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22:00, 20 May 2013
Protesters against ban on hijabs convicted in Baku
Today, the Nariman District Court of Baku has announced the verdict to a group of believers, who were arrested in connection with the protest action on October 5, 2012, in front of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. The court sentenced the believers to prison terms ranging from one and a half to two years.
School No. 17 in Grozny, Chechnya, May 18, 2013. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 20 May 2013
MIA: suspect of spraying gas in school of Grozny established
The police have established the identity of the infringer, involved in poisoning the pupils of School No. 17 of Grozny. It appeared to be a pupil of the same school, said the press service of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Khalida Khalid. Photo from http://www.haqqin.az
21:00, 20 May 2013
Azerbaijani writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant released in Iran
The citizen of Azerbaijan, a writer Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Guseinov have been Release from detention in Iran, said Mohsen Pakayin, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
20:00, 20 May 2013
In Volgograd, 15 people demand from media to cover positive trends in Russia
On May 18, in Lenin Square of Volgograd, 15 people held a protest "against false media."
Dagestan, Buynaksk, May 8, 2013; the yard of the Karanaev family after explosion on May 6. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 20 May 2013
Buynaksk residents report on spread of leaflets with threats to militants' relatives
From mid-April in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, unidentified persons have been distributing leaflets with threats addressed to militants' relatives, the locals report. The City Police say they know nothing about the leaflets.
18:00, 20 May 2013
Refugees in Zugdidi stop hunger strike
The refugees from Abkhazia, who held their hunger strike outside the office of the Department for Refugees in Zugdidi, have stopped their protest, having received the authorities' promise to provide housing.
17:00, 20 May 2013
Gasanov arrested for two months
A resident of Buynaksk Gadjimurad Gasanov, whose kidnapping was earlier reported by eyewitnesses, was arrested for two months at the request of the investigating authorities of Dagestan on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons. His relatives state the presence of traces of beatings on his body.
16:00, 20 May 2013
Volgograd: trainee suspected of beating soldier to be expelled from MIA's Academy
Kamil Alikperov, 18, a trainee of the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), suspected of beating a 23-year-old regular soldier, will be expelled from the Academy, said a source from the training institution.
23:00, 18 May 2013
Sergey Minasyan: Eurovision is a political project in post-Soviet space
Armenia lacks political weight to ever win the Eurovision Song Contest, local political analysts believe. In any case, Armenia will never win the first place, because the country is not ready to host this contest, local economists add.
22:00, 18 May 2013
CTO regime introduced in Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria
A part of the Elbrus District of Kabardino-Balkaria is under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, a source from the republic's operative headquarters has reported.
21:00, 18 May 2013
Hundreds of supporters and opponents of gay parades flood Tbilisi streets
The actions of supporters and opponents of the gay parades, held today in front of the Georgian government, have gathered a few hundred people.
20:00, 18 May 2013
Armenia: relatives of lost soldier force Minister of Defence to meet them
Today, Seiran Oganyan, Minister of Defence, is meeting the parents of the deceased regular soldier Lux Stepanyan, who had tried to bring their son's body to Yerevan and take part in the protest action.
19:00, 18 May 2013
In Ingushetia, investigators question the owner of the house where Atnazov blew himself up
As reported by Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Security Council, today the opening of a criminal case against Akhmad Khashiev, in whose house Said-Hussein Atnazov blew himself up, will be decided.
18:00, 18 May 2013
Deschitsa: relatives of missing citizens of South Ossetia to meet Georgia's General Public Prosecutor
An agreement has been reached with Georgian authorities that in late May relatives of the missing citizens of South Ossetia will meet the General Public Prosecutor of Georgia. This was reported at a meeting in Tskhinvali by Andriy Deschitsa, the OSCE co-chairman of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
17:00, 18 May 2013
In Astrakhan, case of hostage-taker sent to court
Investigators have completed their inquiry into the criminal case opened against Alexander Kuptsov, a resident of Astrakhan, suspected of taking hostages in the Volga-Caspian Fishery College.
16:00, 18 May 2013
Activist of "Free Youth" arrested in Azerbaijan
On May 17, Ilkin Rustamzade, an activist of the civil movement "Free Youth, was arrested in Azerbaijan by the decision of the Nasimi District Court for two months. Rustamzade is suspected of organizing a dance flash mob.
15:00, 18 May 2013
Thirty-seven pupils poisoned with gas still supervised by medics in Grozny
In total, 37 pupils aged from nine to fifteen and two teachers, who got poisoned by an unknown gas on May 17, are still under supervision of physicians in Grozny. Doctors assess their condition as stable.
14:00, 18 May 2013
In Afghanistan, Georgian military contingent placed under US command
On May 17, the Parliament of Georgia adopted a decision to transfer the Georgian troops deployed in Afghanistan from under command of France to the command of the United States.
13:00, 18 May 2013
Russian universities allocate 92 seats for students from Georgia
The Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Russian Federation has allocated – with the aim to support compatriots from Georgia – a total of 92 scholarships for admission of students in the 2013-2014 academic year, Valery Svarchuk, the president of the Union of Russian Compatriots in Georgia "Fatherland", has reported.
08:00, 18 May 2013
Museum of Nagorno-Karabakh to join "Night of Museums" for the first time
On May 18, the International Museum Day, the museums of Nagorno-Karabakh will take part in the annual "Night of Museums" for the first time.
News
A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot" Human rights activists have claimed that Russian authorities are concealing Baimuradova's alleged killers.

The eleventh installation of the plaque. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house.

Speculation about the condition of Kadyrov's son after the accident was the result of the silence of the Chechen authorities.

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.