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17:00, 19 May 2012
Drivers of fixed-route taxis of Vladikavkaz announce readiness for endless strike
On May 21, the drivers of fixed-route taxis of Vladikavkaz plan to go on an endless strike in protest against the scheduled optimization of urban routes and increase of travel tariffs.
15:00, 19 May 2012
ANC demands from Armenian Constitutional Court to nullify outcomes of parliamentary elections
On May 18, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) addressed the Constitutional Court asking to annul the official results of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on May 6.
14:00, 19 May 2012
Several regions of Georgia affected by rainfall and landslides
As a result of a heavy rain, which fell in the evening on May 17 in the eastern part of Georgia, a bridge was destroyed, crops were damaged and ground floors of houses were flooded. Three thousand people have power outage. There are no casualties and victims.
12:00, 19 May 2012
Baku starts trying journalist Avaz Zeinalov
On May 18, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva, began considering on the merits the criminal case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper.
23:40, 18 May 2012
Chechnya: police joins to searching of missing young man
In the Sunzha District of Chechnya, under unascertained circumstances, Isa Magamaev, the 24-year-old resident of the village of Assinovskaya, disappeared. In the evening of May 12, the young man left to visit his relatives, residing in the Cossack village of Sleptsovskaya of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, and he never returned home. Police joined search of disappeared man.
23:10, 18 May 2012
Ingush Constitutional Court upholds lawsuit lodged by Ombudsman Djambulat Ozdoev in defence of rights of repressed persons
On May 17, the Constitutional Court of Ingushetia granted the lawsuit filed by Djambulat Ozdoev, the Republic's Ombudsman, connected with defence of social rights of repressed persons and persons recognized affected by political repressions.
23:00, 18 May 2012
Relatives of Alla Djioeva's supporters, convicted in North Ossetia, ask Leonid Tibilov to release them
Relatives of the supporters of Alla Djioeva, ex-candidate for the position of the President of South Ossetia, convicted in North Ossetia, appealed to Leonid Tibilov, the President of the Republic, asking for help in their release.
22:10, 18 May 2012
Doctors treat condition of Arslan Rizvanov, wounded in Neftekumsk, as extremely grave
At the attempt committed in the city of Neftekumsk on Arslan Rizvanov, the activist of Muslims of the Stavropol Territory got six gunshot wounds. This was reported by the Spokesman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims in the Stavropol Territory. Arslan Rizvanov's health condition remains grave.
22:00, 18 May 2012
Members of Adaptation Commission could not meet alleged militants blocked in Makhachkala
Power agents did not allow representatives of the Commission on adaptation of IAF members to the alleged militants blocked in Makhachkala. Negotiations of the members of the Commission with power agents did not succeed.
Irina Brovkina's solo picket demanding resignation of Mayor, Anatoly Pakhomov. Residents of Sochi approach her and sign the poster, Sochi, May 17, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 May 2012
Sochi resident holds solo picket demanding dismissal of City Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov
A solo picket, demanding dismissal of Anatoly Pakhomov, City Mayor, was held in front of the Sochi administration. According to Irina Brovkina, who held the picket, about 500 signatures of citizens for the dismissal of the Mayor were collected.
20:00, 18 May 2012
In Dagestan, suspected militant, not approved by Adaptation Commission, to face trail
In the criminal case against Sharaputdin Dibirmagomedov, the resident of Dagestan, the indictment under eleven Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was approved. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the republic.
19:00, 18 May 2012
Names of murdered Azerbaijani and Dagestani journalists memorized in US Journalism Museum
Names of 70 journalists, killed during performing their professional duties in 2011, were memorized in the Journalism Museum in Washington. The list includes the names of Rafiq Tagi, the Azerbaijani journalist, and Khadjimurad Kamalov, the editor of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft) in Dagestan.
Participants of the hunger strike at the headquarters of the "Musavat" Party, Baku, Azerbaijan, May 16, 2012. Photo by Azadliq Radiosu (RFE/RL), www.radioazadlyg.org
18:00, 18 May 2012
Azerbaijan: more hunger-strikers demanding release of convicted activists
In Azerbaijan, number of hunger-strikers demanding to release from prison the oppositionists, recognized by the international human rights organization "Amnesty International" as "prisoner of conscience", increased from 12 to 19. Convicted oppositionists are on hunger strike at prisons, and their free supporters are also on hunger strike.
23:10, 17 May 2012
Kalmykia: policemen are suspected of beating detainee to death
The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) conducts investigation into the case of beating in Elista of a man detained by policemen. The 47-year-old resident of the capital of the republic died from injuries.
23:00, 17 May 2012
In Armenia, journalist accuses prosecutor of beating him
The Special Investigatory Service of Armenia conducts investigation at the complaint of journalist Ruben Grdzelyan about his beating by Movses Manrikyan, the prosecutor on supervision over the lawfulness of investigation in the Kotaik Region.
22:10, 17 May 2012
In Georgia, participants of protest action "Down with Homophobia!" confront Orthodox believers
Protest action under the slogan "Down with Homophobia!", organized by the Georgian NGO "Identity", ended in the centre of Tbilisi by confrontation of the participants of the protest action with representatives of clergy and the public organization "Union of Orthodox Parents".
22:00, 17 May 2012
In Rostov, contract soldier is suspected of committing nationalism-motivated murder
Police officers detained a contract soldier, suspected of involvement in murder of a Turkish man committed in Rostov-on-Don and motivated by ethnic hatred. This was reported by Stanislav Kovalyov, First Deputy Head of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Rostov Region.
Tsovinar Nazaryan, sister of the perished officer Artak Nazaryan, at the action of the Movement "Army in Reality" against violence in the army, Yerevan, February 23, 2012. Photo: http://www.aravot.am
21:00, 17 May 2012
Ruben Martirosyan: witnesses in case of death of contract officer Artak Nazaryan in Armenia are pressed
In Armenia, the today's court session on the case of the death of contract officer Artak Nazaryan in summer of 2010, made a decision to postpone the process for May 22 because absence of witnesses. The victim party believes that witnesses are being pressured.
20:00, 17 May 2012
Iranian immigrants rally in front of official Tehran Embassy in Azerbaijan
Today, in Baku, the third for the last week protest action in front of the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan was held. During the picket, like during recent protest actions, the participants demanded to stop anti-Azerbaijani provocations in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Embassy responded to the demonstrations, and it stated that the rallies represented part of Western community's policy in the region.
19:00, 17 May 2012
In Astrakhan, court examines video from polling stations to consider Oleg Shein's lawsuit
Today, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan, which considers a lawsuit filed by Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of the City Mayor, against the City Election Commission to invalidate the election of the Mayor, began to examine video records provided at the request of the Court by the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation from 160 precinct election commissions (PECs).
News
Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Two residents of Buynaksk have been accused of promoting extremist symbols.

A Dagestani resident has been accused of confidential collaboration with foreigners.

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.