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01:56, 9 May 2015
Abumuslim Gasanov and Mirzabek Idrisov, who were killed in a special operation in Makhachkala, were suspected of attacking servicemen, robberies and extortions.
Before the beginning of the Friday prayer. Buynaksk, May 8, 2015. Photo courtesy of Magomed M., a parishioner of the mosque located in Makhachkala Highway
01:51, 9 May 2015
A mass detention of mosque parishioners took place in the city of Buynaksk. All the detainees were later released, eyewitnesses have reported.
23:56, 8 May 2015
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on May 7, was cancelled in the evening today, on May 8.
22:52, 8 May 2015
DNA residues of the Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, accused of killing the Avetisyan family in the city of Gyumri, were found on objects in the house of the massacred family. These are the results of the forensic genetic examination.
Ferry at the Kerch ferry crossing. May 8, 2015. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:13, 8 May 2015
The transport collapse at the Kerch ferry crossing, which promised to be a real nightmare for drivers, did not happen because of lower flow of tourists after bad weather forecasts. Besides, a new ferry boat will start working next week.
The participants of the action "Immortal Regiment" in Rostov-on-Don. May 9, 2013. Photo by Alina Klyuchko http://www.donnews.ru/Bessmertnyy-polk-Rostov-vstretil-gromoglasnym-Ura__11252
19:50, 8 May 2015
With the transition to the federal level, the action "Immortal Regiment," within which people go to holiday parades on May 9 bearing photos of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War, has aroused great interest in Southern Russia, coordinators of the action report.
The Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:03, 8 May 2015
As reported by locals, in Grozny, power agents carried out the so-called "passport checks" on the eve of the Victory Day celebrations.
The policemen detain the protesters against the verdict to the "Nida" activists. Baku, May 4, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:55, 8 May 2015
The working group on listing political prisoners, consisting of public activists, journalists, rights defenders and lawyers, has reported that today Azerbaijani prisons keep 80 political prisoners, and urged the authorities to release "prisoners of conscience".
The stage construction in the Kadyrov Square before May 9. Grozny, May 7. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:37, 8 May 2015
Grozny residents note a significant accumulation of military equipment and power agents in the centre of the Chechen capital, which caused blocking of streets in the morning on May 7.
The billboard with the portrait of Stalin. Photo https://kubkprf.ru/novosti/kraevoe_otdelenie/komu_meshaet_i.v.stalin_v_krasnodare_ischezli_prazdnichnyie_banneryi_kprf_s_portretom_generalissimusa.html
06:55, 8 May 2015
According to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), Krasnodar authorities were involved in dismantling billboards with portraits of Stalin from city streets; however, officials from the Mayoralty and territorial administration state that that they had nothing to do with the action.
Near the polling station. Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert. May 3, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:33, 8 May 2015
According to international observers, at the recent parliamentary elections in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the problems of persons with disabilities were not fully taken into account. The earlier proposals to ensure invalids' rights were not realized at the elections, said the public organization "Vita".
The village of Avtury in the Shali District of Chechnya. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:42, 8 May 2015
A Magistrate Judge has stopped the criminal case opened against the director of the state farm "Avturinsky" in the Shali District of Chechnya, who had been accused of non-payment of salaries to his employees for 18 months. The Prosecutor's Office has challenged the decision of the judge.
23:51, 7 May 2015
Patimat Begova, who left the blocked in the house during a special operation in Makhachkala, has been released from the police station, said her mother.
A special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
19:23, 7 May 2015
The persons killed in a special operation in Makhachkala have been pre-identified as Zaur Begov, Abumuslim Gasanov and Mirzabek Idrisov.
Novorossiysk. Photo by the user ngtv from the site Flickr.com
19:17, 7 May 2015
After the dance at the memorial in Novorossiysk, Ekaterina Scherbedinskaya was fired from her job, and Margarita Radetskaya, her colleague in the dance studio, was expelled from college, their relatives report.
A special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
18:53, 7 May 2015
The woman, who left the house in Makhachkala, blocked in the course of a special operation, is kept by the police, said her mother.
The special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
17:58, 7 May 2015
The active phase of the special operation in Makhachkala is over: three suspected militants have been killed.
A police car. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:09, 7 May 2015
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has ruled to extend the arrest of Ilya Goryachev, the alleged organizer of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN), and transferred the preliminary hearing of his case to May 15.
Emin Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:03, 7 May 2015
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged the Azerbaijani authorities to pay the rights defender Emin Guseinov 15,000 euros of compensation for violation of his rights.
The image of Joseph Stalin in a billboard dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Makhachkala, May 6, 2015. Photo by Darya Milyutina for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:43, 7 May 2015
The decision to dismantle the banners with the image of Stalin in Makhachkala was caused by the discontent expressed in the blogosphere, said a source from the city administration. At the same time, according to his story, there were no official appeals to the authorities on the matter.
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.