintance.

Residents of Plievo demonstrate a section of the street they have paved at their own expenses. A frame from the video by Fortanga Org / YouTube

14:27, 1 May 2025

Residents of Ingushetia have to repair rural roads at their own expense

The situation in the village of Plievo, where local residents had to pave the street relying on their own efforts and resources, is typical for the private sector throughout Ingushetia. Only a minimal portion of roads are being repaired by order of the local authorities, and the repair is often done poorly.

Work to restore power supply in the Akhtynski District: video frame from the Ministry of Energy of Dagestan: t.me/minenergo_rd/3200

00:00, 1 May 2025

Dagestani authorities report power supply restoration in mountain villages

Power supply to the Akhtynski District, interrupted after bad weather, has been fully restored, and the high alert mode has been cancelled.

Mansur Soltaev: photo: https://chechombudsperson.ru

19:54, 30 April 2025

Soltaev's intervention in brawl involving Chechen teen indicates Ombudsperson’s abuse of power

The role of Mansur Soltaev, Chechen Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) in the case of a teenager accused of beating up other minors in the city of Tver is essentially limited to political and administrative pressure on investigators and concern for his fellow countryman’s interests.

Convicts behind bars: illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in Photoshop

17:14, 30 April 2025

Five Ukrainian citizens convicted in Rostov-on-Don as members of terrorist community

The Southern District Military Court sentenced five residents of Melitopol to prison terms ranging from 11 to 14 years, finding them guilty of participating in a terrorist community.

Magomed Magomedov: screenshot of a photo from his Telegram channel dated December 31, 2022: https://t.me/glava_kizilyurta/151

16:59, 30 April 2025

Terrorism charges dropped against former Kizilyurt Mayor

Investigators have dropped the charges of financing terrorism against Magomed Magomedov, a former Dagestani Minister of Sports and a former Mayor of the city of Kizilyurt. Magomedov has refused to admit his guilt on the other charges – the murder of the Sirazhudinov father and son, committed in 2006, the creation of a gang, and a theft. The case will be heard by a jury.

Zarema Musaeva: screenshot of the video https://ngs.ru/text/world/2023/07/04/72462722/

14:13, 30 April 2025

Zarema Musaeva’s detention period extended

According to the ruling of the Shali District Court, Zarema Musaeva will remain in custody in the case on disrupting the operation of the penal colony until August 26. The defence will lodge an appeal against the above ruling of the Shali District Court.

The accused man stays behind bars: the illustration is created by the “Caucasian Knot” using AI in Photoshop.

14:12, 30 April 2025

Defendant in case on attempted poisoning of pilots in Kuban sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment

In Rostov-on-Don, a court found Yegor Semyonov, a native of Melitopol, guilty in the case on the attempted poisoning of graduates of the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School of Air Defence Pilots in the Krasnodar Territory.

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