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Screenshot of Khada Saratova’s facebook page. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Hedasaratova
11:23, 15 May 2015
Chechnya announces date of wedding ceremony for Kheda Goylabieva
On May 16, Nazhud Guchigov, the chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, and 17-year-old Kheda (Louiza) Goylabieva are to get married. This was reported by Kheda Saratova, the head of the independent news agency "Objective".
10:07, 15 May 2015
In Azerbaijan, "ReAl" leader Ilgar Mamedov placed into dungeon
Advocate has failed to visit Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), who is serving his prison sentence in a penal colony in Azerbaijan. According to the advocate, the activist has been placed into dungeon for seven days.
09:15, 15 May 2015
In Nalchik, body of taxi driver found in burnt-out car
In the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a body of a man was found in a burnt-out car. The man used to be engaged in an off-hour work as a private taxi driver.
"Nairit" factory workers hold protest action, May 14, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:22, 15 May 2015
In Armenia, former employees of "Nairit" demand to resume operation of their plant
Former employees of the "Nairit" plant demand to resume the operation of the enterprise and intend to continue their protest until the government of Armenia will perform its obligations on repayment of wage arrears.
02:39, 15 May 2015
Sons of head of Balakhani administration taken into custody until June 7
In Dagestan, Magomed and Khaskil Yakubov, sons of the head of the administration of Balakhani village of the Untsukul District, are suspected of arms trafficking. According to the court's decision, they are taken into custody until June 7.
19:08, 14 May 2015
Journalist Milashina leaves Chechnya for fear about her life
Elena Milashina, the author of the materials about the impending wedding of the head of the Nozhai-Yurt ROVD (District Interior Division) in Chechnya to a 17-year-old girl, decided to leave the republic, after she learned that she was looked for by Chechen power agents, said Olga Bobrova, a Milashina's colleague.
17:24, 14 May 2015
Number of hunger-strikers in Azerbaijan increased up to eight
Two persons have joined the endless hunger strike demanding release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan; and now there are eight hunger-strikers.
17:00, 14 May 2015
Experts release data about resistance of Avetisyan family to the killer
The forensic medical and genetic examinations have proved that the members of the Avetisyan family, massacred in Gyumri, tried to repel the killer, the advocates of the family's successors have stated today.
15:51, 14 May 2015
Azerbaijan: arrest of journalist Ismayilova extended
On May 14, the Nasimi District Court of Baku extended for other three months, until August 24, the arrest of the investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
Murad Adilov. Photo: http://www.radioazadlyg.org/
15:45, 14 May 2015
PFPA activist Murad Adilov sentenced to 7 years in prison
In Azerbaijan, the court has convicted Murad Adilov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and sentenced him to 6 years in a general-security colony.
War veteran Ivan Novikov holds ‘Mestnaya’ newspaper edition where materials in defense of marginalized elderly of Sochi were published, May 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:30, 14 May 2015
In Sochi, activists call editor of "Mestnaya" newspaper one of main critics of authorities
In Sochi, Oleg Rubezhansky, an editor of the newspaper "Mestnaya" (Local), has died of heart failure at the age of 57 after a long illness. The newspaper's activities have been stopped. Activists of the Sochi community call Oleg Rubezhansky one of the main critics of the authorities.
Armoured vehicle of ‘Sever’ battalion. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:40, 14 May 2015
Alibek Delimkhanov, commander of Chechen battalion "Sever", gets promotion
Alibek Delimkhanov, the commander of the 141st motorized regiment of internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs deployed in Chechnya, has been promoted to a new position.
06:45, 14 May 2015
Films on Armenian Genocide presented at international film festivals in six countries
The international film festival "Golden Apricot" has initiated demonstration of films on the topic of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923. The films on the topic have been shown in six countries in the framework of international festivals. The programme dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was called "Never Again".
Lyudmila Savelieva. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:15, 14 May 2015
Saveliev family complains to Sochi police about falsification of evidence in case of their eviction
In Sochi, Lyudmila Savelieva has filed a complaint to the police about the falsification of evidence in the civil case to evict her family from an empty cottage in the village for the Olympic settlers
01:16, 14 May 2015
CE treats Russia's treaties on alliance with Abkhazia and South Ossetia as illegal
On May 13, the Council of Europe (CE) declared illegal the treaty on alliance and strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia and the treaty on alliance and integration between Russia and South Ossetia. Besides, according to the CE, those treaties were signed in violation of international law.
00:00, 14 May 2015
Rostov resident sentenced to freedom restriction for false report about terror act
In Rostov-on-Don, the court has sentenced to freedom restriction a local resident, who was found guilty of false report about a bomb in a hypermarket.
19:43, 13 May 2015
Citizen of Belarus freed from slavery in Dagestan
Employees of the Drug Control Service for Dagestan have rescued citizen of Belarus from his two-year-long labour captivity.
Russian soldiers at the road sign to Tbilisi. Photo: http://www.memo.ru/d/235051.html
17:54, 13 May 2015
HRC "Memorial" recognizes Sochi resident Kharebava as political prisoner
A Sochi resident Ekaterina Kharebava, convicted on charges of spying for Georgia, is a political prisoner and should be released immediately, says the statement of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Said Amirov in the court room, Rostov-on-Don, May 12, 2015. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:22, 13 May 2015
Prosecution states Amirov's intention to put Kaspiysk Mayoralty under control
At the trial held in Rostov-on-Don of the ex-Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov, the prosecutor claimed that the motive for Amirov's actions was his desire to put his nephew Yusup Djaparov into the administration of Kaspiysk. At the session on May 12, the prosecutor said the "land issue" was behind the terror act committed on April 2, 2011, in the "Moskva" Shopping Centre in Kaspiysk.
16:12, 13 May 2015
Zaur Dadaev's advocate not allowed to defend his client in court
Today, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has not allowed Evgeny Gubin to defend Zaur Dadaev, accused of killing the politician Boris Nemtsov.
News
South Ossetia's losses in fighting in Ukraine have raised questions about the combatants' motives.

A student from South Ossetia has been arrested in Tbilisi on espionage charges.

The death of a South Ossetian soldier in the North Ossetian Military District sparked a debate on social media.

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.