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    23:00, 25 May 2012
    In Sochi, employees of Dendrology Park stop hunger strike
    Employees of the "Southern Plants" Park in Sochi, who on May 22 went on hunger strike, demanding payment of wage arrears, stopped their protest action after the meeting with the city authorities and the deputies. They agreed to a compromise to temporary become workers of the Sochi National Park, which should merge the "Southern Plants" Park after the official transfer procedure.
    22:40, 25 May 2012
    In Georgia, journalists hold protest action against pressure on media
    Today, in Tbilisi, at the building of the Ministry of Justice, a group of journalists held the action "Be in Solidarity", expressing the protest against cases of pressure on the media.
    Azerbaijan, Baku, May 25, 2012: men in civilian clothes detain participants of promenade in Primorskiy Boulevard. Courtesy of the IA "Turan"
    22:20, 25 May 2012
    In Baku, police prevents opposition's promenade
    Tonight, in Baku, police prevented the action in support of democratic reforms, which was planned by the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC). The police detained more than 50 persons. This was stated by Gasan Kerimov, the head of the Supreme Mejlis of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
    22:10, 25 May 2012
    In Azerbaijan, Court of Appeal releases "NIDA" activist
    The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) partially granted the complaint filed by Anar Geraily, the activist of the civil movement "NIDA" (Exclamation) and the correspondent of the website "gunxeber.com" and released him from custody.
    22:00, 25 May 2012
    Makhachkala hosts spontaneous rally against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev
    In the rural settlement of Krasnoarmeisk of the Kirov District of Makhachkala, local residents gathered near the mosque building to protest against kidnapping of Gadji Mustafaev, a local resident.
    21:00, 25 May 2012
    All the people detained during an action of protest in front of the building of Public TV in Baku released
    All the people detained on May, 24, during an action of protest of Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) in front of the building of Public TV of Azerbaijan and before its beginning were released by evening. Several activists were fined, Informational Center of CMDPC reported.
    Participants of sacred procession walk out of the St Catherine Cathedral, Krasnodar, May 24, 2012. Photo by Andrei Koshik for the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:00, 25 May 2012
    3500 residents of Krasnodar came to Cross Procession in honour of Cyril and Methodius
    Yesterday evening, May, 24, a Cross Procession passed off in Krasnodar. About 3500 residents of the city, Orthodox Christians, celebrated Twelve Great Feasts, one of the main holydays, the Day of the Ascension of Christ and Day of memory of Cyril and Methodius equal to the apostles.
    20:00, 25 May 2012
    A soldier wounded as a result of an explosion in Ashuluk firing range, Astrakhan region
    An explosion of ammunition prepared for utilization happened on May, 24, in Ashuluk firing range of the Ministry of Defense of Russia located in Khabarli district of Astrakhan region. A serviceman got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies reported.
    18:00, 25 May 2012
    At the trial on Shein's lawsuit the court completed consideration of the evidence from Divisional Election Committee of Lenin district
    Viewing the video records from Divisional Election Committee (DEC) of Lenin district of Astrakhan was accomplished at the trial on the lawsuit of ex-candidate for Mayor's Office of the city Oleg Shein.
    Friederike Behr (left), expert of the Amnesty International for Russia, at a press conference in Moscow on May 24, 2012. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    23:50, 24 May 2012
    Amnesty International: Northern Caucasus fails to meet basic laws
    On May 23, in Moscow, representatives of the worldwide movement for human rights "Amnesty International" (AI) presented the report "Human Rights in Modern World", containing information about the situation with human rights in 2011 in 155 countries. The Russian version of the report provides information on 50 countries. The Russian part is largely devoted to the republics of Northern Caucasus, where the human rights defenders characterize the situation as unstable and uneven.
    23:30, 24 May 2012
    Police officer involved in road accident with death of woman in Stavropol Territory sacked from police
    Valery Kopchuk, Lieutenant of Justice, who was detained within the criminal investigation into the criminal case on death of a woman in a road traffic accident in the Stavropol Territory, was dismissed from the structures of internal affairs. This was announced by the Investigatory Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation. The MIA considers intolerable the fact that a car with the law enforcement agent had disappeared from the place of the road traffic accident and that no assistance had been rendered to the victim. Meanwhile, the driver has not yet been identified.
    23:10, 24 May 2012
    RWB urges Iranian government to shed light on fate of Azerbaijani poets
    The international non-governmental organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has expressed its concern over the fate of Farid Gusein and Shakhriyar Gadjizade, two poets from Azerbaijan, who disappeared in Iran.
    23:00, 24 May 2012
    In Baku, police hampers CMDPC's picket in front of Public TV building
    Today, in Baku, the police did not give activists of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) an opportunity to hold a picket in front of the building of the Azerbaijani Public Television (PTV), which the oppositionists accused of failing to fulfil its functions of the public broadcaster. The opposition activists report on detentions of their supporters at their apartments and in front of the PTV building. The PTV's leaders reject the criticism of the opposition.
    22:50, 24 May 2012
    FSIN rejects Aslan Cherkesov's petition to send him to serve his term in Kabardino-Balkaria
    The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (known as FSIN) found no grounds for escorting Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, to Kabardino-Balkaria to serve his sentence there. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Azret Cherkesov, the brother of Aslan Cherkesov, convicted for the murder of Yegor Sviridov, a football fan.
    The awarding ceremony of the annual Gerd Bucerius Prize "Free Press of Eastern Europe-2012" to journalists from CIS countries was held in the Town Hall of Hamburg. May 24, 2012. Photo by Abdullah Duduev
    22:30, 24 May 2012
    In Hamburg, journalists from Azerbaijan and Russia receive Bucerius Prize
    Today, the City Hall of the German city of Hamburg hosted a ceremony of awarding journalists from CIS countries the annual Gerd Bucerius Prize "Free Media of Eastern Europe-2012", awarded by the German "ZEIT-Stiftung" Foundation and the Norwegian "Free Speech" Foundation.
    Rally demanding inquiry into the murder of Gamzatov brothers and their nephew Magomed Omarov, Makhachkala, May 24, 2012. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    22:10, 24 May 2012
    In Makhachkala, about 600 persons attend rally organized by relatives and friends of murdered Gamzatov brothers
    Today, Makhachkala hosted a rally, which participants demanded to investigate the murder of Gamzatov brothers and their nephew Magomed Omarov, who were shot dead on March 18 in Kizlyar. In total, the protest action was attended by about 600 persons: residents of Kizlyar, Makhachkala, the Kizlyar and the Tsumadin Districts, and natives of the Tsumadin Districts residing in Astrakhan.
    22:00, 24 May 2012
    In Baku, "NIDA" activist arrested for 10 days for spreading leaflets
    In Azerbaijan, Anar Geraily, the activist of the civil movement "NIDA" and the correspondent of the website "gunxeber.com", was arrested for 10 days on charges of violating public order and disobeying police.
    20:00, 24 May 2012
    Public prosecutor's office of Dagestan: the missing local residents were killed in a special operation
    Two residents of Nogai district of Dagestan who had left home and were searched for by the police upon their parents' requests were identified among members of armed underground killed in a special operation in Kizliyar district, Public prosecutor's office reported.
    19:00, 24 May 2012
    A conscript perished in Ingushetia as a result of an explosion
    A soldier of statutory service perished in Sunzha district of Ingushetia as a result of an explosion of an unidentified explosive device, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.
    18:00, 24 May 2012
    The officer who requested data of schoolchildren of "Caucasian nationality" in Chelyabinsk suspended from office
    Julia Penzina, Chief of the section of the affairs of the underage (SAU) of Police Department, initiator of inquiry on pupils of "Caucasian nationality" in the schools of Chelyabinsk, was suspended from office until accomplishment of inspection, Press service of regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs reported. Ombudsman of Chelyabinsk region Alexey Sevostianov considers that the police must know national composition of the population, however he emphasizes incorrectness of the inquiry.
    News
    The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.

    J.D. Vance and Ilham Aliyev at the signing of the Charter. Screenshot from a photo by the press service of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, February 10, 2026, https://president.az/az/articles/view/71562 Vance's visit to Baku demonstrated the pragmatism of US interest in the South Caucasus

    Azerbaijani social media users responded to calls for the extradition of convicted NKR leaders to Armenia.

    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.